Type: | NASME |
Race Name: | Bojangles' Southern 500 |
Details Ref: | [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] |
Year: | 2017 |
Race No: | 25 |
Season No: | 36 |
Location: | Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina |
Course Mi: | 1.366 |
Course Km: | 2.198 |
Distance Laps: | 367 |
Distance Mi: | 501.322 |
Distance Km: | 806.666 |
Avg: | 132.761mph |
Pole Driver: | Kevin Harvick |
Pole Team: | Stewart-Haas Racing |
Pole Time: | 27.669 |
Most Driver: | Kyle Larson Denny Hamlin |
Most Team: | Chip Ganassi Racing Joe Gibbs Racing |
Most Laps: | 124 |
Car: | 11 |
First Driver: | Denny Hamlin |
First Team: | Joe Gibbs Racing |
Network: | NBCSN |
Announcers: | Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte Ken Squier, Ned Jarrett, and Dale Jarrett |
Radio: | MRN |
Booth Ann: | Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace |
Turn Ann: | Dave Moody (1 & 2) and Mike Bagley (3 & 4) |
The 2017 Bojangles' Southern 500, the 68th running of the event, was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on September 3, 2017 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. Contested over 367 laps on the 1.366miles egg-shaped oval, it was the 25th race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.
Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed "The Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition." It is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that is effective at both ends.
Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Sponsor or throwback | ||
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1 | McDonald's David Pearson's 1980 CRC Chemicals Rebel 500 winning car[10] | ||||
2 | Miller Genuine Draft Rusty Wallace's 1991–1995 car | ||||
3 | American Ethanol Dale Earnhardt's 1987 Southern 500 winning car | ||||
4 | 1980s Busch Beer design, based on the “Head for the Mountains” commercials | ||||
5 | Great Clips Geoff Bodine's 1985 car | ||||
6 | AdvoCare Mark Martin's Winston Cup Series car in 1988 and 1989 | ||||
10 | Ford Credit Dale Jarrett's 1999 championship-winning car | ||||
11 | Sport Clips Ray Hendrick-inspired car | ||||
13 | Ty Dillon (R) | GEICO Smokey Yunick's car that was driven by Johnny Rutherford in 1963 | |||
14 | Mark Martin's Busch Series car between 1988 and 1991 | ||||
15 | Brett Bodine's 1989 car | ||||
17 | Fifth Third Bank Darrell Waltrip's 1997 car | ||||
18 | M&M's Caramel | ||||
19 | Daniel Suárez (R) | Arris | |||
20 | Retro-inspired Circle K car | ||||
21 | Ford Motorcraft Kyle Petty's 1987 Coca-Cola 600 winning car | ||||
22 | Shell/Pennzoil - Jimmy Vasser's 2002 IndyCar scheme | ||||
23 | Corey LaJoie (R) | Dr. Pepper Davey Allison's 1984 car | |||
24 | NAPA Auto Parts Father Bill Elliott's 1976 Rockingham car, when Elliott made his first Winston Cup Series start | ||||
27 | Retro-inspired Dutch Boy Paint car | ||||
31 | Dale Earnhardt's 1987 Southern 500 winning car | ||||
32 | Bobby Allison's 1988 Daytona 500 winning car | ||||
33 | Dale Earnhardt's 1989 Busch Series car | ||||
34 | Inspired by the first Love's Travel Stop opened in 1981 | ||||
37 | Patty Moise's 1988 Busch Series car | ||||
38 | Camping World/Good Sam Club 1960s Good Sam Club design | ||||
41 | Monster Energy/Haas Automation | ||||
42 | Credit One Bank Kyle Petty's 1995 car | ||||
43 | STP Richard Petty's 1984 car when he won his record-setting 200th race | ||||
47 | Terry Labonte's 1986 car | ||||
48 | Lowe's based on the delivery trucks from 1986 | ||||
51 | Kyle Petty's 1991–1994 and Days of Thunder protagonist Cole Trickle's Mello Yello/Pray for Texas paint schemes | ||||
55 | Mane 'n Tail Shampoo and Conditioner based on Cope's 1994 car | ||||
66 | Carl Long (i) | CrashClaimsR.US | |||
72 | Grandfather Jim Whitt's 1972–73 car, known as the “Lime Green Machine”, when he won the Cajon Speedway Track Championship | ||||
77 | Erik Jones (R) | 5-Hour Energy Special paint scheme that pays tribute to the Cup Rookie of the Year award winners from 1984 to 1989 | |||
78 | Bass Pro Shops 40th Anniversary | ||||
83 | Gray Gaulding (R) | Champion Machinery | |||
88 | Nationwide Insurance Based on Dale Jr's 1998–1999 Busch Series car | ||||
95 | Alan Kulwicki's 1986 car from his rookie season | ||||
Official entry list |
Kyle Larson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 28.415 seconds and a speed of 173.064mph.[11]
Pos | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Time | |||
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1 | 42 | 28.415 | 173.064 | ||||
2 | 11 | 28.484 | 172.644 | ||||
3 | 2 | 28.494 | 172.584 | ||||
Official first practice results |
Kyle Busch was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.373 seconds and a speed of 173.32mph.[12]
Pos | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Time | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 18 | 28.373 | 173.320 | ||||
2 | 4 | 28.414 | 173.070 | ||||
3 | 1 | 28.427 | 172.990 | ||||
Official final practice results |
Kevin Harvick scored the pole for the race with a time of 27.669 and a speed of 177.73mph.[13]
Pos | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4 | Ford | 27.598 | 27.703 | 27.669 | |||
2 | 78 | Toyota | 27.806 | 27.875 | 27.771 | |||
3 | 18 | Toyota | 27.884 | 27.796 | 27.833 | |||
4 | 42 | Chevrolet | 27.920 | 27.780 | 27.851 | |||
5 | 1 | Chevrolet | 27.794 | 27.769 | 27.874 | |||
6 | 2 | Ford | 27.932 | 27.811 | 27.924 | |||
7 | 41 | Ford | 27.767 | 27.856 | 27.935 | |||
8 | 22 | Ford | 27.874 | 27.892 | 27.940 | |||
9 | 11 | Toyota | 27.985 | 27.824 | 27.954 | |||
10 | 77 | Erik Jones (R) | Toyota | 27.868 | 27.758 | 28.036 | ||
11 | 20 | Toyota | 27.753 | 27.952 | 28.041 | |||
12 | 21 | Ford | 27.972 | 27.918 | 28.097 | |||
13 | 3 | Chevrolet | 27.816 | 27.968 | — | |||
14 | 17 | Ford | 27.852 | 28.038 | — | |||
15 | 43 | Ford | 27.989 | 28.048 | — | |||
16 | 14 | Ford | 28.032 | 28.054 | — | |||
17 | 31 | Chevrolet | 27.958 | 28.091 | — | |||
18 | 48 | Chevrolet | 27.996 | 28.097 | — | |||
19 | 19 | Daniel Suárez (R) | Toyota | 28.041 | 28.109 | — | ||
20 | 24 | Chevrolet | 27.911 | 28.115 | — | |||
21 | 27 | Chevrolet | 28.017 | 28.155 | — | |||
22 | 88 | Chevrolet | 28.054 | 28.162 | — | |||
23 | 5 | Chevrolet | 28.000 | 28.261 | — | |||
24 | 6 | Ford | 28.112 | 28.309 | — | |||
25 | 13 | Ty Dillon (R) | Chevrolet | 28.132 | — | — | ||
26 | 38 | Ford | 28.146 | — | — | |||
27 | 37 | Chevrolet | 28.172 | — | — | |||
28 | 32 | Ford | 28.184 | — | — | |||
29 | 47 | Chevrolet | 28.301 | — | — | |||
30 | 95 | Chevrolet | 28.310 | — | — | |||
31 | 34 | Ford | 28.429 | — | — | |||
32 | 15 | Toyota | 28.620 | — | — | |||
33 | 10 | Ford | 28.631 | — | — | |||
34 | 72 | Chevrolet | 28.681 | — | — | |||
35 | 23 | Corey LaJoie (R) | Toyota | 28.684 | — | — | ||
36 | 83 | Gray Gaulding (R) | Toyota | 28.765 | — | — | ||
37 | 33 | Chevrolet | 28.876 | — | — | |||
38 | 55 | Toyota | 29.372 | — | — | |||
39 | 51 | Chevrolet | 29.566 | — | — | |||
40 | 66 | Carl Long (i) | Chevrolet | 29.697 | — | — | ||
Official qualifying results |
Stage 1Laps: 100
Pos | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Points | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr. | Furniture Row Racing | Toyota | 10 | |
2 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 9 | |
3 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 8 | |
4 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 7 | |
5 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | Ford | 6 | |
6 | 77 | Erik Jones (R) | Furniture Row Racing | Toyota | 5 | |
7 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 4 | |
8 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 3 | |
9 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 2 | |
10 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 1 | |
Official stage one results |
Stage 2Laps: 100
Pos | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Points | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr. | Furniture Row Racing | Toyota | 10 | |
2 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 9 | |
3 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 8 | |
4 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 7 | |
5 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 6 | |
6 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | Ford | 5 | |
7 | 41 | Kurt Busch | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 4 | |
8 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 3 | |
9 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 2 | |
10 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 1 | |
Official stage two results |
Stage 3Laps: 167
Pos | Grid | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Points | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 9 | 11 | Denny Hamlin† | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 367 | 32 | |
2 | 3 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 367 | 43 | |
3 | 7 | 41 | Kurt Busch | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 367 | 38 | |
4 | 13 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 367 | 36 | |
5 | 10 | 77 | Erik Jones (R) | Furniture Row Racing | Toyota | 367 | 37 | |
6 | 11 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 367 | 32 | |
7 | 17 | 31 | Ryan Newman | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 367 | 30 | |
8 | 2 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr. | Furniture Row Racing | Toyota | 367 | 49 | |
9 | 1 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 366 | 43 | |
10 | 5 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 366 | 34 | |
11 | 20 | 24 | Chase Elliott | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 366 | 26 | |
12 | 18 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 366 | 25 | |
13 | 25 | 13 | Ty Dillon (R) | Germain Racing | Chevrolet | 366 | 24 | |
14 | 4 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 366 | 39 | |
15 | 6 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | Ford | 366 | 33 | |
16 | 21 | 27 | Paul Menard | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 366 | 21 | |
17 | 27 | 37 | Chris Buescher | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 366 | 20 | |
18 | 8 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 366 | 22 | |
19 | 30 | 95 | Michael McDowell | Leavine Family Racing | Chevrolet | 365 | 18 | |
20 | 15 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 365 | 17 | |
21 | 31 | 34 | Landon Cassill | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 365 | 16 | |
22 | 22 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 365 | 15 | |
23 | 34 | 72 | Cole Whitt | TriStar Motorsports | Chevrolet | 364 | 14 | |
24 | 23 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 364 | 13 | |
25 | 26 | 38 | David Ragan | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 363 | 12 | |
26 | 33 | 10 | Danica Patrick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 363 | 11 | |
27 | 28 | 32 | Matt DiBenedetto | Go Fas Racing | Ford | 362 | 10 | |
28 | 35 | 23 | Corey LaJoie (R) | BK Racing | Toyota | 360 | 9 | |
29 | 14 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 358 | 8 | |
30 | 37 | 33 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Circle Sport – The Motorsports Group | Chevrolet | 356 | 7 | |
31 | 12 | 21 | Ryan Blaney | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 356 | 6 | |
32 | 38 | 55 | Derrike Cope | Premium Motorsports | Toyota | 351 | 5 | |
33 | 40 | 66 | Carl Long (i) | MBM Motorsports | Chevrolet | 350 | 0 | |
34 | 29 | 47 | A. J. Allmendinger | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 340 | 3 | |
35 | 24 | 6 | Trevor Bayne | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 336 | 2 | |
36 | 36 | 83 | Gray Gaulding (R) | BK Racing | Toyota | 202 | 1 | |
37 | 39 | 51 | Cody Ware | Rick Ware Racing | Chevrolet | 144 | 1 | |
38 | 19 | 19 | Daniel Suárez (R) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 125 | 1 | |
39 | 32 | 15 | Reed Sorenson | Premium Motorsports | Toyota | 104 | 1 | |
40 | 16 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford | 18 | 1 | |
Official race results |
† Denny Hamlin was penalized 25 points and the win is encumbered due to a rear suspension infraction post-race.[14]
NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, two–time Darlington winner Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte had the call in the booth for the race. As part of the throwback weekend, Ken Squier, Ned Jarrett and Dale Jarrett also called a portion of the race. Dave Burns, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.
The Motor Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Dave Moody called the race from a billboard outside of turn when the field raced through turns 1 and 2, and Mike Bagley had the call of the race atop of the Darlington Raceway Club outside of turn 3 when the field raced through turns 3 and 4.
Pos | Driver | Points | |||||||
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1 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1,000 | |||||||
2 | Kyle Busch | 893 (–107) | |||||||
3 | Kyle Larson | 884 (–116) | |||||||
4 | Kevin Harvick | 867 (–133) | |||||||
5 | Denny Hamlin | 810 (–190) | |||||||
6 | Brad Keselowski | 761 (–239) | |||||||
7 | Chase Elliott | 737 (–263) | |||||||
8 | Matt Kenseth | 735 (–265) | |||||||
9 | Jamie McMurray | 734 (–266) | |||||||
1 | 10 | Jimmie Johnson | 653 (–347) | ||||||
1 | 11 | Clint Bowyer | 643 (–357) | ||||||
12 | Ryan Blaney | 629 (–371) | |||||||
13 | Kurt Busch | 624 (–376) | |||||||
2 | 14 | Erik Jones | 611 (–389) | ||||||
1 | 15 | Joey Logano | 605 (–395) | ||||||
1 | 16 | Ryan Newman | 604 (–396) | ||||||
Official driver's standings |
Pos | Manufacturer | Points | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 1 | Toyota | 879 | ||||||
1 | 2 | Chevrolet | 878 (–1) | ||||||
1 | 3 | Ford | 874 (–5) | ||||||
Official manufacturers' standings |