TRUCK Series Homestead Miami Speedway

NASCAR TRUCK Series

Qualifying Results

Ford EcoBoost 200

Friday, November 18th, 2016

Homestead Miami Speedway, Homestead, FL

  • 18 Chevrolet
  • 4 Ford
  • 13 Toyota

  • 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.
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