The 2017 Can-Am 500 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on November 12, 2017, at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 312 laps on the one mile (1.6 km) oval, it was the 35th race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, ninth race of the Playoffs, and final race of the Round of 8. Matt Kenseth recorded his 39th Series and final win in his Circle K Toyota Camry.
Entry list Driver Team Manufacturer 00 Derrike Cope StarCom Racing Chevrolet 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 7 Joey Gase (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 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 D. J. Kennington 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 Corey LaJoie (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 Kyle Weatherman Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 66 David Starr (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 72 Cole Whitt TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Erik Jones (R) Furniture Row Racing Toyota 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row 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 26.207 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 24 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 26.207 137.368 2 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 26.231 137.242 3 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 26.288 136.945Official first practice results
Qualifying
Ryan Blaney scored the pole for the race with a time of 26.098 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 121 Ryan Blaney Wood Brothers Racing Ford 26.254 26.168 26.098 211 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 26.369 26.176 26.099 342 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 26.182 26.161 26.101 424 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 26.307 26.200 26.155 578 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 26.437 26.225 26.166 64 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas RacingFord 26.245 26.120 26.230 720 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 26.309 26.067 26.241 818 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 26.429 26.178 26.263 922 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 26.297 26.260 26.333 1019 Daniel Suárez (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 26.492 26.286 26.380 1177 Erik Jones (R) Furniture Row Racing Toyota 26.394 26.215 26.398 1248 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 26.378 26.265 26.427 131 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 26.234 26.308 — 1488 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 26.331 26.408 — 1541 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas RacingFord 26.405 26.411 — 162 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 26.387 26.412 — 175 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 26.476 26.416 — 1831 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 26.509 26.462 — 1927 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 26.490 26.497 — 2014 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas RacingFord 26.422 26.535 — 213 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 26.507 26.551 — 2243 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 26.508 26.606 — 2347 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 26.508 26.622 — 2410 Danica Patrick Stewart–Haas RacingFord 26.520 26.694 — 256 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 26.542 — — 2638 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 26.597 — — 2717 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 26.604 — — 2895 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet 26.609 — — 2913 Ty Dillon (R) Germain Racing Chevrolet 26.664 — — 3032 Matt DiBenedetto Go Fas Racing Ford 26.697 — — 3137 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 26.727 — — 3234 Landon Cassill Front Row Motorsports Ford 26.762 — — 3323 Corey LaJoie (R) BK Racing Toyota 26.956 — — 3472 Cole Whitt TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 26.957 — — 357 Joey Gase (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 26.970 — — 3666 David Starr (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 27.158 — — 3715 D. J. Kennington Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 27.221 — — 3833 Jeffrey Earnhardt Circle Sport – The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 27.352 — — 3951 Kyle Weatherman Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 28.337 — — 4000 Derrike Cope StarCom Racing Chevrolet 0.000 — —Official qualifying results
Practice (post-qualifying)
Second practice Kevin Harvick was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 26.800 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 26.800 134.328 2 24 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 26.833 134.163 3 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 26.849 134.083Official second practice results
Final practice Kevin Harvick was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 26.672 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 26.672 134.973 2 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 26.799 134.333 3 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 26.800 134.328Official final practice results
Race
Stage 1
Start Ryan Blaney led the field to the green flag at 2:37 p.m., He led a total of 11 laps, Chase Elliott took the lead on lap 11 and led 14 laps, Denny Hamlin took the lead on lap 26 and led only one lap, Chase Elliott regained the lead on lap 27 and led only one lap, Hamlin regained the lead on lap 28 and led 40 laps. The first caution of the race flew on lap 77 for the conclusion of the first stage.
Stage 2 The race restarted on lap 84 and it remained green for 67 laps.
Final stage
The race restarted on lap 159 and it remained green for 71 laps. Denny Hamlin led on lap 228, with Matt Kenseth 2.5 seconds behind.
The race restarted on lap 236 and the fourth caution of the race flew on lap 239 for debris in turn 2, Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the free pass under caution.
The race restarted on lap 244 and it remained green for 9 laps.
The race restarted on lap 259 and the sixth caution of the race flew three laps later for a single-car wreck in turn 3 by Cole Whitt, Kasey Kahne won the free pass under caution.
The race restarted on lap 266 and it remained green for 10 laps, The seventh caution of the race flew on lap 276 for Hamlin cutting a tire down after a few laps earlier he and Elliott slammed into the wall.
The race restarted on lap 282, Elliott was aggressive to get the lead from Kenseth with 29 to go but Kenseth fought back and took the lead with 10 laps to go and drove on to score his first victory in 52 races since 2016 in New Hampshire. With Kenseth's win Brad Keselowski was the final driver to advance to the Championship Four.
Post race
"I don't know what to say except thank the Lord," an emotional Kenseth said after climbing out of his car. "It's been an amazing journey. Just got one race left and everybody dreams of going out a winner. We won today. Nobody can take that away from us."
Race results
Stage results
Stage 1 Laps: 75
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 102 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 24 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 84 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 75 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 66 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 77 Erik Jones (R) Furniture Row Racing Toyota 48 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 39 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 210 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1Official stage one results
Stage 2 Laps: 75
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 77 Erik Jones (R) Furniture Row Racing Toyota 84 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 75 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 57 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 48 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 39 24 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 210 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 1Official stage two results
Final stage results
Stage 3 Laps: 162
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 312 562 24 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 312 453 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 312 444 77 Erik Jones (R) Furniture Row Racing Toyota 312 455 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 312 436 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 312 357 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 312 418 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 312 299 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 312 2810 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 312 2711 13 Ty Dillon (R) Germain Racing Chevrolet 312 2612 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 312 2513 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 312 2514 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 312 2315 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 312 2216 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 312 2117 21 Ryan Blaney Wood Brothers Racing Ford 312 2018 19 Daniel Suárez (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 312 1919 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 311 1820 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 311 2221 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 310 1622 95 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet 309 1523 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 309 1424 34 Landon Cassill Front Row Motorsports Ford 309 1325 10 Danica Patrick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 309 1226 15 D. J. Kennington Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 307 1127 32 Matt DiBenedetto Go Fas Racing Ford 306 1028 66 David Starr (i) MBM Motorsports Toyota 305 029 33 Jeffrey Earnhardt Circle Sport – The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 305 830 7 Joey Gase (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 304 031 23 Corey LaJoie (R) BK Racing Toyota 304 632 00 Derrike Cope StarCom Racing Chevrolet 302 533 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 301 434 51 Kyle Weatherman Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 294 335 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 275 2136 72 Cole Whitt TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 258 137 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 247 138 6 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 226 139 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 148 240 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 104 11Official race results
Race statistics Lead changes: 5 among different drivers Cautions/Laps: 7 for 41 Red flags: 1 for 5 minutes and 3 seconds Time of race: 2 hours, 57 minutes, 23 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television NBC covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, two–time Phoenix winner Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.
NBCBooth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Rick AllenColor-commentator: Jeff BurtonColor-commentator: Steve Letarte Dave BurnsParker KligermanMarty SniderKelli Stavast
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