2016 Atlantic Championship

2016 Atlantic Championship Series season
Season
Races	16
Start date	February 11
End date	October 9
Awards
Drivers' champion	Ryan Norman
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The 2016 Atlantic Championship Series season was the fourth season of the revived Atlantic Championship. The series was organised by Formula Race Promotions under the sanctioning of SCCA Pro Racing.

American Ryan Norman won the championship winning eight of the fourteen races. Keith Grant had eight second-place finishes but only a single win and finished second in the championship. His brother David joined the series after four races, but captured five wins in the last ten races and finished third in points. American Bob Corliss won a tight battle over Bruce Hamilton to win the title of the Atlantic Challenge class for older cars.

Norman was granted a Road to Indy Shootout seat for a USF2000 drive in 2017, but after the Road to Indy Chris Griffis Memorial Test, was signed to Andretti Autosport to race in Indy Lights.

Race calendar and results

Round	Circuit	Location	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver
[1]	Winter Exhibition @ Palm Beach International Raceway	Jupiter, Florida	February 13	Ryan Norman	Ryan Norman	Ryan Norman
[2]	Winter Exhibition @ Sebring International Raceway	Sebring, Florida	February 21	Ryan Norman	Ryan Norman	Ryan Norman
1	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	April 9	Ryan Norman	Ryan Norman	Ryan Norman
2			April 10	Ryan Norman	Ryan Norman	Keith Grant
3	Watkins Glen International	Watkins Glen, New York	May 14	Keith Grant	Ryan Norman	Ryan Norman
4			May 15	Keith Grant	Ryan Norman	Ryan Norman
5	Virginia International Raceway	Alton, Virginia	June 4	Ryan Norman	Ryan Norman	Ryan Norman
6			June 5	Ryan Norman	Ryan Norman	Ryan Norman
7	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	July 2	David Grant	David Grant	David Grant
8			July 3	Keith Grant	Keith Grant	Ryan Norman
9	Pittsburgh International Race Complex	Wampum, Pennsylvania	August 6	Ryan Norman	Ryan Norman	David Grant
10			August 7	Ryan Norman	David Grant	David Grant
11	New Jersey Motorsports Park	Millville, New Jersey	August 27	Ryan Norman	Ryan Norman	Ryan Norman
12			August 28	Ryan Norman	David Grant	David Grant
13	Virginia International Raceway	Alton, Virginia	October 1	David Grant	Keith Grant	Ryan Norman
14			October 2	David Grant	Keith Grant	David Grant

Championship standings

Pos Driver PBI EX SEB EX ATL WGL VIR1 MOH PIT NJMP VIR2 Points 1 Ryan Norman 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 1 3 1 9 5 1 2 1 2 586 2 Keith Grant 9 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 5 2 3 511 3 David Grant 9 3 1 3 1 1 2 1 3 1 423 4 Richard Zober 7 5 7 5 4 8 4 4 DNS 10 9 5 4 388 5 Chris Ash 6 8 8 10 3 5 6 6 4 6 11 6 318 6 Lewis Cooper Jr. 5 9 DNS 9 7 6 5 5 8 6 246 7 Lee Alexander 2 10 5 4 DNS 3 DNS 8 7 216 8 Kirk Kindsfater 8 4 12 6 5 8 137 9 Dudley Fleck 2 11 6 5 129 10 JohnPaul Ciancimino 4 7 68 11 Theodoros Zorbas 8 9 58 12 Lee Brahin 9 10 32 Atlantic Challenge 1 Bob Corliss 10 2 6 8 6 4 7 7 7 4 5 11 4 8 539 2 Bruce Hamilton 2 2 3 3 4 3 8 7 8 8 DNS 7 6 3 7 7 529 3 John Burke 11 12 5 6 DNS 7 8 206 4 Connor Burke 10 13 DNS 9 10 3 4 4 179 5 Mark Sherwood 9 7 79 Pos Driver PBI EX SEB EX ATL WGL VIR1 MOH PIT NJMP VIR2 Points

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th–10th place Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Not competing In-line notation Bold Pole position (3 points) Italics Ran fastest race lap (2 points)

This list only contains drivers who registered for the championship.
Atlantic Challenge competitors are scored separately from main championship competitors for season standings.

References

1. "2016 PBIR - Race". Atlantic Championship. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
2. "2016 Sebring - Race". Atlantic Championship. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved February 29, 2016.