2016 Rattlesnake 400

2016 Rattlesnake 400
Race details
Race 7 of 23 of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Date June 10, 2016
Official name 20th Annual Rattlesnake 400
Location Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas
Course Permanent racing facility
1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance 167 laps, 250.5 mi (403.1 km)
Scheduled Distance 167 laps, 250.5 mi (403.1 km)
Average speed 134.919 mph (217.131 km/h)
Pole position
Driver GMS Racing
Time 29.996
Most laps led
Driver Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing
Laps 133
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 Rattlesnake 400 was the 7th stock car race of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and the 20th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, June 10, 2016, in Fort Worth, Texas, at Texas Motor Speedway, a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) permanent tri-oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 167 laps to complete. In an exciting battle for the win, William Byron, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would pass Matt Crafton for the lead with 5 laps to go, and hold off the rest of the field to earn his second career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win. Crafton dominated the entire race, leading 133 of 167 laps.[1] To fill out the podium, Johnny Sauter, driving for GMS Racing, would finish in 3rd, respectively.

Background

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

Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The reconfigured track measures 1.500 mi (2.414 km) with banked 20° in turns 1 and 2 and banked 24° in turns 3 and 4. Texas Motor Speedway is a quad-oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway. The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc. Nicknamed “The Great American Speedway“ the racetrack facility is one of the largest motorsports venues in the world capable of hosting crowds in excess of 200,000 spectators.[2][3]

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 Ryan Ellis (i) MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet CorvetteParts.net, Fuzzy's Taco Shop
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 Ryan Lynch SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet BlankHood.com
8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet Fire Alarm Services
9 William Byron (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Liberty University
10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet Grimes Irrigation & Construction
11 Germán Quiroga Red Horse Racing Toyota Red Horse Racing
13 Cameron Hayley ThorSport Racing Toyota Cabinets by Hayley
17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota Red Horse Racing
19 Daniel Hemric Brad Keselowski Racing Ford DrawTite
20 Austin Hill Austin Hill Racing Ford A+D Welding
21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet Smokey Mountain Herbal Snuff
22 Austin Wayne Self (R) AM Racing Toyota AM Technical Solutions
23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet Allegiant Travel Company
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 Wayne Edwards Premium Motorsports Chevrolet Pro 1 Automotive
50 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet GasBuddy
51 Cody Coughlin (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Jegs High Performance, Racers Choice
63 Mike Bliss MB Motorsports Chevrolet MB Motorsports
66 Jordan Anderson Bolen Motorsports Chevrolet Rusty's Off-Road
71 Carlos Contreras Contreras Motorsports Chevrolet American Club
75 Caleb Holman Henderson Motorsports Toyota Food Country USA, Downy Unstoppables
81 Jesse Little Rette Jones Racing Toyota Carolina Nut Co.
86 Tim Viens Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet RaceDaySponsor.com
88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota Ideal Door, Menards
92 Parker Kligerman RBR Enterprises Ford Black's Tire Service, Advance Auto Parts
98 Rico Abreu (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota Safelite, Curb Records
Official entry list

Track schedule change

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In the early morning of June 9, a plane carrying NASCAR officials and representatives was forced to land shortly after taking off at the Concord Regional Airport, due to mechanical issues. Because of this, the truck series garage would postpone its opening until 3:30 pm CST, the time in which the first practice session would take place. Due to the schedule change, one of the three practice sessions would be cancelled, and the rest of the two would be postponed at a later time.[4]

Practice

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First practice

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The first practice session was held on Thursday, June 9, at 6:00 pm CST, and would last for 45 minutes.[5] Matt Crafton, driving for ThorSport Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.176, and an average speed of 178.950 mph (287.992 km/h).[6]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 30.176 178.950
2 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 30.243 178.554
3 05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet 30.267 178.412
Full first practice results

Final practice

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The final practice session was held on Thursday, June 9, at 7:30 pm CST, and would last for 1 hour and 30 minutes.[5] John Wes Townley, driving for his family team, Athenian Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.097, and an average speed of 179.420 mph (288.749 km/h).[7]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet 30.097 179.420
2 9 William Byron (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.176 178.950
3 23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.192 178.855
Full final practice results

Qualifying

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Qualifying was held on Friday, June 10, at 5:00 pm CST.[5] Since Texas 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.[8]

Johnny Sauter, driving for GMS Racing, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 29.996, and an average speed of 180.024 mph (289.721 km/h) in the second round.[9]

Norm Benning and Jennifer Jo Cobb would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time (R1) Speed (R1) Time (R2) Speed (R2)
1 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 29.978 180.132 29.996 180.024
2 11 Germán Quiroga Red Horse Racing Toyota 30.052 179.689 30.018 179.892
3 19 Daniel Hemric Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 30.021 179.874 30.022 179.868
4 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 29.902 180.590 30.025 179.850
5 29 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 30.060 179.641 30.050 179.700
6 9 William Byron (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 29.960 180.240 30.068 179.593
7 05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet 29.957 180.258 30.072 179.569
8 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 30.022 179.868 30.096 179.426
9 4 Christopher Bell (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.049 179.706 30.114 179.319
10 23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.158 179.057 30.192 178.855
11 13 Cameron Hayley ThorSport Racing Toyota 30.128 179.235 30.218 178.701
12 41 Ben Rhodes (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 30.165 179.015 30.255 178.483
Eliminated in Round 1
13 98 Rico Abreu (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 30.218 178.701
14 51 Cody Coughlin (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.236 178.595
15 33 Ben Kennedy GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.262 178.442
16 00 Cole Custer (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 30.273 178.377
17 66 Jordan Anderson Bolen Motorsports Chevrolet 30.350 177.924
18 22 Austin Wayne Self (R) AM Racing Toyota 30.389 177.696
19 02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 30.393 177.672
20 75 Caleb Holman Henderson Motorsports Toyota 30.413 177.556
21 81 Jesse Little Rette Jones Racing Toyota 30.421 177.509
22 92 Parker Kligerman RBR Enterprises Ford 30.460 177.282
23 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 30.559 176.707
24 44 Tommy Joe Martins Martins Motorsports Chevrolet 30.588 176.540
25 50 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 30.741 175.661
26 63 Mike Bliss MB Motorsports Chevrolet 30.802 175.313
27 20 Austin Hill Austin Hill Racing Ford 30.838 175.109
Qualified by owner's points
28 07 Ryan Lynch SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 30.998 174.205
29 49 Wayne Edwards Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 31.256 172.767
30 71 Carlos Contreras Contreras Motorsports Chevrolet 31.806 169.779
31 1 Ryan Ellis (i) MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 32.070 168.382
32 86 Tim Viens Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 32.176 167.827
Failed to qualify
33 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 30.854 175.018
34 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 31.223 172.949
Official qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 6 9 William Byron (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 167 6 Running 36
2 4 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 167 133 Running 33
3 1 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 167 9 Running 31
4 15 33 Ben Kennedy GMS Racing Chevrolet 167 0 Running 29
5 5 29 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 167 0 Running 28
6 8 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 167 0 Running 27
7 23 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 167 0 Running 26
8 2 11 Germán Quiroga Red Horse Racing Toyota 167 0 Running 25
9 13 98 Rico Abreu (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 167 0 Running 24
10 3 19 Daniel Hemric Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 167 19 Running 24
11 12 41 Ben Rhodes (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 167 0 Running 22
12 14 51 Cody Coughlin (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 167 0 Running 21
13 18 22 Austin Wayne Self (R) AM Racing Toyota 167 0 Running 20
14 16 00 Cole Custer (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 167 0 Running 19
15 27 20 Austin Hill Austin Hill Racing Ford 167 0 Running 18
16 20 75 Caleb Holman Henderson Motorsports Toyota 166 0 Running 17
17 7 05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet 166 0 Running 16
18 11 13 Cameron Hayley ThorSport Racing Toyota 165 0 Running 15
19 21 81 Jesse Little Rette Jones Racing Toyota 165 0 Running 14
20 22 92 Parker Kligerman RBR Enterprises Ford 164 0 Running 13
21 19 02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 164 0 Running 12
22 17 66 Jordan Anderson Bolen Motorsports Chevrolet 164 0 Running 11
23 29 49 Wayne Edwards Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 164 0 Running 10
24 25 50 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 163 0 Running 9
25 24 44 Tommy Joe Martins Martins Motorsports Chevrolet 160 0 Running 8
26 28 07 Ryan Lynch SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 158 0 Running 7
27 10 23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 153 0 Running 6
28 26 63 Mike Bliss MB Motorsports Chevrolet 92 0 Accident 5
29 32 86 Tim Viens Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 56 0 Vibration 4
30 31 1 Ryan Ellis (i) MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 30 0 Suspension 0
31 30 71 Carlos Contreras Contreras Motorsports Chevrolet 4 0 Engine 2
32 9 4 Christopher Bell (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 0 0 Engine 1
Official race results

Standings after the race

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References

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  1. ^ Malsher-Lopez, David (June 11, 2016). "Byron scores second Truck win in Texas". Motorsport.com. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  2. ^ "Texas Motor Speedway - Fort Worth, TX".
  3. ^ "Texas Motor Speedway: Fort Worth, TX 76177: Visit Dallas".
  4. ^ McFadin, Daniel (June 9, 2016). "Travel delays force change to Truck practice schedule in Texas". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "2016 Truck Series Texas Race Info". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. Archived from the original on June 29, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  6. ^ McFadin, Daniel (June 9, 2016). "Defending race winner Matt Crafton fastest in first Truck practice at Texas". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  7. ^ McFadin, Daniel (June 9, 2016). "John Wes Townley leads final Truck practice in Texas". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  8. ^ "NASCAR Qualifying Rules". ESPN.com. February 7, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  9. ^ McFadin, Daniel (June 10, 2016). "Johnny Sauter wins first Truck pole since 2013". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
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