2016 AMA National Speedway Championship

The 2016 AMA National Speedway Championship Series was staged over four rounds, held at Costa Mesa (May 22),^[1] Ventura (June 25),^[2] Industry (August 13)^[3] and Auburn (September 16).^[4] It was won by Billy Janniro, who beat Max Ruml and Dillon Ruml. It was the seventh title of Janniro's career, and his fourth in-a-row.

Event format

Over the course of 20 heats, each rider races against every other rider once. The top eight scorers then reach the semi-finals, with first and second in those semi-finals reaching the final. Points are scored for every ride taken, including the semi-finals and final.

Classification

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Billy Janniro	77	21	18	17	21
2	Max Ruml	63	12	18	16	17
3	Dillon Ruml	46	6	15	12	13
4	Gino Manzares	43	18	6	8	11
5	Aaron Fox	42	8	7	16	11
6	Luke Becker	41	4	15	10	12
7	Bart Bast	40	14	10	7	9
8	Broc Nicol	40	9	13	9	9
9	Austin Novratil	31	12	9	10	–
10	Tommy Hedden	25	9	4	5	7
11	Charlie Venegas	22	6	–	9	7
12	Gage Geist	19	3	4	6	6
13	Kurtis Hamill	18	4	5	6	3
14	Mike Faria	11	4	2	3	2
15	Eddie Castro	8	–	8	–	–
16	Bryan Yarrow	7	–	–	–	7
17	Shawn McConnell	6	6	–	–	–
18	Ryan Bast	5	1	4	–	–
19	Dalton Leedy	4	–	0	1	3
20	Tyson Talkington	3	–	–	3	–
21	Rick Valdez	0	–	0	–	0
22	Charles Ermolenko	0	–	0	–	–

References

1. "Costa Mesa AMA Nationals Round 1 May 21, 2016". Speedwaybikes.com.
2. "Ventura AMA Nationals Round 2 June 25, 2016". Speedwaybikes.com.
3. "Industry AMA Nationals Round 3 August 13, 2016". Speedwaybikes.com.
4. "Auburn AMA Nationals Round 4 September 16, 2016". Speedwaybikes.com.