2016 Toyota Tundra 250
Race details
Race 4 of 23 of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Date May 6, 2016
Official name 16th Annual Toyota Tundra 250
Location Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas
Course Permanent racing facility
1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance 170 laps, 255 mi (410.3 km)
Scheduled Distance 167 laps, 250.5 mi (403.1 km)
Average speed 108.511 miles per hour (174.632 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Athenian Motorsports
Time 30.465
Most laps led
Driver Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing
Laps 57
Winner
No. 9 William Byron Kyle Busch Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network FS1
Announcers Vince Welch, Phil Parsons, and Michael Waltrip
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN

The 2016 Toyota Tundra 250 was the 4th stock car race of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and the 16th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, May 6, 2016, in Kansas City, Kansas at Kansas Speedway, a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) permanent tri-oval shaped racetrack. The race was increased from 167 laps to 170 laps, due to a NASCAR overtime finish. In a wild finish, William Byron, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would take the upset win, after the leaders of Johnny Sauter and Ben Rhodes wrecked on the final lap. This was Byron's first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win.[1] To fill out the podium, Matt Crafton, driving for ThorSport Racing, and Daniel Hemric, driving for Brad Keselowski Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Background

The layout of Kansas Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

Kansas Speedway is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) tri-oval race track in the Village West area near Kansas City, Kansas, United States. It was built in 2001 and it currently hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The IndyCar Series also held races at the venue until 2011. The speedway is owned and operated by NASCAR.

Entry list

  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
  • (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
# Driver Team Make Sponsor
00 Cole Custer (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet Haas Automation
1 Ryan Ellis (i) MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet CorvetteParts.net, ZAK Products
02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet Interlock Tech Solutions, Randco
4 Christopher Bell (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota JBL
05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet Jive Communications
6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet Norm Benning Racing
07 B. J. McLeod (i) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet SS-Green Light Racing
8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet Andy's Frozen Custard
9 William Byron (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Liberty University
10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet Mark One Electric
11 Matt Tifft (R) Red Horse Racing Toyota Red Horse Racing
13 Cameron Hayley ThorSport Racing Toyota Cabinets by Hayley
17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota Red Horse Racing
19 Daniel Hemric Brad Keselowski Racing Ford Oakmont Management Group
21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet Allegiant Air
22 Austin Wayne Self (R) AM Racing Toyota AM Technical Solutions
23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet Alamo Rent a Car
24 Clint Bowyer (i) GMS Racing Chevrolet Georgia Boot, 5-hour Energy, Visine
29 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford Cooper-Standard Automotive
33 Ben Kennedy GMS Racing Chevrolet Weber Inc.
41 Ben Rhodes (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota Operation BBQ Relief
44 Tommy Joe Martins Martins Motorsports Chevrolet Diamond Gusset Jeans
49 Timmy Hill Premium Motorsports Chevrolet Premium Motorsports
50 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet GasBuddy
51 Cody Coughlin (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Jegs High Performance
63 Bobby Pierce MB Motorsports Chevrolet Champion Oil, Vatterott College
66 Jordan Anderson Bolen Motorsports Chevrolet DoodyCalls, Telco Connect
71 Mike Bliss Contreras Motorsports Chevrolet American Club
74 Mike Harmon (i) Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet RaceDaySponsor.com
81 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota Aquastar
86 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet Coastal Carolina University
88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota Ideal Door, Menards
92 Parker Kligerman RBR Enterprises Ford Black's Tire Service, Advance Auto Parts
98 Rico Abreu (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota Safelite, Curb Records
Official entry list

Practice

First practice

The first practice session was held on Thursday, May 5, at 1:30 pm CST, and would last for 55 minutes.[2] Tyler Reddick, driving for Brad Keselowski Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.658, and an average speed of 176.137 mph (283.465 km/h).[3]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 29 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 30.658 176.137
2 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 30.686 175.976
3 11 Matt Tifft (R) Red Horse Racing Toyota 30.762 175.541
Full first practice results

Second practice

The second practice session was held on Thursday, May 5, at 3:30 pm EST, and would last for 55 minutes.[2] William Byron, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.569, and an average speed of 176.650 mph (284.291 km/h).[4]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 9 William Byron (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.569 176.650
2 05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet 30.574 176.621
3 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 30.612 176.401
Full second practice results

Final practice

The final practice session was held on Thursday, May 5, at 5:30 pm CST, and would last for 1 hour and 25 minutes.[2] John Wes Townley, driving for his family team, Athenian Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.512, and an average speed of 176.980 mph (284.822 km/h).[4]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet 30.512 176.980
2 23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.552 176.748
3 13 Cameron Hayley ThorSport Racing Toyota 30.560 176.702
Full final practice results

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Friday, May 6, at 3:30 pm CST.[2] Since Kansas Speedway is at least 1.5 miles (2.4 km) in length, the qualifying system was a single car, single lap, two round system where in the first round, everyone would set a time to determine positions 13–32. Then, the fastest 12 qualifiers would move on to the second round to determine positions 1–12.[5]

John Wes Townley, driving for his family team, Athenian Motorsports, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 30.465, and an average speed of 177.253 mph (285.261 km/h) in the third round.[6]

Norm Benning and Mike Harmon would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time (R1) Speed (R1) Time (R2) Speed (R2)
1 05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet 30.602 176.459 30.465 177.253
2 9 William Byron (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.634 176.275 30.606 176.436
3 29 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 30.700 175.896 30.691 175.947
4 00 Cole Custer (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 30.734 175.701 30.750 175.610
5 4 Christopher Bell (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.841 175.092 30.800 175.325
6 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 30.804 175.302 30.835 175.126
7 11 Matt Tifft (R) Red Horse Racing Toyota 30.723 175.764 30.837 175.114
8 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 30.752 175.598 30.888 174.825
9 19 Daniel Hemric Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 30.848 175.052 30.965 174.390
10 41 Ben Rhodes (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 30.860 174.984 30.967 174.379
11 33 Ben Kennedy GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.812 175.256 30.974 174.340
12 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.797 175.342
Eliminated in Round 1
13 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 30.925 174.616
14 51 Cody Coughlin (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.986 174.272
15 13 Cameron Hayley ThorSport Racing Toyota 31.030 174.025
16 24 Clint Bowyer (i) GMS Racing Chevrolet 31.090 173.689
17 71 Mike Bliss Contreras Motorsports Chevrolet 31.107 173.594
18 92 Parker Kligerman RBR Enterprises Ford 31.173 173.227
19 44 Tommy Joe Martins Martins Motorsports Chevrolet 31.246 172.822
20 02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 31.301 172.518
21 81 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 31.305 172.496
22 86 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 31.326 172.381
23 66 Jordan Anderson Bolen Motorsports Chevrolet 31.361 172.188
24 50 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 31.453 171.685
25 07 B. J. McLeod (i) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 31.550 171.157
26 63 Bobby Pierce MB Motorsports Chevrolet 31.578 171.005
27 49 Timmy Hill Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 31.594 170.919
Qualified by owner's points
28 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 31.766 169.993
29 22 Austin Wayne Self (R) AM Racing Toyota 31.874 169.417
30 1 Ryan Ellis (i) MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 32.967 163.800
31 98 Rico Abreu (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 35.451 152.323
32 23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet
Failed to qualify
33 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 31.806 169.779
34 74 Mike Harmon (i) Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 32.887 164.199
Official qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 2 9 William Byron (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 170 34 Running 36
2 13 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 170 57 Running 33
3 9 19 Daniel Hemric Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 170 0 Running 30
4 5 4 Christopher Bell (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 170 5 Running 30
5 16 24 Clint Bowyer (i) GMS Racing Chevrolet 170 0 Running 0
6 21 81 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 170 0 Running 27
7 4 00 Cole Custer (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 170 0 Running 26
8 8 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 170 1 Running 26
9 11 33 Ben Kennedy GMS Racing Chevrolet 170 0 Running 24
10 32 23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 170 0 Running 23
11 20 02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 170 0 Running 22
12 22 86 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 170 0 Running 21
13 3 29 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 170 56 Running 21
14 7 11 Matt Tifft (R) Red Horse Racing Toyota 170 0 Running 19
15 25 07 B. J. McLeod (i) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 170 0 Running 0
16 12 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 170 9 Running 18
17 17 71 Mike Bliss Contreras Motorsports Chevrolet 170 0 Running 16
18 10 41 Ben Rhodes (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 169 5 Running 16
19 15 13 Cameron Hayley ThorSport Racing Toyota 169 2 Running 15
20 24 50 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 169 0 Running 13
21 27 49 Timmy Hill Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 168 0 Running 12
22 31 98 Rico Abreu (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 167 0 Running 11
23 26 63 Bobby Pierce MB Motorsports Chevrolet 167 0 Running 10
24 28 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 164 0 Running 9
25 29 22 Austin Wayne Self (R) AM Racing Toyota 161 0 Running 8
26 1 05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet 149 1 Running 8
27 14 51 Cody Coughlin (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 145 0 Running 6
28 6 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 141 0 Running 5
29 23 66 Jordan Anderson Bolen Motorsports Chevrolet 82 0 Accident 4
30 30 1 Ryan Ellis (i) MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 52 0 Suspension 0
31 18 92 Parker Kligerman RBR Enterprises Ford 48 0 Accident 2
32 19 44 Tommy Joe Martins Martins Motorsports Chevrolet 26 0 Suspension 1
Official race results

Standings after the race

References

  1. Spencer, Lee (May 6, 2016). "William Byron snags first win as leaders crash on final lap". Motorsport.com. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "2016 Truck Series Kansas Spring Race Info". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  3. Bonkowski, Jerry (May 5, 2016). "Tyler Reddick is fastest in first of 3 Truck practices Thursday at Kansas". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  4. 1 2 Lunkenheimer, Beth (May 5, 2016). "Tyler Reddick, William Byron & John Wes Townley Top Truck Series Practices". Frontstretch.com. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  5. "NASCAR Qualifying Rules". ESPN.com. February 7, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  6. McFadin, Daniel (May 6, 2016). "John Wes Townley earns first career pole for Kansas Truck race". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
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