11th race of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
2016 Aspen Dental Eldora Dirt Derby
Race details
Race 11 of 23 of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Date
July 20, 2016
Official name
4th Annual Aspen Dental Eldora Dirt Derby
Location
Eldora Speedway, Rossburg, Ohio
Course
Permanent racing facility 0.5 mi (0.80 km)
Distance
150 laps, 75 mi (120 km)
Scheduled Distance
150 laps, 75 mi (120 km)
Average speed
41.971 mph (67.546 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Bobby Pierce
MB Motorsports
Grid positions set by heat results
Most laps led
Driver
Bobby Pierce
MB Motorsports
Laps
102
Winner
No. 24
Kyle Larson
GMS Racing
Television in the United States
Network
FS1
Announcers
Vince Welch, Phil Parsons, and Michael Waltrip
Radio in the United States
Radio
MRN
Motor car race
The 2016 Aspen Dental Eldora Dirt Derby was the 11th stock car race of the 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and the 4th iteration of the event. The race was held on Wednesday, July 20, 2016, in Rossburg, Ohio at Eldora Speedway, a 0.5-mile (0.80 km) permanent oval shaped dirt track. The race took the scheduled 150 laps to complete. Kyle Larson, driving for GMS Racing, held off Christopher Bell with 16 laps to go, and earned his second NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win, and his first of the season.[1] Bobby Pierce would dominate the entire race, leading 102 laps until hitting the wall and blowing a tire with 25 laps to go.
^Utter, Jim (July 20, 2016). "Kyle Larson takes Truck win at Eldora". Motorsport.com. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
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