Type: | CUST |
Pole Team: | NEMCO Motorsports |
Official Name: | 8th Annual Speediatrics 200 |
Network: | FS1 |
Avg: | 92.702mph |
Date: | June 18 |
Pole Driver: | John Hunter Nemechek |
Most Driver: | William Byron |
Most Team: | Kyle Busch Motorsports |
First Driver: | William Byron |
First Team: | Kyle Busch Motorsports |
Car: | 9 |
Most Laps: | 107 |
Scheduled Laps: | 200 |
Location: | Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa |
Scheduled Mi: | 175 |
Scheduled Km: | 281 |
Distance Km: | 281 |
Distance Laps: | 200 |
Radio: | MRN |
Description: | Race 8 of 23 of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series |
Pole Time: | 23.147 |
Course Km: | 1.408 |
Course Mi: | 0.875 |
Race Name: | Speediactrics 200 |
Year: | 2016 |
Distance Mi: | 175 |
Announcers: | Vince Welch, Phil Parsons, and Michael Waltrip |
The 2016 Speediatrics 200 was the 8th stock car race of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and the 8th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, June 18, 2016, in Newton, Iowa, at Iowa Speedway, a 0.875-mile (1.408 km) permanent tri-oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. William Byron, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, made a late-race pass with 10 laps to go, and earned his third career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win, and his second consecutive win. Byron dominated the majority of the race, leading 107 laps.[1] To fill out the podium, Cole Custer, driving for JR Motorsports, and Cameron Hayley, driving for ThorSport Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
Iowa Speedway is a 7/8-mile (1.4 km) paved oval motor racing track in Newton, Iowa, United States, approximately 30miles east of Des Moines. It has over 25,000 permanent seats as well as a unique multi-tiered RV viewing area along the backstretch. The premiere event of the track is the Hy-Vee IndyCar Race Weekend held yearly in July since its inaugural running in 2007.
The first practice session was held on Friday, June 17, at 2:00 pm CST, and would last for 1 hour and 25 minutes.[2] Ben Rhodes, driving for ThorSport Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 23.240, and an average speed of 135.542mph.[3]
Pos. | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 41 | Ben Rhodes (R) | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 23.240 | 135.542 | |
2 | 9 | William Byron (R) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 23.357 | 134.863 | |
3 | 8 | John Hunter Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | 23.538 | 133.826 | |
Full first practice results |
The final practice session was held on Friday, June 17, at 5:00 pm CST, and would last for 55 minutes. Christopher Bell, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 23.283, and an average speed of 135.292mph.[4]
Pos. | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4 | Christopher Bell (R) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 23.283 | 135.292 | |
2 | 13 | Cameron Hayley | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 23.327 | 135.037 | |
3 | 33 | Ben Kennedy | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 23.346 | 134.927 | |
Full final practice results |
Qualifying was held on Saturday, June 18, at 3:45 pm CST. Since Iowa Speedway is under 1.5 miles (2.4 km) in length, the qualifying system a multi-car system that included three rounds. The first round was 15 minutes, where every driver would be able to set a lap within the 15 minutes. Then, the second round would consist of the fastest 24 cars in Round 1, and drivers would have 10 minutes to set a lap. Round 3 consisted of the fastest 12 drivers from Round 2, and the drivers would have 5 minutes to set a time. Whoever was fastest in Round 3 would win the pole.[5]
John Hunter Nemechek, driving for his family team, NEMCO Motorsports, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 23.147, and an average speed of 136.087mph in the second round.[6]
Donnie Levister would fail to qualify.
Fin | St | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5 | 9 | William Byron (R) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 200 | 107 | Running | 37 | |
2 | 11 | 00 | Cole Custer (R) | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200 | 3 | Running | 32 | |
3 | 2 | 13 | Cameron Hayley | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 200 | 0 | Running | 30 | |
4 | 10 | 41 | Ben Rhodes (R) | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 200 | 0 | Running | 29 | |
5 | 15 | 29 | Tyler Reddick | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 200 | 37 | Running | 29 | |
6 | 17 | 51 | Daniel Suárez (i) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 200 | 0 | Running | 0 | |
7 | 3 | 33 | Ben Kennedy | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Running | 26 | |
8 | 9 | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 200 | 0 | Running | 25 | |
9 | 13 | 4 | Christopher Bell (R) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 200 | 0 | Running | 24 | |
10 | 7 | 21 | Johnny Sauter | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Running | 23 | |
11 | 19 | 17 | Timothy Peters | Red Horse Racing | Toyota | 200 | 0 | Running | 22 | |
12 | 1 | 8 | John Hunter Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200 | 53 | Running | 21 | |
13 | 16 | 23 | Spencer Gallagher | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Running | 20 | |
14 | 25 | 11 | Germán Quiroga | Red Horse Racing | Toyota | 200 | 0 | Running | 19 | |
15 | 18 | 19 | Daniel Hemric | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 200 | 0 | Running | 18 | |
16 | 22 | 22 | Austin Wayne Self (R) | AM Racing | Toyota | 200 | 0 | Running | 17 | |
17 | 6 | 71 | Brandon Jones (i) | Ranier Racing with MDM | Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Running | 0 | |
18 | 14 | 98 | Rico Abreu (R) | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 200 | 0 | Running | 15 | |
19 | 20 | 05 | John Wes Townley | Athenian Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Running | 14 | |
20 | 26 | 66 | Jordan Anderson | Bolen Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Running | 13 | |
21 | 23 | 63 | Jake Griffin | MB Motorsports | Chevrolet | 199 | 0 | Running | 12 | |
22 | 29 | 07 | Casey Smith | SS-Green Light Racing | Chevrolet | 198 | 0 | Running | 11 | |
23 | 8 | 49 | Nick Drake | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 197 | 0 | Running | 10 | |
24 | 24 | 86 | Brandon Brown | Brandonbilt Motorsports | Chevrolet | 197 | 0 | Running | 9 | |
25 | 27 | 02 | Derek Scott Jr. | Young's Motorsports | Chevrolet | 196 | 0 | Running | 8 | |
26 | 12 | 75 | Caleb Holman | Henderson Motorsports | Chevrolet | 192 | 0 | Accident | 7 | |
27 | 28 | 50 | Travis Kvapil | MAKE Motorsports | Chevrolet | 191 | 0 | Running | 6 | |
28 | 31 | 1 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing | Chevrolet | 191 | 0 | Running | 5 | |
29 | 4 | 24 | Kaz Grala | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 189 | 0 | Running | 4 | |
30 | 30 | 44 | Tommy Joe Martins | Martins Motorsports | Chevrolet | 173 | 0 | Accident | 3 | |
31 | 21 | 92 | Parker Kligerman | RBR Enterprises | Ford | 41 | 0 | Accident | 2 | |
32 | 32 | 10 | Claire Decker (i) | Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing | Chevrolet | 5 | 0 | Fuel Pump | 0 | |
Official race results |
Pos | Driver | Points | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Matt Crafton | 219 | |||||||
1 | 2 | William Byron | 208 (−11) | ||||||
1 | 3 | Timothy Peters | 198 (−21) | ||||||
4 | Daniel Hemric | 186 (−33) | |||||||
1 | 5 | Tyler Reddick | 182 (−37) | ||||||
1 | 6 | John Hunter Nemechek | 175 (−44) | ||||||
7 | Johnny Sauter | 174 (−45) | |||||||
1 | 8 | Ben Kennedy | 168 (−51) | ||||||
Official driver's standings |