2016 American Ethanol E15 225

The 2016 American Ethanol E15 225 was the 16th stock car race of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, the final race of the regular season, and the 8th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, September 16, 2016, in Joilet, Illinois, at Chicagoland Speedway, a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) permanent tri-oval shaped racetrack. The race was increased from 150 laps to 151 laps, due to a NASCAR overtime finish. Kyle Busch, driving for his own team, Kyle Busch Motorsports, held off Daniel Hemric and Cameron Hayley in the final 2 laps, and earned his 46th career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win, along with his second of the season. Busch dominated the majority of the race, leading 95 laps.[1]

2016 American Ethanol E15 225
Race details
Race 16 of 23 of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Date September 16, 2016
Official name 8th Annual American Ethanol E15 225
Location Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, Illinois
Course Permanent racing facility
1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance 151 laps, 226 mi (364 km)
Scheduled Distance 150 laps, 225 mi (362 km)
Average speed 108.648 mph (174.852 km/h)
Pole position
Driver GMS Racing
Time 30.656
Most laps led
Driver Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Motorsports
Laps 95
Winner
No. 18 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network FS1
Announcers Vince Welch, Phil Parsons, and Michael Waltrip
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN

The eight drivers to qualify for the inaugural Truck Series playoffs are William Byron, Matt Crafton, John Hunter Nemechek, Christopher Bell, Johnny Sauter, Ben Kennedy, Daniel Hemric, and Timothy Peters.[2]

Background

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The layout of Chicagoland Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

Chicagoland Speedway is a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) tri-oval speedway in Joliet, Illinois, southwest of Chicago. The speedway opened in 2001 and actively hosted NASCAR racing including the NASCAR Cup Series until 2019. Until 2010, the speedway has also hosted the IndyCar Series, recording numerous close finishes including the closest finish in IndyCar history. The speedway is currently owned and operated by Nascar.

Entry list

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  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
  • (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
# Driver Team Make Sponsor
00 Cole Custer (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet Haas Automation
1 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet PitStopsforHope.org
02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet Randco, Young's Building Systems
4 Christopher Bell (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota JBL
05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet Jive Communications, Zaxby's
6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet Norm Benning Racing
07 Ray Black Jr. (i) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet RTFT All Star Racing League
8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet #TeamTurtle, #TeamFoot
9 William Byron (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Liberty University
10 Caleb Roark Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet Driven2Honor.org[permanent dead link]
11 Matt Tifft (R) Red Horse Racing Toyota Brain Gear, Surface Sunscreen
13 Cameron Hayley ThorSport Racing Toyota Ride TV, Cabinets by Hayley
17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota Red Horse Racing
18 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota SiriusXM
19 Daniel Hemric Brad Keselowski Racing Ford DrawTite
21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet Alamo Rent a Car
22 Austin Wayne Self (R) AM Racing Toyota AM Technical Solutions
23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet Chapel of the Flowers
24 Grant Enfinger (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet Champion Power Equipment
29 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford Cooper-Standard Automotive
33 Ben Kennedy GMS Racing Chevrolet Weber Inc.
41 Ben Rhodes (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota Alpha Energy Solutions
44 Tommy Joe Martins Martins Motorsports Chevrolet Cross Concrete Construction
49 Reed Sorenson (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet Premium Motorsports
50 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet Team Brackeen
51 Daniel Suárez (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Arris
63 Jesse Little MB Motorsports Chevrolet Mittler Bros. Machine & Tool
66 Jordan Anderson Bolen Motorsports Chevrolet Columbia SC - Famously Hot
71 Josh Berry (i) Contreras Motorsports Chevrolet American Club, RaceTrac
81 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota Toyoda Gosei Scorpions
88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota Fisher Nuts, Menards
98 Rico Abreu (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota Safelite, Curb Records
Official entry list

Practice

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First practice

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The first practice session was held on Thursday, September 15, at 3:00 pm CST, and would last for 55 minutes.[3] John Wes Townley, driving for his family team, Athenian Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.825, and an average speed of 175.182 mph (281.928 km/h).[4]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet 30.825 175.182
2 9 William Byron (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.873 174.910
3 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 31.074 173.779
Full first practice results

Final practice

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The final practice session was held on Thursday, September 15, at 5:30 pm CST, and would last for 55 minutes.[3] Daniel Hemric, driving for Brad Keselowski Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.584, and an average speed of 176.563 mph (284.151 km/h).[5]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 19 Daniel Hemric Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 30.584 176.563
2 23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.601 176.465
3 51 Daniel Suárez (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.603 176.453
Full final practice results

Qualifying

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Qualifying was held on Friday, September 16, at 3:45 pm CST.[3] Since Chicagoland 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.[6]

Spencer Gallagher, driving for GMS Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 30.656, and an average speed of 176.148 mph (283.483 km/h) in the second round.[7]

Full qualifying results

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time (R1) Speed (R1) Time (R2) Speed (R2)
1 23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.835 175.126 30.656 176.148
2 05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet 30.858 174.995 30.700 175.896
3 51 Daniel Suárez (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.849 175.046 30.732 175.713
4 29 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 30.863 174.967 30.764 175.530
5 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 30.791 175.376 30.767 175.513
6 33 Ben Kennedy GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.896 174.780 30.775 175.467
7 41 Ben Rhodes (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 30.891 174.808 30.794 175.359
8 18 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.884 174.848 30.799 175.330
9 9 William Byron (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.903 174.740 30.829 175.160
10 19 Daniel Hemric Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 30.980 174.306 30.860 174.984
11 11 Matt Tifft (R) Red Horse Racing Toyota 30.993 174.233 30.860 174.984
12 4 Christopher Bell (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.960 174.419 30.903 174.740
Eliminated in Round 1
13 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 30.996 174.216
14 24 Grant Enfinger (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 31.016 174.104
15 98 Rico Abreu (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 31.095 173.661
16 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 31.100 173.633
17 00 Cole Custer (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 31.107 173.594
18 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 31.157 173.316
19 02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 31.160 173.299
20 13 Cameron Hayley ThorSport Racing Toyota 31.216 172.988
21 81 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 31.296 172.546
22 71 Josh Berry (i) Contreras Motorsports Chevrolet 31.548 171.168
23 66 Jordan Anderson Bolen Motorsports Chevrolet 31.572 171.038
24 44 Tommy Joe Martins Martins Motorsports Chevrolet 31.720 170.240
25 07 Ray Black Jr. (i) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 31.773 169.956
26 22 Austin Wayne Self (R) AM Racing Toyota 31.892 169.321
27 1 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 32.032 168.581
Qualified by owner's points
28 63 Jesse Little MB Motorsports Chevrolet 32.271 167.333
29 49 Reed Sorenson (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 32.286 167.255
30 50 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 32.578 165.756
31 10 Caleb Roark Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 34.511 156.472
32 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 35.396 152.560
Official qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 8 18 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 151 95 Running 0
2 10 19 Daniel Hemric Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 151 0 Running 31
3 20 13 Cameron Hayley ThorSport Racing Toyota 151 0 Running 30
4 12 4 Christopher Bell (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 151 0 Running 29
5 16 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 151 0 Running 28
6 14 24 Grant Enfinger (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 151 0 Running 27
7 1 23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 151 8 Running 27
8 5 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 151 0 Running 25
9 17 00 Cole Custer (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 151 0 Running 24
10 4 29 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 151 0 Running 23
11 3 51 Daniel Suárez (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 151 43 Running 0
12 11 11 Matt Tifft (R) Red Horse Racing Toyota 151 0 Running 21
13 22 71 Josh Berry (i) Contreras Motorsports Chevrolet 151 0 Running 0
14 18 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 151 0 Running 19
15 21 81 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 151 0 Running 18
16 19 02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 151 0 Running 17
17 26 22 Austin Wayne Self (R) AM Racing Toyota 151 0 Running 16
18 25 07 Ray Black Jr. (i) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 151 0 Running 0
19 15 98 Rico Abreu (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 150 0 Running 14
20 2 05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet 149 0 Running 13
21 30 50 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 147 0 Engine 12
22 27 1 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 147 0 Running 11
23 23 66 Jordan Anderson Bolen Motorsports Chevrolet 138 0 Engine 10
24 24 44 Tommy Joe Martins Martins Motorsports Chevrolet 137 1 Accident 10
25 7 41 Ben Rhodes (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 125 0 Accident 8
26 6 33 Ben Kennedy GMS Racing Chevrolet 111 4 Accident 8
27 13 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 111 0 Accident 6
28 29 49 Reed Sorenson (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 91 0 Clutch 0
29 28 63 Jesse Little MB Motorsports Chevrolet 79 0 Engine 4
30 9 9 William Byron (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 40 0 Accident 3
31 32 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 14 0 Suspension 2
32 31 10 Caleb Roark Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 11 0 Electrical 1
Official race results

Standings after the race

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References

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  1. ^ Utter, Jim (September 16, 2016). "Kyle Busch plays spoiler at Chicagoland as Chase field is set". Motorsport.com. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  2. ^ "2016 Camping World Truck Series Chase Grid Finalized in Chicagoland". Frontstretch. September 17, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "2016 Truck Series Chicagoland Race Info". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Sites. Archived from the original on October 14, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  4. ^ McFadin, Daniel (September 15, 2016). "John Wes Townley leads first Truck practice at Chicago". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  5. ^ McFadin, Daniel (September 15, 2016). "Daniel Hemric fastest in final Truck practice in Chicago". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  6. ^ "NASCAR Qualifying Rules". ESPN.com. February 7, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  7. ^ Bonkowski, Jerry (September 16, 2016). "Spencer Gallagher earns first career Truck pole — can first win be tonight?". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
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