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.[1] 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.

2016 DC Solar 350
Race details
Race 18 of 23 of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Date October 1, 2016
Official name 20th Annual DC Solar 350
Location Las Vegas Motor Speedway, North Las Vegas, Nevada
Course Permanent racing facility
1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance 146 laps, 219 mi (352 km)
Scheduled Distance 146 laps, 219 mi (352 km)
Average speed 143.163 mph (230.399 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Red Horse Racing
Time 30.690
Most laps led
Driver Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing
Laps 70
Winner
No. 29 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing
Television in the United States
Network FS1
Announcers Vince Welch, Phil Parsons, and Michael Waltrip
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN

Background

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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 1,200-acre (490 ha) complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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 Waldo's Painting Company
02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet Randco, Young's Building Systems
4 Christopher Bell (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota DC Solar
05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet Jive Communications, Zaxby's
07 Todd Peck (i) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet BoobiTrap.com
8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet Fire Alarm Services
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
16 Stewart Friesen Halmar Racing Chevrolet Halmar International
17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota Red Horse Racing
19 Daniel Hemric Brad Keselowski Racing Ford Blue Gate Bank
21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet Allegiant Travel Company
22 Austin Wayne Self (R) AM Racing Toyota AM Technical Solutions
23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet Shade Tree
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 Jacob Companies
41 Ben Rhodes (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota USA Cares
44 Tommy Joe Martins Martins Motorsports Chevrolet Diamond Gusset Jeans
49 Wayne Edwards Premium Motorsports Chevrolet Premium Motorsports
50 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet MAKE Motorsports
51 Cody Coughlin (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Jegs High Performance, K&N
63 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet Norm Benning Racing
66 Tim Viens Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet Vermont Bucks Football
71 Carlos Contreras Contreras Motorsports Chevrolet American Club
88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota Ideal Door, Menards
92 Parker Kligerman RBR Enterprises Ford Black's Tire Service, Goodyear
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 Saturday, October 1, at 8:30 am PST, and would last for 60 minutes.[2] 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 (284.822 km/h).[3]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 19 Daniel Hemric Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 30.512 176.980
2 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 30.595 176.499
3 41 Ben Rhodes (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 30.606 176.436
Full first practice results

Final practice

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The final practice session was held on Saturday, October 1, at 10:00 am PST, and would last for 60 minutes.[2] 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 (284.215 km/h).[4]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 98 Rico Abreu (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 30.577 176.603
2 19 Daniel Hemric Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 30.621 176.350
3 23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.647 176.200
Full final practice results

Qualifying

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Qualifying was held on Saturday, October 1, at 3:10 pm PST.[2] 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.[5]

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 (283.169 km/h) in the second round.[6]

Full qualifying results

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time (R1) Speed (R1) Time (R2) Speed (R2)
1 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 30.950 174.475 30.690 175.953
2 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 30.832 175.143 30.741 175.661
3 00 Cole Custer (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 30.937 174.548 30.753 175.593
4 33 Ben Kennedy GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.952 174.464 30.776 175.461
5 23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.967 174.379 30.791 175.376
6 19 Daniel Hemric Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 30.724 175.758 30.795 175.353
7 05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet 30.801 175.319 30.830 175.154
8 41 Ben Rhodes (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 30.914 174.678 30.879 174.876
9 13 Cameron Hayley ThorSport Racing Toyota 30.916 174.667 30.896 174.780
10 9 William Byron (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.845 175.069 30.985 174.278
11 51 Cody Coughlin (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.990 174.250 31.002 174.182
12 24 Grant Enfinger (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.895 174.786 31.031 174.020
Eliminated in Round 1
13 11 Matt Tifft (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.996 174.216
14 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.996 174.216
15 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 30.996 174.216
16 29 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 30.998 174.205
17 98 Rico Abreu (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 31.008 174.149
18 4 Christopher Bell (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 31.016 174.104
19 16 Stewart Friesen Halmar Racing Chevrolet 31.158 173.310
20 92 Parker Kligerman RBR Enterprises Ford 31.352 172.238
21 02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 31.522 171.309
22 44 Tommy Joe Martins Martins Motorsports Chevrolet 31.585 170.967
23 50 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 31.699 170.352
24 1 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 31.870 169.438
25 22 Austin Wayne Self (R) AM Racing Toyota 31.874 169.417
26 07 Todd Peck (i) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 32.435 166.487
27 71 Carlos Contreras Contreras Motorsports Chevrolet 32.516 166.072
Qualified by owner's points
28 49 Wayne Edwards Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 32.552 165.888
29 63 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 33.289 162.216
30 66 Tim Viens Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 34.028 158.693
31 10 Caleb Roark Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 34.387 157.036
Official qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 16 29 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 146 70 Running 37
2 6 19 Daniel Hemric Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 146 38 Running 32
3 3 00 Cole Custer (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 146 3 Running 31
4 4 33 Ben Kennedy GMS Racing Chevrolet 146 22 Running 30
5 10 9 William Byron (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 146 0 Running 28
6 18 4 Christopher Bell (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 146 0 Running 27
7 14 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 146 0 Running 26
8 2 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 146 0 Running 25
9 1 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 146 13 Running 25
10 12 24 Grant Enfinger (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 146 0 Running 23
11 5 23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 146 0 Running 22
12 8 41 Ben Rhodes (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 146 0 Running 21
13 7 05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet 146 0 Running 20
14 20 92 Parker Kligerman RBR Enterprises Ford 146 0 Running 19
15 13 11 Matt Tifft (R) Red Horse Racing Toyota 146 0 Running 18
16 15 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 145 0 Running 17
17 11 51 Cody Coughlin (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 145 0 Running 16
18 9 13 Cameron Hayley ThorSport Racing Toyota 145 0 Running 15
19 19 16 Stewart Friesen Halmar Racing Chevrolet 145 0 Running 14
20 17 98 Rico Abreu (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 144 0 Running 13
21 25 22 Austin Wayne Self (R) AM Racing Toyota 142 0 Running 12
22 22 44 Tommy Joe Martins Martins Motorsports Chevrolet 142 0 Running 11
23 21 02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 142 0 Running 10
24 23 50 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 140 0 Running 9
25 26 07 Todd Peck (i) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 138 0 Running 0
26 29 63 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 134 0 Running 7
27 24 1 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 74 0 Suspension 6
28 28 49 Wayne Edwards Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 48 0 Accident 5
29 30 66 Tim Viens Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 29 0 Oil Leak 4
30 27 71 Carlos Contreras Contreras Motorsports Chevrolet 9 0 Vibration 3
31 31 10 Caleb Roark Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 4 0 Electrical 2
Official race results

Standings after the race

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References

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  1. ^ Utter, Jim (October 1, 2016). "Tyler Reddick tops BKR teammate Hemric for Truck win at Las Vegas". Motorsport.com. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "2016 Truck Series Las Vegas Race Info". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Sites. Archived from the original on October 29, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
  3. ^ Ryan, Nate (October 1, 2016). "Daniel Hemric leads first truck practice at Las Vegas Motor Speedway". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
  4. ^ Ryan, Nate (October 1, 2016). "Rico Abreu tops final truck practice at Las Vegas Motor Speedway". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
  5. ^ "NASCAR Qualifying Rules". ESPN.com. February 7, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
  6. ^ Bonkowski, Jerry (October 1, 2016). "Peters takes pole, Crafton alongside for tonight's Truck race at Las Vegas". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
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