2017 Active Pest Control 200
The 2017 Active Pest Control 200 was the second stock car race of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the ninth iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, March 4, 2017, in Hampton, Georgia at Atlanta Motor Speedway, a 1.54 miles permanent asphalt quad-oval intermediate speedway. The race took the scheduled 130 laps to complete. At race's end, Christopher Bell, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would defend the field on a restart with two to go to complete a dominant performance for the race and secure a win. The win was Bell's third career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win and his first of the season. To fill out the podium, Matt Crafton of ThorSport Racing and Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing would finish second and third, respectively.
Background
Atlanta Motor Speedway is a track in Hampton, Georgia, 20 miles south of Atlanta. It is a 1.54-mile quad-oval track with a seating capacity of 111,000. It opened in 1960 as a 1.5-mile standard oval. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two 1.5-mile ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval. The project made the track one of the fastest on the NASCAR circuit.Entry list
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Practice
First practice
The first practice session was held on Friday, March 3, at 11:00 AM EST, and would last for 55 minutes. Chase Briscoe of Brad Keselowski Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.616 and an average speed of.Second practice
The second practice session was held on Friday, March 3, at 2:30 PM EST, and would last for 55 minutes. Christopher Bell of Kyle Busch Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.739 and an average speed of.Third and final practice
The third and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Friday, March 3, at 4:30 PM EST, and would last for 55 minutes. Chase Elliott of GMS Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.876 and an average speed of.Qualifying
Qualifying was held on Saturday, March 4, at 10:40 AM EST. Since Atlanta Motor Speedway is at least a 1.5 miles 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.Christopher Bell of Kyle Busch Motorsports would win the pole, setting a lap of 30.643 and an average speed of in the second round.
Three drivers would fail to qualify: J. J. Yeley, Norm Benning, and Jennifer Jo Cobb.
Race results
Stage 1 Laps: 40Stage 2 Laps: 40
Stage 3 Laps: 50
Standings after the race
;Drivers' Championship standings- Note: Only the first 8 positions are included for the driver standings.