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No. | Manufacturer | Car Owner | Race Driver | Crew Chief |
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0 | Chevrolet | Bobby Hillis Jr. | Bobby Hillis Jr. 3 | Ralph E. Byers |
04 | Toyota | Ronnie Bassett | Ronnie Bassett Jr. 1 | Kris Bowen |
4 | Ford | Jerry Pitts 1 | Kevin Harvick 1 [1] | Richard Boswell 1 |
Bob Farmer 1 | Rod Johnson Jr. (R)1 | Mark Perry 1 | ||
5 | Chevrolet | Charlie Silva | Justin Funkhouser 2 | Brian Carson |
6 | Ford | Bob Bruncati | Julia Landauer [2] [N 1] | Bill Sedgwick |
7 | Ford | Jeff Jefferson | Will Rodgers (R)13 [3] | Jeff Jefferson |
9 | Ford | Bob Bruncati | Zane Smith (R)1 | Jeff Schrader |
Michael Self 13 | ||||
10 | Chevrolet | Jody Levin | Matt Levin | Chase Newell 9 |
Scott Strachan 5 | ||||
11 | Chevrolet | John Krebs | Takuma Koga | Thomas Wicks 12 |
Justin Funkhouser 1 | ||||
Charlie Silva 1 | ||||
12 | Toyota | Matthew Miller | Daniel Suárez 1 [1] | Mardy Lindley |
13 | Toyota | Kelly Souza | Todd Souza [N 2] | Michael Munoz |
14 | Ford 12 Toyota 2 | Jesse Iwuji | Dan Phillippi (R)5 | Stafford Smith 4 Mike Holleran 2 Nick Sommers 1 Kevin McCarty 1 Jason Larivee Jr. 2 Dan Engberson 1 Jim Vermillion 1 Darrel Pederson 1 John Wood 1 |
Andrew Engberson (R)4 | ||||
John Wood 1 | ||||
Bryant Barnhill (R)1 [N 3] | ||||
Zack St. Onge (R)1 | ||||
Jonas Fors (R)1 | ||||
Jerry de Weerdt (R)1 [4] | ||||
16 | Toyota | Mike Curb | Todd Gilliland [5] | Chris Lawson |
17 | Chevrolet | Steve McGowan | David Mayhew 2 | Gary Collins 1 |
Matt Ross 1 | ||||
18 | Toyota 6 | Becky Kann | Bill Kann 9 | Billy Kann |
Chevrolet 3 | ||||
19 | Toyota | Bill McAnally | Derek Kraus (R) [6] | Ty Joiner |
20 | Chevrolet 1 | Valerie Inglebright 1 | Jim Inglebright 1 | Rodney Haygood 1 |
Toyota 1 | Bill McAnally 1 | Cole Moore (R)1 | Mario Isola 1 | |
21 | Chevrolet | Steve Portenga | Blaine Perkins [7] | Steve Portenga |
22 | Ford | Bob Bruncati | Derek Thorn 1 | Mike Keen |
27 | Ford | Jerry Pitts | Garrett Archer (R)5 | Jerry Pitts 12 Jeff Jefferson 1 |
Sheldon Creed (R)1 | ||||
Gracin Raz 1 | ||||
Will Rodgers (R)1 | ||||
Tayler Riddle (R)1 | ||||
Buddy Shepherd (R)1 | ||||
Max Tullman (R)3 | ||||
30 | Ford 13 Chevrolet 1 | Kent Smith | Brandon Schilling (R)2 | Jason Dickerson 2 |
Stafford Smith 11 [N 4] | Darrel Pederson 2 | |||
Kent Smith 5 | ||||
Sonny Wahl 4 | ||||
Dave Smith 1 | Kevin McCarty 1 | |||
32 | Ford | Kevin McCarty 6 | Kody Vanderwal (R) | Rudy Vanderwal 6 |
Sue McCarty 8 | Jason Dickenson 8 | |||
33 | Toyota 13 | Mike Behar | Nicole Behar [8] | Mike Behar |
Chevrolet 1 | ||||
34 | Chevrolet | Kevin McCarty | Rudy Vanderwal (R)1 | Brian Yackey 1 |
Tyler Fabozzi (R)1 | Sonny Wahl 1 | |||
36 | Chevrolet 10 Toyota 4 | Shawne Merriman | Jesse Iwuji | Joe Ransom 4 Sonny Wahl 1 Mike Holleran 3 Kevin McCarty 1 Charlie Wahl 4 Randy Reckley 1 |
38 | Chevrolet 13 | Mike Holleran | Salvatore Iovino (R)5 | Sonny Wahl 6 Nick Sommers 2 Mike Holleran 5 Chris Clyne 1 |
John Wood 7 | ||||
Stafford Smith 1 | ||||
Ford 1 | Davey Hamilton Jr. (R)1 | |||
39 | Toyota 4 Chevrolet 3 | Kevin McCarty 4 | Andrew Tuttle (R)2 | Kevin McCarty 4 Kent Smith 1 Sonny Wahl 1 Dave Hansen 1 |
Rudy Vanderwal (R)1 | ||||
Dan Phillippi (R)1 | ||||
Sonny Wahl 3 | Josh Fanopoulos (R)2 | |||
Jonas Fors (R)1 | ||||
40 | Chevrolet | Jan Levin | Ron Norman | Erik Higley 13 |
Christopher Thomas 1 | ||||
42 | Chevrolet | Sonny Wahl | Zack St. Onge (R)1 | Jim Vermillion |
43 | Toyota | Bill McAnally | Derek Thorn 1 | Mike Keen |
44 | Toyota | Ronnie Bassett | Dillon Bassett 1 | Skip Eyler |
47 | Toyota | Michelle Ivie | Scott Ivie 1 | Mike D'Arcy |
51 | Chevrolet | Carlos Vieira | Carlos Vieira 1 | Travis Bryans |
54 | Toyota | Bill McAnally | Riley Herbst 5 | Shannon Rursch 4 |
Kevin Manion 1 | ||||
Will Gallaher (R)1 | Roger Bracken 1 | |||
55 | Ford | Dione Jefferson | Vanessa Robinson (R)1 | Jason Jefferson 2 |
Owen Riddle (R)1 | ||||
Sheldon Creed (R)1 | Jerry Pitts 1 | |||
Buddy Shepherd (R)1 | Denny Bowyer 1 | |||
61 | Ford | Rich Thompson | Johnny Borneman III 4 | Will Harris |
Braeden Havens 1 | ||||
68 | Chevrolet | Jenise Kneeland | Rodd Kneeland (R)1 | Trent Musser |
77 | Chevrolet | Joe Nava | Kevin O'Connell 1 | Tony Jackson |
84 | Chevrolet | Cindy DeLong | Rich DeLong III 8 | Chris Dittes |
86 | Chevrolet | Tim Spurgeon | Tim Spurgeon 1 | Mike Davis 1 |
Hollis Thackeray (R)1 | Mike Doss 1 | |||
88 | Ford | Troy Cline | Ryan Blaney 1 [1] | Doug Chouinard |
90 | Chevrolet | Don Newman | Trevor Cristiani (R)5 | Danny Cristiani 4 |
Steve Teets 1 | ||||
91 | Ford | Courtney O'Donnell | Dan O'Donnell (R)2 | William Loe |
99 | Toyota | Bill McAnally | Chris Eggleston [9] | Bryan Tasnady |
All of the races in the 2017 season were televised on NBCSN and were on a tape delay basis. [10]
No. | Race Title | Track | Date |
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1 | NAPA Auto Parts Tucson 150 | Tucson Speedway, Tucson | March 18 |
2 | NAPA Auto Parts 150 | Kern County Raceway Park, Bakersfield | March 23 |
3 | NAPA Auto Parts Twin 100s | Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale | March 25 |
4 | |||
5 | Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 | Spokane County Raceway, Airway Heights | May 13 |
6 | Sunrise Ford 150 presented by Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse | Orange Show Speedway, San Bernardino | May 20 |
7 | NAPA Auto Parts/Toyota 150 | Colorado National Speedway, Dacono | June 10 |
8 | Carneros 200 | Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma | June 24 |
9 | Casey's General Store 150 presented by Vatterott College [a] | Iowa Speedway, Newton | July 28 |
10 | NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by Toyota | Evergreen Speedway, Monroe | August 12 |
11 | Clint Newell Toyota 150 presented by NAPA Auto Parts | Douglas County Speedway, Roseburg | August 26 |
12 | NAPA Auto Parts Idaho 208 presented by Perfect Hydration and Lights Out | Meridian Speedway, Meridian | September 30 |
13 | Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by TriCo Welding Supply | All American Speedway, Roseville | October 14 |
14 | West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame Championship 150 presented by NAPA Auto Parts | Kern County Raceway Park, Bakersfield | November 4 |
Source: [11] |
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or Owners' points. * – Most laps led.
Pos | Driver | TUC | KER | IRW | IRW | SPO | ORG | CNS | SON | IOW | EVG | DCO | MER | AAS | KER | Points |
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1 | Todd Gilliland | 2 | 1 | 1* | 1* | 1* | 6 | 3* | 6 | 1* | 12 | 1 | 2* | 2 | 2 | 610 |
2 | Chris Eggleston | 1* | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1* | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1* | 2* | 7 | 3 | 20 | 581 |
3 | Derek Kraus (R) | 6 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 533 |
4 | Michael Self | 6* | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1* | 4 | 522 | |
5 | Will Rodgers (R) | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 2* | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 520 |
6 | Todd Souza | 22 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 468 |
7 | Julia Landauer | 12 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 12 | 451 |
8 | Nicole Behar | 10 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 25 | 27 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 444 |
9 | Kody Vanderwal (R) | 8 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 34 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 440 |
10 | Blaine Perkins | 11 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 436 |
11 | Matt Levin | 13 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 12 | 25 | 428 |
12 | Ron Norman | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 24 | 402 |
13 | Takuma Koga | 16 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 389 |
14 | Jesse Iwuji | 20 | 16 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 31 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 16 | 358 |
15 | Stafford Smith | 19 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 333 | ||
16 | Bill Kann | 18 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 18 | 21 | 236 | |||||
17 | Rich DeLong III | 19 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 27 | 215 | ||||||
18 | John Wood | 10 | 18 | 29 | 32 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 193 | ||||||
19 | Garret Archer (R) | 3 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 185 | |||||||||
20 | Dan Phillippi (R) | 17 | 21 | 17 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 161 | ||||||||
21 | Trevor Cristiani (R) | 15 | 9 | 19 | 15 | 26 | 137 | |||||||||
22 | Johnny Borneman III | 11 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 126 | ||||||||||
23 | Andrew Engberson (R) | 13 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 116 | ||||||||||
24 | Max Tullman (R) | 17 | 10 | 9 | 96 | |||||||||||
25 | Salvatore Iovino (R) | 21 | 20 | Wth | Wth | 21 | 92 | |||||||||
26 | David Mayhew | 5 | 3 | 80 | ||||||||||||
27 | Sheldon Creed (R) | 2 | 9 | 78 | ||||||||||||
28 | Riley Herbst | 9 | Wth | Wth | Wth | 3 | 76 | |||||||||
29 | Buddy Shepherd (R) | 6 | 7 | 75 | ||||||||||||
30 | Brandon Schilling (R) | 7 | 22 | 59 | ||||||||||||
31 | Derek Thorn | 28 | 6 | 54 | ||||||||||||
32 | Rudy Vanderwal (R) | 15 | 19 | 54 | ||||||||||||
33 | Josh Fanopoulos (R) | 16 | 22 | 50 | ||||||||||||
34 | Andrew Tuttle (R) | 17 | 21 | 50 | ||||||||||||
35 | Zack St. Onge (R) | 21 | 18 | 49 | ||||||||||||
36 | Kevin Harvick | 1 | 47 | |||||||||||||
37 | Dan O'Donnell (R) | 20 | DNS1 | 47 | ||||||||||||
38 | Dillon Bassett | 202 | 5* | 41 | ||||||||||||
39 | Justin Funkhouser | 24 | 23 | 41 | ||||||||||||
40 | Zane Smith (R) | 4 | 40 | |||||||||||||
41 | Gracin Raz | 4 | 40 | |||||||||||||
42 | Tayler Riddle (R) | 5 | 39 | |||||||||||||
43 | Jonas Fors (R) | 23 | 27 | 38 | ||||||||||||
44 | Cole Moore (R) | 7 | 37 | |||||||||||||
45 | Owen Riddle (R) | 8 | 36 | |||||||||||||
46 | Braeden Havens | 9 | 35 | |||||||||||||
47 | Daniel Suárez | 11 | 33 | |||||||||||||
48 | Rod Johnson Jr. (R) | 11 | 33 | |||||||||||||
49 | Carlos Vieira | 12 | 32 | |||||||||||||
50 | Tim Spurgeon | 13 | 31 | |||||||||||||
51 | Tyler Fabozzi (R) | 14 | 30 | |||||||||||||
52 | Davey Hamilton Jr. (R) | 15 | 29 | |||||||||||||
53 | Scott Ivie | 16 | 28 | |||||||||||||
54 | Dave Smith | 17 | 27 | |||||||||||||
55 | Hollis Thackeray (R) | 17 | 27 | |||||||||||||
56 | Rodd Kneeland (R) | 19 | 25 | |||||||||||||
57 | Will Gallaher (R) | 20 | 24 | |||||||||||||
58 | Jerry de Weerdt (R) | 22 | 22 | |||||||||||||
59 | Bobby Hillis Jr. | 23 | Wth | Wth | 21 | |||||||||||
60 | Ronnie Bassett Jr. | 92 | 23 | 21 | ||||||||||||
61 | Ryan Blaney | 26 | 18 | |||||||||||||
62 | Jim Inglebright | 30 | 14 | |||||||||||||
63 | Kevin O'Connell | DNS1 | 12 | |||||||||||||
64 | Bryant Barnhill (R) | 33 | 11 | |||||||||||||
Vanessa Robinson (R) | Wth | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Drivers ineligible for K&N Pro Series West points | ||||||||||||||||
Chase Purdy (R) | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Harrison Burton | 4 | |||||||||||||||
Chase Cabre (R) | 5 | |||||||||||||||
Ben Kennedy | 7 | |||||||||||||||
Jesse Little | 10 | |||||||||||||||
Rubén García Jr. | 12 | |||||||||||||||
Tyler Dippel | 13 | |||||||||||||||
Collin Cabre | 14 | |||||||||||||||
Reid Wilson (R) | 15 | |||||||||||||||
Jay Beasley | 16 | |||||||||||||||
Jeff Green | 22 | |||||||||||||||
Brandon Oakley (R) | 25 | |||||||||||||||
Vinnie Miller (R) | 26 | |||||||||||||||
Trey Hutchens | 30 | |||||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | TUC | KER | IRW | IRW | SPO | ORG | CNS | SON | IOW | EVG | DCO | MER | AAS | KER | Points |
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