The 2017 Fred's 250 powered by Coca-Cola was the 19th stock car race of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, the third race of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series playoffs, the third and final race of the Round of 8, and the 12th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, October 14, 2017, in Lincoln, Alabama at Talladega Superspeedway, a permanent D-shaped superspeedway. The race was extended from 94 laps to 95 laps, due to a NASCAR overtime finish. At race's end, Parker Kligerman, driving for Henderson Motorsports, took advantage of the lead on the final restart, and earned his second career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win, after a caution came out on the final lap. To fill out the podium, Christopher Bell and Myatt Snider of Kyle Busch Motorsports would finish second and third, respectively.
Christopher Bell, Johnny Sauter, Matt Crafton, Ben Rhodes, Austin Cindric, and John Hunter Nemechek would advance into the Round of 6.
Background
The race was held at Talladega Superspeedway, which is a motorsports complex located north of Talladega, Alabama. It is located on the former Anniston Air Force Base in the small city of Lincoln. A tri-oval, the track was constructed in 1969 by the International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France Family. , the track hosts the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and ARCA Menards Series. Talladega is the longest NASCAR oval, with a length of , compared to the Daytona International Speedway, which is long. The total peak capacity of Talladega is around 175,000 spectators, with the main grandstand capacity being about 80,000.
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver. (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points
#DriverTeamMakeSponsor1Mike Harmon (i)Mike Harmon RacingChevroletMike Harmon Racing02Tyler YoungYoung's MotorsportsChevroletRandco Industries, Young's Building Systems4Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaToyota "Let's Go Places"6Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevroletH&H Transport8John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevroletFire Alarm Services10Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevroletVG Pride Group, Driven2Honor.org13Cody Coughlin (R)ThorSport RacingToyotaRide TV, Jegs15D. J. Kennington (i)Premium MotorsportsChevroletLosers Bar & Grill16Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyotaBass Pro Shops, Tracker Boats18Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaSwitch19Austin Cindric (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFordLTi Printing21Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevroletAllegiant Air24Justin Haley (R)GMS RacingChevroletFraternal Order of Eagles27Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyotaSafelite29Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFordCooper Standard33Kaz Grala (R)GMS RacingChevroletStealth45Austin Wayne SelfNiece MotorsportsChevroletAM Technical Solutions47Chris FontaineGlenden EnterprisesToyotaGlenden Enterprises49Wendell Chavous (R)Premium MotorsportsChevroletVydox Plus50Josh ReaumeBeaver MotorsportsChevroletEver-Fi51Myatt SniderKyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaLouisiana Hot Sauce52Stewart Friesen (R)Halmar Friesen RacingChevroletHalmar International "We Build America"63Bobby GerhartBobby Gerhart RacingChevroletLucas Oil66Vinnie Miller (i)Bolen MotorsportsChevroletMaster Manufacturing68Clay GreenfieldClay Greenfield MotorsportsChevroletTitan Paint Sprayers75Parker KligermanHenderson MotorsportsToyotaTide Pods, Food Country USA83Spencer BoydCopp MotorsportsChevroletGrunt Style87Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevroletD. A. B. Constructors88Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyotaHormel Gatherings, Menards92Regan SmithRBR EnterprisesFordBlack's Tire Service, Advance Auto Parts98Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyotaChampion Power Equipment, Curb RecordsOfficial entry list
Practice
First practice The first practice session was held on Friday, October 13, at 11:00 AM CST. The session would last for 55 minutes. Cody Coughlin of ThorSport Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 49.948 and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed113Cody Coughlin (R)ThorSport RacingToyota49.948191.71928John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet50.068191.260392Regan SmithRBR EnterprisesFord50.263190.518Full first practice results
Final practice The final practice session was held on Friday, October 13, at 1:00 PM CST. The session would last for 55 minutes. Chris Fontaine of Glenden Enterprises would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 50.964 and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed147Chris FontaineGlenden EnterprisesToyota50.964187.897252Stewart Friesen (R)Halmar Friesen RacingChevrolet50.981187.835398Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyota51.001187.761Full final practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Saturday, October 14, at 9:30 AM CST. Since Talladega Superspeedway 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.
Christopher Bell of Kyle Busch Motorsports would win the pole, setting a lap of 53.165 and an average speed of .
Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTime (R1)Speed (R1)Time (R2)Speed (R2)14Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota -* -*53.165180.118221Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet -* -*53.489179.027352Stewart Friesen (R)Halmar Friesen RacingChevrolet -* -*53.571178.753424Justin Haley (R)GMS RacingChevrolet -* -*53.741178.188529Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord -* -*53.867177.771619Austin Cindric (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord -* -*53.932177.557716Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota -* -*54.001177.330818Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota -* -*54.100177.006951Myatt SniderKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota -* -*54.127176.9171027Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota -* -*54.137176.8851188Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota -* -*54.535175.5941233Kaz Grala (R)GMS RacingChevrolet -* -* - -Eliminated in Round 11398Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyota54.017177.245 - -1475Parker KligermanHenderson MotorsportsToyota54.135176.891 - -158John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet54.225176.598 - -1668Clay GreenfieldClay Greenfield MotorsportsChevrolet54.272176.445 - -1747Chris FontaineGlenden EnterprisesToyota54.379176.097 - -1813Cody Coughlin (R)ThorSport RacingToyota54.458175.842 - -1902Tyler YoungYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet54.792174.770 - -2045Austin Wayne SelfNiece MotorsportsChevrolet54.902174.420 - -2187Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet55.004174.096 - -2292Regan SmithRBR EnterprisesFord55.021174.043 - -2315D. J. Kennington (i)Premium MotorsportsChevrolet55.051173.948 - -2466Vinnie Miller (i)Bolen MotorsportsChevrolet55.256173.302 - -2563Bobby GerhartBobby Gerhart RacingChevrolet55.312173.127 - -2649Wendell Chavous (R)Premium MotorsportsChevrolet55.638172.113 - -2783Spencer BoydCopp MotorsportsChevrolet56.659169.011 - -Qualified by owner's points281Mike Harmon (i)Mike Harmon RacingChevrolet57.293167.141 - -2910Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet57.493166.559 - -3050Josh ReaumeBeaver MotorsportsChevrolet59.525160.874 - -316Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet - - - -Official qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup *Time unavailable.
Race results Stage 1 Laps: 20 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts121Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet10224Justin Haley (R)GMS RacingChevrolet934Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota8452Stewart Friesen (R)Halmar Friesen RacingChevrolet7551Myatt SniderKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota6688Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota578John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet4827Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota3913Cody Coughlin (R)ThorSport RacingToyota21075Parker KligermanHenderson MotorsportsToyota1 Stage 2 Laps: 20 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts121Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet10224Justin Haley (R)GMS RacingChevrolet9351Myatt SniderKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota8419Austin Cindric (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord7588Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota6652Stewart Friesen (R)Halmar Friesen RacingChevrolet578John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet4813Cody Coughlin (R)ThorSport RacingToyota3927Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota21098Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyota1 Stage 3 Laps: 55 FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts11475Parker KligermanHenderson MotorsportsToyota953Running41214Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota959Running433951Myatt SniderKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota951Running4841398Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyota9517Running345619Austin Cindric (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord953Running396158John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet950Running3972466Vinnie Miller (i)Bolen MotorsportsChevrolet950Running081668Clay GreenfieldClay Greenfield MotorsportsChevrolet951Running2991188Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota950Running39101902Tyler YoungYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet950Running27112563Bobby GerhartBobby Gerhart RacingChevrolet950Running2612221Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet9539Running45132783Spencer BoydCopp MotorsportsChevrolet950Running014818Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota950Running23152315D. J. Kennington (i)Premium MotorsportsChevrolet951Running016424Justin Haley (R)GMS RacingChevrolet9410Running3917352Stewart Friesen (R)Halmar Friesen RacingChevrolet940Running32182045Austin Wayne SelfNiece MotorsportsChevrolet940Running19192910Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet930Running1820281Mike Harmon (i)Mike Harmon RacingChevrolet900Running0213050Josh ReaumeBeaver MotorsportsChevrolet900Running1622529Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord860Running15231027Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota700Accident19242649Wendell Chavous (R)Premium MotorsportsChevrolet702Accident13251813Cody Coughlin (R)ThorSport RacingToyota709Accident17261747Chris FontaineGlenden EnterprisesToyota700Accident11272292Regan SmithRBR EnterprisesFord530Accident1028716Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota190Accident9291233Kaz Grala (R)GMS RacingChevrolet180Accident8302187Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet20Vibration731316Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet00Engine6Official race results
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Christopher Bell 2,195 2 Johnny Sauter 2,143 (-52) 3 Matt Crafton 2,140 (–55) 4 Ben Rhodes 2,124 (–71) 5 Austin Cindric 2,121 (–74) 6 John Hunter Nemechek 2,107 (–88) 7 Chase Briscoe 2,099 (–96) 8 Kaz Grala 2,082 (–113)Official driver's standings
Note: Only the first 8 positions are included for the driver standings.
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