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2017 WinstarOnlineGaming.com 400
Race details
Race 7 of 23 of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Date June 9, 2017
Official name 21st Annual WinstarOnlineGaming.com 400
Location Fort Worth, Texas, Texas Motor 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 119.412 miles per hour (192.175 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Kyle Busch Motorsports
Time 29.168
Most laps led
Driver Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports
Laps 92
Winner
No. 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network Fox Sports 1
Announcers Vince Welch, Phil Parsons, Todd Bodine
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The 2017 WinstarOnlineGaming.com 400 was the seventh stock car race of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the 15th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, June 9, 2017, in Fort Worth, Texas at Texas Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent quad-oval racetrack. The race took the scheduled 167 laps to complete. At race's end, Christopher Bell, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would edge eventual second-place finisher, Brad Keselowski Racing driver Chase Briscoe, under caution when Timothy Peters would suffer a wild wreck on the final lap of the race, forcing a caution.[1] The win was Bell's fourth career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win and his second of the season. To fill out the podium, Grant Enfinger of ThorSport Racing would finish third.

Background

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

Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures 1.5 miles (2.4 km) around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway). The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Charlotte Motor Speedway, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.

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 Tommy Regan Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet Driven 2 Honor
1 Jordan Anderson TJL Motorsports Chevrolet Knight Fire Protection
02 Austin Hill Young's Motorsports Ford Randco, Young's Building Systems
4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota JBL
6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet Norm Benning Racing
8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet Romco Equipment Co., RPS
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 H-E-B
18 Noah Gragson (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Switch
19 Austin Cindric (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford Reese Brands, Draw-Tite
21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet Allegiant Air
22 Austin Wayne Self AM Racing Toyota Don't Mess with Texas
24 Justin Haley (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet Allegiant Air
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
45 T. J. Bell Niece Motorsports Chevrolet SilencerCo, Black Rifle Coffee Company
49 Wendell Chavous (R) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet Premium Motorsports
50 Josh Reaume Beaver Motorsports Chevrolet Motorsports Safety Group, Lodestar Guidance
51 Myatt Snider Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Louisiana Hot Sauce
52 Stewart Friesen (R) Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet Halmar
63 Kevin Donahue MB Motorsports Chevrolet MB Motorsports
66 Travis Kvapil Bolen Motorsports Chevrolet Xcalibur Pit School
83 Todd Peck Copp Motorsports Chevrolet Copp Motorsports
88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota Menards, Hormel Gatherings
98 Grant Enfinger (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota JIVE Communications
99 Timothy Peters MDM Motorsports Chevrolet Metabo
Official entry list

Practice

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First practice

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The first practice session was held on Thursday, June 8, at 3:00 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 29.528 and an average speed of 182.877 miles per hour (294.312 km/h).[3]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 29.528 182.877
2 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 29.552 182.729
3 27 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota 29.784 181.305
Full first practice results

Second practice

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The second practice session was held on Thursday, June 8, at 5:00 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 29.142 and an average speed of 185.300 miles per hour (298.211 km/h).[4]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 29.142 185.300
2 98 Grant Enfinger (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 29.247 184.634
3 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 29.349 183.993
Full second practice results

Third and final practice

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The third and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Thursday, June 8, at 7:00 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 29.142 and an average speed of 185.300 miles per hour (298.211 km/h), completing a sweep of all three sessions.[5]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 29.035 185.982
2 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 29.123 185.420
3 27 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota 29.192 184.982
Full Happy Hour practice results

Qualifying

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Qualifying was held on Friday, June 9, at 4:35 PM CST.[2] Since Texas 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.[6]

Noah Gragson of Kyle Busch Motorsports would win the pole, setting a lap of 29.168 and an average speed of 185.134 miles per hour (297.944 km/h) in the second round.[7]

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 18 Noah Gragson (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 29.168 185.134
2 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 29.171 185.115
3 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 29.249 184.622
4 16 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 29.314 184.212
5 98 Grant Enfinger (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 29.396 183.698
6 33 Kaz Grala (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 29.407 183.630
7 27 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota 29.463 183.281
8 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 29.582 182.543
9 19 Austin Cindric (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 29.718 181.708
10 24 Justin Haley (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 29.756 181.476
11 13 Cody Coughlin (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 29.760 181.452
12 29 Chase Briscoe (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 29.912 180.530
Eliminated in Round 1
13 51 Myatt Snider Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 29.738 181.586 - -
14 99 Timothy Peters MDM Motorsports Chevrolet 29.866 180.808 - -
15 22 Austin Wayne Self AM Racing Toyota 29.917 180.499 - -
16 66 Travis Kvapil Bolen Motorsports Chevrolet 29.980 180.120 - -
17 02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 29.999 180.006 - -
18 52 Stewart Friesen (R) Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 30.037 179.778 - -
19 1 Jordan Anderson TJL Motorsports Chevrolet 30.357 177.883 - -
20 63 Kevin Donahue MB Motorsports Chevrolet 31.145 173.383 - -
21 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 31.598 170.897 - -
22 45 T. J. Bell Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 32.186 167.775 - -
23 49 Wendell Chavous (R) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 32.674 165.269 - -
24 83 Todd Peck Copp Motorsports Chevrolet 32.785 164.709 - -
25 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 32.865 164.309 - -
26 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 33.485 161.266 - -
27 0 Tommy Regan Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 33.508 161.156 - -
Qualified by owner's points
28 50 Josh Reaume Beaver Motorsports Chevrolet 41.413 130.394 - -
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Stage 1 Laps: 40

Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts
1 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 10
2 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 9
3 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 8
4 98 Grant Enfinger (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 7
5 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 6
6 29 Chase Briscoe (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 5
7 16 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 4
8 18 Noah Gragson (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 3
9 33 Kaz Grala (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 2
10 13 Cody Coughlin (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 1

Stage 2 Laps: 40

Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts
1 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 10
2 29 Chase Briscoe (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 9
3 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 8
4 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 7
5 33 Kaz Grala (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 6
6 16 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 5
7 98 Grant Enfinger (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 4
8 18 Noah Gragson (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 3
9 24 Justin Haley (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 2
10 27 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota 1

Stage 3 Laps: 87

Fin[8] St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 21 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 167 92 running 59
2 12 29 Chase Briscoe (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 167 7 running 49
3 5 98 Grant Enfinger (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 167 0 running 45
4 4 16 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 167 0 running 42
5 7 27 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota 167 0 running 33
6 10 24 Justin Haley (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 167 0 running 33
7 1 18 Noah Gragson (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 167 13 running 36
8 2 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 167 49 running 47
9 3 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 167 6 running 36
10 6 33 Kaz Grala (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 167 0 running 35
11 16 66 Travis Kvapil Bolen Motorsports Chevrolet 167 0 running 26
12 15 22 Austin Wayne Self AM Racing Toyota 166 0 crash 25
13 14 99 Timothy Peters MDM Motorsports Chevrolet 166 0 crash 24
14 22 45 T. J. Bell Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 165 0 running 23
15 19 1 Jordan Anderson TJL Motorsports Chevrolet 163 0 running 22
16 13 51 Myatt Snider Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 160 0 crash 21
17 26 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 157 0 running 20
18 11 13 Cody Coughlin (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 153 0 engine 20
19 25 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 150 0 running 18
20 23 49 Wendell Chavous (R) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 143 0 electrical 17
21 8 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 137 0 crash 29
22 18 52 Stewart Friesen (R) Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 116 0 crash 15
23 17 02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 111 0 engine 14
24 24 83 Todd Peck Copp Motorsports Chevrolet 39 0 vibration 13
25 9 19 Austin Cindric (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 28 0 crash 12
26 28 50 Josh Reaume Beaver Motorsports Chevrolet 12 0 engine 11
27 20 63 Kevin Donahue MB Motorsports Chevrolet 9 0 electrical 10
28 27 0 Tommy Regan Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 5 0 electrical 9
Official race results

Standings after the race

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References

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  1. ^ "Bell wins by inches at Texas after big wreck for Peters". RACER. 2017-06-10. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
  2. ^ a b c d "2017 Truck Series Texas Race Info". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
  3. ^ Bonkowski, Jerry (2017-06-08). "Christopher Bell, Johnny Sauter fastest in first of three Truck practices today at Texas". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
  4. ^ Long, Dustin (2017-06-09). "Christopher Bell leads second Truck practice at Texas". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
  5. ^ Long, Dustin (2017-06-09). "Christopher Bell sweeps all three Truck practices at Texas". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
  6. ^ "NASCAR Qualifying Rules". ESPN.com. 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  7. ^ Bonkowski, Jerry (2017-06-09). "Noah Gragson earns first career Truck pole for tonight's race at Texas". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
  8. ^ "2017 WinstarOnlineGaming.com 400 - The Third Turn". www.thethirdturn.com. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
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