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The2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series was the 22nd season of theCamping World Truck Series, the third higheststock car racing series sanctioned byNASCAR in North America. It was contested over twenty-three races, beginning with theNextEra Energy Resources 250 atDaytona International Speedway and ending with theFord EcoBoost 200 atHomestead-Miami Speedway.Johnny Sauter ofGMS Racing won the driver's championship with three victories.Toyota won the manufacturer's championship with 14 wins and 32 points overChevrolet.

This was the first year that the truck series (and theXfinity Series) had a playoff system. Just like in theCup Series, four drivers competed for the title in the final race atHomestead, also the final round of the playoffs. Those drivers are shown below.

2016 was the final year to featureRAM in competition. Despite losing factory support following the2012 season, several independent teams continued to run RAMs until the body style aged out. RAM would not return to the series until 2026.^[1]

• JR Motorsports will run full-time with Cole Custer in the No. 00Haas AutomationChevrolet Silverado after running part-time in 2015 because of age limitations. (The team made sporadic starts with Sprint Cup regulars in 2015 in preparation for 2016 at selected longer tracks.)
• ThorSport Racing will field a fourth full-time team withBen Rhodes driving the No. 41 with a sponsorship from Alpha Energy. Rhodes raced part-time in theXfinity Series forJR Motorsports in 2015.
• GMS Racing will field a third full-time team, withJohnny Sauter driving the No. 21Chevrolet Silverado, after racing withThorSport Racing for seven years from 2009-2015.
• NTS Motorsports will shut down its full-time team and just run part-time.
• Austin Wayne Self and teamAM Racing will move up from the ARCA racing series in the No. 22.
• Martins Motorsports will field a full-time team withTommy Joe Martins in the No. 44. The team purchased the owner points and some trucks of the 2015Billy Boat Motorsports No. 15.Billy Boat Motorsports will shut down.
• Bolen Motorsports will field a full-time team withJordan Anderson in the No. 66.
• SS-Green Light Racing will shut down the No. 08 team.
• Carlos Contreras and brother Enrique Contreras will formContreras Motorsports and field a full-time team with various drivers in the No. 71 Truck.
• Hattori Racing Enterprises will attempt to run the full season withRyan Truex.^[10]
• Ranier Racing with MDM will field a part-time team withBrandon Jones in the No. 99 Chevrolet. The team switched to the No. 71 in order to make the races due to rain threats.

• Brad Keselowski Racing announcedDaniel Hemric joins the team to drive the #19Ford F-150 in 2016, ending a tenure withNTS Motorsports after one year in 2015. The truck was driven byTyler Reddick in 2015. He'll switch from the No. 19 truck to the No. 29 truck in 2016.
• Kyle Busch Motorsports announced they will field three full-time trucks withWilliam Byron and sponsorLiberty University in the No. 9,Christopher Bell and sponsor JBL in the No. 4 andDaniel Suárez with Arris sponsorship andCody Coughlin with Jegs Performance Parts running at least 10 races each in the No. 51. Coughlin will drive the No. 18 truck atDaytona while Suárez drives the No. 51.2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championErik Jones ran full-time in 2015 in one truck, with multiple drivers in the other two trucks.
• Grant Enfinger andKaz Grala will move up from the ARCA series to drive the No. 33Chevrolet Silverado in 2016. The Truck was driven by multiple drivers in 2015.
• Rico Abreu will replaceJohnny Sauter in theThorSport Racing No. 98. Abreu competed in theK&N Pro Series East series in 2015.
• Timmy Hill will run full-time forPremium Motorsports in the No. 49 (renumbered from No. 94). Hill ran 12 races in this truck in 2015.
• Travis Kvapil will run full-time forMAKE Motorsports in the No. 50. Kvapil ran 20 races for between the two MAKE trucks in 2015.
• Ben Kennedy andRed Horse Racing parted ways after three races.^[11]

• Brad Keselowski Racing will swap the crew chiefs of its two trucks, with Doug Randolph followingTyler Reddick to the No. 29 and Chad Kendrick moving to the No. 19.
• Shane Huffman will crew chief the No. 17 Truck, driven byTimothy Peters. He was the crew chief of theGMS Racing No. 33 in 2015.
• Marcus Richmond will crew chief the new No. 21 Truck, driven byJohnny Sauter. He was the crew chief forRed Horse Racing's No. 17, driven byTimothy Peters in 2015.
• Jeff Hensley will crew chief the No. 23 Truck, driven bySpencer Gallagher. He was the crew chief forThorSport Racing's No. 13, driven byCameron Hayley in 2015.
• Jeff Stankiewicz will crew chief the No. 33 Truck, driven byGrant Enfinger. He was the crew chief forSpencer Gallagher's No. 23 in 2015.
• Kevin Bellicourt will crew chief the No. 41 Truck, driven byBen Rhodes. He was the crew chief forK&N Pro Series East ChampionWilliam Byron in 2015.
• Kevin Manion will crew chief the No. 51 truck driven byDaniel Suárez andCody Coughlin. He was the crew chief forRichard Petty Motorsports No. 9Sprint Cup team in 2015.
• Ryan Fugle will crew chief the No. 9 truck driven byWilliam Byron. He was the crew chief for 2015 championErik Jones in 2015.
• Jerry Baxter will crew chief the No. 4 truck driven byChristopher Bell. He was the crew chief for the No. 51 in 2015.
• Eddie Troconis will crew chief the No. 13 truck driven byCameron Hayley. He was the engineer for 2015 championErik Jones in 2015.

The 2016 Camping World Truck Series season introduced several major changes:

• A "caution clock" rule was in effect during all races, excluding the Eldora Dirt Derby due to its format. Under this system, a competition caution was thrown after twenty consecutive minutes of green flag racing. No free pass was awarded on these cautions, and the clock is reset upon all restarts. The clock was turned off during the final laps of the race (10 on Pocono and Mosport, 20 on all other tracks).^[12] The caution clock rule was replaced the following year with a new stage system, adopted by all three of NASCAR's national series.^[13]
• A playoff format similar to theChase for the Cup used in the Sprint Cup Series was adopted.^[14]
• Truck Series directorElton Sawyer also announced the availability of crate engines, known as the "Delta Engine", for teams to use starting with the Charlotte race.^[15]

FS1 televised every race except Talladega, which aired onFox. Due to programming overrun, coverage of Iowa started onFox Business Network, while Michigan aired onFS2.

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time.Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or owner's points. * – Most laps led.

. – Eliminated after Round of 8. – Eliminated after Round of 6

(key)Bold - Pole position awarded by time.Italics - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.
. – Eliminated after Round of 8. – Eliminated after Round of 6

• 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
• 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series
• 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
• 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
• 2016 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
• 2016 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour
• 2016 NASCAR Pinty's Series
• 2016 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series

• ^1 Tommy Joe Martins qualified the No. 44 truck for the race, but crashed in qualifying. He contacted Austin Wayne Self and the No. 22 team, who initially didn't make the race, to run with the No. 44 but in Self's (Toyota) truck.
• ^2 The race at Charlotte Motor Speedway was postponed from May 20 to May 21 because of inclement weather.^[16]
• ^3 Because of chassis and body regulations, Ram is only eligible to race at circuits 1.25 miles or shorter (except Dover) and road courses that use the previous-generation body. Fiat last submitted a truck in the 2012 season, before the current generation body used at longer tracks was used.^{[citation needed]}

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• NASCAR Truck Series seasons

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