2016 NASCAR World Series

2016 NASCAR World Series
Season
Races	30
Start date	19th March
End date	12th November
Awards
Drivers' champion	TBC
Teams' champion	TBC
Seasons
Previous season	Next season
2015	2017

The 2016 NASCAR World Series was the second season of the of NASCAR World Series, NASCAR's second top-level stock car series alongside the Cup Series. The defending World Series Champions from 2015 were Marcos Ambrose for Drivers and Chip Ganassi Racing for teams, while Regan Smith would have the chance to defend his NASCAR Championship of the World.

Teams and Drivers

The field for races in 2016 continued to be limited to 32 cars, with NASCAR deciding before the race weekend which applications for part-time entries would be accepted. Ultimately this would mean two part-time teams would be chosen per weekend, as there were 30 full-time teams entered for the season.

Manufacturer	Team	#	Driver	Schedule
Template:USA Chevrolet	CAAL Racing	44	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Full
		54	Alon Day	Full
	Template:USA Chip Canassi Racing	32	Template:USA Dylan Krasniewski	Full
		42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Full
		81	Alex Tagliani	Full
	Template:USA Stewart-Haas Racing	30	Template:USA Tony Stewart	Full
		88	Template:USA Regan Smith	Full
	Template:FRA TFT Banco Santander	2	Ander Vilarino	Full
		8	Template:FRA Romain Iannetta	Full
Template:USA Ford	Escuderia Telmex	37	Salvador Duran	Full
		38	Ruben Garcia	Full
		39	Luis Michael Dorrbecker	TBC
			Facu Regalia	TBC
	Template:AUS Paul Morris Motorsport	67	Template:AUS Paul Morris	Full
	PDVSA Racing	19	Ernesto Viso	Full
	Template:USA Richard Petty Motorsport	9	Template:AUS Marcos Ambrose	Full
		25	Template:USA Jeb Burton	Full
		28	Andrew Ranger	Full
	SMP Racing	87	Mikhail Aleshin	Full
Subaru	Template:AUT Red Bull World Racing	5	Mattias Ekstrom	Full
		16	Caca Bueno	TBC
			Maciej Janiewski	TBC
			Template:GBR Andy Jordan	TBC
			Mark Maloney	TBC
			Adrian Zaugg	TBC
		29	Daniel Serra	Full
		83	Template:USA Scott Speed	Full
	Villeneuve Racing	1	Template:FRA Patrick Lemarié	TBC
		97	Jacques Villeneuve	Full
	World Luxury Racing	77	Fahad Algosaibi	TBC
			Heamin Choi	TBC
			Andre Couto	TBC
			Ma Qinghua	TBC
			Template:TUR Jason Tahinci	TBC
			Sakon Yamamoto	TBC
Toyota	Template:USA Joe Gibbs Racing	18	Daniel Suarez	Full
		48	Template:USA Brian Vickers	Full
		80	Template:USA Sam Hornish Jr	Full
	Lacroix Racing	47	Kevin Lacroix	Full
	Template:USA Speed Energy Racing by Robby Gordon	7	Template:USA Robby Gordon	Full
		27	Template:AUS Matthew Brabham	Full
		74	Template:USA Sheldon Creed	Full
	Template:GBR United Autosports	86	Peter Dempsey	Full
		88	Template:GBR Oli Playle	Full

Additional part time entries will be added later

Calendar

	Race	Track	Type	Laps	Winning driver		Winning team	Winning manufacturer
REGULAR SEASON
1	Template:USA Carolina 300	Darlington Raceway	Intermediate	240 laps
2	Template:USA California 300	Auto Club Speedway	Superspeedway	150 laps
3	Barbados 300	Bushy Park Circuit	Road Course	240 laps
4	Guadalajara 300	Triovalo Cajititlan	Short Track	300 laps
5	Puebla 300	Autodromo Miguel E. Abed	Intermediate	240 laps
6	Template:USA Tennessee 500	Bristol Motor Speedway	Short Track	500 laps
7	Brazilian 300	Autodromo Goiania Oval	Intermediate	180 laps
8	Argentine 300	Autodromo de Rafaela	Superspeedway	105 laps
9	South African 300	Phakisa Freeway	Intermediate	200 laps
10	Kiwi 300	Highlands Motorsport Park - B Course	Short Track	300 laps
11	Indian 300	Buddh International Short Circuit	Road Course	102 laps
12	European 500	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	Superspeedway	247 laps
13	Template:GBR Great British 300	Rockingham Speedway	Intermediate	203 laps
14	Scandinavian 300	Solvalla Stadium Oval Track	Short Track	300 laps
15	Template:FRA French 300	Magny-Cours Exterior Circuit	Road Course	112 laps
16	Template:BEL Belgian 300	Warneton Raceway	Short Track	300 laps
17	Template:GBR Gold Cup 300	Mallory Park Car Circuit	Road Course	138 laps
18	Dutch 300	Raceway Venray	Short Track	300 laps
19	Polish Dirt Classic	Motoarena Torun	Dirt Track	50 per heat 100 for A Main
WILDCARD RACE
20	Template:GBR Wildcard 300	Foxhall Stadium	Short Track	300 laps
LAST 16
21	Asian 500	Bahrain International Oval Circuit	Intermediate	322 laps
22	Bahrain 300	Bahrain International Outer Circuit	Road Course	82 laps
23	Japanese 300	Twin Ring Motegi - Oval Circuit	Intermediate	194 laps
QUARTER-FINALS
24	Taipei 300	Penbay International Circuit	Short Track	300 laps
25	Shanghai 300	Shanghai East Circuit	Road Course	104 laps
26	Template:USA Alabama 300	Talladega Superspeeway	Superspeedway	300 laps
SEMI-FINALS
27	Template:USA New York 300	Watkins Glen Circuit	Road Course	76 laps
28	Lake Erie 300	Jukasa Motor Speedway	Short Track	300 laps
29	Ontario 300	Mosport Park	Road Course	73 laps
GRAND FINAL
30	Template:USA NASCAR World Series Grand Final	Daytona International Speedway	Superspeedway	120 laps
CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD
Template:USA NASCAR Championship of the World		Charlotte Motor Speedway	Intermediate	100 laps

NASCAR Championship of the World

2016 NASCAR Championship of the World
Season
Races	1
Start date	28 November (Qualifying)
End date	29 November (Race)
Awards
Drivers' champion	Template:USA Regan Smith
Seasons
Previous season	Next season
2015	2017

As in 2015, the NASCAR Championship of the World was held two weeks after the conclusion of the World Series season, and one week after the conclusion of the Cup Series season. It retained its format as an IROC-style 100-lap shootout for the top sixteen drivers across NASCAR's major series; all drivers would be furnished with identically prepared Cup cars, with defending champion Regan Smith guaranteed a place on the grid.

Entry List

	Driver	Route
1	Template:USA Regan Smith	2014 Champion of the World
2	Template:USA Joey Denny Hamlin	Daytona 500 winner
TBC	TBC	Tennessee 500 winner
TBC	TBC	European 500 winner
TBC	TBC	Asian 500 winner
TBC	TBC	World Series Champion
TBC	TBC	World Series 2nd
TBC	TBC	World Series 3rd
TBC	TBC	World Series 4th
TBC	TBC	World Series 5th
TBC	Template:USA Jimmie Johnson	Cup Series Champion
TBC	Template:USA Joey Logano	Cup Series 2nd
TBC	Template:USA Kyle Busch	Cup Series 3rd
TBC	Template:USA Carl Edwards	Cup Series 4th
TBC	Template:USA Matt Kenseth	Cup Series 5th
	Already qualified (Hamlin)	Cup Series 6th
TBC	Template:USA Kurt Busch	Cup Series 7th
TBC	Template:USA Kevin Harvick	Cup Series 8th
TBC	Template:USA Elliott Sadler	Wildcard (Xfinity Series)
TBC	Template:USA Johnny Sauter	Wildcard (Truck Series)

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