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  • Christopher Bell Punches Ticket To Round of 6 With Win At New Hampshire

    Christopher Bell Punches Ticket To Round of 6 With Win At New Hampshire

    Christopher Bell re-took the lead with laps 15 to go and never looked back.  Bell went on to win his fifth Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race this season and he is now locked into the round of 6.

    “It was really really big. To be able to win the first race and now we can be more aggressive at Vegas and especially Talladega and try and win the race compared to how I did it last year and just kind of had to take my fifth through eighth place finishes and move on.” Bell said.

    Bell led four times for a race-high 73 laps (of 150) and earned seven playoff points.

    “It’s a dream come true to drive for Kyle Busch Motorsports. These guys do such a good job preparing this SiriusXM Tundra. Just can’t thank all of our partners at JBL, TRD, Toyota, everyone at Kyle Busch Motorsports.  Thank you guys for building such fast trucks. It’s an honor to drive them.” Bell said.

    The NCWTS began their eight race playoff run today at New Hampshire Motor Speedway as Noah Gragson and playoff contender Bell set the front row in qualifying early on Saturday morning.

    55 laps made up stages 1 and 2, while 110 laps made up the final stage.

    As stage 1 went underway, Gragson held the lead until lap 25, where Bell closed in and led for at least one lap until Gragson re-took the lead.

    Another playoff contender, John Hunter Nemechek, pitted late in stage 1 for a tire vibration and continued to have problems as he went behind the wall for a long period of the race.

    It wasn’t until lap 42, where Bell eventually took the lead from Gragson after he over-drove turns 3 and 4. Bell held on to the lead and won stage 1 to earn ten playoff points. Playoff contenders Ben Rhodes finished second, Austin Cindric fourth, Johnny Sauter fifth, Matt Crafton sixth, Kaz Grala 11th, Chase Briscoe 13th and John Hunter Nemechek 23rd.

    Todd Gilliland won the race off pt road, but was caught with a penalty as he ran over equipment in his pit box and restarted in the rear for stage 2.

    Stage 2 began on lap 62, with Crafton and Grala as the leaders after varying pit strategy. Crafton led for a while before a few cautions came out on lap 63, where Gragson spun out in turns 3 and 4 after a slight bump from Rhodes. During this accident, this saw another contender Sauter collect right side damage as well. Another caution during the stage was displayed on lap 71, as an exhaust pipe came underneath from Sauter’s truck.

    After a few cautions during stage 2, Christopher Bell regained the lead on lap 76. Playoff contender, John Hunter Nemechek returned to the track on lap 80 to try and collect as much points as possible. More contact was also made between Gilliland and Cindric, which gave Gilliland a tire rub.

    When the craziness was done and settled, Bell ended up winning stage 2.

    The third and final stage saw the race restart with 57 laps to go. Various pit strategy was once again played as Rhodes took two tires and lead for several laps until Ryan Truex took the lead with 43 to go.

    “I’m glad a Toyota could win. Chris (Bell) has been the best truck all year. When you’ve got the best truck in the field behind you, it makes it tougher. I did everything I could to hold him off. I was trying to take his lane and block and everything, it just didn’t quite have the grip he had. I want to thank him for racing me clean though.” Truex said.

    The stage saw one more caution as Cindric was spun out after Grala gave him a slight bump.

    There were five cautions for 24 laps and eight lead changes among five leaders.

    Playoff contenders Matt Crafton finished sixth, Rhodes seventh, Cindric eighth, Sauter ninth, Grala tenth, Briscoe eleventh and John Hunter Nemechek 20th.

    Round of 6 Playoff Points
    1. Christopher Bell (W)
    2. Johnny Sauter +25
    3. Matt Crafton +24
    4. Ben Rhodes +15
    5. Austin Cindric +8
    6. Kaz Grala +3
    Below cut off line
    7. Chase Briscoe -3
    8. John Hunter Nemechek -8

    Next Up: The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series heads to Las Vegas Motor Speedway next Saturday for the only night race during the playoffs.

  • NASCAR Camping World Truck Series leader Christopher Bell sweeps stages in New Hampshire win

    NASCAR Camping World Truck Series leader Christopher Bell sweeps stages in New Hampshire win

    By Reid Spencer
    NASCAR Wire Service

    LOUDON, N.H. – In Christopher Bell’s dominating win in Saturday’s UNOH 175 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, the rich got richer.

    The top seed in the series Playoffs, Bell won the first two stages of the opening postseason event and took the checkered flag 1.248 seconds ahead of runner-up Ryan Truex to notch his fifth victory of the season.

    The win earned Bell automatic advancement into the second round of the Playoffs, gave him an additional seven playoff points to bring his series-leading total to 47 and widened his advantage over the seven drivers chasing him for the title, given that no other Playoff driver finished in the top five at the 1.058-mile track.

    With all that said, the victory wasn’t a foregone conclusion for the driver of the No. 4 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota. Truex powered into the lead past Ben Rhodes after a restart on Lap 132, following a caution called when Kaz Grala knocked the Ford of Austin Cindric sideways in Turn 4 on Lap 126.

    Bell patiently stalked Truex for 28 laps, as Truex positioned his no. 16 Toyota to block the line of the series leader. Finally, on Lap 160 of 175, Bell got a strong run off the second corner and buried his Tundra into Turn 3, shooting past Truex into the lead.

    “He was doing a really good job of watching his mirror,” Bell said of Truex’s effort. “I knew it was tough to pass all day, but our truck had been so good, we had been able to do it until we got to him.

    “I kept trying to work down, and he kept blocking my air down and down and down. Finally, I got one run where I drove up in (Turns) 1 and 2 and then got a big run into 3.”

    In fact, Truex was surprised he was able to keep Bell behind him for 28 laps.

    “When you’ve got the best truck in the field behind you, it makes it tougher,” Truex said. “I did everything I could to hold him off. I was trying to take his lane and block and everything – I just didn’t have quite the grip he had.

    “I didn’t know how this race would shake out. Every restart, I just gave it my all – a lot of three-wide stuff, probably (ticked) a few people off. But we’re trying to win races, and we’re getting closer.”

    Bell, who won for the first time at New Hampshire and the seventh time in his career, leaves the Magic Mile with a whopping 40-point lead over second-place Johnny Sauter, the defending series champion. Sauter finished ninth on Saturday after polesitter Noah Gragson spun in Turn 4 on lap 64 and caved in the right side of Sauter’s No. 21 Chevrolet between the front and rear tires.

    With the Playoff field to be trimmed from eight drivers to six at Talladega two races from now, John Hunter Nemechek and Chase Briscoe fell below the cut line. A rear gear failure sidelined Nemechek for 36 laps, and he finished 20th to drop to eighth in the standings.

    Briscoe fought handling problems throughout the afternoon and finished 11th, dropping to seventh in points, three behind Grala, who came home 10th.

    Non-Playoff drivers Todd Gilliland, Grant Enfinger and Stewart Friesen ran third fourth and fifth, while playoff contenders Matt Crafton, Rhodes and Cindric finished sixth, seventh and eighth, respectively.

    NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race – UNOH 175
    New Hampshire Motor Speedway
    Loudon, New Hampshire
    Saturday, September 23, 2017
    1. (2) Christopher Bell (P), Toyota, 175.
    2. (7) Ryan Truex, Toyota, 175.
    3. (5) Todd Gilliland, Toyota, 175.
    4. (8) Grant Enfinger #, Toyota, 175.
    5. (11) Stewart Friesen #, Chevrolet, 175.
    6. (10) Matt Crafton (P), Toyota, 175.
    7. (4) Ben Rhodes (P), Toyota, 175.
    8. (6) Austin Cindric (P) #, Ford, 175.
    9. (3) Johnny Sauter (P), Chevrolet, 175.
    10. (12) Kaz Grala (P) #, Chevrolet, 175.
    11. (9) Chase Briscoe (P) #, Ford, 175.
    12. (23) Cody Coughlin #, Toyota, 175.
    13. (13) Justin Haley #, Chevrolet, 175.
    14. (19) Austin Wayne Self, Chevrolet, 174.
    15. (1) Noah Gragson #, Toyota, 174.
    16. (16) TJ Bell, Chevrolet, 173.
    17. (21) Josh Reaume, Chevrolet, 169.
    18. (22) Wendell Chavous #, Chevrolet, 168.
    19. (27) Norm Benning, Chevrolet, Brakes, 144.
    20. (14) John H. Nemechek (P), Chevrolet, 139.
    21. (24) Jordan Anderson, Chevrolet, Electrical, 126.
    22. (15) Austin Hill, Ford, Brakes, 125.
    23. (20) Patrick Emerling, Chevrolet, Engine, 116.
    24. (29) Jennifer Jo Cobb, Chevrolet, Electrical, 27.
    25. (17) Gray Gaulding(i), Chevrolet, Brakes, 25.
    26. (18) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, Vibration, 11.
    27. (26) Camden Murphy, Chevrolet, Brakes, 8.
    28. (28) Mike Senica, Chevrolet, Rear Gear, 3.
    29. (25) Ray Ciccarelli, Chevrolet, Fuel Pump, 0.

    Average Speed of Race Winner: 104.72 mph.
    Time of Race: 01 Hrs, 46 Mins, 05 Secs. Margin of Victory: 1.248 Seconds.
    Caution Flags: 5 for 24 laps.
    Lead Changes: 8 among 5 drivers.
    Lap Leaders: N. Gragson # 1-24; C. Bell (P) 25; N. Gragson # 26-41; C. Bell (P) 42-58; M. Crafton (P) 59-75; C. Bell (P) 76-114; B. Rhodes (P) 115-131; R. Truex 132-159; C. Bell (P) 160-175.
    Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): C. Bell (P) 4 times for 73 laps; N. Gragson # 2 times for 40 laps; R. Truex 1 time for 28 laps; B. Rhodes (P) 1 time for 17 laps; M. Crafton (P) 1 time for 17 laps.
    Stage #1 Top Ten: 4,27,18,19,21,88,16,51,98,52
    Stage #2 Top Ten: 4,88,16,98,33,52,27,51,24,21

  • Kyle Busch Grabs New Hampshire Pole, His Second Consecutive of NASCAR Playoffs

    Kyle Busch Grabs New Hampshire Pole, His Second Consecutive of NASCAR Playoffs

  • NASCAR Racing Schedule for New Hampshire and Kentucky

    NASCAR Racing Schedule for New Hampshire and Kentucky

  • NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Power Rankings-Chicago

    NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Power Rankings-Chicago

    The final regular season race took place last Friday night at Chicagoland Speedway for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and set the final playoff point standings. Here’s a look at who thrived in Chicago.

    1. Johnny Sauter – Sauter seemed to have found his rhythm back after having several weeks of disappointment and losing his championship lead in the summer months. This past Friday night, he changed that as he won for the first time since Dover International Speedway. Sauter finished second and fourth, respectively, in both stages and didn’t take the lead until 27 laps to go. He might be heating up at the right time as he cut the Christopher Bell’s point lead down to 15.
    2. Christopher Bell – In the past three races, Bell has been up and down, and it has shown that in the points differential. At Bristol, Candian Tire Motorsports Park and Chicagoland, Bell finished seventh, 26th and third, respectively. This past Friday night, he finished eighth in Stage 1 and won the second stage. But at Bristol, Bell had a 42 point lead over Sauter, however, due to the engine failure at Canada and Sauter’s win on Friday night, the points lead was cut down to 15. Bell did lead 18 laps but needs to have his momentum back that he had during the summer months. Still no doubt, he will be a strong championship challenger throughout the playoffs, but he needs no mistakes.
    3. Chase Briscoe – Briscoe had a strong night at Chicago. Throughout the race, he led twice for 18 laps and finished in the top 10 in both stages. He’ll need to keep up the momentum and perhaps win a race if he wants to be in the final four at Homestead. Nonetheless, another solid run for the No. 29 Brad Keselowski Racing Cooper Standard Ford.
    4. Ryan Truex – The other Truex is maybe showing shades of his older brother Martin, here lately, in the Camping World Truck Series. In the past two races, he has won at least one stage. In Canada, it was the second stage and he wound up finishing fifth, while this past weekend in Chicago, Truex won the first stage and finished fourth. Unfortunately, Truex missed the 2017 playoffs by a tie-breaker.
    5. Grant Enfinger – Enfinger had a quiet but decent night at Chicago. The 32-year-old scored his seventh top five of the year but missed the playoffs by not having enough points/wins. Not finishing in the top 10 in any stages hurt Enfinger’s chances of making the playoffs. The only task Enfinger can do now is finish the year out strong by winning a couple of races and look forward to the 2018 NASCAR season.Next up: The “Round of 8” begins at New Hampshire Motor Speedway this Saturday. Christopher Bell, Johnny Sauter, John Hunter Nemechek, Matt Crafton, Chase Briscoe, Austin Cindric, Ben Rhodes and Kaz Grala will be competing for the championship. It will be interesting to see how these eight drivers will compete throughout the playoffs. These drivers cannot afford any mistakes if they want to have any chance making it to the final four.
  • Tales of the Stage Winners

    Tales of the Stage Winners

    It was a tale of two drives with the stage winners, Kyle Busch and Chase Elliott, in the Tales of the Turtles 400 at Chicagoland Speedway.

    Leading the field to the green flag, Busch lead all but two laps during the first cycle of green flag stops on his way to winning the first stage. Leading the field back to green on Lap 88, Kevin Harvick powered by his outside to take the lead exiting Turn 2.

    Busch was running second when he made an unscheduled stop on Lap 97 for a loose wheel. Adding insult to injury, he was hit with a pass through penalty for his crew jumping over the wall too soon. He rejoined the race in 27th, two-laps down.

    He came close to getting back on the lead lap, being the first car a lap down, but race leader Martin Truex Jr. passed Landon Cassill just five laps before Erik Jones suffered a right-rear tire blowout and spun out in Turn 4 on Lap 210, bringing out the fourth caution of the race.

    Busch brought his car home to a 15th-place finish.

    “Oh well. We’ll move on…next week. That’s all we can do.”

    For Elliott, it was a more stable and stronger run.

    After a third-place finish in the first stage, he exited pit road just feet ahead of Harvick on Lap 124, cycled to the lead the following lap and drove onto victory in the second stage.

    As was the case with Busch, Elliott lost the lead on the ensuing restart to Harvick — this time, sliding up ion front up him from the bottom lane — exiting Turn 2 on Lap 168.

    He didn’t regain the lead, but he did retake and finish second when the checkered flag flew.

    “Yeah, just a much-improved day from where we’ve been, which is nice,” Elliott said in his post-race media availability. “Obviously would have been great to battle with Martin a little bit more. We didn’t have anything for him. From where we’ve been to where we ran today was a major, major step in the right direction, frankly where we need to be, where we deserve to be, to the potential we can run.

    “It was nice to see that we can do it if all things are clicking in the right way, car is driving good, pit stops are good, race execution was nice. It was a pretty uneventful race for the most part.

    “I felt like typically when that happens, the better cars always kind of end up towards the front. That proved to be with Martin winning. I didn’t have anything for him, without a restart or something. It also proved that we were second to him. I’m not sure about the 18, if he could have got back up there.

    “Aside from those two, I feel like we could run about everybody else. That’s a lot better than we’ve been.”

    Busch leaves fifth in points, trailing Truex by 41, while Elliott leaves sixth, 43 back of Truex.

  • Truex Cruises to Victory in the Windy City

    Truex Cruises to Victory in the Windy City

    Martin Truex Jr. took the lead not long after the start of the final stage and it was smooth sailing from there, as he drove on to score the victory in the Tales of the Turtles 400 at Chicagoland Speedway.

    The only speed bump he dealt with was an early speeding penalty, but he overcame that, took the lead from Kevin Harvick entering Turn 3 on Lap 190 and drove on to win for the 12th time in 432 career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series starts.

    “Awe yeah! This is awesome man,” Truex shouted in jubilation while grabbing Rutledge Wood, standing at the start/finish line. “So excited! This is the playoffs. This is what it’s all about. This team, my team is unbelievable. Thank all the fans for coming out. We love coming to Chicago. So proud of everybody.

    “The speeding penalty, I was like ‘Oh no. Here we go again.’ After last year, we’ve got to come from the back. But the car was amazing. We just kept our heads down and kept digging and fighting and just do what we always do, and here we are.”

    Chase Elliott finished second and Harvick rounded out the podium.

    “Yeah, just a huge step in the right direction. Days like this are the days we are going to have to have,” Elliott said. “There is no way around that. I thought we had a solid day overall. Our car drove good, it had pace, our pit stops were good. I didn’t have anything for Martin. I thought we made the most of our day without some luck I wasn’t going to get around him unless we had a late-race restart or something. I had a solid day and frankly, it is a lot better than we have been doing and we’ve got to have days like this to keep moving forward.”

    Harvick said after the race that having a “flawless” race “really wasn’t our focus today.”

    “Our focus was to make sure that we didn’t make any mistakes today and everybody at Stewart-Haas Racing worked hard to work on that gap between those cars, but we’ve known about that gap and feel like we’ve closed that up and we knew that not making mistakes was gonna go a long way,” Harvick said. “We saw the 78 made mistakes today, but they had a fast enough car to recover from that. The 18 (Kyle Busch) didn’t recover from his mistakes.”

    Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson rounded out the top-five.

    Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano, Jimmie Johnson, Matt Kenseth and Jamie McMurray rounded out the top-10.

    RACE SUMMARY

    Kyle Busch led the field to the green flag at 3:08 p.m. He led all but two laps of the first stage, which were led by Landon Cassill, on his way to winning it.

    Harvick powered by Busch’s outside on the Lap 88 restart, exiting Turn 2, to take the race lead. He controlled the race, until he pitted on Lap 124. Chase Elliott, who pitted the same lap, exited the pits ahead of Harvick, cycled to the lead and won the second stage.

    Harvick took it back from Elliott, exiting Turn 2, on the Lap 168 restart, moments before Jamie McMurray spun out on the backstretch, setting up the run to the finish.

    CAUTION SUMMATION

    Caution flew for the first time on Lap 80 for the end of the first stage. The second caution came out on Lap 160 for the end of the second stage. McMurray’s spin on Lap 169 caused the third caution. The fourth and final caution flew on Lap 210 when Erik Jones suffered a right-rear tire blowout and spun out in Turn 4.

    HAPPENINGS

    Ricky Stenhouse Jr. slid up and hit the outside wall in Turn 2 on Lap 26, but continued on. Six drivers — Austin Dillon, Stenhouse, Matt DiBenedetto, Jones, Truex and Corey LaJoie — were busted for speeding during the first green flag pit stop cycle.

    NUTS & BOLTS

    The race lasted two hours, 45 minutes and 16 seconds, at an average speed of 145.401 mph. There were 12 lead changes among seven different drivers and four cautions for 21 laps.

    Truex leaves with a 27-point lead over Larson. Kurt Busch, Stenhouse Kasey Kahne and Ryan Newman occupy the elimination spots.

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  • Justin Allgaier wins at Chicagoland

    Justin Allgaier wins at Chicagoland

    JOLIET, Illinois – Justin Allgaier held onto the lead after a late restart and won Saturday’s TheHouse.com 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Chicagoland Speedway.

    Allgaier held off Kyle Larson and JR Motorsports teammate Elliott Sadler to capture his second win of the season and the fifth of his career.

    “This is a race track I’ve loved dearly for a number of years,” Allgaier said. “The whole connection of being from Illinois and getting to go to victory lane was incredible.”

    Elliott Sadler’s captured the regular-season championship.

    The NASCAR Xfinity Series starts its postseason next week at Kentucky Speedway with Allgaier, Sadler, Daniel Hemric, Brennan Poole, Ryan Reed, Jeremy Clements, Cole Custer, Blake Koch, Matt Tifft, Brendan Gaughan and Michael Annett battling for the championship.

     

    Race Results
    NASCAR Xfinity Series
    Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, IL
    Sep 16, 2017
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    Pos Driver                Make                     Pts          Bon      Laps      Led
    =============================================
    1   Justin Allgaier     Chevrolet            47           7            200         15
    2   Kyle Larson         Chevrolet            51           16           200         22
    3   Elliott Sadler      Chevrolet            45           11           200         0
    4   Daniel Hemric    Chevrolet            34           1            200         0
    5   Austin Dillon       Chevrolet            38           6            200         0
    6   Matt Tifft          Toyota               35           4            200         0
    7   Cole Custer         Ford                 47           17           200         41
    8   Ty Dillon           Chevrolet            31           2            200         0
    9   Blake Koch          Chevrolet            28           0            200         0
    10  Darrell Wallace Jr. Ford                 27           0            200         0
    11  Brennan Poole  Chevrolet            26           0            200         0
    12  Brandon Jones  Chevrolet            25           0            200         0
    13  B. Gaughan         Chevrolet            24           0            200         0
    14  S. Gallagher        Chevrolet            23           0            200         0
    15  Michael Annett Chevrolet            22           0            200         0
    16  D. Armstrong     Toyota               21           0            200         0
    17  Ryan Reed          Ford                 20           0            200         0
    18  Erik Jones          Toyota               39           20           200         94
    19  Daniel Suarez     Toyota               29           11           200         0
    20  J. Clements         Chevrolet            17           0            200         0
    21  J.J. Yeley          Toyota               16           0            200         0
    22  David Starr         Chevrolet            15           0            200         0
    23  Ross Chastain    Chevrolet            14           0            200         0
    24  Ryan Sieg           Chevrolet            13           0            200         0
    25  H. Rhodes           Chevrolet            12           0            200         0
    26  Ryan Blaney       Ford                 26           15           200         28
    27  Joey Gase           Chevrolet            10           0            200         0
    28  Spencer Boyd    Chevrolet            9              0          200         0
    29  Vinnie Miller      Chevrolet            8              0          200         0
    30  Chris Cockrum   Chevrolet            7              0          200         0
    31  Mario Gosselin  Chevrolet            6              0          200         0
    32  Mike Harmon    Dodge                5              0          200         0
    33  William Byron    Chevrolet            4              0          200         0
    34  Josh Bilicki        Chevrolet            3              0          200         0
    35  B.J. McLeod        Chevrolet            2              0          200         0
    36  Timmy Hill          Dodge                1              0          200         0
    37  G. Smithley         Toyota               1              0          200         0
    38  M. Shepherd     Chevrolet            1              0          200         0
    39  Jeff Green          Chevrolet            1              0          200         0
    40  Matt Mills          Chevrolet            1              0          200         0

  • Kyle Busch Fastest in Final Chicagoland Practice

    Kyle Busch Fastest in Final Chicagoland Practice

    Kyle Busch topped the chart in final Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice at Chicagoland Speedway.

    The driver of the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota was the fastest with a time of 29.958 and a speed of 180.252 mph. Austin Dillon was second in his No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet with a time of 30.094 and a speed of 179.438 mph. Brad Keselowski was third in his No. 2 Team Penske Ford with a time of 30.119 and a speed of 179.289 mph. Chase Elliott was fourth in his No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet with a time of 30.145 and a speed of 179.134 mph. Clint Bowyer rounded out the top-five in his No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford with a time of 30.245 and a speed of 178.542 mph.

    Kevin Harvick, Denny Hamlin, Martin Truex Jr., Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney rounded out the top-10.

    Kyle Larson was 11th, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was 12th, Jamie McMurray was 13th, Ryan Newman was 17th, Kurt Busch was 22nd, Matt Kenseth was 23rd, Jimmie Johnson was 24th and Kasey Kahne rounded out the Playoff drivers in 27th.

    Harvick posted the fastest 10 consecutive lap average at a speed of 175.784 mph.

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  • Truex Fastest in Second Practice at Chicago

    Truex Fastest in Second Practice at Chicago

    Martin Truex Jr. topped the chart in second Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice at Chicagoland Speedway.

    The driver of the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota was the fastest with a time of 29.892 and a speed of 180.650 mph. Ryan Blaney was second in his No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford with a time of 30.033 and a speed of 179.802 mph. Chase Elliott was third in his No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet with a time of 30.052 and a speed of 179.689 mph. Brad Keselowski was fourth in his No. 2 Team Penske Ford with a time of 179.659 mph. Ryan Newman rounded out the top-five in his No. 31 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet with a time of 30.098 and a speed of 179.414 mph.

    Aric Almirola, Kasey Kahne, Kurt Busch, Matt Kenseth and Kyle Busch rounded out the top-10.

    Kyle Larson was 14th, Kevin Harvick was 15th, Denny Hamlin was 16th, Jimmie Johnson was 18th, Jamie McMurray was 19th, Austin Dillon was 20th and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. rounded out the Playoff drivers in 22nd.

    Elliott posted the fastest 10 consecutive lap average at a speed of 176.416 mph.

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