The 2016 ARCA Truck Series was the 18th and final season of the ARCA Truck Series. The season began on May 21 with the Safety Kleen 50 and ended on October 15 with the Lincoln Welders 125. Shawn Szep won the championship on the strength of 7 wins. He would be the final champion in series history.
Billy Strehle, who would go on to operate the successor to the ARCA Truck Series, the CRS Truck Series, finished second in the championship standings, 309 points behind Szep. Brad Yunker finished third in the series points.
Armani Williams donated a firesuit he wore during the season to The Henry Ford's collection.
Schedule No.Race titleTrackDate1Safety Kleen 50Toledo SpeedwayMay 212Lincoln Welders 100Painesville SpeedwayJune 113ARCATruckRacing.com 75Angola Motorsport SpeedwayJune 254Phoenix Management Group 100Shady Bowl SpeedwayJuly 25ARCATruckRacing.com 100Lorain Raceway ParkJuly 96ARCATruckRacing.com 75Columbus Motor SpeedwayJuly 237ARCATruckRacing.com 50Angola Motorsport SpeedwayJuly 308Door 2 Delivery 100Midvale SpeedwayAugust 69ARCATruckRacing.com 100Lorain Raceway ParkOctober 210Lincoln Welders 125Painesville SpeedwayOctober 15 Note: some races were rescheduled due to rain. The final race dates are shown in the table.
Results and standings
Races No.RacePole positionMost laps ledWinning driverNo.1Safety Kleen 50Bob MikolajczykShawn SzepShawn SzepChevrolet812Lincoln Welders 100Billy StrehleBilly StrehleShawn SzepChevrolet813ARCATruckRacing.com 75Brian TaylorJohn GearhartChad PoormanChevrolet884Phoenix Management Group 100Armani WilliamsShawn SzepShawn SzepChevrolet815ARCATruckRacing.com 100Stan MaitlenShawn SzepShawn SzepChevrolet816ARCATruckRacing.com 75Randy Moyes Jr.Shawn SzepShawn SzepChevrolet817ARCATruckRacing.com 50Brian TaylorJohn GearhartJohn GearhartChevrolet88Door 2 Delivery 100Jeff SmithShawn SzepShawn SzepChevrolet819ARCATruckRacing.com 100Tyler KishCody QuarrickCody QuarrickFord610Lincoln Welders 125Brandon HuffShawn SzepShawn SzepChevrolet81
Drivers' championship (key) Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led. PosDriverTOLPAIANGSHALORCOLANGMIDLORPAIPoints1Shawn Szep1*121*1*1*31*21*27842Billy Strehle152*74375211224753Brad Yunker2613925444424444Brandon Huff3757722761224425Brian Taylor103610447831023426Tyler Kish64116108898922057Armani Williams459551095919818Jeff Smith831111667716979Kim Hughes1281212695710Stan Maitlen591011682911Cody Quarrick31*571812Randy Moyes Jr.8861455413John Gearhart4*1*47514Nick Walentowski1610131445515Brian Brewer5344616Todd Gearhart3843617Kent McCloskey9938718Chad Poorman1228119Rich Gleason723220Jeff Myers Jr.3QL†1522521Bobby Dale Earnhardt921822Frank Wilson Jr.1319923Jess Drook819424Katlynn Leer1419125Bob Mikolajczyk1119126Bill Harkins1318627Rick Funnel1018428Jeremy Hill11182 † Qualified for Kim Hughes
See also 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck 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 2016 ARCA Racing Series
References