The 2017 JAG Metals 350 Driving Hurricane Harvey Relief was the 21st stock car race of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, the fifth race of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series playoffs, the second race of the Round of 6, and the 19th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, November 3, 2017, in Fort Worth, Texas at Texas Motor Speedway, a permanent quad-oval racetrack. The race took the scheduled 147 laps to complete. At race's end, Johnny Sauter, driving for GMS Racing, would control the last 13 laps of the race to win his 16th career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win and his third of the season. To fill out the podium, Austin Cindric of Brad Keselowski Racing and Christopher Bell of Kyle Busch Motorsports would finish second and third, respectively.
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.
#DriverTeamMakeSponsor0Ray CiccarelliJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevroletDriven 2 Honor1Jordan AndersonTJL MotorsportsChevroletBommarito Automotive Group, Knight Fire Protection02Austin HillYoung's MotorsportsFordUnited Rentals4Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaJBL6Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevroletNorm Benning Racing8John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevroletROMCO Equipment Co.10Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevroletDriven 2 Honor13Cody Coughlin (R)ThorSport RacingToyotaJEGS15Gray Gaulding (i)Premium MotorsportsChevroletPremium Motorsports16Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyotaChiba Toyopet18Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaSwitch19Austin Cindric (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFordFitzgerald Glider Kits20Tyler YoungYoung's MotorsportsChevroletCNR Electric21Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevroletISM Connect24Justin Haley (R)GMS RacingChevroletZeality27Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyotaSafelite AutoGlass29Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFordCooper-Standard33Kaz Grala (R)GMS RacingChevroletStealth42Tommy Joe Martins (i)Martins MotorsportsChevroletDiamond Gusset Jeans44Ted MinorFaith MotorsportsChevroletShawn Magee Design45Austin Wayne SelfNiece MotorsportsChevroletAM Technical Solutions, Sorghum49Wendell Chavous (R)Premium MotorsportsChevroletLow T Center50Josh ReaumeBeaver MotorsportsChevroletMotorsports Safety Group51Myatt SniderKyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaLiberty Tax Service52Stewart Friesen (R)Halmar Friesen RacingChevroletHalmar "We Build America"57Mike SenicaNorm Benning RacingChevroletNorm Benning Racing63J. J. Yeley (i)MB MotorsportsChevroletFr8Auctions83Patrick EmerlingCopp MotorsportsChevroletFr8Auctions, Cue Vapor Systems87Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevroletROMCO Equipment Co., Fire Alarm Services88Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyotaMenards, Ideal Door92Regan SmithRBR EnterprisesFordBTS Tire & Wheel Distributors, Advance Auto Parts98Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyotaRIDE TVOfficial entry list
Practice
First practice The first practice session was held on Thursday, November 2, at 2:00 PM CST. The session would last for 55 minutes. Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.529 and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed121Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet29.529182.871218Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota29.531182.859316Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota29.536182.828Full first practice results
Second and final practice The final practice session, sometimes known as Happy Hour, was held on Thursday, November 2, at 2:00 PM CST. The session would last for 55 minutes. Grant Enfinger of ThorSport Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.146 and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed198Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyota29.146185.274251Myatt SniderKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota29.251184.609319Austin Cindric (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord29.281184.420Full Happy Hour practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Friday, November 3, at 3:00 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.
Justin Haley of GMS Racing would win the pole, setting a lap of 29.004 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)124Justin Haley (R)GMS RacingChevrolet -* -*29.004186.181218Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota -* -*29.024186.05334Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota -* -*29.035185.982421Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet -* -*29.054185.861516Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota -* -*29.206184.894619Austin Cindric (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord -* -*29.207184.887733Kaz Grala (R)GMS RacingChevrolet -* -*29.257184.571888Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota -* -*29.292184.351927Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota -* -*29.370183.8611029Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord -* -*29.372183.849118John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet -* -*29.662182.0511251Myatt SniderKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota -* -*30.491177.101Eliminated in Round 11320Tyler YoungYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet29.612182.359 - -1492Regan SmithRBR EnterprisesFord29.692181.867 - -1513Cody Coughlin (R)ThorSport RacingToyota29.729181.641 - -1652Stewart Friesen (R)Halmar Friesen RacingChevrolet29.808181.159 - -1702Austin HillYoung's MotorsportsFord29.831181.020 - -1845Austin Wayne SelfNiece MotorsportsChevrolet29.892180.650 - -1998Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyota29.929180.427 - -2015Gray Gaulding (i)Premium MotorsportsChevrolet30.261178.448 - -2149Wendell Chavous (R)Premium MotorsportsChevrolet30.339177.989 - -2287Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet30.437177.416 - -2383Patrick EmerlingCopp MotorsportsChevrolet30.812175.256 - -241Jordan AndersonTJL MotorsportsChevrolet30.942174.520 - -2563J. J. Yeley (i)MB MotorsportsChevrolet31.141173.405 - -2650Josh ReaumeBeaver MotorsportsChevrolet31.819169.710 - -270Ray CiccarelliJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet31.977168.871 - -Qualified by owner's points2810Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet32.282167.276 - -296Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet33.265162.333 - -3044Ted MinorFaith MotorsportsChevrolet34.103158.344 - -3157Mike SenicaNorm Benning RacingChevrolet35.205153.387 - -3242Tommy Joe Martins (i)Martins MotorsportsChevrolet - - - -Official starting lineup *Time not available.
Race results Stage 1 Laps: 35 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts14Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota10221Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet9319Austin Cindric (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord8427Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota758John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet6688Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota5792Regan SmithRBR EnterprisesFord4833Kaz Grala (R)GMS RacingChevrolet3951Myatt SniderKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota21018Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1 Stage 2 Laps: 35 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts118Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota10292Regan SmithRBR EnterprisesFord934Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota8433Kaz Grala (R)GMS RacingChevrolet7516Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota6627Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota5719Austin Cindric (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord4888Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota3921Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet2108John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet1 Stage 3 Laps: 77 FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1421Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet14721running512619Austin Cindric (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord14736running47334Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota14720running5241029Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord1471running335124Justin Haley (R)GMS RacingChevrolet14725running326733Kaz Grala (R)GMS RacingChevrolet1470running4171998Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyota1471running308516Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota1470running359888Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota1475running3610218Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1479running38111702Austin HillYoung's MotorsportsFord1470running28121251Myatt SniderKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota14721running38131492Regan SmithRBR EnterprisesFord1470running24141652Stewart Friesen (R)Halmar Friesen RacingChevrolet1470running23151845Austin Wayne SelfNiece MotorsportsChevrolet1460running22161513Cody Coughlin (R)ThorSport RacingToyota1450running21171320Tyler YoungYoung's MotorsportsChevrolet1450running2018927Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota1450running3119118John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet1458running25202650Josh ReaumeBeaver MotorsportsChevrolet1390running17212149Wendell Chavous (R)Premium MotorsportsChevrolet1380running16222810Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet1300running1523296Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet920brakes1424241Jordan AndersonTJL MotorsportsChevrolet700power steering13253044Ted MinorFaith MotorsportsChevrolet410engine12262383Patrick EmerlingCopp MotorsportsChevrolet240crash11272015Gray Gaulding (i)Premium MotorsportsChevrolet230electrical028270Ray CiccarelliJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet210electrical9292563J. J. Yeley (i)MB MotorsportsChevrolet180electrical0303157Mike SenicaNorm Benning RacingChevrolet80oil pressure7312287Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet70vibration6323242Tommy Joe Martins (i)Martins MotorsportsChevrolet30crash0Official race results
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Christopher Bell 3,135 2 Johnny Sauter 3,131 (-4) 3 Matt Crafton 3,104 (–31) 4 Austin Cindric 3,085 (–50) 5 Ben Rhodes 3,080 (–55) 6 John Hunter Nemechek 3,046 (–89) 7 Kaz Grala 2,158 (–977) 8 Chase Briscoe 2,158 (–977)Official driver's standings
Note: Only the first 8 positions are included for the driver standings.
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