The 2017 Ford EcoBoost 400 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on November 19, 2017, at Homestead–Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) oval, it was the 36th and final race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, and was also the final race for the Chevrolet SS which debuted at the 2013 Daytona 500, as its replacement for 2018 would be the Camaro ZL1.
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Championship drivers Kyle Busch was the first of the four drivers to clinch a spot in the Championship 4, winning the first race of the Round of 8 at Martinsville.
Kevin Harvick clinched the second spot in the Championship 4, winning the second race of the Round of 8 at Texas.
Martin Truex Jr. clinched the third spot in the Championship 4 after the Texas race based on points.
Brad Keselowski clinched the final spot based on points after the Phoenix race.
Entry list Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 2 Brad Keselowski (CC) Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Kevin Harvick (CC) 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 (CC) 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 (i) 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 Ray Black Jr. (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 66 David Starr (i) MBM Motorsports Chevrolet 72 Cole Whitt TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Erik Jones (R) Furniture Row Racing Toyota 78 Martin Truex Jr. (CC) Furniture Row Racing Toyota 83 Joey Gase (i) BK Racing Toyota 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 95 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list
Practice
First practice Kyle Busch was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 31.269 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 31.269 172.695 2 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 31.299 172.529 3 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 31.420 171.865Official first practice results
Second practice Denny Hamlin was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 31.555 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 31.555 171.130 2 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 31.638 170.681 3 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 31.761 170.020Official second practice results
Final practice Martin Truex Jr. was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 31.543 seconds and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 31.543 171.195 2 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 31.804 169.790 3 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 31.807 169.774Official final practice results
Qualifying
Denny Hamlin scored the pole for the race with a time of 31.038 and a speed of .
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 111 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.931 30.949 31.038 278 Martin Truex Jr. (CC) Furniture Row Racing Toyota 30.743 30.889 31.043 318 Kyle Busch (CC) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.904 30.918 31.047 420 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 31.405 30.972 31.272 52 Brad Keselowski (CC) Team Penske Ford 31.228 31.322 31.313 617 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 31.105 31.019 31.330 742 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 31.188 31.081 31.358 841 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas RacingFord 31.183 31.195 31.376 94 Kevin Harvick (CC) Stewart–Haas RacingFord 31.103 30.987 31.418 1019 Daniel Suárez (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 31.286 31.247 31.434 1121 Ryan Blaney Wood Brothers Racing Ford 31.288 31.204 31.532 126 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 31.502 31.317 31.556 131 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 31.426 31.322 — 1477 Erik Jones (R) Furniture Row Racing Toyota 31.267 31.365 — 1527 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 31.337 31.367 — 1614 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas RacingFord 31.208 31.396 — 173 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 31.348 31.459 — 1824 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 31.243 31.470 — 1922 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 31.391 31.524 — 2043 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 31.457 31.541 — 2131 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 31.486 31.577 — 2248 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 31.355 31.595 — 2395 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet 31.255 31.640 — 2488 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 31.320 0.000 — 2510 Danica Patrick Stewart–Haas RacingFord 31.588 — — 2647 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 31.601 — — 275 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 31.621 — — 2834 Landon Cassill Front Row Motorsports Ford 31.632 — — 2937 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 31.647 — — 3038 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 31.650 — — 3132 Matt DiBenedetto Go Fas Racing Ford 31.814 — — 3213 Ty Dillon (R) Germain Racing Chevrolet 31.831 — — 3372 Cole Whitt TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 32.014 — — 3423 Corey LaJoie (i) BK Racing Toyota 32.301 — — 3583 Joey Gase (i) BK Racing Toyota 32.796 — — 3633 Jeffrey Earnhardt Circle Sport – The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 32.801 — — 3715 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 32.997 — — 3866 David Starr (i) MBM Motorsports Chevrolet 33.025 — — 3951 Ray Black Jr. (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 34.010 — —Official qualifying results
Race results
Stage results Note: Martin Truex Jr., Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, and Brad Keselowski were not eligible for stage points because of their participation in the Championship 4.
Stage 1 Laps: 80
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 102 2 Brad Keselowski (CC) Team Penske Ford 03 18 Kyle Busch (CC) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 04 4 Kevin Harvick (CC) Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 05 78 Martin Truex Jr. (CC) Furniture Row Racing Toyota 06 24 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 57 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 48 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 39 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 210 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 1Official stage one results
Stage 2 Laps: 80
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 102 78 Martin Truex Jr. (CC) Furniture Row Racing Toyota 03 4 Kevin Harvick (CC) Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 04 18 Kyle Busch (CC) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 05 2 Brad Keselowski (CC) Team Penske Ford 06 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 57 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 48 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 39 24 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 210 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1Official stage two results
Final stage results
Stage 3 Laps: 107
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 78 Martin Truex Jr. (CC) Furniture Row Racing Toyota 267 40 2 18 Kyle Busch (CC) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 353 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 267 544 4 Kevin Harvick (CC) Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 267 335 24 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 396 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 267 367 2 Brad Keselowski (CC) Team Penske Ford 267 308 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 339 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 3210 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 267 2711 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 267 2612 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 267 2613 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 266 2414 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 266 2315 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 266 2216 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 265 2117 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 265 2018 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 265 1919 6 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 265 1820 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 265 1721 77 Erik Jones (R) Furniture Row Racing Toyota 265 1622 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 265 2423 34 Landon Cassill Front Row Motorsports Ford 265 1424 95 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet 265 1325 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 264 1226 13 Ty Dillon (R) Germain Racing Chevrolet 264 1127 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 264 1028 72 Cole Whitt TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 264 929 21 Ryan Blaney Wood Brothers Racing Ford 264 830 32 Matt DiBenedetto Go Fas Racing Ford 263 731 23 Corey LaJoie (i) BK Racing Toyota 261 032 33 Jeffrey Earnhardt Circle Sport – The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 259 533 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 234 434 19 Daniel Suárez (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 225 335 15 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 212 236 66 David Starr (i) MBM Motorsports Chevrolet 175 037 10 Danica Patrick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 139 138 51 Ray Black Jr. (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 49 039 83 Joey Gase (i) BK Racing Toyota 4 0Official race results
With the win at Miami, Truex is the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Champion. While Busch finished 2nd in the championship. Harvick finished 3rd in the championship, and Keselowski finished 4th of the Championship 4.
Race statistics Lead changes: 4 among different drivers Cautions/Laps: 5 for 26 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 3 hours, 2 minutes, 11 seconds Average speed:
Media
Television NBC covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, 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. While the race itself aired on NBC, NBCSN aired NBCSN NASCAR Hot Pass, a simultaneous live feed dedicated to each of the Championship drivers, with commentary by Leigh Diffey and Dale Jarrett. Also, three different angles from in-car cameras and a track map tracked the driver's position and changes throughout the field.
NBCBooth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Rick AllenColor-commentator: Jeff BurtonColor-commentator: Steve Letarte Dave BurnsParker KligermanMarty SniderKelli Stavast
Radio MRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.
MRN Booth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Joe MooreAnnouncer: Jeff StriegleAnnouncer: Rusty Wallace Turns 1 & 2: Dave MoodyTurns 3 & 4: Mike Bagley Alex HaydenWinston KelleySteve Post
Final season standings
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 2 1 Martin Truex Jr. 5,040 2 Kyle Busch 5,035 (−5) 2 3 Kevin Harvick 5,033 (−7) 4 Brad Keselowski 5,030 (−10) 5 Chase Elliott 2,377 (−2,663) 6 Denny Hamlin 2,353 (−2,687) 7 Matt Kenseth 2,344 (−2,696) 1 8 Kyle Larson 2,320 (−2,720) 1 9 Ryan Blaney 2,305 (−2,735) 10 Jimmie Johnson 2,260 (−2,780) 2 11 Austin Dillon 2,224 (−2,816) 12 Jamie McMurray 2,224 (−2,816) 2 13 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 2,222 (−2,818) 1 14 Kurt Busch 2,217 (−2,823) 1 15 Kasey Kahne 2,198 (−2,842) 16 Ryan Newman 2,196 (−2,844)Official driver's standings