2017 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race

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2017 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race
Race details [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
2017 Monster Energy All-Star Race logo.png
DateMay 20, 2017 (2017-05-20)
Location Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina
CoursePermanent racing facility
1.5 mi (2.4 km)
DistanceOpen:
50 laps, 75 mi (121 km)
All-Star Race:
70 laps, 105 mi (169 km)
Avg SpeedOpen: 74.606 mph (120.067 km/h)
All-Star Race: 86.558 mph (139.302 km/h)
Monster Energy Open
Pole Clint Bowyer (Stewart-Haas Racing)
Time28.500
Winner (segment 1) Clint Bowyer (Stewart-Haas Racing)
Winner (segment 2) Ryan Blaney (Wood Brothers Racing)
Winner (segment 3) Daniel Suárez (Joe Gibbs Racing)
Fan Vote winners Chase Elliott (Hendrick Motorsports)
Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race
Pole Kyle Larson (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time112.626
Most laps led Kyle Larson (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Laps led40
Winner Kyle Busch (Joe Gibbs Racing)
Television
Network FS1
Announcers Mike Joy, Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip
Radio
Network Motor Racing Network
AnnouncersJoe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace (Booth)
Dave Moody (1 & 2)
Kyle Rickey (3 & 4) (Turns)

The 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race (XXXIII) is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series stock car exhibition race held on May 20, 2017 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 70 laps, it was the second exhibition race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

Contents

This is the first NASCAR All-Star race without Tony Stewart since 1998, Greg Biffle since 2003 and Carl Edwards since 2004.

Report

Background

Charlotte Motor Speedway, the track where the race was held. Lowesmotorspeedway.jpg
Charlotte Motor Speedway, the track where the race was held.

The All-Star Race was open to race winners from last season through the 2017 Go Bowling 400 at Kansas Speedway and all previous All-Star race winners and Monster Race NASCAR Cup champions who had attempted to qualify for every race in 2017 were eligible to compete in the All-Star Race.

Entry list

Monster Energy Open
No.DriverTeamManufacturer
3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
6 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford
10 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford
13 Ty Dillon (R) Germain Racing Chevrolet
14 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford
15 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet
19 Daniel Suárez (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
21 Ryan Blaney Wood Brothers Racing Ford
23 Gray Gaulding (R) BK Racing Toyota
24 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
32 Matt DiBenedetto Go Fas Racing Ford
33 Jeffrey Earnhardt Circle Sport – The Motorsports Group Chevrolet
34 Landon Cassill Front Row Motorsports Ford
38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford
43 Regan Smith (i) Richard Petty Motorsports Ford
47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet
51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet
55 Derrike Cope Premium Motorsports Toyota
66 Carl Long (i) MBM Motorsports Chevrolet
72 Cole Whitt TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet
77 Erik Jones (R) Furniture Row Racing Toyota
83 Corey LaJoie (R) BK Racing Toyota
95 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet
Official Monster Energy Open entry list
Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race
No.DriverTeamManufacturer
1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet
2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford
4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford
5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford
18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford
31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet
41 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing Ford
42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet
48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota
88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
Official Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race entry list

Practice

All-Star Race practice

Kyle Larson was the fastest in the All-Star Race practice session with a time of 28.530 seconds and a speed of 189.274 mph (304.607 km/h). [9]

PosNo.DriverTeamManufacturerTimeSpeed
142 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 28.530189.274
24 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 28.557189.095
32 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 28.575188.976
Official Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race practice results

Monster Energy Open practice

Erik Jones was the fastest in the Monster Energy Open practice session with a time of 28.563 seconds and a speed of 189.056 mph (304.256 km/h).

PosNo.DriverTeamManufacturerTimeSpeed
177 Erik Jones (R) Furniture Row Racing Toyota 28.563189.056
214 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 28.728187.970
324 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.970186.400
Official Monster Energy Open practice results

Qualifying (All-Star Race)

Kyle Larson scored the pole for the race with a time of 112.626 and a speed of 143.839 mph (231.486 km/h). [10]

All-Star Race qualifying results

PosNo.DriverTeamManufacturerR1R2
142 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet113.087112.626
218 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota112.852112.636
34 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford112.256112.889
448 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet112.855121.692
541 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing Ford112.467122.077
688 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet113.179—
72 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford113.278—
820 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota113.943—
911 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota114.501—
101 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet116.493—
1137 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet116.684—
1222 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford116.890—
135 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet116.924—
1478 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota117.609—
1531 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet118.627—
1617 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford119.809—
Official All-Star qualifying results

Qualifying (Open)

Clint Bowyer scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.500 and a speed of 189.474 mph (304.929 km/h).

Qualifying results (Open)

PosNo.DriverTeamManufacturerR1R2
114 Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing Ford28.60728.500
221 Ryan Blaney Wood Brothers Racing Ford28.62528.722
324 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet28.70728.745
43 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet28.88328.802
547 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet28.93028.833
619 Daniel Suárez (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota29.07228.966
777 Erik Jones (R) Furniture Row Racing Toyota28.62829.059
813 Ty Dillon (R) Germain Racing Chevrolet29.11229.320
910 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford29.122—
1027 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet29.164—
116 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford29.246—
1234 Landon Cassill Front Row Motorsports Ford29.300—
1343 Regan Smith (i) Richard Petty Motorsports Ford29.357—
1432 Matt DiBenedetto Go Fas Racing Ford29.404—
1583 Corey LaJoie (R) BK Racing Toyota29.602—
1672 Cole Whitt TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet29.658—
1738 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford29.660—
1823 Gray Gaulding (R) BK Racing Toyota29.897—
1951 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet30.667—
2066 Carl Long (i) MBM Motorsports Chevrolet30.742—
2133 Jeffrey Earnhardt Circle Sport – The Motorsports Group Chevrolet30.928—
2255 Derrike Cope Premium Motorsports Toyota31.130—
2315 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet0.000—
2495 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet0.000—
Official Monster Energy Open qualifying results

Monster Energy Open

Monster Energy Open results

PosGridNo.DriverTeamManufacturerLaps
1619Daniel Suárez (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota50
243Austin DillonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet50
3324Chase ElliottHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet50
41343Regan Smith (i)Richard Petty MotorsportsFord50
5910Danica PatrickStewart-Haas RacingFord50
6813Ty Dillon (R)Germain RacingChevrolet50
7116Trevor BayneRoush Fenway RacingFord50
81432Matt DiBenedettoGo Fas RacingFord50
91027Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet50
101738David RaganFront Row MotorsportsFord50
112495Michael McDowellLeavine Family RacingChevrolet50
121672Cole WhittTriStar MotorsportsChevrolet50
131234Landon CassillFront Row MotorsportsFord50
142133Jeffrey EarnhardtCircle Sport – The Motorsports GroupChevrolet50
152315Reed SorensonPremium MotorsportsChevrolet50
162255Derrike CopePremium MotorsportsToyota50
172066Carl Long (i)MBM MotorsportsChevrolet49
181951Cody WareRick Ware RacingChevrolet48
19777Erik Jones (R)Furniture Row RacingToyota47
20221Ryan BlaneyWood Brothers RacingFord40 a
21547A. J. AllmendingerJTG Daugherty RacingChevrolet34
221823Gray Gaulding (R)BK RacingToyota23
23114Clint BowyerStewart-Haas RacingFord20 b
241583Corey LaJoie (R)BK RacingToyota12
^a Winner of the second segment.
^b Winner of the first segment.
Monster Energy Open race results

All-Star Race

All-Star Race results

PosGridNo.DriverTeamManufacturerLaps
1218Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota70
2142Kyle LarsonChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet70
3448Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet70
4541Kurt BuschStewart-Haas RacingFord70
5101Jamie McMurrayChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet70
634Kevin HarvickStewart-Haas RacingFord70
72024Chase ElliottHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet70
81222Joey LoganoTeam PenskeFord70
972Brad KeselowskiTeam PenskeFord70
10911Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota69
111821Ryan BlaneyWood Brothers RacingFord60
121478Martin Truex Jr.Furniture Row RacingToyota60
131714Clint BowyerStewart-Haas RacingFord60
141617Ricky Stenhouse Jr.Roush Fenway RacingFord60
151919Daniel Suárez (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota60
16135Kasey KahneHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet60
171137Chris BuescherJTG Daugherty RacingChevrolet60
18688Dale Earnhardt Jr.Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet60
191531Ryan NewmanRichard Childress RacingChevrolet57
20820Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota20
Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race results

Media

Television

Fox Sports was the television broadcaster of the race in the United States. Lap-by-lap announcer, Mike Joy, was accompanied on the broadcast by retired NASCAR drivers, Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip. Jamie Little, Vince Welch, and Matt Yocum reported from pit lane.

FS1 Television
Booth announcersPit reporters
Lap-by-lap: Mike Joy
Color-commentator: Jeff Gordon
Color commentator: Darrell Waltrip 		Jamie Little
Vince Welch
Matt Yocum

Radio

Motor Racing Network (MRN) continued their longstanding relationship with the track to broadcast the race on radio. The lead announcers for the race's broadcast were Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace. The network also implemented two announcers on each side of the track: Dave Moody in turns 1 and 2 and Kyle Rickey in turns 3 and 4. Alex Hayden, Winston Kelly, Kim Coon, and Steve Post were the network's pit lane reporters. The network's broadcast was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

MRN Radio
Booth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters
Lead announcer: Joe Moore
Announcer: Jeff Striegle
Announcer: Rusty Wallace 		Turns 1 & 2: Dave Moody
Turns 3 & 4: Kyle Rickey		Alex Hayden
Winston Kelly
Kim Coon
Steve Post

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