2017 M&M's 200


The 2017 M&M's 200 presented by Casey's General Store was the ninth stock car race of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the fourth iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, June 23, 2017, in Newton, Iowa at Iowa Speedway, a permanent D-shaped oval racetrack. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. At race's end, John Hunter Nemechek, driving for NEMCO Motorsports, would complete a comeback victory on the final restart with six to go to win his fifth career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win and his second and final wins of the season. To fill out the podium, Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing and Brandon Jones of MDM Motorsports would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

Iowa Speedway is a 7/8-mile paved oval motor racing track in Newton, Iowa, United States, approximately 30 miles east of Des Moines. The track was designed with influence from Rusty Wallace and patterned after Richmond Raceway, a short track where Wallace was very successful. It has over 25,000 permanent seats as well as a unique multi-tiered Recreational Vehicle viewing area along the backstretch.

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, June 23, at 9:00 AM CST, and would last for an hour and 25 minutes. Christopher Bell of Kyle Busch Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 23.289 and an average speed of.

Second and final practice

The second and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Friday, June 23, at 11:15 AM CST, and would last for an hour. Brandon Jones of MDM Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 23.290 and an average speed of.

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Friday, June 23, at 5:05 PM CST. Since Iowa Speedway is under 1.5 miles, 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.
Noah Gragson of Kyle Busch Motorsports would win the pole after advancing from both preliminary rounds and setting the fastest lap in Round 3, with a time of 23.136 and an average speed of.
Jennifer Jo Cobb was the only driver to fail to qualify.

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 60
Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
14Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota10
218Noah Gragson 'Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota9
321Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet8
429Chase Briscoe 'Brad Keselowski RacingFord7
527Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota6
616Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota5
78John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet4
824Justin Haley 'GMS RacingChevrolet3
998Grant Enfinger 'ThorSport RacingToyota2
1019Austin Cindric 'Brad Keselowski RacingFord1

Stage 2 Laps: 60
Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
121Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet10
229Chase Briscoe 'Brad Keselowski RacingFord9
38John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet8
44Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota7
518Noah Gragson 'Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota6
616Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota5
719Austin Cindric 'Brad Keselowski RacingFord4
897Jesse LittleJJL MotorsportsToyota3
988Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota2
1099Brandon Jones MDM MotorsportsChevrolet0

Stage 3 Laps: 80

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings
  • Note: Only the first 8 positions are included for the driver standings.