The 2017 Las Vegas 350 was the 18th stock car race of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, the second race of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series playoffs, the second race of the Round of 8, and the 21st iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, September 30, 2017, in North Las Vegas, Nevada at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, a permanent D-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 146 laps to complete. At race's end, Ben Rhodes, driving for ThorSport Racing, held off a charging Christopher Bell for his first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win. He would also earn a spot in the next round of the playoffs. To fill out the podium, Chase Briscoe of Brad Keselowski Racing would finish third, respectively.
Background
The race was held at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, which is a complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. It is located in Clark County, Nevada in Las Vegas, Nevada about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip.
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver.
#DriverTeamMakeSponsor0Matt MillsJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevroletDriven2Honor.org1Jordan AndersonTJL MotorsportsChevroletLucas Oil, Bommarito Automotive Group02Timothy PetersYoung's MotorsportsChevroletHenry County, Autos by Nelson4Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaDC Solar6Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevroletNorm Benning Racing8John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevroletBerry's Manufacturing10Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevroletWaldo's Painting Company13Cody Coughlin (R)ThorSport RacingToyotaRide TV, Jegs16Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyotaMartin Truex Jr. Foundation18Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaSwitch19Austin Cindric (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFordLTi Printing21Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevroletAllegiant Air24Justin Haley (R)GMS RacingChevroletMyWhy27Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyotaSafelite29Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFordCooper Standard33Kaz Grala (R)GMS RacingChevroletKiklos38T. J. BellNiece MotorsportsChevroletNiece Equipment44Austin Wayne SelfMartins MotorsportsChevroletAM Technical Solutions45Travis PastranaNiece MotorsportsChevroletWienerschnitzel49Wendell Chavous (R)Premium MotorsportsChevroletTestoril50Josh ReaumeBeaver MotorsportsChevroletJava Chews51Myatt SniderKyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaLouisiana Hot Sauce52Stewart Friesen (R)Halmar Friesen RacingChevroletHalmar International "We Build America"57Mike SenicaNorm Benning RacingChevroletNorm Benning Racing63Todd PeckCopp MotorsportsChevroletSahlen's, FR8 Auctions83Camden MurphyCopp MotorsportsChevroletBYB Extreme, TDS87Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevroletD. A. B. Constructors88Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyotaRip It, Menards98Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyotaJive CommunicationsOfficial entry list
Practice
First practice The first practice session was held on Saturday, September 30, at 8:30 AM PST. The session would last for 55 minutes. Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.089 and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed121Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet30.089179.468216Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota30.232178.619388Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota30.237178.589Full first practice results
Final practice The final practice session was held on Saturday, September 30, at 10:00 AM CST. The session would last for 55 minutes. Kaz Grala of GMS Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.160 and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed133Kaz Grala (R)GMS RacingChevrolet30.160179.045218Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota30.161179.03934Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota30.196178.832Full final practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Saturday, September 23, at 3:10 PM CST. Since Las Vegas Motor Speedway is at least , 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.
Ryan Truex of Hattori Racing Enterprises would win the pole, setting a lap of 30.475 and an average speed of .
Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTime (R1)Speed (R1)Time (R2)Speed (R2)116Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota30.525176.90430.475177.194221Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet30.674176.04530.523176.916329Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord30.554176.73630.529176.88144Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota30.615176.38430.558176.713588Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota30.612176.40130.568176.655627Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota30.673176.05130.601176.465719Austin Cindric (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord30.736175.69030.621176.350824Justin Haley (R)GMS RacingChevrolet30.600176.47130.648176.194951Myatt SniderKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota30.757175.57030.688175.9651098Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyota30.610176.41330.688175.9651152Stewart Friesen (R)Halmar Friesen RacingChevrolet30.662176.11430.706175.8611213Cody Coughlin (R)ThorSport RacingToyota30.658176.13730.762175.541Eliminated in Round 11318Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota30.781175.433 - -1433Kaz Grala (R)GMS RacingChevrolet30.911174.695 - -158John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet31.051173.907 - -1649Wendell Chavous (R)Premium MotorsportsChevrolet31.294172.557 - -1744Austin Wayne SelfMartins MotorsportsChevrolet31.308172.480 - -1845Travis PastranaNiece MotorsportsChevrolet31.648170.627 - -190Matt MillsJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet31.706170.315 - -2002Timothy PetersYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet31.714170.272 - -211Jordan AndersonTJL MotorsportsChevrolet31.798169.822 - -2283Camden MurphyCopp MotorsportsChevrolet31.883169.369 - -2350Josh ReaumeBeaver MotorsportsChevrolet31.994168.782 - -2487Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet32.032168.581 - -2538T. J. BellNiece MotorsportsChevrolet32.406166.636 - -266Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet33.308162.123 - -2710Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet33.546160.973 - -Qualified by owner's points2857Mike SenicaNorm Benning RacingChevrolet39.524136.626 - -2963Todd PeckCopp MotorsportsChevrolet - - - -Official qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup
Race results Stage 1 Laps: 35 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts129Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord10221Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet934Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsChevrolet8416Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota7588Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota6627Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota5733Kaz Grala (R)GMS RacingChevrolet4819Austin Cindric (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord3952Stewart Friesen (R)Halmar Friesen RacingChevrolet21018Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1 Stage 2 Laps: 35 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts127Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota1024Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota938John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet8416Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota7588Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota6629Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord5718Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota4819Austin Cindric (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord3921Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet21098Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyota1 Stage 3 Laps: 76 FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1627Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota14620Running55244Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota14664Running523329Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord14640Running494719Austin Cindric (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord1461Running3951433Kaz Grala (R)GMS RacingChevrolet1460Running3661213Cody Coughlin (R)ThorSport RacingToyota1460Running317588Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota1460Running428158John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet1468Running3791098Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyota1460Running2910221Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet1450Running38112002Timothy PetersYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1450Running2612116Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota1451Running39131318Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota14412Running29141649Wendell Chavous (R)Premium MotorsportsChevrolet1440Running2315211Jordan AndersonTJL MotorsportsChevrolet1430Running22162350Josh ReaumeBeaver MotorsportsChevrolet1420Running21172283Camden MurphyCopp MotorsportsChevrolet1410Running20182710Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet1380Running1919266Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet1290Running18201744Austin Wayne SelfMartins MotorsportsChevrolet1280Accident1721824Justin Haley (R)GMS RacingChevrolet1170Engine16221845Travis PastranaNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1120Accident15231152Stewart Friesen (R)Halmar Friesen RacingChevrolet410Accident16242538T. J. BellNiece MotorsportsChevrolet270Overheating1325190Matt MillsJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet110Engine12262487Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet90Electrical11272857Mike SenicaNorm Benning RacingChevrolet40Transmission1028951Myatt SniderKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota00Accident9292963Todd PeckCopp MotorsportsChevrolet00Engine8Official race results
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Christopher Bell 2,152 2 Ben Rhodes 2,105 (-47) 3 Matt Crafton 2,101 (–51) 4 Johnny Sauter 2,098 (–54) 5 Chase Briscoe 2,084 (–68) 6 Austin Cindric 2,082 (–70) 7 Kaz Grala 2,074 (–78) 8 John Hunter Nemechek 2,068 (–84)Official driver's standings
Note: Only the first 8 positions are included for the driver standings.
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