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2017 North Carolina Education Lottery 200

2017 North Carolina Education Lottery 200

Fifth race of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series


The 2017 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 was the fifth stock car race of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the 15th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, May 19, 2017, in Concord, North Carolina at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent quad-oval. The race took the scheduled 134 laps to complete. At race's end, Kyle Busch, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would complete a dominant performance with a clutch restart with three to go to win his 48th career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win and his second of the season.[1] To fill out the podium, Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing and Christopher Bell of Kyle Busch Motorsports would finish second and third, respectively.

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Background

The layout of Charlotte Motor Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

The race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway, located in Concord, North Carolina. The speedway complex includes a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) quad-oval track that was utilized for the race, as well as a dragstrip and a dirt track. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams based in the Charlotte metropolitan area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith serving as track president.

Entry list

  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
  • (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
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Practice

First practice

The first practice session was held on Thursday, May 18, at 5:00 PM EST, and would last for 55 minutes.[2] Christopher Bell of Kyle Busch Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.664 and an average speed of 182.039 miles per hour (292.963 km/h).[3]

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Second and final practice

The second and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Thursday, May 18, at 7:00 PM EST, and would last for 55 minutes.[2] Noah Gragson of Kyle Busch Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.680 and an average speed of 181.941 miles per hour (292.806 km/h).[4]

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Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Friday, May 19, at 4:45 PM EST.[5] Since Charlotte Motor Speedway is at least a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) 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.[2]

Christopher Bell of Kyle Busch Motorsports would win the pole, setting a lap of 29.852 and an average speed of 180.892 miles per hour (291.117 km/h) in the second round.[6]

Two drivers would fail to qualify: Brandon Brown and Cody Ware.

Full qualifying results

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Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 40

Stage 2 Laps: 40

Stage 3 Laps: 54

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Standings after the race

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References

  1. "Kyle Busch takes Trucks win at Charlotte for second straight victory". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  2. "NASCAR Qualifying Rules". ESPN.com. 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  3. Bonkowski, Jerry (2017-05-18). "Christopher Bell is fastest in first of two Truck practices today at Charlotte". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  4. Long, Dustin (2017-05-19). "Noah Gragson paces final Truck practice". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  5. "2017 GOTS Charlotte Race Info". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  6. McFadin, Daniel (2017-05-19). "Christopher Bell wins pole for Charlotte Truck race, third of season". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  7. "2017 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 - The Third Turn". www.thethirdturn.com. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
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