2017 American Ethanol E15 250


The 2017 American Ethanol E15 250 presented by Enogen was the 14th stock car race of the 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series season and the seventh iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, June 24, 2017, Newton, Iowa, at Iowa Speedway, a 0.875 miles permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 250 laps to complete. At race's end, William Byron, driving for JR Motorsports, would win the race after leading 78 laps. It was Byron's first career win in the xfinity series. To fill out the podium, Ryan Sieg of RSS Racing and Tyler Reddick of Chip Ganassi Racing would finish second and third, respectively.

Entry list

' denotes rookie driver.
  • ' denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

Practice

First practice

The first practice session was held on Friday, July 23, at 1:00 PM CST. The session would last for 55 minutes. Kyle Benjamin of Joe Gibbs Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 23.966 and an average speed of.

Final practice

The final practice session was held on Friday, June 23, at 4:00 PM EST. The session would last for 55 minutes. Cole Custer of Stewart–Haas Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 23.834 and an average speed of.

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday, June 24, at 5:15 PM EST. Since Iowa Speedway is under in length, the qualifying system was a multi-car system that included three rounds. The first round was 15 minutes, where every driver would be able to set a lap within the 15 minutes. Then, the second round would consist of the fastest 24 cars in Round 1, and drivers would have 10 minutes to set a lap. Round 3 consisted of the fastest 12 drivers from Round 2, and the drivers would have 5 minutes to set a time. Whoever was fastest in Round 3 would win the pole.
Christopher Bell of Joe Gibbs Racing would win the pole after advancing from both preliminary rounds and setting the fastest lap in Round 3, with a time of 23.630 and an average speed of.
No drivers would fail to qualify.

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 60
Pos#DriverTeamMakePts
120Christopher Bell 'Joe Gibbs RacingToyota0
222Sam Hornish Jr.Team PenskeFord9
39William Byron 'JR MotorsportsChevrolet8
47Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet7
51Elliott SadlerJR MotorsportsChevrolet6
618Kyle BenjaminJoe Gibbs RacingToyota5
714J. J. YeleyTriStar MotorsportsToyota4
83Scott Lagasse Jr.Richard Childress RacingChevrolet3
916Ryan ReedRoush Fenway RacingFord2
1021Daniel Hemric 'Richard Childress RacingChevrolet1

Stage 2 Laps: 60
Pos#DriverTeamMakePts
162Brendan GaughanRichard Childress RacingChevrolet10
29William Byron 'JR MotorsportsChevrolet9
320Christopher Bell 'Joe Gibbs RacingToyota0
41Elliott SadlerJR MotorsportsChevrolet7
551Jeremy ClementsJeremy Clements RacingChevrolet6
62Ben Kennedy 'Richard Childress RacingChevrolet5
739Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet4
87Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet3
916Ryan ReedRoush Fenway RacingFord2
1028Dakoda ArmstrongJGL RacingToyota1

Stage 3 Laps: 130

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings
  • Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.