2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series

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2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series season
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Daniel Suárez, 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 Carlos Contreras 1
Danny Ketterman Jr. 10
JD Motorsports 0 Eric McClure 1[2] Matthew Lewis 5
Danny Gill 6
Garrett Smithley (R) 32
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 2
Clint Bowyer 1
Kaulig Racing 11 Blake Koch Chris Rice
Obaika Racing 97 Harrison Rhodes 6 Todd Myers 6
David Jones 1
Bobby Burrell 4
Ryan Ellis 4
Alex Guenette 1
Richard Childress Racing 2 Austin Dillon 9 Danny Stockman Jr.
Paul Menard 3
TBA 3
3 Ty Dillon Nick Harrison 32
Gil Martin 1
33 Brandon Jones (R)[5] Mike Hillman Jr.
62 Brendan Gaughan[6] Shane Wilson
Rick Ware Racing 25 Chris Cockrum 3[7] Jeff Spraker 4
Joe Lax 6
George Church 1
Cody Ware (R) 3
Harrison Rhodes 2
Ryan Ellis 1
Team Kapusta Racing Timmy Hill 2
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 6
Ford B. J. McLeod Motorsports 78 B. J. McLeod (R) George Ingram 9
David Ingram 2
Roush Fenway Racing 6 Darrell Wallace Jr. Seth Barbour
16 Ryan Reed Phil Gould
Team Penske 22 Joey Logano 6 Brian Wilson
Brad Keselowski 5
Ryan Blaney 1
TBA 3
Toyota JGL Racing 28 Dakoda Armstrong Steven Lane 9
Wayne Setterington Jr. 2
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 25
44 David Starr 7 Frank Kerr
J. J. Yeley 26
Chevrolet 11
Ford 1
King Autosport 11
B. J. McLeod Motorsports 1
90 Martin Roy 3 Guy Caron 7
Michael Rutland 1
Mario Gosselin 2
Keith Wolfe 1
Mario Gosselin 8
Todd Peck 1
Dodge 1
Chevrolet 1
Ford 1
Rick Ware Racing 15 Stanton Barrett 2 Paul Andrews 1
Joe Lax 1
George Church 1
Cody Ware (R) 1
Ford B. J. McLeod Motorsports Todd Peck 4 Keith Wolfe 2
Jason Houghtaling 6
Jeff Green 1
Travis Kvapil 3
Cody Ware (R) 1
Dodge 7
Toyota 4
MBM Motorsports 13 Mark Thompson 1 Carl Long 1
Robbie May 1
George Lee II 3
Michael Rathje 5
George Church 1
Josh Reaume 1
Derek White 1
D. J. Kennington 1
Carl Long 2
Matt DiBenedetto 1
Timmy Hill 3
John Jackson 1
T.J. Bell 1
Dodge 6
Toyota 5
40 Derek White 1 Robbie May 1
Sebastian Laforge 10
Carl Long 8
Josh Reaume 1
Josh Wise 1
T.J. Bell 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
Obaika Racing 77 TBA TBA 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 7
1
Dylan Lupton 2
Josh Reaume 3
Josh Wise 5
Shepherd Racing Ventures 89 Morgan Shepherd Tony Furr 5
Nick Hoechst 5
10
Ford Biagi-DenBeste Racing 98 Aric Almirola Jon Hanson 6
B. J. McLeod Motorsports 99 Chris Fontaine Jason Houghtaling 1
Todd Peck Keith Wolfe 3
Richard Petty Motorsports 43 Jeb Burton Drew Blickensderfer 11
Roush Fenway Racing 60 Gray Gaulding TBA 2
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 1
Team Penske 12 Ryan Blaney Greg Erwin 1
Toyota JGL Racing 24 Matt Tifft Steven Gray 3
Ken Evans 4
Wayne Setterington 1
Steven Lane 2
3
Corey LaJoie 10
T. J. Bell 1
Brandon McReynolds 1
Drew Herring 2
NEMCO Motorsports 87 Joe Nemechek Jim Mazza 1
TriStar Motorsports 10 Jeff Green Ricky Viers 2
Robbie May 4
Doug Miller 3
5
Matt DiBenedetto 5

Changes

Teams

Drivers

Crew chiefs

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

The Ollie's Bargain Outlet 200 at Dover International Speedway in May
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 Green 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 EcoBoost 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 Ty Dillon Joey Logano Chase Elliott Chevrolet
2 Heads Up Georgia 250 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Toyota
3 Boyd Gaming 300 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Toyota
4 Axalta Faster. Tougher. Brighter. 200 Erik Jones Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Toyota
5 TreatMyClot.com 300 Daniel Suárez Kyle Busch Austin Dillon Chevrolet
6 O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Toyota
7 Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 Erik Jones Kyle Larson Erik Jones Toyota
8 Toyota Care 250 Erik Jones Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet
9 Sparks Energy 300 Matt Tifft Brandon Jones Elliott Sadler Chevrolet
10 Ollie's Bargain Outlet 200 Erik Jones Erik Jones Erik Jones Toyota
11 Hisense 4K TV 300 Erik Jones Denny Hamlin Denny Hamlin Toyota

Drivers' Championship

(keyBold – 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 POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM Pts
1 Daniel Suárez 8 7 2 3 4 16 6 4 7 9 12 376
2 Elliott Sadler 4 9 8 8 5 7 15 3 1 6 28 362
3 Justin Allgaier 12 8 9 4 10 6 5 35 2 4 5 353
4 Ty Dillon 13 5 7 6 17 13 7 2 19 5 8 352
5 Brendan Gaughan 10 13 10 13 7 12 16 7 5 15 10 336
6 Brandon Jones (R) 7 11 6 11 9 9 11 15 18* 25 7 324
7 Erik Jones (R) 31 3 3 2 15 2 1 34 21 1* 31 320
8 Brennan Poole (R) 27 14 11 10 13 19 13 10 3 10 9 314
9 Darrell Wallace Jr. 6 18 33 12 3 15 25 16 13 2 27 283
10 Ryan Reed 16 15 13 14 14 14 21 11 31 18 19 266
11 Jeb Burton 25 10 17 17 16 35 12 19 17 13 11 260
12 Ryan Sieg 20 16 14 27 29 10 14 21 20 16 13 251
13 Blake Koch 9 20 26 16 12 34 37 8 24 12 14 240
14 Ross Chastain 22 28 16 24 19 21 22 18 16 20 17 229
15 Jeremy Clements 15 17 20 28 21 24 33 22 4 22 20 226
16 Dakoda Armstrong 14 21 22 18 22 26 30 14 34 21 21 208
17 Garrett Smithley (R) 24 24 31 23 23 29 20 12 24 15 185
18 Ryan Preece (R) 40 22 18 21 25 28 19 23 15 39 22 180
19 J. J. Yeley 19 21 20 27 38 38 12 22 11 23 179
20 Ray Black Jr. (R) 33 33 25 25 37 22 20 24 29 17 37 149
21 B. J. McLeod (R) 24 26 27 29 33 29 28 28 36 19 25 147
22 Joey Gase 32 32 28 33 28 27 31 26 38 23 36 117
23 David Starr 18 39 23 22 38 18 17 112
24 Justin Marks 34 15 13 11 40 92
25 Mario Gosselin DNQ 25 29 35 26 24 28 28 92
26 Harrison Rhodes DNQ 35 32 30 35 26 27 24 78
27 Derrike Cope DNQ 27 DNQ 34 34 31 34 30 DNQ 35 32 71
28 Mike Harmon DNQ 30 31 38 32 33 36 36 DNQ 32 35 66
29 Corey LaJoie 23 19 18 63
30 Drew Herring 14 18 50
31 Ryan Ellis QL QL 30 35 29 35 31 45
32 Jeff Green 37 40 40 40 DNQ 27 37 40 33 34 43
33 Carl Long 36 37 DNQ 39 DNQ 38 30 34 30 43
34 Alex Bowman 3 39
35 Martin Roy 38 25 26 34
36 Cody Ware (R) 31 35 31 36 38 34
37 Benny Gordon 35 14 33
38 Todd Peck 38 DNQ 37 30 37 32 31
39 Chris Cockrum 28 29 37 29
40 Dylan Lupton 19 36 27
41 Brandon Gdovic 18 23
42 Morgan Shepherd 36 37 39 39 DNQ DNQ 39 39 36 DNQ 23
43 Brandon McReynolds 23 18
44 Anthony Kumpen 26 15
45 T. J. Bell 26 DNQ 15
46 Alex Guenette 27 14
47 Josh Reaume 34 38 DNQ DNQ 37 14
48 Scott Lagasse Jr. 29 12
49 Stanton Barrett DNQ 30 11
50 Eric McClure 30 11
51 Bobby Gerhart 39 33 10
52 John Jackson 32 9
53 Derek White DNQ 36 5
54 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 POC MCH 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
Austin Dillon 5 5 7 1 8 4 5 6 2
Chase Elliott 1 4 5 4 9
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5 1*
Denny Hamlin 1*
Kyle Larson 34 2 8 11 3* 6
Joey Logano 2* 9 27 7 3
Brad Keselowski 6 15 9 3 9
Kasey Kahne 3
Cole Custer 6 4
Paul Menard 4 29
Kevin Harvick 12 6 8
Matt Tifft 21 20 23 33 8 8
Aric Almirola 11 12 11 17 10 10
Ryan Blaney 20 16
Spencer Gallagher 23 24 17 29
John Wes Townley 17 26
Joe Nemechek 19
Bobby Labonte 23
Travis Kvapil 25 25 30
Timmy Hill 32 32 31 26 33
Matt DiBenedetto 40 32 40 38 40
Josh Wise 39 40 39 40 39
Chris Fontaine DNQ
Pos. Driver DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH 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 Races Points
DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM
1 88 Rick Hendrick 1 12 4 5 6 5 8 1 9 3 367
2 18 Joe Gibbs 23 1* 1* 1* 2* 1* 2 33 8 8 354
3 1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 4 9 8 8 5 7 15 3 1* 6 349
4 19 Joe Gibbs 8 7 2 3 4 16 6 5 7 9 346
5 2 Richard Childress 5 4 5 7 1 8 4 5 6 29 342
6 3 Richard Childress 13 5 7 6 17 13 7 2 19 5 319
7 7 Kelley Earnhardt-Miller 12 8 9 4 10 6 5 35 2 4 317
8 20 Joe Gibbs 31 3 3 2 15 2 1 34 21 1* 309
9 22 Roger Penske 2* 6 15 9 20 3 9 9 27 7 308
10 62 Richard Childress 10 13 10 13 7 12 16 7 5 15 305
11 33 Richard Childress 7 11 6 11 9 9 11 15 18 25 290
12 48 Chip Ganassi 27 14 11 10 13 19 13 10 3 10 282
13 6 Jack Roush 6 18 33 12 3 15 25 16 13 2 268
14 16 Jack Roush 16 15 13 14 14 14 21 11 31 18 244
15 42 Chip Ganassi 34 2 34 15 8 11 3* 15 11 40 243
Pos. No. Car Owner DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH 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 11 of 33 races

Pos Manufacturer Wins Points
1 Toyota 7 460
2 Chevrolet 4 445
3 Ford 0 388
4 Dodge 0 94

See also

References

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