2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West

Todd Gilliland, the 2016 K&N Pro Series West champion. This was the first of his two consecutive titles.
Ryan Partridge, driving the No. 9 car for Sunrise Ford Racing, finished second behind Gilliland in the championship by just 13 points.
Noah Gragson, driving the No. 7 car for Jefferson Pitts Racing, finished third in the championship.

The 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West was the sixty-third season of the K&N Pro Series West. It began at Irwindale Speedway on March 19 and concluded at All American Speedway on October 15. Chris Eggleston entered the season as the defending drivers' Champion. Todd Gilliland won the championship, thirteen points in front of Ryan Partridge.

Gilliland also became the youngest champion in West Series and NASCAR history, winning the title at 16 years and 5 months. The record for youngest champion in all of NASCAR was broken by Sam Mayer's 2019 East Series championship when he was 16 years, 3 months, and 8 days. However, Gilliland remains to this day the youngest West Series champion.

Drivers

No. Manufacturer Car Owner Race Driver Crew Chief
1 Chevrolet Valerie Inglebright Jim Inglebright 1 Rodney Haygood
5 Chevrolet Charlie Silva Michael Shawhan (R) 1 John Krebs
06 Chevrolet 12
Ford 2 		Dave Hansen John Wood 7 Mike Holleran 9
Kevin McCarty 1
Stafford Smith 1
John Wood 1
Joe Carr 2
Will Rodgers (R) 6
Andrew Koens (R) 1
6 Ford Bob Bruncati Cole Rouse (R)[1] Bill Sedgwick
07 Chevrolet 1 Scott Bomenger Colton Nelson (R) 2 Danny Cristiani 2
Ford 1
7 Ford Jerry Pitts Noah Gragson Jerry Pitts
08 Toyota Sue McCarty John Wood 1 Mike Holleran 1
Dan Phillippi (R) 1 Kevin McCarty 2
Alex Malycke (R) 1
09 Ford Rodrigo San Martin Christian Celaya 1 Tony Ponkauskas
9 Ford Bob Bruncati Ryan Partridge Jeff Schrader
11 Chevrolet John Krebs Takuma Koga 4[2] John Krebs 2
Thomas Wicks 2
13 Toyota Kelly Souza Todd Souza 6 Michael Munoz
14 Ford 10 Penny Wood Matt Levin 8 Chase Newell 8
Jack Chisholm 1 Mike Holleran 1
Stafford Smith (R) 1 Kent Smith 1
Chevrolet 4 Sting Ray Robb (R) 3 Sonny Wahl 4
Dan Phillippi (R) 1
15 Chevrolet Jack Sellers 1 Jack Sellers 4 Brian Carson
Eric Steele 2
John Krebs 1
16 Toyota Bill McAnally Todd Gilliland (R)[3] Chris Lawson
17 Chevrolet Steve McGowan David Mayhew 2 Johnny White 1
Corey LaJoie 1
18 Toyota Becky Kann Bill Kann 3 Billy Kann 2
Chris Lawson 1
19 Toyota Bill McAnally Riley Herbst (R)[3] Duane Knorr
20 Chevrolet 2 Bob Newberry 2 Blaine Rocha (R) 2[4] Willie Allen 2
Toyota 6 Bill McAnally 6 Cole Moore (R) 6[5] Michael Munoz 2
Chris Nelle 2
Roger Bracken 2
21 Chevrolet Steve Portenga Blaine Perkins (R)[6] Steve Portenga
22 Ford Bob Bruncati Trevor Huddleston (R) 1 Tim Huddleston 1
James Bruncati (R) 1 Brett Barnett 1
24 Chevrolet Harry Scott Jr. Chase Elliott 1[7] Kris Bowen
25 Chevrolet Harold Kunsman Tom Klauer 1 Harold Kunsman
27 Ford Jeff Jefferson Gracin Raz Jeff Jefferson
29 Chevrolet Bob Newberry Parker Stephens (R) 2[4] Duane Sharp
30 Ford Kent Smith Ron Norman 12 Christopher Thomas 11
Roger Bracken 3
Luis Vega (R) 2
31 Chevrolet Windi Portenga James Cooley (R) 2 Rob Rucker
33 Toyota Mike Behar Nicole Behar 4 Mike Behar
36 Chevrolet 8 Kevin McCarty Jesse Iwuji (R)[8] Joe Ransom 13
Toyota 6 Stafford Smith 1
38 Ford 6
Toyota 4
Chevrolet 4 		Mike Holleran Colton Nelson (R) 3 Dave Hansen 2
Sonny Wahl 1
Jason Heggemeier 1
David McKay Jr. 1
Ron Cortez 1
Kent Smith 6
Kevin McCarty 1
John Wood 1
Stafford Smith (R) 9[N 1]
Rich DeLong Jr. 1
Salvatore Iovino (R) 1
39 Toyota 9
Chevrolet 1 		Nick Sommers Dan Phillippi (R) 4 Kevin McCarty 4
Dave McKay 1
Mike Holleran 1
Darrel Pederson 2
Nick Sommers 2
Salvatore Iovino (R) 6
40 Chevrolet Michael Hillman Brian Wong 1[9] Mardy Lindley
42 Ford Sonny Wahl Larry Hull (R) 1 Travis Anderson
47 Toyota Michelle Ivie Scott Ivie 3 Mike D'Arcy
50 Toyota Bill McAnally Chris Eggleston[3] Ty Joiner
51 Chevrolet Carlos Vieira Carlos Vieira 1 Travis Bryans
54 Toyota Bill McAnally 2 Julia Landauer (R)[10] Mario Isola
Mike Curb 12
55 Ford Dione Jefferson Hannah Newhouse (R) 2 Jason Jefferson
Buddy Shepherd (R) 1
Garret Archer (R) 1
Vanessa Robinson (R) 2
61 Ford 2 Richard Thompson Johnny Borneman 3 Will Harris
Chevrolet 1
64 Chevrolet Richard DeLong 1 Rich DeLong Jr. 5 Richard Walker 4
Danny Fascovicz 4 Jason DeLong 1
68 Chevrolet Jenise Kneeland Rodd Kneeland (R) 1 Jim Weiler
77 Chevrolet Joe Nava Juan Esteban Garcia (R) 3 Charles Price
83 Chevrolet Todd Havens Braeden Havens 2 Travis Sharpe
Alan Cress (R) 1
84 Chevrolet Richard DeLong 1
Cindy DeLong 12 		Rich DeLong III 12 Willian Loe 1
Chris Dittes 12
Will Rodgers (R) 1
86 Chevrolet Tim Spurgeon Tim Spurgeon 3 Mike Davis 1
Jim Brown 2
Hollis Thackeray (R) 1 Hollis Thackeray 1
88 Ford Troy Cline Alex Schutte 1 Troy Cline
91 Ford Courtney O'Donnell Dan O'Donnell (R) 3 Willian Loe
Notes
  1. ^ Stafford Smith drove in the Casey's General Store 150 with car number 08.

Schedule

All of the races in the 2016 season were televised on NBCSN and were on a tape delay basis.[11]

No. Race Title Track Date
1 Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale March 19
2 NAPA Auto Parts 150 Kern County Raceway Park, Bakersfield April 2
3 NAPA Auto Parts Wildcat 150 Tucson Speedway, Tucson May 7
4 Sunrise Ford 150 Orange Show Speedway, San Bernardino May 21
5 Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 Colorado National Speedway, Dacono June 11
6 Chevy's Fresh Mex 200 Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma June 25
7 Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 Stateline Speedway, Post Falls July 9
8 Casey's General Store 150[a] Iowa Speedway, Newton July 29
9 Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 Evergreen Speedway, Monroe August 13
10 Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 Douglas County Speedway, Roseburg August 27
11 UMC 110 presented by Ken Garff Volvo Utah Motorsports Campus, Tooele September 10–11
12
13 NAPA Auto Parts Idaho 208 Meridian Speedway, Meridian September 24
14 Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by TriCo Welding Supplies All American Speedway, Roseville October 15
Source:[12]
Notes
  1. ^ The Casey's General Store 150 was held as a combined event, with competitors from the K&N Pro Series West competing along with competitors for the K&N Pro Series East. The race was run with a series-based point distribution, where drivers receive points and statistical credit for their finish relative to other drivers in their series, not to the whole field in general.

Results and standings

Races

No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer
1 Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150[13] Todd Gilliland Gracin Raz Todd Gilliland Toyota
2 NAPA Auto Parts 150[14] Todd Gilliland Todd Gilliland Todd Gilliland Toyota
3 NAPA Auto Parts Wildcat 150[15] Ryan Partridge Ryan Partridge Ryan Partridge Ford
4 Sunrise Ford 150[16] Ryan Partridge Ryan Partridge Chris Eggleston Toyota
5 Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150[17] Todd Gilliland Chris Eggleston Chris Eggleston Toyota
6 Chevy's Fresh Mex 200[18] Chase Elliott Noah Gragson Chase Elliott Chevrolet
7 Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150[19] Chris Eggleston Chris Eggleston Todd Gilliland Toyota
8 Casey's General Store 150[20] Todd Gilliland Todd Gilliland Todd Gilliland Toyota
9 Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150[21] Todd Gilliland Todd Gilliland Todd Gilliland Toyota
10 Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150[22] Todd Gilliland Todd Gilliland Ryan Partridge Ford
11 UMC 110 presented by Ken Garff Volvo[23] Ryan Partridge Ryan Partridge Noah Gragson Ford
12 UMC 110 presented by Ken Garff Volvo[24] Ryan Partridge1 Todd Gilliland Noah Gragson Ford
13 NAPA Auto Parts Idaho 208[25] Ryan Partridge Ryan Partridge Todd Gilliland Toyota
14 Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by TriCo Welding Supplies[26] Todd Gilliland2 Ryan Partridge Ryan Partridge Ford
Notes
  • 1 – Qualifying was set by the fastest lap times from Saturday's race.
  • 2 – The qualifying session for the Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by TriCo Welding Supplies was cancelled due to weather. The starting line-up was decided by Owners' championship.

Drivers' championship

Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or 2015 Owner's points. * – Most laps led.

Pos Driver IRW KER TUC ORG CNS SON SLN IOW EVG DCO UMC UMC MER AAS Points
1 Todd Gilliland (R) 1 1* 2 4 2 24 1 1* 1* 6* 2 2* 1 8 594
2 Ryan Partridge 2 2 1* 6* 4 4 10 5 5 1 9* 3 11* 1* 581
3 Noah Gragson 4 8 9 3 10 2* 2 13 16 4 1 1 6 4 552
4 Julia Landauer (R) 8 10 5 5 6 11 5 17 8 5 4 8 2 3 528
5 Gracin Raz 14* 7 16 2 3 3 4 9 4 2 3 11 5 18 524
6 Chris Eggleston 3 5 3 1 1* 26 3* 25 2 7 21 19 9 2 518
7 Riley Herbst (R) 6 4 7 16 13 5 7 6 3 3 5 4 19 12 510
8 Cole Rouse (R) 9 3 4 14 9 10 6 12 6 12 10 9 4 6 509
9 Blaine Perkins (R) 18 16 8 9 5 21 11 16 7 8 6 6 10 9 475
10 Jesse Iwuji (R) 20 14 15 10 16 15 18 27 15 18 13 12 18 16 404
11 Ron Norman 13 11 10 7 7 22 15 23 12 9 12 11 390
12 Rich DeLong III 22 12 14 12 27 19 17 11 12 14 8 Wth 316
13 Stafford Smith (R) 11 11 28 13 Wth 19 14 10 7 20 263
14 Matt Levin 19 17 6 8 8 14 9 31 258
15 John Wood 16 13 13 11 15 12 17 15 240
16 Will Rodgers (R) Wth 17 8 24 14 7 7 201
17 Cole Moore (R) 14 14 10 18 17 7 184
18 Salvatore Iovino (R) 17 21 16 16 16 21 22 179
19 Dan Phillippi (R) 17 12 28 19 20 10 173
20 Nicole Behar 9 10 3 5 149
21 Colton Nelson (R) 11 20 17 13 23 136
22 Todd Souza 24 Wth 16 11 5 Wth 120
23 Jack Sellers 15 21 20 14 106
24 Takuma Koga 17 23 13 20 103
25 Scott Ivie 8 15 13 96
26 Tim Spurgeon 12 8 18 94
27 Johnny Borneman III 5 9 29 89
28 Bill Kann 13 20 17 82
29 Sting Ray Robb (R) 17 20 14 81
30 Rich DeLong Jr. 13 Wth 20 21 Wth Wth 78
31 Hannah Newhouse (R) 7 16 65
32 Braeden Havens 16 11 61
33 Parker Stephens (R) 12 18 58
34 David Mayhew 6 30 54
35 Luis Vega (R) 19 15 54
36 Vanessa Robinson (R) 15 21 52
37 Juan Esteban Garcia (R) 23 15 Wth 50
38 Chase Elliott 1 47
39 Blaine Rocha (R) 21 22 45
40 Michael Shawhan (R) 6 38
41 Tom Klauer 7 37
42 Carlos Vieira 9 35
43 Trevor Huddleston (R) 10 34
44 Christian Celaya 12 212 32
45 Alan Cress (R) 13 31
46 Hollis Thackeray (R) 13 31
47 Andrew Koens (R) 14 30
48 Dan O'Donnell (R) Wth 15 Wth 29
49 Larry Hull (R) 15 29
50 Rodd Kneeland (R) 18 26
51 Garret Archer (R) 18 26
52 Buddy Shepherd (R) 19 25
53 James Bruncati (R) 19 25
54 Alex Malycke (R) 19 25
55 Jack Chisholm 22 22
56 James Cooley (R) Wth Wth3 22
57 Brian Wong 23 21
58 Alex Schutte 25 19
59 Jim Inglebright DNS1 13
Drivers ineligible for K&N Pro Series West points
Kyle Benjamin 2
Austin Theriault 3
Collin Cabre 4
Justin Haley 7
Hunter Baize (R) 8
John Holleman IV (R) 10
Jesse Little 11
Tyler Dippel (R) 14
Spencer Davis (R) 15
Dominique Van Wieringen (R) 18
Trey Hutchens 19
Jairo Avila Jr. (R) 20
Justin Fontaine 22
Harrison Burton (R) 26
Ali Kern (R) 29
Chad Finchum 30
Grant Quinlan (R) 32
Rubén García Jr. (R) 33
Pos Driver IRW KER TUC ORG CNS SON SLN IOW EVG DCO UMC UMC MER AAS Points
Notes
  • 1 – Jim Inglebright received championship points, despite the fact that he did not start the race.
  • 2 – Scored points towards the K&N Pro Series East.
  • 3 – James Cooley received championship points, despite the fact that he withdrew prior to the race.

See also

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