2017 STP 500

The 2017 STP 500 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on April 2, 2017, at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. Contested over 500 laps on the .526 mile (.847 km) paperclip-shaped short track, it was sixth race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

2017 STP 500
Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Race 6 of 36 in the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
Date April 2, 2017 (2017-04-02)
Location Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia
Course Permanent racing facility
0.526 mi (0.847 km)
Distance 500 laps, 263 mi (423.5 km)
Average speed 70.139 miles per hour (112.878 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Chip Ganassi Racing
Time N/A
Most laps led
Driver Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps 274
Winner
No. 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske
Television in the United States
Network FS1
Announcers Mike Joy, Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip
Nielsen Ratings 2.1/4 (Overnight)[11]
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN
Booth Announcers Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace
Turn Announcers Dave Moody (Backstretch)

Report

Background

Martinsville Speedway, the track where the race was held.

Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At 0.526 miles (0.847 km) in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only remaining race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948.

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 MotorsportsToyota
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
23Gray Gaulding (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
51Timmy Hill (i)Rick Ware RacingChevrolet
72Cole WhittTri-Star MotorsportsChevrolet
77Erik Jones (R)Furniture Row RacingToyota
78Martin Truex Jr.Furniture Row RacingToyota
83Corey LaJoie (R)BK RacingToyota
88Dale Earnhardt Jr.Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet
95Michael McDowellLeavine Family RacingChevrolet
Official entry list

First practice

Denny Hamlin was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 19.879 seconds and a speed of 95.256 mph (153.300 km/h).[12]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 11Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota19.87995.256
2 18Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota19.92095.060
3 42Kyle LarsonChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet19.93994.970
Official first practice results

Qualifying

Qualifying for Friday was cancelled due to rain and Kyle Larson, the point leader, was awarded the pole as a result.[13]

Starting Lineup

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer
1 42Kyle LarsonChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet
2 24Chase ElliottHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet
3 78Martin Truex Jr.Furniture Row RacingToyota
4 2Brad KeselowskiTeam PenskeFord
5 22Joey LoganoTeam PenskeFord
6 1Jamie McMurrayChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet
7 21Ryan BlaneyWood Brothers RacingFord
8 14Clint BowyerStewart-Haas RacingFord
9 4Kevin HarvickStewart-Haas RacingFord
10 18Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota
11 31Ryan NewmanRichard Childress RacingChevrolet
12 11Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota
13 5Kasey KahneHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet
14 41Kurt BuschStewart-Haas RacingFord
15 77Erik Jones (R)Furniture Row RacingToyota
16 6Trevor BayneRoush Fenway RacingFord
17 48Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet
18 43Aric AlmirolaRichard Petty MotorsportsFord
19 19Daniel Suárez (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota
20 3Austin DillonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet
21 88Dale Earnhardt Jr.Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet
22 27Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet
23 13Ty Dillon (R)Germain RacingChevrolet
24 17Ricky Stenhouse Jr.Roush Fenway RacingFord
25 20Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota
26 95Michael McDowellLeavine Family RacingChevrolet
27 34Landon CassillFront Row MotorsportsFord
28 32Matt DiBenedettoGo Fas RacingFord
29 10Danica PatrickStewart-Haas RacingFord
30 47A. J. AllmendingerJTG Daugherty RacingChevrolet
31 72Cole WhittTri-Star MotorsportsChevrolet
32 15Reed SorensonPremium MotorsportsChevrolet
33 37Chris BuescherJTG Daugherty RacingChevrolet
34 38David RaganFront Row MotorsportsFord
35 83Corey LaJoie (R)BK RacingToyota
36 33Jeffrey EarnhardtCircle Sport – The Motorsports GroupChevrolet
37 23Gray Gaulding (R)BK RacingToyota
38 51Timmy Hill (i)Rick Ware RacingChevrolet
Official starting lineup

Practice (post-qualifying)

Second practice

Brad Keselowski was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 20.058 seconds and a speed of 94.406 mph (151.932 km/h).[14]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 2Brad KeselowskiTeam PenskeFord20.05894.406
2 31Ryan NewmanRichard Childress RacingChevrolet20.12594.092
3 78Martin Truex Jr.Furniture Row RacingToyota20.18093.836
Official second practice results

Final practice

Clint Bowyer was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 20.174 seconds and a speed of 93.863 mph (151.058 km/h).[15]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 14Clint BowyerStewart-Haas RacingFord20.17493.863
2 18Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota20.23893.567
3 1Jamie McMurrayChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet20.24693.530
Official final practice results

Race

First stage

Kyle Larson led the field to the green flag at 2:18 p.m. He led the first 24 laps before giving way to Brad Keselowski on lap 25. The first caution flew on lap 69 when Ricky Stenhouse Jr. spun out in Turn 3.[16] Trevor Bayne, Keselowski, Michael McDowell (speeding) and Joey Logano (crew member over the wall too soon) restarted the race from the tail-end of the field. Earnhardt said after the race that based on "what I see on my dash I wasn’t speeding, but (NASCAR) has better technology than we do. They said it was in the segment out of my pit box. Hell, I must have got out of there pretty damn good. I don’t know what to do about that."[17] As a result of Keselowski's penalty, Martin Truex Jr., who was running second at the time, assumed the lead.[18]

The race restarted on lap 76. Denny Hamlin passed Truex for the lead on lap 89. Jamie McMurray made contact with Jimmie Johnson on lap 100 and developed a left-rear tire rub that cut down the tire, led to him spinning out and hitting the Turn 3 wall on lap 106, bringing out the second caution.[19] McMurray went on to finish last.[20]

The race restarted on lap 117. The third caution flew on lap 123 when Dale Earnhardt Jr. got loose exiting Turn 2, and received help from Ryan Blaney, and spun out on the backstretch.[21]

The race restarted on lap 127. Truex won the first stage and the fourth caution flew for the conclusion of the stage. Kyle Busch exited pit road with the race lead.[18]

Second stage

The race restarted on lap 141. Chase Elliott took the lead from Busch on lap 145, only for Busch to pass under Elliott in Turn 2 to retake it on lap 152. Logano made an unscheduled stop for a flat left-rear tire on lap 230. In the closing laps of the stage, Busch drove to the outside of Stenhouse going into Turn 3 on lap 257 when Stenhouse made contact with him to try and stay on the lead lap.[22] On the last lap of the stage, Stenhouse bumped Busch out of the groove, allowing Elliott to pass Busch for the lead and win the second stage, as the fifth caution flew on lap 260 for the conclusion of the stage.[23] Busch was asked after the race if what Stenhouse did was fair, and he said it is "if you expect it back. I actually was rolling into Turn 3 and was kind of going higher out of my way in order to let the 17 [of Stenhouse] back by and give him the lap. That was my intent, and then he just drove through me. It cost me my spot to the 24 [of Chase Elliott], so I was hoping that I could run off the corner side by side with the 17 and keep the 24 at bay and just keep my nose in front of his and be able to score the segment, and I was trying to be a nice guy, but nice guys don't finish first."[24]

Final stage

The race restarted on lap 272 and Busch took back the lead. Debris in Turn 2 brought out the sixth caution on lap 278.[18]

The race restarted on lap 284. Exiting Turn 4 on lap 287, Erik Jones made contact with the outside wall, came down across the nose of Austin Dillon going into Turn 1 and got nudged out of the groove.[25] Hamlin got into Dillon and turned him, and the domino effect resulted in heavy damage to the cars of Kurt Busch and Daniel Suárez. This brought out the seventh caution.[26]

The race restarted with 206 laps to go and the eighth caution flew a lap later when Busch's damaged 41 car blew a left-front tire and slammed the wall in Turn 3.[27]

The race restarted with 198 to go. The ninth caution flew with 192 to go when Gray Gaulding spun out in Turn 3.[18]

The race restarted with 187 to go. The 10th caution flew with 167 to go when Reed Sorenson spun out in Turn 3.[28] Hamlin and Stenhouse stayed out to assume the race lead. Kasey Kahne restarted the race from the tail-end of the field for speeding on pit road.[18]

The race restarted with 160 to go and Kyle Busch took the lead back with ease on the restart. The 11th caution flew with 109 to go when Jeffrey Earnhardt blew a right-front tire and slammed the wall exiting Turn 2. Aric Almirola, Bayne and Earnhardt restarted the race from the tail-end of the field for speeding.[18]

The race restarted with 101 to go. Keselowski retook the lead with 94 to go just as Matt DiBenedetto spun out in Turn 3, bringing out the 12th caution.[18]

Brad Keselowski celebrates his win in the 2017 STP 500.

The race restarted with 86 to go and Busch powered by Keselowski on the outside lane exiting Turn 2 to take the lead. The next lap, Hamlin got loose and made contact with Danica Patrick and sent her spinning. The resulting domino effect led to Bayne pushing Hamlin into the wall and Earnhardt slamming into the back of teammate Kahne, puncturing his radiator.[26] Earnhardt said the cars ahead of him "just stopped and I couldn't. I got into the back of (Kahne). His bumper knocked the top of the radiator off of it, knocked the fitting off the top of the radiator. We don't have much of a bumper on there to begin with keeping the cars as light as we can and that is about the second or third time I've knocked the top off the radiator here. I wish they were a little tougher than that, so we could beat and bang and keep going."[29] This brought out the 13th caution.[18]

The race restarted with 74 to go. The 14th caution flew with 69 to go for Truex spinning in Turn 4.[18]

The race restarted with 64 to go and Keselowski regained the lead. Busch took it back with 56 to go.[30] For the next 14 laps, Keselowski kept to the rear bumper of the 18 car, took the lead going into Turn 1 with 42 to go and drove on to score the victory.[31]

Driver comments

“This is awesome,” Keselowski said in victory lane. “We’ve ran so good here with the Miller Lite Ford, but something always happens and we haven’t been able to bring it home. Martinsville is just one of those champion’s tracks. The guys that run well everywhere run well here, and it’s really just an honor to win here and get to compete here. This track is 70 years old and a lot of legends have won here. It feels great to be able to join them and bring home a clock.”[32]

“All we did was put four tires on it and it went to junk,” Busch said after leading a race high of 274 laps. “I hate it for our guys. They’ve deserved all year much better finishes than what we’ve been able to produce and here’s another one today.”[33]

Elliott, who finished third, said he was "proud of our improvements this weekend. I hope that it wasn’t just a fluke deal and we didn’t just get lucky today and run good. I really hope that we’ve found something or I have found something at this track that will lend some more consistent finishes that are further towards the front.”[34]

Dillon, who rallied from a multi-car wreck in the middle of the race to finish fifth, said of the final run he "thought we were going to have a little something for the two leaders, but in middle of the run, our car just lacked a little bit more turn and forward drive," Dillon said. "Then at the end we could come back to them again. I think I was running the 22 (fourth-place finisher Joey Logano) back down there at the end. Just proud of my guys and thankful for this run – we needed it."[35]

Stage results

Stage 1 Laps: 130

Pos No Driver Team Manufacturer Points
178Martin Truex Jr.Furniture Row RacingToyota10
211Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota9
318Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota8
42Brad KeselowskiTeam PenskeFord7
524Chase ElliottHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet6
642Kyle LarsonChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet5
721Ryan BlaneyWood Brothers RacingFord4
848Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3
93Austin DillonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet2
1014Clint BowyerStewart-Haas RacingFord1
Official stage one results

Stage 2 Laps: 130

Pos No Driver Team Manufacturer Points
124Chase ElliottHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet10
218Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota9
32Brad KeselowskiTeam PenskeFord8
448Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet7
521Ryan BlaneyWood Brothers RacingFord6
688Dale Earnhardt Jr.Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet5
720Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota4
877Erik Jones (R)Furniture Row RacingToyota3
96Trevor BayneRoush Fenway RacingFord2
105Kasey KahneHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1
Official stage two results

Final stage results

Stage 3 Laps: 240

Pos Grid No Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points
142Brad KeselowskiTeam PenskeFord50055
21018Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota50052
3224Chase ElliottHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet50050
4522Joey LoganoTeam PenskeFord50033
5203Austin DillonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet50034
63047A. J. AllmendingerJTG Daugherty RacingChevrolet50031
7814Clint BowyerStewart-Haas RacingFord50031
81131Ryan NewmanRichard Childress RacingChevrolet50029
92520Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota50032
102417Ricky Stenhouse Jr.Roush Fenway RacingFord50027
113337Chris BuescherJTG Daugherty RacingChevrolet50026
121577Erik Jones (R)Furniture Row RacingToyota50028
13166Trevor BayneRoush Fenway RacingFord50026
14135Kasey KahneHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet50024
151748Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet50032
16378Martin Truex Jr.Furniture Row RacingToyota50031
17142Kyle LarsonChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet50025
181843Aric AlmirolaRichard Petty MotorsportsFord50019
192227Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet50018
2094Kevin HarvickStewart-Haas RacingFord50017
213172Cole WhittTriStar MotorsportsChevrolet49916
222313Ty Dillon (R)Germain RacingChevrolet49915
232910Danica PatrickStewart-Haas RacingFord49914
243438David RaganFront Row MotorsportsFord49813
25721Ryan BlaneyWood Brothers RacingFord49822
262695Michael McDowellLeavine Family RacingChevrolet49711
272734Landon CassillFront Row MotorsportsFord49710
283583Corey LaJoie (R)BK RacingToyota4969
293723Gray Gaulding (R)BK RacingToyota4958
301211Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota49316
313215Reed SorensonPremium MotorsportsChevrolet4926
321919Daniel Suárez (R)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota4895
333851Timmy Hill (i)Rick Ware RacingChevrolet4860
342188Dale Earnhardt Jr.Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet4188
352832Matt DiBenedettoFas Lane RacingFord4012
363633Jeffrey EarnhardtCircle Sport – The Motorsports GroupChevrolet3851
371441Kurt BuschStewart-Haas RacingFord2951
3861Jamie McMurrayChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet1051
Official race results

Race statistics

  • Lead changes: 7 among different drivers
  • Cautions/Laps: 14 for 95
  • Red flags: 0
  • Time of race: 3 hours, 44 minutes and 59 seconds
  • Average speed: 70.139 miles per hour (112.878 km/h)

Media

Television

Fox Sports was covering their 17th race at the Martinsville Speedway. Mike Joy, nine-time Martinsville winner Jeff Gordon and 11-time Martinsville winner Darrell Waltrip called in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Chris Neville and Matt Yocum handled pit road duties for the entire race.

FS1
Booth announcersPit reporters
Lap-by-lap: Mike Joy
Color-commentator: Jeff Gordon
Color commentator: Darrell Waltrip
Jamie Little
Chris Neville
Matt Yocum

Radio

MRN had the radio call for the race which would also be simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and seven-time Martinsville winner Rusty Wallace called the race in the booth as the cars were on the frontstretch. Dave Moody called the race from atop the turn 3 stands as the field is racing down the backstretch. Alex Hayden, Winston Kelley and Steve Post worked pit road for the radio side.

MRN
Booth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters
Lead announcer: Joe Moore
Announcer: Jeff Striegle
Announcer: Rusty Wallace
Backstretch: Dave MoodyAlex Hayden
Winston Kelley
Steve Post

Standings after the race

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