2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series

American motorsport season November 2025 May 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series 2016 2015 2017 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series Champions | Seasons thumb|Daniel Suárez, the 2016 Xfinity Series champion. thumb|Elliott Sadler finished second behind Suárez in the championship. thumb|Justin Allgaier finished third in the championship. thumb|Erik Jones finished fourth in the championship, and was Rookie of the Year. thumb|Toyota won the Manufacturers' championship with 19 wins and 1362 points. The 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series was the 35th season of the NASCAR Xfinity Series, the second national professional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season started at Daytona International Speedway on February 20 and ended at Homestead–Miami Speedway on November 19.NASCAR reaches five-year sanction agreements with national series tracks http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2015/10/26/nascar-reaches-five-year-sanction-agreements-with-tracks-announces-schedule.html NASCAR.com NASCAR Media Group, LLC. December 2, 2015 Daytona Beach, Florida October 26, 2015 Daniel Suárez of Joe Gibbs Racing won the championship, becoming the first non-American to win a title in NASCAR's top 3 divisions. This was the first year that the Xfinity Series (and the Truck Series) had a playoff system. Just like in the Cup Series, four drivers competed for the title in the final race at Homestead, also the final round of the playoffs. Those drivers are shown below. Teams and drivers Complete schedule ManufacturerTeamNo. Car numberRace driverCrew chief Chevrolet Chip Ganassi Racing 42 Kyle Larson 16 1–2, 5–7, 11–12, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 29–31, 33 Mike Shiplett Justin Marks 17 3–4, 8–10, 13–17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27–28, 32 48 Brennan Poole (R) Chad Norris Derrike Cope Racing with JP Motorsports 70 Derrike Cope 28 1–20, 22, 24–30 Carlos Contreras 1 1 Danny Ketterman Jr. 32 2–33 Timmy Hill 2 21, 23 Dexter Stacey 3 31–33 JD Motorsports 0 Eric McClure 1 1DeGroot Nick JD Motorsports announces 2016 driver lineup http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-xs/news/jd-motorsports-announces-2016-driver-lineup-669807/ Motorsport.com Motorsport Network, LLC. January 26, 2016 January 26, 2016 Matthew Lewis 5 1–5 Danny Gill 28 6–33 Garrett Smithley (R) 32 2–33 01 Ryan Preece (R) Zach McGowan 13 1–13 Ryan Bell 20 14–33 4 Ross Chastain Brian Berry Jeremy Clements Racing 51 Jeremy Clements Tony Clements Jimmy Means Racing 52 Joey Gase Tim Brown JR Motorsports 1 Elliott SadlerBRANDT® and Justin Allgaier Joining JR Motorsports in 2016 http://www.jrmracing.com/media/2015/10/28/brandt-and-justin-allgaier-joining-jr-motorsports-in-2016 jrmracing.com JR Motorsports October 28, 2015 Mooresville, North Carolina October 28, 2015 Kevin Meendering 32 1–32Mike Bumgarner 1 33 7 Justin Allgaier Jason Burdett 88 Chase Elliott 5 1, 3–4, 9, 15 Dave Elenz Kevin Harvick 7 2, 5, 7, 18, 24, 29, 31 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2 6, 8 Alex Bowman 9 10, 12–14, 17, 25, 28, 32–33Alex Bowman to Drive Nine Races for JR Motorsports in 2016 http://www.jrmracing.com/media/2015/11/11/alex-bowman-to-drive-nine-races-for-jr-motorsports-in-2016 jrmracing.com JR Motorsports November 11, 2015 Mooresville, North Carolina November 11, 2015 Cole Custer 2 11, 16 Josh Berry 2 19, 27 Kenny Habul 3 20–21, 23 Regan Smith 2 22, 30 Clint Bowyer 1 26 Kaulig Racing 11 Blake Koch Chris RiceObaika Racing 97 Harrison Rhodes 6 1–5, 11 Todd Myers 6 1–6 David Jones 1 7 Bobby Burrell 10 8–17 Kevyn Rebolledo 16 18–33 Ryan Ellis 8 6–9, 18, 20, 27, 31 Alex Guenette 3 10, 12, 15 T. J. Bell 4 13, 16, 21–22 Paige Decker 2 14, 23 Matt Waltz 3 17, 19, 30 Josh Berry 1 24 Alli Owens 1 25 Jordan Anderson 3 26, 28–29 Josh Bilicki 2 32–33 Richard Childress Racing 2 Austin Dillon 19 1, 3–9, 11, 15–17, 22, 25, 29–33 Danny Stockman Jr. 19 1–19Gil Martin 2 20–21Justin Alexander 12 22–33 Paul Menard 8 2, 10, 12–13, 18, 20, 24, 26 Ben Kennedy 1 14 Sam Hornish Jr. 3 19, 21, 27 Michael McDowell 1 23 Regan Smith 1 28Austin Dillon was originally scheduled to drive the No. 2 for the Use Your Melon Drive Sober 200. Due to the race being rescheduled on Sunday, RCR tabbed Smith to substitute for Dillon. 3 Ty Dillon Danny Efland 2 1, 8Nick Harrison 30 2–7, 9–32Mike Hillman Jr. 1 33 33 Brandon Jones (R)Brandon Jones Becomes a Full-Time Driver at RCR in 2016 http://www.rcrracing.com/news/index.cfm?cid=52676 rcrracing.com Richard Childress Racing September 29, 2015 Welcome, North Carolina September 25, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150928073822/http://www.rcrracing.com/news/index.cfm?cid=52676 September 28, 2015 dead Mike Hillman Jr. 32 1–32Nick Harrison 1 33 62 Brendan Gaughanhttp://www.lionelracing.com/BRENDAN-GAUGHAN-2016-SOUTH-POINT-CASINO-164-ARC-DIECAST BRENDAN GAUGHAN 2016 SOUTH POINT CASINO 1:64 ARC DIECAST Lionelracing.com December 2, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151120174558/http://www.lionelracing.com/BRENDAN-GAUGHAN-2016-SOUTH-POINT-CASINO-164-ARC-DIECAST November 20, 2015 dead Shane Wilson RSS Racing 39 Ryan Sieg Kevin Starland SS-Green Light Racing 07 Ray Black Jr. (R) Jason MillerDodgeMike Harmon Racing 74 Mike Harmon 30 1–19, 22, 24–33Carl Brown 1 1 Alan Collins Jr. 4 2–5 R. B. Bracken 28 6–33 Nicolas Hammann 2 20, 23 Roger Reuse 1 21 Ford B. J. McLeod Motorsports 78 B. J. McLeod (R) George Ingram 31 1, 3–23, 25–33 David Ingram 2 2, 24 Roush Fenway Racing 6 Bubba Wallace Seth Barbour 16 Ryan Reed Phil Gould Team Penske 22 Joey Logano 11 1, 7, 9–13, 15, 18, 26, 30 Brian Wilson 22 1–22Greg Erwin 11 23–33 Brad Keselowski 15 2–4, 6, 8, 14, 16–17, 19–20, 22, 25, 29, 31-32 Ryan Blaney 6 5, 21, 24, 27–28, 33Joey Logano was originally scheduled to drive in the Use Your Melon Drive Sober 200 at Dover on Saturday. However, with the race rained out until Sunday, Team Penske opted to replace Logano with Ryan Blaney. Alex Tagliani 1 23 Toyota JGL Racing 28 Dakoda Armstrong 32 1–18, 20–33 Steven Lane 27 1–9, 12, 17-33 Wayne Setterington Jr. 6 10–11, 13–16 Drew Herring 1 19 Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Bobby Labonte 1 1 Chris Gayle Kyle Busch 17 2–7, 12–13, 16–18, 20, 22, 25–26, 30, 32 Matt Tifft 7 8–10, 27, 29, 31, 33 Denny Hamlin 2 11, 24 Sam Hornish Jr. 1 14 David Ragan 1 15 Dakoda Armstrong 1 19 Owen Kelly 2 21, 23 Drew Herring 1 28Kyle Busch was originally scheduled to drive the No. 18 in the Use Your Melon Drive Sober 200. However, due to the race being held on Sunday, Joe Gibbs Racing opted to replace Busch with Drew Herring 19 Daniel Suárez Scott Graves 20 Erik Jones (R) Chris Gabehart TriStar Motorsports 14 Benny Gordon 3 1, 9, 15 Eddie Pardue J. J. Yeley 6 2–7 Jeff Green 15 8, 10–14, 16–19, 24, 26–29 Tomy Drissi 2 20, 23 Mike Bliss 1 21 Hermie Sadler 2 22, 25 Matt DiBenedetto 2 30–31 Cole Whitt 2 32-33 44 David Starr 7 1–7 Frank Kerr 32 1–11, 13–33 Bryan Smith 1 12 J. J. Yeley 26 8–33 Chevrolet King Autosport 90 Martin Roy 8 1, 6, 11, 13, 26, 29–31 Guy Caron 20 1–3, 5, 7, 9–10, 12, 14–22, 24-25, 28 Michael Rutland 2 4, 27 Mario Gosselin 9 6, 11, 13, 23, 26, 29-32 Mario Gosselin 18 2–5, 7, 9–10, 12, 14–15, 17–19, 22, 24–25, 28, 33 Alex Guenette 1 16 Andy Lally 1 21 James Davison 1 23 Dexter Bean 1 27 Alex Labbé 1 32 SS-Green Light Racing Todd Bodine 1 20 Ford B. J. McLeod Motorsports Todd Peck 1 8 Keith Wolfe 15 Todd Peck 5 4, 12–13, 18, 24Todd Peck drove in the Axalta Faster. Tougher. Brighter. 200 with car number 15. Ryan Ellis crashed in Qualifying and his team could not fix the car in time for the race. Peck, who did not qualify for the race, took over the number 15 and was able to start with his (previously 99) B. J. McLeod Motorsports entered Ford. Paul Andrews 1 1 Joe Lax 1 2 George Church 1 3 Keith Wolfe 2 4–5 Jason Houghtaling 10 6–14, 16 Jeff Spraker 1 15Shannon RurschJames Brooks Travis Kvapil 7 8–10, 16, 22, 26, 33 Cody Ware (R) 1 11 Timmy Hill 1 14 Scott Heckert 3 17, 20, 23 Michael Lira 1 19 Stanton Barrett 1 21 Clint King 3 25, 29, 31 Blake Jones 1 27 Josh Wise 1 28 Josh Reaume 1 30 D. J. Kennington 1 32 Chevrolet 2 2, 15 Dodge 1 1 Ford 5 3–7 Rick Ware Racing Stanton Barrett 2 1, 3 Cody Ware (R) 1 2 Ryan Ellis 2 4, 15 Todd Peck 2 5–6 Jeff Green 1 7Chevrolet 17 3, 5–8, 10, 12, 18–19, 21–22, 24, 26, 28, 30–31, 33 Ford 3 14–15, 2725 Cody Ware (R) 3 3, 5–6Rick Ware Racing To Celebrate 25th Year in 2016 http://www.catchfence.com/233813/rick-ware-racing-to-celebrate-25th-year-in-2016 Catchfence.com Citizen Journalist Media Corps. January 28, 2016 Thomasville, North Carolina January 28, 2016 Jeff Spraker 6 1–2, 9, 11, 13, 32 Joe Lax 9 3, 5–8, 10, 12, 15–16 George Church 2 4, 14 Harrison Rhodes 2 7–8 Ryan Ellis 6 10, 12, 21, 24, 26, 28 Travis Kvapil 1 14 Scott Lagasse Jr. 1 15 Stanton Barrett 1 18 Spencer Boyd 1 19 Camden Murphy 1 22 Todd Peck 1 27Todd Peck drove in the VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300 with car number 25. Chris Cockrum crashed his Chevrolet in First Practice and his team could not fix the car in time for the race and Cockrum WD. So, they called Peck to drive the 25 backup's car entered Ford in the race. Jennifer Jo Cobb 1 30 Austin Theriault 1 31 Josh Reaume 1 33 Chevrolet Chris Cockrum Racing Chris Cockrum 7 1–2, 9, 13, 17, 25, 29 Obaika Racing Austin Theriault 1 25Austin Theriault drove in the Virginia 529 College Savings 250 with car number 25. Chris Cockrum crashed in Qualifying and his team could not fix the car in time for the race. Theriault, who did not qualify for the race, took over the number 25 and was able to start with his (previously 77) Obaika Racing entered Chevrolet. Team Kapusta Racing Timmy Hill 2 4, 11 Cody Ware (R) 1 20 Alex Kennedy 1 23 Austin Theriault 1 32 Ford B. J. McLeod Motorsports Todd Peck 1 16 Dodge 19 2–5, 7–8, 10, 12–13, 17, 20, 23, 25, 28–33 Toyota 8 1, 6, 9, 11, 15, 18, 26–27Chevrolet 5 14, 16, 19, 22, 24 Ford 1 21 MBM Motorsports 13Mark Thompson 3 1, 15, 27 Carl Long 1 1 Robbie May 1 2 George Lee II 3 3–5 Michael Rathje 8 6–8, 10–14 George Church 3 9, 15, 20 David Jones 1 16 Josh Reaume 1 2 Derek White 1 3 D. J. Kennington 1 4 Carl Long 4 5, 11, 19, 24 Matt DiBenedetto 1 6 Timmy Hill 6 7–8, 10, 17, 26–27Timmy Hill drove in the VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300 with car number 13 MBM Motorsports Toyota. Mark Thompson who was initially scheduled to drive the car let Timmy to drive in the race. Hill, initially did not qualify for the race with his MBM Motorsports 72 Dodge. John Jackson 2 9, 19 T. J. Bell 1 12 Harrison Rhodes 5 13–14, 16, 18, 22 Stanton Barrett 1 20 Tim Cowen 1 21 Alon Day 1 23 Brandon Hightower 7 25, 28–33 Dodge 13 1, 6–9, 11, 15, 18, 20–21, 23, 25–26Toyota 18 2–5, 10, 12–14, 16–17, 19, 22, 24, 29–33 Chevrolet 2 27–28 40 Derek White 1 1 Robbie May 1 1 Sebastian Laforge 31 2–19, 21–33 Carl Long 1 20 Carl Long 12 2–3, 6–10, 12, 14–15, 17, 26 Josh Reaume 1 4 Josh Wise 1 5 T. J. Bell 1 11 John Jackson 5 13, 16, 19, 23, 27 Timmy Hill 11 18–19, 22, 24–25, 28–33 Chris Cook 1 20 Alon Day 1 21 Limited schedule ManufacturerTeamNo. Car numberRace driverCrew chiefRounds Chevrolet Athenian Motorsports 05 John Wes Townley Michael Shelton 2 1, 9 Bobby Gerhart Racing 85 Bobby Gerhart Billy Gerhart 1 1 Brian Keselowski 1 9 Mark Skibo 1 15 3 1, 9, 15 Brandonbilt Motorsports 86 Brandon BrownBrandon Brown will make Xfinity Series debut http://www.brandonbrownracing.com/brighter-future-for-brandonbilt-motorsports/ brandonbrownracing.com Brandonbilt Motorsports September 3, 2016 Fredericksburg, Virginia August 9, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160915174229/http://www.brandonbrownracing.com/brighter-future-for-brandonbilt-motorsports/ September 15, 2016 dead Joey Cohen 1 25Adam Brenner 2 30, 33 3 25, 30, 33 GMS Racing 21 Spencer Gallagher Joey Cohen 7 4–5, 8, 11, 15, 20, 29 Jimmy Means Racing 79 Josh Williams Garrett Hinson 1 13 JR Motorsports 5 Kasey Kahne Ryan Pemberton 4 1, 6, 8, 29 Matt Goslant 1 30 Richard Boswell 1 33 1 1 Chase Elliott 1 6 Cole Custer 4 8, 29–30, 33 King Autosport 92 Mario Gosselin Michael Rutland 6 1, 13–14, 17, 21, 24 Mario Gosselin 2 16, 19 Kevin Boykin 1 26 Guy Caron 1 27 3 1, 13, 21 Dexter Bean 5 14, 16, 19, 24, 26 Josh Williams 2 17, 27 Precision Performance Motorsports 46 Anthony Kumpen Mark Setzer 1 1 Brandon Gdovic 5 7, 12, 18, 22, 32 Jordan Anderson 1 33 Obaika Racing 77 Claire Decker Carlos Contreras 1 14 T. J. Bell Bobby Burrell 4 17–20 Jordan Anderson 1 21 Josh Bilicki 1 23 Austin Theriault 1 25 Spencer Boyd 1 26 Matt Waltz 3 27–28, 31 Ryan Ellis 4 29–30, 32–33 RSS Racing 93 Scott Lagasse Jr. Mark Gibson 3 1, 3–4 Harry McMullen 18 5–22 Bruce Cook 11 23–331 1 Josh Reaume 4 3, 9–10, 14 Dylan Lupton 2 4–5 Josh Wise 6 6–8, 11–13 David Starr 19 15–33 Shepherd Racing Ventures 89 Morgan Shepherd Tony Furr 5 1–5 Nick Hoechst 19 7–19, 22–27 30 1–5, 7–19, 22–33 Ford Biagi-DenBeste Racing 98 Aric Almirola Jon Hanson 10 1, 3, 5–7, 9, 12, 15, 32–33 Jeb Burton 3 18, 25, 29 Nelson Piquet Jr.DeGroot Nick Nelson Piquet Jr. to make NASCAR return at Mid-Ohio http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-xs/news/nelson-piquet-jr-to-make-nascar-return-at-mid-ohio-796759/ Motorsport.com Motorsport Network, LLC. July 8, 2016 July 8, 2016 July 10, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160710223053/http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-xs/news/nelson-piquet-jr-to-make-nascar-return-at-mid-ohio-796759/ dead 1 21 B. J. McLeod Motorsports 99 Chris Fontaine Jason Houghtaling 2 1–2 Keith Wolfe 2 3–4 Adam Brooks 1 23 Kevyn Rebolledo 3 30, 32–33 1 1 Todd Peck3 2–4 Stanton Barrett 1 23 Jeff Green 3 30, 32–33 Richard Petty Motorsports 43 Jeb Burton Drew Blickensderfer11 1–11 Roush Fenway Racing 60 Trevor Bayne Drew Blickensderfer 3 20, 22, 25 Michael Tam 1 32 1 20 Gray Gaulding 2 22, 25 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 1 32 Team Penske 12 Ryan Blaney Greg Erwin 3 11, 16, 20 Brian Wilson 1 29 2 11, 16 Joey Logano 2 20, 29 Toyota JGL Racing 24 Matt Tifft Steven Gray 8 1–3, 22, 28, 31–33 Ken Evans 4 4–7 Wayne Setterington 1 9 Steven Lane 6 10–11, 14–15, 17, 19 3 1, 6–7 Corey LaJoie 10 2–3, 5, 15, 17, 22, 28, 31–33 T. J. Bell 1 4 Brandon McReynolds 2 9, 19 Drew Herring 3 10–11, 14 NEMCO Motorsports 87 Joe Nemechek Jim Mazza 1 1 Gere Kennon Jr. 1 15 2 1, 15 TriStar Motorsports 10 Jeff Green Ricky Viers 2 2–3 Robbie May 8 4–5, 10–14, 16 Doug Miller 3 6–7, 9 John Mays 5 22–26 9 2–4, 6, 9, 20–21, 23, 31 Matt DiBenedetto 17 5, 7, 10–13, 16–18, 22, 24–26, 28–29, 32–33 Tyler Young 1 14 Mike Bliss 2 19, 27 Josh Wise 1 30 Chevrolet MBM Motorsports 72 John Jackson Todd Marcy 1 24 Dodge Timmy Hill Steven Muchie 1 27 Chevrolet 1 1 Toyota 1 15 Rick Ware Racing 17 Jeff Green George Church 1 1 Ricky Viers 1 15 2 1, 15 Notes N Changes Teams The Roush Fenway Racing No. 1 and No. 60 cars, driven by Elliott Sadler and Chris Buescher respectively in 2015, would shut down, and Roush would downsize to two full-time teams. Sadler moved full-time to JR Motorsports, while Buescher moved up to the Sprint Cup Series full-time for Front Row Motorsports. The No. 60 team would field part-time with Trevor Bayne, Gray Gaulding and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. driving. Chip Ganassi Racing would field a full-time team for Brennan Poole in the No. 48 DC Solar Chevrolet. Poole ran about half the races in the HScott Motorsports with Chip Ganassi No. 42 in 2015. Chad Norris would be the crew chief, after being the crew chief for Bubba Wallace and Ryan Reed for Roush Fenway Racing in 2015. SS-Green Light Racing would move up from the Camping World Truck Series to the Xfinity Series with driver Ray Black Jr., crew chief Jason Miller and sponsorship from Scubalife in the No. 07. TriStar Motorsports would downsize to two full-time teams, shutting down the No. 8, No. 19 and No. 24. David Starr would remain in the No. 44 with the No. 14 to be announced. Kaulig Racing would start a full-time team. Blake Koch would drive the No. 11 LeafFilter Chevrolet with crew chief Chris Rice. Koch drove the No. 8 LeafFilter car for TriStar Motorsports in 2015. Rick Ware Racing would field the No. 25 Chevrolet as a second team in celebration of the organization's 25th anniversary. B. J. McLeod Motorsports would field two full-time Ford cars: the No. 78, which McLeod would drive, and the No. 99, which various drivers would drive. The cars were purchased from Roush Fenway Racing. The No. 99 team shut down earlier this season, due to points being low, and partnered with Rick Ware Racing to share the No. 15 team points. Drivers 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion Erik Jones moved to the Xfinity Series full-time for Joe Gibbs Racing in the No. 20. Jones also drove this car part-time in 2015. Joe Gibbs Racing renumbered the Daniel Suárez team from the No. 18 to the No. 19. Kyle Busch, Matt Tifft, Denny Hamlin, and Bobby Labonte would run the No. 18 for Joe Gibbs Racing in 2016, renumbered from No. 54. Justin Allgaier replaced Regan Smith in the JR Motorsports No. 7 with sponsorship from Brandt. Allgaier ran the HScott Motorsports No. 51 in the Sprint Cup Series in 2015. Smith moved back to the Cup Series full-time, driving the No. 7 Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet. Elliott Sadler replaced Chase Elliott, who moved up to the Sprint Cup Series, in the JR Motorsports No. 1 (renumbered from No. 9). Sadler ran in the Roush Fenway Racing No. 1 in 2015. Chase Elliott, Alex Bowman, Cole Custer, and Kenny Habul joined Kevin Harvick, Josh Berry, and team owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. as drivers of the JR Motorsports No. 88, replacing Kasey Kahne, who drove 6 races in 2015, and Ben Rhodes, who drove 10 races in 2015. Habul drove 3 races for the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20 in 2015. Austin Dillon, Paul Menard, Ben Kennedy, Sam Hornish Jr., A. J. Allmendinger and Michael McDowell replaced Brian Scott in the Richard Childress Racing No. 2. Dillon and Menard both ran part-time in the Childress No. 33 in 2015, while other drivers haven't. Scott moved up to the Sprint Cup Series, driving the No. 44 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford, renumbered from No. 9. Brandon Jones will move to the Xfinity Series full-time for Richard Childress Racing in the No. 33. Jones also drove this car part-time with Austin Dillon and Paul Menard in 2015. Jeb Burton replaced Dakoda Armstrong in the No. 43 Ford for Richard Petty Motorsports. Burton drove for BK Racing in the Sprint Cup Series in 2015. Burton's season came short due to team's lack of sponsorship. Dakoda Armstrong replaced J. J. Yeley in the JGL Racing No. 28 with sponsorship from WinField. Armstrong drove the No. 43 WinField car for Richard Petty Motorsports in 2015. Ryan Preece replaced Landon Cassill in the JD Motorsports No. 01. Preece drove five races in the Premium Motorsports No. 98 in the Sprint Cup Series in 2015. Cassill moves to the No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford in the Cup Series. Harrison Rhodes replaced various drivers in the Obaika Racing No. 97. Rhodes drove the JD Motorsports No. 0 for most of the races in 2015. Crew chiefs Brian Wilson replaced Greg Erwin as the crew chief for Ryan Blaney, Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano in the Team Penske No. 22. He was the race engineer for Brad Keselowski's No. 2 Sprint Cup Series car in 2015. Wilson was replaced by Erwin after Watkins Glen, and later became the No. 12 team crew chief. Chris Gabehart replaced Mike Wheeler as crew chief for Erik Jones in the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20. Gabehart was the race engineer for Denny Hamlin's No. 11 Cup Series car in 2015. Scott Graves replaced Eric Phillips as crew chief for Daniel Suárez in the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 19 (renumbered from No. 18). He was the crew chief for the 2015 champion Chris Buescher in the Roush Fenway Racing No. 60 the prior season. Kevin Meendering replaced Ernie Cope as crew chief for Elliott Sadler in the JR Motorsports No. 1 (renumbered from No. 9). He was the chief engineer for Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s No. 88 Cup Series car in 2015. Richard Childress Racing crew chiefs, Mike Hillman Jr. and Danny Stockman Jr., swapped cars. Hillman Jr. was the crew chief of Brandon Jones in the No. 33 after working with Brian Scott in the No. 2 in 2015. Stockman Jr. moved with Austin Dillon and Paul Menard from the No. 33 to the No. 2. Phil Gould replaced Chad Norris as crew chief for Ryan Reed in the Roush Fenway Racing No. 16. He was the crew chief for Roush's Elliott Sadler No. 1 car in 2015. Drew Blickensderfer replaced Frank Kerr for Jeb Burton in the Richard Petty Motorsports No. 43. Blickensderfer was the crew chief for 10 races for the Petty No. 9 Sprint Cup team in 2015. Frank Kerr replaced Greg Conner as crew chief for David Starr in the TriStar Motorsports No. 44. Kerr was the crew chief for the Richard Petty Motorsports No. 43 in 2015. Zach McGowan replaced Wayne Setterington as crew chief for Ryan Preece in the JD Motorsports No. 01. McGowan was the crew chief for Preece in his 5 races for Premium Motorsports in the Sprint Cup series in 2015. Brian Berry replaced Gary Cogswell as crew chief for Ross Chastain in the JD Motorsports No. 4. Rule changes On January 19, NASCAR announced the introduction of a playoff format similar to the Chase for the Sprint Cup for the Xfinity Series and the Camping World Truck Series.Chase format extended to XFINITY, Camping World Truck Series http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2016/1/19/nascar-official-release-xfinity-truck-series-changes-championship-chase.html NASCAR.com NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 19, 2016 Daytona Beach, Florida January 19, 2016 January 21, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160121201754/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2016/1/19/nascar-official-release-xfinity-truck-series-changes-championship-chase.html dead After the 26-race regular season, the top-12 drivers will enter the Round of 12 (Kentucky, Dover and Charlotte), with championship points reset. The top-eight drivers will advance to the Round of 8 (Kansas, Texas and Phoenix). The top-four drivers will qualify to the Championship 4 at Homestead. Race winners will automatically advance to the next round. Additionally, the 16 drivers who qualified for the 2015 Chase for the Sprint Cup are ineligible to race at Homestead. NASCAR also announced that Dash 4 Cash races would feature two heat races that determine the starting grid for the main event. If a driver is the highest finishing eligible driver in two of the races, they become eligible for the Xfinity Chase.NASCAR announces innovations for XFINITY, Camping World Truck Series http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2016/1/19/nascar-release-2016-innovation-changes.html NASCAR.com NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 19, 2016 Daytona Beach, Florida January 19, 2016 Schedule thumb|right|The Ollie's Bargain Outlet 200 at Dover International Speedway in May thumb|right|The Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway in August thumb|right|The Use Your Melon Drive Sober 200 at Dover International Speedway in October NoDateRace titleTrackLocation1February 20PowerShares QQQ 300Daytona International SpeedwayDaytona Beach, Florida2February 27Heads Up Georgia 250Atlanta Motor SpeedwayHampton, Georgia3March 5Boyd Gaming 300Las Vegas Motor SpeedwayLas Vegas, Nevada4March 12Axalta Faster. Tougher. Brighter. 200Phoenix International RacewayAvondale, Arizona5March 19TreatMyClot.com 300Auto Club SpeedwayFontana, California6April 8O'Reilly Auto Parts 300Texas Motor SpeedwayFort Worth, Texas 7April 16Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300Bristol Motor SpeedwayBristol, Tennessee 8April 23ToyotaCare 250Richmond International RacewayRichmond, Virginia9April 30Sparks Energy 300Talladega SuperspeedwayLincoln, Alabama 10May 14Ollie's Bargain Outlet 200Dover International SpeedwayDover, Delaware11May 28Hisense 4K TV 300Charlotte Motor SpeedwayConcord, North Carolina12June 4Pocono Green 250Pocono RacewayLong Pond, Pennsylvania13June 11Menards 250Michigan International SpeedwayCambridge Township, Michigan14June 19American Ethanol E15 250Iowa SpeedwayNewton, Iowa15July 1Subway Firecracker 250Daytona International SpeedwayDaytona Beach, Florida16July 8Alsco 300Kentucky SpeedwaySparta, Kentucky17July 16AutoLotto 200New Hampshire Motor SpeedwayLoudon, New Hampshire 18July 23Lilly Diabetes 250Indianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, Indiana19July 30U.S. Cellular 250Iowa SpeedwayNewton, Iowa20August 6Zippo 200 at The GlenWatkins Glen InternationalWatkins Glen, New York21August 13Mid-Ohio ChallengeMid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, Ohio22August 19Food City 300Bristol Motor SpeedwayBristol, Tennessee23August 27Road America 180Road AmericaElkhart Lake, Wisconsin24September 3VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200Darlington RacewayDarlington, South Carolina25September 9Virginia 529 College Savings 250Richmond International RacewayRichmond, Virginia26September 17Drive for Safety 300Chicagoland SpeedwayJoliet, IllinoisChase for the NASCAR Xfinity SeriesRound of 1227September 24VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300Kentucky SpeedwaySparta, Kentucky28October 2Dover 1Use Your Melon Drive Sober 200Dover International SpeedwayDover, Delaware29October 9Charlotte 2Drive for the Cure 300Charlotte Motor SpeedwayConcord, North CarolinaRound of 830October 15Kansas Lottery 300Kansas SpeedwayKansas City, Kansas31November 5O'Reilly Auto Parts ChallengeTexas Motor SpeedwayFort Worth, Texas32November 12Ticket Galaxy 200Phoenix International RacewayAvondale, ArizonaChampionship 433November 19Ford EcoBoost 300Homestead–Miami SpeedwayHomestead, Florida #CFEAFF Dash 4 Cash races solid 1px #AAAAAA Schedule changes and notes Pocono Raceway will host the Xfinity Series for the first time on June 4, 2016. The race will be 250 mi km on in length and will replace the standalone June race held by Chicagoland Speedway.XFINITY Series headed to Pocono & 2016 NASCAR dates announced http://www.poconoraceway.com/xfinity-series-headed-pocono-2016-nascar-dates-announced.html poconoraceway.com Pocono Raceway December 2, 2015 Long Pond, Pennsylvania September 29, 2015 The four Dash4Cash races—Bristol, Richmond, Dover (all spring) and Indianapolis—will have reduced race distances in order to add additional heat races. The Bristol format is two 50-lap heat races and a 200-lap feature, Richmond will have 35-lap heat races and a 140-lap feature, Dover will have 40-lap heat races and a 120-lap feature and Indianapolis will have 20-lap heat races and a 60-lap feature. Due to NBCSN's coverage of the 2016 Summer Olympics, the Zippo 200 at The Glen was moved to CNBC and the Mid-Ohio 200 and Food City 300 to USA Network. The start of the Mid-Ohio race was moved to NBC Sports Live Extra due to USA's Olympic coverage overrunning. Results and standings Races No. Race Pole position Most Laps Led Winning driver Manufacturer Winning Manufacturer No. Winning Car No. Winning team 1 PowerShares QQQ 300 Ty Dillon Joey Logano Chase Elliott Chevrolet 88 JR Motorsports 2 Heads Up Georgia 250 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing 3 Boyd Gaming 300 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing 4 Axalta Faster. Tougher. Brighter. 200 Erik Jones Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing 5 TreatMyClot.com 300 Daniel Suárez Kyle Busch Austin Dillon Chevrolet 2 Richard Childress Racing 6 O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing 7 Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 Erik Jones Kyle Larson Erik Jones Toyota 20 Joe Gibbs Racing 8 ToyotaCare 250 Matt Tifft Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 88 JR Motorsports 9 Sparks Energy 300 Matt Tifft Brandon Jones racing driver Elliott Sadler Chevrolet 1 JR Motorsports 10 Ollie's Bargain Outlet 200 Erik Jones Erik Jones Erik Jones Toyota 20 Joe Gibbs Racing 11 Hisense 4K TV 300 Erik Jones Denny Hamlin Denny Hamlin Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing 12 Pocono Green 250 Erik Jones Kyle Larson Kyle Larson Chevrolet 42 Chip Ganassi Racing 13 Menards 250 Alex Bowman Kyle Busch Daniel Suárez Toyota 19 Joe Gibbs Racing 14 American Ethanol E15 250 Erik Jones Sam Hornish Jr. Sam Hornish Jr. Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing 15 Subway Firecracker 250 David Ragan Joey Logano Aric Almirola Ford 98 Biagi-DenBeste Racing 16 Alsco 300 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing 17 AutoLotto 200 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Lilly Diabetes 250 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing 19 U.S. Cellular 250 Daniel Suárez Erik Jones Erik Jones Toyota 20 Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Zippo 200 at The Glen Joey Logano Joey Logano Joey Logano Ford 12 Team Penske 21 Mid-Ohio Challenge Sam Hornish Jr. Justin Marks Justin Marks Chevrolet 42 Chip Ganassi Racing 22 Food City 300 Erik Jones Kyle Larson Austin Dillon Chevrolet 2 Richard Childress Racing 23 Road America 180 Alex Tagliani Michael McDowell racing driver Michael McDowell racing driver Chevrolet 2 Richard Childress Racing 24 VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200 Paul Menard Elliott Sadler Elliott Sadler Chevrolet 1 JR Motorsports 25 Virginia 529 College Savings 250 Austin Dillon Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing 26 Drive for Safety 300 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Erik Jones Toyota 20 Joe Gibbs RacingChase for the NASCAR Xfinity SeriesRound of 12 27 VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300 Erik Jones Erik Jones Elliott Sadler Chevrolet 1 JR Motorsports 28 Use Your Melon Drive Sober 200 Erik Jones Daniel Suárez Daniel Suárez Toyota 19 Joe Gibbs Racing 29 Drive for the Cure 300 Kyle Larson Kyle Larson Joey Logano Ford 12 Team PenskeRound of 8 30 Kansas Lottery 300 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs Racing 31 O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge Brad Keselowski Brad Keselowski Kyle Larson Chevrolet 42 Chip Ganassi Racing 32 Ticket Galaxy 200 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Toyota 18 Joe Gibbs RacingChampionship 4 33 Ford EcoBoost 300 Daniel Suárez Daniel Suárez Daniel Suárez Toyota 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Drivers' Championship List of NASCAR points scoring systems (key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or owner's points. * – Most laps led. . – Eliminated after Round of 12 . – Eliminated after Round of 8 Pos Position Driver DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM Pts Points scored 1 Daniel Suárez 8 7 2 3 4 16 6 4 7 9 12 9 1 4 32 3 4 7 30 4 23 30 4 3 8 4 2 1* 3 3 5 5 1* 4040 2 Elliott Sadler 4 9 8 8 5 7 15 3 1 6 28 6 5 6 18 6 10 6 3 6 9 4 8 1* 4 3 1 7 2 2 6 13 3 4038 3 Justin Allgaier 12 8 9 4 10 6 5 35 2 4 5 39 8 7 2 31 7 5 7 7 5 2 6 11 5 5 9 3 6 14 10 4 6 4035 4 Erik Jones (R) 31 3 3 2 15 2 1 34 21 1* 31 2 4 27 10 4 2 22 1* 12 6 33 21 6 2 1 28* 16 5 15 4 10 9 4032 Chase for the NASCAR Xfinity Series cut-off Pos Position Driver DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM Pts Points scored 5 Ty Dillon 13 5 7 6 17 13 7 2 19 5 8 3 15 2 14 7 33 9 2 11 4 25 12 12 6 11 27 2 11 12 16 7 2 2214 6 Ryan Reed 16 15 13 14 14 14 21 11 31 18 19 33 14 11 6 29 14 13 10 9 11 35 5 13 11 32 7 10 15 16 12 6 16 2205 7 Blake Koch 9 20 26 16 12 34 37 8 24 12 14 15 13 13 22 14 32 15 13 35 12 8 18 19 15 15 11 14 12 9 14 8 20 2200 8 Brennan Poole (R) 27 14 11 10 13 19 13 10 3 10 9 12 11 8 26 9 6 11 4 10 10 28 3 5 10 21 10 15 18 7 8 11 27 2192 9 Ryan Sieg 20 16 14 27 29 10 14 21 20 16 13 29 12 21 3 20 15 18 15 23 22 37 14 15 14 12 16 19 10 34 13 14 12 2171 10 Brandon Jones (R) 7 11 6 11 9 9 11 15 18* 25 7 8 10 12 29 11 11 10 16 13 19 9 16 9 23 10 26 17 16 8 19 18 15 2168 11 Bubba Wallace 6 18 33 12 3 15 25 16 13 2 27 16 9 9 20 5 12 14 24 29 15 7 9 17 12 20 8 11 20 33 11 32 11 2163 12 Brendan Gaughan 10 13 10 13 7 12 16 7 5 15 10 14 18 15 5 13 9 16 11 8 8 5 2 16 18 8 6 9 13 31 15 35 8 2161 13 Dakoda Armstrong 14 21 22 18 22 26 30 14 34 21 21 18 24 17 12 18 17 20 5 18 21 18 13 18 16 22 18 20 19 20 20 19 19 718 14 J. J. Yeley 19 21 20 27 38 38 12 22 11 23 13 20 20 17 17 16 19 14 15 35 27 10 14 20 14 14 8 27 10 17 17 13 706 15 Jeremy Clements 15 17 20 28 21 24 33 22 4 22 20 31 21 16 16 16 13 17 17 25 34 6 25 8 17 16 12 22 22 28 18 31 24 693 16 Ross Chastain 22 28 16 24 19 21 22 18 16 20 17 19 16 14 11 22 31 21 18 14 14 32 33 29 24 39 19 12 21 13 21 20 22 670 17 Ryan Preece (R) 40 22 18 21 25 28 19 23 15 39 22 17 19 32 34 15 19 25 34 27 17 15 11 10 26 17 30 18 23 32 22 22 21 597 18 Garrett Smithley (R) 24 24 31 23 23 29 20 12 24 15 27 17 22 13 22 23 23 22 39 24 23 40 22 31 19 17 26 25 18 25 34 29 544 19 Ray Black Jr. (R) 33 33 25 25 37 22 20 24 29 17 37 21 23 30 39 19 21 33 20 20 30 14 15 21 25 28 20 24 28 19 27 36 28 515 20 B. J. McLeod (R) 24 26 27 29 33 29 28 28 36 19 25 22 34 19 40 23 20 26 23 26 27 19 28 37 32 24 21 33 30 22 28 25 31 459 21 Joey Gase 32 32 28 33 28 27 31 26 38 23 36 23 25 25 19 27 25 28 24 32 28 22 22 24 27 26 31 27 32 23 31 24 37 437 22 David Starr 18 39 23 22 38 18 17 27 21 36 24 21 DNQ 25 16 24 23 21 18 33 28 29 24 24 DNQ DNQ 374 23 Justin Marks 34 15 13 11 40 22 18 37 12 18 19 1* 32 22 15 31 15 347 24 Jeb Burton 25 10 17 17 16 35 12 19 17 13 11 Wth 12 19 17 335 25 Alex Bowman 3 10 7 5 8 9 5 38 14 273 26 Mario Gosselin DNQ 25 29 35 26 24 28 28 20 35 24 33 24 29 25 391 17 26 33 23 38 257 27 Mike Harmon DNQ 30 31 38 32 33 36 36 DNQ 32 35 30 29 28 DNQ 30 30 35 28 36 31 38 30 24 30 38 30 32 29 DNQ 235 28 Jeff Green 37 40 40 40 DNQ 27 37 40 33 34 34 33 33 7 33 34 36 31 33 40 39 30 31 32 32 37 21 40 37 32 219 29 Derrike Cope DNQ 27 DNQ 34 34 31 34 30 DNQ 35 32 37 31 34 DNQ 35 35 32 33 31 29 25 34 37 29 29 36 38 202 30 Ryan Ellis QL QL 30 35 29 35 31 25 15 30 30 18 33 27 22 36 DNQ 36 33 DNQ DNQ 191 31 Corey LaJoie 23 19 18 30 37 10 6 23 33 35 177 32 Sam Hornish Jr. 1* 6 2 4 157 33 Harrison Rhodes DNQ 35 32 30 35 26 27 24 26 26 38 34 38 121 34 Drew Herring 14 18 29 12 21 111 35 Martin Roy 38 25 26 27 23 31 26 30 102 36 Morgan Shepherd 36 37 39 39 DNQ Wth DNQ 39 39 36 DNQ 35 36 37 35 37 39 37 35 Wth Wth 39 37 34 DNQ 34 38 34 39 DNQ 39 DNQ DNQ 94 37 Brandon Gdovic 18 26 27 21 21 92 38 Todd Peck 38 DNQ 37 30 37 32 28 30 34 40 28 25 92 39 T. J. Bell 26 DNQ 32 28 28 27 DNQ 38 38 32 31 89 40 Stanton Barrett DNQ 30 31 19 20 27 78 41 Josh Berry 9 27 13 74 42 Carl Long 36 37 DNQ 39 DNQ 38 30 34 30 38 38 DNQ 38 32 38 64 43 Brandon Hightower 35 25 34 39 35 26 30 63 44 Chris Cockrum 28 29 37 32 29 QL QL 35 56 45 Cody Ware (R) 31 35 31 36 38 21 54 46 Scott Heckert 26 16 29 52 47 Benny Gordon 35 14 23 51 48 Owen Kelly 16 17 50 49 Alex Guenette 27 24 38 26 49 50 Clint King 30 26 26 41 51 Matt Waltz 28 35 36 35 37 34 41 52 Josh Reaume 34 38 DNQ DNQ 37 40 27 33 37 53 Kenny Habul 17 36 34 36 54 Dexter Bean 36 36 Wth DNQ Wth 38 36 23 Wth Wth 36 55 Andy Lally 7 35 56 Alex Tagliani 7 35 57 Scott Lagasse Jr. 29 Wth 25 28 58 Dylan Lupton 19 36 27 59 Brandon McReynolds 23 32 27 60 Bobby Gerhart 39 33 24 27 61 John Jackson 32 37 Wth 39 40 35 391 39 24 62 Josh Bilicki 38 28 34 23 63 James Davison 19 22 64 Tomy Drissi 36 26 20 65 Hermie Sadler 34 28 20 66 Paige Decker 31 31 20 67 Alex Labbé 23 18 68 Nicolas Hammann 28 36 18 69 D. J. Kennington 36 30 16 70 Anthony Kumpen 26 15 71 Michael Lira 26 15 72 Camden Murphy 26 15 73 Eric McClure 30 11 74 Mark Thompson DNQ 31 QL 11 75 Roger Reuse 33 8 76 Todd Bodine 34 7 77 Blake Jones 35 6 78 Derek White DNQ 36 5 79 Alli Owens 36 5 80 Josh Williams 381 DNQ 37 4 81 Dexter Stacey 37 DNQ DNQ 4 82 Tim Cowen 37 4 83 Nelson Piquet Jr. 38 3 84 Chris Cook 40 1 Claire Decker DNQ 0 Ineligible for Xfinity Series driver points Pos. Position Driver DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM Pts Points scored Kyle Busch 1* 1* 1* 2* 1* 2 4 2* 1* 1* 1* 37 24 1* 13* QL 1* 1* Austin Dillon 5 5 7 1 8 4 5 6 2 28 2 5 1 7 QL 14 17 7 2 5 Kyle Larson 34 2 8 11 3* 6 1* 4 3 3* 4 2 4* 5 1 7 Joey Logano 2* 9 27 7 3 5 6 4* 8 1* 7 QL 1 4 Denny Hamlin 1* 2 Chase Elliott 1 4 5 4 9 9 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5 1* Aric Almirola 11 12 11 17 10 10 11 1 12 10 Michael McDowell 1* Brad Keselowski 6 15 9 3 9 3 10 3 8 24 12 3 9 2* 9 Paul Menard 4 29 7 3 3 2 20 9 Kevin Harvick 12 6 8 2 35 7 3 Ryan Blaney 20 16 8 3 7 3 4 4 Kasey Kahne 3 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 3 Cole Custer 6 4 32 DNQ 35 17 Matt Tifft 21 20 23 33 8 8 5 8 9 25 Trevor Bayne 5 Regan Smith 11 13 6 Clint Bowyer 6 Spencer Gallagher 23 24 17 29 8 22 24 Ben Kennedy 10 Matt DiBenedetto 40 32 40 Wth 38 40 40 40 40 40 38 40 40 40 40 40 DNQ 11 36 40 40 Gray Gaulding 13 13 Alon Day 13 30 Cole Whitt 16 18 John Wes Townley 17 26 Wth Joe Nemechek 19 36 Travis Kvapil 25 25 30 23 25 Wth 20 33 26 Alex Kennedy 20 David Ragan 21 Timmy Hill 32 32 31 26 33 35 22 39 37 29 DNQ 23 36 39 25 34 38 40 40 38 39 39 Brandon Brown 29 Wth 25 23 Bobby Labonte 23 Mike Bliss 39 26 40 Austin Theriault 37 29 27 Jordan Anderson 31 29 37 33 36 Spencer Boyd 29 35 Jennifer Jo Cobb 29 Josh Wise 39 40 39 40 39 36 39 39 DNQ Tyler Young 39 Chris Fontaine DNQ Pos. Position Driver DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM Pts Points scored1 Post entry, driver and owner did not score points. Owners' championship (Top 15) (key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led. . – Eliminated after Round of 12 . – Eliminated after Round of 8 Pos. Position No. Car number Car Owner DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM Points1 19 Joe Gibbs 8 7 2 3 4 16 6 5 7 9 12 9 1 4 32 3 4 7 30 4 23 30 4 3 8 4 2 1* 3 3 5 5 1*40402 1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 4 9 8 8 5 7 15 3 1* 6 28 6 5 6 18 6 10 6 3 6 9 4 8 1* 4 3 1 7 2 2 6 13 340383 22 Roger Penske 2* 6 15 9 20 3 9 9 27 7 3 5 6 3 4* 10 3 8 8 24 3 11 7 7 3 7 3 4 9 4 2* 9 440374 18J. D. Gibbs 23 1* 1* 1* 2* 1* 2 33 8 8 1* 4 2* 1*211* 1* 1* 5 37 16 24 17 2 1* 13* 5 21 8 1* 9 1* 254016 Chase for the NASCAR Xfinity Series cut-off5 7 Kelley Earnhardt Miller 12 8 9 4 10 6 5 35 2 4 5 39 8 7 2 31 7 5 7 7 5 2 6 11 5 5 9 3 6 14 10 4 622396 2 Richard Childress 5 4 5 7 1 8 4 5 6 29 2 7 3 10 28 2 5 3 6 2 2 1 1* 20 7 9 4 13 14 17 7 2 522347 42 Chip Ganassi 34 2 34 15 8 11 3* 15 11 40 6 1* 22 18 37 12 18 4 19 3 1* 3* 32 4 22 2 15 31 4* 5 1 15 722228 20 Joe Gibbs 31 3 3 2 15 2 1 34 21 1* 34 2 4 27 10 4 2 22 1* 12 6 33 21 6 2 1 28* 16 5 15 4 10 922209 3 Richard Childress 13 5 7 6 17 13 7 2 19 5 8 3 15 2 14 7 33 9 2 11 4 25 12 12 6 11 27 2 11 12 16 7 2221410 88 Rick Hendrick 1 12 4 5 6 5 8 1 9 3 4 10 7 5 9 32 8 2 9 17 36 11 34 35 9 6 13 6 7 6 3 38 14219811 48 Chip Ganassi 27 14 11 10 13 19 13 10 3 10 9 12 11 8 26 9 6 11 4 10 10 28 3 5 10 21 10 15 18 7 8 11 27219212 62 Richard Childress 10 13 10 13 7 12 16 7 5 15 10 14 18 15 5 13 9 16 11 8 8 5 2 16 18 8 6 9 13 31 15 35 8216113 33 Richard Childress 7 11 6 11 9 9 11 15 18 25 7 8 10 12 29 11 11 10 16 13 19 9 16 9 23 10 26 17 16 8 19 18 1590114 6 Jack Roush 6 18 33 12 3 15 25 16 13 2 27 16 9 9 20 5 12 14 24 29 15 7 9 17 12 20 8 11 20 33 11 32 1184315 16 Jack Roush 16 15 13 14 14 14 21 11 31 18 19 33 14 11 6 29 14 13 10 9 11 35 5 13 11 32 7 10 15 16 12 6 16840 Pos. Position No. Car number Car Owner DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM Points Manufacturers' championship Pos Position Manufacturer Wins Points 1 Toyota 19 1362 2 Chevrolet 11 1341 3 Ford 3 1219 4 Dodge 0 361 See also 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West 2016 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour 2016 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour 2016 NASCAR Pinty's Series 2016 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series Notes Dover 1The Use Your Melon Drive Sober 200 at Dover International Speedway was postponed from October 1 to 2 because of inclement weather.Jensen Tom http://www.foxsports.com/nascar/story/xfinity-series-chase-race-no-2-at-dover-postponed-elliott-sadler-drive-sober-200-100116 XFINITY Series Chase race No. 2 at Dover postponed Foxsports.com October 1, 2016 October 2, 2016 Charlotte 2The Drive for the Cure 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway was postponed from October 7 to 9 because of Hurricane Matthew.Menzer Joe http://www.foxsports.com/nascar/story/rain-washes-out-xfinity-race-all-friday-activities-at-charlotte-motor-speedway-100716 Rain washes out XFINITY race, all Friday activities at Charlotte Foxsports.com October 7, 2016 October 8, 2016 References * Category:NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series seasons