2017 WinstarOnlineGaming.com 400


The 2017 WinstarOnlineGaming.com 400 was the seventh stock car race of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the 15th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, June 9, 2017, in Fort Worth, Texas at Texas Motor Speedway, a permanent quad-oval racetrack. The race took the scheduled 167 laps to complete. At race's end, Christopher Bell, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would edge eventual second-place finisher, Brad Keselowski Racing driver Chase Briscoe, under caution when Timothy Peters would suffer a wild wreck on the final lap of the race, forcing a caution. The win was Bell's fourth career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win and his second of the season. To fill out the podium, Grant Enfinger of ThorSport Racing would finish third.

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 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. 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

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

Practice

First practice

The first practice session was held on Thursday, June 8, at 3:00 PM CST, and would last for 55 minutes. Christopher Bell of Kyle Busch Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.528 and an average speed of.

Second practice

The second practice session was held on Thursday, June 8, at 5:00 PM CST, and would last for 55 minutes. Christopher Bell of Kyle Busch Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.142 and an average speed of.

Third and final practice

The third and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Thursday, June 8, at 7:00 PM CST, and would last for 55 minutes. Christopher Bell of Kyle Busch Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.142 and an average speed of, completing a sweep of all three sessions.

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Friday, June 9, at 4:35 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.
Noah Gragson of Kyle Busch Motorsports would win the pole, setting a lap of 29.168 and an average speed of in the second round.
No drivers would fail to qualify.

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 40
Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
121Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet10
24Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota9
388Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota8
498Grant Enfinger 'ThorSport RacingToyota7
58John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet6
629Chase Briscoe 'Brad Keselowski RacingFord5
716Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota4
818Noah Gragson 'Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota3
933Kaz Grala 'GMS RacingChevrolet2
1013Cody Coughlin 'ThorSport RacingToyota1

Stage 2 Laps: 40
Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
14Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota10
229Chase Briscoe 'Brad Keselowski RacingFord9
321Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet8
48John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet7
533Kaz Grala 'GMS RacingChevrolet6
616Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota5
798Grant Enfinger 'ThorSport RacingToyota4
818Noah Gragson 'Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota3
924Justin Haley 'GMS RacingChevrolet2
1027Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota1

Stage 3 Laps: 87

Standings after the race

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