2016 Rattlesnake 400

7th race of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series CUST GMS Racing 20th Annual Rattlesnake 400 FS1 134.919 mph km/h on June 10 Johnny Sauter Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing William Byron Kyle Busch Motorsports 9 133 167 Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas 250.5 403.1 403.1 167 MRN Race 7 of 23 of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 29.996 2.4 1.5 Rattlesnake 400 2016 250.5 Vince Welch, Phil Parsons, and Michael Waltrip The 2016 Rattlesnake 400 was the 7th stock car race of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and the 20th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, June 10, 2016, in Fort Worth, Texas, at Texas Motor Speedway, a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) permanent tri-oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 167 laps to complete. In an exciting battle for the win, William Byron, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would pass Matt Crafton for the lead with 5 laps to go, and hold off the rest of the field to earn his second career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win. Crafton dominated the entire race, leading 133 of 167 laps.Malsher-Lopez David June 11, 2016 Byron scores second Truck win in Texas https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-truck/news/byron-scores-second-truck-win-in-texas-776570/776570/ December 31, 2022 Motorsport.com en To fill out the podium, Johnny Sauter, driving for GMS Racing, would finish in 3rd, respectively. Background thumb|The layout of Texas Motor Speedway, the venue where the race was held. Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The reconfigured track measures 1.500 mi km on with banked 20° in turns 1 and 2 and banked 24° in turns 3 and 4. Texas Motor Speedway is a quad-oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway. The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc. Nicknamed “The Great American Speedway“ the racetrack facility is one of the largest motorsports venues in the world capable of hosting crowds in excess of 200,000 spectators.Texas Motor Speedway - Fort Worth, TX https://www.eventticketscenter.com/texas-motor-speedway-fort-worth-tickets/2789/eTexas Motor Speedway: Fort Worth, TX 76177: Visit Dallas https://www.visitdallas.com/things-to-do/venue/view/6866/Texas-Motor-Speedway.html Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points. #DriverTeamMakeSponsor00Cole Custer (R)JR MotorsportsChevroletHaas Automation1Ryan Ellis (i)MAKE MotorsportsChevroletCorvetteParts.net, Fuzzy's Taco Shop02Tyler YoungYoung's MotorsportsChevroletRandco, Young's Building Systems4Christopher Bell (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaJBL05John Wes TownleyAthenian MotorsportsChevroletJive Communications, Zaxby's6Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevroletNorm Benning Racing07Ryan LynchSS-Green Light RacingChevroletBlankHood.com8John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevroletFire Alarm Services9William Byron (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaLiberty University10Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevroletGrimes Irrigation & Construction11Germán QuirogaRed Horse RacingToyotaRed Horse Racing13Cameron HayleyThorSport RacingToyotaCabinets by Hayley17Timothy PetersRed Horse RacingToyotaRed Horse Racing19Daniel HemricBrad Keselowski RacingFordDrawTite20Austin HillAustin Hill RacingFordA+D Welding21Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevroletSmokey Mountain Herbal Snuff22Austin Wayne Self (R)AM RacingToyotaAM Technical Solutions23Spencer GallagherGMS RacingChevroletAllegiant Travel Company29Tyler ReddickBrad Keselowski RacingFordCooper-Standard Automotive33Ben KennedyGMS RacingChevroletJacob Companies41Ben Rhodes (R)ThorSport RacingToyotaAlpha Energy Solutions44Tommy Joe MartinsMartins MotorsportsChevroletDiamond Gusset Jeans49Wayne EdwardsPremium MotorsportsChevroletPro 1 Automotive50Travis KvapilMAKE MotorsportsChevroletGasBuddy51Cody Coughlin (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaJegs High Performance, Racers Choice63Mike BlissMB MotorsportsChevroletMB Motorsports66Jordan AndersonBolen MotorsportsChevroletRusty's Off-Road71Carlos ContrerasContreras MotorsportsChevroletAmerican Club75Caleb HolmanHenderson MotorsportsToyotaFood Country USA, Downy Unstoppables81Jesse LittleRette Jones RacingToyotaCarolina Nut Co.86Tim ViensMike Harmon RacingChevroletRaceDaySponsor.com88Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyotaIdeal Door, Menards92Parker KligermanRBR EnterprisesFordBlack's Tire Service, Advance Auto Parts98Rico Abreu (R)ThorSport RacingToyotaSafelite, Curb RecordsOfficial entry list Track schedule change In the early morning of June 9, a plane carrying NASCAR officials and representatives was forced to land shortly after taking off at the Concord Regional Airport, due to mechanical issues. Because of this, the truck series garage would postpone its opening until 3:30 pm CST, the time in which the first practice session would take place. Due to the schedule change, one of the three practice sessions would be cancelled, and the rest of the two would be postponed at a later time.McFadin Daniel June 9, 2016 Travel delays force change to Truck practice schedule in Texas https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2016/06/09/travel-delays-forces-change-to-truck-practice-schedule-in-texas/ December 31, 2022 NASCAR Talk NBC Sports en-US Practice First practice The first practice session was held on Thursday, June 9, at 6:00 pm CST, and would last for 45 minutes.2016 Truck Series Texas Race Info https://www.jayski.com/news/campingworld/2016/story/_/page/2016cts-07texas dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160629111717/https://www.jayski.com/news/campingworld/2016/story/_/page/2016cts-07texas June 29, 2016 December 31, 2022 Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site en-US Matt Crafton, driving for ThorSport Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.176, and an average speed of 178.950 mph km/h on.McFadin Daniel June 9, 2016 Defending race winner Matt Crafton fastest in first Truck practice at Texas https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2016/06/09/defending-race-winner-matt-crafton-fastest-in-first-truck-practice-at-texas/ December 31, 2022 NASCAR Talk NBC Sports en-US Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed188Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota30.176178.950217Timothy PetersRed Horse RacingToyota30.243178.554305John Wes TownleyAthenian MotorsportsChevrolet30.267178.412Full first practice results Final practice The final practice session was held on Thursday, June 9, at 7:30 pm CST, and would last for 1 hour and 30 minutes. John Wes Townley, driving for his family team, Athenian Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.097, and an average speed of 179.420 mph km/h on.McFadin Daniel June 9, 2016 John Wes Townley leads final Truck practice in Texas https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2016/06/09/john-wes-townley-leads-final-truck-practice-in-texas/ December 31, 2022 NASCAR Talk NBC Sports en-US Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed105John Wes TownleyAthenian MotorsportsChevrolet30.097179.42029William Byron (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota30.176178.950323Spencer GallagherGMS RacingChevrolet30.192178.855Full final practice results Qualifying Qualifying was held on Friday, June 10, at 5:00 pm CST. Since Texas 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 December 31, 2022 ESPN.com en Johnny Sauter, driving for GMS Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 29.996, and an average speed of 180.024 mph km/h on in the second round.McFadin Daniel June 10, 2016 Johnny Sauter wins first Truck pole since 2013 https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2016/06/10/johnny-sauter-wins-first-truck-pole-since-2013/ December 31, 2022 NASCAR Talk NBC Sports en-US Norm Benning and Jennifer Jo Cobb would fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTime (R1)Speed (R1)Time (R2)Speed (R2)121Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet29.978180.13229.996180.024211Germán QuirogaRed Horse RacingToyota30.052179.68930.018179.892319Daniel HemricBrad Keselowski RacingFord30.021179.87430.022179.868488Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota29.902180.59030.025179.850529Tyler ReddickBrad Keselowski RacingFord30.060179.64130.050179.70069William Byron (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota29.960180.24030.068179.593705John Wes TownleyAthenian MotorsportsChevrolet29.957180.25830.072179.569817Timothy PetersRed Horse RacingToyota30.022179.86830.096179.42694Christopher Bell (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota30.049179.70630.114179.3191023Spencer GallagherGMS RacingChevrolet30.158179.05730.192178.8551113Cameron HayleyThorSport RacingToyota30.128179.23530.218178.7011241Ben Rhodes (R)ThorSport RacingToyota30.165179.01530.255178.483Eliminated in Round 11398Rico Abreu (R)ThorSport RacingToyota30.218178.701––1451Cody Coughlin (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota30.236178.595––1533Ben KennedyGMS RacingChevrolet30.262178.442––1600Cole Custer (R)JR MotorsportsChevrolet30.273178.377––1766Jordan AndersonBolen MotorsportsChevrolet30.350177.924––1822Austin Wayne Self (R)AM RacingToyota30.389177.696––1902Tyler YoungYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet30.393177.672––2075Caleb HolmanHenderson MotorsportsToyota30.413177.556––2181Jesse LittleRette Jones RacingToyota30.421177.509––2292Parker KligermanRBR EnterprisesFord30.460177.282––238John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet30.559176.707––2444Tommy Joe MartinsMartins MotorsportsChevrolet30.588176.540––2550Travis KvapilMAKE MotorsportsChevrolet30.741175.661––2663Mike BlissMB MotorsportsChevrolet30.802175.313––2720Austin HillAustin Hill RacingFord30.838175.109––Qualified by owner's points2807Ryan LynchSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet30.998174.205––2949Wayne EdwardsPremium MotorsportsChevrolet31.256172.767––3071Carlos ContrerasContreras MotorsportsChevrolet31.806169.779––311Ryan Ellis (i)MAKE MotorsportsChevrolet32.070168.382––3286Tim ViensMike Harmon RacingChevrolet32.176167.827––Failed to qualify336Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet30.854175.018––3410Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet31.223172.949––Official qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts169William Byron (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1676Running362488Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota167133Running333121Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet1679Running3141533Ben KennedyGMS RacingChevrolet1670Running295529Tyler ReddickBrad Keselowski RacingFord1670Running286817Timothy PetersRed Horse RacingToyota1670Running277238John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet1670Running268211Germán QuirogaRed Horse RacingToyota1670Running2591398Rico Abreu (R)ThorSport RacingToyota1670Running2410319Daniel HemricBrad Keselowski RacingFord16719Running24111241Ben Rhodes (R)ThorSport RacingToyota1670Running22121451Cody Coughlin (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1670Running21131822Austin Wayne Self (R)AM RacingToyota1670Running20141600Cole Custer (R)JR MotorsportsChevrolet1670Running19152720Austin HillAustin Hill RacingFord1670Running18162075Caleb HolmanHenderson MotorsportsToyota1660Running1717705John Wes TownleyAthenian MotorsportsChevrolet1660Running16181113Cameron HayleyThorSport RacingToyota1650Running15192181Jesse LittleRette Jones RacingToyota1650Running14202292Parker KligermanRBR EnterprisesFord1640Running13211902Tyler YoungYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1640Running12221766Jordan AndersonBolen MotorsportsChevrolet1640Running11232949Wayne EdwardsPremium MotorsportsChevrolet1640Running10242550Travis KvapilMAKE MotorsportsChevrolet1630Running9252444Tommy Joe MartinsMartins MotorsportsChevrolet1600Running8262807Ryan LynchSS-Green Light RacingChevrolet1580Running7271023Spencer GallagherGMS RacingChevrolet1530Running6282663Mike BlissMB MotorsportsChevrolet920Accident5293286Tim ViensMike Harmon RacingChevrolet560Vibration430311Ryan Ellis (i)MAKE MotorsportsChevrolet300Suspension0313071Carlos ContrerasContreras MotorsportsChevrolet40Engine23294Christopher Bell (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota00Engine1Official race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Matt Crafton 194 10px 2 Timothy Peters 176 (−18) 10px 2 3 William Byron 171 (−23) 10px 1 4 Daniel Hemric 168 (−26) 10px 2 5 John Hunter Nemechek 153 (−41) 10px 2 6 Tyler Reddick 153 (−41) 10px 3 7 Johnny Sauter 151 (−43) 10px 4 8 Spencer Gallagher 145 (−49)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 8 positions are included for the driver standings. References 2016 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 2016 Speediatrics 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 2016 Category:NASCAR races at Texas Motor Speedway Category:June 2016 sports events in the United States Category:2016 in sports in Texas