The 2017 LTi Printing 200 was the 13th stock car race of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the 18th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, August 12, 2017, in Brooklyn, Michigan at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile (3.2 km) permanent moderate-banked D-shaped speedway. The race took the scheduled 100 laps to complete. At race's end, Bubba Wallace, driving for MDM Motorsports, would defend fiercely for the final 11 laps of the race to win his sixth and to date, final career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win and his only win of the season.[1] To fill out the podium, Christopher Bell and Kyle Busch, both driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would finish second and third, respectively.

2017 LTi Printing 200
Race details
Race 13 of 23 of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Date August 12, 2017
Official name 18th Annual LTi Printing 200
Location Brooklyn, Michigan, Michigan International Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
2 mi (3.2 km)
Distance 100 laps, 200 mi (321.868 km)
Scheduled Distance 100 laps, 200 mi (321.868 km)
Average speed 126.493 miles per hour (203.571 km/h)
Pole position
Driver ThorSport Racing
Time 39.076
Most laps led
Driver Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Motorsports
Laps 47
Winner
No. 99 Bubba Wallace MDM Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network FOX
Announcers Vince Welch, Phil Parsons, Michael Waltrip
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

Background

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The layout of Michigan International Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

The race was held at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located in Brooklyn, Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is known as a "sister track" to Texas World Speedway as MIS's oval design was a direct basis of TWS, with moderate modifications to the banking in the corners, and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway. The track is owned by International Speedway Corporation. Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (by open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest by stock car standards).

Entry list

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  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
  • (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
# Driver Team Make Sponsor
0 Ray Ciccarelli Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet Driven 2 Honor
1 Jordan Anderson TJL Motorsports Chevrolet Sturgis Bank & Trust, Kool
02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet Randco Industries, Young's Building Systems
4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Sirius XM, JBL
6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet Norm Benning Racing
8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet Fire Alarm Services
10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet Driven 2 Honor
13 Cody Coughlin (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota RIDE TV
16 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota Hino
18 Noah Gragson (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Switch
19 Austin Cindric (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford Reese Brands, DrawTite
21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet GMS Racing
24 Justin Haley (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet Fraternal Order of Eagles
27 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota Safelite Auto Glass
29 Chase Briscoe (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford Cooper-Standard
33 Kaz Grala (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet Charge Cords
36 Camden Murphy MB Motorsports Chevrolet Fr8Auctions
44 Austin Wayne Self Martins Motorsports Chevrolet AM Technical Solutions, Don't Mess with Texas
45 T. J. Bell Niece Motorsports Chevrolet Niece Motorsports
49 Wendell Chavous (R) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet JAS Expedited Trucking
50 Josh Reaume Beaver Motorsports Chevrolet Pit Barrel Cooker
51 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Textron, Beechcraft
52 Stewart Friesen (R) Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet Halmar
57 Mike Senica Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet Bell Plantation
63 B. J. McLeod (i) MB Motorsports Chevrolet MB Motorsports
83 Todd Peck Copp Motorsports Chevrolet Pulse Transport
87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet NEMCO Motorsports
88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota Menards, Ideal Door
98 Grant Enfinger (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota Champion Power Equipment
99 Bubba Wallace (i) MDM Motorsports Chevrolet Maestro's
Official entry list

Practice

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First practice

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The first practice session was held on Friday, August 11, at 1:00 PM EST, and would last for 55 minutes.[2] Matt Crafton of ThorSport Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 38.350 and an average speed of 187.744 miles per hour (302.145 km/h).[3]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 38.350 187.744
2 29 Chase Briscoe (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 38.477 187.125
3 98 Grant Enfinger (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 38.490 187.062
Full first practice results

Second and final practice

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The second and final practice session, sometimes known as Happy Hour, was held on Friday, August 11, at 3:00 PM EST, and would last for 55 minutes.[2] John Hunter Nemechek of NEMCO Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 38.545 and an average speed of 186.795 miles per hour (300.617 km/h).[4]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 38.545 186.795
2 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 38.571 186.669
3 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 38.662 186.229
Full Happy Hour practice results

Qualifying

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Qualifying was held on Saturday, August 12, at 9:30 AM EST.[2] Since Michigan International Speedway is at least 1.5 miles (2.4 km), 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.[5]

Matt Crafton of ThorSport Racing would win the pole, setting a lap of 39.076 and an average speed of 184.256 miles per hour (296.531 km/h) in the second round.[6]

No drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time (R1) Speed (R1) Time (R2) Speed (R2)
1 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 39.148 183.917 39.076 184.256
2 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 39.130 184.002 39.140 183.955
3 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 39.212 183.617 39.175 183.791
4 29 Chase Briscoe (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 39.380 182.834 39.201 183.669
5 18 Noah Gragson (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 39.370 182.880 39.301 183.201
6 98 Grant Enfinger (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 39.401 182.736 39.316 183.132
7 24 Justin Haley (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 39.381 182.829 39.403 182.727
8 19 Austin Cindric (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 39.440 182.556 39.463 182.449
9 99 Bubba Wallace (i) MDM Motorsports Chevrolet 39.531 182.136 39.509 182.237
10 51 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 39.519 182.191 39.527 182.154
11 16 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 39.671 181.493 39.630 181.681
12 33 Kaz Grala (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 39.668 181.507 39.663 181.529
Eliminated in Round 1
13 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 39.714 181.296 - -
14 27 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota 39.830 180.768 - -
15 13 Cody Coughlin (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 39.833 180.755 - -
16 52 Stewart Friesen (R) Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 39.844 180.705 - -
17 02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 40.030 179.865 - -
18 49 Wendell Chavous (R) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 40.714 176.843 - -
19 45 T. J. Bell Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 40.824 176.367 - -
20 44 Austin Wayne Self Martins Motorsports Chevrolet 40.896 176.056 - -
21 0 Ray Ciccarelli Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 41.023 175.511 - -
22 63 B. J. McLeod (i) MB Motorsports Chevrolet 41.062 175.345 - -
23 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 41.193 174.787 - -
24 50 Josh Reaume Beaver Motorsports Chevrolet 41.275 174.440 - -
25 83 Todd Peck Copp Motorsports Chevrolet 41.462 173.653 - -
26 1 Jordan Anderson TJL Motorsports Chevrolet 41.496 173.511 - -
27 36 Camden Murphy MB Motorsports Chevrolet 41.791 172.286 - -
28 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 42.925 167.734 - -
29 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 43.330 166.167 - -
30 57 Mike Senica Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 45.684 157.604 - -
Official qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Stage 1 Laps: 30

Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts
1 51 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 0
2 29 Chase Briscoe (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 9
3 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 8
4 27 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota 7
5 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 6
6 19 Austin Cindric (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 5
7 18 Noah Gragson (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 4
8 16 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 3
9 99 Bubba Wallace (i) MDM Motorsports Chevrolet 0
10 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 1

Stage 2 Laps: 30

Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts
1 51 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 0
2 16 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 9
3 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 8
4 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 7
5 27 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota 6
6 33 Kaz Grala (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 5
7 24 Justin Haley (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 4
8 18 Noah Gragson (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 3
9 29 Chase Briscoe (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 2
10 98 Grant Enfinger (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 1

Stage 3 Laps: 40

Fin[7] St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 9 99 Bubba Wallace (i) MDM Motorsports Chevrolet 100 11 running 0
2 13 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 100 0 running 44
3 10 51 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 100 47 running 0
4 11 16 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 100 0 running 45
5 8 19 Austin Cindric (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 100 24 running 37
6 1 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 100 10 running 46
7 5 18 Noah Gragson (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 100 0 running 37
8 6 98 Grant Enfinger (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 100 0 running 30
9 4 29 Chase Briscoe (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 100 4 running 39
10 7 24 Justin Haley (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 100 3 running 31
11 14 27 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota 100 0 running 39
12 12 33 Kaz Grala (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 100 0 running 30
13 16 52 Stewart Friesen (R) Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 100 0 running 24
14 17 02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 100 0 running 23
15 20 44 Austin Wayne Self Martins Motorsports Chevrolet 100 0 running 22
16 19 45 T. J. Bell Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 99 0 running 21
17 18 49 Wendell Chavous (R) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 99 0 running 20
18 2 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 99 1 running 25
19 24 50 Josh Reaume Beaver Motorsports Chevrolet 98 0 running 18
20 28 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 82 0 vibration 17
21 15 13 Cody Coughlin (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 65 0 crash 16
22 29 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 48 0 engine 15
23 26 1 Jordan Anderson TJL Motorsports Chevrolet 33 0 engine 14
24 22 63 B. J. McLeod (i) MB Motorsports Chevrolet 16 0 vibration 0
25 27 36 Camden Murphy MB Motorsports Chevrolet 12 0 electrical 12
26 21 0 Ray Ciccarelli Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 11 0 fuel pump 11
27 30 57 Mike Senica Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 8 0 brakes 10
28 25 83 Todd Peck Copp Motorsports Chevrolet 5 0 engine 9
29 3 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 4 0 crash 8
30 23 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 2 0 vibration 7
Official race results

Standings after the race

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References

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  1. ^ "Darrell Wallace Jr. wins Truck race at Michigan". ESPN.com. 2017-08-12. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  2. ^ a b c "2017 Truck Series Michigan Race Info". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  3. ^ Long, Dustin (2017-08-11). "Matt Crafton leads opening Truck practice at Michigan". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  4. ^ Long, Dustin (2017-08-11). "John Hunter Nemechek leads final Truck practice at Michigan". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  5. ^ "NASCAR Qualifying Rules". ESPN.com. 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  6. ^ Long, Dustin (2017-08-12). "Matt Crafton wins pole for today's Truck race at Michigan". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  7. ^ "2017 LTi Printing 200 - The Third Turn". www.thethirdturn.com. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
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