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. 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 . 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 . 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 in the second round. No drivers would fail to qualify. Full qualifying results Race results Stage 1 Laps: 30 Stage 2 Laps: 30 Stage 3 Laps: 40 Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Note: Only the first 8 positions are included for the driver standings. References 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series NASCAR races at Michigan International Speedway August 2017 sports events in the United