2017 North Carolina Education Lottery 200
# 2017 North Carolina Education Lottery 200

The 2017 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 was the fifth stock car race of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the 15th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, May 19, 2017, in Concord, North Carolina at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent quad-oval. The race took the scheduled 134 laps to complete. At race's end, Kyle Busch, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would complete a dominant performance with a clutch restart with three to go to win his 48th career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win and his second of the season. To fill out the podium, Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing and Christopher Bell of Kyle Busch Motorsports would finish second and third, respectively.

## Background

The race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway, located in Concord, North Carolina. The speedway complex includes a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) quad-oval track that was utilized for the race, as well as a dragstrip and a dirt track. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams based in the Charlotte metropolitan area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith serving as track president.

### Entry list

* (R) denotes rookie driver.
* (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

| # | Driver | Team | Make | Sponsor |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jordan Anderson | TJL Motorsports | Chevrolet | Circle Track Warehouse |
| 02 | Austin Hill | Young's Motorsports | Ford | Young's Motorsports |
| 4 | Christopher Bell | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | Sirius XM |
| 6 | Norm Benning | Norm Benning Racing | Chevrolet | Norm Benning Racing |
| 7 | Brett Moffitt | Red Horse Racing | Toyota | Red Horse Racing |
| 8 | John Hunter Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | Fire Alarm Services |
| 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing | Chevrolet | Driven 2 Honor, Mark One Electric |
| 12 | Cody Ware (i) | Rick Ware Racing | Chevrolet | Motorsports Safety Group |
| 13 | Cody Coughlin (R) | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | RIDE TV |
| 16 | Ryan Truex | Hattori Racing Enterprises | Toyota | SeaWatch International, Bar Harbor |
| 17 | Timothy Peters | Red Horse Racing | Toyota | Red Horse Racing |
| 18 | Noah Gragson (R) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | Switch |
| 19 | Austin Cindric (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | LTi Printing |
| 21 | Johnny Sauter | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | Allegiant Air |
| 22 | Austin Wayne Self | AM Racing | Toyota | Snap-Track, AccuTech |
| 24 | Justin Haley (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | Levine Children's Hospital |
| 27 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | Safelite Auto Glass |
| 29 | Chase Briscoe (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | Cooper-Standard |
| 33 | Kaz Grala (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | Outlaw Fasteners |
| 44 | Matt Mills (i) | Faith Motorsports | Chevrolet | Sparrow Ranch On The Island |
| 45 | T. J. Bell | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | SilencerCo, Black Rifle Coffee Company |
| 49 | Wendell Chavous (R) | Premium Motorsports | Chevrolet | Steel Barn Truss, Down South |
| 50 | Spencer Boyd | Beaver Motorsports | Chevrolet | Grunt Style "This We'll Defend" |
| 51 | Kyle Busch (i) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | Cessna, Beechcraft |
| 52 | Stewart Friesen (R) | Halmar Friesen Racing | Chevrolet | Halmar |
| 63 | Todd Peck | MB Motorsports | Chevrolet | Pulse Transport Inc., Arthritis Foundation |
| 66 | Ross Chastain (i) | Bolen Motorsports | Chevrolet | South Carolina Gamecocks |
| 75 | Parker Kligerman | Henderson Motorsports | Toyota | Food Country USA |
| 83 | J. J. Yeley (i) | Copp Motorsports | Chevrolet | Nano Pro MT, UNOH |
| 86 | Brandon Brown (i) | Brandonbilt Motorsports | Chevrolet | Coastal Carolina University |
| 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | Menards, Fisher Nuts |
| 92 | Regan Smith | RBR Enterprises | Ford | BTS Tire & Wheel Distributors, Advance Auto Parts |
| 98 | Grant Enfinger (R) | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | Champion Power Equipment |
| 99 | Brandon Jones (i) | MDM Motorsports | Chevrolet | Roland |
| Official entry list |||||

## Practice

### First practice

The first practice session was held on Thursday, May 18, at 5:00 PM EST, and would last for 55 minutes. Christopher Bell of Kyle Busch Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.664 and an average speed of 182.039 miles per hour (292.963 km/h).

| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Christopher Bell | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 29.664 | 182.039 |
| 2 | 29 | Chase Briscoe (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 29.684 | 181.916 |
| 3 | 27 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 29.808 | 181.159 |
| Full first practice results |||||||

### Second and final practice

The second and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Thursday, May 18, at 7:00 PM EST, and would last for 55 minutes. Noah Gragson of Kyle Busch Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.680 and an average speed of 181.941 miles per hour (292.806 km/h).

| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 18 | Noah Gragson (R) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 29.680 | 181.941 |
| 2 | 19 | Austin Cindric (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 29.734 | 181.610 |
| 3 | 21 | Johnny Sauter | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 29.881 | 180.717 |
| Full Happy Hour practice results |||||||

## Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Friday, May 19, at 4:45 PM EST. Since Charlotte Motor Speedway is at least a 1.5 miles (2.4 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.

Christopher Bell of Kyle Busch Motorsports would win the pole, setting a lap of 29.852 and an average speed of 180.892 miles per hour (291.117 km/h) in the second round.

Two drivers would fail to qualify: Brandon Brown and Cody Ware.

### Full qualifying results

| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time (R1) | Speed (R1) | Time (R2) | Speed (R2) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Christopher Bell | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 30.072 | 179.569 | 29.852 | 180.892 |
| 2 | 29 | Chase Briscoe (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 29.927 | 180.439 | 29.881 | 180.717 |
| 3 | 21 | Johnny Sauter | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 30.125 | 179.253 | 29.929 | 180.427 |
| 4 | 51 | Kyle Busch (i) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 30.294 | 178.253 | 30.053 | 179.683 |
| 5 | 27 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 30.145 | 179.134 | 30.126 | 179.247 |
| 6 | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 30.421 | 177.509 | 30.149 | 179.110 |
| 7 | 7 | Brett Moffitt | Red Horse Racing | Toyota | 30.272 | 178.383 | 30.202 | 178.796 |
| 8 | 19 | Austin Cindric (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 30.203 | 178.790 | 30.206 | 178.772 |
| 9 | 75 | Parker Kligerman | Henderson Motorsports | Toyota | 30.345 | 177.954 | 30.241 | 178.566 |
| 10 | 17 | Timothy Peters | Red Horse Racing | Toyota | 30.423 | 177.497 | 30.253 | 178.495 |
| 11 | 16 | Ryan Truex | Hattori Racing Enterprises | Toyota | 30.377 | 177.766 | 30.261 | 178.448 |
| 12 | 33 | Kaz Grala (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 30.460 | 177.282 | 30.329 | 178.047 |
| Eliminated in Round 1 |||||||||
| 13 | 8 | John Hunter Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | 30.514 | 176.968 | — | — |
| 14 | 02 | Austin Hill | Young's Motorsports | Ford | 30.533 | 176.858 | — | — |
| 15 | 18 | Noah Gragson (R) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 30.541 | 176.811 | — | — |
| 16 | 98 | Grant Enfinger (R) | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 30.708 | 175.850 | — | — |
| 17 | 13 | Cody Coughlin (R) | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 30.719 | 175.787 | — | — |
| 18 | 66 | Ross Chastain (i) | Bolen Motorsports | Chevrolet | 30.757 | 175.570 | — | — |
| 19 | 22 | Austin Wayne Self | AM Racing | Toyota | 30.764 | 175.530 | — | — |
| 20 | 92 | Regan Smith | RBR Enterprises | Ford | 30.801 | 175.319 | — | — |
| 21 | 99 | Brandon Jones (i) | MDM Motorsports | Chevrolet | 31.111 | 173.572 | — | — |
| 22 | 83 | J. J. Yeley (i) | Copp Motorsports | Chevrolet | 31.208 | 173.033 | — | — |
| 23 | 24 | Justin Haley (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 31.247 | 172.817 | — | — |
| 24 | 44 | Matt Mills (i) | Faith Motorsports | Chevrolet | 31.556 | 171.124 | — | — |
| 25 | 1 | Jordan Anderson | TJL Motorsports | Chevrolet | 31.770 | 169.972 | — | — |
| 26 | 45 | T. J. Bell | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 31.812 | 169.747 | — | — |
| 27 | 50 | Spencer Boyd | Beaver Motorsports | Chevrolet | 31.931 | 169.115 | — | — |
| 28 | 52 | Stewart Friesen (R) | Halmar Friesen Racing | Chevrolet | 32.543 | 165.934 | — | — |
| 29 | 49 | Wendell Chavous (R) | Premium Motorsports | Chevrolet | 33.074 | 163.270 | — | — |
| 30 | 6 | Norm Benning | Norm Benning Racing | Chevrolet | 33.701 | 160.233 | — | — |
| 31 | 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing | Chevrolet | 34.131 | 158.214 | — | — |
| 32 | 63 | Todd Peck | MB Motorsports | Chevrolet | 35.351 | 152.754 | — | — |
| Failed to qualify |||||||||
| 33 | 86 | Brandon Brown (i) | Brandonbilt Motorsports | Chevrolet | 32.127 | 168.083 | — | — |
| 34 | 12 | Cody Ware (i) | Rick Ware Racing | Chevrolet | 32.432 | 166.502 | — | — |
| Official qualifying results |||||||||
| Official starting lineup |||||||||

## Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 40

| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 51 | Kyle Busch (i) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 0 |
| 2 | 21 | Johnny Sauter | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 9 |
| 3 | 8 | John Hunter Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | 8 |
| 4 | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 7 |
| 5 | 29 | Chase Briscoe (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 6 |
| 6 | 27 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 5 |
| 7 | 66 | Ross Chastain (i) | Bolen Motorsports | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 8 | 16 | Ryan Truex | Hattori Racing Enterprises | Toyota | 3 |
| 9 | 18 | Noah Gragson (R) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 2 |
| 10 | 17 | Timothy Peters | Red Horse Racing | Toyota | 1 |

Stage 2 Laps: 40

| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 51 | Kyle Busch (i) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 0 |
| 2 | 21 | Johnny Sauter | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 9 |
| 3 | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 8 |
| 4 | 27 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 7 |
| 5 | 4 | Christopher Bell | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 6 |
| 6 | 16 | Ryan Truex | Hattori Racing Enterprises | Toyota | 5 |
| 7 | 29 | Chase Briscoe (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 4 |
| 8 | 17 | Timothy Peters | Red Horse Racing | Toyota | 3 |
| 9 | 18 | Noah Gragson (R) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 2 |
| 10 | 02 | Austin Hill | Young's Motorsports | Ford | 1 |

Stage 3 Laps: 54

| Fin | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | 51 | Kyle Busch (i) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 134 | 90 | running | 0 |
| 2 | 3 | 21 | Johnny Sauter | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 134 | 22 | running | 53 |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Christopher Bell | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 134 | 2 | running | 40 |
| 4 | 11 | 16 | Ryan Truex | Hattori Racing Enterprises | Toyota | 134 | 0 | running | 41 |
| 5 | 10 | 17 | Timothy Peters | Red Horse Racing | Toyota | 134 | 0 | running | 36 |
| 6 | 6 | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 134 | 1 | running | 46 |
| 7 | 16 | 98 | Grant Enfinger (R) | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 134 | 0 | running | 30 |
| 8 | 5 | 27 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 134 | 0 | running | 41 |
| 9 | 15 | 18 | Noah Gragson (R) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 134 | 0 | running | 32 |
| 10 | 9 | 75 | Parker Kligerman | Henderson Motorsports | Toyota | 134 | 6 | running | 27 |
| 11 | 2 | 29 | Chase Briscoe (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 134 | 0 | running | 36 |
| 12 | 19 | 22 | Austin Wayne Self | AM Racing | Toyota | 134 | 0 | running | 25 |
| 13 | 8 | 19 | Austin Cindric (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 134 | 7 | running | 24 |
| 14 | 26 | 45 | T. J. Bell | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | running | 23 |
| 15 | 22 | 83 | J. J. Yeley (i) | Copp Motorsports | Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | running | 0 |
| 16 | 17 | 13 | Cody Coughlin (R) | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 134 | 0 | running | 21 |
| 17 | 23 | 24 | Justin Haley (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 134 | 0 | running | 20 |
| 18 | 7 | 7 | Brett Moffitt | Red Horse Racing | Toyota | 134 | 0 | running | 19 |
| 19 | 18 | 66 | Ross Chastain (i) | Bolen Motorsports | Chevrolet | 133 | 3 | running | 0 |
| 20 | 27 | 50 | Spencer Boyd | Beaver Motorsports | Chevrolet | 133 | 0 | running | 17 |
| 21 | 25 | 1 | Jordan Anderson | TJL Motorsports | Chevrolet | 133 | 0 | running | 16 |
| 22 | 13 | 8 | John Hunter Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | 132 | 0 | running | 23 |
| 23 | 28 | 52 | Stewart Friesen (R) | Halmar Friesen Racing | Chevrolet | 132 | 0 | running | 14 |
| 24 | 24 | 44 | Matt Mills (i) | Faith Motorsports | Chevrolet | 132 | 0 | running | 0 |
| 25 | 14 | 02 | Austin Hill | Young's Motorsports | Ford | 130 | 0 | running | 13 |
| 26 | 30 | 6 | Norm Benning | Norm Benning Racing | Chevrolet | 130 | 0 | running | 11 |
| 27 | 31 | 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing | Chevrolet | 130 | 0 | running | 10 |
| 28 | 29 | 49 | Wendell Chavous (R) | Premium Motorsports | Chevrolet | 106 | 0 | oil pump | 9 |
| 29 | 20 | 92 | Regan Smith | RBR Enterprises | Ford | 101 | 0 | crash | 8 |
| 30 | 12 | 33 | Kaz Grala (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 70 | 0 | crash | 7 |
| 31 | 21 | 99 | Brandon Jones (i) | MDM Motorsports | Chevrolet | 62 | 3 | crash | 0 |
| 32 | 32 | 63 | Todd Peck | MB Motorsports | Chevrolet | 4 | 0 | electrical | 5 |
| Failed to qualify ||||||||||
| 33 | | 86 | Brandon Brown (i) | Brandonbilt Motorsports | Chevrolet | | | | |
| 34 | | 12 | Cody Ware (i) | Rick Ware Racing | Chevrolet | | | | |
| Official race results ||||||||||

## Standings after the race

| | Pos | Driver | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 1 | Johnny Sauter | 242 |
| | 2 | Christopher Bell | 227 (-15) |
| | 3 | Matt Crafton | 191 (–51) |
| | 4 | Chase Briscoe | 171 (–71) |
| | 5 | Ben Rhodes | 170 (–72) |
| | 6 | Timothy Peters | 170 (–72) |
| | 7 | Grant Enfinger | 147 (–95) |
| | 8 | Kaz Grala | 139 (–103) |
| Official driver's standings ||||
