The 2017 Camping World 500 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on March 19, 2017, at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 314 laps, extended from 312 laps due to overtime, on the oval, it was the fourth race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season. Ryan Newman won the race, taking his – and Richard Childress Racing's – first Cup Series victory since 2013.
Entry list Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 10 Danica Patrick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 13 Ty Dillon (R) Germain Racing Chevrolet 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 15 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19 Daniel Suárez (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Ryan Blaney Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 23 Gray Gaulding (R) BK Racing Toyota 24 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 32 Matt DiBenedetto Go Fas Racing Ford 33 Jeffrey Earnhardt Circle Sport – The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 34 Landon Cassill Front Row Motorsports Ford 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Timmy Hill (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 55 Derrike Cope Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 72 Cole Whitt Tri-Star Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Erik Jones (R) Furniture Row Racing Toyota 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 83 Corey LaJoie (R) BK Racing Toyota 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 95 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice
First practice Chase Elliott was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 26.258 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 24 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 26.258 137.101 2 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 26.379 136.472 3 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 26.385 136.441Official first practice results
Second practice Chase Elliott was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 26.475 seconds and a speed of . PosDriverTeamManufacturerTime124Chase ElliottHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26.475135.977222Joey LoganoTeam PenskeFord26.575135.466342Kyle LarsonChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet26.603135.323Official second practice results
Final practice Joey Logano was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 26.719 seconds and a speed of . PosDriverTeamManufacturerTime122Joey LoganoTeam PenskeFord26.719134.736220Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota26.762134.519318Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota26.786134.399Official final practice results
Qualifying
Joey Logano scored the pole for the race with a time of 26.216 and a speed of . He said after his run he believed he "had a pretty good (Turns) 1 and 2, I was able to hook the bottom. (Turns) 3 and 4 is where nothing went right. I didn’t think it was going to be quite good enough. I pushed as hard as I could. Sometimes you overdrive it a little bit and you can still make some speed. Proud of this team and proud of the all-Ford front row. That’s a pretty special deal.”
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 122 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 26.552 26.265 26.216 221 Ryan Blaney Wood Brothers Racing Ford 26.523 26.329 26.301 388 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 26.560 26.432 26.319 442 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 26.336 26.452 26.344 51 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 26.380 26.413 26.412 62 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 26.573 26.481 26.433 724 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 26.574 26.361 26.441 877 Erik Jones (R) Furniture Row Racing Toyota 26.845 26.451 26.444 918 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 26.779 26.496 26.485 105 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 26.647 26.468 26.498 1141 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 26.667 26.461 26.502 1220 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 26.653 26.441 26.530 1314 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 26.861 26.523 — 1448 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 26.610 26.544 — 1513 Ty Dillon (R) Germain Racing Chevrolet 26.846 26.548 — 1678 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 26.659 26.562 — 173 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 26.717 26.587 — 1827 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 26.690 26.598 — 1911 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 26.643 26.634 — 2047 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 26.787 26.663 — 2117 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 26.614 26.672 — 2231 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 26.562 26.702 — 234 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 26.585 26.772 — 246 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 26.788 26.787 — 2595 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet 26.888 — — 2610 Danica Patrick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 26.908 — — 2719 Daniel Suárez (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 26.913 — — 2843 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 26.973 — — 2934 Landon Cassill Front Row Motorsports Ford 27.005 — — 3032 Matt DiBenedetto Go Fas Racing Ford 27.028 — — 3183 Corey LaJoie (R) BK Racing Toyota 27.055 — — 3272 Cole Whitt TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 27.061 — — 3337 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 27.065 — — 3438 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 27.081 — — 3515 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 27.262 — — 3623 Gray Gaulding (R) BK Racing Toyota 27.379 — — 3755 Derrike Cope Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 27.860 — — 3833 Jeffrey Earnhardt Circle Sport – The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 28.118 — — 3951 Timmy Hill (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 28.437 — —Official qualifying results
Race First stage Joey Logano led the field to the green flag at 3:48 p.m. It remained caution-free until Corey LaJoie slammed the wall in the dogleg on the backstretch on lap 26, bringing out the first caution of the race.
The race restarted on lap 33. The uneventful stage concluded on lap 75 when Logano took the stage victory and the second caution flew at its conclusion. Kurt Busch's team was changing a battery, sent him out to beat the pace car off pit road so as to not lose a lap. He was busted for speeding in the process and held a lap on pit road.
Second stage The race restarted on lap 86. Chase Elliott passed Logano going into Turn 1 on the restart to take the lead the following lap. The third caution flew on lap 118 when LaJoie slammed the wall in Turn 1. Aric Almirola and Logano restarted the race from the tail end of the field for speeding on pit road.
The race restarted on lap 123. It went green the rest of the stage, Elliott scored the stage victory and the fourth caution flew to conclude the second stage.
Final stage
The race restarted on lap 158. Matt Kenseth suffered a right-front tire blowout and slammed the wall in Turn 4, bringing out the fifth caution with 120 laps to go. Kyle Busch exited pit road with the race lead.
The race restarted with 112 to go. The sixth caution flew with 106 to go when David Ragan cut his left-rear tire and spun out, collecting Gray Gaulding to his outside in Turn 1.
The race restarted with 100 to go. Cole Whitt brought out the seventh caution with 55 to go when he slammed the wall in Turn 2. Ryan Blaney restarted the race from the tail end of the field for speeding on pit road.
The race restarted with 51 to go. Busch had the race in check until Logano suffered a right-front tire blowout – stemming from brake problems – and slammed the wall in Turn 1, bringing out the eighth caution with six to go. Ryan Newman chose not to pit and assumed the race lead along with Ricky Stenhouse Jr., and Martin Truex Jr. Kyle Larson exited pit road first among the cars that opted to pit.
Overtime Newman powered ahead of Larson on the final restart. Larson came down on Ricky Stenhouse Jr. to his inside and got loose. This allowed Newman to drive on to victory.
Post-race
Driver comments Newman said that this win was "sweet for so many reasons. I said that when I won the Brickyard. I said that when I won at Daytona. This has been the longest drought I’ve ever been in. ... It’s just a hard‑fought race, a hard‑fought battle, a hard‑fought four years.”
Race results
Stage results
Stage 1 Laps: 75
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 102 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 93 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 84 24 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 66 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 21 Ryan Blaney Wood Brothers Racing Ford 48 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 210 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1Official stage one results
Stage 2 Laps: 75
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 24 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 102 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 93 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 84 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 66 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 57 77 Erik Jones (R) Furniture Row Racing Toyota 48 21 Ryan Blaney Wood Brothers Racing Ford 39 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 210 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 1Official stage two results
Final stage results
Stage 3 Laps: 164