2016 Chevrolet Silverado 250

The 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 250 was a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race held at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada on Sunday September 4, 2016. The race was the 4th event held by the Truck Series at this racetrack. In the end, John Hunter Nemechek would win in an incredible finish over Cole Custer by .034 seconds. The race also became notable for the post-race scuffle between Nemechek and Custer.[2]

2016 Chevrolt Silverado 250
Race details[1]
Map of the racetrack
Map of the racetrack
Date September 4, 2016 (2016-09-04)
Official name 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 250
Location Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada
Course Road Course
2.459 mi (3.957 km)
Distance 66 laps, 162.318 mi (261.225 km)
Scheduled Distance 64 laps, 157.4 mi (253.47 km)
Pole position
Driver JR Motorsports
Time 1:19.175
Most laps led
Driver Cole Custer JR Motorsports
Laps 39
Winner
No. 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network Fox Sports 1
Announcers Vince Welch, Phil Parsons, Michael Waltrip

Background

Track

The event centre of Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, the track where the race was held.

Canadian Tire Motorsport Park is a multi-track motorsport venue located north of Bowmanville, in Ontario, Canada. The facility features a 2.459-mile (3.957 km), (length reduced through wider track re-surfacing done in 2003) 10-turn road course; a 2.9 km advance driver and race driver training facility with a quarter-mile skid pad (Driver Development Centre) and a 1.5 km kart track (Mosport Kartways). The name "Mosport" is a portmanteau of Motor Sport, came from the enterprise formed to build the track.

Entry List

  • (R) denotes rookie driver
  • (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points
# Driver Team Make
00Cole Custer (R)JR MotorsportsChevrolet
1Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet
02Tyler YoungYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet
2Austin CindricBrad Keselowski RacingFord
4Christopher Bell (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota
05John Wes TownleyAthenian MotorsportsChevrolet
07Cody Ware (i)SS-Green Light RacingChevrolet
8John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet
9William Byron (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota
10Caleb RoarkJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet
11Brett MoffittRed Horse RacingToyota
13Cameron HayleyThorSport RacingToyota
17Timothy PetersRed Horse RacingToyota
19Daniel HemricBrad Keselowski RacingFord
21Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet
22Austin Wayne Self (R)AM RacingToyota
23Spencer GallagherGMS RacingChevrolet
24Kaz GralaGMS RacingChevrolet
29Tyler ReddickBrad Keselowski RacingFord
32Justin HaleyBraun MotorsportsChevrolet
33Ben KennedyGMS RacingChevrolet
41Ben Rhodes (R)ThorSport RacingToyota
44Tommy Joe MartinsMartins MotorsportsChevrolet
49D. J. Kennington (i)Premium MotorsportsChevrolet
50Travis KvapilMAKE MotorsportsChevrolet
51Gary KluttKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota
63Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet
66Jordan AndersonBolen MotorsportsChevrolet
71Camden Murphy (i)Contreras MotorsportsChevrolet
81Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota
88Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota
98Rico Abreu (R)ThorSport RacingToyota
Official Entry List

Qualifying

Cole Custer won the pole for the race with a time of 1:19.175 and a speed of 111.808 mph.[3]

Grid No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
100Cole Custer (R)JR MotorsportsChevrolet1:19.175111.808
22Austin CindricBrad Keselowski RacingFord1:19.585111.232
319Daniel HemricBrad Keselowski RacingFord1:19.777110.964
424Kaz GralaGMS RacingChevrolet1:19.884110.816
59William Byron (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1:19.994110.663
611Brett MoffittRed Horse RacingToyota1:20.282110.266
713Cameron HayleyThorSport RacingToyota1:20.331110.199
829Tyler ReddickBrad Keselowski RacingFord1:20.334110.195
923Spencer GallagherGMS RacingChevrolet1:20.342110.184
1041Ben Rhodes (R)*ThorSport RacingToyota1:20.725109.661
1121Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet1:20.813109.542
1217Timothy PetersRed Horse RacingToyota1:20.839109.507
138John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet1:20.327110.205
1433Ben KennedyGMS RacingChevrolet1:20.396110.110
1551Gary KluttKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1:20.427110.068
164Christopher Bell (R)*Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1:20.433110.059
1788Matt Crafton*ThorSport RacingToyota1:20.578109.861
1832Justin HaleyBraun MotorsportsChevrolet1:20.608109.820
1998Rico Abreu (R)ThorSport RacingToyota1:20.792109.570
2081Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota1:21.200109.020
2105John Wes TownleyAthenian MotorsportsChevrolet1:21.742108.297
2222Austin Wayne Self (R)*AM RacingToyota1:21.993107.965
2349D. J. Kennington (i)Premium MotorsportsChevrolet1:22.185107.713
2466Jordan AndersonBolen MotorsportsChevrolet1:22.558107.226
2502Tyler YoungYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1:22.793106.922
2607Cody Ware (i)SS-Green Light RacingChevrolet1:23.086106.545
2750Travis Kvapil*MAKE MotorsportsChevrolet1:25.039104.098
2844Tommy Joe Martins*Martins MotorsportsChevrolet1:25.543103.485
2971Camden Murphy (i)Contreras MotorsportsChevrolet1:27.326101.372
3063Norm Benning*Norm Benning RacingChevrolet1:27.665100.980
3110Caleb RoarkJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet1:38.12890.213
321Jennifer Jo Cobb*Jennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevroletN/AN/A
Official Qualifying results

* – Jennifer Jo Cobb, Christopher Bell, Austin Wayne Self, Ben Rhodes, Tommy Joe Martins, Travis Kvapil, Norm Benning, and Matt Crafton all had to move to the rear due to unapproved adjustments.

Race

Pole sitter Cole Custer led the first lap of the race. On lap 8, the first caution of the race flew when Ben Rhodes crashed into the tire barriers in turn 8. On the restart, Custer kept his lead from Daniel Hemric. On lap 26, the second caution flew when the 20 minute caution clock, that was invented before the season started, expired. On the restart on lap 30, Custer kept his lead from 2nd place Hemric. On the next lap on lap 31, Hemric took the lead when Custer went to pit road to make his pit stop. On the next lap, Hemric and 2nd place Austin Cindric also went to make their pitstops giving Matt Crafton the lead. On lap 36, Crafton made his pit stop giving the lead to Spencer Gallagher. Gallagher then pitted on lap 38 giving his lead to John Hunter Nemechek. With 21 laps to go, the third caution flew when the caution clock expired for the second and final time of the race. Nemechek kept his lead on the restart with 17 laps to go. With 16 to go, Tyler Reddick got spun by Kaz Grala in turn 8. Reddick kept his truck going and no caution was flown. With 8 to go, the fourth caution flew for a 5 truck crash in turns 5 a and b. It started when Rico Abreu turned Cameron Hayley in 5a when Abreu clipped the grass and came up into Hayley turning both of them around. Abreu then clipped Gary Klutt giving Klutt some drivers side damage before Hayley came down and collected Ryan Truex and Brett Moffitt.

Final laps

The race restarted with 8 laps to go. But out of turn 1, Kaz Grala got hit by Matt Crafton and then turned by Christopher Bell and hit the wall on the right side of the track collecting Rico Abreu bringing out the 5th caution. The race restarted with 4 laps to go with Cole Custer being the new race leader. But on the same lap, Travis Kvapil's truck stalled bringing out the 6th and final caution of the race and setting up an overtime finish. On the restart, Custer kept his lead while Nemechek fell back to third. Nemechek passed Spencer Gallagher in turn 7 to get second place back and set up a fantastic finish against Cole Custer. Before they took the white flag, Gallagher got turned by Austin Cindric in turn 10 but no caution was flown, On the final lap, Custer was ahead of Nemechek by .712 seconds in turn 1. But Nemechek closed the gap on Custer in turns 2 and 3. Nemechek soon made up a lot of ground on Custer in turns 5a and b. Nemechek attempted to bump and run Custer in turn 8 but failed. Nemechek tried again in turn 9 but Custer still had the lead as Nemechek tried to look into Custer's left side. In turn 10, Nemechek tried to cross-over Custer and hooked him in the left rear sending him up the race track and Nemechek got side by side with Custer. Coming to the checkered, Nemechek turned left into Custer pinning him against the wall and the two went through the grass making contact while Austin Cindric spun in the last turn behind them. Nemechek crossed the line first by .034 seconds in front of Custer.[4]

Post race

Although Nemechek crossed the finish line first, a winner was still to be determined. The unofficial results posted that the third place truck in Daniel Hemric actually won the race and Nemechek and Custer's positions didn't count due to the trucks not getting picked up by the electric timing and scoring. Believing he won the race, Nemechek did burnouts, got out of his truck, and went to the flag stand waiting for the flagman to give the checkered flag to him. While he was waiting, Nemechek looked to his left and saw that Custer was running towards him after Custer crawled out of his truck from the pit. Nemechek attempted to find a way to dodge him but instead braced himself for the impact. Custer grabbed Nemechek's helmet and tackled Nemechek to the ground. Both were separated by their own crews and NASCAR Officials. Eventually, NASCAR declared that Nemechek won the race, his second win of 2016. Custer, Daniel Hemric, Matt Crafton, and Christopher Bell rounded out the top 5 while Tyler Reddick, Johnny Sauter, Ben Kennedy, Cameron Hayley, and William Byron rounded out the top 10. "We didn't wreck him for the win," Nemechek said. "Rubbings Racing."[5]

Race results

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Led Status Points
18John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet6620running36
200Cole Custer (R)JR MotorsportsChevrolet6639running33
319Daniel HemricBrad Keselowski RacingFord661running31
488Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota664running30
54Christopher Bell (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota660running28
629Tyler ReeddickBrad Keselowski RacingFord660running27
721Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet660running26
833Ben KennedyGMS RacingChevrolet660running25
913Cameron HayleyThorSport RacingToyota660running24
109William ByronKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota660running23
1151Gary KluttKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota660running22
1205John Wes TownleyAthenian MotorsportsChevrolet660running21
1366Jordan AndersonBolen MotorsportsChevrolet660running20
1449D. J. Kennington (i)Premium MotorsportsChevrolet660running0
1522Austin Wayne Self (R)AM RacingToyota660running18
1611Brett MoffittRed Horse RacingToyota660running17
1707Cody Ware (i)SS-Green Light RacingChevrolet660running0
1817Timothy PetersRed Horse RacingToyota660running15
1944Tommy Joe MartinsMartins MotorsportsChevrolet660running14
2063Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet660running13
2181Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota660running12
2223Spencer GallagherGMS RacingChevrolet662running12
232Austin CindricBrad Keselowski RacingFord660running10
241Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet640running9
2550Travis KvapilMAKE MotorsportsChevrolet600engine8
2624Kaz GralaGMS RacingChevrolet560crash7
2798Rico Abreu (R)ThorSport RacingToyota520crash6
2802Tyler YoungYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet280electrical5
2932Justin HaleyBraun MotorsportsChevrolet90clutch4
3041Ben Rhodes (R)ThorSport RacingToyota60crash3
3171Camden Murphy (i)Contreras MotorsportsChevrolet30clutch0
3210Caleb RoarkJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet30brakes1
Official Race results

References

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