2016 Careers for Veterans 200

The 2016 Careers for Veterans 200 was the 14th stock car race of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and the 17th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, August 27, 2016, in Brooklyn, Michigan, at Michigan International Speedway, a 2.0-mile (3.2 km) permanent tri-oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 100 laps to complete. In an exciting battle for the win, Brett Moffitt, driving for Red Horse Racing, made a three-wide pass for the lead on the final lap, and held off Timothy Peters in the final turn to earn his first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win, and a 1-2 finish for Red Horse Racing.^[1] To fill out the podium, Daniel Hemric, driving for Brad Keselowski Racing, would finish 3rd, respectively.

Background

Michigan International Speedway (MIS) is a 2.000 mi (3.219 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located off U.S. Highway 12 on more than 1,400 acres (5.7 km²)^[2] approximately four-mile (6.4 km) south of the village of Brooklyn, in the scenic Irish Hills area of southeastern Michigan. The track is 70-mile (110 km) west of the center of Detroit, 40-mile (64 km) from Ann Arbor and 60 miles (97 km) south and northwest of Lansing and Toledo, Ohio respectively. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is sometimes known as a sister track to Texas World Speedway, and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway. The track is owned by NASCAR. Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (by open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest by stock car standards). Michigan is the fastest track in NASCAR due to its wide, sweeping corners, long straightaways, and lack of a restrictor plate requirement; typical qualifying speeds are in excess of 200 mph (320 km/h) and corner entry speeds are anywhere from 215 to 220 mph (346 to 354 km/h) after the 2012 repaving of the track.

Entry list

• (R) denotes rookie driver.
• (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

Practice

First practice

The first practice session was held on Friday, August 26, at 1:30 pm EST, and last for 1 hour and 25 minutes.^[3] Cameron Hayley, driving for ThorSport Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 38.543, and an average speed of 186.804 mph (300.632 km/h).^[4]

Final practice

The final practice session was held on Friday, August 26, at 4:00 pm EST, and would last for 55 minutes.^[3] Tyler Reddick, driving for Brad Keselowski Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 38.765, and an average speed of 185.735 mph (298.912 km/h).^[5]

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday, August 27, at 9:45 am EST.^[3] Since Michigan International Speedway is at least 1.5 miles (2.4 km) in length, the qualifying system was a single car, single lap, two round system where in the first round, everyone would set a time to determine positions 13–32. Then, the fastest 12 qualifiers would move on to the second round to determine positions 1–12.^[6]

John Wes Townley, driving for his family team, Athenian Motorsports, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 39.195, and an average speed of 183.697 mph (295.632 km/h) in the second round.^[7]

Full qualifying results

Race results

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 William Byron 379 2 Daniel Hemric 343 (−36) 1 3 Timothy Peters 335 (−44) 1 4 Johnny Sauter 330 (−49) 1 5 Matt Crafton 322 (−57) 1 6 Ben Kennedy 309 (−70) 2 7 Christopher Bell 305 (−74) 8 John Hunter Nemechek 288 (−91) Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 8 positions are included for the driver standings.

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