2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (Start Your Engines!)
The 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series was the 68th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 45th modern-era Cup series season.
The season marked the second season of a new television contract. During the season, races were broadcast in the United States by Fox Sports, NBC Sports, and CBS Sports, with midweek races broadcast on ESPN.
The season also marked the final season with Sprint as the series sponsor as Monster Energy took over the title sponsorship starting in 2017.
Teams and drivers
Complete schedule
| Manufacturer | Team | No. | Race driver | Crew chief |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevrolet | Cale Yarborough Motorsports | 98 | Shane Hmiel | |
| Earnhardt Childress Racing | 1 | Martin Truex Jr. | Kevin Manion | |
| 3 | Austin Dillon | Slugger Labbe | ||
| 8 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Tony Eury Jr. | ||
| 30 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Luke Lambert | ||
| 31 | Ty Dillon | |||
| 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chad Knaus | ||
| Hendrick Motorsports | 5 | Jerry Nadeau | Keith Rodden | |
| 25 | Ricky Hendrick | Alan Gustafson | ||
| 35 | Landon Cassill | |||
| 50 | Brad Keselowski | Greg Ives | ||
| HScott Motorsports | 51 | Justin Allgaier | Steve Addington | |
| 146 | Michael Annett | Jay Guy | ||
| JTG Daugherty Racing | 47 | A. J. Allmendinger | Brian Burns | |
| Tommy Baldwin Racing | 170 | Alex Bowman | Tommy Baldwin Jr. | |
| Dodge | AK Racing | 7 | James Kulwicki | |
| Bill Davis Racing | 22 | Chase Elliott (R) | ||
| 23 | Jason Leffler | |||
| 24 | Scott Wimmer | |||
| Chip Ganassi Racing | 40 | Jamie McMurray | Matt McCall | |
| 41 | Bryan Clauson | Phil Surgen | ||
| 42 | Kyle Larson | Chad Johnston | ||
| Circle Sport – Leavine Family Racing | 95 | Michael McDowell | Todd Parrott
Dave Winston Matt Borland | |
| Evernham Motorsports | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Kenny Francis | |
| 19 | Casey Elliott | Ernie Elliott | ||
| 91 | Casey Atwood | |||
| Kelman Racing | 86 | Ryan Kelman | Wally Rogers | |
| McDuffie Racing | 107 | Crissy Hillsworth | ||
| Moroso-Rudd Racing | 82 | Rob Moroso | ||
| 83 | Brendan Gaughan | |||
| Pacific Coast Racing | 60 | Chloe Johnson | Jed Luke | |
| 69 | Jenny Smith | Barry Baker | ||
| 80 | Tim Johnson | Charlie Davis | ||
| 85 | Belle Armstrong | Scott Smith | ||
| Petty Enterprises | 43 | Aric Almirola | ||
| 44 | Chad McCumbee | |||
| 45 | Adam Petty | |||
| 46 | Austin Petty | |||
| Team Penske | 02 | Joey Logano | Todd Gordon | |
| 2 | Blaise Alexander | Paul Wolfe | ||
| 12 | Paul Menard | |||
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