2017 North Carolina Education Lottery 200

The 2017 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 was the fifth stock car race of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the 15th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, May 19, 2017, in Concord, North Carolina at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent quad-oval. The race took the scheduled 134 laps to complete. At race's end, Kyle Busch, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would complete a dominant performance with a clutch restart with three to go to win his 48th career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win and his second of the season.[1] To fill out the podium, Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing and Christopher Bell of Kyle Busch Motorsports would finish second and third, respectively.

2017 North Carolina Education Lottery 200
Race details
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 Kyle Busch Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network Fox Sports 1
Announcers Vince Welch, Phil Parsons, Michael Waltrip
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

Background

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The layout of Charlotte Motor Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

The race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway, located in Concord, North Carolina. The speedway complex includes a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) quad-oval track that was utilized for the race, as well as a dragstrip and a dirt track. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams based in the Charlotte metropolitan area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith serving as track president.

Entry list

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  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
  • (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
# Driver Team Make Sponsor
1 Jordan Anderson TJL Motorsports Chevrolet Circle Track Warehouse
02 Austin Hill Young's Motorsports Ford Young's Motorsports
4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Sirius XM
6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet Norm Benning Racing
7 Brett Moffitt Red Horse Racing Toyota Red Horse Racing
8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet Fire Alarm Services
10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet Driven 2 Honor, Mark One Electric
12 Cody Ware (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet Motorsports Safety Group
13 Cody Coughlin (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota RIDE TV
16 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota SeaWatch International, Bar Harbor
17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota Red Horse Racing
18 Noah Gragson (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Switch
19 Austin Cindric (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford LTi Printing
21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet Allegiant Air
22 Austin Wayne Self AM Racing Toyota Snap-Track, AccuTech
24 Justin Haley (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet Levine Children's Hospital
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 Outlaw Fasteners
44 Matt Mills (i) Faith Motorsports Chevrolet Sparrow Ranch On The Island
45 T. J. Bell Niece Motorsports Chevrolet SilencerCo, Black Rifle Coffee Company
49 Wendell Chavous (R) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet Steel Barn Truss, Down South
50 Spencer Boyd Beaver Motorsports Chevrolet Grunt Style "This We'll Defend"
51 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Cessna, Beechcraft
52 Stewart Friesen (R) Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet Halmar
63 Todd Peck MB Motorsports Chevrolet Pulse Transport Inc., Arthritis Foundation
66 Ross Chastain (i) Bolen Motorsports Chevrolet South Carolina Gamecocks
75 Parker Kligerman Henderson Motorsports Toyota Food Country USA
83 J. J. Yeley (i) Copp Motorsports Chevrolet Nano Pro MT, UNOH
86 Brandon Brown (i) Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet Coastal Carolina University
88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota Menards, Fisher Nuts
92 Regan Smith RBR Enterprises Ford BTS Tire & Wheel Distributors, Advance Auto Parts
98 Grant Enfinger (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota Champion Power Equipment
99 Brandon Jones (i) MDM Motorsports Chevrolet Roland
Official entry list

Practice

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First practice

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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
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

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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
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

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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

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time (R1) Speed (R1) Time (R2) Speed (R2)
1 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.072 179.569 29.852 180.892
2 29 Chase Briscoe (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 29.927 180.439 29.881 180.717
3 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.125 179.253 29.929 180.427
4 51 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.294 178.253 30.053 179.683
5 27 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota 30.145 179.134 30.126 179.247
6 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 30.421 177.509 30.149 179.110
7 7 Brett Moffitt Red Horse Racing Toyota 30.272 178.383 30.202 178.796
8 19 Austin Cindric (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 30.203 178.790 30.206 178.772
9 75 Parker Kligerman Henderson Motorsports Toyota 30.345 177.954 30.241 178.566
10 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 30.423 177.497 30.253 178.495
11 16 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 30.377 177.766 30.261 178.448
12 33 Kaz Grala (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.460 177.282 30.329 178.047
Eliminated in Round 1
13 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 30.514 176.968
14 02 Austin Hill Young's Motorsports Ford 30.533 176.858
15 18 Noah Gragson (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.541 176.811
16 98 Grant Enfinger (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 30.708 175.850
17 13 Cody Coughlin (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 30.719 175.787
18 66 Ross Chastain (i) Bolen Motorsports Chevrolet 30.757 175.570
19 22 Austin Wayne Self AM Racing Toyota 30.764 175.530
20 92 Regan Smith RBR Enterprises Ford 30.801 175.319
21 99 Brandon Jones (i) MDM Motorsports Chevrolet 31.111 173.572
22 83 J. J. Yeley (i) Copp Motorsports Chevrolet 31.208 173.033
23 24 Justin Haley (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 31.247 172.817
24 44 Matt Mills (i) Faith Motorsports Chevrolet 31.556 171.124
25 1 Jordan Anderson TJL Motorsports Chevrolet 31.770 169.972
26 45 T. J. Bell Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 31.812 169.747
27 50 Spencer Boyd Beaver Motorsports Chevrolet 31.931 169.115
28 52 Stewart Friesen (R) Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 32.543 165.934
29 49 Wendell Chavous (R) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 33.074 163.270
30 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 33.701 160.233
31 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 34.131 158.214
32 63 Todd Peck MB Motorsports Chevrolet 35.351 152.754
Failed to qualify
33 86 Brandon Brown (i) Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 32.127 168.083
34 12 Cody Ware (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 32.432 166.502
Official qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Stage 1 Laps: 40

Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts
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
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

Fin[7] St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 4 51 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 134 90 running 0
2 3 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 134 22 running 53
3 1 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 134 2 running 40
4 11 16 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 134 0 running 41
5 10 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 134 0 running 36
6 6 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 134 1 running 46
7 16 98 Grant Enfinger (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 134 0 running 30
8 5 27 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota 134 0 running 41
9 15 18 Noah Gragson (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 134 0 running 32
10 9 75 Parker Kligerman Henderson Motorsports Toyota 134 6 running 27
11 2 29 Chase Briscoe (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 134 0 running 36
12 19 22 Austin Wayne Self AM Racing Toyota 134 0 running 25
13 8 19 Austin Cindric (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 134 7 running 24
14 26 45 T. J. Bell Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 134 0 running 23
15 22 83 J. J. Yeley (i) Copp Motorsports Chevrolet 134 0 running 0
16 17 13 Cody Coughlin (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 134 0 running 21
17 23 24 Justin Haley (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 134 0 running 20
18 7 7 Brett Moffitt Red Horse Racing Toyota 134 0 running 19
19 18 66 Ross Chastain (i) Bolen Motorsports Chevrolet 133 3 running 0
20 27 50 Spencer Boyd Beaver Motorsports Chevrolet 133 0 running 17
21 25 1 Jordan Anderson TJL Motorsports Chevrolet 133 0 running 16
22 13 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 132 0 running 23
23 28 52 Stewart Friesen (R) Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 132 0 running 14
24 24 44 Matt Mills (i) Faith Motorsports Chevrolet 132 0 running 0
25 14 02 Austin Hill Young's Motorsports Ford 130 0 running 13
26 30 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 130 0 running 11
27 31 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 130 0 running 10
28 29 49 Wendell Chavous (R) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 106 0 oil pump 9
29 20 92 Regan Smith RBR Enterprises Ford 101 0 crash 8
30 12 33 Kaz Grala (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 70 0 crash 7
31 21 99 Brandon Jones (i) MDM Motorsports Chevrolet 62 3 crash 0
32 32 63 Todd Peck MB Motorsports Chevrolet 4 0 electrical 5
Failed to qualify
33 86 Brandon Brown (i) Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet
34 12 Cody Ware (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet
Official race results

Standings after the race

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References

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  1. ^ "Kyle Busch takes Trucks win at Charlotte for second straight victory". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  2. ^ a b c "NASCAR Qualifying Rules". ESPN.com. 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Long, Dustin (2017-05-19). "Noah Gragson paces final Truck practice". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  5. ^ "2017 GOTS Charlotte Race Info". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  6. ^ McFadin, Daniel (2017-05-19). "Christopher Bell wins pole for Charlotte Truck race, third of season". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  7. ^ "2017 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 - The Third Turn". www.thethirdturn.com. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
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