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Gilliland also became the youngest champion in West Series and NASCAR history, winning the title at 16 years and 5 months. The record for youngest champion in all of NASCAR was broken by Sam Mayer's 2019 East Series championship when he was 16 years, 3 months, and 8 days. However, Gilliland remains to this day the youngest West Series champion.
No. | Manufacturer | Car Owner | Race Driver | Crew Chief |
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1 | Chevrolet | Valerie Inglebright | Jim Inglebright 1 | Rodney Haygood |
5 | Chevrolet | Charlie Silva | Michael Shawhan (R)1 | John Krebs |
06 | Chevrolet 12 Ford 2 | Dave Hansen | John Wood 7 | Mike Holleran 9 Kevin McCarty 1 Stafford Smith 1 John Wood 1 Joe Carr 2 |
Will Rodgers (R)6 | ||||
Andrew Koens (R)1 | ||||
6 | Ford | Bob Bruncati | Cole Rouse (R) [1] | Bill Sedgwick |
07 | Chevrolet 1 | Scott Bomenger | Colton Nelson (R)2 | Danny Cristiani 2 |
Ford 1 | ||||
7 | Ford | Jerry Pitts | Noah Gragson | Jerry Pitts |
08 | Toyota | Sue McCarty | John Wood 1 | Mike Holleran 1 |
Dan Phillippi (R)1 | Kevin McCarty 2 | |||
Alex Malycke (R)1 | ||||
09 | Ford | Rodrigo San Martin | Christian Celaya 1 | Tony Ponkauskas |
9 | Ford | Bob Bruncati | Ryan Partridge | Jeff Schrader |
11 | Chevrolet | John Krebs | Takuma Koga 4 [2] | John Krebs 2 |
Thomas Wicks 2 | ||||
13 | Toyota | Kelly Souza | Todd Souza 6 | Michael Munoz |
14 | Ford 10 | Penny Wood | Matt Levin 8 | Chase Newell 8 |
Jack Chisholm 1 | Mike Holleran 1 | |||
Stafford Smith (R)1 | Kent Smith 1 | |||
Chevrolet 4 | Sting Ray Robb (R)3 | Sonny Wahl 4 | ||
Dan Phillippi (R)1 | ||||
15 | Chevrolet | Jack Sellers 1 | Jack Sellers 4 | Brian Carson |
Eric Steele 2 | ||||
John Krebs 1 | ||||
16 | Toyota | Bill McAnally | Todd Gilliland (R) [3] | Chris Lawson |
17 | Chevrolet | Steve McGowan | David Mayhew 2 | Johnny White 1 |
Corey LaJoie 1 | ||||
18 | Toyota | Becky Kann | Bill Kann 3 | Billy Kann 2 |
Chris Lawson 1 | ||||
19 | Toyota | Bill McAnally | Riley Herbst (R) [3] | Duane Knorr |
20 | Chevrolet 2 | Bob Newberry 2 | Blaine Rocha (R)2 [4] | Willie Allen 2 |
Toyota 6 | Bill McAnally 6 | Cole Moore (R)6 [5] | Michael Munoz 2 | |
Chris Nelle 2 | ||||
Roger Bracken 2 | ||||
21 | Chevrolet | Steve Portenga | Blaine Perkins (R) [6] | Steve Portenga |
22 | Ford | Bob Bruncati | Trevor Huddleston (R)1 | Tim Huddleston 1 |
James Bruncati (R)1 | Brett Barnett 1 | |||
24 | Chevrolet | Harry Scott Jr. | Chase Elliott 1 [7] | Kris Bowen |
25 | Chevrolet | Harold Kunsman | Tom Klauer 1 | Harold Kunsman |
27 | Ford | Jeff Jefferson | Gracin Raz | Jeff Jefferson |
29 | Chevrolet | Bob Newberry | Parker Stephens (R)2 [4] | Duane Sharp |
30 | Ford | Kent Smith | Ron Norman 12 | Christopher Thomas 11 Roger Bracken 3 |
Luis Vega (R)2 | ||||
31 | Chevrolet | Windi Portenga | James Cooley (R)2 | Rob Rucker |
33 | Toyota | Mike Behar | Nicole Behar 4 | Mike Behar |
36 | Chevrolet 8 | Kevin McCarty | Jesse Iwuji (R) [8] | Joe Ransom 13 |
Toyota 6 | Stafford Smith 1 | |||
38 | Ford 6 Toyota 4 Chevrolet 4 | Mike Holleran | Colton Nelson (R)3 | Dave Hansen 2 Sonny Wahl 1 Jason Heggemeier 1 David McKay Jr. 1 Ron Cortez 1 Kent Smith 6 Kevin McCarty 1 John Wood 1 |
Stafford Smith (R)9 [N 1] | ||||
Rich DeLong Jr. 1 | ||||
Salvatore Iovino (R)1 | ||||
39 | Toyota 9 Chevrolet 1 | Nick Sommers | Dan Phillippi (R)4 | Kevin McCarty 4 Dave McKay 1 Mike Holleran 1 Darrel Pederson 2 Nick Sommers 2 |
Salvatore Iovino (R)6 | ||||
40 | Chevrolet | Michael Hillman | Brian Wong 1 [9] | Mardy Lindley |
42 | Ford | Sonny Wahl | Larry Hull (R)1 | Travis Anderson |
47 | Toyota | Michelle Ivie | Scott Ivie 3 | Mike D'Arcy |
50 | Toyota | Bill McAnally | Chris Eggleston [3] | Ty Joiner |
51 | Chevrolet | Carlos Vieira | Carlos Vieira 1 | Travis Bryans |
54 | Toyota | Bill McAnally 2 | Julia Landauer (R) [10] | Mario Isola |
Mike Curb 12 | ||||
55 | Ford | Dione Jefferson | Hannah Newhouse (R)2 | Jason Jefferson |
Buddy Shepherd (R)1 | ||||
Garret Archer (R)1 | ||||
Vanessa Robinson (R)2 | ||||
61 | Ford 2 | Richard Thompson | Johnny Borneman 3 | Will Harris |
Chevrolet 1 | ||||
64 | Chevrolet | Richard DeLong 1 | Rich DeLong Jr. 5 | Richard Walker 4 |
Danny Fascovicz 4 | Jason DeLong 1 | |||
68 | Chevrolet | Jenise Kneeland | Rodd Kneeland (R)1 | Jim Weiler |
77 | Chevrolet | Joe Nava | Juan Esteban Garcia (R)3 | Charles Price |
83 | Chevrolet | Todd Havens | Braeden Havens 2 | Travis Sharpe |
Alan Cress (R)1 | ||||
84 | Chevrolet | Richard DeLong 1 Cindy DeLong 12 | Rich DeLong III 12 | Willian Loe 1 Chris Dittes 12 |
Will Rodgers (R)1 | ||||
86 | Chevrolet | Tim Spurgeon | Tim Spurgeon 3 | Mike Davis 1 |
Jim Brown 2 | ||||
Hollis Thackeray (R)1 | Hollis Thackeray 1 | |||
88 | Ford | Troy Cline | Alex Schutte 1 | Troy Cline |
91 | Ford | Courtney O'Donnell | Dan O'Donnell (R)3 | Willian Loe |
All of the races in the 2016 season were televised on NBCSN and were on a tape delay basis. [11]
No. | Race Title | Track | Date |
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1 | Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 | Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale | March 19 |
2 | NAPA Auto Parts 150 | Kern County Raceway Park, Bakersfield | April 2 |
3 | NAPA Auto Parts Wildcat 150 | Tucson Speedway, Tucson | May 7 |
4 | Sunrise Ford 150 | Orange Show Speedway, San Bernardino | May 21 |
5 | Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 | Colorado National Speedway, Dacono | June 11 |
6 | Chevy's Fresh Mex 200 | Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma | June 25 |
7 | Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 | Stateline Speedway, Post Falls | July 9 |
8 | Casey's General Store 150 [a] | Iowa Speedway, Newton | July 29 |
9 | Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 | Evergreen Speedway, Monroe | August 13 |
10 | Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 | Douglas County Speedway, Roseburg | August 27 |
11 | UMC 110 presented by Ken Garff Volvo | Utah Motorsports Campus, Tooele | September 10–11 |
12 | |||
13 | NAPA Auto Parts Idaho 208 | Meridian Speedway, Meridian | September 24 |
14 | Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by TriCo Welding Supplies | All American Speedway, Roseville | October 15 |
Source: [12] |
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or 2015 Owner's points. * – Most laps led.
Pos | Driver | IRW | KER | TUC | ORG | CNS | SON | SLN | IOW | EVG | DCO | UMC | UMC | MER | AAS | Points |
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1 | Todd Gilliland (R) | 1 | 1* | 2 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 1* | 1* | 6* | 2 | 2* | 1 | 8 | 594 |
2 | Ryan Partridge | 2 | 2 | 1* | 6* | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9* | 3 | 11* | 1* | 581 |
3 | Noah Gragson | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 2* | 2 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 552 |
4 | Julia Landauer (R) | 8 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 528 |
5 | Gracin Raz | 14* | 7 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 524 |
6 | Chris Eggleston | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1* | 26 | 3* | 25 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 518 |
7 | Riley Herbst (R) | 6 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 510 |
8 | Cole Rouse (R) | 9 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 509 |
9 | Blaine Perkins (R) | 18 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 475 |
10 | Jesse Iwuji (R) | 20 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 27 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 404 |
11 | Ron Norman | 13 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 15 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 390 | ||
12 | Rich DeLong III | 22 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 27 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 8 | Wth | 316 | ||
13 | Stafford Smith (R) | 11 | 11 | 28 | 13 | Wth | 19 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 263 | ||||
14 | Matt Levin | 19 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 31 | 258 | ||||||
15 | John Wood | 16 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 240 | ||||||
16 | Will Rodgers (R) | Wth | 17 | 8 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 201 | |||||||
17 | Cole Moore (R) | 14 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 184 | ||||||||
18 | Salvatore Iovino (R) | 17 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 179 | |||||||
19 | Dan Phillippi (R) | 17 | 12 | 28 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 173 | ||||||||
20 | Nicole Behar | 9 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 149 | ||||||||||
21 | Colton Nelson (R) | 11 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 23 | 136 | |||||||||
22 | Todd Souza | 24 | Wth | 16 | 11 | 5 | Wth | 120 | ||||||||
23 | Jack Sellers | 15 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 106 | ||||||||||
24 | Takuma Koga | 17 | 23 | 13 | 20 | 103 | ||||||||||
25 | Scott Ivie | 8 | 15 | 13 | 96 | |||||||||||
26 | Tim Spurgeon | 12 | 8 | 18 | 94 | |||||||||||
27 | Johnny Borneman III | 5 | 9 | 29 | 89 | |||||||||||
28 | Bill Kann | 13 | 20 | 17 | 82 | |||||||||||
29 | Sting Ray Robb (R) | 17 | 20 | 14 | 81 | |||||||||||
30 | Rich DeLong Jr. | 13 | Wth | 20 | 21 | Wth | Wth | 78 | ||||||||
31 | Hannah Newhouse (R) | 7 | 16 | 65 | ||||||||||||
32 | Braeden Havens | 16 | 11 | 61 | ||||||||||||
33 | Parker Stephens (R) | 12 | 18 | 58 | ||||||||||||
34 | David Mayhew | 6 | 30 | 54 | ||||||||||||
35 | Luis Vega (R) | 19 | 15 | 54 | ||||||||||||
36 | Vanessa Robinson (R) | 15 | 21 | 52 | ||||||||||||
37 | Juan Esteban Garcia (R) | 23 | 15 | Wth | 50 | |||||||||||
38 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 47 | |||||||||||||
39 | Blaine Rocha (R) | 21 | 22 | 45 | ||||||||||||
40 | Michael Shawhan (R) | 6 | 38 | |||||||||||||
41 | Tom Klauer | 7 | 37 | |||||||||||||
42 | Carlos Vieira | 9 | 35 | |||||||||||||
43 | Trevor Huddleston (R) | 10 | 34 | |||||||||||||
44 | Christian Celaya | 12 | 212 | 32 | ||||||||||||
45 | Alan Cress (R) | 13 | 31 | |||||||||||||
46 | Hollis Thackeray (R) | 13 | 31 | |||||||||||||
47 | Andrew Koens (R) | 14 | 30 | |||||||||||||
48 | Dan O'Donnell (R) | Wth | 15 | Wth | 29 | |||||||||||
49 | Larry Hull (R) | 15 | 29 | |||||||||||||
50 | Rodd Kneeland (R) | 18 | 26 | |||||||||||||
51 | Garret Archer (R) | 18 | 26 | |||||||||||||
52 | Buddy Shepherd (R) | 19 | 25 | |||||||||||||
53 | James Bruncati (R) | 19 | 25 | |||||||||||||
54 | Alex Malycke (R) | 19 | 25 | |||||||||||||
55 | Jack Chisholm | 22 | 22 | |||||||||||||
56 | James Cooley (R) | Wth | Wth3 | 22 | ||||||||||||
57 | Brian Wong | 23 | 21 | |||||||||||||
58 | Alex Schutte | 25 | 19 | |||||||||||||
59 | Jim Inglebright | DNS1 | 13 | |||||||||||||
Drivers ineligible for K&N Pro Series West points | ||||||||||||||||
Kyle Benjamin | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Austin Theriault | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Collin Cabre | 4 | |||||||||||||||
Justin Haley | 7 | |||||||||||||||
Hunter Baize (R) | 8 | |||||||||||||||
John Holleman IV (R) | 10 | |||||||||||||||
Jesse Little | 11 | |||||||||||||||
Tyler Dippel (R) | 14 | |||||||||||||||
Spencer Davis (R) | 15 | |||||||||||||||
Dominique Van Wieringen (R) | 18 | |||||||||||||||
Trey Hutchens | 19 | |||||||||||||||
Jairo Avila Jr. (R) | 20 | |||||||||||||||
Justin Fontaine | 22 | |||||||||||||||
Harrison Burton (R) | 26 | |||||||||||||||
Ali Kern (R) | 29 | |||||||||||||||
Chad Finchum | 30 | |||||||||||||||
Grant Quinlan (R) | 32 | |||||||||||||||
Rubén García Jr. (R) | 33 | |||||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | IRW | KER | TUC | ORG | CNS | SON | SLN | IOW | EVG | DCO | UMC | UMC | MER | AAS | Points |
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