2017 Toyota Tundra 250

2017 Toyota Tundra 250
Race details
Race 4 of 23 of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Date May 12, 2017
Official name 17th Annual Toyota Tundra 250
Location Kansas City, Kansas, Kansas Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
1.5 mi (2.41 km)
Distance 167 laps, 250.5 mi (403.14 km)
Scheduled Distance 167 laps, 250.5 mi (403.14 km)
Average speed 108.468 miles per hour (174.562 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Kyle Busch Motorsports
Time 30.363
Most laps led
Driver Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Motorsports
Laps 91
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

The 2017 Toyota Tundra 250 was the fourth stock car race of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the 17th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, May 12, 2017, in Kansas City, Kansas at Kansas Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent D-shaped oval racetrack. The race took the scheduled 167 laps to complete. At race's end, Kyle Busch, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would inherit the win after leader Ben Rhodes would blow an engine with six to go.[1] The win was Busch's 47th career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win and his first of the season. To fill out the podium, Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing and John Hunter Nemechek of NEMCO Motorsports would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

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

Kansas Speedway is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) tri-oval race track in Kansas City, Kansas. It was built in 2001 and hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The NTT IndyCar Series also raced there until 2011. The speedway is owned and operated by the International Speedway Corporation.

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 Jordan Anderson Racing "Fueled by Fans"
02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet Randco Industries, Young's Building Systems
4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Sirius XM
6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet Houston Roll Pipe
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 Spencer Boyd Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet Grunt Style "This We'll Defend"
13 Cody Coughlin (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota JEGS
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 Pirtek
21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet Allegiant Air
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 Kiklos
36 Camden Murphy Copp Motorsports Chevrolet Copp Motorsports
44 Matt Mills (i) Faith Motorsports Chevrolet Sparrow Ranch On The Island
45 Austin Wayne Self Niece Motorsports Chevrolet Precision Air Technology
49 Wendell Chavous (R) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet Premium Motorsports
50 Cody Ware (i) Beaver Motorsports Chevrolet Beaver Motorsports
51 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Cessna, Beechcraft
52 Stewart Friesen (R) Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet Halmar
63 Kyle Donahue MB Motorsports Chevrolet Blue Lives Matter
66 Ross Chastain (i) Bolen Motorsports Chevrolet Bolen Motorsports
83 Todd Peck Copp Motorsports Chevrolet TDS Wraps
88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota Menards, Matador Jerky
92 Regan Smith RBR Enterprises Ford BTS Tire & Wheel Distributors, Advance Auto Parts
98 Grant Enfinger (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota RIDE TV
99 Travis Miller MDM Motorsports Chevrolet MDM Motorsports
Official entry list

Practice

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First practice

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The first practice session was held on Thursday, May 11, at 2:00 PM CST, and would last for 55 minutes.[2] Justin Haley of GMS Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.297 and an average speed of 178.235 miles per hour (286.841 km/h).[3]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 24 Justin Haley (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.297 178.235
2 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.432 177.445
3 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.435 177.427
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 11, at 4:00 PM CST, 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 30.272 and an average speed of 178.383 miles per hour (287.080 km/h).[4]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.272 178.383
2 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 30.418 177.526
3 33 Kaz Grala (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.437 177.416
Full Happy Hour practice results

Qualifying

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Qualifying was held on Friday, May 12, at 3:35 PM CST.[2] Since Kansas 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.[5]

Christopher Bell of Kyle Busch Motorsports would win the pole, setting a lap of 30.363 and an average speed of 177.848 miles per hour (286.219 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 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.528 176.887 30.363 177.848
2 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 30.514 176.968 30.477 177.183
3 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.534 176.852 30.549 176.765
4 18 Noah Gragson (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.714 175.816 30.566 176.667
5 16 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 30.610 176.413 30.612 176.401
6 33 Kaz Grala (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.545 176.788 30.625 176.327
7 7 Brett Moffitt Red Horse Racing Toyota 30.542 176.806 30.648 176.194
8 27 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota 30.725 175.753 30.729 175.730
9 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 30.653 176.165 30.753 175.593
10 51 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.711 175.833 30.793 175.365
11 29 Chase Briscoe (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 30.762 175.541 30.802 175.313
12 24 Justin Haley (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.679 176.016 30.815 175.239
Eliminated in Round 1
13 13 Cody Coughlin (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 30.791 175.376
14 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 30.800 175.325
15 98 Grant Enfinger (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 30.803 175.308
16 19 Austin Cindric (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 30.813 175.251
17 99 Travis Miller MDM Motorsports Chevrolet 30.853 175.023
18 92 Regan Smith RBR Enterprises Ford 30.936 174.554
19 02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 31.094 173.667
20 66 Ross Chastain (i) Bolen Motorsports Chevrolet 31.223 172.949
21 45 Austin Wayne Self Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 31.410 171.920
22 52 Stewart Friesen (R) Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 31.448 171.712
23 63 Kevin Donahue MB Motorsports Chevrolet 31.909 169.231
24 1 Jordan Anderson TJL Motorsports Chevrolet 31.993 168.787
25 44 Matt Mills (i) Faith Motorsports Chevrolet 32.006 168.718
26 36 Camden Murphy Copp Motorsports Chevrolet 32.705 165.112
27 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 32.955 163.860
28 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 33.062 163.330
29 49 Wendell Chavous (R) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 33.851 159.523
30 12 Spencer Boyd Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 34.426 156.858
31 83 Todd Peck Copp Motorsports Chevrolet
32 50 Cody Ware (i) Beaver Motorsports Chevrolet
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 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 9
3 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 8
4 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 7
5 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 6
6 16 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 5
7 27 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota 4
8 29 Chase Briscoe (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 3
9 98 Grant Enfinger (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 2
10 7 Brett Moffitt 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 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 9
3 27 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota 8
4 29 Chase Briscoe (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 7
5 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 6
6 98 Grant Enfinger (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 5
7 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 4
8 7 Brett Moffitt Red Horse Racing Toyota 3
9 16 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 2
10 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 1

Stage 3 Laps: 87

Fin[7] St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 10 51 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 167 91 running 0
2 3 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 167 0 running 49
3 14 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 167 0 running 45
4 1 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 167 37 running 51
5 11 29 Chase Briscoe (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 167 0 running 42
6 5 16 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 167 0 running 38
7 7 7 Brett Moffitt Red Horse Racing Toyota 167 0 running 34
8 6 33 Kaz Grala (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 167 0 running 29
9 12 24 Justin Haley (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 167 0 running 28
10 16 19 Austin Cindric (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 167 0 running 27
11 15 98 Grant Enfinger (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 167 14 running 33
12 18 92 Regan Smith RBR Enterprises Ford 167 0 running 25
13 9 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 167 0 running 24
14 19 02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 167 0 running 23
15 21 45 Austin Wayne Self Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 166 0 running 22
16 2 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 166 0 running 28
17 25 44 Matt Mills (i) Faith Motorsports Chevrolet 165 0 running 0
18 20 66 Ross Chastain (i) Bolen Motorsports Chevrolet 164 0 running 0
19 24 1 Jordan Anderson TJL Motorsports Chevrolet 163 0 running 18
20 30 12 Spencer Boyd Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 163 0 running 17
21 23 63 Kevin Donahue MB Motorsports Chevrolet 163 0 running 16
22 32 50 Cody Ware (i) Beaver Motorsports Chevrolet 162 0 running 0
23 8 27 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota 160 25 engine 26
24 27 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 160 0 running 13
25 17 99 Travis Miller MDM Motorsports Chevrolet 109 0 vibration 12
26 13 13 Cody Coughlin (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 84 0 transmission 11
27 28 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 82 0 brakes 10
28 4 18 Noah Gragson (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 68 0 clutch 9
29 31 83 Todd Peck Copp Motorsports Chevrolet 29 0 brakes 8
30 26 36 Camden Murphy Copp Motorsports Chevrolet 27 0 electrical 7
31 29 49 Wendell Chavous (R) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 21 0 crash 6
32 22 52 Stewart Friesen (R) Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 16 0 crash 5
Official race results

Standings after the race

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References

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  1. ^ Long, Dustin (2017-05-13). "Kyle Busch wins Kansas Truck race after Ben Rhodes' engine falters". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  2. ^ a b c "2017 GOTS Kansas Race Info". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  3. ^ McFadin, Daniel (2017-05-11). "Rookie Justin Haley fastest in first Truck practice at Kansas Speedway". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  4. ^ McFadin, Daniel (2017-05-11). "Christopher Bell tops final Truck practice in Kansas". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  5. ^ "NASCAR Qualifying Rules". ESPN.com. 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  6. ^ Long, Dustin (2017-05-12). "Christopher Bell wins Truck pole for tonight's race at Kansas". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  7. ^ "2017 Toyota Tundra 250 - The Third Turn". www.thethirdturn.com. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
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