The 2017 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 was the fifth stock car race of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the 15th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, May 19, 2017, in Concord, North Carolina at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent quad-oval. The race took the scheduled 134 laps to complete. At race's end, Kyle Busch, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would complete a dominant performance with a clutch restart with three to go to win his 48th career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win and his second of the season. To fill out the podium, Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing and Christopher Bell of Kyle Busch Motorsports would finish second and third, respectively.
Background
The race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway, located in Concord, North Carolina. The speedway complex includes a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) quad-oval track that was utilized for the race, as well as a dragstrip and a dirt track. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams based in the Charlotte metropolitan area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith serving as track president.
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
#DriverTeamMakeSponsor1Jordan AndersonTJL MotorsportsChevroletCircle Track Warehouse02Austin HillYoung's MotorsportsFordYoung's Motorsports4Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaSiriusXM6Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevroletNorm Benning Racing7Brett MoffittRed Horse RacingToyotaRed Horse Racing8John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevroletFire Alarm Services10Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevroletDriven 2 Honor, Mark One Electric12Cody Ware (i)Rick Ware RacingChevroletMotorsports Safety Group13Cody Coughlin (R)ThorSport RacingToyotaRIDE TV16Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyotaSeaWatch International, Bar Harbor17Timothy PetersRed Horse RacingToyotaRed Horse Racing18Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaSwitch19Austin Cindric (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFordLTi Printing21Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevroletAllegiant Air22Austin Wayne SelfAM RacingToyotaSnap-Track, AccuTech24Justin Haley (R)GMS RacingChevroletLevine Children's Hospital27Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyotaSafelite Auto Glass29Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFordCooper-Standard33Kaz Grala (R)GMS RacingChevroletOutlaw Fasteners44Matt Mills (i)Faith MotorsportsChevroletSparrow Ranch On The Island45T. J. BellNiece MotorsportsChevroletSilencerCo, Black Rifle Coffee Company49Wendell Chavous (R)Premium MotorsportsChevroletSteel Barn Truss, Down South50Spencer BoydBeaver MotorsportsChevroletGrunt Style "This We'll Defend"51Kyle Busch (i)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaCessna, Beechcraft52Stewart Friesen (R)Halmar Friesen RacingChevroletHalmar63Todd PeckMB MotorsportsChevroletPulse Transport Inc., Arthritis Foundation66Ross Chastain (i)Bolen MotorsportsChevroletSouth Carolina Gamecocks75Parker KligermanHenderson MotorsportsToyotaFood Country USA83J. J. Yeley (i)Copp MotorsportsChevroletNano Pro MT, UNOH86Brandon Brown (i)Brandonbilt MotorsportsChevroletCoastal Carolina University88Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyotaMenards, Fisher Nuts92Regan SmithRBR EnterprisesFordBTS Tire & Wheel Distributors, Advance Auto Parts98Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyotaChampion Power Equipment99Brandon Jones (i)MDM MotorsportsChevroletRolandOfficial entry list
Practice
First practice The first practice session was held on Thursday, May 18, at 5:00p.m. EST, and would last for 55 minutes. Christopher Bell of Kyle Busch Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.664 and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed14Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota29.664182.039229Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord29.684181.916327Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota29.808181.159Full first practice results
Second and final practice The second and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Thursday, May 18, at 7:00p.m. EST, and would last for 55 minutes. Noah Gragson of Kyle Busch Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.680 and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed118Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota29.680181.941219Austin Cindric (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord29.734181.610321Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet29.881180.717Full Happy Hour practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Friday, May 19, at 4:45p.m. EST. Since Charlotte Motor 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 29.852 and an average speed of in the second round.
Two drivers would fail to qualify: Brandon Brown and Cody Ware.
Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTime (R1)Speed (R1)Time (R2)Speed (R2)14Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota30.072179.56929.852180.892229Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord29.927180.43929.881180.717321Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet30.125179.25329.929180.427451Kyle Busch (i)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota30.294178.25330.053179.683527Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota30.145179.13430.126179.247688Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota30.421177.50930.149179.11077Brett MoffittRed Horse RacingToyota30.272178.38330.202178.796819Austin Cindric (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord30.203178.79030.206178.772975Parker KligermanHenderson MotorsportsToyota30.345177.95430.241178.5661017Timothy PetersRed Horse RacingToyota30.423177.49730.253178.4951116Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota30.377177.76630.261178.4481233Kaz Grala (R)GMS RacingChevrolet30.460177.28230.329178.047Eliminated in Round 1138John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet30.514176.968——1402Austin HillYoung's MotorsportsFord30.533176.858——1518Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota30.541176.811——1698Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyota30.708175.850——1713Cody Coughlin (R)ThorSport RacingToyota30.719175.787——1866Ross Chastain (i)Bolen MotorsportsChevrolet30.757175.570——1922Austin Wayne SelfAM RacingToyota30.764175.530——2092Regan SmithRBR EnterprisesFord30.801175.319——2199Brandon Jones (i)MDM MotorsportsChevrolet31.111173.572——2283J. J. Yeley (i)Copp MotorsportsChevrolet31.208173.033——2324Justin Haley (R)GMS RacingChevrolet31.247172.817——2444Matt Mills (i)Faith MotorsportsChevrolet31.556171.124——251Jordan AndersonTJL MotorsportsChevrolet31.770169.972——2645T. J. BellNiece MotorsportsChevrolet31.812169.747——2750Spencer BoydBeaver MotorsportsChevrolet31.931169.115——2852Stewart Friesen (R)Halmar Friesen RacingChevrolet32.543165.934——2949Wendell Chavous (R)Premium MotorsportsChevrolet33.074163.270——306Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet33.701160.233——3110Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet34.131158.214——3263Todd PeckMB MotorsportsChevrolet35.351152.754——Failed to qualify3386Brandon Brown (i)Brandonbilt MotorsportsChevrolet32.127168.083——3412Cody Ware (i)Rick Ware RacingChevrolet32.432166.502——Official qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup
Race results Stage 1 Laps: 40 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts151Kyle Busch (i)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota0221Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet938John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet8488Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota7529Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord6627Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota5766Ross Chastain (i)Bolen MotorsportsChevrolet0816Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota3918Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota21017Timothy PetersRed Horse RacingToyota1
Stage 2 Laps: 40 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts151Kyle Busch (i)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota0221Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet9388Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota8427Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota754Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota6616Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota5729Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord4817Timothy PetersRed Horse RacingToyota3918Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota21002Austin HillYoung's MotorsportsFord1
Stage 3 Laps: 54 FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1451Kyle Busch (i)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota13490running02321Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet13422running53314Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1342running4041116Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota1340running4151017Timothy PetersRed Horse RacingToyota1340running366688Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota1341running4671698Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyota1340running308527Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota1340running4191518Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1340running3210975Parker KligermanHenderson MotorsportsToyota1346running2711229Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord1340running36121922Austin Wayne SelfAM RacingToyota1340running2513819Austin Cindric (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord1347running24142645T. J. BellNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1340running23152283J. J. Yeley (i)Copp MotorsportsChevrolet1340running0161713Cody Coughlin (R)ThorSport RacingToyota1340running21172324Justin Haley (R)GMS RacingChevrolet1340running201877Brett MoffittRed Horse RacingToyota1340running19191866Ross Chastain (i)Bolen MotorsportsChevrolet1333running0202750Spencer BoydBeaver MotorsportsChevrolet1330running1721251Jordan AndersonTJL MotorsportsChevrolet1330running1622138John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet1320running23232852Stewart Friesen (R)Halmar Friesen RacingChevrolet1320running14242444Matt Mills (i)Faith MotorsportsChevrolet1320running0251402Austin HillYoung's MotorsportsFord1300running1326306Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet1300running11273110Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet1300running10282949Wendell Chavous (R)Premium MotorsportsChevrolet1060oil pump9292092Regan SmithRBR EnterprisesFord1010crash8301233Kaz Grala (R)GMS RacingChevrolet700crash7312199Brandon Jones (i)MDM MotorsportsChevrolet623crash0323263Todd PeckMB MotorsportsChevrolet40electrical5Failed to qualify3386Brandon Brown (i)Brandonbilt MotorsportsChevrolet3412Cody Ware (i)Rick Ware RacingChevroletOfficial race results
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Johnny Sauter 242 2 Christopher Bell 227 (-15) 3 Matt Crafton 191 (–51) 4 Chase Briscoe 171 (–71) 5 Ben Rhodes 170 (–72) 6 Timothy Peters 170 (–72) 7 Grant Enfinger 147 (–95) 8 Kaz Grala 139 (–103)Official driver's standings
Note: Only the first 8 positions are included for the driver standings.
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