2017 North Carolina Education Lottery 200
Race details | |||||
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Race 5 of 23 of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series | |||||
Date | May 19, 2017 | ||||
Official name | 15th Annual North Carolina Education Lottery 200 | ||||
Location | Concord, North Carolina, Charlotte Motor Speedway | ||||
Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.41 km) | ||||
Distance | 134 laps, 201 mi (323.478 km) | ||||
Scheduled Distance | 134 laps, 201 mi (323.478 km) | ||||
Average speed | 110.103 miles per hour (177.194 km/h) | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Kyle Busch Motorsports | ||||
Time | 29.852 | ||||
Most laps led | |||||
Driver | Kyle Busch | Kyle Busch Motorsports | |||
Laps | 90 | ||||
Winner | |||||
No. 51 | Kyle Busch |
Network | Fox Sports 1 | ||
Announcers | Vince Welch, Phil Parsons, Michael Waltrip | ||||
Radio in the United States | |||||
Radio | Motor Racing Network |
The 2017 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 was the fifth
Background
The race was held at
Entry list
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Practice
First practice
The first practice session was held on Thursday, May 18, at 5:00 PM EST, and would last for 55 minutes.[2] Christopher Bell of Kyle Busch Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.664 and an average speed of 182.039 miles per hour (292.963 km/h).[3]
Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
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1 | 4 | Christopher Bell | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 29.664 | 182.039 |
2 | 29 | Chase Briscoe (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 29.684 | 181.916 |
3 | 27 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 29.808 | 181.159 |
Full first practice results |
Second and final practice
The second and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Thursday, May 18, at 7:00 PM EST, and would last for 55 minutes.[2] Noah Gragson of Kyle Busch Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.680 and an average speed of 181.941 miles per hour (292.806 km/h).[4]
Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
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1 | 18 | Noah Gragson (R) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 29.680 | 181.941 |
2 | 19 | Austin Cindric (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 29.734 | 181.610 |
3 | 21 | Johnny Sauter | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 29.881 | 180.717 |
Full Happy Hour practice results |
Qualifying
Qualifying was held on Friday, May 19, at 4:45 PM EST.[5] Since Charlotte Motor Speedway is at least a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) racetrack, the qualifying system was a single car, single lap, two round system where in the first round, everyone would set a time to determine positions 13–32. Then, the fastest 12 qualifiers would move on to the second round to determine positions 1–12.[2]
Christopher Bell of Kyle Busch Motorsports would win the pole, setting a lap of 29.852 and an average speed of 180.892 miles per hour (291.117 km/h) in the second round.[6]
Two drivers would fail to qualify: Brandon Brown and Cody Ware.
Full qualifying results
Race results
Stage 1 Laps: 40
Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
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1 | 51 | Kyle Busch (i) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 0 |
2 | 21 | Johnny Sauter | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 9 |
3 | 8 | John Hunter Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | 8 |
4 | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 7 |
5 | 29 | Chase Briscoe (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 6 |
6 | 27 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 5 |
7 | 66 | Ross Chastain (i) | Bolen Motorsports | Chevrolet | 0 |
8 | 16 | Ryan Truex | Hattori Racing Enterprises | Toyota | 3 |
9 | 18 | Noah Gragson (R) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 2 |
10 | 17 | Timothy Peters | Red Horse Racing | Toyota | 1 |
Stage 2 Laps: 40
Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
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1 | 51 | Kyle Busch (i) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 0 |
2 | 21 | Johnny Sauter | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 9 |
3 | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 8 |
4 | 27 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 7 |
5 | 4 | Christopher Bell | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 6 |
6 | 16 | Ryan Truex | Hattori Racing Enterprises | Toyota | 5 |
7 | 29 | Chase Briscoe (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 4 |
8 | 17 | Timothy Peters | Red Horse Racing | Toyota | 3 |
9 | 18 | Noah Gragson (R) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 2 |
10 | 02 | Austin Hill | Young's Motorsports | Ford | 1 |
Stage 3 Laps: 54
Standings after the race
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References
- ^ "Kyle Busch takes Trucks win at Charlotte for second straight victory". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
- ^ a b c "NASCAR Qualifying Rules". ESPN.com. 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- ^ Bonkowski, Jerry (2017-05-18). "Christopher Bell is fastest in first of two Truck practices today at Charlotte". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
- ^ Long, Dustin (2017-05-19). "Noah Gragson paces final Truck practice". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
- ^ "2017 GOTS Charlotte Race Info". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
- ^ McFadin, Daniel (2017-05-19). "Christopher Bell wins pole for Charlotte Truck race, third of season". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
- ^ "2017 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 - The Third Turn". www.thethirdturn.com. Retrieved 2022-04-25.