2016 Ford EcoBoost 200

The 2016 Ford EcoBoost 200 was the 23rd and final stock car race of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, the championship 4 race, and the 21st iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, November 18, 2016, in Homestead, Florida, at Homestead–Miami Speedway, a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) permanent tri-oval shaped speedway. The race took the scheduled 134 laps to complete. William Byron, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, made a pass on Tyler Reddick for the lead with 10 laps to go, and earned his 7th career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win. Kyle Larson mainly dominated the race, leading 76 laps.[1]

2016 Ford EcoBoost 200
Race details
Race 23 of 23 of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Date November 18, 2016
Official name 21st Annual Ford EcoBoost 200
Location Homestead–Miami Speedway, Homestead, Florida
Course Permanent racing facility
1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance 134 laps, 201 mi (323 km)
Scheduled Distance 134 laps, 201 mi (323 km)
Average speed 129.747 mph (208.808 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Kyle Busch Motorsports
Time 31.600
Most laps led
Driver Kyle Larson GMS Racing
Laps 76
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

Meanwhile, Johnny Sauter, driving for GMS Racing, would clinch his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship, after finishing in third, behind Reddick.[2]

Background

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The layout of Homestead–Miami Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

Homestead–Miami Speedway is a motor racing track located in Homestead, Florida. The track, which has several configurations, has promoted several series of racing, including NASCAR, the IndyCar Series, the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series, and the Championship Cup Series.

From 2002 to 2019, Homestead–Miami Speedway hosted the final race of the season in all three of NASCAR's series: the Sprint Cup Series, Xfinity Series, and the Camping World Truck Series. Ford Motor Company sponsored all three of the season-ending races, under the names Ford EcoBoost 400, Ford EcoBoost 300, and Ford EcoBoost 200, respectively. The weekend itself was marketed as Ford Championship Weekend.

Entry list

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  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
  • (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
  • (CC) denotes championship contender.
# Driver Team Make Sponsor
00 Cole Custer (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet Haas Automation
1 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet CorvetteParts.net
02 Scott Lagasse Jr. (i) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet Alert Today Florida, Florida Lottery
4 Christopher Bell (R) (CC) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota JBL
05 Brady Boswell Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet Boswell Electrical Supply, Bias Corp.
07 Patrick Staropoli SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet AutoNation Cure Bowl
8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet Fire Alarm Services
9 William Byron (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Liberty University
10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet Driven2Honor.org[permanent dead link]
11 Matt Tifft (R) Red Horse Racing Toyota Brain Gear, Surface Sunscreen
13 Cameron Hayley ThorSport Racing Toyota Mattei Air Compressors
16 Stewart Friesen Halmar Racing Chevrolet Halmar International
17 Timothy Peters (CC) Red Horse Racing Toyota Red Horse Racing
18 Noah Gragson Wauters Motorsports Toyota SpeedVegas, Alert ID
19 Daniel Hemric Brad Keselowski Racing Ford DrawTite
20 Austin Hill Austin Hill Racing Ford Lone Survivor Foundation
21 Johnny Sauter (CC) GMS Racing Chevrolet Allegiant Travel Company
22 Austin Wayne Self (R) AM Racing Toyota American Victory
23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet Allegiant Travel Company
24 Kyle Larson (i) GMS Racing Chevrolet DC Solar
29 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford Cooper-Standard Automotive
33 Ben Kennedy GMS Racing Chevrolet Jacob Companies
41 Ben Rhodes (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota Alpha Energy Solutions
44 Tommy Joe Martins Martins Motorsports Chevrolet BootDaddy.com, Diamond Gusset Jeans
49 Reed Sorenson (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet Premium Motorsports
50 Spencer Boyd MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet GruntStyle.com
51 Daniel Suárez (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Arris
63 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet Strategic Public Affairs
66 Jordan Anderson Bolen Motorsports Chevrolet Columbia SC - Famously Hot
71 Alon Day Contreras Motorsports Chevrolet FLwaterfront.com
81 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota Chiba Toyopet
88 Matt Crafton (CC) ThorSport Racing Toyota Hormel's Black Label Bacon, Menards
92 Grant Enfinger (R) RBR Enterprises Ford Black's Tire Service, Goodyear
97 Jesse Little JJL Motorsports Toyota Carolina Nut Co.
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, November 18, at 8:30 am EST, and would last for 1 hour.[3] William Byron, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 31.411, and an average speed of 171.914 mph (276.669 km/h).[4]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 9 William Byron (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 31.411 171.914
2 24 Kyle Larson (i) GMS Racing Chevrolet 31.539 171.217
3 21 Johnny Sauter (CC) GMS Racing Chevrolet 31.549 171.162
Full first practice results

Final practice

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The final practice session was held on Friday, November 18, at 10:30 am EST, and would last for 55 minutes.[3] William Byron, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 31.436, and an average speed of 171.778 mph (276.450 km/h).[5]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 9 William Byron (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 31.436 171.778
2 51 Daniel Suárez (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 31.937 169.083
3 00 Cole Custer (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 31.991 168.797
Full final practice results

Qualifying

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Qualifying was held on Friday, November 18, at 3:45 pm EST.[3] Since Homestead–Miami 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]

William Byron, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 31.600, and an average speed of 170.886 mph (275.014 km/h) in the second round.[7]

Tommy Joe Martins, Jennifer Jo Cobb, and Norm Benning would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time (R1) Speed (R1) Time (R2) Speed (R2)
1 9 William Byron (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 31.618 170.789 31.600 170.886
2 00 Cole Custer (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 31.772 169.961 31.616 170.800
3 24 Kyle Larson (i) GMS Racing Chevrolet 31.847 169.561 31.725 170.213
4 88 Matt Crafton (CC) ThorSport Racing Toyota 31.895 169.306 31.812 169.747
5 23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 32.037 168.555 31.825 169.678
6 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 31.904 169.258 31.963 168.945
7 29 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 31.813 169.742 31.990 168.803
8 4 Christopher Bell (R) (CC) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 32.005 168.724 32.039 168.545
9 05 Brady Boswell Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet 32.061 168.429 32.148 167.973
10 18 Noah Gragson Wauters Motorsports Toyota 32.057 168.450 32.158 167.921
11 41 Ben Rhodes (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 32.039 168.545 32.197 167.717
12 97 Jesse Little JJL Motorsports Toyota 31.981 168.850 32.234 167.525
Eliminated in Round 1
13 17 Timothy Peters (CC) Red Horse Racing Toyota 32.079 168.334
14 33 Ben Kennedy GMS Racing Chevrolet 32.081 168.324
15 81 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 32.101 168.219
16 13 Cameron Hayley ThorSport Racing Toyota 32.131 168.062
17 51 Daniel Suárez (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 32.163 167.895
18 19 Daniel Hemric Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 32.180 167.806
19 21 Johnny Sauter (CC) GMS Racing Chevrolet 32.213 167.634
20 98 Rico Abreu (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 32.223 167.582
21 02 Scott Lagasse Jr. (i) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 32.282 167.276
22 11 Matt Tifft (R) Red Horse Racing Toyota 32.432 166.502
23 92 Grant Enfinger (R) RBR Enterprises Ford 32.538 165.960
24 20 Austin Hill Austin Hill Racing Ford 32.654 165.370
25 16 Stewart Friesen Halmar Racing Chevrolet 32.695 165.163
26 07 Patrick Staropoli SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 32.932 163.974
27 22 Austin Wayne Self (R) AM Racing Toyota 32.946 163.905
Qualified by owner's points
28 49 Reed Sorenson (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 33.185 162.724
29 71 Alon Day Contreras Motorsports Chevrolet 33.308 162.123
30 66 Jordan Anderson Bolen Motorsports Chevrolet 33.457 161.401
31 50 Spencer Boyd MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 35.547 151.912
Past champion provisional
32 1 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 34.758 155.360
Failed to qualify
33 44 Tommy Joe Martins Martins Motorsports Chevrolet 33.465 161.363
34 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 33.869 159.438
35 63 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 35.916 150.351
Official qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 1 9 William Byron (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 134 31 Running 36
2 7 29 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 134 16 Running 32
3 19 21 Johnny Sauter (CC) GMS Racing Chevrolet 134 0 Running 30
4 3 24 Kyle Larson (i) GMS Racing Chevrolet 134 76 Running 0
5 18 19 Daniel Hemric Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 134 0 Running 28
6 17 51 Daniel Suárez (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 134 0 Running 0
7 4 88 Matt Crafton (CC) ThorSport Racing Toyota 134 10 Running 26
8 8 4 Christopher Bell (R) (CC) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 134 0 Running 25
9 13 17 Timothy Peters (CC) Red Horse Racing Toyota 134 0 Running 24
10 2 00 Cole Custer (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 134 0 Running 23
11 6 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 134 0 Running 22
12 22 11 Matt Tifft (R) Red Horse Racing Toyota 134 0 Running 21
13 20 98 Rico Abreu (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 134 0 Running 20
14 14 33 Ben Kennedy GMS Racing Chevrolet 134 0 Running 19
15 10 18 Noah Gragson Wauters Motorsports Toyota 134 0 Running 18
16 16 13 Cameron Hayley ThorSport Racing Toyota 134 0 Running 17
17 24 20 Austin Hill Austin Hill Racing Ford 134 0 Running 16
18 12 97 Jesse Little JJL Motorsports Toyota 134 0 Running 15
19 9 05 Brady Boswell Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet 134 0 Running 14
20 11 41 Ben Rhodes (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 134 0 Running 13
21 5 23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 134 0 Running 12
22 21 02 Scott Lagasse Jr. (i) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 134 0 Running 0
23 23 92 Grant Enfinger (R) RBR Enterprises Ford 134 0 Running 10
24 30 66 Jordan Anderson Bolen Motorsports Chevrolet 134 0 Running 9
25 27 22 Austin Wayne Self (R) AM Racing Toyota 133 0 Running 8
26 29 71 Alon Day Contreras Motorsports Chevrolet 131 0 Running 7
27 32 1 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 131 0 Running 6
28 28 49 Reed Sorenson (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 130 1 Running 0
29 25 16 Stewart Friesen Halmar Racing Chevrolet 128 0 Running 4
30 31 50 Spencer Boyd MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 128 0 Running 3
31 26 07 Patrick Staropoli SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 125 0 Running 2
32 15 81 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 49 0 Engine 1
Official race results

Standings after the race

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References

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  1. ^ Utter, Jim (November 11, 2016). "Johnny Sauter is crowned Truck Series champion as Byron wins finale". Motorsport.com. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  2. ^ McFadin, Daniel (November 18, 2016). "William Byron wins seventh race as Johnny Sauter clinches first Truck Series title". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "2016 Truck Series Homestead–Miami Race Info". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  4. ^ Crandall, Kelly (November 18, 2016). "William Byron fastest in opening Truck Series practice at Homestead". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  5. ^ Crandall, Kelly (November 18, 2016). "William Byron sweeps Truck Series practice at Homestead". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  6. ^ "NASCAR Qualifying Rules". ESPN.com. February 7, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  7. ^ Crandall, Kelly (November 18, 2016). "William Byron wins Truck Series pole for finale at Homestead". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
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