2016 Careers for Veterans 200

The 2016 Careers for Veterans 200 was the 14th stock car race of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and the 17th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, August 27, 2016, in Brooklyn, Michigan, at Michigan International Speedway, a 2.0-mile (3.2 km) permanent tri-oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 100 laps to complete. In an exciting battle for the win, Brett Moffitt, driving for Red Horse Racing, made a three-wide pass for the lead on the final lap, and held off Timothy Peters in the final turn to earn his first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win, and a 1-2 finish for Red Horse Racing.[1] To fill out the podium, Daniel Hemric, driving for Brad Keselowski Racing, would finish 3rd, respectively.

2016 Careers for Veterans 200
Race details
Race 14 of 23 of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Date August 27, 2016
Official name 17th Annual Careers for Veterans 200
Location Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan
Course Permanent racing facility
2.0 mi (3.2 km)
Distance 100 laps, 200 mi (321 km)
Scheduled Distance 100 laps, 200 mi (321 km)
Average speed 111.732 mph (179.815 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Athenian Motorsports
Time 39.195
Most laps led
Driver Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing
Laps 42
Winner
No. 11 Brett Moffitt Red Horse Racing
Television in the United States
Network FS1
Announcers Vince Welch, Phil Parsons, and Michael Waltrip
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN

Background

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

Michigan International Speedway (MIS) is a 2.000 mi (3.219 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located off U.S. Highway 12 on more than 1,400 acres (5.7 km2)[2] approximately four-mile (6.4 km) south of the village of Brooklyn, in the scenic Irish Hills area of southeastern Michigan. The track is 70-mile (110 km) west of the center of Detroit, 40-mile (64 km) from Ann Arbor and 60 miles (97 km) south and northwest of Lansing and Toledo, Ohio respectively. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is sometimes known as a sister track to Texas World Speedway, and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway. The track is owned by NASCAR. Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (by open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest by stock car standards). Michigan is the fastest track in NASCAR due to its wide, sweeping corners, long straightaways, and lack of a restrictor plate requirement; typical qualifying speeds are in excess of 200 mph (320 km/h) and corner entry speeds are anywhere from 215 to 220 mph (346 to 354 km/h) after the 2012 repaving of the track.

Entry list

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  • (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 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet WestsideVapor.com
02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet Randco, Young's Building Systems
4 Christopher Bell (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota JBL
05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet Jive Communications, Zaxby's
6 Ryan Ellis (i) Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet Norm Benning Racing
07 Todd Peck (i) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet BoobiTrap.com
8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet Business Machines Company
9 William Byron (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Liberty University
10 Caleb Roark Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet Driven2Honor.org[permanent dead link]
11 Brett Moffitt Red Horse Racing Toyota Red Horse Racing
13 Cameron Hayley ThorSport Racing Toyota Ride TV, Cabinets by Hayley
17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota Red Horse Racing
19 Daniel Hemric Brad Keselowski Racing Ford DrawTite
21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet Alamo Rent a Car
22 Austin Wayne Self (R) AM Racing Toyota AM Technical Solutions
23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet Chapel of the Flowers
24 Grant Enfinger (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet Spencer Clark Foundation
29 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford Cooper Standard Careers for Veterans
33 Ben Kennedy GMS Racing Chevrolet Jacob Companies
41 Ben Rhodes (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota Carolina Nut Co.
44 Tommy Joe Martins Martins Motorsports Chevrolet Cross Concrete Construction
49 Reed Sorenson (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet Premium Motorsports
50 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet CorvetteParts.net
51 Cody Coughlin (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Jegs High Performance, AFCO
63 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet Churchill Trucking
66 Jordan Anderson Bolen Motorsports Chevrolet Columbia SC, LTi Printing
71 Enrique Contreras III Contreras Motorsports Chevrolet American Club
81 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota Hino Motors Manufacturing
88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota Great Lakes Flooring, Menards
98 Rico Abreu (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota Safelite, Curb Records
Official entry list

Practice

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First practice

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The first practice session was held on Friday, August 26, at 1:30 pm EST, and last for 1 hour and 25 minutes.[3] Cameron Hayley, driving for ThorSport Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 38.543, and an average speed of 186.804 mph (300.632 km/h).[4]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 13 Cameron Hayley ThorSport Racing Toyota 38.543 186.804
2 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 38.545 186.795
3 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 38.576 186.645
Full first practice results

Final practice

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The final practice session was held on Friday, August 26, at 4:00 pm EST, and would last for 55 minutes.[3] Tyler Reddick, driving for Brad Keselowski Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 38.765, and an average speed of 185.735 mph (298.912 km/h).[5]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 29 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 38.765 185.735
2 11 Brett Moffitt Red Horse Racing Toyota 38.798 185.577
3 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 38.836 185.395
Full final practice results

Qualifying

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Qualifying was held on Saturday, August 27, at 9:45 am EST.[3] Since Michigan International 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.[6]

John Wes Townley, driving for his family team, Athenian Motorsports, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 39.195, and an average speed of 183.697 mph (295.632 km/h) in the second round.[7]

Full qualifying results

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time (R1) Speed (R1) Time (R2) Speed (R2)
1 05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet 39.192 183.711 39.195 183.697
2 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 39.438 182.565 39.234 183.514
3 9 William Byron (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 39.380 182.834 39.296 183.225
4 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 39.555 182.025 39.432 182.593
5 4 Christopher Bell (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 39.581 181.905 39.468 182.426
6 11 Brett Moffitt Red Horse Racing Toyota 39.564 181.984 39.496 182.297
7 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 39.574 181.938 39.526 182.159
8 29 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 39.581 181.905 39.530 182.140
9 24 Grant Enfinger (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 39.724 181.251 39.574 181.938
10 51 Cody Coughlin (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 39.608 181.781 39.598 181.827
11 23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 39.677 181.465 39.666 181.516
12 33 Ben Kennedy GMS Racing Chevrolet 39.780 180.995 39.759 181.091
Eliminated in Round 1
13 19 Daniel Hemric Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 39.794 180.932
14 13 Cameron Hayley ThorSport Racing Toyota 39.803 180.891
15 98 Rico Abreu (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 39.821 180.809
16 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 39.849 180.682
17 81 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 39.873 180.573
18 00 Cole Custer (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 39.888 180.505
19 41 Ben Rhodes (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 39.919 180.365
20 44 Tommy Joe Martins Martins Motorsports Chevrolet 39.974 180.117
21 02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 39.975 180.113
22 49 Reed Sorenson (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 40.273 178.780
23 66 Jordan Anderson Bolen Motorsports Chevrolet 40.315 178.594
24 22 Austin Wayne Self (R) AM Racing Toyota 40.395 178.240
25 50 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 40.637 177.178
26 1 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 41.042 175.430
27 07 Todd Peck (i) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 41.561 173.239
Qualified by owner's points
28 63 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 43.446 165.723
29 71 Enrique Contreras III Contreras Motorsports Chevrolet 45.229 159.190
30 10 Caleb Roark Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet
31 6 Ryan Ellis (i) Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 43.956 163.800
Official qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 6 11 Brett Moffitt Red Horse Racing Toyota 100 1 Running 36
2 4 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 100 42 Running 33
3 13 19 Daniel Hemric Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 100 2 Running 31
4 3 9 William Byron (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 100 9 Running 30
5 14 13 Cameron Hayley ThorSport Racing Toyota 100 0 Running 28
6 19 41 Ben Rhodes (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 100 4 Running 28
7 2 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 100 23 Running 27
8 9 24 Grant Enfinger (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 100 0 Running 25
9 7 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 100 0 Running 24
10 21 02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 100 0 Running 23
11 12 33 Ben Kennedy GMS Racing Chevrolet 100 0 Running 22
12 1 05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet 100 0 Running 21
13 15 98 Rico Abreu (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 100 0 Running 20
14 23 66 Jordan Anderson Bolen Motorsports Chevrolet 100 0 Running 19
15 20 44 Tommy Joe Martins Martins Motorsports Chevrolet 100 0 Running 18
16 24 22 Austin Wayne Self (R) AM Racing Toyota 100 0 Running 17
17 26 1 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 100 0 Running 16
18 25 50 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 100 0 Running 15
19 8 29 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 100 0 Running 14
20 10 51 Cody Coughlin (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 94 0 Accident 13
21 22 49 Reed Sorenson (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 84 1 Vibration 0
22 18 00 Cole Custer (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 83 18 Accident 12
23 17 81 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 76 0 Rear Gear 10
24 5 4 Christopher Bell (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 74 0 Accident 9
25 11 23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 74 0 Accident 8
26 16 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 62 0 Accident 7
27 28 63 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 47 0 Transmission 6
28 29 71 Enrique Contreras III Contreras Motorsports Chevrolet 40 0 Accident 5
29 27 07 Todd Peck (i) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 37 0 Engine 0
30 30 10 Caleb Roark Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 3 0 Electrical 3
31 31 6 Ryan Ellis (i) Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 1 0 Rear Gear 0
Official race results

Standings after the race

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References

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  1. ^ Spencer, Lee (August 27, 2016). "Moffitt wins first Truck race with bold last-lap pass". Motorsport.com. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
  2. ^ "About MIS". Michigan International Speedway. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "2016 Truck Series Michigan Race Info". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Sites. Archived from the original on September 22, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
  4. ^ Crandall, Kelly (August 26, 2016). "Cameron Hayley fastest in first Truck Series practice at Michigan". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
  5. ^ Crandall, Daniel (August 26, 2016). "Tyler Reddick fastest in final Truck Series practice at Michigan". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
  6. ^ "NASCAR Qualifying Rules". ESPN.com. February 7, 2018. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
  7. ^ Bonkowski, Jerry (August 27, 2016). "John Wes Townley earns pole for Careers for Veterans 200 Truck race at Michigan". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
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