2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series
The 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series was the 35th season of the NASCAR Xfinity Series, the second national professional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season started at Daytona International Speedway on February 20 and ended at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 19. Daniel Suárez of Joe Gibbs Racing won the championship, becoming the first non-American to win a title in NASCAR's top 3 divisions.
This was the first year that the Xfinity Series had a playoff system. Just like in the Cup Series, four drivers competed for the title in the final race at Homestead, also the final round of the playoffs. Those drivers are shown below.
Teams and drivers
Complete schedule
| Manufacturer | Team | Race driver | Crew chief | |
| Chevrolet | Chip Ganassi Racing | 42 | Kyle Larson | Mike Shiplett |
| Chevrolet | Chip Ganassi Racing | 42 | Justin Marks | Mike Shiplett |
| Chevrolet | Chip Ganassi Racing | 48 | Brennan Poole ' | Chad Norris |
| Chevrolet | Derrike Cope Racing with JP Motorsports | 70 | Derrike Cope | Carlos Contreras Danny Ketterman Jr. |
| Chevrolet | Derrike Cope Racing with JP Motorsports | 70 | Timmy Hill | Carlos Contreras Danny Ketterman Jr. |
| Chevrolet | Derrike Cope Racing with JP Motorsports | 70 | Dexter Stacey | Carlos Contreras Danny Ketterman Jr. |
| Chevrolet | JD Motorsports | 0 | Eric McClure | Matthew Lewis Danny Gill |
| Chevrolet | JD Motorsports | 0 | Garrett Smithley ' | Matthew Lewis Danny Gill |
| Chevrolet | JD Motorsports | 01 | Ryan Preece ' | Zach McGowan Ryan Bell |
| Chevrolet | JD Motorsports | 4 | Ross Chastain | Brian Berry |
| Chevrolet | Jeremy Clements Racing | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Tony Clements |
| Chevrolet | Jimmy Means Racing | 52 | Joey Gase | Tim Brown |
| Chevrolet | JR Motorsports | 1 | Elliott Sadler | Kevin Meendering Mike Bumgarner |
| Chevrolet | JR Motorsports | 7 | Justin Allgaier | Jason Burdett |
| Chevrolet | JR Motorsports | 88 | Chase Elliott | Dave Elenz |
| Chevrolet | JR Motorsports | 88 | Kevin Harvick | Dave Elenz |
| Chevrolet | JR Motorsports | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Dave Elenz |
| Chevrolet | JR Motorsports | 88 | Alex Bowman | Dave Elenz |
| Chevrolet | JR Motorsports | 88 | Cole Custer | Dave Elenz |
| Chevrolet | JR Motorsports | 88 | Josh Berry | Dave Elenz |
| Chevrolet | JR Motorsports | 88 | Kenny Habul | Dave Elenz |
| Chevrolet | JR Motorsports | 88 | Regan Smith | Dave Elenz |
| Chevrolet | JR Motorsports | 88 | Clint Bowyer | Dave Elenz |
| Chevrolet | Kaulig Racing | 11 | Blake Koch | Chris Rice |
| Chevrolet | Obaika Racing | 97 | Harrison Rhodes | Todd Myers David Jones Bobby Burrell Kevyn Rebolledo |
| Chevrolet | Obaika Racing | 97 | Ryan Ellis | Todd Myers David Jones Bobby Burrell Kevyn Rebolledo |
| Chevrolet | Obaika Racing | 97 | Alex Guenette | Todd Myers David Jones Bobby Burrell Kevyn Rebolledo |
| Chevrolet | Obaika Racing | 97 | T. J. Bell | Todd Myers David Jones Bobby Burrell Kevyn Rebolledo |
| Chevrolet | Obaika Racing | 97 | Paige Decker | Todd Myers David Jones Bobby Burrell Kevyn Rebolledo |
| Chevrolet | Obaika Racing | 97 | Matt Waltz | Todd Myers David Jones Bobby Burrell Kevyn Rebolledo |
| Chevrolet | Obaika Racing | 97 | Josh Berry | Todd Myers David Jones Bobby Burrell Kevyn Rebolledo |
| Chevrolet | Obaika Racing | 97 | Alli Owens | Todd Myers David Jones Bobby Burrell Kevyn Rebolledo |
| Chevrolet | Obaika Racing | 97 | Jordan Anderson | Todd Myers David Jones Bobby Burrell Kevyn Rebolledo |
| Chevrolet | Obaika Racing | 97 | Josh Bilicki | Todd Myers David Jones Bobby Burrell Kevyn Rebolledo |
| Chevrolet | Richard Childress Racing | 2 | Austin Dillon | Danny Stockman Jr. Gil Martin Justin Alexander |
| Chevrolet | Richard Childress Racing | 2 | Paul Menard | Danny Stockman Jr. Gil Martin Justin Alexander |
| Chevrolet | Richard Childress Racing | 2 | Ben Kennedy | Danny Stockman Jr. Gil Martin Justin Alexander |
| Chevrolet | Richard Childress Racing | 2 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Danny Stockman Jr. Gil Martin Justin Alexander |
| Chevrolet | Richard Childress Racing | 2 | Michael McDowell | Danny Stockman Jr. Gil Martin Justin Alexander |
| Chevrolet | Richard Childress Racing | 2 | Regan Smith | Danny Stockman Jr. Gil Martin Justin Alexander |
| Chevrolet | Richard Childress Racing | 3 | Ty Dillon | Danny Efland Nick Harrison Mike Hillman Jr. |
| Chevrolet | Richard Childress Racing | 33 | Brandon Jones ' | Mike Hillman Jr. Nick Harrison |
| Chevrolet | Richard Childress Racing | 62 | Brendan Gaughan | Shane Wilson |
| Chevrolet | RSS Racing | 39 | Ryan Sieg | Kevin Starland |
| Chevrolet | SS-Green Light Racing | 07 | Ray Black Jr. ' | Jason Miller |
| Dodge | Mike Harmon Racing | 74 | Mike Harmon | Carl Brown Alan Collins Jr. R. B. Bracken |
| Dodge | Mike Harmon Racing | 74 | Nicolas Hammann | Carl Brown Alan Collins Jr. R. B. Bracken |
| Dodge | Mike Harmon Racing | 74 | Roger Reuse | Carl Brown Alan Collins Jr. R. B. Bracken |
| Ford | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | 78 | B. J. McLeod ' | George Ingram David Ingram |
| Ford | Roush Fenway Racing | 6 | Bubba Wallace | Seth Barbour |
| Ford | Roush Fenway Racing | 16 | Ryan Reed | Phil Gould |
| Ford | Team Penske | 22 | Joey Logano | Brian Wilson Greg Erwin |
| Ford | Team Penske | 22 | Brad Keselowski | Brian Wilson Greg Erwin |
| Ford | Team Penske | 22 | Ryan Blaney | Brian Wilson Greg Erwin |
| Ford | Team Penske | 22 | Alex Tagliani | Brian Wilson Greg Erwin |
| Toyota | JGL Racing | 28 | Dakoda Armstrong | Steven Lane Wayne Setterington Jr. |
| Toyota | JGL Racing | 28 | Drew Herring | Steven Lane Wayne Setterington Jr. |
| Toyota | Joe Gibbs Racing | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Chris Gayle |
| Toyota | Joe Gibbs Racing | 18 | Kyle Busch | Chris Gayle |
| Toyota | Joe Gibbs Racing | 18 | Matt Tifft | Chris Gayle |
| Toyota | Joe Gibbs Racing | 18 | Denny Hamlin | Chris Gayle |
| Toyota | Joe Gibbs Racing | 18 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Chris Gayle |
| Toyota | Joe Gibbs Racing | 18 | David Ragan | Chris Gayle |
| Toyota | Joe Gibbs Racing | 18 | Dakoda Armstrong | Chris Gayle |
| Toyota | Joe Gibbs Racing | 18 | Owen Kelly | Chris Gayle |
| Toyota | Joe Gibbs Racing | 18 | Drew Herring | Chris Gayle |
| Toyota | Joe Gibbs Racing | 19 | Daniel Suárez | Scott Graves |
| Toyota | Joe Gibbs Racing | 20 | Erik Jones ' | Chris Gabehart |
| Toyota | TriStar Motorsports | 14 | Benny Gordon | Eddie Pardue |
| Toyota | TriStar Motorsports | 14 | J. J. Yeley | Eddie Pardue |
| Toyota | TriStar Motorsports | 14 | Jeff Green | Eddie Pardue |
| Toyota | TriStar Motorsports | 14 | Tomy Drissi | Eddie Pardue |
| Toyota | TriStar Motorsports | 14 | Mike Bliss | Eddie Pardue |
| Toyota | TriStar Motorsports | 14 | Hermie Sadler | Eddie Pardue |
| Toyota | TriStar Motorsports | 14 | Matt DiBenedetto | Eddie Pardue |
| Toyota | TriStar Motorsports | 14 | Cole Whitt | Eddie Pardue |
| Toyota | TriStar Motorsports | 44 | David Starr | Frank Kerr Bryan Smith |
| Toyota | TriStar Motorsports | 44 | J. J. Yeley | Frank Kerr Bryan Smith |
| Chevrolet | King Autosport | 90 | Martin Roy | Guy Caron Michael Rutland Mario Gosselin |
| Chevrolet | King Autosport | 90 | Mario Gosselin | Guy Caron Michael Rutland Mario Gosselin |
| Chevrolet | King Autosport | 90 | Alex Guenette | Guy Caron Michael Rutland Mario Gosselin |
| Chevrolet | King Autosport | 90 | Andy Lally | Guy Caron Michael Rutland Mario Gosselin |
| Chevrolet | King Autosport | 90 | James Davison | Guy Caron Michael Rutland Mario Gosselin |
| Chevrolet | King Autosport | 90 | Dexter Bean | Guy Caron Michael Rutland Mario Gosselin |
| Chevrolet | King Autosport | 90 | Alex Labbé | Guy Caron Michael Rutland Mario Gosselin |
| Chevrolet | SS-Green Light Racing | 90 | Todd Bodine | Guy Caron Michael Rutland Mario Gosselin |
| Ford | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | 90 | Todd Peck | Keith Wolfe |
| Ford | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | 15 | Todd Peck | Paul Andrews Joe Lax George Church Keith Wolfe Jason Houghtaling Jeff Spraker Shannon Rursch James Brooks |
| Ford | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | 15 | Travis Kvapil | Paul Andrews Joe Lax George Church Keith Wolfe Jason Houghtaling Jeff Spraker Shannon Rursch James Brooks |
| Ford | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | 15 | Cody Ware ' | Paul Andrews Joe Lax George Church Keith Wolfe Jason Houghtaling Jeff Spraker Shannon Rursch James Brooks |
| Ford | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | 15 | Timmy Hill | Paul Andrews Joe Lax George Church Keith Wolfe Jason Houghtaling Jeff Spraker Shannon Rursch James Brooks |
| Ford | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | 15 | Scott Heckert | Paul Andrews Joe Lax George Church Keith Wolfe Jason Houghtaling Jeff Spraker Shannon Rursch James Brooks |
| Ford | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | 15 | Michael Lira | Paul Andrews Joe Lax George Church Keith Wolfe Jason Houghtaling Jeff Spraker Shannon Rursch James Brooks |
| Ford | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | 15 | Stanton Barrett | Paul Andrews Joe Lax George Church Keith Wolfe Jason Houghtaling Jeff Spraker Shannon Rursch James Brooks |
| Ford | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | 15 | Clint King | Paul Andrews Joe Lax George Church Keith Wolfe Jason Houghtaling Jeff Spraker Shannon Rursch James Brooks |
| Ford | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | 15 | Blake Jones | Paul Andrews Joe Lax George Church Keith Wolfe Jason Houghtaling Jeff Spraker Shannon Rursch James Brooks |
| Ford | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | 15 | Josh Wise | Paul Andrews Joe Lax George Church Keith Wolfe Jason Houghtaling Jeff Spraker Shannon Rursch James Brooks |
| Ford | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | 15 | Josh Reaume | Paul Andrews Joe Lax George Church Keith Wolfe Jason Houghtaling Jeff Spraker Shannon Rursch James Brooks |
| Ford | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | 15 | D. J. Kennington | Paul Andrews Joe Lax George Church Keith Wolfe Jason Houghtaling Jeff Spraker Shannon Rursch James Brooks |
| Chevrolet Dodge Ford | Rick Ware Racing | 15 | Stanton Barrett | Paul Andrews Joe Lax George Church Keith Wolfe Jason Houghtaling Jeff Spraker Shannon Rursch James Brooks |
| Chevrolet Dodge Ford | Rick Ware Racing | 15 | Cody Ware ' | Paul Andrews Joe Lax George Church Keith Wolfe Jason Houghtaling Jeff Spraker Shannon Rursch James Brooks |
| Chevrolet Dodge Ford | Rick Ware Racing | 15 | Ryan Ellis | Paul Andrews Joe Lax George Church Keith Wolfe Jason Houghtaling Jeff Spraker Shannon Rursch James Brooks |
| Chevrolet Dodge Ford | Rick Ware Racing | 15 | Todd Peck | Paul Andrews Joe Lax George Church Keith Wolfe Jason Houghtaling Jeff Spraker Shannon Rursch James Brooks |
| Chevrolet Dodge Ford | Rick Ware Racing | 15 | Jeff Green | Paul Andrews Joe Lax George Church Keith Wolfe Jason Houghtaling Jeff Spraker Shannon Rursch James Brooks |
| Chevrolet Ford | Rick Ware Racing | 25 | Cody Ware ' | Jeff Spraker Joe Lax George Church |
| Chevrolet Ford | Rick Ware Racing | 25 | Harrison Rhodes | Jeff Spraker Joe Lax George Church |
| Chevrolet Ford | Rick Ware Racing | 25 | Ryan Ellis | Jeff Spraker Joe Lax George Church |
| Chevrolet Ford | Rick Ware Racing | 25 | Travis Kvapil | Jeff Spraker Joe Lax George Church |
| Chevrolet Ford | Rick Ware Racing | 25 | Scott Lagasse Jr. | Jeff Spraker Joe Lax George Church |
| Chevrolet Ford | Rick Ware Racing | 25 | Stanton Barrett | Jeff Spraker Joe Lax George Church |
| Chevrolet Ford | Rick Ware Racing | 25 | Spencer Boyd | Jeff Spraker Joe Lax George Church |
| Chevrolet Ford | Rick Ware Racing | 25 | Camden Murphy | Jeff Spraker Joe Lax George Church |
| Chevrolet Ford | Rick Ware Racing | 25 | Todd Peck | Jeff Spraker Joe Lax George Church |
| Chevrolet Ford | Rick Ware Racing | 25 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | Jeff Spraker Joe Lax George Church |
| Chevrolet Ford | Rick Ware Racing | 25 | Austin Theriault | Jeff Spraker Joe Lax George Church |
| Chevrolet Ford | Rick Ware Racing | 25 | Josh Reaume | Jeff Spraker Joe Lax George Church |
| Chevrolet | Chris Cockrum Racing | 25 | Chris Cockrum | Jeff Spraker Joe Lax George Church |
| Chevrolet | Obaika Racing | 25 | Austin Theriault | Jeff Spraker Joe Lax George Church |
| Chevrolet | Team Kapusta Racing | 25 | Timmy Hill | Jeff Spraker Joe Lax George Church |
| Chevrolet | Team Kapusta Racing | 25 | Cody Ware | Jeff Spraker Joe Lax George Church |
| Chevrolet | Team Kapusta Racing | 25 | Alex Kennedy | Jeff Spraker Joe Lax George Church |
| Chevrolet | Team Kapusta Racing | 25 | Austin Theriault | Jeff Spraker Joe Lax George Church |
| Ford | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | 25 | Todd Peck | Jeff Spraker Joe Lax George Church |
| Dodge Toyota Chevrolet Ford | MBM Motorsports | 13 | Mark Thompson | Carl Long Robbie May George Lee II Michael Rathje George Church David Jones |
| Dodge Toyota Chevrolet Ford | MBM Motorsports | 13 | Josh Reaume | Carl Long Robbie May George Lee II Michael Rathje George Church David Jones |
| Dodge Toyota Chevrolet Ford | MBM Motorsports | 13 | Derek White | Carl Long Robbie May George Lee II Michael Rathje George Church David Jones |
| Dodge Toyota Chevrolet Ford | MBM Motorsports | 13 | D. J. Kennington | Carl Long Robbie May George Lee II Michael Rathje George Church David Jones |
| Dodge Toyota Chevrolet Ford | MBM Motorsports | 13 | Carl Long | Carl Long Robbie May George Lee II Michael Rathje George Church David Jones |
| Dodge Toyota Chevrolet Ford | MBM Motorsports | 13 | Matt DiBenedetto | Carl Long Robbie May George Lee II Michael Rathje George Church David Jones |
| Dodge Toyota Chevrolet Ford | MBM Motorsports | 13 | Timmy Hill | Carl Long Robbie May George Lee II Michael Rathje George Church David Jones |
| Dodge Toyota Chevrolet Ford | MBM Motorsports | 13 | John Jackson | Carl Long Robbie May George Lee II Michael Rathje George Church David Jones |
| Dodge Toyota Chevrolet Ford | MBM Motorsports | 13 | T. J. Bell | Carl Long Robbie May George Lee II Michael Rathje George Church David Jones |
| Dodge Toyota Chevrolet Ford | MBM Motorsports | 13 | Harrison Rhodes | Carl Long Robbie May George Lee II Michael Rathje George Church David Jones |
| Dodge Toyota Chevrolet Ford | MBM Motorsports | 13 | Stanton Barrett | Carl Long Robbie May George Lee II Michael Rathje George Church David Jones |
| Dodge Toyota Chevrolet Ford | MBM Motorsports | 13 | Tim Cowen | Carl Long Robbie May George Lee II Michael Rathje George Church David Jones |
| Dodge Toyota Chevrolet Ford | MBM Motorsports | 13 | Alon Day | Carl Long Robbie May George Lee II Michael Rathje George Church David Jones |
| Dodge Toyota Chevrolet Ford | MBM Motorsports | 13 | Brandon Hightower | Carl Long Robbie May George Lee II Michael Rathje George Church David Jones |
| Dodge Toyota Chevrolet | MBM Motorsports | 40 | Derek White | Robbie May Sebastian Laforge Carl Long |
| Dodge Toyota Chevrolet | MBM Motorsports | 40 | Carl Long | Robbie May Sebastian Laforge Carl Long |
| Dodge Toyota Chevrolet | MBM Motorsports | 40 | Josh Reaume | Robbie May Sebastian Laforge Carl Long |
| Dodge Toyota Chevrolet | MBM Motorsports | 40 | Josh Wise | Robbie May Sebastian Laforge Carl Long |
| Dodge Toyota Chevrolet | MBM Motorsports | 40 | T. J. Bell | Robbie May Sebastian Laforge Carl Long |
| Dodge Toyota Chevrolet | MBM Motorsports | 40 | John Jackson | Robbie May Sebastian Laforge Carl Long |
| Dodge Toyota Chevrolet | MBM Motorsports | 40 | Timmy Hill | Robbie May Sebastian Laforge Carl Long |
| Dodge Toyota Chevrolet | MBM Motorsports | 40 | Chris Cook | Robbie May Sebastian Laforge Carl Long |
| Dodge Toyota Chevrolet | MBM Motorsports | 40 | Alon Day | Robbie May Sebastian Laforge Carl Long |