2017 LTi Printing 200
# 2017 LTi Printing 200

The 2017 LTi Printing 200 was the 13th stock car race of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the 18th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, August 12, 2017, in Brooklyn, Michigan at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile (3.2 km) permanent moderate-banked D-shaped speedway. The race took the scheduled 100 laps to complete. At race's end, Bubba Wallace, driving for MDM Motorsports, would defend fiercely for the final 11 laps of the race to win his sixth and to date, final career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win and his only win of the season. To fill out the podium, Christopher Bell and Kyle Busch, both driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would finish second and third, respectively.

## Background

The race was held at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located in Brooklyn, Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is known as a "sister track" to Texas World Speedway as MIS's oval design was a direct basis of TWS, with moderate modifications to the banking in the corners, and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway. The track is owned by International Speedway Corporation. Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (by open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest by stock car standards).

### Entry list

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

| # | Driver | Team | Make | Sponsor |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 0 | Ray Ciccarelli | Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing | Chevrolet | Driven 2 Honor |
| 1 | Jordan Anderson | TJL Motorsports | Chevrolet | Sturgis Bank & Trust, Kool |
| 02 | Tyler Young | Young's Motorsports | Chevrolet | Randco Industries, Young's Building Systems |
| 4 | Christopher Bell | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | Sirius XM, JBL |
| 6 | Norm Benning | Norm Benning Racing | Chevrolet | Norm Benning Racing |
| 8 | John Hunter Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | Fire Alarm Services |
| 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing | Chevrolet | Driven 2 Honor |
| 13 | Cody Coughlin (R) | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | RIDE TV |
| 16 | Ryan Truex | Hattori Racing Enterprises | Toyota | Hino |
| 18 | Noah Gragson (R) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | Switch |
| 19 | Austin Cindric (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | Reese Brands, DrawTite |
| 21 | Johnny Sauter | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | GMS Racing |
| 24 | Justin Haley (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | Fraternal Order of Eagles |
| 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 | Charge Cords |
| 36 | Camden Murphy | MB Motorsports | Chevrolet | Fr8Auctions |
| 44 | Austin Wayne Self | Martins Motorsports | Chevrolet | AM Technical Solutions, Don't Mess with Texas |
| 45 | T. J. Bell | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | Niece Motorsports |
| 49 | Wendell Chavous (R) | Premium Motorsports | Chevrolet | JAS Expedited Trucking |
| 50 | Josh Reaume | Beaver Motorsports | Chevrolet | Pit Barrel Cooker |
| 51 | Kyle Busch (i) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | Textron, Beechcraft |
| 52 | Stewart Friesen (R) | Halmar Friesen Racing | Chevrolet | Halmar |
| 57 | Mike Senica | Norm Benning Racing | Chevrolet | Bell Plantation |
| 63 | B. J. McLeod (i) | MB Motorsports | Chevrolet | MB Motorsports |
| 83 | Todd Peck | Copp Motorsports | Chevrolet | Pulse Transport |
| 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | NEMCO Motorsports |
| 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | Menards, Ideal Door |
| 98 | Grant Enfinger (R) | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | Champion Power Equipment |
| 99 | Bubba Wallace (i) | MDM Motorsports | Chevrolet | Maestro's |
| Official entry list |||||

## Practice

### First practice

The first practice session was held on Friday, August 11, at 1:00 PM EST, and would last for 55 minutes. Matt Crafton of ThorSport Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 38.350 and an average speed of 187.744 miles per hour (302.145 km/h).

| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 38.350 | 187.744 |
| 2 | 29 | Chase Briscoe (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 38.477 | 187.125 |
| 3 | 98 | Grant Enfinger (R) | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 38.490 | 187.062 |
| Full first practice results |||||||

### Second and final practice

The second and final practice session, sometimes known as Happy Hour, was held on Friday, August 11, at 3:00 PM EST, and would last for 55 minutes. John Hunter Nemechek of NEMCO Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 38.545 and an average speed of 186.795 miles per hour (300.617 km/h).

| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 8 | John Hunter Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | 38.545 | 186.795 |
| 2 | 21 | Johnny Sauter | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 38.571 | 186.669 |
| 3 | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 38.662 | 186.229 |
| Full Happy Hour practice results |||||||

## Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday, August 12, at 9:30 AM EST. Since Michigan International Speedway is at least 1.5 miles (2.4 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 13–32. Then, the fastest 12 qualifiers would move on to the second round to determine positions 1–12.

Matt Crafton of ThorSport Racing would win the pole, setting a lap of 39.076 and an average speed of 184.256 miles per hour (296.531 km/h) in the second round.

No drivers would fail to qualify.

### Full qualifying results

| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time (R1) | Speed (R1) | Time (R2) | Speed (R2) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 39.148 | 183.917 | 39.076 | 184.256 |
| 2 | 21 | Johnny Sauter | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 39.130 | 184.002 | 39.140 | 183.955 |
| 3 | 8 | John Hunter Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | 39.212 | 183.617 | 39.175 | 183.791 |
| 4 | 29 | Chase Briscoe (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 39.380 | 182.834 | 39.201 | 183.669 |
| 5 | 18 | Noah Gragson (R) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 39.370 | 182.880 | 39.301 | 183.201 |
| 6 | 98 | Grant Enfinger (R) | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 39.401 | 182.736 | 39.316 | 183.132 |
| 7 | 24 | Justin Haley (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 39.381 | 182.829 | 39.403 | 182.727 |
| 8 | 19 | Austin Cindric (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 39.440 | 182.556 | 39.463 | 182.449 |
| 9 | 99 | Bubba Wallace (i) | MDM Motorsports | Chevrolet | 39.531 | 182.136 | 39.509 | 182.237 |
| 10 | 51 | Kyle Busch (i) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 39.519 | 182.191 | 39.527 | 182.154 |
| 11 | 16 | Ryan Truex | Hattori Racing Enterprises | Toyota | 39.671 | 181.493 | 39.630 | 181.681 |
| 12 | 33 | Kaz Grala (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 39.668 | 181.507 | 39.663 | 181.529 |
| Eliminated in Round 1 |||||||||
| 13 | 4 | Christopher Bell | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 39.714 | 181.296 | - | - |
| 14 | 27 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 39.830 | 180.768 | - | - |
| 15 | 13 | Cody Coughlin (R) | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 39.833 | 180.755 | - | - |
| 16 | 52 | Stewart Friesen (R) | Halmar Friesen Racing | Chevrolet | 39.844 | 180.705 | - | - |
| 17 | 02 | Tyler Young | Young's Motorsports | Chevrolet | 40.030 | 179.865 | - | - |
| 18 | 49 | Wendell Chavous (R) | Premium Motorsports | Chevrolet | 40.714 | 176.843 | - | - |
| 19 | 45 | T. J. Bell | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 40.824 | 176.367 | - | - |
| 20 | 44 | Austin Wayne Self | Martins Motorsports | Chevrolet | 40.896 | 176.056 | - | - |
| 21 | 0 | Ray Ciccarelli | Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing | Chevrolet | 41.023 | 175.511 | - | - |
| 22 | 63 | B. J. McLeod (i) | MB Motorsports | Chevrolet | 41.062 | 175.345 | - | - |
| 23 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | 41.193 | 174.787 | - | - |
| 24 | 50 | Josh Reaume | Beaver Motorsports | Chevrolet | 41.275 | 174.440 | - | - |
| 25 | 83 | Todd Peck | Copp Motorsports | Chevrolet | 41.462 | 173.653 | - | - |
| 26 | 1 | Jordan Anderson | TJL Motorsports | Chevrolet | 41.496 | 173.511 | - | - |
| 27 | 36 | Camden Murphy | MB Motorsports | Chevrolet | 41.791 | 172.286 | - | - |
| 28 | 6 | Norm Benning | Norm Benning Racing | Chevrolet | 42.925 | 167.734 | - | - |
| 29 | 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing | Chevrolet | 43.330 | 166.167 | - | - |
| 30 | 57 | Mike Senica | Norm Benning Racing | Chevrolet | 45.684 | 157.604 | - | - |
| Official qualifying results |||||||||
| Official starting lineup |||||||||

## Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 30

| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 51 | Kyle Busch (i) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 0 |
| 2 | 29 | Chase Briscoe (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 9 |
| 3 | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 8 |
| 4 | 27 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 7 |
| 5 | 21 | Johnny Sauter | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 6 |
| 6 | 19 | Austin Cindric (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 5 |
| 7 | 18 | Noah Gragson (R) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 4 |
| 8 | 16 | Ryan Truex | Hattori Racing Enterprises | Toyota | 3 |
| 9 | 99 | Bubba Wallace (i) | MDM Motorsports | Chevrolet | 0 |
| 10 | 4 | Christopher Bell | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 1 |

Stage 2 Laps: 30

| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 51 | Kyle Busch (i) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 0 |
| 2 | 16 | Ryan Truex | Hattori Racing Enterprises | Toyota | 9 |
| 3 | 4 | Christopher Bell | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 8 |
| 4 | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 7 |
| 5 | 27 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 6 |
| 6 | 33 | Kaz Grala (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 5 |
| 7 | 24 | Justin Haley (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 4 |
| 8 | 18 | Noah Gragson (R) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 3 |
| 9 | 29 | Chase Briscoe (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 2 |
| 10 | 98 | Grant Enfinger (R) | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 1 |

Stage 3 Laps: 40

| Fin | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 9 | 99 | Bubba Wallace (i) | MDM Motorsports | Chevrolet | 100 | 11 | running | 0 |
| 2 | 13 | 4 | Christopher Bell | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 100 | 0 | running | 44 |
| 3 | 10 | 51 | Kyle Busch (i) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 100 | 47 | running | 0 |
| 4 | 11 | 16 | Ryan Truex | Hattori Racing Enterprises | Toyota | 100 | 0 | running | 45 |
| 5 | 8 | 19 | Austin Cindric (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 100 | 24 | running | 37 |
| 6 | 1 | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 100 | 10 | running | 46 |
| 7 | 5 | 18 | Noah Gragson (R) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 100 | 0 | running | 37 |
| 8 | 6 | 98 | Grant Enfinger (R) | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 100 | 0 | running | 30 |
| 9 | 4 | 29 | Chase Briscoe (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 100 | 4 | running | 39 |
| 10 | 7 | 24 | Justin Haley (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 100 | 3 | running | 31 |
| 11 | 14 | 27 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 100 | 0 | running | 39 |
| 12 | 12 | 33 | Kaz Grala (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 100 | 0 | running | 30 |
| 13 | 16 | 52 | Stewart Friesen (R) | Halmar Friesen Racing | Chevrolet | 100 | 0 | running | 24 |
| 14 | 17 | 02 | Tyler Young | Young's Motorsports | Chevrolet | 100 | 0 | running | 23 |
| 15 | 20 | 44 | Austin Wayne Self | Martins Motorsports | Chevrolet | 100 | 0 | running | 22 |
| 16 | 19 | 45 | T. J. Bell | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 99 | 0 | running | 21 |
| 17 | 18 | 49 | Wendell Chavous (R) | Premium Motorsports | Chevrolet | 99 | 0 | running | 20 |
| 18 | 2 | 21 | Johnny Sauter | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 99 | 1 | running | 25 |
| 19 | 24 | 50 | Josh Reaume | Beaver Motorsports | Chevrolet | 98 | 0 | running | 18 |
| 20 | 28 | 6 | Norm Benning | Norm Benning Racing | Chevrolet | 82 | 0 | vibration | 17 |
| 21 | 15 | 13 | Cody Coughlin (R) | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 65 | 0 | crash | 16 |
| 22 | 29 | 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing | Chevrolet | 48 | 0 | engine | 15 |
| 23 | 26 | 1 | Jordan Anderson | TJL Motorsports | Chevrolet | 33 | 0 | engine | 14 |
| 24 | 22 | 63 | B. J. McLeod (i) | MB Motorsports | Chevrolet | 16 | 0 | vibration | 0 |
| 25 | 27 | 36 | Camden Murphy | MB Motorsports | Chevrolet | 12 | 0 | electrical | 12 |
| 26 | 21 | 0 | Ray Ciccarelli | Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing | Chevrolet | 11 | 0 | fuel pump | 11 |
| 27 | 30 | 57 | Mike Senica | Norm Benning Racing | Chevrolet | 8 | 0 | brakes | 10 |
| 28 | 25 | 83 | Todd Peck | Copp Motorsports | Chevrolet | 5 | 0 | engine | 9 |
| 29 | 3 | 8 | John Hunter Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | 4 | 0 | crash | 8 |
| 30 | 23 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | 2 | 0 | vibration | 7 |
| Official race results ||||||||||

## Standings after the race

| | Pos | Driver | Points |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 1 | Christopher Bell | 572 |
| | 2 | Johnny Sauter | 535 (-37) |
| | 3 | Matt Crafton | 510 (–62) |
| | 4 | Chase Briscoe | 509 (–63) |
| | 5 | Ryan Truex | 431 (–141) |
| | 6 | Ben Rhodes | 426 (–146) |
| | 7 | Grant Enfinger | 412 (–160) |
| | 8 | John Hunter Nemechek | 404 (–168) |
| Official driver's standings ||||
