10 best victory celebrations in 2016 NASCAR season
The 2016 Premier Series season was capped off with an iconic win by Jimmie Johnson to capture his record-tying seventh championship.
Along with Johnson's historic accomplishment, we saw Tony Stewart win his last race before retiring and a plethora of other magic moments in the 2016 season.
Check out how we ranked the top 10 best victory celebrations and Victory Lane moments:
Loudon Lobster
Matt Kenseth won the regular season race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and was given the congratulatory lobster trophy. He had some fun scaring his kids with it.
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Miles the Monster
Miles is given out twice each season but based on the way Martin Truex, Jr. dominated the Chase race at Dover, we figured he'd get to relive this monster celebration after winning the race by nearly eight seconds.
Carl Edwards backflip
The most athletic signature celebration move was broken out several times in 2016. Edwards did it at Richmond after bumping his teammate Kyle Busch out of the way to take the checkered flag.
Larson's first time
After 99 career starts, Kyle Larson finally found his way to Victory Lane. At the time it seemed like it might catapult him into a deep run for the championship. It didn't, but Larson won't be disappointed thinking about the season he won his first race.
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Truex celebrates the Southern 500
One of the crown jewel events on the NASCAR schedule, the Bojangles' Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway was won by Martin Truex, Jr. who celebrated by kissing the pavement, waving around the flag, and doing an awesome burnout.
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Kyle kisses the bricks
For the second year in a row, Kyle Busch won the Brickyard 400 at got to kiss the bricks with his team, wife Samantha, and son Brexton. A celebration doesn't get much sweeter than that.
Immortalized in cement
After winning the Daytona 500 by the smallest margin in history, Denny Hamlin finished his celebration by getting his feet and hands cast in cement for winning the race.
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Harvick celebrates with Smoke
After Kevin Harvick won at Bristol Motor Speedway, he invited his boss Tony Stewart to do dual burnouts with him to celebrate the accomplishment in Smoke's final season.
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Tony's final win
He did it in typical Tony Stewart fashion by racing hard and moving Denny Hamlin out of the way to capture his 49th and final Premier Series victory at Sonoma Raceway.
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Se7en
Nothing can top winning a championship at NASCAR's highest level, except for when you do it for a historic, record-tying seventh time and join two of the greatest drivers the sport has ever known – Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty.
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