2017 Camping World 500

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Race 4 of 36 in the2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
Date	March 19, 2017 (2017-03-19)
Location	Phoenix International Raceway inAvondale, Arizona
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	1 miles (1.6 km)
Distance	314 laps, 314 mi (502.4 km)
Scheduled distance	312 laps, 312 mi (499.2 km)
Average speed	104.271 miles per hour (167.808 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Joey Logano	Team Penske
Time	26.216
Most laps led
Driver	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps	114
Winner
No. 31	Ryan Newman	Richard Childress Racing
Television in the United States
Network	Fox
Announcers	Mike Joy,Jeff Gordon andDarrell Waltrip
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN
Booth announcers	Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle andRusty Wallace
Turn announcers	Dan Hubbard (1 & 2) and Kyle Rickey (3 & 4)

The2017 Camping World 500 was aMonster Energy NASCAR Cup Seriesrace held on March 19, 2017, atPhoenix International Raceway inAvondale, Arizona. Contested over 314 laps, extended from 312 laps due to overtime, on the one-mile (1.6 km) oval, it was the fourth race of the2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

Phoenix International Raceway, also known asPIR, is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located inAvondale, Arizona. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts twoNASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted theIndyCar Series,CART,USAC and theRolex Sports Car Series. The raceway is currently owned and operated byInternational Speedway Corporation.

Chase Elliott was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 26.258 seconds and a speed of 137.101 mph (220.643 km/h).^[11]

Joey Logano scored the pole for the race with a time of 26.216 and a speed of 137.321 mph (220.997 km/h).^[12] He said after his run he believed he "had a pretty good (Turns) 1 and 2, I was able to hook the bottom. (Turns) 3 and 4 is where nothing went right. I didn’t think it was going to be quite good enough. I pushed as hard as I could. Sometimes you overdrive it a little bit and you can still make some speed. Proud of this team and proud of the all-Ford front row. That’s a pretty special deal.”^[13]

Chase Elliott was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 26.475 seconds and a speed of 135.977 mph (218.834 km/h).^[14]

Joey Logano was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 26.719 seconds and a speed of 134.736 mph (216.837 km/h).^[15]

Joey Logano led the field to the green flag at 3:48 p.m. It remained caution-free untilCorey LaJoie slammed the wall in the dogleg on the backstretch on lap 26, bringing out the first caution of the race.^[16]

The race restarted on lap 33. The uneventful stage concluded on lap 75 when Logano took the stage victory and the second caution flew at its conclusion.Kurt Busch's team was changing a battery, sent him out to beat the pace car off pit road so as to not lose a lap. He was busted for speeding in the process and held a lap on pit road.^[16]

The race restarted on lap 86.Chase Elliott passed Logano going into Turn 1 on the restart to take the lead the following lap. The third caution flew on lap 118 when LaJoie slammed the wall in Turn 1.Aric Almirola and Logano restarted the race from the tail end of the field for speeding on pit road.^[16]

The race restarted on lap 123. It went green the rest of the stage, Elliott scored the stage victory and the fourth caution flew to conclude the second stage.^[16]

The race restarted on lap 158.Matt Kenseth suffered a right-front tire blowout and slammed the wall in Turn 4, bringing out the fifth caution with 120 laps to go.Kyle Busch exited pit road with the race lead.^[16]

The race restarted with 112 to go. The sixth caution flew with 106 to go whenDavid Ragan cut his left-rear tire and spun out, collectingGray Gaulding to his outside in Turn 1.^[16]

The race restarted with 100 to go.Cole Whitt brought out the seventh caution with 55 to go when he slammed the wall in Turn 2.Ryan Blaney restarted the race from the tail end of the field for speeding on pit road.^[16]

The race restarted with 51 to go. Busch had the race in check until Logano suffered a right-front tire blowout – stemming from brake problems – and slammed the wall in Turn 1, bringing out the eighth caution with six to go.^[17]Ryan Newman chose not to pit and assumed the race lead along withRicky Stenhouse Jr., andMartin Truex Jr.Kyle Larson exited pit road first among the cars that opted to pit.^[18]

Newman powered ahead of Larson on the final restart. Larson came down onRicky Stenhouse Jr. to his inside and got loose.^[19] This allowed Newman to drive on to victory.^[20]

Newman said that this win was "sweet for so many reasons. I said that when I won the Brickyard. I said that when I won at Daytona. This has been the longest drought I’ve ever been in. … It’s just a hard‑fought race, a hard‑fought battle, a hard‑fought four years.”^[21]

Stage 1Laps: 75

Stage 2Laps: 75

Stage 3Laps: 164

• Lead changes: 8 among different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 8 for 45
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 3 hours, 0 minutes and 41 seconds
• Average speed: 104.271 miles per hour (167.808 km/h)

Fox Sports covered their 13th race at thePhoenix International Raceway.Mike Joy, two-time Phoenix winnerJeff Gordon andDarrell Waltrip had the call in the booth for the race.Jamie Little,Vince Welch andMatt Yocum handled the pit road duties for the television side.

MRN had the radio call for the race which also was simulcasted onSirius XMNASCAR Radio.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Kyle Larson 184 1 2 Brad Keselowski 178 (–6) 3 Chase Elliott 171 (–13) 4 Martin Truex Jr. 153 (–31) 5 Joey Logano 135 (–49) 6 Ryan Blaney 127 (–57) 1 7 Kevin Harvick 123 (–61) 2 8 Jamie McMurray 119 (–65) 2 9 Kurt Busch 105 (–79) 1 10 Kasey Kahne 105 (–79) 6 11 Ryan Newman 101 (–83) 1 12 Trevor Bayne 100 (–84) 6 13 Kyle Busch 97 (–87) 1 14 Denny Hamlin 97 (–87) 3 15 Clint Bowyer 97 (–87) 2 16 Jimmie Johnson 93 (–91) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Ford 146 2 Chevrolet 144 (–2) 3 Toyota 137 (–9) Official manufacturers' standings Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.

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