The 2016 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards was the 64th season of the

ARCA Racing Series The ARCA Menards Series is an American stock car series, the premier division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). It is considered a minor, semi-professional league of stock car racing, used as a feeder series into the three national ...

. The season began on February 13 with the

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and ended on October 14 with the Kansas 150. Rookie

Chase Briscoe Chase David Wayne Briscoe (born December 15, 1994) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 14 Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing. He also owns a World of Outlaws sprint ...

, driving the No. 77 for

Cunningham Motorsports Cunningham Motorsports (operating at various points in its history as CSG Motorsports and CHS Motorsports) was an American professional stock car racing team that competed primarily in the ARCA Racing Series, but also in the NASCAR Camping Worl ...

, won the drivers' championship.

Tom Hessert III Thomas Hessert III (born May 22, 1986) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He most recently competed part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 55 Toyota Camry for Venturini Motorsports and the No. 22 Ford Fusion for ...

finished second behind Briscoe in the championship by 535 points. Matt Kurzejewski finished third in the championship.

Teams and drivers

Complete schedule

Limited schedule

Notes

Schedule

The 2016 schedule was fully released on November 25, 2015.

Television coverage

In the United States, ten races were broadcast by

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. The eight races that were broadcast on FS1 include Daytona, Talladega, both Pocono events, Michigan, Indianapolis, Chicagoland, and Kansas, while Iowa and Kentucky were broadcast on FS2. Nine races were also aired on

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. The Toledo, Winchester, Berlin, Madison, and Illinois Fairgrounds races were broadcast live, while the Duquoin, Nashville, and both Salem races were shown on tape delay.

Results and standings

Races

Drivers' championship

(

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) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. ''Italics'' – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.

References

External links

* {{ARCA Racing Series , state=collapsed ARCA Menards Series seasons ARCA