The 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race (XXXIII) is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series stock car exhibition race held on May 20, 2017 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 70 laps, it was the second exhibition race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

This is the first NASCAR All-Star race without Tony Stewart since 1998, Greg Biffle since 2003 and Carl Edwards since 2004.

Report Background

The All-Star Race was open to race winners from last season through the 2017 Go Bowling 400 at Kansas Speedway and all previous All-Star race winners and Monster Race NASCAR Cup champions who had attempted to qualify for every race in 2017 were eligible to compete in the All-Star Race.

Entry list Monster Energy Open Driver Team Manufacturer 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 6 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 10 Danica Patrick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 13 Ty Dillon (R) Germain Racing Chevrolet 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 15 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 19 Daniel Suárez (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Ryan Blaney Wood Brothers Racing Ford 23 Gray Gaulding (R) BK Racing Toyota 24 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 27 Paul Menard 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 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 43 Regan Smith (i) Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 51 Cody Ware 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 83 Corey LaJoie (R) BK Racing Toyota 95 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing ChevroletOfficial Monster Energy Open entry list

Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports ChevroletOfficial Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race entry list

Practice

All-Star Race practice Kyle Larson was the fastest in the All-Star Race practice session with a time of 28.530 seconds and a speed of .

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 28.530 189.274 2 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 28.557 189.095 3 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 28.575 188.976Official Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race practice results

Monster Energy Open practice Erik Jones was the fastest in the Monster Energy Open practice session with a time of 28.563 seconds and a speed of .

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 77 Erik Jones (R) Furniture Row Racing Toyota 28.563 189.056 2 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 28.728 187.970 3 24 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.970 186.400Official Monster Energy Open practice results

Qualifying (All-Star Race) Kyle Larson scored the pole for the race with a time of 112.626 and a speed of .

All-Star Race qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 142 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 113.087 112.626 218 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 112.852 112.636 34 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas RacingFord 112.256 112.889 448 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 112.855 121.692 541 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas RacingFord 112.467 122.077 688 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 113.179 — 72 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 113.278 — 820 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 113.943 — 911 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 114.501 — 101 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 116.493 — 1137 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 116.684 — 1222 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 116.890 — 135 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 116.924 — 1478 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 117.609 — 1531 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 118.627 — 1617 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 119.809 —Official All-Star qualifying results

Qualifying (Open) Clint Bowyer scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.500 and a speed of .

Qualifying results (Open) Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 114 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas RacingFord 28.607 28.500 221 Ryan Blaney Wood Brothers Racing Ford 28.625 28.722 324 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.707 28.745 43 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.883 28.802 547 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 28.930 28.833 619 Daniel Suárez (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.072 28.966 777 Erik Jones (R) Furniture Row Racing Toyota 28.628 29.059 813 Ty Dillon (R) Germain Racing Chevrolet 29.112 29.320 910 Danica Patrick Stewart–Haas RacingFord 29.122 — 1027 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.164 — 116 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 29.246 — 1234 Landon Cassill Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.300 — 1343 Regan Smith (i) Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 29.357 — 1432 Matt DiBenedetto Go Fas Racing Ford 29.404 — 1583 Corey LaJoie (R) BK Racing Toyota 29.602 — 1672 Cole Whitt TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 29.658 — 1738 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.660 — 1823 Gray Gaulding (R) BK Racing Toyota 29.897 — 1951 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 30.667 — 2066 Carl Long (i) MBM Motorsports Chevrolet 30.742 — 2133 Jeffrey Earnhardt Circle Sport – The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 30.928 — 2255 Derrike Cope Premium Motorsports Toyota 31.130 — 2315 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 0.000 — 2495 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet 0.000 —Official Monster Energy Open qualifying results

Monster Energy Open

Monster Energy Open results Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer 1 6 19 Daniel Suárez (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50 2 4 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 50 3 3 24 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 50 4 13 43 Regan Smith (i) Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 50 5 9 10 Danica Patrick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 50 6 8 13 Ty Dillon (R) Germain Racing Chevrolet 50 7 11 6 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 50 8 14 32 Matt DiBenedetto Go Fas Racing Ford 50 9 10 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 50 10 17 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 50 11 24 95 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet 50 12 16 72 Cole Whitt TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 50 13 12 34 Landon Cassill Front Row Motorsports Ford 50 14 21 33 Jeffrey Earnhardt Circle Sport – The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 50 15 23 15 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 50 16 22 55 Derrike Cope Premium Motorsports Toyota 50 17 20 66 Carl Long (i) MBM Motorsports Chevrolet 49 18 19 51 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 48 19 7 77 Erik Jones (R) Furniture Row Racing Toyota 47 20 2 21 Ryan Blaney Wood Brothers Racing Ford 40 21 5 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 34 22 18 23 Gray Gaulding (R) BK Racing Toyota 23 23 1 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 20 24 15 83 Corey LaJoie (R) BK Racing Toyota 12 Winner of the second segment. Winner of the first segment.Monster Energy Open race results

All-Star Race

All-Star Race results Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer 1 2 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 70 2 1 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 70 3 4 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 70 4 5 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 70 5 10 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 70 6 3 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 70 7 20 24 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 70 8 12 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 70 9 7 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 70 10 9 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 69 11 18 21 Ryan Blaney Wood Brothers Racing Ford 60 12 14 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 60 13 17 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 60 14 16 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 60 15 19 19 Daniel Suárez (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 16 13 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 60 17 11 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 60 18 6 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 60 19 15 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 57 20 8 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race results

Media

Television Fox Sports was the television broadcaster of the race in the United States. Lap-by-lap announcer, Mike Joy, was accompanied on the broadcast by retired NASCAR drivers, Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip. Jamie Little, Vince Welch, and Matt Yocum reported from pit lane.

FS1 TelevisionBooth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Mike JoyColor-commentator: Jeff GordonColor commentator: Darrell Waltrip Jamie LittleVince WelchMatt Yocum

Radio Motor Racing Network (MRN) continued their longstanding relationship with the track to broadcast the race on radio. The lead announcers for the race's broadcast were Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace. The network also implemented two announcers on each side of the track: Dave Moody in turns 1 and 2 and Kyle Rickey in turns 3 and 4. Alex Hayden, Winston Kelly, Kim Coon, and Steve Post were the network's pit lane reporters. The network's broadcast was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

MRN RadioBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Joe MooreAnnouncer: Jeff StriegleAnnouncer: Rusty Wallace Turns 1 & 2: Dave MoodyTurns 3 & 4: Kyle Rickey Alex HaydenWinston KellyKim CoonSteve Post

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