| Type: | CUST |
| Pole Driver: | Christopher Bell |
| Official Name: | 15th Annual North Carolina Education Lottery 200 |
| Radio: | Motor Racing Network |
| Network: | Fox Sports 1 |
| Avg: | 110.103mph |
| Car: | 51 |
| First Driver: | Kyle Busch |
| Most Driver: | Kyle Busch |
| Pole Team: | Kyle Busch Motorsports |
| Most Team: | Kyle Busch Motorsports |
| First Team: | Kyle Busch Motorsports |
| Most Laps: | 90 |
| Date: | May 19 |
| Location: | Concord, North Carolina, Charlotte Motor Speedway |
| Scheduled Mi: | 201 |
| Scheduled Laps: | 134 |
| Distance Laps: | 134 |
| Distance Km: | 323.478 |
| Scheduled Km: | 323.478 |
| Course Km: | 2.41 |
| Course Mi: | 1.5 |
| Description: | Race 5 of 23 of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series |
| Pole Time: | 29.852 |
| Race Name: | North Carolina Education Lottery 200 |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Distance Mi: | 201 |
| Announcers: | Vince Welch, Phil Parsons, Michael Waltrip |
The 2017 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 was the fifth stock car race of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the 15th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, May 19, 2017, in Concord, North Carolina at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent quad-oval. The race took the scheduled 134 laps to complete. At race's end, Kyle Busch, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would complete a dominant performance with a clutch restart with three to go to win his 48th career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win and his second of the season.[1] To fill out the podium, Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing and Christopher Bell of Kyle Busch Motorsports would finish second and third, respectively.
The race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway, located in Concord, North Carolina. The speedway complex includes a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) quad-oval track that was utilized for the race, as well as a dragstrip and a dirt track. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams based in the Charlotte metropolitan area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith serving as track president.
The first practice session was held on Thursday, May 18, at 5:00 PM EST, and would last for 55 minutes.[2] Christopher Bell of Kyle Busch Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.664 and an average speed of 182.039mph.[3]
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Christopher Bell | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 29.664 | 182.039 | |
| 2 | 29 | Chase Briscoe (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 29.684 | 181.916 | |
| 3 | 27 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 29.808 | 181.159 | |
| Full first practice results | |||||||
The second and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Thursday, May 18, at 7:00 PM EST, and would last for 55 minutes. Noah Gragson of Kyle Busch Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.680 and an average speed of 181.941mph.[4]
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | Noah Gragson (R) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 29.680 | 181.941 | |
| 2 | 19 | Austin Cindric (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 29.734 | 181.610 | |
| 3 | 21 | Johnny Sauter | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 29.881 | 180.717 | |
| Full Happy Hour practice results | |||||||
Qualifying was held on Friday, May 19, at 4:45 PM EST.[5] Since Charlotte Motor Speedway is at least a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) racetrack, the qualifying system was a single car, single lap, two round system where in the first round, everyone would set a time to determine positions 13–32. Then, the fastest 12 qualifiers would move on to the second round to determine positions 1–12.
Christopher Bell of Kyle Busch Motorsports would win the pole, setting a lap of 29.852 and an average speed of 180.892mph in the second round.[6]
Two drivers would fail to qualify: Brandon Brown and Cody Ware.
Stage 1 Laps: 40
Stage 2 Laps: 40
Stage 3 Laps: 54
| Pos | Driver | Points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnny Sauter | 242 | |||||||
| 2 | Christopher Bell | 227 (-15) | |||||||
| 3 | Matt Crafton | 191 (–51) | |||||||
| 4 | Chase Briscoe | 171 (–71) | |||||||
| 5 | Ben Rhodes | 170 (–72) | |||||||
| 6 | Timothy Peters | 170 (–72) | |||||||
| 7 | Grant Enfinger | 147 (–95) | |||||||
| 8 | Kaz Grala | 139 (–103) | |||||||
| Official driver's standings | |||||||||