The 2017 LTi Printing 200 was the 13th stock car race of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the 18th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, August 12, 2017, in Brooklyn, Michigan at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile (3.2 km) permanent moderate-banked D-shaped speedway. The race took the scheduled 100 laps to complete. At race's end, Bubba Wallace, driving for MDM Motorsports, would defend fiercely for the final 11 laps of the race to win his sixth and to date, final career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win and his only win of the season. To fill out the podium, Christopher Bell and Kyle Busch, both driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would finish second and third, respectively.
Background
The race was held at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located in Brooklyn, Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is known as a "sister track" to Texas World Speedway as MIS's oval design was a direct basis of TWS, with moderate modifications to the banking in the corners, and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway. The track is owned by International Speedway Corporation. Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (by open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest by stock car standards).
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
#DriverTeamMakeSponsor0Ray CiccarelliJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevroletDriven 2 Honor1Jordan AndersonTJL MotorsportsChevroletSturgis Bank & Trust, Kool02Tyler YoungYoung's MotorsportsChevroletRandco Industries, Young's Building Systems4Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaSiriusXM, JBL6Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevroletNorm Benning Racing8John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevroletFire Alarm Services10Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevroletDriven 2 Honor13Cody Coughlin (R)ThorSport RacingToyotaRIDE TV16Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyotaHino18Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaSwitch19Austin Cindric (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFordReese Brands, DrawTite21Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevroletGMS Racing24Justin Haley (R)GMS RacingChevroletFraternal Order of Eagles27Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyotaSafelite Auto Glass29Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFordCooper-Standard33Kaz Grala (R)GMS RacingChevroletCharge Cords36Camden MurphyMB MotorsportsChevroletFr8Auctions44Austin Wayne SelfMartins MotorsportsChevroletAM Technical Solutions, Don't Mess with Texas45T. J. BellNiece MotorsportsChevroletNiece Motorsports49Wendell Chavous (R)Premium MotorsportsChevroletJAS Expedited Trucking50Josh ReaumeBeaver MotorsportsChevroletPit Barrel Cooker51Kyle Busch (i)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaTextron, Beechcraft52Stewart Friesen (R)Halmar Friesen RacingChevroletHalmar57Mike SenicaNorm Benning RacingChevroletBell Plantation63B. J. McLeod (i)MB MotorsportsChevroletMB Motorsports83Todd PeckCopp MotorsportsChevroletPulse Transport87Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevroletNEMCO Motorsports88Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyotaMenards, Ideal Door98Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyotaChampion Power Equipment99Bubba Wallace (i)MDM MotorsportsChevroletMaestro'sOfficial entry list
Practice
First practice The first practice session was held on Friday, August 11, at 1:00 PM EST, and would last for 55 minutes. Matt Crafton of ThorSport Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 38.350 and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed188Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota38.350187.744229Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord38.477187.125398Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyota38.490187.062Full first practice results
Second and final practice The second and final practice session, sometimes known as Happy Hour, was held on Friday, August 11, at 3:00 PM EST, and would last for 55 minutes. John Hunter Nemechek of NEMCO Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 38.545 and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed18John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet38.545186.795221Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet38.571186.669388Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota38.662186.229Full Happy Hour practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Saturday, August 12, at 9:30 AM EST. Since Michigan International Speedway is at least 1.5 miles (2.4 km), 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.
Matt Crafton of ThorSport Racing would win the pole, setting a lap of 39.076 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)188Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota39.148183.91739.076184.256221Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet39.130184.00239.140183.95538John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet39.212183.61739.175183.791429Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord39.380182.83439.201183.669518Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota39.370182.88039.301183.201698Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyota39.401182.73639.316183.132724Justin Haley (R)GMS RacingChevrolet39.381182.82939.403182.727819Austin Cindric (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord39.440182.55639.463182.449999Bubba Wallace (i)MDM MotorsportsChevrolet39.531182.13639.509182.2371051Kyle Busch (i)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota39.519182.19139.527182.1541116Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota39.671181.49339.630181.6811233Kaz Grala (R)GMS RacingChevrolet39.668181.50739.663181.529Eliminated in Round 1134Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota39.714181.296 - -1427Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota39.830180.768 - -1513Cody Coughlin (R)ThorSport RacingToyota39.833180.755 - -1652Stewart Friesen (R)Halmar Friesen RacingChevrolet39.844180.705 - -1702Tyler YoungYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet40.030179.865 - -1849Wendell Chavous (R)Premium MotorsportsChevrolet40.714176.843 - -1945T. J. BellNiece MotorsportsChevrolet40.824176.367 - -2044Austin Wayne SelfMartins MotorsportsChevrolet40.896176.056 - -210Ray CiccarelliJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet41.023175.511 - -2263B. J. McLeod (i)MB MotorsportsChevrolet41.062175.345 - -2387Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet41.193174.787 - -2450Josh ReaumeBeaver MotorsportsChevrolet41.275174.440 - -2583Todd PeckCopp MotorsportsChevrolet41.462173.653 - -261Jordan AndersonTJL MotorsportsChevrolet41.496173.511 - -2736Camden MurphyMB MotorsportsChevrolet41.791172.286 - -286Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet42.925167.734 - -2910Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet43.330166.167 - -3057Mike SenicaNorm Benning RacingChevrolet45.684157.604 - -Official qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup
Race results Stage 1 Laps: 30 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts151Kyle Busch (i)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota0229Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord9388Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota8427Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota7521Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet6619Austin Cindric (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord5718Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota4816Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota3999Bubba Wallace (i)MDM MotorsportsChevrolet0104Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1 Stage 2 Laps: 30 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts151Kyle Busch (i)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota0216Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota934Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota8488Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota7527Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota6633Kaz Grala (R)GMS RacingChevrolet5724Justin Haley (R)GMS RacingChevrolet4818Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota3929Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord21098Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyota1 Stage 3 Laps: 40 FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1999Bubba Wallace (i)MDM MotorsportsChevrolet10011running02134Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1000running4431051Kyle Busch (i)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota10047running041116Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota1000running455819Austin Cindric (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord10024running376188Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota10010running467518Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1000running378698Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyota1000running309429Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord1004running3910724Justin Haley (R)GMS RacingChevrolet1003running31111427Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota1000running39121233Kaz Grala (R)GMS RacingChevrolet1000running30131652Stewart Friesen (R)Halmar Friesen RacingChevrolet1000running24141702Tyler YoungYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1000running23152044Austin Wayne SelfMartins MotorsportsChevrolet1000running22161945T. J. BellNiece MotorsportsChevrolet990running21171849Wendell Chavous (R)Premium MotorsportsChevrolet990running2018221Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet991running25192450Josh ReaumeBeaver MotorsportsChevrolet980running1820286Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet820vibration17211513Cody Coughlin (R)ThorSport RacingToyota650crash16222910Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet480engine1523261Jordan AndersonTJL MotorsportsChevrolet330engine14242263B. J. McLeod (i)MB MotorsportsChevrolet160vibration0252736Camden MurphyMB MotorsportsChevrolet120electrical1226210Ray CiccarelliJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet110fuel pump11273057Mike SenicaNorm Benning RacingChevrolet80brakes10282583Todd PeckCopp MotorsportsChevrolet50engine92938John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet40crash8302387Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet20vibration7Official race results
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Christopher Bell 572 2 Johnny Sauter 535 (-37) 3 Matt Crafton 510 (–62) 4 Chase Briscoe 509 (–63) 5 Ryan Truex 431 (–141) 6 Ben Rhodes 426 (–146) 7 Grant Enfinger 412 (–160) 8 John Hunter Nemechek 404 (–168)Official driver's standings
Note: Only the first 8 positions are included for the driver standings.
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