The 2016 Careers for Veterans 200 was the 14th stock car race of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and the 17th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, August 27, 2016, in Brooklyn, Michigan, at Michigan International Speedway, a 2.0-mile (3.2 km) permanent tri-oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 100 laps to complete. In an exciting battle for the win, Brett Moffitt, driving for Red Horse Racing, made a three-wide pass for the lead on the final lap, and held off Timothy Peters in the final turn to earn his first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win, and a 1-2 finish for Red Horse Racing. To fill out the podium, Daniel Hemric, driving for Brad Keselowski Racing, would finish 3rd, respectively.

Background

Michigan International Speedway (MIS) is a moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located off U.S. Highway 12 on more than approximately south of the village of Brooklyn, in the scenic Irish Hills area of southeastern Michigan. The track is west of the center of Detroit, from Ann Arbor and south and northwest of Lansing and Toledo, Ohio respectively. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is sometimes known as a sister track to Texas World Speedway, and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway. The track is owned by NASCAR. Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (by open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest by stock car standards). Michigan is the fastest track in NASCAR due to its wide, sweeping corners, long straightaways, and lack of a restrictor plate requirement; typical qualifying speeds are in excess of and corner entry speeds are anywhere from after the 2012 repaving of the track.

Entry list

(R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

#DriverTeamMakeSponsor00Cole Custer (R)JR MotorsportsChevroletHaas Automation1Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevroletWestsideVapor.com02Tyler YoungYoung's MotorsportsChevroletRandco, Young's Building Systems4Christopher Bell (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaJBL05John Wes TownleyAthenian MotorsportsChevroletJive Communications, Zaxby's6Ryan Ellis (i)Norm Benning RacingChevroletNorm Benning Racing07Todd Peck (i)SS-Green Light RacingChevroletBoobiTrap.com8John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevroletBusiness Machines Company9William Byron (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaLiberty University10Caleb RoarkJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevroletDriven2Honor.org11Brett MoffittRed Horse RacingToyotaRed Horse Racing13Cameron HayleyThorSport RacingToyotaRide TV, Cabinets by Hayley17Timothy PetersRed Horse RacingToyotaRed Horse Racing19Daniel HemricBrad Keselowski RacingFordDrawTite21Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevroletAlamo Rent a Car22Austin Wayne Self (R)AM RacingToyotaAM Technical Solutions23Spencer GallagherGMS RacingChevroletChapel of the Flowers24Grant Enfinger (R)GMS RacingChevroletSpencer Clark Foundation29Tyler ReddickBrad Keselowski RacingFordCooper Standard Careers for Veterans33Ben KennedyGMS RacingChevroletJacob Companies41Ben Rhodes (R)ThorSport RacingToyotaCarolina Nut Co.44Tommy Joe MartinsMartins MotorsportsChevroletCross Concrete Construction49Reed Sorenson (i)Premium MotorsportsChevroletPremium Motorsports50Travis KvapilMAKE MotorsportsChevroletCorvetteParts.net51Cody Coughlin (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaJegs High Performance, AFCO63Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevroletChurchill Trucking66Jordan AndersonBolen MotorsportsChevroletColumbia SC, LTi Printing71Enrique Contreras IIIContreras MotorsportsChevroletAmerican Club81Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyotaHino Motors Manufacturing88Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyotaGreat Lakes Flooring, Menards98Rico Abreu (R)ThorSport RacingToyotaSafelite, Curb RecordsOfficial entry list

Practice

First practice The first practice session was held on Friday, August 26, at 1:30 pm EST, and last for 1 hour and 25 minutes. Cameron Hayley, driving for ThorSport Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 38.543, and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed113Cameron HayleyThorSport RacingToyota38.543186.804221Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet38.545186.795388Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota38.576186.645Full first practice results

Final practice The final practice session was held on Friday, August 26, at 4:00 pm EST, and would last for 55 minutes. Tyler Reddick, driving for Brad Keselowski Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 38.765, and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed129Tyler ReddickBrad Keselowski RacingFord38.765185.735211Brett MoffittRed Horse RacingToyota38.798185.577321Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet38.836185.395Full final practice results

Qualifying Qualifying was held on Saturday, August 27, at 9:45 am EST. Since Michigan International Speedway 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.

John Wes Townley, driving for his family team, Athenian Motorsports, would score the pole for the race, with a lap of 39.195, and an average speed of in the second round.

Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTime (R1)Speed (R1)Time (R2)Speed (R2)105John Wes TownleyAthenian MotorsportsChevrolet39.192183.71139.195183.697288Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota39.438182.56539.234183.51439William Byron (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota39.380182.83439.296183.225417Timothy PetersRed Horse RacingToyota39.555182.02539.432182.59354Christopher Bell (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota39.581181.90539.468182.426611Brett MoffittRed Horse RacingToyota39.564181.98439.496182.297721Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet39.574181.93839.526182.159829Tyler ReddickBrad Keselowski RacingFord39.581181.90539.530182.140924Grant Enfinger (R)GMS RacingChevrolet39.724181.25139.574181.9381051Cody Coughlin (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota39.608181.78139.598181.8271123Spencer GallagherGMS RacingChevrolet39.677181.46539.666181.5161233Ben KennedyGMS RacingChevrolet39.780180.99539.759181.091Eliminated in Round 11319Daniel HemricBrad Keselowski RacingFord39.794180.932––1413Cameron HayleyThorSport RacingToyota39.803180.891––1598Rico Abreu (R)ThorSport RacingToyota39.821180.809––168John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet39.849180.682––1781Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota39.873180.573––1800Cole Custer (R)JR MotorsportsChevrolet39.888180.505––1941Ben Rhodes (R)ThorSport RacingToyota39.919180.365––2044Tommy Joe MartinsMartins MotorsportsChevrolet39.974180.117––2102Tyler YoungYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet39.975180.113––2249Reed Sorenson (i)Premium MotorsportsChevrolet40.273178.780––2366Jordan AndersonBolen MotorsportsChevrolet40.315178.594––2422Austin Wayne Self (R)AM RacingToyota40.395178.240––2550Travis KvapilMAKE MotorsportsChevrolet40.637177.178––261Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet41.042175.430––2707Todd Peck (i)SS-Green Light RacingChevrolet41.561173.239––Qualified by owner's points2863Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet43.446165.723––2971Enrique Contreras IIIContreras MotorsportsChevrolet45.229159.190––3010Caleb RoarkJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet––––316Ryan Ellis (i)Norm Benning RacingChevrolet43.956163.800––Official qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup

Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1611Brett MoffittRed Horse RacingToyota1001Running362417Timothy PetersRed Horse RacingToyota10042Running3331319Daniel HemricBrad Keselowski RacingFord1002Running31439William Byron (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1009Running3051413Cameron HayleyThorSport RacingToyota1000Running2861941Ben Rhodes (R)ThorSport RacingToyota1004Running287288Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota10023Running278924Grant Enfinger (R)GMS RacingChevrolet1000Running259721Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet1000Running24102102Tyler YoungYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1000Running23111233Ben KennedyGMS RacingChevrolet1000Running2212105John Wes TownleyAthenian MotorsportsChevrolet1000Running21131598Rico Abreu (R)ThorSport RacingToyota1000Running20142366Jordan AndersonBolen MotorsportsChevrolet1000Running19152044Tommy Joe MartinsMartins MotorsportsChevrolet1000Running18162422Austin Wayne Self (R)AM RacingToyota1000Running1717261Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet1000Running16182550Travis KvapilMAKE MotorsportsChevrolet1000Running1519829Tyler ReddickBrad Keselowski RacingFord1000Running14201051Cody Coughlin (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota940Accident13212249Reed Sorenson (i)Premium MotorsportsChevrolet841Vibration0221800Cole Custer (R)JR MotorsportsChevrolet8318Accident12231781Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota760Rear Gear102454Christopher Bell (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota740Accident9251123Spencer GallagherGMS RacingChevrolet740Accident826168John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet620Accident7272863Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet470Transmission6282971Enrique Contreras IIIContreras MotorsportsChevrolet400Accident5292707Todd Peck (i)SS-Green Light RacingChevrolet370Engine0303010Caleb RoarkJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet30Electrical331316Ryan Ellis (i)Norm Benning RacingChevrolet10Rear Gear0Official race results

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 William Byron 379 2 Daniel Hemric 343 (−36) 1 3 Timothy Peters 335 (−44) 1 4 Johnny Sauter 330 (−49) 1 5 Matt Crafton 322 (−57) 1 6 Ben Kennedy 309 (−70) 2 7 Christopher Bell 305 (−74) 8 John Hunter Nemechek 288 (−91)Official driver's standings

Note: Only the first 8 positions are included for the driver standings.

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