2017 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race explained

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2017 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race
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Header1:	Race details^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8]
Label3:	Date
Label4:	Location
Data4:	Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina
Label5:	Course
Data5:	Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Label6:	Distance
Data6:	Open: 50 laps, 75miles All-Star Race: 70 laps, 105miles
Label7:	Avg Speed
Data7:	Open: 74.606mph All-Star Race: 86.558mph
Label8:	Weather
Header9:	Monster Energy Open
Label10:	Pole
Data10:	Clint Bowyer (Stewart-Haas Racing)
Label11:	Time
Data11:	28.500
Label12:	Winner (segment 1)
Data12:	Clint Bowyer (Stewart-Haas Racing)
Label13:	Winner (segment 2)
Data13:	Ryan Blaney (Wood Brothers Racing)
Label14:	Winner (segment 3)
Data14:	Daniel Suárez (Joe Gibbs Racing)
Label15:	Fan Vote winners
Data15:	Chase Elliott (Hendrick Motorsports)
Header16:	Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race
Label17:	Pole
Data17:	Kyle Larson (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Label18:	Time
Data18:	112.626
Label19:	Most laps led
Data19:	Kyle Larson (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Label20:	Laps led
Data20:	40
Label21:	Winner
Data21:	Kyle Busch (Joe Gibbs Racing)
Header22:	Television
Label23:	Network
Data23:	FS1
Label24:	Announcers
Data24:	Mike Joy, Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip
Label25:	Nielsen ratings
Header26:	Radio
Label27:	Network
Data27:	Motor Racing Network
Label28:	Announcers
Data28:	Joe 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.

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

Report

Background

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

	Driver	Team	Manufacturer
3			Chevrolet
6			Ford
10			Ford
13	Ty Dillon (R)		Chevrolet
14			Ford
15			Chevrolet
19	Daniel Suárez (R)		Toyota
21			Ford
23	Gray Gaulding (R)		Toyota
24			Chevrolet
27			Chevrolet
32			Ford
33			Chevrolet
34			Ford
38			Ford
43	Regan Smith (i)		Ford
47			Chevrolet
51			Chevrolet
55			Toyota
66	Carl Long (i)		Chevrolet
72			Chevrolet
77	Erik Jones (R)		Toyota
83	Corey LaJoie (R)		Toyota
95			Chevrolet
Official Monster Energy Open entry list

Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race

	Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1			Chevrolet
2			Ford
4			Ford
5			Chevrolet
11			Toyota
17			Ford
18			Toyota
20			Toyota
22			Ford
31			Chevrolet
37			Chevrolet
41			Ford
42			Chevrolet
48			Chevrolet
78			Toyota
88			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 189.274mph.^[9]

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time
1	42				28.530	189.274
2	4				28.557	189.095
3	2				28.575	188.976
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 189.056mph.

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time
1	77	Erik Jones (R)			28.563	189.056
2	14				28.728	187.970
3	24				28.970	186.400
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 143.839mph.^[10]

All-Star Race qualifying results

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	42			Chevrolet	113.087	112.626
2	18			Toyota	112.852	112.636
3	4			Ford	112.256	112.889
4	48			Chevrolet	112.855	121.692
5	41			Ford	112.467	122.077
6	88			Chevrolet	113.179	—
7	2			Ford	113.278	—
8	20			Toyota	113.943	—
9	11			Toyota	114.501	—
10	1			Chevrolet	116.493	—
11	37			Chevrolet	116.684	—
12	22			Ford	116.890	—
13	5			Chevrolet	116.924	—
14	78			Toyota	117.609	—
15	31			Chevrolet	118.627	—
16	17			Ford	119.809	—
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 189.474mph.

Qualifying results (Open)

Pos		Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	14			Ford	28.607	28.500
2	21			Ford	28.625	28.722
3	24			Chevrolet	28.707	28.745
4	3			Chevrolet	28.883	28.802
5	47			Chevrolet	28.930	28.833
6	19	Daniel Suárez (R)		Toyota	29.072	28.966
7	77	Erik Jones (R)		Toyota	28.628	29.059
8	13	Ty Dillon (R)		Chevrolet	29.112	29.320
9	10			Ford	29.122	—
10	27			Chevrolet	29.164	—
11	6			Ford	29.246	—
12	34			Ford	29.300	—
13	43	Regan Smith (i)		Ford	29.357	—
14	32			Ford	29.404	—
15	83	Corey LaJoie (R)		Toyota	29.602	—
16	72			Chevrolet	29.658	—
17	38			Ford	29.660	—
18	23	Gray Gaulding (R)		Toyota	29.897	—
19	51			Chevrolet	30.667	—
20	66	Carl Long (i)		Chevrolet	30.742	—
21	33			Chevrolet	30.928	—
22	55			Toyota	31.130	—
23	15			Chevrolet	0.000	—
24	95			Chevrolet	0.000	—
Official Monster Energy Open qualifying results

Monster Energy Open

Monster Energy Open results

Pos	Grid		Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	6	19	Daniel Suárez (R)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	50
2	4	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	50
3	3	24	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	50
4	13	43	Regan Smith (i)	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	50
5	9	10	Danica Patrick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	50
6	8	13	Ty Dillon (R)	Germain Racing	Chevrolet	50
7	11	6	Trevor Bayne	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	50
8	14	32	Matt DiBenedetto	Go Fas Racing	Ford	50
9	10	27	Paul Menard	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	50
10	17	38	David Ragan	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	50
11	24	95	Michael McDowell	Leavine Family Racing	Chevrolet	50
12	16	72	Cole Whitt	TriStar Motorsports	Chevrolet	50
13	12	34	Landon Cassill	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	50
14	21	33	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Circle Sport – The Motorsports Group	Chevrolet	50
15	23	15	Reed Sorenson	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet	50
16	22	55	Derrike Cope	Premium Motorsports	Toyota	50
17	20	66	Carl Long (i)	MBM Motorsports	Chevrolet	49
18	19	51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet	48
19	7	77	Erik Jones (R)	Furniture Row Racing	Toyota	47
20	2	21	Ryan Blaney	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	40
21	5	47	A. J. Allmendinger	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	34
22	18	23	Gray Gaulding (R)	BK Racing	Toyota	23
23	1	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	20
24	15	83	Corey LaJoie (R)	BK Racing	Toyota	12
Winner of the second segment. Winner of the first segment.
Monster Energy Open race results

All-Star Race

All-Star Race results

Pos	Grid		Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	2	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	70
2	1	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	70
3	4	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	70
4	5	41	Kurt Busch	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	70
5	10	1	Jamie McMurray	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	70
6	3	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	70
7	20	24	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	70
8	12	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	70
9	7	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	70
10	9	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	69
11	18	21	Ryan Blaney	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	60
12	14	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Furniture Row Racing	Toyota	60
13	17	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	60
14	16	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	60
15	19	19	Daniel Suárez (R)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	60
16	13	5	Kasey Kahne	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	60
17	11	37	Chris Buescher	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	60
18	6	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	60
19	15	31	Ryan Newman	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	57
20	8	20	Matt Kenseth	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	20
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.

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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2017 Cup Series schedule. Jayski's Silly Season Site. May 5, 2016. Jayski.com. May 14, 2017. 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: Open Entry List. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 15, 2017. May 15, 2017.
3. Web site: All Star Race Entry List. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 15, 2017. May 15, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171017050858/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&YearID=46&RaceID=7587&StatType=Entry+List. October 17, 2017. dead.
4. Web site: All Star Practice Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 19, 2017. May 19, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170523051219/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2017/05/Monster-Energy-NASCAR-All-Star-Race-Practice-Speeds.aspx. May 23, 2017. dead.
5. Web site: Open Practice Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 19, 2017. May 19, 2017.
6. Web site: All Star Qualifying Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 19, 2017. May 19, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170527084808/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2017/05/All-Star-Qualifying-Results.aspx. May 27, 2017. dead.
7. Web site: Monster Energy Open Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 20, 2017. May 20, 2017.
8. Web site: Monster Energy NASCAR All Star Race Results. MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 20, 2017. May 20, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170705093207/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&RaceID=7587&YearID=46&StatType=Race+Results. July 5, 2017. dead.
9. Web site: Spencer. Lee. Larson spins, but still leads All-Star Race practice. Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. May 19, 2017. Concord, North Carolina. May 19, 2017.
10. News: Reed. Steve. Larson takes pole for All-Star race after Busch blunder. May 20, 2017. Associated Press. Associated Press. AP Sports. May 20, 2017. Concord, North Carolina. https://web.archive.org/web/20170526085610/http://racing.ap.org/article/larson-takes-pole-all-star-race-after-busch-blunder. May 26, 2017. dead.