2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East

Justin Haley, the 2016 K&N Pro Series East champion.
Kyle Benjamin finished second behind Haley by 22 points.
Tyler Dippel finished third in the championship.

The 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East was the 30th season of the K&N Pro Series East. It began at New Smyrna Speedway on February 14 and concluded at Dover International Speedway on September 30. William Byron was the defending Drivers' Champion. Justin Haley won the championship, 22 points in front of Kyle Benjamin.

Drivers

No. Manufacturer Car Owner Race Driver Crew Chief
1 Toyota Shigeaki Hattori Austin Theriault 11 John Monsam 3
J. R. Norris 2
Rich Lushes 9
Spencer Davis (R) 3
02 Chevrolet 2
Ford 3
Toyota 1 		Tony Blanchard 5 Sarah Cornett-Ching (R) 5[1] Jerry Babb 1
Matt Weber 3
Sam Almeida 1
Barry Wilson 1 Grant Quinlan (R) 1 Andrew Abbott 1
2 Toyota Max Siegel Collin Cabre Matt Bucher
3 Toyota Ben Kennedy Kaz Grala 8 Mike Fritts
04 Ford 6 Ronnie Bassett Ronnie Bassett Jr. 7 Bruce Cook 5
Chevrolet 1 Ron Otto 2
4 Toyota Max Siegel Ali Kern (R)[2][N 1] Johnny Allen
5 Chevrolet Harry Scott Jr. Justin Haley[3] Shannon Rursch
6 Toyota Max Siegel Rubén García Jr. (R)[4][N 2] Steve Plattenberger
7 Chevrolet Larry Berg Codie Rohrbaugh 5 Mark Huff 3
Thomas Rohrbaugh 2
08 Ford Paul Green Tyler Hughes (R) 5 Paul Green 1
Darren Shaw 4
09 Toyota 2 Rodrigo San Martin Christian Celaya 9 Tony Ponkauskas
Chevrolet 1
Ford 6
12 Toyota Justin Marks Harrison Burton (R)[3] Rich Lushes 4
Skip Eyler 7
Doug Howe 3
13 Chevrolet Justin Marks Hunter Baize (R)[3] Kris Bowen
14 Chevrolet Bobby Hutchens Trey Hutchens 8[N 3] Bobby Hutchens Jr.
15 Ford Rob Fuller Christian Eckes (R) 3[5] Ron Otto
16 Toyota Bill McAnally 2
Mike Curb 4 		Todd Gilliland (R) 5[6] John Camilleri 1
Chris Lawson 4
Riley Herbst (R) 1 Duane Knorr 1
18 Toyota Sam Hunt Sergio Peña 1[7] Jerry Babb
Sam Hunt 1
19 Toyota 2 Bill McAnally 2 Riley Herbst (R) 2[6] Duane Knorr 2
Ford 2 Chuck Buchanan 2 Chuck Buchanan Jr. 1 Craig Wood 2
Grant Winchester (R) 1[8]
21 Chevrolet Tommy Baldwin Jr. Brandon McReynolds 3[9] Trip Bruce
23 Chevrolet J. P. Morgan J. P. Morgan 1 James Beck
27 Ford Jeff Jefferson Gracin Raz 3 Jeff Jefferson
28 Ford Logan Yiengst Clair Zimmerman (R) 2 Logan Yiengst
29 Toyota Mark Rette Jesse Little 5[10] Matt Noyce 7
Sam Schram 1
Grant Quinlan (R) 1
Corey Deuser (R) 2
30 Ford Mark Rette Dominique Van Wieringen (R)[11][N 4] Mark Rette
31 Chevrolet Ted Marsh Ryan Preece 2[12] Todd Fisette
Reid Lanpher (R) 2[13]
Trey Hutchens 1
Glen Reen (R) 1[14]
Chase Dowling (R) 1
38 Chevrolet Harry Scott Jr. Tyler Dippel (R)[3] Fuz Burgdoff
39 Toyota Eric McClure Chad Finchum 4[15][N 5] Chris Carrier 9
John Monsam 1
Austin Cindric 2[16]
Justin Fontaine 3[17]
Austin Hill 1[18]
40 Chevrolet Michael Hillman Kyle Benjamin[19] Mardy Lindley
41 Chevrolet Douglas Fuller Spencer Davis (R) 7 Doug Howe
Corey LaJoie 1
42 Toyota Max Siegel Jairo Avila Jr. (R) 11[20] Mark Green
Enrique Baca (R) 3
43 Ford Michael Calabrese David Calabrese (R) 3 Scott Kilbury 2
Bruce Cook 4
Ronnie Bassett Jr. 2
Chad Finley 1
44 Ford 6
Toyota 2
Chevrolet 1 		Ronnie Bassett Dillon Bassett 9 Terry Elmore 1
Ron Otto 1
Nathan Kennedy 5
Kenyon Davidson 2
45 Chevrolet John Stange John Gustafson (R) 1[21] Gary Moore
46 Toyota 4
Chevrolet 3 		Rick Gdovic Ulysse Delsaux (R) 1[22] Charles Denike III 3
Mark Setzer 4
Brandon Gdovic 1
Brian Henderson (R) 5[23]
49 Ford Zeno Marshall Jr. John Holleman IV (R) Caleb Velez 1
Corey LaJoie 12
Charles Denike III 1
51 Chevrolet Thomas Oakley Brandon Oakley (R) 2[24] Tony Ponkauskas
55 Ford Jerry Pitts Noah Gragson 13[N 6] Jerry Pitts 13
Spencer Davis (R) 1 Jerry Babb 1
66 Chevrolet Barry Wilson Reid Wilson (R) 4[25] Andrew Abbott
71 Chevrolet Rob Grimm Eddie MacDonald 4[26] Rollie Lachance Jr.
75 Chevrolet 1 Hal Martin 2 Caleb Holman 1[15] Tim Andrews 1
Toyota 2 Justin Fontaine 1 Bruce Cook 1
Bob Schacht 1 Adam Andretti (R) 1 Bob Schacht 1
77 Toyota Steve Green Clayton Green (R) 4 Steve Green
88 Ford Troy Cline Alex Schutte 1 Troy Cline
92 Chevrolet 1 Scott Davis Spencer Davis (R) 2 Neil Lewis
Toyota 1
98 Chevrolet Harry Scott Jr. Cole Custer 1 Skip Eyler
Notes
  1. ^ Ali Kern drove in the NAPA 150 with car number 33.
  2. ^ Rubén García Jr. drove in the Casey's General Store 150 with car number 66.
  3. ^ Trey Hutchens drove in the Casey's General Store 150 with car number 15.
  4. ^ Dominique Van Wieringen drove in the Casey's General Store 150 with car number 28.
  5. ^ Chad Finchum drove in the Casey's General Store 150 with car number 33.
  6. ^ Noah Gragson drove in the Stafford 150, the NAPA 150, the Bully Hill Vineyards 100, the Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 140 and the JUSTDRIVE.com 125 with car number 7.

Schedule

All of the races in the 2016 season - with the exception of the Biscuitville 125 and JUSTDRIVE.com 125 - were televised on NBCSN and were on a tape delay basis.[27]

No. Race Title Track Date
1 Jet Tools 150 New Smyrna Speedway, New Smyrna Beach February 14
2 Mobile 150 presented by Mobile Sports Authority Mobile International Speedway, Irvington March 13[a]
3 Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 150 Greenville-Pickens Speedway, Greenville March 26
4 PittLite 125 Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol April 16
5 Biscuitville 125 Virginia International Raceway, Danville April 30
6 ComServe Wireless 150 Dominion Raceway, Woodford May 30
7 Stafford 150 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford June 17
8 NAPA 150 Columbus Motor Speedway, Columbus July 2
9 United Site Services 70 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon July 16
10 Casey's General Store 150[b] Iowa Speedway, Newton July 29
11 Bully Hill Vineyards 100 Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen August 5
12 Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 140 Greenville-Pickens Speedway, Greenville September 5
13 JUSTDRIVE.com 125 New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville September 17
14 Dover 125 Dover International Speedway, Dover September 30
Source:[29]
Notes
  1. ^ The Mobile 150 presented by Mobile Sports Authority was postponed a day because of persistent rain.[28]
  2. ^ The Casey's General Store 150 was held as a combined event, with competitors from the K&N Pro Series East competing along with competitors for the K&N Pro Series West. 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 Jet Tools 150[30] Todd Gilliland Todd Gilliland Todd Gilliland Toyota
2 Mobile 150 presented by Mobile Sports Authority[31] Spencer Davis Tyler Dippel Tyler Dippel Chevrolet
3 Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 150[32] Kyle Benjamin Kyle Benjamin Justin Haley Chevrolet
4 PittLite 125[33] Harrison Burton Chad Finchum Chad Finchum Toyota
5 Biscuitville 125[34] Austin Cindric Austin Cindric Austin Cindric Toyota
6 ComServe Wireless 150[35] Kyle Benjamin Kyle Benjamin Spencer Davis Chevrolet
7 Stafford 150[36] John Holleman IV Dominique Van Wieringen Noah Gragson Ford
8 NAPA 150[37] Justin Haley Justin Haley Justin Haley Chevrolet
9 United Site Services 70[38] Kyle Benjamin Kyle Benjamin Corey LaJoie Chevrolet
10 Casey's General Store 150[39] Kyle Benjamin Todd Gilliland Kyle Benjamin Chevrolet
11 Bully Hill Vineyards 100[40] Austin Cindric Austin Cindric Austin Cindric Toyota
12 Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 140[41] Kyle Benjamin Kyle Benjamin Kyle Benjamin Chevrolet
13 JUSTDRIVE.com 125[42] Justin Haley Dominique Van Wieringen Noah Gragson Ford
14 Dover 125[43] Justin Haley1 Kyle Benjamin Kyle Benjamin Chevrolet
Notes
  • 1 – The qualifying session for the Dover 125 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 Owners' points. * – Most laps led.

Pos Driver NSM MOB GRE BRI VIR DOM STA COL NHA IOW GLN GRE NJM DOV Points
1 Justin Haley 5 9 1 4 2 2 4 1* 3 7 2 5 2 4 580
2 Kyle Benjamin 4 6 2* 2 4 23* 12 11 4* 2 6 1* 3 1* 558
3 Tyler Dippel (R) 8 1* 8 17 19 11 17 8 10 14 7 11 7 7 475
4 Hunter Baize (R) 29 8 10 16 6 8 9 15 6 8 9 14 10 15 463
5 Noah Gragson 6 12 7 12 17 3 1 5 11 132 15 13 1 24 454
6 Collin Cabre 11 22 11 6 21 18 6 3 23 4 5 15 4 21 447
7 Harrison Burton (R) 13 7 15 23 11 21 15 4 7 26 12 9 15 6 444
8 Spencer Davis (R) 2 2 4 14 23 1 3 17 16 15 10 12 25 440
9 Dominique Van Wieringen (R) 10 20 16 11 18 24 16* 13 27 18 16 3 5* 3 429
10 Rubén García Jr. (R) 21 18 19 18 8 6 10 16 20 33 17 8 6 5 425
11 John Holleman IV (R) 18 14 17 24 22 9 11 6 12 10 14 7 14 20 424
12 Ali Kern (R) 20 13 18 27 14 15 14 10 25 29 13 12 13 13 393
13 Austin Theriault 24 4 14 15 3 5 7 2 5 3 20 383
14 Jairo Avila Jr. (R) 23 15 12 22 7 12 19 14 19 20 21 308
15 Ronnie Bassett Jr. 3 10 3 19 5 19 21 4 26 286
16 Kaz Grala 15 5 9 3 20 4 21 4 272
17 Dillon Bassett 27 24 5 5 13 22 2 6 23 270
18 Trey Hutchens 14 21 20 13 24 Wth 8 19 11 230
19 Christian Celaya 26 17 21 20 16 8 22 21 27 226
20 Todd Gilliland (R) 1* 9 5 7 2 1*2 202
21 Jesse Little 3 Wth1 17 11 2 161
22 Brian Henderson (R) 9 14 15 18 17 147
23 Tyler Hughes (R) 17 24 11 8 17 143
24 Chad Finchum 1* 14 30 14 135
25 Sarah Cornett-Ching (R) 22 11 13 29 16 129
26 Eddie MacDonald 8 13 26 12 117
27 Reid Wilson (R) 17 6 10 28 115
28 Justin Fontaine 13 20 22 16 113
29 Riley Herbst (R) 9 10 62 8 105
30 Codie Rohrbaugh 19 19 26 13 22 101
31 Christian Eckes (R) 7 9 18 98
32 Gracin Raz 12 7 15 92 98
33 Austin Cindric 1* 1* 96
34 Brandon McReynolds 29 2 19 82
35 Enrique Baca (R) 22 11 18 81
36 Ryan Preece 7 9 72
37 David Calabrese (R) 16 25 21 70
38 Corey Deuser (R) 12 19 57
39 Clayton Green (R) 25 23 Wth 28 56
40 Clair Zimmerman (R) 20 16 42
41 Grant Quinlan (R) 18 32 52
42 Brandon Oakley (R) 18 18 52
43 Corey LaJoie 1 47
44 Cole Custer 3 41
45 Reid Lanpher (R) 25 22 41
46 Adam Andretti (R) 8 36
47 Austin Hill 9 35
48 Chase Dowling (R) 9 35
49 J. P. Morgan 10 34
50 Alex Schutte 10 34
51 Chad Finley 10 34
52 Sergio Peña 12 32
53 Brandon Gdovic 16 28
54 Glen Reen (R) 19 25
55 Grant Winchester (R) 20 24
56 Caleb Holman 21 23
57 John Gustafson (R) 23 21
58 Ulysse Delsaux (R) 28 16
Chuck Buchanan Jr. Wth 0
Sam Hunt Wth 0
Drivers ineligible for K&N Pro Series East points
Ryan Partridge 5
Cole Rouse (R) 12
Blaine Perkins (R) 16
Julia Landauer (R) 17
Ron Norman 23
Will Rodgers (R) 24
Chris Eggleston 25
Jesse Iwuji (R) 27
Dan Phillippi (R) 28
Matt Levin 31
Pos Driver NSM MOB GRE BRI VIR DOM STA COL NHA IOW GLN GRE NJM DOV Points
Notes
  • 1 – Jesse Little received championship points, despite the fact that he withdrew prior to the race.
  • 2 – Scored points towards the K&N Pro Series West.

See also

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