2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series

2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series season
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Elliott Sadler, the current points leader.

The 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series is the 35th season of semi-professional stock car racing in North America. The season started at Daytona International Speedway on February 20 and will end at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 19.^[1] Chris Buescher enters as the defending series champion, though he will not compete for the title as he is racing full-time in the Sprint Cup Series.

Teams and drivers

Complete schedule

Manufacturer	Team	No.	Race driver	Crew chief
Chevrolet	Chip Ganassi Racing	42	Kyle Larson 17	Mike Shiplett
			Justin Marks 16
		48	Brennan Poole (R)	Chad Norris
	Derrike Cope Racing	70	Derrike Cope	Danny Ketterman Jr.
	JD Motorsports	0	Eric McClure 1[2]	Matthew Lewis 5 Danny Gill 4
			Garrett Smithley (R) 8
		01	Ryan Preece (R)	Zach McGowan
		4	Ross Chastain	Brian Berry
	Jeremy Clements Racing	51	Jeremy Clements	Tony Clements
	Jimmy Means Racing	52	Joey Gase	Tim Brown
	JR Motorsports	1	Elliott Sadler[3]	Kevin Meendering
		7	Justin Allgaier[3]	Jason Burdett
		88	Chase Elliott 5	Dave Elenz
			Kevin Harvick 7
			Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2
			Alex Bowman 9[4]
			Cole Custer 2
			Josh Berry 2
			Kenny Habul 3
			Regan Smith 1
			Clint Bowyer 1
	Kaulig Racing	11	Blake Koch	Chris Rice
	Obaika Racing	97	Harrison Rhodes 5	Todd Myers 6 David Jones 1 Bobby Burrell 2
			Ryan Ellis 4
			Alex Guenette 1
	Richard Childress Racing	2	Austin Dillon 8	Danny Stockman Jr.
			Paul Menard 1
			TBA
		3	Ty Dillon	Nick Harrison 32 Gil Martin 1
		33	Brandon Jones (R)[5]	Mike Hillman Jr.
		62	Brendan Gaughan[6]	Shane Wilson
	RSS Racing	39	Ryan Sieg	Kevin Starland
	SS-Green Light Racing	07	Ray Black Jr. (R)	Jason Miller
Dodge	Mike Harmon Racing	74	Mike Harmon	Carl Brown 1 Alan Collins Jr. 4 R. B. Bracken 4
Ford	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	78	B. J. McLeod (R)	George Ingram
	Richard Petty Motorsports	43	Jeb Burton	Drew Blickensderfer
	Roush Fenway Racing	6	Darrell Wallace Jr.	Seth Barbour
		16	Ryan Reed	Phil Gould
	Team Penske	22	Joey Logano 3	Brian Wilson
			Brad Keselowski 5
			Ryan Blaney 1
			TBA
Toyota	JGL Racing	28	Dakoda Armstrong	Steven Lane
	Joe Gibbs Racing	18	Bobby Labonte 1	Chris Gayle
			Kyle Busch 16
			Matt Tifft 14
			Denny Hamlin 2
		19	Daniel Suárez	Scott Graves
		20	Erik Jones (R)	Chris Gabehart
	TriStar Motorsports	14	Benny Gordon 2	Eddie Pardue
			J. J. Yeley 6
			Jeff Green 1
		44	David Starr 7	Frank Kerr
			J. J. Yeley 26
Chevrolet 8 Ford 1	King Autosport 8 B. J. McLeod Motorsports 1	90	Martin Roy 2	Guy Caron 7 Michael Rutland 1 Mario Gosselin 1
			Mario Gosselin 6
			Todd Peck 1
Dodge 1 Chevrolet 1 Ford 7	Rick Ware Racing 3 B.J. McLeod Motorsports 6	15	Stanton Barrett 2	Paul Andrews 1 Joe Lax 2 George Church 2 Jason Houghtaling 4
			Cody Ware (R) 1
			Todd Peck 3
			Jeff Green 1
			Travis Kvapil 2
Chevrolet	Rick Ware Racing	25	Chris Cockrum 3[7]	Jeff Spraker 3 Joe Lax 5 George Church 1
			Cody Ware (R) 3
			Harrison Rhodes 2
	Team Kapusta Racing		Timmy Hill 1
Dodge 6 Toyota 3	MBM Motorsports	13	Mark Thompson 1	Carl Long 1 Robbie May 2 George Lee II 2 Michael Rathje 4
			Josh Reaume 1
			Derek White 1
			D. J. Kennington 1
			Carl Long 1
			Matt DiBenedetto 1
			Timmy Hill 2
			John Jackson 1
Dodge 5 Toyota 4		40	Derek White 1	Robbie May 1 Sebastian Laforge 8
			Carl Long 6
			Josh Reaume 1
			Josh Wise 1

Limited schedule

Manufacturer	Team	No.	Race driver	Crew chief	Rounds
Chevrolet	Athenian Motorsports	05	John Wes Townley	Michael Shelton	3
	Bobby Gerhart Racing	85	Bobby Gerhart	Billy Gerhart	2
	GMS Racing	21	Spencer Gallagher	Joey Cohen	13
	JR Motorsports	5	Kasey Kahne	Ryan Pemberton	1
			Chase Elliott		1
			Cole Custer		3
	King Autosport	92	Mario Gosselin	Michael Rutland	1
	Precision Performance Motorsports	46	Anthony Kumpen	Mark Setzer	1
			Brandon Gdovic		8
	Rick Ware Racing	17	Jeff Green	George Church	1
	RSS Racing	93	Scott Lagasse Jr.	Mark Gibson 3 Harry McMullen 5	1
			Josh Reaume		2
			Dylan Lupton		2
			Josh Wise		3
	Shepherd Racing Ventures	89	Morgan Shepherd	Tony Furr 5 Nick Hoechst 3	8
Ford	Biagi-DenBeste Racing	98	Aric Almirola	Jon Hanson	6
	B. J. McLeod Motorsports	99	Chris Fontaine	Jason Houghtaling 2 Keith Wolfe 2	1
			Todd Peck		3
	Roush Fenway Racing	60	Gray Gaulding	TBA	2
			Ricky Stenhouse Jr.		1
Toyota	JGL Racing	24	Matt Tifft	Steven Gray 3 Ken Evans 4 Wayne Setterington 1	4
			Corey LaJoie		10
			T. J. Bell		1
			Brandon McReynolds		1
	NEMCO Motorsports	87	Joe Nemechek	Jim Mazza	1
	TriStar Motorsports	10	Jeff Green	Ricky Viers 2 Robbie May 2 Doug Miller 3	5
			Matt DiBenedetto		2

Changes

Teams

• The Roush Fenway Racing No. 1 and No. 60 cars, driven by Elliott Sadler and Chris Buescher respectively in 2015, will shut down, and Roush will downsize to two full-time teams. Sadler moves full-time to JR Motorsports, while Buescher moves up to the Sprint Cup Series full-time for Front Row Motorsports.
• Chip Ganassi Racing will field a full-time team for Brennan Poole in the No. 48 DC Solar Chevrolet. Poole ran about half the races in the HScott Motorsports with Chip Ganassi No. 42 in 2015. Chad Norris will be the crew chief, after being the crew chief for Darrell Wallace Jr. and Ryan Reed for Roush Fenway Racing in 2015.
• SS-Green Light Racing will move up from the Camping World Truck Series to the Xfinity Series with driver Ray Black Jr., crew chief Jason Miller and sponsorship from Scubalife in the No. 07.
• TriStar Motorsports will downsize to two full-time teams, shutting down the No. 8, No. 19 and No. 24. David Starr will remaining in the No. 44 with the No. 14 to be announced.
• Kaulig Racing will start a full-time team. Blake Koch will drive the No. 11 LeafFilter Chevrolet with crew chief Chris Rice. Koch drove the No. 8 LeafFilter car for TriStar Motorsports in 2015.
• Rick Ware Racing will field the No. 25 Chevrolet as a second team in celebration of the organization's 25th anniversary.
• B. J. McLeod Motorsports will field two full-time Ford cars: the No. 78, which McLeod will drive, and the No. 99, which various drivers will drive. The cars were purchased from Roush Fenway Racing.

Drivers

• 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion Erik Jones will move to the Xfinity Series full-time for Joe Gibbs Racing in the No. 20. Jones also drove this car part-time in 2015.
• Joe Gibbs Racing renumbered the Daniel Suárez team from the No. 18 to the No. 19.
• Kyle Busch, Matt Tifft, Denny Hamlin, and Bobby Labonte will run the No. 18 for Joe Gibbs Racing in 2016, renumbered from No. 54.
• Justin Allgaier will replace Regan Smith in the JR Motorsports No. 7 with sponsorship from Brandt. Allgaier ran the HScott Motorsports No. 51 in the Sprint Cup series in 2015.^[3] Smith will move back to the Cup Series full-time, driving the No. 7 Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet.
• Elliott Sadler will replace Chase Elliott, who moves up to the Sprint Cup Series, in the JR Motorsports No. 1 (renumbered from No. 9). Sadler ran in the Roush Fenway Racing No. 1 in 2015.^[3]
• Chase Elliott, Alex Bowman, Cole Custer, and Kenny Habul will join Kevin Harvick, Josh Berry, and team owner Dale Earnhardt, Jr. as drivers of the JR Motorsports No. 88, replacing Kasey Kahne, who drove 6 races in 2015, and Ben Rhodes, who drove 10 races in 2015. Habul drove 3 races for the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20 in 2015.
• Austin Dillon and Paul Menard will replace Brian Scott in the Richard Childress Racing No. 2. They both ran part-time in the Childress No. 33 in 2015. Scott will move up to the Cup Series, driving the No. 44 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford, renumbered from No. 9.
• Brandon Jones will move to the Xfinity Series full-time for Richard Childress Racing in the No. 33. Jones also drove this car part-time with Austin Dillon and Paul Menard in 2015.^[5]
• Jeb Burton will replace Dakoda Armstrong in the No. 43 Ford for Richard Petty Motorsports. Burton drove for BK Racing in the Sprint Cup Series in 2015.
• Dakoda Armstrong will replace J. J. Yeley in the JGL Racing No. 28 with sponsorship from WinField. Armstrong drove the No. 43 WinField car for Richard Petty Motorsports in 2015.
• Ryan Preece will replace Landon Cassill in the JD Motorsports No. 01. Preece drove five races in the Premium Motorsports No. 98 in the Sprint Cup Series in 2015. Cassill moves to the No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford in the Cup Series.
• Harrison Rhodes will replace various drivers in the Obaika Racing No. 97. Rhodes drove the JD Motorsports No. 0 for most of the races in 2015.

Crew chiefs

• Brian Wilson will replace Greg Erwin as the crew chief for Ryan Blaney, Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano in the Team Penske No. 22. He was the race engineer for Brad Keselowski's No. 2 Sprint Cup Series car in 2015.
• Chris Gabehart will replace Mike Wheeler as crew chief for Erik Jones in the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20. Gabehart was the race engineer for Denny Hamlin's No. 11 Cup Series car in 2015.
• Scott Graves will replace Eric Phillips as crew chief for Daniel Suárez in the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 19 (renumbered from No. 18). He was the crew chief for the 2015 champion Chris Buescher in the Roush Fenway Racing No. 60 the prior season.
• Kevin Meendering will replace Ernie Cope as crew chief for Elliott Sadler in the JR Motorsports No. 1 (renumbered from No. 9). He was the chief engineer for Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s No. 88 Cup Series car in 2015.
• Richard Childress Racing crew chiefs, Mike Hillman, Jr. and Danny Stockman, Jr., will swap cars. Hillman, Jr. will crew chief Brandon Jones in the No. 33 after working with Brian Scott in the No. 2 in 2015. Stockman, Jr. will move with Austin Dillon and Paul Menard from the No. 33 to the No. 2.
• Phil Gould will replace Chad Norris as crew chief for Ryan Reed in the Roush Fenway Racing No. 16. He was the crew chief for Roush's Elliott Sadler No. 1 car in 2015.
• Drew Blickensderfer will replace Frank Kerr for Jeb Burton in the Richard Petty Motorsports No. 43. Blickensderfer was the crew chief for 10 races for the Petty No. 9 Sprint Cup team in 2015.
• Frank Kerr will replace Greg Conner as crew chief for David Starr in the TriStar Motorsports No. 44. Kerr was the crew chief for the Richard Petty Motorsports No. 43 in 2015.
• Zach McGowan will replace Wayne Setterington as crew chief for Ryan Preece in the JD Motorsports No. 01. McGowan was crew chief for Preece in his 5 races for Premium Motorsports in the Sprint Cup series in 2015.
• Brian Berry will replace Gary Cogswell as crew chief for Ross Chastain in the JD Motorsports No. 4.

Rule changes

On January 19, NASCAR announced the introduction of a playoff format similar to the Chase for the Sprint Cup for the Xfinity Series and the Camping World Truck Series.^[8] After the 26-race regular season, the top-12 drivers will enter the Round of 12 (Kentucky, Dover and Charlotte), with championship points reset. The top-eight drivers will advance to the Round of 8 (Kansas, Texas and Phoenix). The top-four drivers will qualify to the Championship 4 at Homestead. Race winners will automatically advance to the next round. Additionally, the 16 drivers who qualified for the 2015 Chase for the Sprint Cup are ineligible to race at Homestead.

NASCAR also announced that Dash 4 Cash races would feature two heat races that determine the starting grid for the main event. If a driver is the highest finishing eligible driver in two of the races, they become eligible for the Xfinity Chase.^[9]

Schedule

No	Race title	Track	Date
1	PowerShares QQQ 300	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach	February 20
2	Heads Up Georgia 250	Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton	February 27
3	Boyd Gaming 300	Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas	March 5
4	Axalta Faster. Tougher. Brighter. 200	Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale	March 12
5	TreatMyClot.com 300	Auto Club Speedway, Fontana	March 19
6	O'Reilly Auto Parts 300	Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth	April 8
7	Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300	Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol	April 16
8	Toyota Care 250	Richmond International Raceway, Richmond	April 23
9	Sparks Energy 300	Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln	April 30
10	Ollie's Bargain Outlet 200	Dover International Speedway, Dover	May 14
11	Hisense 4K TV 300	Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord	May 28
12	Pocono 250	Pocono Raceway, Long Pond	June 4
13	Menards 250	Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn	June 11
14	American Ethanol E15 250	Iowa Speedway, Newton	June 19
15	Subway Firecracker 250	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach	July 1
16	Alsco 300	Kentucky Speedway, Sparta	July 8
17	Lakes Region 200	New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon	July 16
18	Lilly Diabetes 250	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway	July 23
19	U.S. Cellular 250	Iowa Speedway, Newton	July 30
20	Zippo 200 at The Glen	Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen	August 6
21	Mid-Ohio 200	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington	August 13
22	Food City 300	Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol	August 19
23	Road America 180	Road America, Elkhart Lake	August 27
24	VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200	Darlington Raceway, Darlington	September 3
25	Virginia 529 College Savings 250	Richmond International Raceway, Richmond	September 9
26	Chicagoland 300	Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet	September 17
NASCAR Xfinity Series Chase
Round of 12
27	VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300	Kentucky Speedway, Sparta	September 24
28	Drive Sober 200	Dover International Speedway, Dover	October 1
29	Drive for the Cure 300	Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord	October 7
Round of 8
30	Kansas Lottery 300	Kansas Speedway, Kansas City	October 15
31	O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge	Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth	November 5
32	Phoenix 200	Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale	November 12
Championship 4
33	Ford 300	Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead	November 19

  Dash 4 Cash races

Schedule changes and notes

• Pocono Raceway will host the Xfinity Series for the first time on June 4, 2016. The race will be 250 mi (400 km) in length and will replace the standalone June race held by Chicagoland Speedway.^[10]
• The four Dash4Cash races—Bristol, Richmond, Dover (all spring) and Indianapolis—will have reduced race distances in order to add additional heat races. The Bristol format is two 50-lap heat races and a 200-lap feature, Richmond will have 35-lap heat races and a 140-lap feature, Dover will have 40-lap heat races and a 120-lap feature and Indianapolis will have 20-lap heat races and a 60-lap feature.

Results and standings

Races

No.	Race	Pole position	Most laps led	Winning driver	Manufacturer
1	PowerShares QQQ 300	Dillon, TyTy Dillon	Logano, JoeyJoey Logano	Elliott, ChaseChase Elliott	Chevrolet
2	Heads Up Georgia 250	Busch, KyleKyle Busch	Busch, KyleKyle Busch	Busch, KyleKyle Busch	Toyota
3	Boyd Gaming 300	Busch, KyleKyle Busch	Busch, KyleKyle Busch	Busch, KyleKyle Busch	Toyota
4	Axalta Faster. Tougher. Brighter. 200	Jones, ErikErik Jones	Busch, KyleKyle Busch	Busch, KyleKyle Busch	Toyota
5	TreatMyClot.com 300	Suárez, DanielDaniel Suárez	Busch, KyleKyle Busch	Dillon, AustinAustin Dillon	Chevrolet
6	O'Reilly Auto Parts 300	Busch, KyleKyle Busch	Busch, KyleKyle Busch	Busch, KyleKyle Busch	Toyota
7	Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300	Jones, ErikErik Jones	Larson, KyleKyle Larson	Jones, ErikErik Jones	Toyota
8	Toyota Care 250	Jones, ErikErik Jones	Earnhardt Jr., DaleDale Earnhardt Jr.	Earnhardt Jr., DaleDale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet
9	Sparks Energy 300	Tifft, MattMatt Tifft	Jones, BrandonBrandon Jones	Sadler, ElliottElliott Sadler	Chevrolet

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 12 . – Eliminated after Round of 8

Pos	Driver	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	CLT	MCH	POC	IOW	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH	CHI		KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM	Pts
1	Elliott Sadler	4	9	8	8	5	7	15	3	1																										314
2	Daniel Suárez	8	7	2	3	4	16	6	4	7																										314
3	Ty Dillon	13	5	7	6	17	13	7	2	19																										282
4	Justin Allgaier	12	8	9	4	10	6	5	35	2																										280
5	Brendan Gaughan	10	13	10	13	7	12	16	7	5																										279
6	Brandon Jones (R)	7	11	6	11	9	9	11	15	18*																										274
7	Erik Jones (R)	31	3	3	2	15	2	1	34	21																										264
8	Brennan Poole (R)	27	14	11	10	13	19	13	10	3																										251
9	Darrell Wallace Jr.	6	18	33	12	3	15	25	16	13																										229
10	Ryan Reed	16	15	13	14	14	14	21	11	31																										221
11	Jeb Burton	25	10	17	17	16	35	12	19	17																										202
12	Ryan Sieg	20	16	14	27	29	10	14	21	20																										198
13	Jeremy Clements	15	17	20	28	21	24	33	22	4																										186
14	Blake Koch	9	20	26	16	12	34	37	8	24																										184
15	Ross Chastain	22	28	16	24	19	21	22	18	16																										183
16	Dakoda Armstrong	14	21	22	18	22	26	30	14	34																										168
17	Ryan Preece (R)	40	22	18	21	25	28	19	23	15																										159
18	Garrett Smithley (R)		24	24	31	23	23	29	20	12																										142
19	J. J. Yeley		19	21	20	27	38	38	12	22																										131
20	Ray Black Jr. (R)	33	33	25	25	37	22	20	24	29																										121
21	David Starr	18	39	23	22	38	18	17																												112
22	B. J. McLeod (R)	24	26	27	29	33	29	28	28	36																										109
23	Joey Gase	32	32	28	33	28	27	31	26	38																										94
24	Justin Marks			34	15				13	11																										91
25	Mario Gosselin	DNQ	25	29	35	26		24		28																										79
26	Corey LaJoie		23	19		18																														63
27	Harrison Rhodes	DNQ	35	32	30	35		26	27																											61
28	Derrike Cope	DNQ	27	DNQ	34	34	31	34	30	DNQ																										56
29	Mike Harmon	DNQ	30	31	38	32	33	36	36	DNQ																										51
30	Ryan Ellis			QL	QL		30	35	29	35																										35
31	Benny Gordon	35								14																										33
32	Todd Peck		38	DNQ	37	30	37		32																											31
33	Cody Ware (R)		31	35		31	36																													31
34	Chris Cockrum	28	29							37																										29
35	Dylan Lupton				19	36																														27
36	Jeff Green	37	40	40	40		DNQ	27	37	40																										27
37	Carl Long		36	37		DNQ	39	DNQ	38	30																										25
38	Brandon Gdovic							18																												23
39	Martin Roy	38					25																													19
40	Brandon McReynolds									23																										18
41	Morgan Shepherd	36	37	39	39	DNQ		DNQ	39	39																										18
42	Anthony Kumpen	26																																		15
43	T. J. Bell				26																															15
44	Scott Lagasse Jr.	29																																		12
45	Stanton Barrett	DNQ		30																																11
46	Eric McClure	30																																		11
47	Bobby Gerhart	39								33																										10
48	Josh Reaume		34	38	DNQ					DNQ																										10
49	John Jackson									32																										9
50	Derek White	DNQ		36																																5
51	D. J. Kennington				36																															5
	Mark Thompson	DNQ																																		0
Ineligible for Xfinity Series driver points
Pos.	Driver	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	CLT	MCH	POC	IOW	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH	CHI		KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM	Pts
	Kyle Busch		1*	1*	1*	2*	1*	2
	Chase Elliott	1		4	5		4			9
	Austin Dillon	5		5	7	1	8	4	5	6
	Dale Earnhardt Jr.						5		1*
	Kyle Larson	34	2			8	11	3*
	Joey Logano	2*						9		27
	Brad Keselowski		6	15	9		3		9
	Kasey Kahne	3
	Paul Menard		4
	Kevin Harvick		12			6		8
	Cole Custer								6
	Matt Tifft	21					20	23	33	8
	Aric Almirola	11		12		11	17	10		10
	Spencer Gallagher				23	24			17
	John Wes Townley	17								26
	Joe Nemechek	19
	Ryan Blaney					20
	Bobby Labonte	23
	Travis Kvapil								25	25
	Timmy Hill				32			32	31
	Matt DiBenedetto					40	32	40
	Josh Wise					39	40	39	40
	Chris Fontaine	DNQ
Pos.	Driver	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	CLT	MCH	POC	IOW	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH	CHI		KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM	Pts

Owners' championship (Top 15)

(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.

Pos. No. Car Owner Driver Races Points DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT MCH POC IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 1 18 Joe Gibbs Bobby Labonte 23 279 Kyle Busch 1* 1* 1* 2* 1* 2 2 2 Richard Childress Austin Dillon 5 5 7 1 8 4 258 Paul Menard 4 3 88 Rick Hendrick Chase Elliott 1 4 5 250 Kevin Harvick 12 6 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5 4 19 Joe Gibbs Daniel Suárez 8 7 2 3 4 16 6 242 5 20 Joe Gibbs Erik Jones (R) 31 3 3 2 15 2 1 236 6 7 Kelley Earnhardt-Miller Justin Allgaier 12 8 9 4 10 6 5 234 7 1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Elliott Sadler 4 9 8 8 5 7 15 232 8 22 Roger Penske Joey Logano 2* 9 227 Brad Keselowski 6 15 9 3 Ryan Blaney 20 9 33 Richard Childress Brandon Jones (R) 7 11 6 11 9 9 11 223 10 3 Richard Childress Ty Dillon 13 5 7 6 17 13 7 221 11 62 Richard Childress Brendan Gaughan 10 13 10 13 7 12 16 208 12 42 Chip Ganassi Kyle Larson 34 2 8 11 3* 184 Justin Marks 34 15 13 48 Chip Ganassi Brennan Poole (R) 27 14 11 10 13 19 13 180 14 16 Jack Roush Ryan Reed 16 15 13 14 14 14 21 180 15 6 Jack Roush Darrell Wallace, Jr. 6 18 33 12 3 15 25 176 Pos. No. Car Owner Driver DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT MCH POC IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM Points Races

Manufacturers' championship

After 7 of 33 races

Pos	Manufacturer	Wins	Points
1	Toyota	5	298
2	Chevrolet	2	278
3	Ford	0	247
4	Dodge	0	52

See also

• 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
• 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck 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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