2016 AST Voltson Super Trucks season

The 2016 AST Volston Super Trucks season is the third season of the AST Voltson Super Trucks; a lower-budget, semi-professional auto racing series that utilizes pickup trucks with V6 engines primarily on short tracks around the Great Lakes Basin region of North America.

Pre-Season Overview
Entering its third season of competition, the series continues to attract more teams from Michigan and beyond. With the arrival of several teams and drivers who are new to the series that will be joining the returning teams, the full-time entry list grows to become 19 trucks, four greater than the 15-truck roster from 2015.

With an expanded entry list and the potential for an increase in the number of races where qualifying races will become necessary, the officials considered a restructuring of the qualifying format for events that receive more entries than available starting spots. One idea that was been presented resembles a twin-race format that, essentially, would be similar to the points system that was used by the TM Master Cup Series for the 2007 Round of Russia. However, no such changes would be implemented.

The driver lineup for the entry of the #6 truck for Binford Racing Team presents the series with a situation that it has not previously seen; a full-time entry shared between multiple drivers. The part-time #77 truck for Legendary Motorsports is also split between multiple drivers. After consideration, officials decided that points will be scored separately for the individual drivers, as opposed to awarding points collectively to the truck that they share.

Both Saar and Lycoia return and continue to field the Nebraska and Rebel models, respectively. In addition, Isanni has been approved for competition with its own model of pickup truck, originally developed for use in the FARC Truck Series. The series continues to allow former FARC Truck Series chassis to be used - including ones that were to be used for the cancelled 2015 season - as the regulations remain unchanged.

Schedule
The schedule will consist of ten rounds, the same number as the previous year. Eight races will be on short tracks.

All of the venues that were visited in 2015 have been confirmed to return to the calendar with the exception of the Dells Raceway Park, which will not host a race after being the only addition to the 2015 calendar from the year before. Taking its place as the host venue for the eighth race of the season is the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds. The one-mile dirt track will be the second-to-largest oval that the series will visit, and be the first venue in Illinois to host a VST race. The track will also be the oldest on the series calendar. With the addition of DuQuoin, the schedule now includes three dirt ovals, six paved ovals, and one paved road course.

The races at both the Michigan International Speedway and the Berlin Raceway retain their title sponsorship, with several new participating sponsors contributing to the race at MIS as it continues to grow in popularity. The race at Nelson Ledges Road Course was unable to find another title sponsor after Nilbog decided not to return.

Team Chart

 * Numbers marked in blue indicate a part-time entry.

Points System
The series continues to use the same points system that was used by the FARC touring series in 2014.

The most points that a driver can score in a single race is 110 (by winning, leading the most laps, and either earning the Pole Award or the High Climber Award). There is a 66-point difference from last place in a typical 20-car field, and a 106-point difference from last place in a full 40-car field. To date, 33 is the greatest number of trucks that have started a single race.

Bonus Points


 * 5 points go to the pole sitter
 * 5 points go the leader of the most laps
 * 5 points go to the driver whose finishing rank makes up the most positions from his or her starting position