2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series

2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season
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John Hunter Nemechek, the current points leader.

The 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season is the 22nd season of the third highest stock car racing series in North America. Erik Jones enters the season as the defending series champion, though he will not compete for the title as he is racing full-time in the Xfinity Series.

Teams and drivers

Complete schedule

Manufacturer	Team	No.	Race Driver(s)	Crew Chief
Chevrolet	Athenian Motorsports	05	John Wes Townley[1]	Michael Shelton
	Bolen Motorsports	66	Jordan Anderson	Paul Clapprood
	Brandonbilt Motorsports	86	Brandon Brown	Adam Brenner
	Contreras Motorsports	71	Carlos Contreras 2	Tim Andrews
			Mike Bliss 2
	GMS Racing	21	Johnny Sauter[2]	Marcus Richmond
		23	Spencer Gallagher	Jeff Hensley
		33	Grant Enfinger (R) 6	Jeff Stankiewicz
			Kaz Grala 1[3]
			Ben Kennedy 10
	Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing	10	Jennifer Jo Cobb 22	Steve Kuykendall
			Claire Decker 1
	JR Motorsports	00	Cole Custer (R)	Joe Shear Jr.
	MAKE Motorsports	1	David Levine 1	Daniel Sowers 2 Joe Lax 1 David Adams Jr. 1
			Travis Kvapil 1
			Bryce Napier 1
			Ryan Ellis 1
		50	Travis Kvapil 3	Jeff Barnes 3 Daniel Sowers 1
			Ryan Ellis 1
	Martins Motorsports	44	Tommy Joe Martins 22	Kevin Eagle
			Austin Wayne Self 1
	NEMCO Motorsports	8	John Hunter Nemechek	Gere Kennon Jr.
	Norm Benning Racing	6	Norm Benning	Brian Poff
	Premium Motorsports	49	Timmy Hill	Wayne Edwards 1 Jeff Spraker 3
	Young's Motorsports	02	Tyler Young	Andrew Abbott
Ford	Brad Keselowski Racing	19	Daniel Hemric[4]	Chad Kendrick
		29	Tyler Reddick	Doug Randolph
	RBR Enterprises	92	Parker Kligerman	Mike Hester
Toyota	AM Racing	22	Austin Wayne Self (R)	Marc Browning
	Hattori Racing Enterprises	81	Ryan Truex[5]	John Monsam
	Kyle Busch Motorsports	4	Christopher Bell (R)	Jerry Baxter
		9	William Byron (R)[6]	Rudy Fugle
		51	Daniel Suárez 14	Kevin Manion
			Cody Coughlin (R) 9
	Red Horse Racing	11	Ben Kennedy 3	Scott Zipadelli
			Matt Tifft 3
		17	Timothy Peters	Shane Huffman
	ThorSport Racing	13	Cameron Hayley	Eddie Troconis
		41	Ben Rhodes (R)[7]	Kevin Bellicourt
		88	Matt Crafton	Carl Joiner Jr.
		98	Rico Abreu (R)	Doug George
Chevrolet	SS-Green Light Racing	07	Michel Disdier 1	Jason Miller
			J. J. Yeley 1
			B. J. McLeod 1
Toyota			Shane Lee 3	Jamie Jones
Chevrolet RAM	MB Motorsports	63	Reed Sorenson 1	Trip Bruce 3 Michael Mittler 1
			Garrett Smithley 1
			Spencer Boyd 1
			Bobby Pierce 3
	Mike Harmon Racing	74	Mike Harmon 1	Carl Brown 2 Mike Harmon 1 Kris Bradley 1
			Tim Viens 1
			Paige Decker 1

Limited schedule

Manufacturer	Team	No.	Race Driver(s)	Crew Chief	Rounds
Chevrolet	Bobby Gerhart Racing[8]	36	Bobby Gerhart	Brian Keselowski	1
	Clay Greenfield Motorsports	68	Clay Greenfield	Danny Gill	1
	FDNY Racing	28	Ryan Ellis	Dick Rahilly	1
	Ranier Racing with MDM		Brandon Jones	Mike Hillman Jr.	7
	GMS Racing	24	Kyle Larson	Joey Cohen	1
			Clint Bowyer		1
	NTS Motorsports	14	Scott Lagasse Jr.	Rick Ren II	1
			Natalie Decker	Daniel Sowers	1
	Rick Ware Racing	31	TBA	TBA	6
Ford	Austin Hill Racing	20	Austin Hill	Doug Chouinard	5
	Brad Keselowski Racing	2	Austin Theriault	Buddy Sisco	2
			Austin Cindric		1
	Empire Racing	43	Austin Hill	Mike Cheek	1
	Lira Motorsports	58	Ryan Reed	Teddy Brown	1
		59	Korbin Forrister	Bryan Quanz 1 Teddy Brown 1	2
Toyota	Braun Motorsports	32	Justin Marks	Shannon Rursch	1
			Justin Haley		6
	Glenden Enterprises	78	Chris Fontaine	Kevin Ingram	2
	Henderson Motorsports	75	Caleb Holman	Chris Carrier	1
	Kyle Busch Motorsports	18	Cody Coughlin (R)	Wes Ward	1
			Kyle Busch		4
			Harrison Burton	TBA	1
	Team Little Racing	97	Jesse Little	TBA	1
TBA	E2 Northeast Motorsports[9]	TBA	TBA	TBA	1

Changes

Teams

• JR Motorsports will run full-time with Cole Custer in the No. 00 Haas Automation Chevrolet Silverado after running part-time in 2015 because of age limitations. (The team made sporadic starts with Sprint Cup regulars in 2015 in preparation for 2016 at selected longer tracks.)
• ThorSport Racing will field a fourth full-time team with Ben Rhodes driving the No. 41 with a sponsorship from Alpha Energy. Rhodes raced part-time in the Xfinity Series for JR Motorsports in 2015.
• GMS Racing will field a third full-time team, with Johnny Sauter driving the No. 21 Chevrolet Silverado, after racing with ThorSport Racing for seven years.
• NTS Motorsports will shut down its full-time team and just run part-time.
• Austin Wayne Self and team AM Racing will move up from the ARCA racing series in the No. 22.
• Martins Motorsports will field a full-time team with Tommy Joe Martins in the No. 44. The team purchased the owner points and some trucks of the 2015 Billy Boat Motorsports No. 15. Billy Boat Motorsports will shut down.
• Bolen Motorsports will field a full-time team with Jordan Anderson in the No. 66.
• SS-Green Light Racing will shut down its two full-time Truck teams, the No. 07 and No. 08, in order to move up to the Xfinity Series with Ray Black Jr. in the No. 07. They will field the No. 07 car for Michel Disdier at Daytona in the first race of the season.
• Carlos Contreras and brother Enrique Contreras will form Contreras Motorsports and field a full-time team with various drivers in the No. 71 Truck.
• Hattori Racing Enterprises will attempt to run the full season with Ryan Truex.^[10]

Drivers

• Brad Keselowski Racing announced Daniel Hemric joins the team to drive the #19 Ford F-150 in 2016, ending a tenure with NTS Motorsports. The Truck was driven by Tyler Reddick in 2015. He'll will switch from the No. 19 Truck to the No. 29 Truck in 2016.
• Kyle Busch Motorsports announced they will field three full-time trucks with William Byron and sponsor Liberty University in the No. 9, Christopher Bell and sponsor JBL in the No. 4 and Daniel Suarez with Arris sponsorship and Cody Coughlin with Jegs Performance Parts running at least 10 races each in the No. 51. Coughlin will drive the No. 18 truck at Daytona while Suarez drives the No. 51. 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion Erik Jones ran full-time in 2015 in one truck, with multiple drivers in the other two trucks.
• Grant Enfinger and Kaz Grala will move up from the ARCA series to drive the No. 33 Chevrolet Silverado in 2016. The Truck was driven by multiple drivers in 2015.
• Rico Abreu will replace Johnny Sauter in the ThorSport Racing No. 98. Abreu competed in the K&N Pro Series East series in 2015.
• Timmy Hill will run full-time for Premium Motorsports in the No. 49 (renumbered from No. 94). Hill ran 12 races in this truck in 2015.
• Travis Kvapil will run full-time for MAKE Motorsports in the No. 50. Kvapil ran 20 races for between the two MAKE trucks in 2015.
• Ben Kennedy was released by Red Horse Racing after three races.^[11]

Crew chiefs

• Brad Keselowski Racing will swap the crew chiefs of its two trucks, with Doug Randolph following Tyler Reddick to the No. 29 and Chad Kendrick moving to the No. 19.
• Shane Huffman will crew chief the No. 17 Truck, driven by Timothy Peters. He was the crew chief of the GMS Racing No. 33 in 2015.
• Marcus Richmond will crew chief the new No. 21 Truck, driven by Johnny Sauter. He was the crew chief for Red Horse Racing's No. 17, driven by Timothy Peters in 2015.
• Jeff Hensley will crew chief the No. 23 Truck, driven by Spencer Gallagher. He was the crew chief for ThorSport Racing's No. 13, driven by Cameron Hayley in 2015.
• Jeff Stankiewicz will crew chief the No. 33 Truck, driven by Grant Enfinger. He was the crew chief for Spencer Gallagher's No. 23 in 2015.
• Kevin Bellicourt will crew chief the No. 41 Truck, driven by Ben Rhodes. He was the crew chief for K&N Pro Series East Champion William Byron in 2015.
• Kevin Manion will crew chief the No. 51 truck driven by Daniel Suarez and Cody Coughlin. He was the crew chief for Richard Petty Motorsports No. 9 Sprint Cup team in 2015.
• Ryan Fugle will crew chief the No. 9 truck driven by William Byron. He was the crew chief for 2015 champion Erik Jones in 2015.
• Jerry Baxter will crew chief the No. 4 truck driven by Christopher Bell. He was the crew chief for the No. 51 in 2015.
• Eddie Troconis will crew chief the No. 13 truck driven by Cameron Hayley. He was the engineer for 2015 champion Erik Jones in 2015.

Rule changes

The 2016 Camping World Truck Series season introduced several major changes:

• A "caution clock" rule is in effect during most races; a competition caution is thrown after twenty consecutive minutes of green flag racing. No free pass is awarded on these cautions, and the 20-minute clock is reset upon all restarts. The clock rule is not used during the final 20 laps (final 10 laps on longer tracks) of the race. Due to its multi-stage format, it will also not be used.^[12]
• A playoff format similar to the Chase for the Cup used in the Sprint Cup Series was adopted. After the 16-round regular season, the top-eight drivers will have their points reset. Round of 8 will consist of New Hampshire, Las Vegas and Talladega, where the top-six drivers will advance to the next round. Round of 6 will consist of Martinsville, Texas and Phoenix. Top-four drivers will advance to the Championship 4 at Homestead. Race winners will automatically advance to the next round. As is the case during the Sprint Cup Chase, the four drivers eliminated during the playoff will have their scores from all seven races accumulated to race for positions 5–8.^[13]
• Truck Series director Elton Sawyer also announced the availability of crate engines, known as the "Delta engine", for teams to use starting with the Charlotte race.^[14]

Schedule

Fox Sports 1 will televise every race except the Fred's 250 on October 22, which will air on Fox.

No	Race title	Track	Date
1	NextEra Energy Resources 250	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach	February 19
2	Great Clips 200	Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton	February 27
3	Alpha Energy Solutions 250	Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville	April 2
4	Toyota Tundra 250	Kansas Speedway, Kansas City	May 6
5	Dover 200	Dover International Speedway, Dover	May 13
6	North Carolina Education Lottery 200	Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord	May 20
7	Rattlesnake 400	Texas Motor Speedway, Texas	June 10
8	Iowa 200	Iowa Speedway, Newton	June 18
9	Drivin' for Linemen 200	Gateway Motorsports Park, Madison	June 25
10	Buckle Up in Your Truck 225	Kentucky Speedway, Sparta	July 7
11	#Eldora at Eldora Speedway	Eldora Speedway, New Weston	July 20
12	Pocono Mountains 150	Pocono Raceway, Long Pond	July 30
13	UNOH 200	Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol	August 17
14	Careers for Veterans 200	Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn	August 27
15	Chevrolet Silverado 250	Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville, Ontario	September 4
16	American Ethanol E15 225	Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet	September 16
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Chase
Round of 8
17	UNOH 175	New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon	September 24
18	Rhino Linings 350	Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas	October 1
19	Fred's 250	Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega	October 22
Round of 6
20	Alpha Energy Solutions 200	Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville	October 29
21	Longhorn 350	Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth	November 4
22	Lucas Oil 150	Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale	November 11
Championship 4
23	Ford 200	Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead	November 18

Results and standings

Races

No.	Race	Pole position	Most laps led	Winning driver	Manufacturer
1	NextEra Energy Resources 250	Enfinger, GrantGrant Enfinger	Theriault, AustinAustin Theriault	Sauter, JohnnyJohnny Sauter	Chevrolet
2	Great Clips 200	Crafton, MattMatt Crafton	Crafton, MattMatt Crafton	Nemechek, John HunterJohn Hunter Nemechek	Chevrolet
3	Alpha Energy Solutions 250	Rhodes, BenBen Rhodes	Busch, KyleKyle Busch	Busch, KyleKyle Busch	Toyota

Drivers' Championship

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or 2015 Owner's points. * – Most laps led.
. – Eliminated after Round of 8 . – Eliminated after Round of 6

Pos.	Driver	DAY	ATL	MAR	KAN	DOV	CLT	TEX	IOW	GTW	KEN	ELD	POC	BRI	MCH	MSP	CHI		NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	Pts
1	John Hunter Nemechek	17	1	2																						83
2	Parker Kligerman	3	8	8																						80
3	Timothy Peters	15	3	5																						77
4	Tyler Young	6	13	13																						67
5	Cameron Hayley	25	2	9																						66
6	Ryan Truex	2	20	12																						66
7	Daniel Hemric	8	4	22																						65
8	Brandon Brown	4	19	14																						62
9	Spencer Gallagher	21	10	6																						62
10	Ben Rhodes (R)	7	6	16																						61
11	Matt Crafton	10	30*	7																						55
12	William Byron (R)	13	32	3																						51
13	Ben Kennedy	23	15	11																						50
14	Rico Abreu (R)	29	11	10																						49
15	Austin Wayne Self (R)	19	16	15																						49
16	Tyler Reddick	18	14	20																						48
17	John Wes Townley	26	7	21																						45
18	Johnny Sauter	1	28	32																						42
19	Grant Enfinger (R)	20	5																							42
20	Timmy Hill	14	21	24																						41
21	Travis Kvapil	5	23	DNQ																						39
22	Christopher Bell (R)	16	26	19																						39
23	Cole Custer (R)	24	17	29																						29
24	Caleb Holman		9																							24
25	Michel Disdier	11																								22
26	Austin Hill	DNQ	12																							21
27	Shane Lee			17																						16
28	Chris Fontaine	22		DNQ																						11
29	Bryce Napier			23																						10
30	Tommy Joe Martins	32	25	QL																						9
31	Paige Decker			25																						8
32	Justin Haley			26																						7
33	Austin Theriault	27*																								8
34	Carlos Contreras	DNQ	27																							6
35	Claire Decker			27																						6
36	Spencer Boyd			28																						5
37	Jennifer Jo Cobb	DNQ	29																							4
38	Jordan Anderson	30	DNQ	DNQ																						3
39	Mike Bliss			30																						3
40	Cody Coughlin (R)	31																								2
41	Kaz Grala			31																						2
	Norm Benning	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ																						0
	Korbin Forrister	DNQ	DNQ																							0
	Clay Greenfield	DNQ																								0
	David Levine	DNQ																								0
	Timothy Viens		DNQ																							0
	Natalie Decker			DNQ																						0
Ineligible for Camping World Truck championship points
Pos.	Driver	DAY	ATL	MAR	KAN	DOV	CLT	TEX	IOW	GTW	KEN	ELD	POC	BRI	MCH	MSP	CHI		NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	Pts
	Kyle Busch			1*																						0
	Kyle Larson			4																						0
	Scott Lagasse, Jr.	9																								0
	Bobby Gerhart	12																								0
	Daniel Suárez	28	31	18																						0
	Garrett Smithley		18																							0
	Justin Marks		22																							0
	J. J. Yeley		24																							0
	Ryan Ellis	DNQ	DNQ																							0
	Ryan Reed	DNQ																								0
	Reed Sorenson	DNQ																								0
	Mike Harmon	DNQ																								0
Pos.	Driver	DAY	ATL	MAR	KAN	DOV	CLT	TEX	IOW	GTW	KEN	ELD	POC	BRI	MCH	MSP	CHI		NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	Pts

Manufacturers' championship

After 3 of 23 races

Pos	Manufacturer	Wins	Points
1	Chevrolet	2	103
2	Toyota	1	101
3	Ford	0	84
4	Ram^1	0	8

Notes

^1 Because of chassis and body regulations, Ram is only eligible to race at circuits 1.25 miles or shorter (except Dover) and road courses that use the previous-generation body. Fiat last submitted a truck in the 2012 season, before the current generation body used at longer tracks was used.

See also

• 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
• 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series
• 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
• 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
• 2016 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
• 2016 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour
• 2016 NASCAR Pinty's Series
• 2016 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series

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