The 2016
World of Outlaws
The World of Outlaws (often abbreviated WoO) is an American motorsports sanctioning body. The body sanctions two major national touring series. It is best known for sanctioning the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series and the World of Outlaws Late ...
Craftsman Sprint Car Series season was the 38th season of the winged
sprint car
Sprint cars are high-powered open-wheel race cars, designed primarily for the purpose of running on short oval or circular dirt or paved tracks. Sprint car racing is popular primarily in the United States and Canada, as well as in Australia, New ...
series in North America. The season began with the DIRTcar Nationals at
Volusia Speedway Park
Volusia Speedway Park (formerly known as Volusia County Speedway and Barberville Speedway) is an auto racing facility located near Barberville in Volusia County, Florida.
It currently operates as a 1/2-mile dirt oval and a 1/5-mile dirt oval ...
on February 12, and ended with the Bad Boy Off Road World of Outlaws World Finals at
The Dirt Track at Charlotte on October 29.
Donny Schatz
Donald R. Schatz (born August 10, 1977) is an American professional sprint car racing driver who competes full-time in the World of Outlaws, driving the No. 15 Ford for Tony Stewart Racing. Schatz is a ten-time champion in the World of Outlaws wi ...
entered the season as the defending series champion, and won the 2017 championship, his eighth overall.
Full-time teams and drivers
Schedule/Results
* - ≠ will state if the race was postponed or canceled
* - ≈ will state if the race is not for championship points
Schedule notes and changes
* - the July 29th race at
Hartford Speedway
Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since the ...
was postponed to September 21 due to weather
* - the Rock N' Roll Gold Cup at
Badlands Motor Speedway was removed from the World of Outlaws schedule after failing to meet sanctioning negotiations.
References
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World of Outlaws Sprint Car seasons
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series
The World of Outlaws (often abbreviated WoO) is an American motorsports sanctioning body. The body sanctions two major national touring series. It is best known for sanctioning the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series and the World of Outlaws Lat ...
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series
The World of Outlaws (often abbreviated WoO) is an American motorsports sanctioning body. The body sanctions two major national touring series. It is best known for sanctioning the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series and the World of Outlaws Lat ...