2017 Lilly Diabetes 250

2017 Lilly Diabetes 250
Race details
Race 18 of 33 in the 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series
Date July 22, 2017
Official name Sixth Annual Lilly Diabetes 250
Location Speedway, Indiana, Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
2.500 mi (4.023 km)
Distance 100 laps, 250 mi (402.336 km)
Scheduled Distance 100 laps, 250 mi (402.336 km)
Average speed 126.227 miles per hour (203.143 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
JR Motorsports
Time 54.452
Most laps led
Driver Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps 44
Winner
No. 9 William Byron JR Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network NBCSN
Announcers Rick Allen, Dale Jarrett, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The 2017 Lilly Diabetes 250 was the 18th stock car race of the 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series season and the sixth iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, July 22, 2017, in Speedway, Indiana, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway a 2.500 miles (4.023 km) permanent, rectangular-shaped, low-banked racetrack. The race took the scheduled 100 laps to complete. In an exciting battle with 5 laps to go, William Byron, driving for JR Motorsports, held off a charging Paul Menard for his third career NASCAR Xfinity Series win.[1] To fill out the podium, Joey Logano of Team Penske would finish third, respectively.

Background

Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the track where the venue was held.

The race was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which is an automobile racing circuit located in Speedway, Indiana (an enclave suburb of Indianapolis) in the United States. It is the home of the Indianapolis 500 and the Verizon 200,[2] and formerly the home of the United States Grand Prix. It is located on the corner of 16th Street and Georgetown Road, approximately six miles (9.7 km) west of Downtown Indianapolis.

Constructed in 1909, it is the second purpose-built, banked oval racing circuit after Brooklands and the first to be called a 'speedway'. It is the third-oldest permanent automobile race track in the world, behind Brooklands and the Milwaukee Mile. With a permanent seating capacity of 257,325, it is the highest-capacity sports venue in the world.[3]

Entry list

  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
  • (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
# Driver Team Make Sponsor
00 Cole Custer (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford Haas Automation
0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet Indiana FAME, Vincennes University
01 Harrison Rhodes JD Motorsports Chevrolet Ken Houston Electric
1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet OneMain Financial
2 Paul Menard (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Richmond Water Heaters, Menards
3 Ty Dillon (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Rheem, Johns Manville
4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet Illiana Water Association
5 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet TMC Transportation
07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet Learn Underwater Driving, CDA.edu
7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet Breyers
8 B. J. McLeod B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet Keen Parts, CorvetteParts.net
9 William Byron (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet Liberty University
11 Blake Koch Kaulig Racing Chevrolet LeafFilter Gutter Protection
13 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota OCR Gaz Bar
14 J. J. Yeley TriStar Motorsports Toyota Superior Essex
15 Reed Sorenson (i) JD Motorsports Chevrolet JD Motorsports
16 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford Lilly Diabetes
18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota NOS Energy Drink
19 Matt Tifft (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Fanatics
20 Erik Jones (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota GameStop, Nerf
21 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Blue Gate Bank
22 Joey Logano (i) Team Penske Ford Discount Tire
23 Spencer Gallagher (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet Allegiant Air
24 Jeb Burton JGL Racing Toyota Estes Express Lines
28 Dakoda Armstrong JGL Racing Toyota WinField United
33 Brandon Jones Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Atlas Roofing, Menards
39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet RSS Racing
40 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Dodge Amana
42 Tyler Reddick Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet Broken Bow Records, Jason Aldean
48 Brennan Poole Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet DC Solar
51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet All South Electric, BRT Extrusions
52 Joey Gase Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet Donate Life, Sparks Energy
62 Brendan Gaughan Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa
74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Dodge AFM Graphics
78 Tommy Joe Martins B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet B. J. McLeod Motorsports
89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet Racing with Jesus
90 Mario Gosselin King Autosport Chevrolet BuckedUp Apparel
93 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet RSS Racing
96 Ben Kennedy (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet Weber Inc.
99 David Starr BJMM with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet Whataburger
Official entry list

Practice

First practice

The first practice session was held on Friday, July 21, at 1:00 PM EST. The session would last for 55 minutes.[4] Elliott Sadler of JR Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 54.080 and an average speed of 166.420 mph (267.827 km/h).[5]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 54.080 166.420
2 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 54.148 166.211
3 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 54.279 165.810
Full first practice results

Final practice

The final practice session was held on Friday, July 21, at 3:00 PM EST. The session would last for 55 minutes.[4] Justin Allgaier of JR Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 54.059 and an average speed of 166.485 mph (267.932 km/h).[6]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 54.059 166.485
2 19 Matt Tifft (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 54.122 166.291
3 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 54.164 166.162
Full final practice results

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday, July 22, at 12:45 PM EST.[4] Since Indianapolis Motor Speedway is at least 2 miles (3.2 km), 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 13–40. Then, the fastest 12 qualifiers would move on to the second round to determine positions 1–12.[7]

Elliott Sadler of JR Motorsports won the pole with a lap of 54.452 and an average speed of 165.283 mph (265.997 km/h).[8]

Full qualifying results

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time (R1) Speed (R1) Time (R2) Speed (R2)
1 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 54.625 164.760 54.452 165.283
2 20 Erik Jones (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 54.516 165.089 54.456 165.271
3 9 William Byron (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 54.863 164.045 54.687 164.573
4 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 54.955 163.770 54.744 164.402
5 5 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 54.887 163.973 54.792 164.258
6 00 Cole Custer (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 54.914 163.893 54.793 164.255
7 19 Matt Tifft (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 55.011 163.604 54.838 164.120
8 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 54.957 163.764 54.920 163.875
9 96 Ben Kennedy (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 55.010 163.607 54.971 163.723
10 16 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford 54.985 163.681 54.977 163.705
11 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 54.901 163.931 55.009 163.610
12 22 Joey Logano (i) Team Penske Ford 55.031 163.544 55.117 162.289
Eliminated in Round 1
13 21 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 55.070 163.428 - -
14 33 Brandon Jones Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 55.088 163.375 - -
15 2 Paul Menard (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 55.182 163.097 - -
16 62 Brendan Gaughan Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 55.310 162.719 - -
17 48 Brennan Poole Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 55.328 162.666 - -
18 42 Tyler Reddick Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 55.369 162.546 - -
19 3 Ty Dillon (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 55.396 162.467 - -
20 23 Spencer Gallagher (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 55.476 162.232 - -
21 14 J. J. Yeley TriStar Motorsports Toyota 55.558 161.993 - -
22 11 Blake Koch Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 55.694 161.597 - -
23 4 Bayley Currey JD Motorsports Chevrolet 55.732 161.487 - -
24 28 Dakoda Armstrong JGL Racing Toyota 55.777 161.357 - -
25 24 Jeb Burton JGL Racing Toyota 55.792 161.313 - -
26 90 Mario Gosselin King Autosport Chevrolet 55.987 160.752 - -
27 15 Reed Sorenson (i) JD Motorsports Chevrolet 56.025 160.643 - -
28 93 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 56.164 160.245 - -
29 01 Harrison Rhodes JD Motorsports Chevrolet 56.166 160.239 - -
30 07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 56.214 160.102 - -
31 78 Tommy Joe Martins B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 56.341 159.742 - -
32 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 56.557 159.131 - -
33 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 56.960 158.006 - -
Qualified by owner's points
34 8 B. J. McLeod B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 56.972 157.972 - -
35 99 David Starr BJMM with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 57.353 156.923 - -
36 13 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 57.468 156.609 - -
37 52 Joey Gase Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 57.487 156.557 - -
38 89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 58.150 154.772 - -
39 40 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Dodge 58.219 154.589 - -
Qualified by time
40 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Dodge 58.396 154.120 - -
Official qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 30

Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts
1 9 William Byron (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 10
2 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 0
3 22 Joey Logano (i) Team Penske Ford 0
4 00 Cole Custer (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 7
5 48 Brennan Poole Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 6
6 3 Ty Dillon (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 0
7 42 Tyler Reddick Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 4
8 2 Paul Menard (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 0
9 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 2
10 19 Matt Tifft (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 1

Stage 2 Laps: 30

Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts
1 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 10
2 48 Brennan Poole Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 9
3 21 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 8
4 62 Brendan Gaughan Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 7
5 33 Brandon Jones Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 6
6 4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 5
7 96 Ben Kennedy (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 4
8 14 J. J. Yeley TriStar Motorsports Toyota 3
9 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 2
10 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 1

Stage 3 Laps: 40

Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 3 9 William Byron (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 100 26 Running 50
2 15 2 Paul Menard (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 100 0 Running 0
3 12 22 Joey Logano (i) Team Penske Ford 100 0 Running 0
4 1 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 100 22 Running 45
5 6 00 Cole Custer (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 100 0 Running 39
6 10 16 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford 100 0 Running 31
7 17 48 Brennan Poole Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 100 0 Running 45
8 13 21 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 100 1 Running 37
9 14 33 Brandon Jones Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 100 0 Running 34
10 19 3 Ty Dillon (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 100 0 Running 0
11 7 19 Matt Tifft (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 100 0 Running 27
12 11 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 100 44 Running 0
13 16 62 Brendan Gaughan Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 100 0 Running 31
14 8 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 100 0 Running 25
15 21 14 J. J. Yeley TriStar Motorsports Toyota 100 0 Running 25
16 23 4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 100 0 Running 26
17 22 11 Blake Koch Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 100 0 Running 20
18 9 96 Ben Kennedy (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 100 0 Running 23
19 25 24 Jeb Burton JGL Racing Toyota 100 0 Running 18
20 24 28 Dakoda Armstrong JGL Racing Toyota 99 0 Running 17
21 33 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 99 1 Running 16
22 29 01 Harrison Rhodes JD Motorsports Chevrolet 99 1 Running 15
23 2 20 Erik Jones (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 99 0 Running 0
24 30 07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 99 0 Running 13
25 5 5 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 99 0 Running 12
26 31 78 Tommy Joe Martins B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 99 0 Running 11
27 26 90 Mario Gosselin King Autosport Chevrolet 99 0 Running 10
28 20 23 Spencer Gallagher (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 99 0 Running 9
29 35 99 David Starr BJMM with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 99 0 Running 8
30 37 52 Joey Gase Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 98 0 Running 7
31 32 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 98 0 Running 7
32 39 40 Chad Finchum MBM Motorsports Dodge 98 0 Running 5
33 34 8 B. J. McLeod B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 93 0 Running 4
34 40 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Dodge 90 0 Transmission 3
35 4 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 86 4 Running 2
36 36 13 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Toyota 40 0 Clutch 1
37 18 42 Tyler Reddick Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 38 0 Accident 5
38 27 15 Reed Sorenson (i) JD Motorsports Chevrolet 23 0 Vibration 0
39 38 89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 22 1 Engine 1
40 28 93 Jeff Green RSS Racing Chevrolet 9 0 Vibration 1
Official race results

Standings after the race

References

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  2. ^ Charleton, James H. (October 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Indianapolis Motor Speedway". National Park Service. and Accompanying two photos from 1985
  3. ^ "100 000+ Stadiums". World Stadiums. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  4. ^ a b c "2017 NASCAR XFINITY Indianapolis Race Info". ESPN.com. 2017-07-22. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
  5. ^ Bonkowski, Jerry (2017-07-21). "Elliott Sadler, Justin Allgaier fastest in first of 2 Xfinity practices at Indianapolis". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  6. ^ Bonkowski, Jerry (2017-07-21). "Justin Allgaier is fastest in second and final Xfinity practice at Indianapolis". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  7. ^ "NASCAR Qualifying Rules". ESPN.com. 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
  8. ^ McFadin, Daniel (2017-07-22). "Elliott Sadler wins Xfinity pole at Indy; JR Motorsports dominates top five". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
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