2017 Go Bowling 400

2017 Go Bowling 400
Race details
Race 11 of 36 in the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
Date	May 13, 2017
Location	Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas
Course	Permanent racing facility; 1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance	267 laps, 400.5 mi (644.542 km)
Average speed	117.640 miles per hour (189.323 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Ryan Blaney;
Time	28.481
Most laps led
Driver	Martin Truex Jr.
Laps	103
Winner
No. 78	Martin Truex Jr.
Television in the United States
Network	FS1
Announcers	Mike Joy, Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN
Booth Announcers	Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace
Turn Announcers	Dave Moody (1 & 2) and Mike Bagley (3 & 4)

The 2017 Go Bowling 400 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on May 13, 2017, at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) asphalt speedway, it was the 11th race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

Report

Background

Kansas Speedway, the track where the race was held.

Kansas Speedway is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) tri-oval race track in Kansas City, Kansas. It was built in 2001 and hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The Verizon IndyCar Series also raced at here until 2011. The speedway is owned and operated by the International Speedway Corporation.

Entry list

No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	Jamie McMurray	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet
2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford
3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet
4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford
5	Kasey Kahne	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
6	Trevor Bayne	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford
10	Danica Patrick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford
11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
13	Ty Dillon (R)	Germain Racing	Chevrolet
14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford
15	Reed Sorenson	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet
17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford
18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
19	Daniel Suárez (R)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
20	Matt Kenseth	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
21	Ryan Blaney	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford
22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford
23	Gray Gaulding (R)	BK Racing	Toyota
24	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
27	Paul Menard	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet
31	Ryan Newman	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet
32	Matt DiBenedetto	Go Fas Racing	Ford
33	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Circle Sport – The Motorsports Group	Chevrolet
34	Landon Cassill	Front Row Motorsports	Ford
37	Chris Buescher	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet
38	David Ragan	Front Row Motorsports	Ford
41	Kurt Busch	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford
42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet
43	Aric Almirola	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford
47	A. J. Allmendinger	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet
48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
51	Timmy Hill (i)	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet
55	Derrike Cope	Premium Motorsports	Toyota
66	Carl Long (i)	MBM Motorsports	Chevrolet
72	Cole Whitt	TriStar Motorsports	Chevrolet
77	Erik Jones (R)	Furniture Row Racing	Toyota
78	Martin Truex Jr.	Furniture Row Racing	Toyota
83	Corey LaJoie (R)	BK Racing	Toyota
88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
95	Michael McDowell	Leavine Family Racing	Chevrolet
Official entry list

Practice

First practice

Martin Truex Jr. was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 29.179 seconds and a speed of 185.065 mph (297.833 km/h).^[8]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time	Speed
1	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Furniture Row Racing	Toyota	29.179	185.065
2	21	Ryan Blaney	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	29.200	184.932
3	77	Erik Jones (R)	Furniture Row Racing	Toyota	29.253	184.596
Official first practice results

Final practice

Kyle Busch was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.729 seconds and a speed of 187.963 mph (302.497 km/h).^[9]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time	Speed
1	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	28.729	187.963
2	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	28.749	187.833
3	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Furniture Row Racing	Toyota	28.830	187.305
Official final practice results

Qualifying

Ryan Blaney scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.481 and a speed of 189.600 mph (305.132 km/h).^[10] He said afterwards that 2017 "has been a big step up in qualifying. Your car and track changes and you have to be on top of that. Everyone has done a great job of staying on top of that. We have been really close a couple times this year but it feels good to get it done. I know it is only qualifying but it feels really cool to get this first pole. It says a lot about this entire team.”^[11]

Qualifying results

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	R1	R2	R3
1	21	Ryan Blaney	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	28.602	28.499	28.481
2	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	28.664	28.493	28.490
3	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Furniture Row Racing	Toyota	28.703	28.526	28.541
4	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	28.584	28.610	28.594
5	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	28.373	28.331	28.648
6	41	Kurt Busch	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	28.642	28.620	28.648
7	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	28.984	28.688	28.680
8	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	28.387	28.361	28.685
9	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	28.555	28.515	28.731
10	24	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	28.778	28.605	28.801
11	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	28.862	28.689	28.840
12	1	Jamie McMurray	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	28.717	28.625	28.895
13	43	Aric Almirola	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	28.536	28.712	—
14	20	Matt Kenseth	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	28.887	28.726	—
15	19	Daniel Suárez (R)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	29.013	28.728	—
16	6	Trevor Bayne	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	28.990	28.744	—
17	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	28.767	28.750	—
18	27	Paul Menard	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	28.795	28.766	—
19	31	Ryan Newman	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	28.883	28.775	—
20	37	Chris Buescher	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	29.077	28.895	—
21	47	A. J. Allmendinger	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	28.938	28.898	—
22	13	Ty Dillon (R)	Germain Racing	Chevrolet	29.061	29.013	—
23	32	Matt DiBenedetto	Go Fas Racing	Ford	28.991	29.103	—
24	10	Danica Patrick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	28.833	29.252	—
25	23	Gray Gaulding (R)	BK Racing	Toyota	29.339	—	—
26	72	Cole Whitt	TriStar Motorsports	Chevrolet	29.783	—	—
27	33	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Circle Sport – The Motorsports Group	Chevrolet	30.313	—	—
28	55	Derrike Cope	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet	30.875	—	—
29	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	0.000	—	—
30	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	0.000	—	—
31	5	Kasey Kahne	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	0.000	—	—
32	77	Erik Jones (R)	Furniture Row Racing	Toyota	0.000	—	—
33	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	0.000	—	—
34	38	David Ragan	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	0.000	—	—
35	95	Michael McDowell	Leavine Family Racing	Chevrolet	0.000	—	—
36	34	Landon Cassill	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	0.000	—	—
37	55	Reed Sorenson	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet	0.000	—	—
38	83	Corey LaJoie (R)	BK Racing	Toyota	0.000	—	—
39	51	Timmy Hill (i)	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet	0.000	—	—
40	66	Carl Long (i)	MBM Motorsports	Chevrolet	0.000	—	—
Official qualifying results

Race

Race results

Stage results

Stage 1 Laps: 80

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	10
2	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Furniture Row Racing	Toyota	9
3	21	Ryan Blaney	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	8
4	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	7
5	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	6
6	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	5
7	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	4
8	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	3
9	5	Kasey Kahne	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	2
10	41	Kurt Busch	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	1

Stage 2 Laps: 80

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	21	Ryan Blaney	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	10
2	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	9
3	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Furniture Row Racing	Toyota	8
4	1	Jamie McMurray	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	7
5	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	6
6	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	5
7	5	Kasey Kahne	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	4
8	20	Matt Kenseth	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	3
9	77	Erik Jones (R)	Furniture Row Racing	Toyota	2
10	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	1

Final stage results

Laps: 107

Pos	Grid	No	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	3	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Furniture Row Racing	Toyota	267	57
2	17	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	267	41
3	8	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	267	38
4	1	21	Ryan Blaney	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	267	51
5	5	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	267	48
6	9	42	Kyle Larson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	267	47
7	15	19	Daniel Suárez (R)	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	267	30
8	12	1	Jamie McMurray	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	267	36
9	30	14	Clint Bowyer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	267	28
10	16	6	Trevor Bayne	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	267	27
11	4	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	267	26
12	14	20	Matt Kenseth	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	267	28
13	35	95	Michael McDowell	Leavine Family Racing	Chevrolet	267	24
14	22	13	Ty Dillon (R)	Germain Racing	Chevrolet	267	23
15	31	5	Kasey Kahne	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	267	28
16	11	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	267	21
17	34	38	David Ragan	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	267	20
18	20	37	Chris Buescher	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	267	19
19	6	41	Kurt Busch	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	267	19
20	33	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	267	17
21	36	34	Landon Cassill	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	267	16
22	32	77	Erik Jones (R)	Furniture Row Racing	Toyota	267	17
23	7	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	267	22
24	29	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	267	18
25	37	15	Reed Sorenson	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet	267	12
26	26	72	Cole Whitt	TriStar Motorsports	Chevrolet	266	11
27	38	83	Corey LaJoie (R)	BK Racing	Toyota	265	10
28	39	51	Timmy Hill (i)	Rick Ware Racing	Chevrolet	259	0
29	10	24	Chase Elliott	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	258	8
30	21	47	A. J. Allmendinger	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	257	7
31	40	66	Carl Long (i)	MBM Motorsports	Chevrolet	256	0
32	23	32	Matt DiBenedetto	Fas Lane Racing	Ford	243	5
33	27	33	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Circle Sport – The Motorsports Group	Chevrolet	243	4
34	25	23	Gray Gaulding (R)	BK Racing	Toyota	231	3
35	18	27	Paul Menard	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	202	2
36	24	10	Danica Patrick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	199	1
37	2	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	199	2
38	13	43	Aric Almirola	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	199	1
39	28	55	Derrike Cope	Premium Motorsports	Chevrolet	179	1
40	19	31	Ryan Newman	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	154	1

Race statistics

Lead changes: 9 among different drivers
Cautions/Laps: 15 for 61
Red flags: 1 for 27 minutes and 41 seconds
Time of race: 3 hours, 24 minutes and 16 seconds
Average speed: 117.640 miles per hour (189.323 km/h)

Media

Television

Fox Sports will cover their seventh race at the Kansas Speedway. Mike Joy, three-time Kansas winner Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip will have the call in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Vince Welch and Matt Yocum will handle the action on pit road for the television side.

FS1
Booth announcers	Pit reporters
Lap-by-lap: Mike Joy Color-commentator: Jeff Gordon Color commentator: Darrell Waltrip	Jamie Little Vince Welch Matt Yocum

Radio

MRN will have the radio call for the race which will also be simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace will call the race in the booth when the field is racing through the tri-oval. Dave Moody will cover the race from the Sunoco spotters stand outside turn 2 when the field is racing through turns 1 and 2. Mike Bagley will call the race from a platform outside turn 4. Alex Hayden, Winston Kelley, Kim Coon and Steve Post will work pit road for the radio side.

MRN Radio
Booth announcers	Turn announcers	Pit reporters
Lead announcer: Joe Moore Announcer: Jeff Striegle Announcer: Rusty Wallace	Turns 1 & 2: Dave Moody Turns 3 & 4: Mike Bagley	Alex Hayden Winston Kelley Kim Coon Steve Post

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Kyle Larson	475
	2	Martin Truex, Jr.	431 (–44)
	3	Brad Keselowski	408 (–67)
	4	Chase Elliott	361 (–114)
	5	Jamie McMurray	354 (–121)
1	6	Kevin Harvick	347 (–128)
3	7	Kyle Busch	325 (–150)
	8	Jimmie Johnson	323 (–152)
3	9	Joey Logano	320 (–155)
1	10	Clint Bowyer	317 (–158)
2	11	Ryan Blaney	291 (–184)
1	12	Denny Hamlin	289 (–186)
1	13	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	276 (–199)
2	14	Trevor Bayne	250 (–225)
	15	Kurt Busch	246 (–229)
2	16	Kasey Kahne	242 (–233)

Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos	Manufacturer	Points
1	Ford	400
2	Chevrolet	395 (–5)
3	Toyota	375 (–25)

Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings.
. – Driver has clinched a position in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

References

^ "2017 schedule". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. May 5, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
^ "Kansas Speedway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
^ "Entry List". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 9, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
^ "First Practice Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 12, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
^ "Final Practice Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 12, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
^ "Qualifying Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 12, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
^ "Go Bowling 400 Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 13, 2017. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
^ Spencer, Lee (May 12, 2017). "Truex leads first NASCAR Cup practice at Kansas". Motorsport.com. Kansas City, Kansas: Motorsport Network. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
^ Spencer, Lee (May 12, 2017). "Kyle Busch tops final practice as Larson is forced into a backup car". Motorsport.com. Kansas City, Kansas: Motorsport Network. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
^ Skretta, Dave (May 12, 2017). "Ryan Blaney takes Kansas pole as 11 fail to pass inspection". Associated Press. Kansas City, Kansas: AP Sports. Associated Press. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
^ Albert, Zack (May 12, 2017). "Ryan Blaney earns first career Coors Light Pole in Kansas". NASCAR.com. Kansas City, Kansas: NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Retrieved May 13, 2017.

Previous race: 2017 GEICO 500	Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series 2017 season	Next race: 2017 Coca-Cola 600

[1] "2017 schedule". Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. May 5, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2017.

[2] "Kansas Speedway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Retrieved April 28, 2017.

[3] "Entry List". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 9, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2017.

[4] "First Practice Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 12, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2017.

[5] "Final Practice Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 12, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2017.

[6] "Qualifying Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 12, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2017.

[7] "Go Bowling 400 Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. May 13, 2017. Retrieved May 13, 2017.

[8] Spencer, Lee (May 12, 2017). "Truex leads first NASCAR Cup practice at Kansas". Motorsport.com. Kansas City, Kansas: Motorsport Network. Retrieved May 12, 2017.

[9] Spencer, Lee (May 12, 2017). "Kyle Busch tops final practice as Larson is forced into a backup car". Motorsport.com. Kansas City, Kansas: Motorsport Network. Retrieved May 12, 2017.

[10] Skretta, Dave (May 12, 2017). "Ryan Blaney takes Kansas pole as 11 fail to pass inspection". Associated Press. Kansas City, Kansas: AP Sports. Associated Press. Retrieved May 12, 2017.

[11] Albert, Zack (May 12, 2017). "Ryan Blaney earns first career Coors Light Pole in Kansas". NASCAR.com. Kansas City, Kansas: NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Retrieved May 13, 2017.

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