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2016 DC Solar 350
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18th race of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
CUST Red Horse Racing 20th Annual DC Solar 350 FS1 143.163 mph km/h on October 1 Timothy Peters Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing 29 70 146 Las Vegas Motor Speedway, North Las Vegas, Nevada 219 352 352 146 MRN Race 18 of 23 of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 30.690 2.4 1.5 DC Solar 350 2016 219 Vince Welch, Phil Parsons, and Michael Waltrip
The 2016 DC Solar 350 was the 18th stock car race of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, the second race of the Round of 8, and the 20th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, October 1, 2016, in North Las Vegas, Nevada, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) permanent tri-oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 146 laps to complete. Tyler Reddick, driving for Brad Keselowski Racing, dominated the majority of the race, and earned his third career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win, and his first of the season.Utter Jim October 1, 2016 Tyler Reddick tops BKR teammate Hemric for Truck win at Las Vegas https://us.motorsport.com/nascar-truck/news/tyler-reddick-tops-bkr-teammate-hemric-for-truck-win-at-las-vegas-832279/2999757/ January 23, 2023 Motorsport.com en To fill out the podium, Daniel Hemric, driving for Brad Keselowski Racing, and Cole Custer, driving for JR Motorsports, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
Background
thumb|The layout of Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the venue where the race was held.
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada in Las Vegas, Nevada about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a 1200 acre on on complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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 RacingChevroletWaldo's Painting Company02Tyler YoungYoung's MotorsportsChevroletRandco, Young's Building Systems4Christopher Bell (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaDC Solar05John Wes TownleyAthenian MotorsportsChevroletJive Communications, Zaxby's07Todd Peck (i)SS-Green Light RacingChevroletBoobiTrap.com8John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevroletFire Alarm Services9William Byron (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaLiberty University10Caleb RoarkJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevroletDriven2Honor.orgJuly 2023 InternetArchiveBot yes 11Matt Tifft (R)Red Horse RacingToyotaBrain Gear, Surface Sunscreen13Cameron HayleyThorSport RacingToyotaRide TV16Stewart FriesenHalmar RacingChevroletHalmar International17Timothy PetersRed Horse RacingToyotaRed Horse Racing19Daniel HemricBrad Keselowski RacingFordBlue Gate Bank21Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevroletAllegiant Travel Company22Austin Wayne Self (R)AM RacingToyotaAM Technical Solutions23Spencer GallagherGMS RacingChevroletShade Tree24Grant Enfinger (R)GMS RacingChevroletChampion Power Equipment29Tyler ReddickBrad Keselowski RacingFordCooper-Standard Automotive33Ben KennedyGMS RacingChevroletJacob Companies41Ben Rhodes (R)ThorSport RacingToyotaUSA Cares44Tommy Joe MartinsMartins MotorsportsChevroletDiamond Gusset Jeans49Wayne EdwardsPremium MotorsportsChevroletPremium Motorsports50Travis KvapilMAKE MotorsportsChevroletMAKE Motorsports51Cody Coughlin (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaJegs High Performance, K&N63Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevroletNorm Benning Racing66Tim ViensMike Harmon RacingChevroletVermont Bucks Football71Carlos ContrerasContreras MotorsportsChevroletAmerican Club88Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyotaIdeal Door, Menards92Parker KligermanRBR EnterprisesFordBlack's Tire Service, Goodyear98Rico Abreu (R)ThorSport RacingToyotaSafelite, Curb RecordsOfficial entry list
Practice
First practice
The first practice session was held on Saturday, October 1, at 8:30 am PST, and would last for 60 minutes.2016 Truck Series Las Vegas Race Info https://www.jayski.com/news/campingworld/2016/story/_/page/2016cts-18vegas dead https://web.archive.org/web/20161029223803/https://www.jayski.com/news/campingworld/2016/story/_/page/2016cts-18vegas October 29, 2016 January 23, 2023 Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Sites en-US Daniel Hemric, driving for Brad Keselowski Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.512, and an average speed of 176.980 mph km/h on.Ryan Nate October 1, 2016 Daniel Hemric leads first truck practice at Las Vegas Motor Speedway https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2016/10/01/daniel-hemric-leads-first-truck-practice-at-las-vegas-motor-speedway/ January 23, 2023 NASCAR Talk NBC Sports en-US
Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed119Daniel HemricBrad Keselowski RacingFord30.512176.980288Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota30.595176.499341Ben Rhodes (R)ThorSport RacingToyota30.606176.436Full first practice results
Final practice
The final practice session was held on Saturday, October 1, at 10:00 am PST, and would last for 60 minutes. Rico Abreu, driving for ThorSport Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.577, and an average speed of 176.603 mph km/h on.Ryan Nate October 1, 2016 Rico Abreu tops final truck practice at Las Vegas Motor Speedway https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2016/10/01/51223/ January 23, 2023 NASCAR Talk NBC Sports en-US
Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed198Rico Abreu (R)ThorSport RacingToyota30.577176.603219Daniel HemricBrad Keselowski RacingFord30.621176.350323Spencer GallagherGMS RacingChevrolet30.647176.200Full final practice results
Qualifying
Qualifying was held on Saturday, October 1, at 3:10 pm PST. Since Las Vegas Motor 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.February 7, 2018 NASCAR Qualifying Rules https://www.espn.com/jayski/pages/story/_/id/18676661/nascar-qualifying-rules January 23, 2023 ESPN.com en
Timothy Peters, driving for Red Horse Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 30.690, and an average speed of 175.953 mph km/h on in the second round.Bonkowski Jerry October 1, 2016 Peters takes pole, Crafton alongside for tonight’s Truck race at Las Vegas https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2016/10/01/peters-takes-pole-crafton-alongside-for-tonights-truck-race-at-las-vegas/ January 23, 2023 NASCAR Talk NBC Sports en-US
Full qualifying results
Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTime (R1)Speed (R1)Time (R2)Speed (R2)117Timothy PetersRed Horse RacingToyota30.950174.47530.690175.953288Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota30.832175.14330.741175.661300Cole Custer (R)JR MotorsportsChevrolet30.937174.54830.753175.593433Ben KennedyGMS RacingChevrolet30.952174.46430.776175.461523Spencer GallagherGMS RacingChevrolet30.967174.37930.791175.376619Daniel HemricBrad Keselowski RacingFord30.724175.75830.795175.353705John Wes TownleyAthenian MotorsportsChevrolet30.801175.31930.830175.154841Ben Rhodes (R)ThorSport RacingToyota30.914174.67830.879174.876913Cameron HayleyThorSport RacingToyota30.916174.66730.896174.780109William Byron (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota30.845175.06930.985174.2781151Cody Coughlin (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota30.990174.25031.002174.1821224Grant Enfinger (R)GMS RacingChevrolet30.895174.78631.031174.020Eliminated in Round 11311Matt Tifft (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota30.996174.216––1421Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet30.996174.216––158John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet30.996174.216––1629Tyler ReddickBrad Keselowski RacingFord30.998174.205––1798Rico Abreu (R)ThorSport RacingToyota31.008174.149––184Christopher Bell (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota31.016174.104––1916Stewart FriesenHalmar RacingChevrolet31.158173.310––2092Parker KligermanRBR EnterprisesFord31.352172.238––2102Tyler YoungYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet31.522171.309––2244Tommy Joe MartinsMartins MotorsportsChevrolet31.585170.967––2350Travis KvapilMAKE MotorsportsChevrolet31.699170.352––241Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet31.870169.438––2522Austin Wayne Self (R)AM RacingToyota31.874169.417––2607Todd Peck (i)SS-Green Light RacingChevrolet32.435166.487––2771Carlos ContrerasContreras MotorsportsChevrolet32.516166.072––Qualified by owner's points2849Wayne EdwardsPremium MotorsportsChevrolet32.552165.888––2963Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet33.289162.216––3066Tim ViensMike Harmon RacingChevrolet34.028158.693––3110Caleb RoarkJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet34.387157.036––Official qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup
Race results
FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts11629Tyler ReddickBrad Keselowski RacingFord14670Running372619Daniel HemricBrad Keselowski RacingFord14638Running323300Cole Custer (R)JR MotorsportsChevrolet1463Running314433Ben KennedyGMS RacingChevrolet14622Running305109William Byron (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1460Running286184Christopher Bell (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1460Running2771421Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet1460Running268288Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota1460Running259117Timothy PetersRed Horse RacingToyota14613Running25101224Grant Enfinger (R)GMS RacingChevrolet1460Running2311523Spencer GallagherGMS RacingChevrolet1460Running2212841Ben Rhodes (R)ThorSport RacingToyota1460Running2113705John Wes TownleyAthenian MotorsportsChevrolet1460Running20142092Parker KligermanRBR EnterprisesFord1460Running19151311Matt Tifft (R)Red Horse RacingToyota1460Running1816158John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet1450Running17171151Cody Coughlin (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1450Running1618913Cameron HayleyThorSport RacingToyota1450Running15191916Stewart FriesenHalmar RacingChevrolet1450Running14201798Rico Abreu (R)ThorSport RacingToyota1440Running13212522Austin Wayne Self (R)AM RacingToyota1420Running12222244Tommy Joe MartinsMartins MotorsportsChevrolet1420Running11232102Tyler YoungYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1420Running10242350Travis KvapilMAKE MotorsportsChevrolet1400Running9252607Todd Peck (i)SS-Green Light RacingChevrolet1380Running0262963Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet1340Running727241Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet740Suspension6282849Wayne EdwardsPremium MotorsportsChevrolet480Accident5293066Tim ViensMike Harmon RacingChevrolet290Oil Leak4302771Carlos ContrerasContreras MotorsportsChevrolet90Vibration3313110Caleb RoarkJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet40Electrical2Official race results
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points 10px 1 William Byron 2,080 10px 1 2 Christopher Bell 2,062 (−18) 10px 1 3 Matt Crafton 2,061 (−19) 10px 2 4 Ben Kennedy 2,055 (−25) 10px 1 5 Timothy Peters 2,053 (−27) 10px 1 6 Johnny Sauter 2,052 (−28) 10px 1 7 Daniel Hemric 2,037 (−43) 10px 1 8 John Hunter Nemechek 2,037 (−43)Official driver's standings
Note: Only the first 8 positions are included for the driver standings.
References
2016 UNOH 175 2016 Fred's 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 2016
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