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No. | Manufacturer | Car Owner | Race Driver | Crew Chief |
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1 | Toyota | Shigeaki Hattori | Austin Theriault 11 | John Monsam 3 J. R. Norris 2 Rich Lushes 9 |
Spencer Davis (R)3 | ||||
02 | Chevrolet 2 Ford 3 Toyota 1 | Tony Blanchard 5 | Sarah Cornett-Ching (R)5 [1] | Jerry Babb 1 |
Matt Weber 3 | ||||
Sam Almeida 1 | ||||
Barry Wilson 1 | Grant Quinlan (R)1 | Andrew Abbott 1 | ||
2 | Toyota | Max Siegel | Collin Cabre | Matt Bucher |
3 | Toyota | Ben Kennedy | Kaz Grala 8 | Mike Fritts |
04 | Ford 6 | Ronnie Bassett | Ronnie Bassett Jr. 7 | Bruce Cook 5 |
Chevrolet 1 | Ron Otto 2 | |||
4 | Toyota | Max Siegel | Ali Kern (R) [2] [N 1] | Johnny Allen |
5 | Chevrolet | Harry Scott Jr. | Justin Haley [3] | Shannon Rursch |
6 | Toyota | Max Siegel | Rubén García Jr. (R) [4] [N 2] | Steve Plattenberger |
7 | Chevrolet | Larry Berg | Codie Rohrbaugh 5 | Mark Huff 3 |
Thomas Rohrbaugh 2 | ||||
08 | Ford | Paul Green | Tyler Hughes (R)5 | Paul Green 1 |
Darren Shaw 4 | ||||
09 | Toyota 2 | Rodrigo San Martin | Christian Celaya 9 | Tony Ponkauskas |
Chevrolet 1 | ||||
Ford 6 | ||||
12 | Toyota | Justin Marks | Harrison Burton (R) [3] | Rich Lushes 4 |
Skip Eyler 7 | ||||
Doug Howe 3 | ||||
13 | Chevrolet | Justin Marks | Hunter Baize (R) [3] | Kris Bowen |
14 | Chevrolet | Bobby Hutchens | Trey Hutchens 8 [N 3] | Bobby Hutchens Jr. |
15 | Ford | Rob Fuller | Christian Eckes (R)3 [5] | Ron Otto |
16 | Toyota | Bill McAnally 2 Mike Curb 4 | Todd Gilliland (R)5 [6] | John Camilleri 1 |
Chris Lawson 4 | ||||
Riley Herbst (R)1 | Duane Knorr 1 | |||
18 | Toyota | Sam Hunt | Sergio Peña 1 [7] | Jerry Babb |
Sam Hunt 1 | ||||
19 | Toyota 2 | Bill McAnally 2 | Riley Herbst (R)2 [6] | Duane Knorr 2 |
Ford 2 | Chuck Buchanan 2 | Chuck Buchanan Jr. 1 | Craig Wood 2 | |
Grant Winchester (R)1 [8] | ||||
21 | Chevrolet | Tommy Baldwin Jr. | Brandon McReynolds 3 [9] | Trip Bruce |
23 | Chevrolet | J. P. Morgan | J. P. Morgan 1 | James Beck |
27 | Ford | Jeff Jefferson | Gracin Raz 3 | Jeff Jefferson |
28 | Ford | Logan Yiengst | Clair Zimmerman (R)2 | Logan Yiengst |
29 | Toyota | Mark Rette | Jesse Little 5 [10] | Matt Noyce 7 Sam Schram 1 |
Grant Quinlan (R)1 | ||||
Corey Deuser (R)2 | ||||
30 | Ford | Mark Rette | Dominique Van Wieringen (R) [11] [N 4] | Mark Rette |
31 | Chevrolet | Ted Marsh | Ryan Preece 2 [12] | Todd Fisette |
Reid Lanpher (R)2 [13] | ||||
Trey Hutchens 1 | ||||
Glen Reen (R)1 [14] | ||||
Chase Dowling (R)1 | ||||
38 | Chevrolet | Harry Scott Jr. | Tyler Dippel (R) [3] | Fuz Burgdoff |
39 | Toyota | Eric McClure | Chad Finchum 4 [15] [N 5] | Chris Carrier 9 John Monsam 1 |
Austin Cindric 2 [16] | ||||
Justin Fontaine 3 [17] | ||||
Austin Hill 1 [18] | ||||
40 | Chevrolet | Michael Hillman | Kyle Benjamin [19] | Mardy Lindley |
41 | Chevrolet | Douglas Fuller | Spencer Davis (R)7 | Doug Howe |
Corey LaJoie 1 | ||||
42 | Toyota | Max Siegel | Jairo Avila Jr. (R)11 [20] | Mark Green |
Enrique Baca (R)3 | ||||
43 | Ford | Michael Calabrese | David Calabrese (R)3 | Scott Kilbury 2 Bruce Cook 4 |
Ronnie Bassett Jr. 2 | ||||
Chad Finley 1 | ||||
44 | Ford 6 Toyota 2 Chevrolet 1 | Ronnie Bassett | Dillon Bassett 9 | Terry Elmore 1 |
Ron Otto 1 | ||||
Nathan Kennedy 5 | ||||
Kenyon Davidson 2 | ||||
45 | Chevrolet | John Stange | John Gustafson (R)1 [21] | Gary Moore |
46 | Toyota 4 Chevrolet 3 | Rick Gdovic | Ulysse Delsaux (R)1 [22] | Charles Denike III 3 Mark Setzer 4 |
Brandon Gdovic 1 | ||||
Brian Henderson (R)5 [23] | ||||
49 | Ford | Zeno Marshall Jr. | John Holleman IV (R) | Caleb Velez 1 |
Corey LaJoie 12 | ||||
Charles Denike III 1 | ||||
51 | Chevrolet | Thomas Oakley | Brandon Oakley (R)2 [24] | Tony Ponkauskas |
55 | Ford | Jerry Pitts | Noah Gragson 13 [N 6] | Jerry Pitts 13 |
Spencer Davis (R)1 | Jerry Babb 1 | |||
66 | Chevrolet | Barry Wilson | Reid Wilson (R)4 [25] | Andrew Abbott |
71 | Chevrolet | Rob Grimm | Eddie MacDonald 4 [26] | Rollie Lachance Jr. |
75 | Chevrolet 1 | Hal Martin 2 | Caleb Holman 1 [15] | Tim Andrews 1 |
Toyota 2 | Justin Fontaine 1 | Bruce Cook 1 | ||
Bob Schacht 1 | Adam Andretti (R)1 | Bob Schacht 1 | ||
77 | Toyota | Steve Green | Clayton Green (R)4 | Steve Green |
88 | Ford | Troy Cline | Alex Schutte 1 | Troy Cline |
92 | Chevrolet 1 | Scott Davis | Spencer Davis (R)2 | Neil Lewis |
Toyota 1 | ||||
98 | Chevrolet | Harry Scott Jr. | Cole Custer 1 | Skip Eyler |
All of the races in the 2016 season - with the exception of the Biscuitville 125 and JUSTDRIVE.com 125 - were televised on NBCSN and were on a tape delay basis. [27]
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or Owners' points. * – Most laps led.
Pos | Driver | NSM | MOB | GRE | BRI | VIR | DOM | STA | COL | NHA | IOW | GLN | GRE | NJM | DOV | Points |
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1 | Justin Haley | 5 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1* | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 580 |
2 | Kyle Benjamin | 4 | 6 | 2* | 2 | 4 | 23* | 12 | 11 | 4* | 2 | 6 | 1* | 3 | 1* | 558 |
3 | Tyler Dippel (R) | 8 | 1* | 8 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 475 |
4 | Hunter Baize (R) | 29 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 463 |
5 | Noah Gragson | 6 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 132 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 24 | 454 |
6 | Collin Cabre | 11 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 21 | 447 |
7 | Harrison Burton (R) | 13 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 11 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 444 |
8 | Spencer Davis (R) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 440 | |
9 | Dominique Van Wieringen (R) | 10 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 24 | 16* | 13 | 27 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 5* | 3 | 429 |
10 | Rubén García Jr. (R) | 21 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 425 |
11 | John Holleman IV (R) | 18 | 14 | 17 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 424 |
12 | Ali Kern (R) | 20 | 13 | 18 | 27 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 25 | 29 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 393 |
13 | Austin Theriault | 24 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 383 | |||
14 | Jairo Avila Jr. (R) | 23 | 15 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 308 | |||
15 | Ronnie Bassett Jr. | 3 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 4 | 26 | 286 | |||||
16 | Kaz Grala | 15 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 272 | ||||||
17 | Dillon Bassett | 27 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 270 | |||||
18 | Trey Hutchens | 14 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 24 | Wth | 8 | 19 | 11 | 230 | |||||
19 | Christian Celaya | 26 | 17 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 21 | 27 | 226 | |||||
20 | Todd Gilliland (R) | 1* | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1*2 | 202 | ||||||||
21 | Jesse Little | 3 | Wth1 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 161 | |||||||||
22 | Brian Henderson (R) | 9 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 147 | |||||||||
23 | Tyler Hughes (R) | 17 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 143 | |||||||||
24 | Chad Finchum | 1* | 14 | 30 | 14 | 135 | ||||||||||
25 | Sarah Cornett-Ching (R) | 22 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 16 | 129 | |||||||||
26 | Eddie MacDonald | 8 | 13 | 26 | 12 | 117 | ||||||||||
27 | Reid Wilson (R) | 17 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 115 | ||||||||||
28 | Justin Fontaine | 13 | 20 | 22 | 16 | 113 | ||||||||||
29 | Riley Herbst (R) | 9 | 10 | 62 | 8 | 105 | ||||||||||
30 | Codie Rohrbaugh | 19 | 19 | 26 | 13 | 22 | 101 | |||||||||
31 | Christian Eckes (R) | 7 | 9 | 18 | 98 | |||||||||||
32 | Gracin Raz | 12 | 7 | 15 | 92 | 98 | ||||||||||
33 | Austin Cindric | 1* | 1* | 96 | ||||||||||||
34 | Brandon McReynolds | 29 | 2 | 19 | 82 | |||||||||||
35 | Enrique Baca (R) | 22 | 11 | 18 | 81 | |||||||||||
36 | Ryan Preece | 7 | 9 | 72 | ||||||||||||
37 | David Calabrese (R) | 16 | 25 | 21 | 70 | |||||||||||
38 | Corey Deuser (R) | 12 | 19 | 57 | ||||||||||||
39 | Clayton Green (R) | 25 | 23 | Wth | 28 | 56 | ||||||||||
40 | Clair Zimmerman (R) | 20 | 16 | 42 | ||||||||||||
41 | Grant Quinlan (R) | 18 | 32 | 52 | ||||||||||||
42 | Brandon Oakley (R) | 18 | 18 | 52 | ||||||||||||
43 | Corey LaJoie | 1 | 47 | |||||||||||||
44 | Cole Custer | 3 | 41 | |||||||||||||
45 | Reid Lanpher (R) | 25 | 22 | 41 | ||||||||||||
46 | Adam Andretti (R) | 8 | 36 | |||||||||||||
47 | Austin Hill | 9 | 35 | |||||||||||||
48 | Chase Dowling (R) | 9 | 35 | |||||||||||||
49 | J. P. Morgan | 10 | 34 | |||||||||||||
50 | Alex Schutte | 10 | 34 | |||||||||||||
51 | Chad Finley | 10 | 34 | |||||||||||||
52 | Sergio Peña | 12 | 32 | |||||||||||||
53 | Brandon Gdovic | 16 | 28 | |||||||||||||
54 | Glen Reen (R) | 19 | 25 | |||||||||||||
55 | Grant Winchester (R) | 20 | 24 | |||||||||||||
56 | Caleb Holman | 21 | 23 | |||||||||||||
57 | John Gustafson (R) | 23 | 21 | |||||||||||||
58 | Ulysse Delsaux (R) | 28 | 16 | |||||||||||||
Chuck Buchanan Jr. | Wth | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Sam Hunt | Wth | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Drivers ineligible for K&N Pro Series East points | ||||||||||||||||
Ryan Partridge | 5 | |||||||||||||||
Cole Rouse (R) | 12 | |||||||||||||||
Blaine Perkins (R) | 16 | |||||||||||||||
Julia Landauer (R) | 17 | |||||||||||||||
Ron Norman | 23 | |||||||||||||||
Will Rodgers (R) | 24 | |||||||||||||||
Chris Eggleston | 25 | |||||||||||||||
Jesse Iwuji (R) | 27 | |||||||||||||||
Dan Phillippi (R) | 28 | |||||||||||||||
Matt Levin | 31 | |||||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | NSM | MOB | GRE | BRI | VIR | DOM | STA | COL | NHA | IOW | GLN | GRE | NJM | DOV | Points |
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