Entry List
The official 2016 Ford EcoBoost 200 NASCAR TRUCK Series entry list features top NASCAR drivers set to compete at Homestead Miami Speedway, highlighting the full lineup of race participants and teams.
Ford EcoBoost 200
Friday, November 18th, 2016
Homestead Miami Speedway, Homestead, FL
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- Homestead-Miami Speedway
- 21st Annual Ford EcoBoost 200
- Keystone Light 21 Means 21 Pole Winner: William Byron
- Age: 18
- Team : No. 9 - Liberty University Toyota
- Owner: Kyle Busch
- Crew Chief: Ryan Fugle
- William Byron won the Keystone Light 21 Means 21 Pole Award for the 21st Annual Ford EcoBoost 200 with a lap of 31.600 seconds, 170.886 mph.
- This is his third pole in 24 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races.
- This is his third pole and 20th top-10 start in 2016.
- This is his first pole in one races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
- Cole Custer (second) posted his 11th top-10 start of 2016 and his first in one races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
- Kyle Larson (third) posted his third top-10 start at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It is his third in three races this season.
- William Byron (first) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
- Championship 4 Starting Positions: Matt Crafton (fourth), Christopher Bell (eighth), Timothy Peters (13th) and Johnny Sauter (19th).
- Drivers Entered: 35
- Laps Scheduled: 134
- Margin of Victory: 02.175 Seconds
- Time of Race: 1 Hours 32 Minutes 57 Seconds
- Average Speed: 129.747
- Cautions: 4 for 18 laps
- Lead Changes: 15
- Green Flag Passes: 1,089 (9.4 passes per green flag lap)
- Homestead-Miami Speedway
- 21st Annual Ford EcoBoost 200
- Race Winner: William Byron
- Age: 18
- Team : No. 9 - Liberty University Toyota
- Owner: Kyle Busch
- Crew Chief: Ryan Fugle
- William Byron won the 21st Annual Ford EcoBoost 200, his seventh victory in 24 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races.
- This is his seventh victory and 16th top-10 finish in 2016.
- This is his first victory and first top-10 finish at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
- Tyler Reddick (second) posted his third top-10 finish in three races at Homestead-Miami Speedway. It is his 12th top-10 finish in 2016.
- Johnny Sauter (C) (third) posted his seventh top-10 finish in ten races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
- William Byron (first) was the highest finishing rookie and has won the Sunoco Rookie of the Year Award this season.
- Johnny Sauter is the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver champion.
- Driver Champion: Johnny Sauter
- Team: No. 21 GMS Racing Chevrolet Silverado
- Johnny Sauter won his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship; becoming the first inaugural NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Chase champion.
- Sauter is the 15th different driver to win the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship.
- Sauter finished third in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway to claim the title.
- Sauter finished the 2016 season with three wins, 12 top fives, 19 top 10s and one pole.
- Owner Of Driver Champion: Maurice Gallagher Jr., GMS Racing
- This is GMS Racing's first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver championship (Johnny Sauter, 2016).
- Maurice Gallagher Jr. is the 15th different owner to have a driver win a championship.
- In 2013, GMS Racing made its series debut with driver Spencer Gallagher in the No. 23 at Kansas Speedway.
- Crew Chief Champion: Joe Shear Jr.
- This is Joe Shear Jr.'s first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship; his previous best standings finish was second at Curb Racing with driver Johnny Sauter in 2011.
- Shear Jr. has 13 career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victories with three drivers – Kasey Kahne (one), Cole Custer (two) and Johnny Sauter (10).
- Owner Champion: Kyle Busch, Kyle Busch Motorsports, No. 9 Toyota Tundra
- Kyle Busch Motorsports has won the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series owner championship with the No. 9
- Toyota Tundra team; led by crew chief Ryan Fugle and driver William Byron.
- This is Kyle Busch Motorsport's fourth-consecutive and fifth all-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series owner championship.
- Kyle Busch Motorsports' previous owner championships were in 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015 - KBM's No. 51 tied ThorSport Racing's No. 88 in owner points in 2013, but was awarded the championship due the tiebreaker (wins).
- KBM is the first team in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series history to win four consecutive owner championships.
- Kyle Busch Motorsports now has the most owner titles in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series with five.
| ENTRY | # | DRIVER | HOMETOWN | DOB | AGE | MAKE | SPONSOR | TEAM | CREW CHIEF |
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| 1 | 21 | Johnny Sauter | Necedah, WI | May 1, 1978 | 38 | Chevrolet | Allegiant Travel Chevrolet | Maurice Gallagher, Jr. | Joe Shear |
| 2 | 49 | Reed Sorenson | Peachtree City, GA | Feb 5, 1986 | 30 | Chevrolet | Chevrolet | Jay Robinson | Maurice Hester |
| 3 | 1 | Travis Kvapil | Janesville, WI | Mar 1, 1976 | 40 | Chevrolet | CorvetteParts.net Chevrolet | Tracy Lowe | Rob Winfield |
| 4 | 63 | Norm Benning | Level Green, PA | Jan 16, 1952 | 64 | Chevrolet | Strategic Public Affairs Chevrolet | Mike Mittler | Brian Poff |
| 5 | 92 | Grant Enfinger | Fairhope, AL | Jan 22, 1985 | 31 | Ford | BTSTire/GoodyearCommercialTire/Gerald's Ford | RBR Enterprises | Michael Hester |
| 6 | 88 | Matt Crafton | Tulare, CA | Jun 11, 1976 | 40 | Toyota | Black Label Bacon/Menards Toyota | ThorSport Racing | Carl Joiner |
| 7 | 81 | Ryan Truex | Mayetta, NJ | Mar 18, 1992 | 24 | Toyota | Chiba Toyopet Toyota | Shigeaki Hattori | Doug George |
| 8 | 24 | Kyle Larson | Sacremento, CA | Jul 31, 1992 | 24 | Chevrolet | DC Solar Chevrolet | Maurice Gallagher, Jr. | Jeff Stankiewicz |
| 9 | 51 | Daniel Suarez | Monterrey, Mexico | Jan 7, 1992 | 24 | Toyota | ARRIS Toyota | Kyle Busch | Bono Manion |
| 10 | 71 | Alon Day | Ashod, Israel | Nov 4, 1991 | 25 | Chevrolet | FLwaterfront.com Chevrolet | Carlos Contreras | Matthew Ross |
| 11 | 19 | Daniel Hemric | Kannapolis, NC | Jan 27, 1991 | 25 | Ford | DrawTite Ford | Brad Keselowski | Chad Kendrick |
| 12 | 9 | William Byron | Charlotte, NC | Nov 29, 1997 | 18 | Toyota | Liberty University Toyota | Kyle Busch | Rudy Fugle |
| 13 | 00 | Cole Custer | Ladera Ranch, CA | Jan 23, 1998 | 18 | Chevrolet | Haas Automation Chevrolet | Dale Earnhardt, Jr | Marcus Richmond |
| 14 | 17 | Timothy Peters | Danville, VA | Aug 29, 1980 | 36 | Toyota | Red Horse Racing Toyota | Tom DeLoach | Shane Huffman |
| 15 | 97 | Jesse Little | Sherrills Ford, NC | Apr 15, 1997 | 19 | Toyota | Carolina Nut Co Toyota | Jesse Little | Matt Noyce |
| 16 | 23 | Spencer Gallagher | Las Vegas, NV | Nov 20, 1989 | 26 | Chevrolet | Allegiant Travel Chevrolet | Maurice Gallagher, Jr. | Jeff Hensley |
| 17 | 29 | Tyler Reddick | Corning, CA | Jan 11, 1996 | 20 | Ford | Cooper Standard Ford | Brad Keselowski | Doug Randolph |
| 18 | 11 | Matt Tifft | Fairfax, VA | Jun 26, 1996 | 20 | Toyota | Brain Gear/Surface Sunscreen Toyota | Tom DeLoach | Scott Zipadelli |
| 19 | 50 | Spencer Boyd | Creve Coeur, MO | Jun 26, 1995 | 21 | Chevrolet | GruntStyle.com Chevrolet | Mark Beaver | Brian Lear |
| 20 | 8 | John Hunter Nemechek | Mooresville, NC | Jun 11, 1997 | 19 | Chevrolet | Fire Alarm Services Inc Chevrolet | Joe Nemechek | Gere Kennon |
| 21 | 4 | Christopher Bell | Norman, OK | Dec 16, 1994 | 21 | Toyota | JBL Toyota | Kyle Busch | Jerry Baxter |
| 22 | 20 | Austin Hill | Winston, GA | Apr 21, 1994 | 22 | Ford | Lone Survivor Foundation Ford | Bryan Hill | Mike Abner |
| 23 | 18 | Noah Gragson | Las Vegas, NV | Jul 15, 1998 | 18 | Toyota | SpeedVegas/Alert ID Toyota | Kyle Busch | Wes Ward |
| 24 | 44 | Tommy Joe Martins | Como, MS | Dec 7, 1986 | 29 | Chevrolet | BootDaddy/Diamond Gusset Jeans Chevrolet | Craig Martins | Kevin Eagle |
| 25 | 02 | Scott Lagasse Jr | St. Augustine, FL | Jan 31, 1981 | 35 | Chevrolet | Alert Tonight FL/Florida Lottery Chevrolet | Randy Young | Andrew Abbott |
| 26 | 66 | Jordan Anderson | Forest Acres, SC | Apr 15, 1991 | 25 | Chevrolet | Columbia SC - Famously Hot Chevrolet | Jeff Bolen | Paul Clapprood |
| 27 | 16 | Stewart Friesen | Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario | Jul 25, 1983 | 33 | Chevrolet | Halmar International Chevrolet | Chris Larsen | Teddy Brown |
| 28 | 41 | Ben Rhodes | Louisville, KY | Feb 21, 1997 | 19 | Toyota | Alpha Energy Solutions Toyota | Duke Thorson | Kevin Bellicourt |
| 29 | 33 | Ben Kennedy | Daytona Beach, FL | Dec 26, 1991 | 24 | Chevrolet | Jacob Chevrolet | Maurice Gallagher, Jr. | Joey Cohen |
| 30 | 13 | Cameron Hayley | Calgary, Alberta | Jul 21, 1996 | 20 | Toyota | Mattei Air Compressors Toyota | Duke Thorson | Eddie Troconis |
| 31 | 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | Kansas City, Kansas | Jun 12, 1973 | 43 | Chevrolet | Driven2Honor.org Chevrolet | Jennifer Jo Cobb | Steve Kuykendall |
| 32 | 98 | Rico Abreu | St Helena, CA | Jan 30, 1992 | 24 | Toyota | Safelite Auto Glass/Curb Records Toyota | Mike Curb | Vance Haefele |
| 33 | 22 | Austin Wayne Self | Austin, TX | Mar 5, 1996 | 20 | Toyota | American Victory Toyota | Tim Self | Rick Ren |
| 34 | 05 | Brady Boswell | Watkinsville, GA | Apr 18, 1997 | 19 | Chevrolet | Zaxby's Chevrolet | Tony Townley | Jimmy Villeneuve |
| 35 | 07 | Patrick Staropoli | Plantation, FL | Nov 10, 1989 | 27 | Chevrolet | Auto Nation Cure Bowl Chevrolet | Bobby Dotter | Ken Evans |