2017 PowerShares QQQ 300

The 2017 PowerShares QQQ 300 was the 1st race of the 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series season and the 36th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, February 25, 2017 in Daytona Beach, Florida at Daytona International Speedway, a 2.5 miles permanent triangular-shaped superspeedway. The race was extended from the scheduled 120 laps to 124 laps due to NASCAR overtime. Roush Fenway Racing driver Ryan Reed took the lead on the final overtime restart and led the final two laps to earn the victory. It was Reed's first win of the season, and the second of his career. To fill out the podium, Kasey Kahne finished 2nd and Austin Dillon finished 3rd.

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, February 24, 2017 at 1:00 PM EST. Justin Allgaier was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 46.418 seconds and a speed of.

Final practice

The final practice session took place on Friday, February 24, 2017, at 3:05 PM EST. J. J. Yeley was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 48.127 seconds and a speed of.

Qualifying

Qualifying took place at 10:30 AM EST. Since Daytona International Speedway 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 13-40. Then, the fastest 12 qualifiers would move on to the second round to determine positions 1-12.
Brandon Jones won the pole with a time of 48.788 seconds and a speed of.
Morgan Shepherd, Mike Harmon, Stephen Leicht, and Mark Thompson failed to qualify.

Full starting lineup

Race results

Stage One
Laps: 30

Pos		Driver	Team	Make	Points
1	1	Elliott Sadler	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	10
2	88	Kasey Kahne '	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	0
3	48	Brennan Poole	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	8
4	3	Ty Dillon '	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	0
5	11	Blake Koch	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	6
6	19	Matt Tifft '	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	5
7	90	Mario Gosselin	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	4
8	28	Dakoda Armstrong	DGM Racing	Toyota	3
9	62	Brendan Gaughan	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	2
10	2	Austin Dillon '	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	0

Stage Two
Laps: 30

Pos		Driver	Team	Make	Points
1	1	Elliott Sadler	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	10
2	2	Austin Dillon '	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	0
3	3	Ty Dillon '	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	0
4	16	Ryan Reed	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	7
5	22	Brad Keselowski '	Team Penske	Ford	0
6	88	Kasey Kahne '	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	0
7	62	Brendan Gaughan	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	4
8	28	Dakoda Armstrong	JGL Racing	Chevrolet	3
9	42	Brennan Poole	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	2
10	11	Blake Koch	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	1

Final Stage Results

Laps: 60

Race statistics

Lead changes: 23 among 7 different drivers
Cautions/Laps: 10 for 42
Time of race: 2 hours, 38 minutes, and 47 seconds
Average speed: