The 2017 Toyota Tundra 250 was the fourth stock car race of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the 17th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, May 12, 2017, in Kansas City, Kansas at Kansas Speedway, a permanent D-shaped oval racetrack. The race took the scheduled 167 laps to complete. At race's end, Kyle Busch, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would inherit the win after leader Ben Rhodes would blow an engine with six to go. The win was Busch's 47th career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win and his first of the season. To fill out the podium, Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing and John Hunter Nemechek of NEMCO Motorsports would finish second and third, respectively.
Background
Kansas Speedway is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) tri-oval race track in Kansas City, Kansas. It was built in 2001 and hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The NTT IndyCar Series also raced there until 2011. The speedway is owned and operated by the International Speedway Corporation.
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
#DriverTeamMakeSponsor1Jordan AndersonTJL MotorsportsChevroletJordan Anderson Racing "Fueled by Fans"02Tyler YoungYoung's MotorsportsChevroletRandco Industries, Young's Building Systems4Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaSiriusXM6Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevroletHouston Roll Pipe7Brett MoffittRed Horse RacingToyotaRed Horse Racing8John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevroletFire Alarm Services10Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevroletDriven 2 Honor, Mark One Electric12Spencer BoydRick Ware RacingChevroletGrunt Style "This We'll Defend"13Cody Coughlin (R)ThorSport RacingToyotaJEGS16Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyotaSeaWatch International, Bar Harbor17Timothy PetersRed Horse RacingToyotaRed Horse Racing18Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaSwitch19Austin Cindric (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFordPirtek21Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevroletAllegiant Air24Justin Haley (R)GMS RacingChevroletFraternal Order of Eagles27Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyotaSafelite Auto Glass29Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFordCooper-Standard33Kaz Grala (R)GMS RacingChevroletKiklos36Camden MurphyCopp MotorsportsChevroletCopp Motorsports44Matt Mills (i)Faith MotorsportsChevroletSparrow Ranch On The Island45Austin Wayne SelfNiece MotorsportsChevroletPrecision Air Technology49Wendell Chavous (R)Premium MotorsportsChevroletPremium Motorsports50Cody Ware (i)Beaver MotorsportsChevroletBeaver Motorsports51Kyle Busch (i)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaCessna, Beechcraft52Stewart Friesen (R)Halmar Friesen RacingChevroletHalmar63Kyle DonahueMB MotorsportsChevroletBlue Lives Matter66Ross Chastain (i)Bolen MotorsportsChevroletBolen Motorsports83Todd PeckCopp MotorsportsChevroletTDS Wraps88Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyotaMenards, Matador Jerky92Regan SmithRBR EnterprisesFordBTS Tire & Wheel Distributors, Advance Auto Parts98Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyotaRIDE TV99Travis MillerMDM MotorsportsChevroletMDM MotorsportsOfficial entry list
Practice
First practice The first practice session was held on Thursday, May 11, at 2:00 PM CST, and would last for 55 minutes. Justin Haley of GMS Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.297 and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed124Justin Haley (R)GMS RacingChevrolet30.297178.23524Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota30.432177.445321Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet30.435177.427Full first practice results
Second and final practice The second and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Thursday, May 11, at 4:00 PM CST, and would last for 55 minutes. Christopher Bell of Kyle Busch Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.272 and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed14Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota30.272178.383288Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota30.418177.526333Kaz Grala (R)GMS RacingChevrolet30.437177.416Full Happy Hour practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Friday, May 12, at 3:35 PM CST. Since Kansas 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.
Christopher Bell of Kyle Busch Motorsports would win the pole, setting a lap of 30.363 and an average speed of in the second round.
No drivers would fail to qualify.
Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTime (R1)Speed (R1)Time (R2)Speed (R2)14Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota30.528176.88730.363177.848288Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota30.514176.96830.477177.183321Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet30.534176.85230.549176.765418Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota30.714175.81630.566176.667516Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota30.610176.41330.612176.401633Kaz Grala (R)GMS RacingChevrolet30.545176.78830.625176.32777Brett MoffittRed Horse RacingToyota30.542176.80630.648176.194827Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota30.725175.75330.729175.730917Timothy PetersRed Horse RacingToyota30.653176.16530.753175.5931051Kyle Busch (i)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota30.711175.83330.793175.3651129Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord30.762175.54130.802175.3131224Justin Haley (R)GMS RacingChevrolet30.679176.01630.815175.239Eliminated in Round 11313Cody Coughlin (R)ThorSport RacingToyota30.791175.376——148John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet30.800175.325——1598Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyota30.803175.308——1619Austin Cindric (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord30.813175.251——1799Travis MillerMDM MotorsportsChevrolet30.853175.023——1892Regan SmithRBR EnterprisesFord30.936174.554——1902Tyler YoungYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet31.094173.667——2066Ross Chastain (i)Bolen MotorsportsChevrolet31.223172.949——2145Austin Wayne SelfNiece MotorsportsChevrolet31.410171.920——2252Stewart Friesen (R)Halmar Friesen RacingChevrolet31.448171.712——2363Kevin DonahueMB MotorsportsChevrolet31.909169.231——241Jordan AndersonTJL MotorsportsChevrolet31.993168.787——2544Matt Mills (i)Faith MotorsportsChevrolet32.006168.718——2636Camden MurphyCopp MotorsportsChevrolet32.705165.112——276Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet32.955163.860——2810Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet33.062163.330——2949Wendell Chavous (R)Premium MotorsportsChevrolet33.851159.523——3012Spencer BoydRick Ware RacingChevrolet34.426156.858——3183Todd PeckCopp MotorsportsChevrolet————3250Cody Ware (i)Beaver MotorsportsChevrolet————Official qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup
Race results Stage 1 Laps: 40 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts151Kyle Busch (i)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota024Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota9321Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet848John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet7588Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota6616Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota5727Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota4829Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord3998Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyota2107Brett MoffittRed Horse RacingToyota1
Stage 2 Laps: 40 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts151Kyle Busch (i)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota024Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota9327Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota8429Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord7521Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet6698Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyota578John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet487Brett MoffittRed Horse RacingToyota3916Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota21088Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota1
Stage 3 Laps: 87 FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts11051Kyle Busch (i)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota16791running02321Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet1670running493148John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet1670running45414Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota16737running5151129Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord1670running426516Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota1670running38777Brett MoffittRed Horse RacingToyota1670running348633Kaz Grala (R)GMS RacingChevrolet1670running2991224Justin Haley (R)GMS RacingChevrolet1670running28101619Austin Cindric (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord1670running27111598Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyota16714running33121892Regan SmithRBR EnterprisesFord1670running2513917Timothy PetersRed Horse RacingToyota1670running24141902Tyler YoungYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1670running23152145Austin Wayne SelfNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1660running2216288Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota1660running28172544Matt Mills (i)Faith MotorsportsChevrolet1650running0182066Ross Chastain (i)Bolen MotorsportsChevrolet1640running019241Jordan AndersonTJL MotorsportsChevrolet1630running18203012Spencer BoydRick Ware RacingChevrolet1630running17212363Kevin DonahueMB MotorsportsChevrolet1630running16223250Cody Ware (i)Beaver MotorsportsChevrolet1620running023827Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota16025engine2624276Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet1600running13251799Travis MillerMDM MotorsportsChevrolet1090vibration12261313Cody Coughlin (R)ThorSport RacingToyota840transmission11272810Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet820brakes1028418Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota680clutch9293183Todd PeckCopp MotorsportsChevrolet290brakes8302636Camden MurphyCopp MotorsportsChevrolet270electrical7312949Wendell Chavous (R)Premium MotorsportsChevrolet210crash6322252Stewart Friesen (R)Halmar Friesen RacingChevrolet160crash5Official race results
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Johnny Sauter 189 2 Christopher Bell 187 (-2) 3 Matt Crafton 145 (–44) 4 Chase Briscoe 135 (–54) 5 Timothy Peters 134 (–55) 6 Kaz Grala 132 (–57) 7 Ben Rhodes 129 (–60) 8 Grant Enfinger 117 (–72)Official driver's standings
Note: Only the first 8 positions are included for the driver standings.
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