2017 Federated Auto Parts 400 Explained

Type:	NASME
Race Name:	Federated Auto Parts 400
Details Ref:	^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8] ^[9]
Year:	2017
Race No:	26
Season No:	36
Location:	Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Virginia
Course Mi:	.75
Course Km:	1.2
Distance Laps:	404
Distance Mi:	304
Distance Km:	486.4
Scheduled Laps:	400
Scheduled Mi:	300
Scheduled Km:	480
Avg:	99.417mph
Pole Driver:	Matt Kenseth
Pole Team:	Joe Gibbs Racing
Pole Time:	22.055
Most Driver:	Martin Truex Jr.
Most Team:	Furniture Row Racing
Most Laps:	198
Car:	42
First Driver:	Kyle Larson
First Team:	Chip Ganassi Racing
Network:	NBCSN
Announcers:	Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte
Radio:	MRN
Booth Ann:	Jeff Striegle, Kurt Becker and Rusty Wallace
Turn Ann:	Dave Moody (Backstretch)

The 2017 Federated Auto Parts 400, was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on September 9, 2017 at Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Contested over 403 laps -- extended from 400 laps due to an overtime finish, on the 0.75miles D-shaped short track, it was the 26th race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, and the final race of the regular season before the playoffs.

Report

Background

Richmond Raceway (RR), formerly known as Richmond International Raceway (RIR), is a 3/4-mile (1.2 km), D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County. It hosts the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series. Known as "America's premier short track", it formerly hosted a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, an IndyCar Series race and two USAC sprint car races.

Entry list

	Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1			Chevrolet
2			Ford
3			Chevrolet
4			Ford
5			Chevrolet
6			Ford
10			Ford
11			Toyota
13	Ty Dillon (R)		Chevrolet
14			Ford
15			Chevrolet
17			Ford
18			Toyota
19	Daniel Suárez (R)		Toyota
20			Toyota
21			Ford
22			Ford
23	Gray Gaulding (R)		Toyota
24			Chevrolet
27			Chevrolet
31			Chevrolet
32			Ford
33			Chevrolet
34			Ford
37			Chevrolet
38			Ford
41			Ford
42			Chevrolet
43			Ford
47			Chevrolet
48			Chevrolet
51	B. J. McLeod (i)		Chevrolet
55			Chevrolet
72			Chevrolet
77	Erik Jones (R)		Toyota
78			Toyota
83	Corey LaJoie (R)		Toyota
88			Chevrolet
95			Chevrolet
Official entry list

Practice

First practice

Matt Kenseth was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 22.333 seconds and a speed of 120.897mph.^[10]

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time
1	20				22.333	120.897
2	78				22.333	120.897
3	18				22.421	120.423
Official first practice results

Final practice

Kyle Larson was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 22.456 seconds and a speed of 120.235mph.^[11]

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time
1	42				22.456	120.235
2	22				22.461	120.208
3	19	Daniel Suárez (R)			22.514	119.925
Official final practice results

Qualifying

Matt Kenseth scored the pole for the race with a time of 22.055 and a speed of 122.421mph.^[12]

Qualifying results

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	20			Toyota	21.893	21.961	22.055
2	11			Toyota	22.001	22.079	22.081
3	41			Ford	21.947	21.945	22.083
4	42			Chevrolet	21.884	22.043	22.130
5	78			Toyota	22.030	21.943	22.134
6	4			Ford	21.962	22.153	22.179
7	18			Toyota	21.946	22.070	22.217
8	17			Ford	21.937	22.138	22.221
9	24			Chevrolet	22.151	22.125	22.227
10	77	Erik Jones (R)		Toyota	22.164	22.089	22.251
11	1			Chevrolet	22.113	22.087	22.291
12	22			Ford	21.909	22.128	22.325
13	14			Ford	22.040	22.154	—
14	21			Ford	22.059	22.172	—
15	2			Ford	22.141	22.181	—
16	19	Daniel Suárez (R)		Toyota	21.941	22.181	—
17	5			Chevrolet	22.153	22.209	—
18	6			Ford	21.989	22.212	—
19	10			Ford	22.046	22.277	—
20	48			Chevrolet	21.944	22.287	—
21	88			Chevrolet	22.171	22.302	—
22	47			Chevrolet	22.143	22.352	—
23	43			Ford	22.139	22.424	—
24	37			Chevrolet	22.092	22.465	—
25	32			Ford	22.194	—	—
26	27			Chevrolet	22.201	—	—
27	31			Chevrolet	22.204	—	—
28	95			Chevrolet	22.242	—	—
29	38			Ford	22.242	—	—
30	34			Ford	22.248	—	—
31	3			Chevrolet	22.266	—	—
32	13	Ty Dillon (R)		Chevrolet	22.294	—	—
33	83	Corey LaJoie (R)		Toyota	22.363	—	—
34	23	Gray Gaulding (R)		Toyota	22.466	—	—
35	72			Chevrolet	22.468	—	—
36	55			Chevrolet	22.477	—	—
37	33			Chevrolet	22.554	—	—
38	15			Chevrolet	22.850	—	—
39	51	B. J. McLeod (i)		Chevrolet	23.090	—	—
Official qualifying results

Race

Race results

Stage results

Stage 1Laps: 100

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	10
2	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	9
3	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	8
4	20	Matt Kenseth	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	7
5	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Furniture Row Racing	Toyota	6
6	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	5
7	77	Erik Jones (R)	Furniture Row Racing	Toyota	4
8	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	3
9	24	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	2
10	41	Kurt Busch	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	1
Official stage one results

Stage 2Laps: 100

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Furniture Row Racing	Toyota	10
2	20	Matt Kenseth	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	9
3	77	Erik Jones (R)	Furniture Row Racing	Toyota	8
4	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	7
5	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	6
6	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	5
7	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	4
8	41	Kurt Busch	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	3
9	31	Ryan Newman	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	2
10	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	1
Official stage two results

Final stage results

Stage 3Laps: 204

Pos	Grid		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	4	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	404	54
2	12	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	404	47
3	27	31	Ryan Newman	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	404	36
4	3	41	Kurt Busch	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	404	37
5	2	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	404	32
6	10	77	Erik Jones (R)	Furniture Row Racing	Toyota	404	43
7	16	19	Daniel Suárez (R)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	404	30
8	20	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	404	29
9	7	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	404	39
10	9	24	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	404	29
11	15	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	404	32
12	17	5	Kasey Kahne	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	404	25
13	21	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	404	28
14	11	1	Jamie McMurray	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	404	23
15	6	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	404	25
16	28	95	Michael McDowell	Leavine Family Racing	Chevrolet	404	21
17	23	43	Aric Almirola	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	404	20
18	14	21	Ryan Blaney	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	404	19
19	8	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	404	18
20	5	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Furniture Row Racing	Toyota	403	33
21	31	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	403	16
22	32	13	Ty Dillon (R)	Germain Racing	Chevrolet	403	15
23	19	10	Danica Patrick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	403	14
24	13	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	403	21
25	18	6	Trevor Bayne	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	402	12
26	22	47	A. J. Allmendinger	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	402	11
27	29	38	David Ragan	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	402	10
28	26	27	Paul Menard	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	402	9
29	33	83	Corey LaJoie (R)	BK Racing	Toyota	400	8
30	36	55	Reed Sorenson	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	7
31	25	32	Matt DiBenedetto	Go Fas Racing	Ford	400	6
32	24	37	Chris Buescher	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	400	5
33	35	72	Cole Whitt	TriStar Motorsports	Chevrolet	396	4
34	37	33	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Circle Sport – The Motorsports Group	Chevrolet	395	3
35	34	23	Gray Gaulding (R)	BK Racing	Toyota	393	2
36	38	15	Derrike Cope	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet	388	1
37	39	51	B. J. McLeod (i)	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet	318	0
38	1	20	Matt Kenseth	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	257	17
39	30	34	Landon Cassill	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	33	1
Official race results

Race statistics

• Lead changes: 7 among different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 7 for 38
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 3 hours, 2 minutes and 52 seconds
• Average speed: 99.417mph

Media

Television

NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.

Radio

The Motor Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings after Playoffs reset

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Martin Truex Jr.	2,053
1	2	Kyle Larson	2,033 (–20)
1	3	Kyle Busch	2,029 (–24)
2	4	Brad Keselowski	2,019 (–34)
5	5	Jimmie Johnson	2,017 (–36)
2	6	Kevin Harvick	2,015 (–38)
2	7	Denny Hamlin	2,013 (–40)
10	8	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	2,010 (–43)
3	9	Ryan Blaney	2,008 (–45)
3	10	Chase Elliott	2,006 (–47)
5	11	Ryan Newman	2,005 (–48)
1	12	Kurt Busch	2,005 (–48)
8	13	Kasey Kahne	2,005 (–48)
5	14	Austin Dillon	2,005 (–48)
7	15	Matt Kenseth	2,005 (–48)
7	16	Jamie McMurray	2,003 (–50)
Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings

	Pos	Manufacturer	Points
1	1	Chevrolet	918
1	2	Toyota	911 (–7)
	3	Ford	909 (–9)
Official manufacturers' standings

• Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2017 schedule. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. August 4, 2017. May 5, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170204004251/http://www.jayski.com/news/pages/story/_/page/2017-NASCAR-Cup-Schedule. February 4, 2017. dead.
2. Web site: Richmond International Raceway. NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC.. August 4, 2017. January 3, 2013. September 3, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150903070908/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/nascar-tracks/richmond-international-raceway.html. dead.
3. Web site: Entry List. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. September 5, 2017. September 5, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170906093006/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&YearID=46&RaceID=7602&StatType=Entry+List. September 6, 2017. dead.
4. Web site: First Practice Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. September 8, 2017. September 8, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170909005516/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2017/09/Federated-Auto-Parts-400-1st-Practice-Speeds.aspx. September 9, 2017. dead.
5. Web site: Final Practice Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. September 8, 2017. September 8, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170909005251/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2017/09/Federated-Auto-Parts-400-Final-Practice-Speeds.aspx. September 9, 2017. dead.
6. Web site: Qualifying Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. September 8, 2017. September 8, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170909095332/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2017/09/Federated-Auto-Parts-400-Qualifying-Results.aspx. September 9, 2017. dead.
7. Web site: Federated Auto Parts 400 Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. September 9, 2017. September 9, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170910083633/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&YearID=46&RaceID=7602&StatType=Race+Results. September 10, 2017. dead.
8. Web site: Points standings. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. September 11, 2017. September 11, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20190129021953/http://www.jayski.com/stats/2017/pdfs/26rir2017racereport.pdf. January 29, 2019. dead.
9. Web site: Manufacturer standings. Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. September 11, 2017. September 11, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20190129021953/http://www.jayski.com/stats/2017/pdfs/26rir2017racereport.pdf. January 29, 2019. dead.
10. Web site: Spencer. Lee. Kenseth and Truex run identical speeds, top first Richmond practice. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. September 8, 2017. Richmond, Virginia. September 8, 2017.
11. Web site: Spencer. Lee. Kyle Larson leads final Cup practice at Richmond. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. September 8, 2017. Richmond, Virginia. September 8, 2017.
12. News: Kurz Jr.. Hank. Kenseth wins pole for regular season finale at Richmond. September 8, 2017. Associated Press. Associated Press. AP Sports. September 8, 2017. Richmond, Virginia. https://web.archive.org/web/20170909095819/http://racing.ap.org/article/kenseth-wins-pole-regular-season-finale-richmond. September 9, 2017. dead.