2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Point Standings – Final

Final 2016 NASCAR XFINITY Series Championship Points Led by Daniel Suárez

Daniel Suárez becomes first Latin American and Drive For Diversity Graduate to capture NASCAR National Series Title.

RELATED: 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Points – Non Chase

Final 2016 NASCAR XFINITY Series Championship Points Led by Daniel Suarez

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 19, 2016) – It’s been a rapid rise for Daniel Suárez, who captured the 2016 NASCAR XFINITY Series championship Saturday at Homestead-Miami Speedway by winning the Ford EcoBoost 300 in only his second full-time season of NASCAR national series racing.

The driver of the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota is the first Latin American, as well as the first graduate of the NASCAR Drive for Diversity program operated by Rev Racing, to win a NASCAR national series title.

To take home the crown in “The Series Where Names Are Made,” Suárez, 24, outlasted his Championship 4 competitors Elliott Sadler (third), Justin Allgaier (sixth) and Erik Jones (ninth).

It was a year of firsts for Suárez, who burst onto the NASCAR XFINITY Series scene last season by earning its Sunoco Rookie of the Year Award and finishing fifth in the championship standings. In his sophomore campaign, Suárez became the first Mexico-born driver to win a NASCAR national series race (June at Michigan) and to lead the points standings in a NASCAR national series.

The Monterrey, Mexico, native dazzled from the outset of the season, racking up four top-five and nine top-10 finishes in his first 10 contests. Suárez led the points standings following 14 separate races in the regular season and made his way into the NASCAR XFINITY Series Chase with his win at Michigan.

Once the Chase started, Suárez upped his performance to another level. He breezed through the Round of 12 with a win at Dover, sandwiched between a runner-up result at Kentucky and a third-place finish at Charlotte. Then, Suárez registered finishes of third (Kansas), fifth (Texas) and fifth (Phoenix) to set up his championship-clinching victory at Homestead.

Suárez is the third member of the NASCAR Next program to win a NASCAR national series championship (Erik Jones, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, 2015; Chase Elliott, NASCAR XFINITY Series, 2014).

Also on Saturday, Erik Jones won the Sunoco Rookie of the Year Award in the NASCAR XFINITY Series, a season after accomplishing the feat in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

 

2016 NASCAR Xfinity Point Standings

Full 2016 Xfinity Driver Standings

POS TEAM/DRIVER # POINTS BEHIND STARTS WINS TOP 5 TOP 10 DNF
1
Joe Gibbs Racing
Daniel Suarez
19 4040 Leader 33 3 19 27 2
2
JR Motorsports
Elliott Sadler
1 4038 –2 33 3 14 29 0
3
JR Motorsports
Justin Allgaier
7 4035 –5 33 0 13 27 2
4
Joe Gibbs Racing
Erik Jones
20 4032 –8 33 4 15 20 4
5
Richard Childress Racing
Ty Dillon
3 2214 –1826 33 0 9 17 2
6
Roush Fenway Racing
Ryan Reed
16 2205 –1835 33 0 1 7 2
7
Kaulig Racing
Blake Koch
11 2200 –1840 33 0 0 5 3
8
Chip Ganassi Racing
Brennan Poole
48 2192 –1848 33 0 4 17 1
9
Richard Childress Racing
Brendan Gaughan
62 2171 –1869 33 0 4 16 1
10
RSS Racing
Ryan Sieg
39 2171 –1869 33 0 1 3 2
11
Richard Childress Racing
Brandon Jones
33 2168 –1872 33 0 0 12 0
12
Roush Fenway Racing
Darrell Wallace Jr
6 2163 –1877 33 0 3 9 3
13
JGL Racing
Dakoda Armstrong
28 718 –3322 33 0 1 1 1
14
TriStar Motorsports
J.J. Yeley
44 706 –3334 32 0 0 3 3
15
Jeremy Clements Racing
Jeremy Clements
51 693 –3347 33 0 1 3 4
16
JD Motorsports
Ross Chastain
4 670 –3370 33 0 0 0 4
17
JD Motorsports
Ryan Preece
01 597 –3443 33 0 0 1 6
18
JD Motorsports
Garrett Smithley
0 544 –3496 32 0 0 0 3
19
SS Green Light Racing
Ray Black Jr
07 515 –3525 33 0 0 0 5
20
SS-Green Light Racing
B J McLeod
78 459 –3581 33 0 0 0 6
21
Jimmy Means Racing
Joey Gase
52 437 –3603 33 0 0 0 6
22
RSS Racing
David Starr
93 374 –3666 23 0 0 0 5
23
Chip Ganassi Racing
Justin Marks
42 347 –3693 17 1 1 1 4
24
Jeb Burton
98 335 –3705 14 0 0 1 1
25
JR Motorsports
Alex Bowman
88 273 –3767 9 0 3 7 1
26
DGM Racing
Mario Gosselin
90 257 –3783 20 0 0 0 4
27
Mike Harmon Racing
Mike Harmon
74 235 –3805 26 0 0 0 8
28
Jeff Green
99 219 –3821 29 0 0 1 25
29
ML Motorsports
Derrike Cope
70 202 –3838 24 0 0 0 10
30
Obaika Racing
Ryan Ellis
77 191 –3849 16 0 0 0 4
31
JGL
Corey Lajoie
24 177 –3863 10 0 0 2 4
32
Richard Childress Racing
Sam Hornish Jr
2 157 –3883 4 1 3 4 0
33
MBM Motorsports
Harrison Rhodes
13 121 –3919 12 0 0 0 6
34
Joe Gibbs Racing
Drew Herring
18 111 –3929 5 0 0 0 1
35
DGM Racing
Martin Roy
90 102 –3938 8 0 0 0 1
36
Shepherd Racing Ventures
Morgan Shepherd
89 94 –3946 23 0 0 0 23
37
Precision Performance Motorsports
Brandon Gdovic
46 92 –3948 5 0 0 0 0
38
Rick Ware Racing
Todd Peck
25 92 –3948 11 0 0 0 4
39
Obaika Racing
T.J. Bell
97 89 –3951 9 0 0 0 2
40
Stanton Barrett
99 78 –3962 5 0 0 0 0
41
JR Motorsports
Josh Berry
88 74 –3966 3 0 0 1 0
42
Carl Long Motorsports
Carl Long
13 64 –3976 12 0 0 0 10
43
MBM Motorsports
Brandon Hightower
13 63 –3977 7 0 0 0 2
44
SR2 Motorsports
Chris Cockrum
25 56 –3984 6 0 0 0 2
45
Rick Ware Racing
Cody Ware
25 54 –3986 6 0 0 0 3
46
Rick Ware Racing
Scott Heckert
15 52 –3988 3 0 0 0 0
47
TriStar Motorsports
Benny Gordon
14 51 –3989 3 0 0 0 1
48
Joe Gibbs Racing
Owen Kelly
18 50 –3990 2 0 0 0 0
49
Obaika Racing
Alex Guenette
90 49 –3991 4 0 0 0 1
50
Clint King
15 41 –3999 3 0 0 0 0
51
Obaika Racing
Matt Waltz
77 41 –3999 6 0 0 0 4
52
Josh Reaume
25 37 –4003 6 0 0 0 4
53
JR Motorsports
Kenny Habul
88 36 –4004 3 0 0 0 2
54
SS Green Light Racing
Dexter Bean
92 36 –4004 5 0 0 0 4
55
Andy Lally
90 35 –4005 1 0 0 1 0
56
Team Penske
Alex Tagliani
22 35 –4005 1 0 0 1 0
57
Scott Lagasse Jr
25 28 –4012 2 0 0 0 0
58
BK Racing
Dylan Lupton
83 27 –4013 2 0 0 0 1
59
JGL Racing
Brandon McReynolds
24 27 –4013 2 0 0 0 1
60
Bobby Gerhart
85 27 –4013 3 0 0 0 1
61
Carl Long Motorsports
John Jackson
40 24 –4016 7 0 0 0 6
62
Obaika Racing
Josh Bilicki
97 23 –4017 3 0 0 0 1
63
JD Davison
90 22 –4018 1 0 0 0 0
64
Tomy Drissi
14 20 –4020 2 0 0 0 1
65
Hermie Sadler
14 20 –4020 2 0 0 0 1
66
Obaika Racing
Paige Decker
97 20 –4020 2 0 0 0 0
67
Alex Labbe
90 18 –4022 1 0 0 0 0
68
Mike Harmon Racing
Nicolas Hammann
74 18 –4022 2 0 0 0 2
69
TBD
D.J. Kennington
15 16 –4024 2 0 0 0 1
70
Anthony Kumpen
46 15 –4025 1 0 0 0 0
71
Michael Lira
15 15 –4025 1 0 0 0 0
72
Tristar Motorsports
Camden Murphy
25 15 –4025 1 0 0 0 0
73
JD Motorsports
Eric McClure
0 11 –4029 1 0 0 0 0
74
Mark Thompson
13 11 –4029 1 0 0 0 1
75
JR Motorsports
Roger Reuse
74 8 –4032 1 0 0 0 0
76
SS GreenLight Racing
Todd Bodine
90 7 –4033 1 0 0 0 1
77
Blake Jones
15 6 –4034 1 0 0 0 1
78
SR2 Motorsports
Derek White
13 5 –4035 1 0 0 0 0
79
Obaika Racing
Alli Owens
97 5 –4035 1 0 0 0 1
80
DGM Racing
Josh Williams
92 4 –4036 2 0 0 0 2
81
ML Motorsports
Dexter Stacey
70 4 –4036 1 0 0 0 1
82
Tim Cowen
13 4 –4036 1 0 0 0 1
83
Biagi-DenBeste Racing
Nelson Piquet Jr
98 3 –4037 1 0 0 0 1
84
Carl Long Motorsports
Chris Cook
40 1 –4039 1 0 0 0 1
85
Joe Gibbs Racing
Kyle Busch
18 0 –4040 17 10 14 14 2
86
Richard Childress Racing
Austin Dillon
2 0 –4040 19 2 11 16 0
87
Chip Ganassi Racing
Kyle Larson
42 0 –4040 16 2 11 14 0
88
Team Penske
Joey Logano
22 0 –4040 13 2 7 12 0
89
Joe Gibbs Racing
Denny Hamlin
18 0 –4040 2 1 2 2 0
90
JR Motorsports
Chase Elliott
88 0 –4040 6 1 4 6 0
91
JR Motorsports
Dale Earnhardt Jr
88 0 –4040 2 1 2 2 0
92
Biagi DenBeste Racing
Aric Almirola
98 0 –4040 10 1 1 4 0
93
Richard Childress Racing
Michael McDowell
2 0 –4040 1 1 1 1 0
94
Team Penske
Brad Keselowski
22 0 –4040 15 0 5 12 0
95
Richard Childress Racing
Paul Menard
2 0 –4040 8 0 4 6 0
96
JR Motorsports
Kevin Harvick
88 0 –4040 7 0 2 5 1
97
Team Penske
Ryan Blaney
22 0 –4040 8 0 4 6 0
98
JR Motorsports
Kasey Kahne
5 0 –4040 1 0 1 1 0
99
Roush Fenway Racing
Ricky Stenhouse Jr
60 0 –4040 1 0 1 1 0
100
JR Motorsports
Cole Custer
5 0 –4040 5 0 1 2 1

 

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