The 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West was the sixty-fourth season of the K&N Pro Series West, a regional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR. It began with the NAPA Auto Parts Tucson 150 at Tucson Speedway on March 18 and concluded with the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame Championship 150 presented by NAPA Auto Parts at Kern County Raceway Park on November 4. Todd Gilliland was the defending drivers' champion and he won the championship again in 2017, becoming the first back-to-back champion in the West Series since Mike Duncan in 2004 and 2005.
Teams and drivers
Complete schedule ManufacturerTeamDriverCrew chief Chevrolet John Krebs Racing 11 Takuma Koga Thomas Wicks Justin Funkhouser Charlie Silva Levin Racing 10 Matt Levin Chase Newell Scott Strachan Steve Portenga Racing 21 Blaine Perkins Steve PortengaFordJefferson Pitts Racing Will Rodgers Jeff JeffersonPatriot Motorsports Group 32 Kody Vanderwal Rudy Vanderwal Jason Dickenson Sunrise Ford Racing Julia Landauer Bill Sedgwick 9 Zane Smith (R) Jeff Schrader Michael Self ToyotaBill McAnally Racing 16 Todd Gilliland Chris Lawson 19 Derek Kraus (R) Ty Joiner 99 Chris Eggleston Bryan TasnadyCentral Coast Racing Todd Souza Michael MuñozNicole Behar Racing 33 Nicole Behar Mike Behar Ford Chevrolet Kart Idaho Racing Brandon Schilling (R) Jason Dickerson Darrel Pederson Kent Smith Sonny Wahl Kevin McCarty Stafford Smith Dave Smith Chevrolet Ford Norman Levin Racing 40 Ron Norman Erik Higley Christopher Thomas Ford Toyota Patriot Motorsports Group Dan Phillippi (R) Stafford Smith Mike Holleran Nick Sommers Kevin McCarty Jason Larivee Jr. Dan Engberson Jim Vermillion Darrel Pederson John Wood Andrew Engberson (R) John Wood Bryant Barnhill (R) Zack St. Onge (R) Jonas Fors (R) Jerry de Weerdt (R) Chevrolet Toyota 36 Jesse Iwuji Joe Ransom Sonny Wahl Mike Holleran Kevin McCarty Charlie Wahl Randy Reckley Chevrolet Ford 38 Salvatore Iovino (R) Sonny Wahl Nick Sommers Mike Holleran Chris Clyne John Wood Stafford Smith Davey Hamilton Jr. (R)
Limited schedule ManufacturerTeamDriverCrew chiefRoundsChevrolet Carlos Vieira Racing 51 Carlos Vieira Travis Bryans DeLong Racing 84 Rich DeLong III Chris Dittes Hillis Racing 0 Bobby Hillis Jr. Ralph E. Byers McGowan Motorsports 17 David Mayhew Gary Collins Matt Ross Don Newman 90 Trevor Cristiani (R) Danny Cristiani Steve Teets Patriots Motorsports Group 34 Rudy Vanderwal (R) Brian Yackey Tyler Fabozzi (R) Sonny Wahl Performance P-1 Motorsports 77 Kevin O'Connell Tony Jackson Roadrunner Motorsports 20 Jim Inglebright Rodney Haygood Rodd Racing 68 Rodd Kneeland (R) Trent Musser Charlie Silva 5 Justin Funkhouser Brian Carson Spurgeon Motorsports 86 Tim Spurgeon Mike Davis Hollis Thackeray (R) Mike Doss Sonny Wahl 42 Zack St. Onge (R) Jim Vermillion Ford Troy Cline 88 Ryan Blaney Doug Chouinard Jefferson Pitts Racing 4 Kevin Harvick Richard Boswell 27 Garrett Archer (R) Jerry Pitts Jeff Jefferson Sheldon Creed (R) Gracin Raz Tayler Riddle (R) Buddy Shepherd (R) Max Tullman (R) 55 Vanessa Robinson (R) Jason Jefferson Owen Riddle (R) Sheldon Creed (R) Jerry Pitts Buddy Shepherd (R) Denny Bowyer Courtney O'Donnell 91 Dan O'Donnell (R) William Loe REF Motorsports 4 Rod Johnson Jr. (R) Mark Perry Sunrise Ford Racing 22 Derek Thorn Mike Keen Thompson Motorsports 61 Johnny Borneman III Will Harris Braeden Havens Toyota Bassett Racing 04 Ronnie Bassett Jr. Kris Bowen 44 Dillon Bassett Skip Eyler Bill McAnally Racing 20 Cole Moore (R) Mario Isola 43 Derek Thorn Mike Keen 54 Riley Herbst Shannon Rursch Kevin Manion Will Gallaher (R) Roger Bracken Ivie Racing 47 Scott Ivie Mike D'Arcy MDM Motorsports 12 Daniel Suárez Mardy Lindley Toyota Chevrolet Patriot Motorsports Group 39 Andrew Tuttle (R) Kevin McCarty Kent Smith Sonny Wahl Dave Hansen Rudy Vanderwal (R) Dan Phillippi (R) Josh Fanopoulos (R) Jonas Fors (R)
Schedule
All of the races in the 2017 season were televised on NBCSN and were on a tape delay basis. No. Race title Track Date 1 NAPA Auto Parts Tucson 150 Tucson Speedway, Tucson, Arizona March 18 2 NAPA Auto Parts 150 Kern County Raceway Park, Bakersfield, California March 23 3 NAPA Auto Parts Twin 100s Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale, California March 25 4 5 Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 Spokane County Raceway, Airway Heights, Washington May 13 6 Sunrise Ford 150 presented by Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse Orange Show Speedway, San Bernardino, California May 20 7 NAPA Auto Parts/Toyota 150 Colorado National Speedway, Dacono, Colorado June 10 8 Carneros 200 Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, California June 24 9 Casey's General Store 150 presented by Vatterott College Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa July 28 10 NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by Toyota Evergreen Speedway, Monroe, Washington August 12 11 Clint Newell Toyota 150 presented by NAPA Auto Parts Douglas County Speedway, Roseburg, Oregon August 26 12 NAPA Auto Parts Idaho 208 presented by Perfect Hydration and Lights Out Meridian Speedway, Meridian, Idaho September 30 13 Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by TriCo Welding Supply All American Speedway, Roseville, California October 14 14 West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame Championship 150 presented by NAPA Auto Parts Kern County Raceway Park, Bakersfield, California November 4 Source:
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Results and standings
Races No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver 1 NAPA Auto Parts Tucson 150 Todd Gilliland Chris Eggleston Chris Eggleston Toyota 2 NAPA Auto Parts 150 Todd Gilliland Michael Self Todd Gilliland Toyota 3 NAPA Auto Parts Twin 100s Todd Gilliland Todd Gilliland Todd Gilliland Toyota 4 NAPA Auto Parts Twin 100s Todd Gilliland1 Todd Gilliland Todd Gilliland Toyota 5 Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 Todd Gilliland Todd Gilliland Todd Gilliland Toyota 6 Sunrise Ford 150 presented by Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse Chris Eggleston Chris Eggleston Chris Eggleston Toyota 7 NAPA Auto Parts/Toyota 150 Chris Eggleston Todd Gilliland Chris Eggleston Toyota 8 Carneros 200 Will Rodgers Will Rodgers Kevin Harvick Ford 9 Casey's General Store 150 presented by Vatterott College Derek Kraus Todd Gilliland Todd Gilliland Toyota 10 NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by Toyota Chris Eggleston Chris Eggleston Chris Eggleston Toyota 11 Clint Newell Toyota 150 presented by NAPA Auto Parts Chris Eggleston Chris Eggleston Todd Gilliland Toyota 12 NAPA Auto Parts Idaho 208 presented by Perfect Hydration and Lights Out Todd Gilliland Todd Gilliland Michael Self Ford 13 Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by TriCo Welding Supply Michael Self Michael Self Michael Self Ford 14 West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame Championship 150 presented by NAPA Auto Parts Todd Gilliland Dillon Bassett Derek Kraus Toyota Notes 1 – Starting grid was set by the fastest lap times from the first NAPA Auto Parts Twin 100 race.
Drivers' championship
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or Owners' points. * – Most laps led. Pos Driver TUC KER IRW IRW SPO ORG CNS SON IOW EVG DCO MER AAS KER Points 1 Todd Gilliland 2 1 1* 1* 1* 6 3* 6 1* 12 1 2* 2 2 610 2 Chris Eggleston 1* 4 2 2 3 1* 1 10 3 1* 2* 7 3 20 581 3 Derek Kraus (R) 6 2 18 4 2 16 2 5 11 11 3 5 4 1 533 4 Michael Self 6* 6 3 5 8 8 4 6 4 7 1 1* 4 522 5 Will Rodgers (R) 5 3 5 5 19 20 9 2* 8 2 4 3 5 8 520 6 Todd Souza 22 10 11 10 12 3 10 8 18 8 8 4 11 13 468 7 Julia Landauer 12 12 10 6 7 19 6 23 17 6 5 9 21 12 451 8 Nicole Behar 10 7 4 8 6 17 17 25 27 3 12 20 6 10 444 9 Kody Vanderwal (R) 8 9 14 15 10 4 5 15 34 14 15 6 9 18 440 10 Blaine Perkins 11 8 7 9 18 11 20 7 21 16 17 8 8 19 436 11 Matt Levin 13 15 9 12 11 9 11 14 19 7 10 21 12 25 428 12 Ron Norman 14 14 12 11 20 13 7 22 23 9 18 11 16 24 402 13 Takuma Koga 16 19 16 19 14 5 16 21 29 18 11 12 14 17 389 14 Jesse Iwuji 20 16 21 18 15 14 14 31 31 17 13 13 19 16 358 15 Stafford Smith 19 14 16 18 19 24 24 10 14 10 13 14 333 16 Bill Kann 18 17 13 17 7 21 28 18 21 236 17 Rich DeLong III 19 13 15 16 22 12 13 27 215 18 John Wood 10 18 29 32 15 20 15 20 193 19 Garret Archer (R) 3 18 3 7 4 185 20 Dan Phillippi (R) 17 21 17 20 12 16 161 21 Trevor Cristiani (R) 15 9 19 15 26 137 22 Johnny Borneman III 11 8 13 18 126 23 Andrew Engberson (R) 13 15 13 19 116 24 Max Tullman (R) 17 10 9 96 25 Salvatore Iovino (R) 21 20 Wth Wth 21 92 26 David Mayhew 5 3 80 27 Sheldon Creed (R) 2 9 78 28 Riley Herbst 9 Wth Wth Wth 3 76 29 Buddy Shepherd (R) 6 7 75 30 Brandon Schilling (R) 7 22 59 31 Derek Thorn 28 6 54 32 Rudy Vanderwal (R) 15 19 54 33 Josh Fanopoulos (R) 16 22 50 34 Andrew Tuttle (R) 17 21 50 35 Zack St. Onge (R) 21 18 49 36 Kevin Harvick 1 47 37 Dan O'Donnell (R) 20 DNS1 47 38 Dillon Bassett 202 5* 41 39 Justin Funkhouser 24 23 41 40 Zane Smith (R) 4 40 41 Gracin Raz 4 40 42 Tayler Riddle (R) 5 39 43 Jonas Fors (R) 23 27 38 44 Cole Moore (R) 7 37 45 Owen Riddle (R) 8 36 46 Braeden Havens 9 35 47 Daniel Suárez 11 33 48 Rod Johnson Jr. (R) 11 33 49 Carlos Vieira 12 32 50 Tim Spurgeon 13 31 51 Tyler Fabozzi (R) 14 30 52 Davey Hamilton Jr. (R) 15 29 53 Scott Ivie 16 28 54 Dave Smith 17 27 55 Hollis Thackeray (R) 17 27 56 Rodd Kneeland (R) 19 25 57 Will Gallaher (R) 20 24 58 Jerry de Weerdt (R) 22 22 59 Bobby Hillis Jr. 23 Wth Wth 21 60 Ronnie Bassett Jr. 92 23 21 61 Ryan Blaney 26 18 62 Jim Inglebright 30 14 63 Kevin O'Connell DNS1 12 64 Bryant Barnhill (R) 33 11 Vanessa Robinson (R) Wth 0 Drivers ineligible for K&N Pro Series West points Chase Purdy (R) 2 Harrison Burton 4 Chase Cabre (R) 5 Ben Kennedy 7 Jesse Little 10 Rubén García Jr. 12 Tyler Dippel 13 Collin Cabre 14 Reid Wilson (R) 15 Jay Beasley 16 Jeff Green 22 Brandon Oakley (R) 25 Vinnie Miller (R) 26 Trey Hutchens 30 Pos Driver TUC KER IRW IRW SPO ORG CNS SON IOW EVG DCO MER AAS KER Points Notes 1 – Dan O'Donnell and Kevin O'Connell received championship points, despite the fact that they did not start the race. 2 – Scored points towards the K&N Pro Series East.
See also
2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East 2017 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour 2017 NASCAR Pinty's Series 2017 NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series 2017 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
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