The 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East was the 30th season of the K&N Pro Series East. It began at New Smyrna Speedway on February 14 and concluded at Dover International Speedway on September 30. William Byron was the defending Drivers' Champion. Justin Haley won the championship, 22 points in front of Kyle Benjamin.

Drivers

Manufacturer Car Owner Race Driver Crew Chief 1 Toyota Shigeaki Hattori Austin Theriault John Monsam J. R. Norris Rich Lushes Spencer Davis (R) 02 Chevrolet Ford Toyota Tony Blanchard Sarah Cornett-Ching (R) Jerry Babb Matt Weber Sam Almeida Barry Wilson Grant Quinlan (R) Andrew Abbott 2 Toyota Max Siegel Collin Cabre Matt Bucher 3 Toyota Ben Kennedy Kaz Grala Mike Fritts 04 Ford Ronnie Bassett Ronnie Bassett Jr. Bruce Cook Chevrolet Ron Otto 4 Toyota Max Siegel Ali Kern (R)Ali Kern drove in the NAPA 150 with car number 33. Johnny Allen 5 Chevrolet Harry Scott Jr. Justin Haley Shannon Rursch 6 Toyota Max Siegel Rubén García Jr. (R)Rubén García Jr. drove in the Casey's General Store 150 with car number 66. Steve Plattenberger 7 Chevrolet Larry Berg Codie Rohrbaugh Mark Huff Thomas Rohrbaugh 08 Ford Paul Green Tyler Hughes (R) Paul Green Darren Shaw 09 Toyota Rodrigo San Martin Christian Celaya Tony Ponkauskas Chevrolet Ford 12 Toyota Justin Marks Harrison Burton (R) Rich Lushes Skip Eyler Doug Howe 13 Chevrolet Justin Marks Hunter Baize (R) Kris Bowen 14 Chevrolet Bobby Hutchens Trey Hutchens Trey Hutchens drove in the Casey's General Store 150 with car number 15. Bobby Hutchens Jr. 15 Ford Rob Fuller Christian Eckes (R) Ron Otto 16 Toyota Bill McAnally Mike Curb Todd Gilliland (R) John Camilleri Chris Lawson Riley Herbst (R) Duane Knorr 18 Toyota Sam Hunt Sergio Peña Jerry Babb Sam Hunt 19 Toyota Bill McAnally Riley Herbst (R) Duane Knorr Ford Chuck Buchanan Chuck Buchanan Jr. Craig Wood Grant Winchester (R) 21 Chevrolet Tommy Baldwin Jr. Brandon McReynolds Trip Bruce 23 Chevrolet J. P. Morgan J. P. Morgan James Beck 27 Ford Jeff Jefferson Gracin Raz Jeff Jefferson 28 Ford Logan Yiengst Clair Zimmerman (R) Logan Yiengst 29 Toyota Mark Rette Jesse Little Matt Noyce Sam Schram Grant Quinlan (R) Corey Deuser (R) 30 Ford Mark Rette Dominique Van Wieringen (R)Dominique Van Wieringen drove in the Casey's General Store 150 with car number 28. Mark Rette 31 Chevrolet Ted Marsh Ryan Preece Todd Fisette Reid Lanpher (R) Trey Hutchens Glen Reen (R) Chase Dowling (R) 38 Chevrolet Harry Scott Jr. Tyler Dippel (R) Fuz Burgdoff 39 Toyota Eric McClure Chad Finchum Chad Finchum drove in the Casey's General Store 150 with car number 33. Chris Carrier John Monsam Austin Cindric Justin Fontaine Austin Hill 40 Chevrolet Michael Hillman Kyle Benjamin Mardy Lindley 41 Chevrolet Douglas Fuller Spencer Davis (R) Doug Howe Corey LaJoie 42 Toyota Max Siegel Jairo Avila Jr. (R) Mark Green Enrique Baca (R) 43 Ford Michael Calabrese David Calabrese (R) Scott Kilbury Bruce Cook Ronnie Bassett Jr. Chad Finley 44 Ford Toyota Chevrolet Ronnie Bassett Dillon Bassett Terry Elmore Ron Otto Nathan Kennedy Kenyon Davidson 45 Chevrolet John Stange John Gustafson (R) Gary Moore 46 Toyota Chevrolet Rick Gdovic Ulysse Delsaux (R) Charles Denike III Mark Setzer Brandon Gdovic Brian Henderson (R) 49 Ford Zeno Marshall Jr. John Holleman IV (R) Caleb Velez Corey LaJoie Charles Denike III 51 Chevrolet Thomas Oakley Brandon Oakley (R) Tony Ponkauskas 55 Ford Jerry Pitts Noah Gragson Noah Gragson drove in the Stafford 150, the NAPA 150, the Bully Hill Vineyards 100, the Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 140 and the JUSTDRIVE.com 125 with car number 7. Jerry Pitts Spencer Davis (R) Jerry Babb 66 Chevrolet Barry Wilson Reid Wilson (R) Andrew Abbott 71 Chevrolet Rob Grimm Eddie MacDonald Rollie Lachance Jr. 75 Chevrolet Hal Martin Caleb Holman Tim Andrews Toyota Justin Fontaine Bruce Cook Bob Schacht Adam Andretti (R) Bob Schacht 77 Toyota Steve Green Clayton Green (R) Steve Green 88 Ford Troy Cline Alex Schutte Troy Cline 92 Chevrolet Scott Davis Spencer Davis (R) Neil Lewis Toyota 98 Chevrolet Harry Scott Jr. Cole Custer Skip Eyler Notes

Schedule 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. No. Race title Track Date 1 Jet Tools 150 New Smyrna Speedway, New Smyrna Beach, Florida February 14 2 Mobile 150 presented by Mobile Sports Authority Mobile International Speedway, Irvington, Alabama March 13 3 Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 150 Greenville-Pickens Speedway, Greenville, South Carolina March 26 4 PittLite 125 Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee April 16 5 Biscuitville 125 Virginia International Raceway, Danville, Virginia April 30 6 ComServe Wireless 150 Dominion Raceway, Woodford, Virginia May 30 7 Stafford 150 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, Connecticut June 17 8 NAPA 150 Columbus Motor Speedway, Columbus, Ohio July 2 9 United Site Services 70 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire July 16 10 Casey's General Store 150 Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa July 29 11 Bully Hill Vineyards 100 Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York August 5 12 Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 140 Greenville-Pickens Speedway, Greenville, South Carolina September 5 13 JUSTDRIVE.com 125 New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville, New Jersey September 17 14 Dover 125 Dover International Speedway, Dover, Delaware September 30 Source: Notes

Results and standings

Races No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver 1 Jet Tools 150 Todd Gilliland Todd Gilliland Todd Gilliland Toyota 2 Mobile 150 presented by Mobile Sports Authority Spencer Davis Tyler Dippel Tyler Dippel Chevrolet 3 Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 150 Kyle Benjamin Kyle Benjamin Justin Haley Chevrolet 4 PittLite 125 Harrison Burton Chad Finchum Chad Finchum Toyota 5 Biscuitville 125 Austin Cindric Austin Cindric Austin Cindric Toyota 6 ComServe Wireless 150 Kyle Benjamin Kyle Benjamin Spencer Davis Chevrolet 7 Stafford 150 John Holleman IV Dominique Van Wieringen Noah Gragson Ford 8 NAPA 150 Justin Haley Justin Haley Justin Haley Chevrolet 9 United Site Services 70 Kyle Benjamin Kyle Benjamin Corey LaJoie Chevrolet 10 Casey's General Store 150 Kyle Benjamin Todd Gilliland Kyle Benjamin Chevrolet 11 Bully Hill Vineyards 100 Austin Cindric Austin Cindric Austin Cindric Toyota 12 Kevin Whitaker Chevrolet 140 Kyle Benjamin Kyle Benjamin Kyle Benjamin Chevrolet 13 JUSTDRIVE.com 125 Justin Haley Dominique Van Wieringen Noah Gragson Ford 14 Dover 125 Justin Haley1 Kyle Benjamin Kyle Benjamin Chevrolet Notes 1 – The qualifying session for the Dover 125 was cancelled due to weather. The starting line-up was decided by Owners' championship.

Drivers' championship

(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 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 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 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 Notes 1 – Jesse Little received championship points, despite the fact that he withdrew prior to the race. 2 – Scored points towards the K&N Pro Series West.

See also

2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 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

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