2016 Pocono Mountains 150

12th race of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series CUST Kyle Busch Motorsports 7th Annual Pocono Mountains 150 FS1 99.174 mph km/h on July 30 William Byron William Byron Kyle Busch Motorsports William Byron Kyle Busch Motorsports 9 44 60 Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania 150 241 241 60 MRN Race 12 of 23 of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 2.4 1.5 Pocono Mountains 150 2016 150 Vince Welch, Phil Parsons, and Michael Waltrip yes The 2016 Pocono Mountains 150 was the 12th stock car race of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and the 7th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, July 30, 2016, in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, at Pocono Raceway, a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) permanent triangle-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 60 laps to complete. William Byron, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, held off the field on the final restart with 4 laps to go, and earned his fifth career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win, breaking the record for the most wins in a single truck series season by a rookie. Byron also dominated the race, leading 44 of the 60 laps.Utter Jim July 30, 2016 Rookie William Byron takes record-breaking fifth win https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-truck/news/rookie-william-byron-takes-record-breaking-fifth-win-804082/804082/?s=1&d=142818&dm=1 January 9, 2023 Motorsport.com en To fill out the podium, Cameron Hayley, driving for ThorSport Racing, and Brett Moffitt, driving for Red Horse Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively. Background thumb|The layout of Pocono Raceway, the venue where the race was held. Pocono Raceway (formerly Pocono International Raceway), also known as The Tricky Triangle, is a superspeedway located in the Pocono Mountains in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. It is the site of three NASCAR national series races and an ARCA Menards Series event in July: a NASCAR Cup Series race with support events by the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. From 1971 to 1989, and from 2013 to 2019, the track also hosted an Indy Car race, currently sanctioned by the IndyCar Series. Additionally, from 1982 to 2021, it hosted two NASCAR Cup Series races, with the traditional first date being removed for 2022. Pocono is one of the few NASCAR tracks not owned by either NASCAR or Speedway Motorsports, the dominant track owners in NASCAR. Pocono CEO Nick Igdalsky and president Ben May are members of the family-owned Mattco Inc, started by Joseph II and Rose Mattioli.Pocono Raceway Staff Mattco also owns South Boston Speedway in South Boston, Virginia. Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points. #DriverTeamMakeSponsor00Cole Custer (R)JR MotorsportsChevroletHaas Automation1Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevroletPitStopsforHope.org02Austin HillAustin Hill RacingFordAustin Hill Racing4Christopher Bell (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaSiriusXM05John Wes TownleyAthenian MotorsportsChevroletZaxby's, Jive Communications6Sean CorrNorm Benning RacingChevroletChurchill Transport07Todd Peck (i)SS-Green Light RacingChevroletBoobiTrap.com8John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevroletNEMCO Motorsports9William Byron (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaLiberty University10Caleb RoarkJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevroletPitStopsforHope.org11Brett MoffittRed Horse RacingToyotaRed Horse Racing13Cameron HayleyThorSport RacingToyotaCabinets by Hayley17Timothy PetersRed Horse RacingToyotaRed Horse Racing19Daniel HemricBrad Keselowski RacingFordBlue Gate Bank21Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevroletAllegiant Travel Company22Austin Wayne Self (R)AM RacingToyotaAM Technical Solutions23Spencer GallagherGMS RacingChevroletChapel of the Flowers28Ryan Ellis (i)FDNY RacingChevroletFDNY29Tyler ReddickBrad Keselowski RacingFordCooper-Standard Automotive33Ben KennedyGMS RacingChevroletJacob Companies41Ben Rhodes (R)ThorSport RacingToyotaAlpha Energy Solutions44Tommy Joe MartinsMartins MotorsportsChevroletCross Concrete Construction49Reed Sorenson (i)Premium MotorsportsChevroletPremium Motorsports50Travis KvapilMAKE MotorsportsChevroletCorvetteParts.net51Cody Coughlin (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaJegs High Performance, Mishimoto59Kyle MartelBill Martel RacingChevroletFinish Line Express63Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevroletChurchill Transport66Jordan AndersonBolen MotorsportsChevroletColumbia SC - Famously Hot71Carlos ContrerasContreras MotorsportsChevroletAmerican Club86Brandon BrownBrandonbilt MotorsportsChevroletCoastal Carolina University88Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyotaIdeal Door, Menards98Rico Abreu (R)ThorSport RacingToyotaSafelite, Curb RecordsOfficial entry list Practice First practice The first practice session was held on Friday, July 29, at 12:30 pm EST, and would last for 1 hour and 25 minutes.2016 Truck Series Pocono Race Info https://www.jayski.com/news/campingworld/2016/story/_/page/2016cts-12pocono dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160826155348/https://www.jayski.com/news/campingworld/2016/story/_/page/2016cts-12pocono August 26, 2016 January 9, 2023 Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site en-US William Byron, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 53.176, and an average speed of 169.249 mph km/h on.McFadin Daniel July 29, 2016 William Byron leads first Truck practice at Pocono https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2016/07/29/william-byron-leads-first-truck-practice-at-pocono/ January 9, 2023 NASCAR Talk NBC Sports en-US Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed19William Byron (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota53.176169.249217Timothy PetersRed Horse RacingToyota53.829167.19634Christopher Bell (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota53.997166.676Full first practice results Final practice The final practice session was held on Friday, July 29, at 3:00 pm EST, and would last for 55 minutes. John Hunter Nemechek, driving for NEMCO Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 53.231, and an average speed of 169.074 mph km/h on.McFadin Daniel July 29, 2016 John Hunter Nemechek fastest in final Truck practice at Pocono https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2016/07/29/john-hunter-nemechek-fastest-in-final-truck-practice-at-pocono/ January 9, 2023 NASCAR Talk NBC Sports en-US Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed18John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet53.231169.074241Ben Rhodes (R)ThorSport RacingToyota53.245169.03039William Byron (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota53.564168.023Full final practice results Qualifying Qualifying was originally going to be held on Saturday, July 30, at 9:15 am EST. Since Pocono Raceway 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.February 7, 2018 NASCAR Qualifying Rules https://www.espn.com/jayski/pages/story/_/id/18676661/nascar-qualifying-rules January 9, 2023 ESPN.com en Qualifying was cancelled due to inclement weather. The starting lineup would be determined by practice speeds. As a result, William Byron, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would earn the pole for the race.Long Dustin July 30, 2016 William Byron gets pole after Camping World Truck qualifying canceled https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2016/07/30/william-byron-gets-pole-after-camping-world-truck-qualifying-canceled/ January 9, 2023 NASCAR Talk NBC Sports en-US Starting lineup Pos.#DriverTeamMake19William Byron (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota28John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet341Ben Rhodes (R)ThorSport RacingToyota429Tyler ReddickBrad Keselowski RacingFord54Christopher Bell (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota602Austin HillAustin Hill RacingFord717Timothy PetersRed Horse RacingToyota851Cody Coughlin (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota933Ben KennedyGMS RacingChevrolet1013Cameron HayleyThorSport RacingToyota1121Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet1223Spencer GallagherGMS RacingChevrolet1305John Wes TownleyAthenian MotorsportsChevrolet1419Daniel HemricBrad Keselowski RacingFord1511Brett MoffittRed Horse RacingToyota1600Cole Custer (R)JR MotorsportsChevrolet1798Rico Abreu (R)ThorSport RacingToyota1866Jordan AndersonBolen MotorsportsChevrolet1986Brandon BrownBrandonbilt MotorsportsChevrolet2088Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota2122Austin Wayne Self (R)AM RacingToyota2249Reed Sorenson (i)Premium MotorsportsChevrolet2344Tommy Joe MartinsMartins MotorsportsChevrolet2471Carlos ContrerasContreras MotorsportsChevrolet2559Kyle MartelBill Martel RacingChevrolet2607Todd Peck (i)SS-Green Light RacingChevrolet2763Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevroletQualified by owner's points286Sean CorrNorm Benning RacingChevrolet2928Ryan Ellis (i)FDNY RacingChevrolet3050Travis KvapilMAKE MotorsportsChevrolet311Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet3210Caleb RoarkJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevroletOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts119William Byron (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota6044Running3721013Cameron HayleyThorSport RacingToyota600Running3131511Brett MoffittRed Horse RacingToyota600Running304717Timothy PetersRed Horse RacingToyota604Running3051600Cole Custer (R)JR MotorsportsChevrolet600Running2861798Rico Abreu (R)ThorSport RacingToyota600Running277933Ben KennedyGMS RacingChevrolet600Running2681121Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet600Running25928John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet600Running241054Christopher Bell (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota600Running2311341Ben Rhodes (R)ThorSport RacingToyota600Running22122088Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota600Running2113851Cody Coughlin (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota600Running20141866Jordan AndersonBolen MotorsportsChevrolet600Running19151223Spencer GallagherGMS RacingChevrolet6012Running19163050Travis KvapilMAKE MotorsportsChevrolet600Running17172344Tommy Joe MartinsMartins MotorsportsChevrolet600Running16182249Reed Sorenson (i)Premium MotorsportsChevrolet600Running0192559Kyle MartelBill Martel RacingChevrolet600Running14202928Ryan Ellis (i)FDNY RacingChevrolet600Running0212607Todd Peck (i)SS-Green Light RacingChevrolet600Running0221419Daniel HemricBrad Keselowski RacingFord600Running11232763Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet600Running10241986Brandon BrownBrandonbilt MotorsportsChevrolet590Running9252122Austin Wayne Self (R)AM RacingToyota560Running826429Tyler ReddickBrad Keselowski RacingFord280Accident7272471Carlos ContrerasContreras MotorsportsChevrolet220Electrical628311Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet200Brakes5291305John Wes TownleyAthenian MotorsportsChevrolet160Accident430286Sean CorrNorm Benning RacingChevrolet50Brakes331602Austin HillAustin Hill RacingFord10Accident2323210Caleb RoarkJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet00Engine1Official race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 William Byron 319 10px 2 Matt Crafton 294 (−25) 10px 3 Daniel Hemric 282 (−37) 10px 1 4 Timothy Peters 282 (−37) 10px 1 5 Johnny Sauter 278 (−41) 10px 6 Christopher Bell 268 (−51) 10px 1 7 John Hunter Nemechek 256 (−63) 10px 2 8 Cameron Hayley 251 (−68)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 8 positions are included for the driver standings. References 2016 Aspen Dental Eldora Dirt Derby 2016 UNOH 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 2016 Category:NASCAR races at Pocono Raceway Category:July 2016 sports events in the United States Category:2016 in sports in Pennsylvania