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2016 Buckle Up in Your Truck 225

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2016 Buckle Up in Your Truck 225
Race details
Race 10 of 23 of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Date July 7, 2016
Official name 6th Annual Buckle Up in Your Truck 225
Location Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, Kentucky
Course Permanent racing facility
1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance 150 laps, 225 mi (362 km)
Scheduled Distance 150 laps, 225 mi (362 km)
Average speed 116.698 mph (187.807 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Kyle Busch Motorsports
Time 29.511
Most laps led
Driver William Byron Kyle Busch Motorsports
Laps 70
Winner
No. 9 William Byron 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 2016 Buckle Up in Your Truck 255 was the 10th stock car race of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and the 6th iteration of the event. The race was held on Thursday, July 7, 2016, in Sparta, Kentucky, at Kentucky Speedway, a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) permanent tri-oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 150 laps to complete. William Byron, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, held off John Hunter Nemechek and Daniel Hemric in the final 20 laps, and earned his fourth career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win. This was also the 51st win for Kyle Busch Motorsports, making them the most winningest team in the Truck Series.[1]

Background

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

Kentucky Speedway is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) tri-oval speedway in Sparta, Kentucky, which has hosted ARCA, NASCAR and Indy Racing League racing annually since it opened in 2000. The track is currently owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports, Inc. Before 2008 Jerry Carroll, along with four other investors, were the majority owners of Kentucky Speedway. Depending on layout and configuration the track facility has a grandstand capacity of 107,000.

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 Caleb Roark[a] Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet Driven2Honor.org[permanent dead link]
02 Austin Hill Austin Hill Racing Ford Austin Hill Racing
4 Christopher Bell (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota JBL
05 Parker Kligerman Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet Jive Communications, Zaxby's
07 Garrett Smithley (i) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet Mubea
8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet NEMCO Motorsports
9 William Byron (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Liberty University
10 Jennifer Jo Cobb[a] Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet Driven2Honor.org[permanent dead link]
11 Brett Moffitt Red Horse Racing Toyota Surface Sunscreen
13 Cameron Hayley ThorSport Racing Toyota Cabinets by Hayley, Carolina Nut Co.
17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota Red Horse Racing
18 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Toyota
19 Daniel Hemric Brad Keselowski Racing Ford Oakmont Management Group
21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet Water Pulse
22 Austin Wayne Self (R) AM Racing Toyota AM Technical Solutions
23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet Allegiant Air
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 Alpha Energy Solutions
44 Tommy Joe Martins Martins Motorsports Chevrolet Diamond Gusset Jeans
49 Timmy Hill Premium Motorsports Chevrolet Speed Stick
50 Travis Kvapil[a] MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet CorvetteParts.net
51 Daniel Suárez (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Arris
63 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet Mittler Bros. Machine & Tool, Ski Soda
66 Jordan Anderson Bolen Motorsports Chevrolet Bolen Motorsports
71 Brandon Jones (i) Ranier Racing with MDM Chevrolet Jeld-Wen, Menards
74 Mike Harmon (i) Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet SMD
86 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet Coastal Carolina University
88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota Great Lakes Flooring, Menards
98 Rico Abreu (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota Safelite, Curb Records
Official entry list

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Travis Kvapil crashed his MAKE Motorsports No. 50 truck during practice. Since the team didn't have a backup truck, Jennifer Jo Cobb allowed Kvapil to use her No. 1 truck, and renumber it to No. 50. Jennifer used her backup truck and renumbered it to No. 10. Caleb Roark would drive the No. 1, which was a truck that was borrowed from Premium Motorsports to start and park.

Practice

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First practice

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The first practice session was originally going to be held on Wednesday, July 6, at 1:00 pm EST, and last for 1 hour and 55 minutes.[2] The session was delayed for 2 hours due to inclement weather, and because of this, only two practice sessions would be held. Parker Kligerman, driving for Athenian Motorsports as a relief driver, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.151, and an average speed of 179.099 mph (288.232 km/h).[3]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 05 Parker Kligerman Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet 30.151 179.099
2 9 William Byron (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.155 179.075
3 18 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.229 178.636
Full first practice results

Final practice

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The final practice session was held on Wednesday, July 6, at 6:00 pm EST, and would last for about 3 hours.[2] Brett Moffitt, driving for Red Horse Racing as a relief driver, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.379, and an average speed of 183.805 mph (295.805 km/h).[4]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 11 Brett Moffitt Red Horse Racing Toyota 29.379 183.805
2 9 William Byron (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 29.387 183.755
3 18 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 29.446 183.387
Full final practice results

Qualifying

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Qualifying was held on Thursday, July 7, at 5:00 pm EST.[2] Since Kentucky 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]

Daniel Suárez, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 29.511, and an average speed of 182.983 mph (294.483 km/h) in the second round.[6]

Mike Harmon would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time (R1) Speed (R1) Time (R2) Speed (R2)
1 51 Daniel Suárez (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 29.703 181.800 29.511 182.983
2 11 Brett Moffitt Red Horse Racing Toyota 29.578 182.568 29.535 182.834
3 9 William Byron (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 29.505 183.020 29.590 182.494
4 19 Daniel Hemric Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 29.724 181.671 29.598 182.445
5 29 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 29.754 181.488 29.627 182.266
6 05 Parker Kligerman Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet 29.678 181.953 29.628 182.260
7 18 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 29.739 181.580 29.629 182.254
8 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 29.755 181.482 29.637 182.205
9 41 Ben Rhodes (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 29.856 180.868 29.855 180.874
10 4 Christopher Bell (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 29.883 180.705 29.897 180.620
11 13 Cameron Hayley ThorSport Racing Toyota 29.868 180.796 29.927 180.439
12 00 Cole Custer (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 29.841 180.959 30.031 179.814
Eliminated in Round 1
13 23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 29.917 180.499
14 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 29.935 180.391
15 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 29.963 180.222
16 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 29.995 180.030
17 24 Grant Enfinger (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.003 179.982
18 33 Ben Kennedy GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.057 179.659
19 02 Austin Hill Austin Hill Racing Ford 30.109 179.348
20 66 Jordan Anderson Bolen Motorsports Chevrolet 30.211 178.743
21 98 Rico Abreu (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 30.217 178.707
22 71 Brandon Jones (i) Ranier Racing with MDM Chevrolet 30.312 178.147
23 22 Austin Wayne Self (R) AM Racing Toyota 30.529 176.881
24 44 Tommy Joe Martins Martins Motorsports Chevrolet 30.625 176.327
25 86 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 30.666 176.091
26 07 Garrett Smithley (i) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 30.949 174.481
27 49 Timmy Hill Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 31.340 172.304
Qualified by owner's points
28 50 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 31.406 171.942
29 74 Mike Harmon (i) Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 32.826 164.504
30 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 32.858 164.344
31 63 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 32.873 164.269
32 1 Caleb Roark Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet
Official qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 3 9 William Byron (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 150 70 Running 37
2 16 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 150 0 Running 31
3 4 19 Daniel Hemric Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 150 0 Running 30
4 10 4 Christopher Bell (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 150 0 Running 29
5 15 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 150 14 Running 29
6 11 13 Cameron Hayley ThorSport Racing Toyota 150 0 Running 27
7 22 71 Brandon Jones (i) Ranier Racing with MDM Chevrolet 150 0 Running 0
8 8 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 150 0 Running 25
9 14 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 150 5 Running 25
10 5 29 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 150 1 Running 24
11 1 51 Daniel Suárez (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 150 59 Running 0
12 17 24 Grant Enfinger (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 150 0 Running 21
13 9 41 Ben Rhodes (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 150 0 Running 20
14 12 00 Cole Custer (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 150 0 Running 19
15 21 98 Rico Abreu (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 150 0 Running 18
16 13 23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 150 0 Running 17
17 20 66 Jordan Anderson Bolen Motorsports Chevrolet 150 0 Running 16
18 19 02 Austin Hill Austin Hill Racing Ford 150 0 Running 15
19 6 05 Parker Kligerman Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet 149 0 Running 14
20 25 86 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 149 0 Running 13
21 26 07 Garrett Smithley (i) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 148 0 Running 12
22 18 33 Ben Kennedy GMS Racing Chevrolet 147 0 Running 11
23 27 49 Timmy Hill Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 145 0 Running 10
24 29 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 143 0 Running 9
25 28 50 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 136 0 Running 8
26 24 44 Tommy Joe Martins Martins Motorsports Chevrolet 107 1 Overheating 7
27 23 22 Austin Wayne Self (R) AM Racing Toyota 98 0 Transmission 6
28 30 63 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 95 0 Vibration 5
29 32 74 Mike Harmon (i) Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 62 0 Vibration 0
30 7 18 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 56 0 Accident 3
31 2 11 Brett Moffitt Red Horse Racing Toyota 26 0 Engine 2
32 31 1 Caleb Roark Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 0 0 Electrical 1
Official race results

Standings after the race

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References

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  1. ^ Utter, Jim (July 7, 2016). "Rookie William Byron wins fourth race in just tenth start". Motorsport.com. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "2016 Truck Series Kentucky Race Info". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. Archived from the original on August 2, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  3. ^ McFadin, Daniel (July 6, 2016). "Parker Kligerman fastest in first Truck practice at Kentucky". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
  4. ^ McFadin, Daniel (July 6, 2016). "Brett Moffitt fastest in three hour Truck practice session at Kentucky". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  5. ^ "NASCAR Qualifying Rules". ESPN.com. February 7, 2018. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  6. ^ Crandell, Kelly (July 7, 2016). "Daniel Suarez grabs Kentucky Truck Series pole". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
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