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2017 Overton's 150

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2017 Overton's 150
Race details
Race 12 of 23 of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Date July 29, 2017
Official name 8th Annual Overton's 150
Location Long Pond, Pennsylvania, Pocono Raceway
Course Permanent racing facility
2.5 mi (4.0 km)
Distance 60 laps, 150 mi (241.402 km)
Scheduled Distance 60 laps, 150 mi (241.402 km)
Average speed 121.594 miles per hour (195.687 km/h)
Pole position
Driver ThorSport Racing
Time 52.931
Most laps led
Driver Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Motorsports
Laps 32
Winner
No. 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network FOX
Announcers Vince Welch, Phil Parsons, Michael Waltrip
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The 2017 Overton's 150 was the 12th stock car race of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the eighth iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, July 29, 2017, in Long Pond, Pennsylvania at Pocono Raceway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) triangular permanent course. The race took the scheduled 60 laps to complete. At race's end, Christopher Bell, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would take control of the race after Kyle Busch wrecked midway into the race, stealing the victory. The win was Bell's sixth career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win and his fourth of the season.[1] To fill out the podium, Ben Rhodes of ThorSport Racing and Ryan Truex of Hattori Racing Enterprises would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

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The layout of Pocono Raceway, the venue where the race was held.

The race was held at Pocono Raceway, which is a three-turn superspeedway located in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. The track hosts two annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, as well as one Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series event. Until 2019, the track also hosted an IndyCar Series race.

Pocono Raceway is one of a very few NASCAR tracks not owned by either Speedway Motorsports, Inc. or International Speedway Corporation. It is operated by the Igdalsky siblings Brandon, Nicholas, and sister Ashley, and cousins Joseph IV and Chase Mattioli, all of whom are third-generation members of the family-owned Mattco Inc, started by Joseph II and Rose Mattioli.

Outside of the NASCAR races, the track is used throughout the year by Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and motorcycle clubs as well as racing schools and an IndyCar race. The triangular oval also has three separate infield sections of racetrack – North Course, East Course and South Course. Each of these infield sections use a separate portion of the tri-oval to complete the track. During regular non-race weekends, multiple clubs can use the track by running on different infield sections. Also some of the infield sections can be run in either direction, or multiple infield sections can be put together – such as running the North Course and the South Course and using the tri-oval to connect the two.

Entry list

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  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
  • (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
# Driver Team Make Sponsor
0 Matt Mills Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet Driven 2 Honor
1 Jordan Anderson TJL Motorsports Chevrolet Jacob Companies
02 Austin Hill Young's Motorsports Ford Whitetail Heaven Outfitters
4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Sirius XM
6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet Norm Benning Racing
8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet Fire Alarm Services
10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet Driven 2 Honor
13 Cody Coughlin (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota JEGS
16 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota ShopRite
18 Noah Gragson (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Switch
19 Austin Cindric (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford LTi Printing
21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet Allegiant Air
24 Justin Haley (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet Fraternal Order of Eagles
27 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota Safelite Auto Glass
28 Bryan Dauzat FDNY Racing Chevrolet FDNY
29 Chase Briscoe (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford Cooper-Standard
33 Kaz Grala (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet Kiklos
36 Camden Murphy MB Motorsports Chevrolet Fr8Auctions
44 Austin Wayne Self Martins Motorsports Chevrolet AM Technical Solutions, Don't Mess with Texas
45 T. J. Bell Niece Motorsports Chevrolet Valvoline, '47
49 Wendell Chavous (R) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet ZyGenX
51 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Textron, Beechcraft
52 Stewart Friesen (R) Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet Halmar
57 Mike Senica Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet Norm Benning Racing
63 Travis Kvapil MB Motorsports Chevrolet MB Motorsports
66 Justin Fontaine Bolen Motorsports Toyota ProMatic Automation
83 Todd Peck Copp Motorsports Chevrolet Pulse Transport
87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet D. A. B. Constructors, Inc.
88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota Menards, Goof Off
98 Grant Enfinger (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota JIVE Communications
Official entry list

Practice

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First practice

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The first practice session was held on Friday, July 28, at 12:00 PM EST, and would last for 55 minutes.[2] Justin Haley of GMS Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 53.056 and an average speed of 169.632 miles per hour (272.996 km/h).[3]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 24 Justin Haley (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 53.056 169.632
2 51 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 53.240 169.046
3 33 Kaz Grala (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 53.277 168.928
Full first practice results

Second and final practice

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The second and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Friday, July 28, at 2:00 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 53.366 and an average speed of 168.647 miles per hour (271.411 km/h).[4]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 53.366 168.647
2 51 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 53.417 168.486
3 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 53.483 168.278
Full Happy Hour practice results

Qualifying

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Qualifying was held on Saturday, July 29, at 10:00 AM EST.[2] Since Pocono Raceway 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.[5]

Ben Rhodes of ThorSport Racing would win the pole, setting a lap of 52.931 and an average speed of 170.033 miles per hour (273.642 km/h) in the second round.[6]

No drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time (R1) Speed (R1) Time (R2) Speed (R2)
1 27 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota 52.970 169.907 52.931 170.033
2 51 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 53.238 169.052 52.942 169.997
3 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 52.987 169.853 52.971 169.904
4 16 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 53.648 167.760 53.147 169.342
5 29 Chase Briscoe (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 53.341 168.726 53.531 168.127
6 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 53.253 169.005 53.610 167.879
7 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 53.760 167.411 53.621 167.845
8 18 Noah Gragson (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 53.506 168.205 53.668 167.698
9 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 53.640 167.785 53.936 166.864
10 02 Austin Hill Young's Motorsports Ford 54.216 166.003 54.421 165.377
11 33 Kaz Grala (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 54.136 166.248 54.503 165.129
12 98 Grant Enfinger (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 54.247 165.908 54.505 165.122
Eliminated in Round 1
13 13 Cody Coughlin (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 54.501 165.135 - -
14 24 Justin Haley (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 54.546 164.998 - -
15 52 Stewart Friesen (R) Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 54.830 164.144 - -
16 45 T. J. Bell Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 55.100 163.339 - -
17 19 Austin Cindric (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 55.390 162.484 - -
18 1 Jordan Anderson TJL Motorsports Chevrolet 56.071 160.511 - -
19 0 Matt Mills Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 56.653 158.862 - -
20 83 Todd Peck Copp Motorsports Chevrolet 56.775 158.520 - -
21 44 Austin Wayne Self Martins Motorsports Chevrolet 57.188 157.376 - -
22 49 Wendell Chavous (R) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 57.374 156.865 - -
23 36 Camden Murphy MB Motorsports Chevrolet 57.646 156.125 - -
24 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 58.053 155.031 - -
25 63 Travis Kvapil MB Motorsports Chevrolet 58.442 153.999 - -
26 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 58.627 153.513 - -
27 28 Bryan Dauzat FDNY Racing Chevrolet 1:01.499 146.344 - -
28 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 1:01.543 146.239 - -
29 57 Mike Senica Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 1:06.570 135.196 - -
30 66 Justin Fontaine Bolen Motorsports Toyota - - - -
Official qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Stage 1 Laps: 15

Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts
1 51 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 0
2 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 9
3 27 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota 8
4 16 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 7
5 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 6
6 29 Chase Briscoe (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 5
7 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 4
8 18 Noah Gragson (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 3
9 98 Grant Enfinger (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 2
10 33 Kaz Grala (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 1

Stage 2 Laps: 15

Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts
1 51 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 0
2 16 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 9
3 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 8
4 27 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota 7
5 29 Chase Briscoe (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 6
6 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 5
7 33 Kaz Grala (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 4
8 52 Stewart Friesen (R) Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 3
9 19 Austin Cindric (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 2
10 45 T. J. Bell Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 1

Stage 3 Laps: 30

Fin[7] St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 3 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 60 7 running 57
2 1 27 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota 60 0 running 50
3 4 16 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 60 0 running 50
4 6 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 60 9 running 42
5 7 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 60 12 running 32
6 9 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 60 0 running 37
7 17 19 Austin Cindric (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 60 0 running 32
8 13 13 Cody Coughlin (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 60 0 running 29
9 5 29 Chase Briscoe (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 60 0 running 39
10 14 24 Justin Haley (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 60 0 running 27
11 10 02 Austin Hill Young's Motorsports Ford 60 0 running 26
12 15 52 Stewart Friesen (R) Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 60 0 running 28
13 12 98 Grant Enfinger (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 60 0 running 26
14 16 45 T. J. Bell Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 60 0 running 24
15 30 66 Justin Fontaine Bolen Motorsports Toyota 60 0 running 22
16 21 44 Austin Wayne Self Martins Motorsports Chevrolet 60 0 running 21
17 18 1 Jordan Anderson TJL Motorsports Chevrolet 60 0 running 20
18 28 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 60 0 running 19
19 20 83 Todd Peck Copp Motorsports Chevrolet 60 0 running 18
20 22 49 Wendell Chavous (R) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 59 0 running 17
21 24 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 59 0 running 16
22 27 28 Bryan Dauzat FDNY Racing Chevrolet 56 0 running 15
23 11 33 Kaz Grala (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 42 0 crash 19
24 8 18 Noah Gragson (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 39 0 crash 16
25 2 51 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 36 32 crash 0
26 25 63 Travis Kvapil MB Motorsports Chevrolet 23 0 vibration 11
27 19 0 Matt Mills Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 6 0 rear gear 10
28 23 36 Camden Murphy MB Motorsports Chevrolet 4 0 electrical 9
29 26 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 3 0 vibration 8
30 29 57 Mike Senica Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 2 0 steering 7
Official race results

Standings after the race

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References

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  1. ^ "Christopher Bell pulls away to Truck Series victory at Pocono". ESPN.com. 2017-07-29. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  2. ^ a b c "2017 Truck Series Pocono Race Info". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  3. ^ Albino, Dustin (2017-07-28). "Justin Haley Leads Opening Truck Series Practice At Pocono". www.frontstretch.com. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  4. ^ Bonkowski, Jerry (2017-07-28). "Christopher Bell fastest in rain-shortened final Truck practice at Pocono". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  5. ^ "NASCAR Qualifying Rules". ESPN.com. 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  6. ^ McFadin, Daniel (2017-07-29). "Ben Rhodes wins pole for Truck race at Pocono". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  7. ^ "2017 Overton's 150 - The Third Turn". www.thethirdturn.com. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
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