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2017 Service King 300
Race details
Race 5 of 33 in the 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series
Date March 25, 2017
Official name 19th Annual Service King 300
Location Fontana, California, Auto Club Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
2 mi (3.2 km)
Distance 150 laps, 300 mi (482.803 km)
Scheduled Distance 150 laps, 300 mi (482.803 km)
Average speed 116.883 miles per hour (188.105 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Team Penske
Time 39.440
Most laps led
Driver Joey Logano Team Penske
Laps 70
Winner
No. 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing
Television in the United States
Network Fox Sports 1
Announcers Adam Alexander, Michael Waltrip, Brad Keselowski
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The 2017 Service King 300 was the fifth stock car race of the 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series season and the 19th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, March 25, 2017, in Fontana, California, at Auto Club Speedway, a 2 miles (3.2 km) permanent D-shaped oval racetrack. The race took the scheduled 150 laps to complete. At race's end, Kyle Larson, driving for Chip Ganassi Racing, would defend against eventual second-place finisher, Team Penske driver Joey Logano, on the final restart with four to go to win his sixth career NASCAR Xfinity Series win and his first of the season.[1] To fill out the podium, Kyle Busch of Joe Gibbs Racing finished third.

Background

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The layout of Auto Club Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

Auto Club Speedway (previously California Speedway) was a two-mile (3.2 km), low-banked, D-shaped oval superspeedway in Fontana, California which hosted NASCAR racing annually from 1997 to 2023. It was also used for open wheel racing events. The racetrack was located near the former locations of Ontario Motor Speedway and Riverside International Raceway. The track was owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation and was the only track owned by ISC to have its naming rights sold. The speedway was served by the nearby Interstate 10 and Interstate 15 freeways as well as a Metrolink station located behind the backstretch.

Entry list

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  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
  • (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
# Driver Team Make Sponsor
0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet JD Motorsports
00 Cole Custer (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford Haas Automation
1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet OneMain Financial
01 Harrison Rhodes JD Motorsports Chevrolet JD Motorsports
2 Paul Menard (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Menards, Richmond Water Heaters
3 Ty Dillon (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Ruud
4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet Florida Watermelon Association
5 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet Pilot Flying J
6 Bubba Wallace Roush Fenway Racing Ford Leidos
7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet Brandt Professional Agriculture
07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet ScubaLife
8 Jeff Green B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet B. J. McLeod Motorsports
9 William Byron (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet Axalta, DuraCoat
11 Blake Koch Kaulig Racing Chevrolet LeafFilter Gutter Protection
13 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Chevrolet CrashClaimsR.Us[permanent dead link]
14 J. J. Yeley TriStar Motorsports Toyota Superior Essex
16 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford Lilly Diabetes
18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota NOS Energy Drink
19 Matt Tifft (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Surface Sunscreen
20 Erik Jones (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota GameStop, Nyko Miniboss
21 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Blue Gate Bank
22 Joey Logano (i) Team Penske Ford Discount Tire
23 Spencer Gallagher (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet Allegiant Air
24 Corey LaJoie (i) JGL Racing Toyota Youtheory
28 Dakoda Armstrong JGL Racing Toyota WinField United
33 Brandon Jones Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Chevrolet Truck Month
39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet Tap and Sons Electric, Inc.
40 Brandon Hightower MBM Motorsports Dodge Timmons Truck Center, Legacy Construction
42 Kyle Larson (i) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet Eneos
48 Brennan Poole Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet DC Solar
51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet RepairableVehicles.com
52 Joey Gase Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet Donate Life California
62 Brendan Gaughan Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa
72 John Jackson* MBM Motorsports Chevrolet CrashClaimsR.Us[permanent dead link]
74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Dodge SupportMilitary.org
77 Josh Bilicki** Obaika Racing Chevrolet Obaika Racing
78 B. J. McLeod B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet B. J. McLeod Motorsports
90 Martin Roy King Autosport Chevrolet Côté Snow Plows, Gamache Truck Center
93 Jordan Anderson (i) RSS Racing Chevrolet RSS Racing
97 Stephen Leicht Obaika Racing Chevrolet Obaika Racing
98 Casey Mears Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford GEICO Military
99 David Starr BJMM with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet Striping Technology
Official entry list

*Withdrew.[2]

**Withdrew after Bilicki refused rides with the team, after multiple incidents with the team. Leicht would then proceed to drive the #97, renumbering the #77.[2]

Practice

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First practice

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The first practice session was held on Friday, March 24, at 12:00 PM PST, and would last for 55 minutes.[3] Joey Logano of Team Penske would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 40.245 and an average speed of 178.904 miles per hour (287.918 km/h).[4]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 22 Joey Logano (i) Team Penske Ford 40.245 178.904
2 42 Kyle Larson (i) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 40.599 177.344
3 20 Erik Jones (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 40.664 177.061
Full first practice results

Second and final practice

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The second and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Friday, March 24, at 2:00 PM PST, and would last for 55 minutes.[3] Joey Logano of Team Penske would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 40.723 and an average speed of 176.804 miles per hour (284.538 km/h).[5]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 22 Joey Logano (i) Team Penske Ford 40.723 176.804
2 20 Erik Jones (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 40.737 176.744
3 2 Paul Menard (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 40.773 176.587
Full Happy Hour practice results

Qualifying

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Qualifying took place on Saturday, March 23, at 9:30 AM PST.[6] Since Auto Club Speedway is at least 2 miles (3.2 km) in length, 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 13–40. Then, the fastest 12 qualifiers would move on to the second round to determine positions 1–12.[7]

Joey Logano of Team Penske would advance from the first round and win the pole by setting the fastest time in Round 2, with a lap of 39.440 and an average speed of 182.556 miles per hour (293.795 km/h).[8]

No drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time (R1) Speed (R1) Time (R2) Speed (R2)
1 22 Joey Logano (i) Team Penske Ford 39.711 181.310 39.440 182.556
2 21 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 39.529 182.145 39.635 181.658
3 20 Erik Jones (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 39.751 181.128 39.676 181.470
4 00 Cole Custer (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 39.750 181.132 39.789 180.955
5 2 Paul Menard (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 39.828 180.777 39.872 180.578
6 9 William Byron (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 39.812 180.850 39.900 180.451
7 42 Kyle Larson (i) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 39.721 181.264 39.912 180.397
8 33 Brandon Jones Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 40.089 179.600 40.004 179.982
9 3 Ty Dillon (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 39.944 180.252 40.034 179.847
10 6 Bubba Wallace Roush Fenway Racing Ford 40.029 179.870 40.063 179.717
11 11 Blake Koch Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 40.081 179.636 40.123 179.448
12 62 Brendan Gaughan Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 40.088 179.605 40.330 178.527
Eliminated in Round 1
13 48 Brennan Poole Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 40.101 179.547
14 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 40.109 179.511
15 16 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford 40.225 178.993
16 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 40.294 178.687
17 5 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 40.308 178.625
18 23 Spencer Gallagher (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 40.314 178.598
19 98 Casey Mears Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 40.375 178.328
20 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 40.384 178.288
21 28 Dakoda Armstrong JGL Racing Toyota 40.393 178.249
22 19 Matt Tifft (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 40.412 178.165
23 14 J. J. Yeley TriStar Motorsports Toyota 40.530 177.646
24 4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 40.548 177.567
25 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 40.654 177.104
26 24 Corey LaJoie (i) JGL Racing Toyota 40.725 176.796
27 78 B. J. McLeod B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 40.763 176.631
28 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 41.163 174.914
29 01 Harrison Rhodes JD Motorsports Chevrolet 41.333 174.195
30 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 41.340 174.165
31 07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 41.413 173.858
32 8 Jeff Green B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 41.925 171.735
33 99 David Starr BJMM with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 42.365 169.952
Qualified by owner's points
34 90 Martin Roy King Autosport Chevrolet 42.446 169.627
35 93 Jordan Anderson (i) RSS Racing Chevrolet 42.908 167.801
36 13 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Chevrolet 42.918 167.762
37 52 Joey Gase Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 43.004 167.426
38 97 Stephen Leicht Obaika Racing Chevrolet 43.714 164.707
39 40 Brandon Hightower MBM Motorsports Dodge 44.342 162.374
40 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Dodge 45.811 157.167
Withdrew
WD 72 John Jackson MBM Motorsports Chevrolet
WD 97 Josh Bilicki Obaika Racing Chevrolet
Official qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Stage 1 Laps: 35

Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts
1 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 0
2 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 9
3 42 Kyle Larson (i) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 0
4 20 Erik Jones (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 0
5 9 William Byron (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 6
6 3 Ty Dillon (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 0
7 48 Brennan Poole Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 4
8 00 Cole Custer (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 3
9 2 Paul Menard (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 0
10 21 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 1

Stage 2 Laps: 35

Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts
1 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 0
2 22 Joey Logano (i) Team Penske Ford 0
3 20 Erik Jones (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 0
4 42 Kyle Larson (i) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 0
5 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 6
6 3 Ty Dillon (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 0
7 2 Paul Menard (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 0
8 00 Cole Custer (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 3
9 48 Brennan Poole Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 2
10 9 William Byron (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 1

Stage 3 Laps: 80

Fin[9] St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 7 42 Kyle Larson (i) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 150 21 running 0
2 1 22 Joey Logano (i) Team Penske Ford 150 70 running 0
3 16 18 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 150 55 running 0
4 3 20 Erik Jones (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 150 0 running 0
5 6 9 William Byron (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 150 1 running 39
6 10 6 Bubba Wallace Roush Fenway Racing Ford 150 0 running 31
7 14 1 Elliott Sadler JR Motorsports Chevrolet 150 0 running 45
8 13 48 Brennan Poole Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 150 0 running 35
9 20 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 150 0 running 28
10 9 3 Ty Dillon (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 150 0 running 0
11 2 21 Daniel Hemric (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 150 0 running 27
12 11 11 Blake Koch Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 150 0 running 25
13 17 5 Michael Annett JR Motorsports Chevrolet 150 0 running 24
14 19 98 Casey Mears Biagi-DenBeste Racing Ford 150 0 running 23
15 15 16 Ryan Reed Roush Fenway Racing Ford 150 0 running 22
16 23 14 J. J. Yeley TriStar Motorsports Toyota 150 0 running 21
17 22 19 Matt Tifft (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 150 0 running 20
18 26 24 Corey LaJoie (i) JGL Racing Toyota 150 0 running 0
19 18 23 Spencer Gallagher (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 150 0 running 18
20 21 28 Dakoda Armstrong JGL Racing Toyota 150 0 running 17
21 25 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 150 0 running 16
22 28 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 150 2 running 15
23 27 78 B. J. McLeod B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 150 0 running 14
24 33 99 David Starr BJMM with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 150 0 running 13
25 34 90 Martin Roy King Autosport Chevrolet 150 0 running 12
26 30 0 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports Chevrolet 150 0 running 11
27 31 07 Ray Black Jr. SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 150 1 running 10
28 37 52 Joey Gase Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 150 0 running 9
29 32 8 Jeff Green B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 150 0 running 8
30 36 13 Timmy Hill MBM Motorsports Chevrolet 150 0 running 7
31 29 01 Harrison Rhodes JD Motorsports Chevrolet 150 0 running 6
32 8 33 Brandon Jones Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 149 0 running 5
33 12 62 Brendan Gaughan Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 148 0 running 4
34 40 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Dodge 146 0 running 3
35 4 00 Cole Custer (R) Stewart-Haas Racing Ford 106 0 crash 8
36 5 2 Paul Menard (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 94 0 crash 0
37 24 4 Ross Chastain JD Motorsports Chevrolet 81 0 crash 1
38 39 40 Brandon Hightower MBM Motorsports Dodge 72 0 transmission 1
39 38 97 Stephen Leicht Obaika Racing Chevrolet 12 0 vibration 1
40 35 93 Jordan Anderson (i) RSS Racing Chevrolet 3 0 electrical 0
Withdrew
WD 72 John Jackson MBM Motorsports Chevrolet
WD 97 Josh Bilicki Obaika Racing Chevrolet
Official race results

Standings after the race

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References

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  1. ^ "Larson holds off Logano for NASCAR XFINITY win at Auto Club Speedway". ESPN.com. 2017-03-25. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  2. ^ a b Beard, Brock. "XFINITY: Jordan Anderson sweeps last place of the 2017 "West Coast Swing"". Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  3. ^ a b "2017 NASCAR XFINITY Auto Club Race Info". ESPN.com. 2017-02-09. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  4. ^ McFadin, Daniel (2017-03-24). "Joey Logano tops first Xfinity practice at Auto Club Speedway". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  5. ^ McFadin, Daniel (2017-03-24). "Joey Logano completes sweep of Xfinity practices at Auto Club Speedway". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  6. ^ "2017 NASCAR XFINITY Auto Club Race Info". ESPN.com. 2017-02-09. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  7. ^ "NASCAR Qualifying Rules". ESPN.com. 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
  8. ^ Bonkowski, Jerry (2017-03-25). "Logano, Hemric will start on front row for Xfinity race at Fontana". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  9. ^ "2013 Food City 250 - The Third Turn". www.thethirdturn.com. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
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