The 2017 WinstarOnlineGaming.com 400 was the seventh stock car race of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the 15th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, June 9, 2017, in Fort Worth, Texas at Texas Motor Speedway, a permanent quad-oval racetrack. The race took the scheduled 167 laps to complete. At race's end, Christopher Bell, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would edge eventual second-place finisher, Brad Keselowski Racing driver Chase Briscoe, under caution when Timothy Peters would suffer a wild wreck on the final lap of the race, forcing a caution. The win was Bell's fourth career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win and his second of the season. To fill out the podium, Grant Enfinger of ThorSport Racing would finish third.
Background
Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures 1.5 miles (2.4 km) around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway). The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Charlotte Motor Speedway, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
#DriverTeamMakeSponsor0Tommy ReganJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevroletDriven 2 Honor1Jordan AndersonTJL MotorsportsChevroletKnight Fire Protection02Austin HillYoung's MotorsportsFordRandco, Young's Building Systems4Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaJBL6Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevroletNorm Benning Racing8John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevroletRomco Equipment Co., RPS10Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevroletDriven 2 Honor13Cody Coughlin (R)ThorSport RacingToyotaRIDE TV16Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyotaH-E-B18Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaSwitch19Austin Cindric (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFordReese Brands, Draw-Tite21Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevroletAllegiant Air22Austin Wayne SelfAM RacingToyotaDon't Mess with Texas24Justin Haley (R)GMS RacingChevroletAllegiant Air27Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyotaSafelite Auto Glass29Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFordCooper-Standard33Kaz Grala (R)GMS RacingChevroletKiklos45T. J. BellNiece MotorsportsChevroletSilencerCo, Black Rifle Coffee Company49Wendell Chavous (R)Premium MotorsportsChevroletPremium Motorsports50Josh ReaumeBeaver MotorsportsChevroletMotorsports Safety Group, Lodestar Guidance51Myatt SniderKyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaLouisiana Hot Sauce52Stewart Friesen (R)Halmar Friesen RacingChevroletHalmar63Kevin DonahueMB MotorsportsChevroletMB Motorsports66Travis KvapilBolen MotorsportsChevroletXcalibur Pit School83Todd PeckCopp MotorsportsChevroletCopp Motorsports88Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyotaMenards, Hormel Gatherings98Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyotaJIVE Communications99Timothy PetersMDM MotorsportsChevroletMetaboOfficial entry list
Practice
First practice The first practice session was held on Thursday, June 8, at 3:00 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 29.528 and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed14Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota29.528182.877221Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet29.552182.729327Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota29.784181.305Full first practice results
Second practice The second practice session was held on Thursday, June 8, at 5:00 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 29.142 and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed14Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota29.142185.300298Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyota29.247184.634321Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet29.349183.993Full second practice results
Third and final practice The third and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Thursday, June 8, at 7:00 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 29.142 and an average speed of , completing a sweep of all three sessions. Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed14Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota29.035185.982221Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet29.123185.420327Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota29.192184.982Full Happy Hour practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Friday, June 9, at 4:35 PM CST. Since Texas Motor Speedway is at least a 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.
Noah Gragson of Kyle Busch Motorsports would win the pole, setting a lap of 29.168 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)118Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota29.168185.134221Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet29.171185.115388Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota29.249184.622416Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota29.314184.212598Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyota29.396183.698633Kaz Grala (R)GMS RacingChevrolet29.407183.630727Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota29.463183.28188John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet29.582182.543919Austin Cindric (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord29.718181.7081024Justin Haley (R)GMS RacingChevrolet29.756181.4761113Cody Coughlin (R)ThorSport RacingToyota29.760181.4521229Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord29.912180.530Eliminated in Round 11351Myatt SniderKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota29.738181.586 - -1499Timothy PetersMDM MotorsportsChevrolet29.866180.808 - -1522Austin Wayne SelfAM RacingToyota29.917180.499 - -1666Travis KvapilBolen MotorsportsChevrolet29.980180.120 - -1702Tyler YoungYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet29.999180.006 - -1852Stewart Friesen (R)Halmar Friesen RacingChevrolet30.037179.778 - -191Jordan AndersonTJL MotorsportsChevrolet30.357177.883 - -2063Kevin DonahueMB MotorsportsChevrolet31.145173.383 - -214Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota31.598170.897 - -2245T. J. BellNiece MotorsportsChevrolet32.186167.775 - -2349Wendell Chavous (R)Premium MotorsportsChevrolet32.674165.269 - -2483Todd PeckCopp MotorsportsChevrolet32.785164.709 - -2510Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet32.865164.309 - -266Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet33.485161.266 - -270Tommy ReganJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet33.508161.156 - -Qualified by owner's points2850Josh ReaumeBeaver MotorsportsChevrolet41.413130.394 - -Official starting lineup
Race results Stage 1 Laps: 40 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts121Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet1024Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota9388Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota8498Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyota758John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet6629Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord5716Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota4818Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota3933Kaz Grala (R)GMS RacingChevrolet21013Cody Coughlin (R)ThorSport RacingToyota1
Stage 2 Laps: 40 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts14Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota10229Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord9321Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet848John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet7533Kaz Grala (R)GMS RacingChevrolet6616Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota5798Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyota4818Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota3924Justin Haley (R)GMS RacingChevrolet21027Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota1
Stage 3 Laps: 87 FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1214Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota16792running5921229Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord1677running493598Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyota1670running454416Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota1670running425727Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota1670running3361024Justin Haley (R)GMS RacingChevrolet1670running337118Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota16713running368221Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet16749running479388Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota1676running3610633Kaz Grala (R)GMS RacingChevrolet1670running35111666Travis KvapilBolen MotorsportsChevrolet1670running26121522Austin Wayne SelfAM RacingToyota1660crash25131499Timothy PetersMDM MotorsportsChevrolet1660crash24142245T. J. BellNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1650running2315191Jordan AndersonTJL MotorsportsChevrolet1630running22161351Myatt SniderKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1600crash2117266Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet1570running20181113Cody Coughlin (R)ThorSport RacingToyota1530engine20192510Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet1500running18202349Wendell Chavous (R)Premium MotorsportsChevrolet1430electrical172188John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet1370crash29221852Stewart Friesen (R)Halmar Friesen RacingChevrolet1160crash15231702Tyler YoungYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1110engine14242483Todd PeckCopp MotorsportsChevrolet390vibration1325919Austin Cindric (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord280crash12262850Josh ReaumeBeaver MotorsportsChevrolet120engine11272063Kevin DonahueMB MotorsportsChevrolet90electrical1028270Tommy ReganJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet50electrical9Official race results
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Johnny Sauter 338 2 Christopher Bell 298 (-40) 3 Matt Crafton 268 (–70) 4 Chase Briscoe 257 (–81) 5 Ben Rhodes 248 (–90) 6 Ryan Truex 227 (–111) 7 Grant Enfinger 226 (–112) 8 Kaz Grala 210 (–128)Official driver's standings
Note: Only the first 8 positions are included for the driver standings.
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