title: 2016 AMA National Speedway Championship
text: # 2016 AMA National Speedway Championship
  
  The 2016 AMA National Speedway Championship Series was staged over four rounds, held at Costa Mesa (May 22), Ventura (June 25), Industry (August 13) and Auburn (September 16). 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 | – | – |
  