2017 JAG Metals 350
{{Short description|21st race of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox NASCAR race report|Type=CUST|Location=Fort Worth, Texas, Texas Motor Speedway|Distance_mi=220.5|Pole_Time=29.004|Course_mi=1.5|Course_km=2.41|Distance_laps=147|Distance_km=354.86|Scheduled_mi=220.5|Scheduled_laps=147|Avg={{convert|131.38|mph|km/h}}|Official_name=19th Annual JAG Metals 350 Driving Hurricane Harvey Relief|Date=November 3|Year=2017|Race_Name=JAG Metals 350 Driving Hurricane Harvey Relief|Description=Race 21 of 23 of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series|Car=21|Most_laps=36|Most_Driver=Austin Cindric|Most_Team=Brad Keselowski Racing|First_Driver=Johnny Sauter|First_Team=GMS Racing|Network=Fox Sports 1|Radio=Motor Racing Network|Pole_Team=GMS Racing|Pole_Driver=Justin Haley|Announcers=Vince Welch, Phil Parsons, Michael Waltrip}}
The 2017 JAG Metals 350 Driving Hurricane Harvey Relief was the 21st stock car race of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, the fifth race of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series playoffs, the second race of the Round of 6, and the 19th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, November 3, 2017, in Fort Worth, Texas at Texas Motor Speedway, a {{Convert|1.5|mi|km}} permanent quad-oval racetrack. The race took the scheduled 147 laps to complete. At race's end, Johnny Sauter, driving for GMS Racing, would control the last 13 laps of the race to win his 16th career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win and his third of the season.{{Cite web |date=2017-11-04 |title=Johnny Sauter holds off Austin Cindric for Texas win |url=https://www.espn.com/jayski/trucks/2017/story/_/id/21278214/johnny-sauter-holds-austin-cindric-texas-win |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}} To fill out the podium, Austin Cindric of Brad Keselowski Racing and Christopher Bell of Kyle Busch Motorsports would finish second and third, respectively.
Background
File:TexasMotorSpeedway.svg, the venue where the race was held.]]
Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures 1.5 miles (2.4 km) around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway). The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Charlotte Motor Speedway, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.
= Entry list =
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
- (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
!# !Driver !Team !Make !Sponsor |
| 0 |
| 1 |
| 02
|Ford |
| 4
|JBL |
| 6 |
| 8 |
| 10 |
| 13
|Cody Coughlin (R) |JEGS |
| 15
|Gray Gaulding (i) |
| 16 |
| 18
|Noah Gragson (R) |
| 19
|Austin Cindric (R) |Ford |
| 20 |
| 21 |
| 24
|Justin Haley (R) |
| 27 |
| 29
|Chase Briscoe (R) |Ford |
| 33
|Kaz Grala (R) |
| 42
|Tommy Joe Martins (i) |
| 44 |
| 45 |
| 49
|Wendell Chavous (R) |
| 50 |
| 51 |
| 52
|Stewart Friesen (R) |Halmar "We Build America" |
| 57 |
| 63
|J. J. Yeley (i) |
| 83 |
| 87 |
| 88 |
| 92
|Ford |
| 98
|Grant Enfinger (R) |
| colspan="5" |[https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2019/05/cts_21texas2017entrylist.pdf Official entry list] |
|---|
Practice
= First practice =
The first practice session was held on Thursday, November 2, at 2:00 PM CST. The session would last for 55 minutes.{{Cite web |title=2017 Truck Series Texas 2 Race Info |url=https://www.jayski.com/2017-truck-series-texas-2-race-info/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site |language=en-US}} Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.529 and an average speed of {{Convert|182.871|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}.{{Cite web |last=McFadin |first=Daniel |date=2017-11-02 |title=Johnny Sauter fastest in first Truck practice at Texas Motor Speedway |url=https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2017/11/02/johnny-sauter-fastest-in-first-truck-practice-at-texas-motor-speedway/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=NASCAR Talk {{!}} NBC Sports |language=en-US}}
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
!Pos. !# !Driver !Team !Make !Time !Speed |
| 1
|21 |29.529 |182.871 |
|---|
| 2
|18 |Noah Gragson (R) |29.531 |182.859 |
| 3
|16 |29.536 |182.828 |
| colspan="7" |[https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2019/05/cts_21texas2017prac1.pdf Full first practice results] |
= Second and final practice =
The final practice session, sometimes known as Happy Hour, was held on Thursday, November 2, at 2:00 PM CST. The session would last for 55 minutes. Grant Enfinger of ThorSport Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.146 and an average speed of {{Convert|185.274|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}.{{Cite web |date=2017-11-02 |title=Grant Enfinger Fastest In Texas CWTS Happy Hour |url=https://www.frontstretch.com/2017/11/02/enfinger-fastest-in-trucks-happy-hour/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |language=en-US}}
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
!Pos. !# !Driver !Team !Make !Time !Speed |
| 1
|98 |Grant Enfinger (R) |29.146 |185.274 |
|---|
| 2
|51 |29.251 |184.609 |
| 3
|19 |Austin Cindric (R) |Ford |29.281 |184.420 |
| colspan="7" |[https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2019/05/cts_21texas2017prac2.pdf Full Happy Hour practice results] |
Qualifying
Qualifying was held on Friday, November 3, at 3:00 PM CST. Since Texas Motor Speedway is at least a {{Convert|1.5|mi|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.{{Cite web |date=2018-02-07 |title=NASCAR Qualifying Rules |url=https://www.espn.com/jayski/pages/story/_/id/18676661/nascar-qualifying-rules |access-date=2021-10-16 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}
Justin Haley of GMS Racing would win the pole, setting a lap of 29.004 and an average speed of {{Convert|186.181|mph|km/h}} in the second round.{{Cite web |last=Bonkowski |first=Jerry |date=2017-11-03 |title=Justin Haley takes pole for tonight's Truck race at Texas Motor Speedway |url=https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2017/11/03/justin-haley-takes-pole-for-tonights-truck-race-at-texas-motor-speedway/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=NASCAR Talk {{!}} NBC Sports |language=en-US}}
No drivers would fail to qualify.
= Full qualifying results =
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
!Pos. !# !Driver !Team !Make !Time (R1) !Speed (R1) !Time (R2) !Speed (R2) |
| 1
|24 |Justin Haley (R) | -* | -* |29.004 |186.181 |
|---|
| 2
|18 |Noah Gragson (R) | -* | -* |29.024 |186.053 |
| 3
|4 | -* | -* |29.035 |185.982 |
| 4
|21 | -* | -* |29.054 |185.861 |
| 5
|16 | -* | -* |29.206 |184.894 |
| 6
|19 |Austin Cindric (R) |Ford | -* | -* |29.207 |184.887 |
| 7
|33 |Kaz Grala (R) | -* | -* |29.257 |184.571 |
| 8
|88 | -* | -* |29.292 |184.351 |
| 9
|27 | -* | -* |29.370 |183.861 |
| 10
|29 |Chase Briscoe (R) |Ford | -* | -* |29.372 |183.849 |
| 11
|8 | -* | -* |29.662 |182.051 |
| 12
|51 | -* | -* |30.491 |177.101 |
| colspan="9" |Eliminated in Round 1 |
| 13
|20 |29.612 |182.359 | - | - |
| 14
|92 |Ford |29.692 |181.867 | - | - |
| 15
|13 |Cody Coughlin (R) |29.729 |181.641 | - | - |
| 16
|52 |Stewart Friesen (R) |29.808 |181.159 | - | - |
| 17
|02 |Ford |29.831 |181.020 | - | - |
| 18
|45 |29.892 |180.650 | - | - |
| 19
|98 |Grant Enfinger (R) |29.929 |180.427 | - | - |
| 20
|15 |Gray Gaulding (i) |30.261 |178.448 | - | - |
| 21
|49 |Wendell Chavous (R) |30.339 |177.989 | - | - |
| 22
|87 |30.437 |177.416 | - | - |
| 23
|83 |30.812 |175.256 | - | - |
| 24
|1 |30.942 |174.520 | - | - |
| 25
|63 |J. J. Yeley (i) |31.141 |173.405 | - | - |
| 26
|50 |31.819 |169.710 | - | - |
| 27
|0 |31.977 |168.871 | - | - |
| colspan="9" |Qualified by owner's points |
| 28
|10 |32.282 |167.276 | - | - |
| 29
|6 |33.265 |162.333 | - | - |
| 30
|44 |34.103 |158.344 | - | - |
| 31
|57 |35.205 |153.387 | - | - |
| 32
|42 |Tommy Joe Martins (i) | - | - | - | - |
| colspan="9" |[https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2019/05/cts_21texas2017lineup.pdf Official starting lineup] |
Race results
Stage 1 Laps: 35
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
!Pos. !# !Driver !Team !Make !Pts |
| 1
|4 |10 |
|---|
| 2
|21 |9 |
| 3
|19 |Austin Cindric (R) |Ford |8 |
| 4
|27 |7 |
| 5
|8 |6 |
| 6
|88 |5 |
| 7
|92 |Ford |4 |
| 8
|33 |Kaz Grala (R) |3 |
| 9
|51 |2 |
| 10
|18 |Noah Gragson (R) |1 |
Stage 2 Laps: 35
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
!Pos. !# !Driver !Team !Make !Pts |
| 1
|18 |Noah Gragson (R) |10 |
|---|
| 2
|92 |Ford |9 |
| 3
|4 |8 |
| 4
|33 |Kaz Grala (R) |7 |
| 5
|16 |6 |
| 6
|27 |5 |
| 7
|19 |Austin Cindric (R) |Ford |4 |
| 8
|88 |3 |
| 9
|21 |2 |
| 10
|8 |1 |
Stage 3 Laps: 77
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
!St !# !Driver !Team !Make !Laps !Led !Status !Pts |
| 1
|4 |21 |147 |21 |running |51 |
|---|
| 2
|6 |19 |Austin Cindric (R) |Ford |147 |36 |running |47 |
| 3
|3 |4 |147 |20 |running |52 |
| 4
|10 |29 |Chase Briscoe (R) |Ford |147 |1 |running |33 |
| 5
|1 |24 |Justin Haley (R) |147 |25 |running |32 |
| 6
|7 |33 |Kaz Grala (R) |147 |0 |running |41 |
| 7
|19 |98 |Grant Enfinger (R) |147 |1 |running |30 |
| 8
|5 |16 |147 |0 |running |35 |
| 9
|8 |88 |147 |5 |running |36 |
| 10
|2 |18 |Noah Gragson (R) |147 |9 |running |38 |
| 11
|17 |02 |Ford |147 |0 |running |28 |
| 12
|12 |51 |147 |21 |running |38 |
| 13
|14 |92 |Ford |147 |0 |running |24 |
| 14
|16 |52 |Stewart Friesen (R) |147 |0 |running |23 |
| 15
|18 |45 |146 |0 |running |22 |
| 16
|15 |13 |Cody Coughlin (R) |145 |0 |running |21 |
| 17
|13 |20 |145 |0 |running |20 |
| 18
|9 |27 |145 |0 |running |31 |
| 19
|11 |8 |145 |8 |running |25 |
| 20
|26 |50 |139 |0 |running |17 |
| 21
|21 |49 |Wendell Chavous (R) |138 |0 |running |16 |
| 22
|28 |10 |130 |0 |running |15 |
| 23
|29 |6 |92 |0 |brakes |14 |
| 24
|24 |1 |70 |0 |power steering |13 |
| 25
|30 |44 |41 |0 |engine |12 |
| 26
|23 |83 |24 |0 |crash |11 |
| 27
|20 |15 |Gray Gaulding (i) |23 |0 |electrical |0 |
| 28
|27 |0 |21 |0 |electrical |9 |
| 29
|25 |63 |J. J. Yeley (i) |18 |0 |electrical |0 |
| 30
|31 |57 |8 |0 |oil pressure |7 |
| 31
|22 |87 |7 |0 |vibration |6 |
| 32
|32 |42 |Tommy Joe Martins (i) |3 |0 |crash |0 |
| colspan="10" |[https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2019/05/cts_21texas2017officialresults.pdf Official race results] |
Standings after the race
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
;Drivers' Championship standings
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |
| ! Pos
! Driver ! Points |
|---|
| style="background:#87CEFA;"
|align="left"| 10px | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 3,135 |
| style="background:#87CEFA;"
|align="left"| 10px | style="text-align:center;"| 2 | style="text-align:center;"| 3,131 (-4) |
| style="background:#87CEFA;"
|align="left"| 10px | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | style="text-align:center;"| 3,104 (–31) |
| style="background:#87CEFA;"
|align="left"| 10px | style="text-align:center;"| 4 | style="text-align:center;"| 3,085 (–50) |
| style="background:#87CEFA;"
|align="left"| 10px | style="text-align:center;"| 5 | style="text-align:center;"| 3,080 (–55) |
| style="background:#87CEFA;"
|align="left"| 10px | style="text-align:center;"| 6 | style="text-align:center;"| 3,046 (–89) |
| align="left"| 10px
| style="text-align:center;"| 7 | style="text-align:center;"| 2,158 (–977) |
| align="left"| 10px
| style="text-align:center;"| 8 | style="text-align:center;"| 2,158 (–977) |
| class="sortbottom"
!colspan="9"|[https://www.jayski.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/31/2019/05/cts_21texas2017driverpoints.pdf Official driver's standings] |
- Note: Only the first 8 positions are included for the driver standings.
{{col-end}}
References
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