2016 Great Clips 200

2nd race of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series CUST ThorSport Racing 8th Annual Great Clips 200 FS1 121.150 mph km/h February 27 Matt Crafton Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports 8 76 130 Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia 200.2 322.19 322.19 130 MRN Race 2 of 23 of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 30.836 2.48 1.54 Great Clips 200 2016 200.2 Vince Welch, Phil Parsons, Michael Waltrip The 2016 Great Clips 200 was the 2nd stock car race of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and the 8th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, February 27, 2016, in Hampton, Georgia at Atlanta Motor Speedway, a 1.54 mile (2.48 km) permanent tri-oval shaped speedway. The race took the scheduled 130 laps to complete. At race's end, John Hunter Nemechek, driving for his family team, NEMCO Motorsports, held off Camden Hayley in the final 2 laps, and earned his second career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win, along with his first of the season.Utter Jim 2016-02-27 John Hunter Nemechek wins in rough and wild finish at Atlanta https://us.motorsport.com/nascar-truck/news/john-hunter-nemechek-wins-in-rough-and-wild-finish-at-atlanta-676152/3112139/ 2022-07-11 Motorsport.com en To fill out the podium, Timothy Peters, driving for Red Horse Racing, would finish in 3rd, respectively. Background thumb|The layout of Atlanta Motor Speedway, the venue where the race was held. The race was held at Atlanta Motor Speedway, a 1.54-mile entertainment facility in Hampton, Georgia, United States, 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta. It has annually hosted NASCAR Cup Series stock car races since its inauguration in 1960. The venue was bought by Speedway Motorsports in 1990. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two intermediate ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval, with a new official length of 1.54 mi km on where before it was 1.522 mi km on. The project made the track one of the fastest on the NASCAR circuit. Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points. #DriverTeamMakeSponsor00Cole Custer (R)JR MotorsportsChevroletHaas Automation1Travis KvapilMAKE MotorsportsChevroletCorvetteParts.net02Tyler YoungYoung's MotorsportsChevroletRANDCO, Young's Building Systems4Christopher Bell (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaJBL05John Wes TownleyAthenian MotorsportsChevroletESPFanClub.org6Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevroletNorm Benning Racing07J. J. Yeley (i)SS-Green Light RacingChevroletEngine Parts Plus8John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevroletNEMCO Motorsports9William Byron (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaLiberty University10Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevroletWestside Vapor11Ben KennedyRed Horse RacingToyotaJacob Companies13Cameron HayleyThorSport RacingToyotaCabinets by Hayley17Timothy PetersRed Horse RacingToyotaRed Horse Racing19Daniel HemricBrad Keselowski RacingFordCalifornia Clean Power20Austin HillAustin Hill RacingFordArco Design & Build21Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevroletAllegiant Air22Austin Wayne Self (R)AM RacingToyotaAM Technical Solutions23Spencer GallagherGMS RacingChevroletAlamo Rent a Car29Tyler ReddickBrad Keselowski RacingFordCooper-Standard Automotive32Justin Marks (i)Braun MotorsportsToyotaKaterra33Grant Enfinger (R)GMS RacingChevroletAlamo Rent a Car41Ben Rhodes (R)ThorSport RacingToyotaAlpha Energy Solutions44Tommy Joe MartinsMartins MotorsportsChevroletClikIt.tv, Diamond Gusset Jeans49Timmy HillPremium MotorsportsChevroletDirk and Rock50Ryan Ellis (i)MAKE MotorsportsChevroletMAKE Motorsports51Daniel Suárez (i)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaArris59Korbin ForristerLira MotorsportsFordTilted Kilt, MOMO, The Sports Agency63Garrett Smithley (i)MB MotorsportsChevroletInstalco66Jordan AndersonBolen MotorsportsChevroletColumbia SC - Famously Hot71Carlos ContrerasContreras MotorsportsChevroletRaceTrac74Tim ViensMike Harmon RacingChevroletRaceDaySponsor.com75Caleb HolmanHenderson MotorsportsToyotaFood Country USA, Lay's81Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyotaAisin86Brandon BrownBrandonbilt MotorsportsChevroletNcaselt, Coastal Carolina University88Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyotaHormel, Menards92Parker KligermanRBR EnterprisesFordBlack's Tire Service98Rico Abreu (R)ThorSport RacingToyotaSafeliteOfficial entry list Practice First practice The first practice session was held on Friday, February 26, at 10:00 AM EST, and would last for 55 minutes.2016 Truck Series Atlanta Race Info https://www.jayski.com/news/campingworld/2016/story/_/page/2016cts-02atlanta dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160308034124/https://www.jayski.com/news/campingworld/2016/story/_/page/2016cts-02atlanta 2016-03-08 2022-07-12 Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site en-US Grant Enfinger, driving for GMS Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.873, and an average speed of 179.574 mph km/h on.Bonkowski Jerry 2016-02-26 Grant Enfinger, Christopher Bell, Matt Crafton top first Truck practice at Atlanta https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2016/02/26/grant-enfinger-christopher-bell-matt-crafton-top-first-truck-practice-at-atlanta/ 2022-07-12 NASCAR Talk NBC Sports en-US Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed133Grant Enfinger (R)GMS RacingChevrolet30.873179.57424Christopher Bell (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota31.004178.816388Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota31.092178.310Full first practice results Second practice The second practice session was held on Friday, February 26, at 1:30 PM EST, and would last for 55 minutes.2017 Truck Series Michigan Race Info https://www.jayski.com/2017-truck-series-michigan-race-info/ 2022-05-02 Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site en-US John Wes Townley, driving for his family team, Athenian Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 31.107, and an average speed of 178.224 mph km/h on.Bonkowski Jerry 2016-02-26 Townley, Hemric, Byron fastest in 2nd of 3 Truck practices at Atlanta https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2016/02/26/townley-hemric-byron-fastest-in-2nd-of-3-truck-practices-at-atlanta/ 2022-07-12 NASCAR Talk NBC Sports en-US Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed105John Wes TownleyAthenian MotorsportsChevrolet31.107178.224219Daniel HemricBrad Keselowski RacingFord31.182177.79539William Byron (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota31.257177.368Full second practice results Final practice The final practice session was held on Friday, February 26, at 4:00 PM EST, and would last for 85 minutes. Grant Enfinger, driving for GMS Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 31.011, and an average speed of 178.775 mph km/h on.Bonkowski Jerry 2016-07-12 Enfinger again at the top of the Truck practice sheet at Atlanta https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2016/02/26/enfinger-again-at-the-top-of-the-truck-practice-sheet-at-atlanta/ 2022-07-12 NASCAR Talk NBC Sports en-US Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed133Grant Enfinger (R)GMS RacingChevrolet31.011178.775288Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota31.146178.00034Christopher Bell (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota31.157177.938Full final practice results Qualifying Qualifying was held on Saturday, February 27, at 10:00 AM EST. Since Atlanta Motor Speedway is at least 2.0 miles (3.2 km), 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 1–12.2018-02-07 NASCAR Qualifying Rules https://www.espn.com/jayski/pages/story/_/id/18676661/nascar-qualifying-rules 2022-07-12 ESPN.com en Matt Crafton, driving for ThorSport Racing, would win the pole, setting a lap of 30.836, and an average speed of 179.790 mph km/h on in the second round.Bonkowski Jerry 2016-02-27 Matt Crafton fastest in Atlanta Camping World Truck Series qualifying https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2016/02/27/matt-crafton-fastest-in-atlanta-camping-world-truck-series-qualifying/ 2022-07-12 NASCAR Talk NBC Sports en-US Five drivers would fail to qualify: Jordan Anderson, Korbin Forrister, Norm Benning, Tim Viens, and Ryan Ellis. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTime (R1)Speed (R1)Time (R2)Speed (R2)188Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota30.969179.01830.836179.790205John Wes TownleyAthenian MotorsportsChevrolet30.947179.14530.854179.68534Christopher Bell (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota30.817179.90130.858179.662433Grant Enfinger (R)GMS RacingChevrolet30.883179.51630.908179.371513Cameron HayleyThorSport RacingToyota31.076178.40131.014178.758600Cole Custer (R)JR MotorsportsChevrolet31.125178.12031.036178.631741Ben Rhodes (R)ThorSport RacingToyota31.108178.21831.068178.447881Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota31.145178.00631.071178.430919Daniel HemricBrad Keselowski RacingFord31.107178.22431.083178.3611011Ben KennedyRed Horse RacingToyota31.116178.17231.089178.3271123Spencer GallagherGMS RacingChevrolet31.174177.84131.132178.0801217Timothy PetersRed Horse RacingToyota31.227177.53931.209177.641Eliminated in Round 11351Daniel Suárez (i)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota31.250177.408 - -1432Justin Marks (i)Braun MotorsportsToyota31.262177.340 - -159William Byron (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota31.265177.323 - -1621Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet31.287177.198 - -1792Parker KligermanRBR EnterprisesFord31.317177.028 - -188John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet31.371176.724 - -1963Garrett Smithley (i)MB MotorsportsChevrolet31.412176.493 - -2022Austin Wayne Self (R)AM RacingToyota31.438176.347 - -2129Tyler ReddickBrad Keselowski RacingFord31.439176.341 - -2202Tyler YoungYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet31.528175.844 - -2320Austin HillAustin Hill RacingFord31.546175.743 - -2486Brandon BrownBrandonbilt MotorsportsChevrolet31.547175.738 - -2575Caleb HolmanHenderson MotorsportsToyota31.571175.604 - -2607J. J. Yeley (i)SS-Green Light RacingChevrolet31.618175.343 - -2798Rico Abreu (R)ThorSport RacingToyota31.665175.083 - -Qualified by owner's points2844Tommy Joe MartinsMartins MotorsportsChevrolet31.730174.724 - -291Travis KvapilMAKE MotorsportsChevrolet31.795174.367 - -3049Timmy HillPremium MotorsportsChevrolet31.930173.630 - -3171Carlos ContrerasContreras MotorsportsChevrolet31.950173.521 - -3210Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet - - - -Failed to qualify3366Jordan AndersonBolen MotorsportsChevrolet31.848174.077 - -3459Korbin ForristerLira MotorsportsFord32.319171.540 - -356Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet33.383166.073 - -3674Tim ViensMike Harmon RacingChevrolet - - - -3750Ryan Ellis (i)MAKE MotorsportsChevrolet - - - -Official qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup Race Race recap Matt Crafton and John Wes Townley would lead the field to the green flag. On the initial restart, Townley would spin his tires, resulting him losing several positions. Christopher Bell advanced to the second spot, and eventually took the lead from Crafton on lap 7. After leading 20 laps, Bell's right front tire would go down, giving the lead back to Crafton. He would maintain the lead, until the first caution clock expired on lap 38. On the second restart, Johnny Sauter's truck would lose power, and was forced to make an unscheduled pit stop. He drove past his pit stall and entered the track again, thinking that his truck would get up to speed again, which was unsuccessful. He went to the garage to replace the ignition box, and eventually returned to the race several laps later. The second caution came out at lap 60, after William Byron suffered a blown engine. Tyler Reddick made an unscheduled pit stop during the third restart, after reporting a vibration. Red Horse Racing teammates, Timothy Peters and Ben Kennedy, also had unscheduled pit stops, as Peters suffered a vibration, and Kennedy's shifter would pop out of place. Crafton would continue to lead, until Bell made his way back to front, and retook the lead with around 40 laps to go. The second caution clock would expire with 25 laps to go. John Hunter Nemechek and Crafton lead the field back to green flag. Spencer Gallagher would spin his tires, causing the outside lane to have a slow restart. As a result, Daniel Suárez would move into second, and immediately went to the outside lane to try and pass Crafton for the lead. The two were side by side coming into turn two. As they were exiting turn two, Bell would accidentally turn Suárez sideways, causing him to hit the side of Crafton's truck. They would spin in front of the field, with Crafton and Suárez receiving numerous damage. Surprisingly, everyone would make it through the wreck. The race would go under red flag to assess all the damage. Final laps The field would restart with 15 laps to go, with Nemechek and Cameron Hayley leading the field. Bell would quickly take the lead back a lap later. He would suddenly blow a tire with 8 laps to go, causing him to hit the outside wall hard. Nemechek and Townley would lead the field on the final restart with 2 laps to go. Townley would spin his tires once again, causing Cameron Hayley to advance into the second spot. Nemechek held off Hayley in the final 2 laps, and would earn his second career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win. Hayley, Peters, Hemric, and Enfinger would round out the top 5. Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1188John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet1308Running362513Cameron HayleyThorSport RacingToyota1304Running3231217Timothy PetersRed Horse RacingToyota1300Running304919Daniel HemricBrad Keselowski RacingFord1300Running295433Grant Enfinger (R)GMS RacingChevrolet1300Running286741Ben Rhodes (R)ThorSport RacingToyota1300Running277205John Wes TownleyAthenian MotorsportsChevrolet1300Running2681792Parker KligermanRBR EnterprisesFord1300Running2592575Caleb HolmanHenderson MotorsportsToyota1300Running24101123Spencer GallagherGMS RacingChevrolet1300Running23112798Rico Abreu (R)ThorSport RacingToyota1300Running22122320Austin HillAustin Hill RacingFord1300Running21132202Tyler YoungYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1300Running20142129Tyler ReddickBrad Keselowski RacingFord1300Running19151011Ben KennedyRed Horse RacingToyota1300Running18162022Austin Wayne Self (R)AM RacingChevrolet1300Running1717600Cole Custer (R)JR MotorsportsChevrolet1300Running16181963Garrett Smithley (i)MB MotorsportsChevrolet1290Running0192486Brandon BrownBrandonbilt MotorsportsChevrolet1280Running1420881Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota1270Running13213049Timmy HillPremium MotorsportsChevrolet1270Running12221432Justin Marks (i)Braun MotorsportsToyota1270Running023291Travis KvapilMAKE MotorsportsChevrolet1270Running10242607J. J. Yeley (i)SS-Green Light RacingChevrolet1250Running0252844Tommy Joe MartinsMartins MotorsportsChevrolet1250Running82634Christopher Bell (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota12242Accident8273171Carlos ContrerasContreras MotorsportsChevrolet1220Running6281621Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet1210Running5293210Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet1200Running430188Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota11176Accident5311351Daniel Suárez (i)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1110Accident032159William Byron (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota590Engine1Official race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 2 1 Parker Kligerman 55 10px 6 2 Daniel Hemric 54 (-1) 10px 12 3 John Hunter Nemechek 52 (–3) 10px 9 4 Timothy Peters 49 (–6) 10px 1 5 Tyler Young 47 (–8) 10px 4 6 Ryan Truex 45 (–10) 10px 3 7 Brandon Brown 43 (–12) 10px 1 8 Ben Rhodes 43 (–12)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 8 positions are included for the driver standings. References 2016 NextEra Energy Resources 250 2016 Alpha Energy Solutions 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 2016 Category:NASCAR races at Atlanta Motor Speedway Category:February 2016 sports events in the United States Category:2016 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state)