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2017 Rinnai 250

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2017 Rinnai 250
Race details
Race 2 of 33 in the 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series
Date March 4, 2017
Official name 26th Annual Rinnai 250
Location Hampton, Georgia, Atlanta Motor Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
1.54 mi (2.48 km)
Distance 163 laps, 251.02 mi (403.977 km)
Scheduled Distance 163 laps, 251.02 mi (403.977 km)
Average speed 128.435 miles per hour (206.696 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Joe Gibbs Racing
Time 30.153
Most laps led
Driver Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing
Laps 64
Winner
No. 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network Fox Sports 1
Announcers Adam Alexander, Michael Waltrip, Chase Elliott
Radio in the United States
Radio Performance Racing Network

The 2017 Rinnai 250 was the second stock car race of the 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, and the 26th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, March 4, 2017, in Hampton, Georgia at Atlanta Motor Speedway, a 1.54 miles (2.48 km) permanent asphalt quad-oval intermediate speedway. The race took the scheduled 163 laps to complete. At race's end, Kyle Busch, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would pull away with the lead at the end of the race to win his 87th career NASCAR Xfinity Series win and his first of the season.[1][2] To fill out the podium, Brad Keselowski of Team Penske and Kyle Larson of Chip Ganassi Racing would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

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

Atlanta Motor Speedway (formerly Atlanta International Raceway) is a track in Hampton, Georgia, 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta. It is a 1.54-mile (2.48 km) quad-oval track with a seating capacity of 111,000. It opened in 1960 as a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) standard oval. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two 1.5-mile (2.4 km) ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval. The project made the track one of the fastest on the NASCAR circuit.

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 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet JD Motorsports
00 Cole Custer (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford Haas Automation
01 Harrison Rhodes JD Motorsports Chevrolet Kubota
1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet Hunt Brothers Pizza
2 Austin Dillon (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Rheem
3 Ty Dillon (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops, Tracker Boats
4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet G&K Services
5 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet Pilot Flying J
6 Bubba Wallace Roush Fenway Racing Ford Leidos
07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet ScubaLife
7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet Brandt Professional Agriculture
8 Jeff Green B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet Triple R Containers
9 William Byron (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet Liberty University
11 Blake Koch Kaulig Racing Chevrolet LeafFilter Gutter Protection
13 Carl Long MBM Motorsports Toyota TLC Vacations
14 J. J. Yeley TriStar Motorsports Toyota Superior Essex
16 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford Lilly Diabetes
18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota NOS Energy
19 Matt Tifft (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota National Brain Tumor Society
20 Denny Hamlin (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Hisense 4K TV
21 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Blue Gate Bank
22 Brad Keselowski (i) Team Penske Ford Discount Tire
23 Spencer Gallagher (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet Allegiant Air
24 Corey LaJoie (i) JGL Racing Toyota JGL Racing Young Guns
25 Chris Cockrum Chris Cockrum Racing Chevrolet Advanced Communications Group
28 Dakoda Armstrong JGL Racing Toyota JGL Racing
33 Brandon Jones Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Anderson's Maple Syrup
39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet Crazy Vapors
40 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota https://CrashClaimsR.Us/[permanent dead link]
41 Kevin Harvick (i) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford Textron Off Road Stampede
42 Kyle Larson (i) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet Jacob Companies
48 Brennan Poole Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet DC Solar
51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet Rinnai
52 Joey Gase Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet LifeLink
62 Brendan Gaughan Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa
74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Dodge Mike Harmon Racing
78 Clint King B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet B. J. McLeod Motorsports
89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet Visone RV, Racing with Jesus
90 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet SunFrog
93 Jordan Anderson (i) RSS Racing Chevrolet RSS Racing
97 Stephen Leicht Obaika Racing Chevrolet Vroom! Brands
98 Aric Almirola (i) Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford Fresh from Florida
99 David Starr BJMM with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet Striping Technology
Official entry list

Practice

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First practice

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The first practice session was held on Friday, March 3, at 10:00 AM EST, and would last for 55 minutes.[3] Aric Almirola of Biagi-DenBeste Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.567 and an average speed of 181.372 miles per hour (291.890 km/h).[4]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 98 Aric Almirola (i) Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 30.567 181.372
2 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.597 181.194
3 41 Kevin Harvick (i) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.668 180.775
Full first practice results

Second practice

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The second practice session was held on Friday, March 3, at 1:30 PM EST, and would last for 55 minutes.[3] Daniel Hemric of Richard Childress Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.865 and an average speed of 179.621 miles per hour (289.072 km/h).[5]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 21 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.865 179.621
2 98 Aric Almirola (i) Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 31.002 178.827
3 00 Cole Custer (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 31.040 178.608
Full second practice results

Third and final practice

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The third and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Friday, March 3, at 3:30 PM EST, and would last for 55 minutes.[3] Kyle Busch of Joe Gibbs Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.881 and an average speed of 179.528 miles per hour (288.922 km/h).[6]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.881 179.528
2 41 Kevin Harvick (i) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.927 179.261
3 98 Aric Almirola (i) Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 30.966 179.035
Full Happy Hour practice results

Qualifying

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Qualifying was held on Saturday, March 4, at 9:15 AM EST.[3] Since Atlanta Motor Speedway is under 2 miles (3.2 km), 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.[7]

Kyle Busch of Joe Gibbs Racing would win the pole after setting a fast enough time in the first two rounds to advance to the next, with Bell achieving a lap in Round 3 with a time of 30.153 and an average speed of 183.862 miles per hour (295.897 km/h).[8]

Three drivers would fail to qualify: Carl Long, Morgan Shepherd, and Mike Harmon.

Full qualifying results

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time (R1) Speed (R1) Time (R2) Speed (R2) Time (R3) Speed (R3)
1 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.153 183.862
2 9 William Byron JR Motorsports Chevrolet 30.167 183.777
3 22 Brad Keselowski (i) Team Penske Ford 30.186 183.661
4 42 Kyle Larson (i) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 30.241 183.327
5 20 Denny Hamlin (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.278 183.103
6 21 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.367 182.567
7 19 Matt Tifft (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.410 182.308
8 00 Cole Custer (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.461 182.003
9 62 Brendan Gaughan Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.600 181.176
10 16 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford 30.602 181.165
11 48 Brennan Poole Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 30.610 181.117
12 41 Kevin Harvick (i) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 30.642 180.928
Eliminated in Round 2
13 6 Bubba Wallace Roush Fenway Racing Ford 30.528 181.604
14 3 Ty Dillon (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.574 181.331
15 98 Aric Almirola (i) Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 30.578 181.307
16 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 30.585 181.265
17 2 Austin Dillon (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.595 181.206
18 5 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 30.632 180.987
19 24 Corey LaJoie (i) JGL Racing Toyota 30.788 180.070
20 14 J. J. Yeley TriStar Motorsports Toyota 30.796 180.023
21 23 Spencer Gallagher (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.907 179.377
22 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 30.179 183.704
23 28 Dakoda Armstrong JGL Racing Toyota 30.521 181.645
24 4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 30.645 180.910
Eliminated in Round 1
25 11 Blake Koch Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 30.795 180.029
26 93 Jordan Anderson (i) RSS Racing Chevrolet 30.816 179.907
27 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 30.865 179.621
28 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 31.023 178.706
29 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 31.225 177.550
30 33 Brandon Jones Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 31.247 177.425
31 40 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 31.250 177.408
32 8 Jeff Green B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 31.367 176.746
33 90 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 31.376 176.696
34 78 Clint King B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 31.384 176.651
35 01 Harrison Rhodes JD Motorsports Chevrolet 31.387 176.634
36 07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 31.545 175.749
37 52 Joey Gase Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 31.687 174.961
38 99 David Starr BJMM with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 31.924 173.662
39 25 Chris Cockrum Chris Cockrum Racing Chevrolet 32.728 169.396
40 97 Stephen Leicht Obaika Racing Chevrolet 33.580 165.098
Failed to qualify
41 13 Carl Long MBM Motorsports Toyota 31.837 174.137
42 89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 32.432 170.942
43 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Dodge 15:13.779 6.067
Official qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Stage 1 Laps: 40

Fin # Driver Team Make Pts
1 22 Brad Keselowski (i) Team Penske Ford 0
2 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 0
3 41 Kevin Harvick (i) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 0
4 20 Denny Hamlin (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 0
5 21 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 6
6 00 Cole Custer (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 5
7 9 William Byron JR Motorsports Chevrolet 4
8 42 Kyle Larson (i) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 0
9 3 Ty Dillon (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 0
10 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 1

Stage 2 Laps: 40

Fin # Driver Team Make Pts
1 41 Kevin Harvick (i) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 0
2 22 Brad Keselowski (i) Team Penske Ford 0
3 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 0
4 42 Kyle Larson (i) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 0
5 20 Denny Hamlin (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 0
6 9 William Byron JR Motorsports Chevrolet 5
7 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 4
8 00 Cole Custer (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 3
9 21 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 2
10 2 Austin Dillon (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 0

Stage 3 Laps: 83

Fin[9] St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 1 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 163 26 running 0
2 3 22 Brad Keselowski (i) Team Penske Ford 163 53 running 0
3 4 42 Kyle Larson (i) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 163 20 running 0
4 12 41 Kevin Harvick (i) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 163 64 running 0
5 22 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 163 0 running 37
6 13 6 Bubba Wallace Roush Fenway Racing Ford 163 0 running 31
7 2 9 William Byron JR Motorsports Chevrolet 163 0 running 39
8 17 2 Austin Dillon (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 163 0 running 0
9 6 21 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 163 0 running 36
10 8 00 Cole Custer (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 163 0 running 35
11 11 48 Brennan Poole Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 163 0 running 26
12 7 19 Matt Tifft (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 163 0 running 25
13 9 62 Brendan Gaughan Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 163 0 running 24
14 30 33 Brandon Jones Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 163 0 running 23
15 18 5 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 163 0 running 22
16 19 24 Corey LaJoie (i) JGL Racing Toyota 163 0 running 0
17 14 3 Ty Dillon (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 163 0 running 0
18 10 16 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford 163 0 running 19
19 15 98 Aric Almirola (i) Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 163 0 running 0
20 5 20 Denny Hamlin (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 162 0 running 0
21 23 28 Dakoda Armstrong JGL Racing Toyota 162 0 running 16
22 28 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 161 0 running 15
23 33 90 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 161 0 running 14
24 35 01 Harrison Rhodes JD Motorsports Chevrolet 160 0 running 13
25 24 4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 160 0 running 12
26 32 8 Jeff Green B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 160 0 running 11
27 29 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 160 0 running 10
28 21 23 Spencer Gallagher (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 160 0 running 9
29 36 07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 159 0 running 8
30 16 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 159 0 running 7
31 37 52 Joey Gase Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 158 0 running 6
32 38 99 David Starr BJMM with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 158 0 running 5
33 31 40 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 156 0 running 4
34 39 25 Chris Cockrum Chris Cockrum Racing Chevrolet 156 0 running 3
35 34 78 Clint King B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 139 0 rear gear 2
36 20 14 J. J. Yeley TriStar Motorsports Toyota 128 0 engine 1
37 27 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 76 0 suspension 1
38 40 97 Stephen Leicht Obaika Racing Chevrolet 24 0 brakes 1
39 26 93 Jordan Anderson (i) RSS Racing Chevrolet 2 0 ignition 0
40 25 11 Blake Koch Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 2 0 crash 1
Failed to qualify
41 13 Carl Long MBM Motorsports Toyota
42 89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet
43 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Dodge
Official race results

References

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  1. ^ "Kyle Busch wins Atlanta Xfinity race for second year in a row". USA TODAY. Associated Press. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  2. ^ "Race Recap: Kyle Busch wins second straight XFINITY race at Atlanta". ESPN.com. 2017-03-04. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  3. ^ a b c d "2017 NASCAR XFINITY Atlanta Race Info". ESPN.com. 2017-02-09. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  4. ^ Long, Dustin (2017-03-03). "Aric Almirola leads opening Xfinity practice at Atlanta". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  5. ^ Long, Dustin (2017-03-03). "Daniel Hemric paces second Xfinity practice; Brandon Jones goes to backup". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  6. ^ McFadin, Daniel (2017-03-03). "Kyle Busch fastest in final Xfinity practice at Atlanta". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  7. ^ "NASCAR Qualifying Rules". ESPN.com. 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
  8. ^ Bonkowski, Jerry (2017-03-04). "Kyle Busch grabs pole for today's Rinnai 250 Xfinity race at Atlanta; to run 3 races in 24 hours". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  9. ^ "2017 Rinnai 250 - The Third Turn". www.thethirdturn.com. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
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