2016 CARS Tour

The 2016 CARS Tour was the 20th season of the CARS Tour, a stock car racing series. It began at Southern National Motorsports Park on April 3 and ended at the same track on November 12. Deac McCaskill won the Late Model Stock Tour championship, while Raphaël Lessard won the Super Late Model Tour championship.[1][2][3]

Brayton Haws entered the season as the defending Late Model Stock Tour champion, while Cole Timm entered as the defending Super Late Model Tour champion.[4][5]

Schedule & results

Source: [6]

Date Track Location LMSC Winner SLM Winner
April 3 Southern National Motorsports Park Kenly, North Carolina Deac McCaskill Quin Houff
April 16 Orange County Speedway Rougemont, North Carolina Timothy Peters Christopher Bell
May 7 Hickory Motor Speedway Hickory, North Carolina Josh Berry Raphaël Lessard
June 11 Tri-County Motor Speedway Hudson, North Carolina Josh Berry Cole Timm
June 25 Greenville-Pickens Speedway Greenville, South Carolina Tommy Lemons Jr. Matt Craig
July 30 Orange County Speedway Rougemont, North Carolina Tommy Lemons Jr. Stephen Nasse
August 27 Concord Speedway Concord, North Carolina Josh Berry Raphaël Lessard
September 17 Myrtle Beach Speedway Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Josh Berry Raphaël Lessard
October 29 Hickory Motor Speedway Hickory, North Carolina Deac McCaskill Brandon Setzer
November 12 Southern National Motorsports Park Kenly, North Carolina Josh Berry Raphaël Lessard

Standings

Late Model Stock Car championship

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

Pos Driver SNM ROU HCY TCM GRE ROU CON MYB HCY SNM Points
1 Deac McCaskill 1** 2* 2 2* 6 2 4 5 1 7 316
2 Tommy Lemons Jr. 2 5 3 3 1 1 8 2 3 5 304
3 Josh Berry 3 3 1 1 4 1* 1* 2* 1 296
4 Christian Eckes 12 12 9 21 10 3 3 4 5 3 249
5 Austin McDaniel 17 9 4 8 7 6 6 9 6 226
6 Chris Hudspeth 21 14 6 15 15 10 11 13 11 4 210
7 Chris Davis 22 16 7 11 11 9 15 17 14 9 199
8 Craig Stallard 19 10 18 12 18 17 13 19 8 11 195
9 Ronald Hill 23 15 14 9 16 12 18 14 12 13 184
10 Justin Crider 10 11 13 13 13 14 12 8 19 184
11 Thomas Beane 24 19 11 10 14 11 16 18 13 161
12 Stefan Parsons 26 22 12 5 12 15* 10 12 152
13 Layne Riggs 20 4 17 10 18 2 127
14 Chase Purdy 13 7 18 5 7 115
15 R. D. Smith III 6 16 DNQ 13 16 10 106
16 Justin Carroll 6 19 5 4 99
17 Myatt Snider 4 4 2 90
18 Chad McCumbee 6 7 2* 86
19 Robert Tyler 17 4 20 7 84
20 Ryan Wilson 15 13 17 16 71
21 Stephen Leicht 7 15 10 68
22 Craig Moore 5 17 14 63
23 Justin Johnson 9 8 49
24 Jake Ruggles 18 15 19 47
25 Jeffrey Oakley 16 6 47
26 Landon Huffman 5 17 45
27 Chris Denny 23 18 15 44
28 Bradley McCaskill 7 21 38
29 Timothy Peters 1 35
30 Bruce Anderson 20 12 34
31 Mason Diaz 25 8 33
32 Hayden Humphrey 18 16 DNQ 33
33 Sam Yarbrough 3 32
34 Dylan Hall 3 30
35 Tal Davidson 14 24 28
36 Matt Bowling 5 28
37 B. J. Mackey 6 27
38 Evan Swilling 7 26
39 Jeb Burton 8 25
40 Jeremy Burns 8 25
41 Scott Bishop 8 25
42 Matt Piercy 10* 25
43 Anthony Alfredo 9 24
44 Colby Howard 9 24
45 Travis Swaim 9 24
46 Haley Moody 11 22
47 Mike Darne 11 22
48 Terry Brooks Jr. 14 19
49 Charlie Watson 14 19
50 Stacy Puryear 15 18
51 Zachary Dabbs 16 17
52 Will Burns 17 16
53 Tyler English 18 15
54 Ryan Repko 19 14
55 Shaun Mangum 19 14
56 Trevor Rizzo 20 DNS 14
57 Michael Fose 20 13
58 Jerry Miracle 20 13
59 Bryant Barnhill 21 12
60 Adam Murray 27 6
Pos Driver SNM ROU HCY TCM GRE ROU CON MYB HCY SNM Points

Super Late Model championship

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

Pos Driver SNM ROU HCY TCM GRE ROU CON MYB HCY SNM Points
1 Raphaël Lessard 3 2 1 7 5 11 1* 1 3 1 307
2 Brandon Setzer 11 4 3 2* 6 7 9 18 1* 2 275
3 Matt Craig 5 10 3 1* 13 4 4* 14 7* 244
4 Lucas Jones 18 12 12 12 12 4 DNQ 13 4 5 207
5 Cole Timm 2 6 19 1 2 15 18 3 203
6 Quin Houff 1* 8 5 8 7 21 3 182
7 Tyler Ankrum 22 7 15 6 11 8 5 157
8 Jeff Batten 16 20 17 15 23 15 16 6 14 155
9 Tate Fogleman 23 23 5 14 18 8 20 4 149
10 Gus Dean 13 21 14 16 10 2 9 146
11 Clay Jones 20 15 8 18 14 9 8 139
12 Trevor Noles 4 17 11 17 5 115
13 Steve Wallace 4 4 7 11 107
14 Zane Smith 19 11 4 13 16 103
15 Stephen Leicht 17 14 22 13 15 15 102
16 Jake Crum 21 9 6 14 15 100
17 Dalton Sargeant 24 3 2 3 100
18 Preston Peltier 5 9 19 2 96
19 Jody Measamer 9 6 19 18 80
20 A. J. Frank 7 10 6 76
21 Harrison Burton 7 8 14 71
22 Tyler Church 18 20 17 8 70
23 Stephen Nasse 12 22 1** 68
24 Vinnie Miller 21 16 DNQ 11 17 67
25 Garret Archer 11 10 13 65
26 Garrett Jones 15 10 9 65
27 Tanner Thorson 3 5 58
28 Christian Eckes 2* 10 57
29 Joey Mucciacciaro 8 19 20 52
30 Chandler Smith 12 5 49
31 Spencer Davis 10 7 49
32 Tanner Berryhill 13 19 20 48
33 Todd Gilliland 7 11 48
34 Jared Irvan 6 12 48
35 Chase Purdy 14 6 46
36 Jody Lavender 13 12 41
37 Kyle Grissom 18 9 39
38 Hannah Newhouse 17 13 36
39 Christopher Bell 1* 35
40 Riley Herbst 2 31
41 Anthony Anders 3 30
42 Joey Padgett 6 27
43 Ali Kern 8 25
44 Josh Berry 9 24
45 Jeff Fultz 9 24
46 Chad McCumbee 10 24
47 Kevin Floars 10 DNS 24
48 Jared Fryar 10 23
49 Michael Pilla 11 22
50 Brad Rogers 12 21
51 Taylor Stricklin 12 21
52 Tanner Gray 13 20
53 Nicole Behar 14 DNQ 20
54 Korbin Forrister 15 18
55 Mike Darne 16 17
56 Alex Guenette 16 17
57 John Hunter Nemechek 16 17
58 Tristan Van Wieringen 17 16
59 Wade Day 22 11
Pos Driver SNM ROU HCY TCM GRE ROU CON MYB HCY SNM Points

See also

References

  1. ^ "Deac McCaskill Claims 2016 CARS LMSC Championship". RACE22.com. Retrieved July 5, 2025.
  2. ^ "SLM: A Canadian Goes South and Claims CARS SLM Title". Speed51.com. November 12, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
  3. ^ "Raphaël Lessard crowned champion of the 2016 CARS Super Late Model Tour". Edmonton Journal. November 12, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
  4. ^ "Where are they now? Top 10 finishers from the inaugural CARS Tour race". NASCAR. June 1, 2023. Retrieved October 8, 2025.
  5. ^ "Christopher Bell Wins Hickory, Cole Timm CARS SLM Champ". RACE22.com. Retrieved October 8, 2025.
  6. ^ "CARS Tour Reveals 2016 Schedule". Performance Racing Industry. Retrieved October 8, 2025.