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2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West

2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West

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The 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West was the sixty-third season of the K&N Pro Series West. It began at Irwindale Speedway on March 19 and concluded at All American Speedway on October 15. Chris Eggleston entered the season as the defending drivers' Champion. Todd Gilliland won the championship, thirteen points in front of Ryan Partridge.

Todd Gilliland, the 2016 K&N Pro Series West champion. This was the first of his two consecutive titles.
Ryan Partridge, driving the No. 9 car for Sunrise Ford Racing, finished second behind Gilliland in the championship by just 13 points.
Noah Gragson, driving the No. 7 car for Jefferson Pitts Racing, finished third in the championship.

Gilliland also became the youngest champion in West Series and NASCAR history, winning the title at 16 years and 5 months. The record for youngest champion in all of NASCAR was broken by Sam Mayer's 2019 East Series championship when he was 16 years, 3 months, and 8 days. However, Gilliland remains to this day the youngest West Series champion.

Drivers

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    Stafford Smith drove in the Casey's General Store 150 with car number 08.

Schedule

All of the races in the 2016 season were televised on NBCSN and were on a tape delay basis.[11]

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  1. The Casey's General Store 150 was held as a combined event, with competitors from the K&N Pro Series West competing along with competitors for the K&N Pro Series East. The race was run with a series-based point distribution, where drivers receive points and statistical credit for their finish relative to other drivers in their series, not to the whole field in general.

Results and standings

Races

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  • 1 – Qualifying was set by the fastest lap times from Saturday's race.
  • 2 – The qualifying session for the Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by TriCo Welding Supplies was cancelled due to weather. The starting line-up was decided by Owners' championship.

Drivers' championship

Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or 2015 Owner's points. * – Most laps led.

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  • 1 – Jim Inglebright received championship points, despite the fact that he did not start the race.
  • 2 – Scored points towards the K&N Pro Series East.
  • 3 – James Cooley received championship points, despite the fact that he withdrew prior to the race.

See also

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