Type: | NASXFIN |
Scheduled Mi: | 300 |
Pole Driver: | Kyle Busch |
Most Team: | Team Penske |
First Team: | Team Penske |
Most Laps: | 106 |
First Driver: | Joey Logano |
Most Driver: | Joey Logano |
Pole Team: | Joe Gibbs Racing |
Network: | Fox Sports 1 |
Announcers: | Adam Alexander, Michael Waltrip, Jamie McMurray |
Radio: | Performance Racing Network |
Avg: | 118.525mph |
Official Name: | 21st Annual Boyd Gaming 300 |
Distance Laps: | 200 |
Location: | North Las Vegas, Nevada, Las Vegas Motor Speedway |
Scheduled Km: | 482.803 |
Course Km: | 2.41 |
Distance Km: | 482.803 |
Scheduled Laps: | 200 |
Course Mi: | 1.5 |
Car: | 12 |
Race Name: | Boyd Gaming 300 |
Season No: | 33 |
Race No: | 3 |
Year: | 2017 |
Pole Time: | 29.098 |
Distance Mi: | 300 |
Date: | March 11 |
The 2017 Boyd Gaming 300 was the third stock car race of the 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series season and the 22nd iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, March 11, 2017, in North Las Vegas, Nevada at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent D-shaped oval racetrack. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. At race's end, Joey Logano, driving for Team Penske, would hold off the field on the final restart with four to go to complete a dominating run.[1] The win was Logano's 28th career NASCAR Xfinity Series win and his first and only win of the season. To fill out the podium, Kyle Larson of Chip Ganassi Racing and Daniel Suárez of Joe Gibbs Racing would finish second and third, respectively.
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada outside the Las Vegas city limits and about 15 miles northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The first practice session was held on Friday, March 10, at 1:00 PM PST, and would last for 55 minutes.[2] Brendan Gaughan of Richard Childress Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.578 and an average speed of 182.568mph.[3]
Pos. | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed | ||
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1 | 62 | Brendan Gaughan | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 29.578 | 182.568 | |
2 | 20 | Daniel Suárez (i) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 29.605 | 182.402 | |
3 | 12 | Joey Logano (i) | Team Penske | Ford | 29.618 | 182.322 | |
Full first practice results |
The second and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Friday, March 10, at 3:00 PM PST, and would last for 55 minutes. Daniel Suárez of Joe Gibbs Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.607 and an average speed of 182.389mph.[4]
Pos. | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed | ||
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1 | 20 | Daniel Suárez (i) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 29.607 | 182.389 | |
2 | 19 | Matt Tifft (R) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 29.618 | 182.322 | |
3 | 18 | Kyle Busch (i) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 29.670 | 182.002 | |
Full Happy Hour practice results |
Qualifying would take place on Saturday, March 11, at 10:05 AM PST. Since Las Vegas 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.[5]
Kyle Busch of Joe Gibbs Racing would win the pole after advancing from both preliminary rounds and setting the fastest lap in Round 3, with a time of 29.098 and an average speed of 185.58mph.[6]
Three drivers failed to qualify: Morgan Shepherd, Mike Harmon, and Josh Bilicki.
Stage 1 Laps: 45
Fin | Driver | Team | Make | Pts | ||
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1 | 18 | Kyle Busch (i) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 0 | |
2 | 42 | Kyle Larson (i) | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 0 | |
3 | 12 | Joey Logano (i) | Team Penske | Ford | 0 | |
4 | 22 | Brad Keselowski (i) | Team Penske | Ford | 0 | |
5 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 6 | |
6 | 20 | Daniel Suárez (i) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 0 | |
7 | 19 | Matt Tifft (R) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 4 | |
8 | 6 | Bubba Wallace | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 3 | |
9 | 3 | Ty Dillon (i) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 0 | |
10 | 16 | Ryan Reed | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 1 |
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 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 8 | |
4 | 42 | Kyle Larson (i) | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 0 | |
5 | 21 | Daniel Hemric (R) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 6 | |
6 | 12 | Joey Logano (i) | Team Penske | Ford | 0 | |
7 | 2 | Austin Dillon (i) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 4 | |
8 | 19 | Matt Tifft (R) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 3 | |
9 | 20 | Daniel Suárez (i) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 0 | |
10 | 6 | Bubba Wallace | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 1 |
Pos | Driver | Points | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Elliott Sadler | 99 | |||||||
2 | Ryan Reed | 95 (-4) | |||||||
3 | William Byron | 90 (–9) | |||||||
4 | Daniel Hemric | 72 (–27) | |||||||
5 | Bubba Wallace | 70 (–29) | |||||||
6 | Matt Tifft | 66 (–33) | |||||||
7 | Brennan Poole | 66 (–33) | |||||||
8 | Brendan Gaughan | 64 (–35) | |||||||
9 | Dakoda Armstrong | 64 (–35) | |||||||
10 | Cole Custer | 62 (–37) | |||||||
11 | Justin Allgaier | 61 (–38) | |||||||
12 | Michael Annett | 61 (–38) | |||||||
Official driver's standings |