2016 Fred's 250 Last updated September 14, 2025 19th race of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Motor car race
The 2016 fred's 250 Powered by Coca-Cola was the 19th stock car race of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series , the final race of the Round of 8, and the 11th iteration of the event . The race was held on Saturday, October 22, 2016, in Lincoln, Alabama , at Talladega Superspeedway , a 2.66-mile (4.28 km) permanent tri-oval shaped superspeedway . The race took the scheduled 94 laps to complete. Grant Enfinger , driving for GMS Racing , pulled off the upset win, after holding off Spencer Gallagher on the final lap. It was Enfinger's first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win. [ 1] To fill out the podium, Timothy Peters , driving for Red Horse Racing , would finish in 3rd, respectively.
The six drivers that advanced into the Round of 6 are William Byron , Christopher Bell , Timothy Peters , Ben Kennedy , Johnny Sauter , and Matt Crafton . Daniel Hemric and John Hunter Nemechek would be eliminated from championship contention. [ 1]
Background The layout of Talladega Superspeedway , the venue where the race was held. Talladega Superspeedway , nicknamed “'Dega” , and formerly named Alabama International Motor Speedway (AIMS ) from 1969 to 1989, is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama . [ 2] It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln . A tri-oval , the track was constructed in 1969 by the International Speedway Corporation , a business controlled by the France Family . As of 2021 [ update] NASCAR Cup Series , NASCAR Xfinity Series , NASCAR Camping World Truck Series , and ARCA Menards Series . Talladega is the longest NASCAR oval, with a length of 2.66 miles (4.281 km) , compared to the Daytona International Speedway , which is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The total peak capacity of Talladega is around 175,000 spectators, [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] with the main grandstand capacity being about 80,000. [ 6]
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, October 21, at 12:00 pm CST , and would last for 55 minutes. [ 7] Grant Enfinger , driving for GMS Racing , would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 51.401, and an average speed of 186.300 mph (299.821 km/h) . [ 8]
Final practice The final practice session was held on Friday, October 21, at 2:00 pm CST , and would last for 55 minutes. [ 7] Korbin Forrister , driving for Wauters Motorsports , would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 50.948, and an average speed of 187.956 mph (302.486 km/h) . [ 9]
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Saturday, October 22, at 9:30 am CST . [ 7] Since Talladega Superspeedway 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. [ 10]
Cole Custer , driving for JR Motorsports , would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 53.672, and an average speed of 178.417 mph (287.134 km/h) in the second round. [ 11]
Clay Greenfield , Jennifer Jo Cobb , Ryan Ellis , and Parker Kligerman would fail to qualify.
Race results Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts 1 2 24 Grant Enfinger (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 94 45 Running 37 2 3 23 Spencer Gallagher GMS Racing Chevrolet 94 1 Running 32 3 6 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 94 14 Running 31 4 24 98 Rico Abreu (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 94 0 Running 29 5 4 33 Ben Kennedy GMS Racing Chevrolet 94 8 Running 29 6 14 4 Christopher Bell (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 94 0 Running 27 7 5 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 94 0 Running 26 8 22 81 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 94 0 Running 25 9 12 11 Matt Tifft (R) Red Horse Racing Toyota 94 3 Running 25 10 8 9 William Byron (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 94 0 Running 23 11 17 19 Daniel Hemric Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 94 0 Running 22 12 27 02 Dylan Lupton (i) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 94 0 Running 0 13 31 50 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 94 0 Running 20 14 23 22 Austin Wayne Self (R) AM Racing Toyota 94 1 Running 20 15 26 66 Ross Chastain (i) Bolen Motorsports Chevrolet 94 0 Running 0 16 29 44 Tommy Joe Martins Martins Motorsports Chevrolet 94 4 Running 18 17 21 36 Bobby Gerhart (i) Bobby Gerhart Racing Chevrolet 94 0 Running 0 18 28 49 Reed Sorenson (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 94 0 Running 0 19 20 13 Cameron Hayley ThorSport Racing Toyota 93 0 Accident 14 20 15 2 Austin Cindric Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 92 0 Running 13 21 32 07 Cody Ware (i) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 90 0 Running 0 22 13 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 88 0 Engine 11 23 18 78 Chris Fontaine Glenden Enterprises Toyota 64 0 Accident 10 24 25 41 Ben Rhodes (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 59 0 Accident 9 25 19 86 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 59 0 Accident 8 26 16 29 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 59 16 Accident 8 27 10 5 Korbin Forrister Wauters Motorsports Toyota 59 0 Accident 6 28 9 05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet 59 0 Accident 5 29 1 00 Cole Custer (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 58 2 Accident 5 30 30 71 Brandon Hightower (i) Contreras Motorsports Chevrolet 51 0 Accident 0 31 7 51 Cody Coughlin (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 34 0 Driveshaft 2 32 11 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 13 0 Engine 1 Official race results
Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Note : Only the first 8 positions are included for the driver standings.
References 1 2 Utter, Jim (October 22, 2016). "Grant Enfinger scores first career Truck win at Talladega" . Motorsport.com . Retrieved January 24, 2023 . ↑ "Track Location" . Talladega Superspeedway. Archived from the original on April 16, 2010. Retrieved March 27, 2010 . ↑ "Talladega is known for speed, but slow down and take in what the Alabama city offers" . April 19, 2019. ↑ "Talladega Superspeedway" . December 31, 2017. Archived from the original on February 26, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2019 . ↑ "Track Facts" . Talladega Superspeedway. Archived from the original on April 16, 2010. Retrieved March 27, 2010 . ↑ Utter, Jim (November 27, 2013). "Talladega Superspeedway to reduce seating to 80,000" . The Charlotte Observer . The McClatchy Company . Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved November 28, 2013 . 1 2 3 "2016 Truck Series Talladega Race Info" . Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Sites . Archived from the original on November 6, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2023 . ↑ Bonkowski, Jerry (October 21, 2016). "Enfinger, Coughlin fastest in first Truck Series practice at Talladega" . NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports . Retrieved January 24, 2023 . ↑ Crandall, Kelly (October 21, 2016). "Korbin Forrister fastest in final Truck Series practice at Talladega" . NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports . Retrieved January 24, 2023 . ↑ "NASCAR Qualifying Rules" . ESPN.com . February 7, 2018. Retrieved January 24, 2023 . ↑ Crandall, Kelly (October 22, 2016). "Cole Custer wins Truck Series pole at Talladega Superspeedway" . NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports . Retrieved January 24, 2023 .
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