2017 Overton's 301

The 2017 Overton's 301 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on July 16, 2017 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Contested over 301 laps on the 1.058-mile (1.703 km) speedway, it was the 19th race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

2017 Overton's 301
Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Race 19 of 36 in the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
Date July 16, 2017 (2017-07-16)
Location New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire
Course Permanent racing facility
1.058 mi (1.703 km)
Distance 301 laps, 318.458 mi (512.603 km)
Average speed 105.800 miles per hour (170.269 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Furniture Row Racing
Time 28.621
Most laps led
Driver Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing
Laps 137
Winner
No. 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network NBCSN
Announcers Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte
Nielsen Ratings 1.9/3 (Final)[11]
3.2 million viewers[11]
Radio in the United States
Radio PRN
Booth Announcers Doug Rice, Mark Garrow and Wendy Venturini
Turn Announcers Rob Albright (1 & 2) and Pat Patterson (3 & 4)

Report

Background

New Hampshire Motor Speedway, the track where the race will be held.

New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a 1.058-mile (1.703 km) oval speedway located in Loudon, New Hampshire, which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since the early 1990s, as well as the longest-running motorcycle race in North America, the Loudon Classic. Nicknamed "The Magic Mile", the speedway is often converted into a 1.6-mile (2.6 km) road course, which includes much of the oval.

The track was originally the site of Bryar Motorsports Park before being purchased and redeveloped by Bob Bahre. The track is currently one of eight major NASCAR tracks owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports.

Entry list

No. Driver Team Manufacturer
1Jamie McMurrayChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet
2Brad KeselowskiTeam PenskeFord
3Austin DillonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet
4Kevin HarvickStewart-Haas RacingFord
5Kasey KahneHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet
6Trevor BayneRoush Fenway RacingFord
10Danica PatrickStewart-Haas RacingFord
11Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota
13Ty Dillon (R)Germain RacingChevrolet
14Clint BowyerStewart-Haas RacingFord
15Reed SorensonPremium MotorsportsChevrolet
17Ricky Stenhouse Jr.Roush Fenway RacingFord
18Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota
19Daniel Suárez (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota
20Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota
21Ryan BlaneyWood Brothers RacingFord
22Joey LoganoTeam PenskeFord
23Corey LaJoie (R)BK RacingToyota
24Chase ElliottHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet
27Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet
31Ryan NewmanRichard Childress RacingChevrolet
32Matt DiBenedettoGo Fas RacingFord
33Jeffrey EarnhardtCircle Sport – The Motorsports GroupChevrolet
34Landon CassillFront Row MotorsportsFord
37Chris BuescherJTG Daugherty RacingChevrolet
38David RaganFront Row MotorsportsFord
41Kurt BuschStewart-Haas RacingFord
42Kyle LarsonChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet
43Aric AlmirolaRichard Petty MotorsportsFord
47A. J. AllmendingerJTG Daugherty RacingChevrolet
48Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet
51Josh Bilicki (i)Rick Ware RacingChevrolet
55Gray Gaulding (R)Premium MotorsportsToyota
72Cole WhittTriStar MotorsportsChevrolet
77Erik Jones (R)Furniture Row RacingToyota
78Martin Truex Jr.Furniture Row RacingToyota
83Ryan Sieg (i)BK RacingToyota
88Dale Earnhardt Jr.Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet
95Michael McDowellLeavine Family RacingChevrolet
Official entry list

First practice

Kyle Larson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 28.430 seconds and a speed of 133.971 mph (215.605 km/h).[12]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 42Kyle LarsonChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet28.430133.971
2 78Martin Truex Jr.Furniture Row RacingToyota28.591133.217
3 18Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota28.607133.142
Official first practice results

Qualifying

Martin Truex Jr. scored the pole position.

Martin Truex Jr. scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.621 and a speed of 133.077 mph (214.167 km/h) after Kyle Larson was disqualified after failing post-qualifying inspection.[13]

Qualifying results

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer R1 R2 R3
1 78Martin Truex Jr.Furniture Row RacingToyota29.12128.79228.621
2 48Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet28.95228.81528.705
3 20Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota29.13528.81828.784
4 1Jamie McMurrayChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet28.82228.80628.839
5 5Kasey KahneHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet29.05828.80928.847
6 77Erik Jones (R)Furniture Row RacingToyota28.81728.77428.854
7 18Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota28.89728.70128.862
8 11Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota29.09028.81728.920
9 41Kurt BuschStewart-Haas RacingFord29.11528.87928.922
10 2Brad KeselowskiTeam PenskeFord28.88628.86928.963
11 24Chase ElliottHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet28.87528.85129.020
12 4Kevin HarvickStewart-Haas RacingFord29.08928.897
13 22Joey LoganoTeam PenskeFord28.89328.931
14 19Daniel Suárez (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota29.02528.953
15 21Ryan BlaneyWood Brothers RacingFord28.91528.997
16 32Matt DiBenedettoGo Fas RacingFord28.96829.009
17 17Ricky Stenhouse Jr.Roush Fenway RacingFord29.06029.015
18 88Dale Earnhardt Jr.Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet29.08129.029
19 14Clint BowyerStewart-Haas RacingFord28.93329.122
20 95Michael McDowellLeavine Family RacingChevrolet29.16929.133
21 43Aric AlmirolaRichard Petty MotorsportsFord29.08729.173
22 37Chris BuescherJTG Daugherty RacingChevrolet29.15429.248
23 47A. J. AllmendingerJTG Daugherty RacingChevrolet29.14029.315
24 31Ryan NewmanRichard Childress RacingChevrolet29.179
25 13Ty Dillon (R)Germain RacingChevrolet29.210
26 3Austin DillonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet29.219
27 6Trevor BayneRoush Fenway RacingFord29.234
28 34Landon CassillFront Row MotorsportsFord29.280
29 27Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet29.281
30 10Danica PatrickStewart-Haas RacingFord29.436
31 23Corey LaJoie (R)BK RacingToyota29.452
32 38David RaganFront Row MotorsportsFord29.459
33 72Cole WhittTriStar MotorsportsChevrolet29.526
34 55Gray Gaulding (R)Premium MotorsportsToyota29.748
35 15Reed SorensonPremium MotorsportsChevrolet29.819
36 83Ryan Sieg (i)BK RacingToyota29.931
37 33Jeffrey EarnhardtCircle Sport – The Motorsports GroupChevrolet29.966
38 51Josh Bilicki (i)Rick Ware RacingChevrolet30.677
39 42Kyle LarsonChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet28.59728.54428.568
Official qualifying results

Practice (post-qualifying)

Second practice

Martin Truex Jr. was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 29.000 seconds and a speed of 131.338 mph (211.368 km/h).[14]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 78Martin Truex Jr.Furniture Row RacingToyota29.000131.338
2 42Kyle LarsonChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet29.001131.333
3 48Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet29.034131.184
Official second practice results

Final practice

Kyle Busch was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 29.086 seconds and a speed of 131.338 mph (211.368 km/h).[15]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 18Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota29.086130.950
2 78Martin Truex Jr.Furniture Row RacingToyota29.171130.568
3 11Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota29.171130.568
Official final practice results

Race

First stage

Martin Truex Jr. led the field to the green flag at 3:17 p.m. Jimmie Johnson, who started second, beat him to the line on the initial start, earning him a pass-through penalty.[16] Kyle Larson, who started last after failing post-qualifying inspection, broke into the top-10 on Lap 30. Truex had a lead of six seconds when caution flew for the first time on Lap 36, a scheduled competition caution. He and most of the cars near the front opted to stay out, while a few cars pitted. Erik Jones made contact with Kasey Kahne exiting pit road, cutting down his left-front tire that went undetected.

When the race restarted on Lap 41, the left-front tire on Jones' car failed entering Turn 3 and with no inner-liner in the left-front, which NASCAR doesn't run at tracks the size of and/or smaller than Loudon, rather than the tire simply un-chord, it sent his car into the outside wall, bringing out the second caution.[17]

Back to green on Lap 47, this green run went 21 laps before caution flew for the third time when Cole Whitt blew an engine in Turn 1. A few of the lead cars, such as Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick, short-pitted the end of the first stage.

The first stage ended on a two-lap dash to the finish that was won by Truex, with caution #4 flying moments later on Lap 76 for the end of the stage. Busch, who pitted under the previous caution, took the lead when Truex hit pit road. The race was red-flagged for five minutes and 29 seconds under this caution for a hole in Turn 3.[18]

Second Stage

The race went back green on Lap 84, only for caution #5 to fly four laps later when Austin Dillon made contact with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and spun out in Turn 4. Returning to green on Lap 93, it went green the remainder of the second stage that concluded on Lap 151, won by Busch. That brought out the sixth caution, though. Hamlin exited pit road with the race lead.

Final stage

Denny Hamlin won the race.

Restarting on Lap 158, Truex reeled in and passed Hamlin to retake the lead on Lap 175. The race was totally in his control, until a flat right-front tire forced him to hit pit road earlier than planned, handing the lead to Busch with 83 laps to go.[19] Running on much fresher tires, he quickly un-lapped himself with 71 to go just as the leaders started hitting pit road. Busch pitted from the lead with 63 to go, handing the lead to Dale Earnhardt Jr., who pitted with 55 to go, cycling the lead back to Truex. During the pit cycle, Busch was handed a pass-through penalty for speeding on pit road.[20]

But while the tire advantage played in his favor in the 28 laps he worked to get back to the lead, it turned against him after the pit cycle. Matt Kenseth cut the gap and edged out Truex at the line to take the lead with 41 to go.[21] Caution flew for the seventh time a lap later when Ryan Newman spun out in Turn 2.[22] Kenseth exited pit road first, but did so taking only right-side tires, which proved costly.[23] Hamlin and Truex, who both took four, followed Kenseth out in second and third. Dale Earnhardt Jr. stayed out to assume the lead.

Restarting with 35 to go, Hamlin took the lead from Kenseth exiting Turn 4 with 33 to go.[24] Larson took over second with 23 to go, closed the gap to less than two seconds with 16 to go and less than a second with nine to go.[25] He ran into lapped traffic with seven to go and the gap didn't change for a lap.[26] This proved key to Hamlin pulling away, even when Larson closed the gap to three car-lengths with three to go, and driving on to victory.[27]

Driver comments

Hamlin said after the race that he was doing all he "could to pace (Larson). I knew he had a very fast car. It just seemed like we were able to get off the corner pretty good and I just ran kind of a pace there which I felt comfortable with. And just in case we had a restart, they wanted to burn the tires up."[28]

Larson said of "another hard-fought race" it was "the third time" his team started from the rear and "drove up to second. I wish we could have been a spot better again, but really proud of my team and proud of the cars that they’re bringing for me to drive each and every week. It’s been a tough couple weeks through the tech line, so if we make it through here and then have a good Tuesday at NASCAR, but we’ll see.”[29]

Stage results

Stage 1 Laps: 75

Pos No Driver Team Manufacturer Points
178Martin Truex Jr.Furniture Row RacingToyota10
220Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota9
342Kyle LarsonChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet8
41Jamie McMurrayChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet7
518Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota6
65Kasey KahneHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet5
731Ryan NewmanRichard Childress RacingChevrolet4
821Ryan BlaneyWood Brothers RacingFord3
911Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota2
1024Chase ElliottHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1
Official stage one results

Stage 2 Laps: 75

Pos No Driver Team Manufacturer Points
118Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota10
211Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota9
34Kevin HarvickStewart-Haas RacingFord8
441Kurt BuschStewart-Haas RacingFord7
548Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet6
678Martin Truex Jr.Furniture Row RacingToyota5
720Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota4
821Ryan BlaneyWood Brothers RacingFord3
942Kyle LarsonChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet2
1014Clint BowyerStewart-Haas RacingFord1
Official stage two results

Final stage results

Stage 3 Laps: 151

Pos Grid No Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points
1811Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota30151
23942Kyle LarsonChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet30145
3178Martin Truex Jr.Furniture Row RacingToyota30149
4320Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota30146
5124Kevin HarvickStewart-Haas RacingFord30140
61419Daniel Suárez (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota30131
71914Clint BowyerStewart-Haas RacingFord30131
8941Kurt BuschStewart-Haas RacingFord30136
9102Brad KeselowskiTeam PenskeFord30128
10248Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet30133
111124Chase ElliottHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet30127
12718Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota30141
133010Danica PatrickStewart-Haas RacingFord30124
141717Ricky Stenhouse Jr.Roush Fenway RacingFord30123
15263Austin DillonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet30122
162513Ty Dillon (R)Germain RacingChevrolet30121
1741Jamie McMurrayChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet30127
181888Dale Earnhardt Jr.Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet30119
191521Ryan BlaneyWood Brothers RacingFord30124
20276Trevor BayneRoush Fenway RacingFord30117
212347A. J. AllmendingerJTG Daugherty RacingChevrolet30116
222927Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet30115
232834Landon CassillFront Row MotorsportsFord30114
242143Aric AlmirolaRichard Petty MotorsportsFord30113
252237Chris BuescherJTG Daugherty RacingChevrolet30012
262095Michael McDowellLeavine Family RacingChevrolet30011
272431Ryan NewmanRichard Childress RacingChevrolet30014
2855Kasey KahneHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet30014
293238David RaganFront Row MotorsportsFord3008
301632Matt DiBenedettoGo Fas RacingFord2997
313123Corey LaJoie (R)BK RacingToyota2986
323683Ryan Sieg (i)BK RacingToyota2980
333733Jeffrey EarnhardtCircle Sport – The Motorsports GroupChevrolet2974
343515Reed SorensonPremium MotorsportsChevrolet2963
353455Gray Gaulding (R)Premium MotorsportsToyota2952
363851Josh Bilicki (i)Rick Ware RacingChevrolet2900
371322Joey LoganoTeam PenskeFord2691
383372Cole WhittTriStar MotorsportsChevrolet661
39677Erik Jones (R)Furniture Row RacingToyota401
Official race results

Race statistics

  • Lead changes: 6 among different drivers
  • Cautions/Laps: 7 for 34
  • Red flags: 1 for 5 minutes and 29 seconds
  • Time of race: 3 hours, 0 minutes and 36 seconds
  • Average speed: 105.800 miles per hour (170.269 km/h)

Media

Television

NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.

NBCSN
Booth announcersPit reporters
Lap-by-lap: Rick Allen
Color-commentator: Jeff Burton
Color-commentator: Steve Letarte
Dave Burns
Marty Snider
Kelli Stavast

Radio

PRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

PRN
Booth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters
Lead announcer: Doug Rice
Announcer: Mark Garrow
Announcer: Wendy Venturini
Turns 1 & 2: Rob Albright
Turns 3 & 4: Pat Patterson
Brad Gillie
Brett McMillan
Jim Noble
Steve Richards

Standings after the race

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