The 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 250 was the 15th stock car race of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the fifth iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, September 3, 2017, in Bowmanville, Ontario, at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, a permanent road course. The race took the scheduled 64 laps to complete. At race's end, Austin Cindric, driving for Brad Keselowski Racing, would spin out eventual-third-place finisher, GMS Racing driver Kaz Grala on the final lap to win his first and to date, only career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win and his only win of the season. To fill out the podium, Noah Gragson of Kyle Busch Motorsports would finish second.
Background
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park is a multi-track motorsport venue located north of Bowmanville, in Ontario, Canada. The facility features a , (length reduced through wider track re-surfacing done in 2003) 10-turn road course; a 2.9 km advance driver and race driver training facility with a quarter-mile skid pad (Driver Development Centre) and a 1.5 km kart track (Mosport Kartways). The name "Mosport" is a portmanteau of Motor Sport, came from the enterprise formed to build the track.
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points
#DriverTeamMakeSponsor0Tommy Regan (i)Jennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevroletDriven 2 Honor1Jordan AndersonTJL MotorsportsChevroletLucas Oil, Bommarito Automotive Group02Alex Tagliani (i)Young's MotorsportsChevroletSpectra Premium4Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaToyota6Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevroletNorm Benning Racing8John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevroletFire Alarm Services Throwback10Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevroletDriven 2 Honor13Cody Coughlin (R)ThorSport RacingToyotaJEGS16Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyotaDon Valley North Toyota18Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaSwitch19Austin Cindric (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFordReese Brands, DrawTite Throwback21Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevroletAllegiant Air22Austin Wayne SelfAM RacingToyotaTexas Flood: We are One American Family!24Justin Haley (R)GMS RacingChevroletFraternal Order of Eagles27Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyotaSafelite Auto Glass29Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFordCooper-Standard Throwback33Kaz Grala (R)GMS RacingChevroletStealth Body Fitness45Victor Gonzalez Jr.Niece MotorsportsChevroletNiece Motorsports49Gary Klutt (i)Premium MotorsportsChevroletColor Compass Corporation, Pioneer Family Pools50Bobby ReuseBeaver MotorsportsChevroletWCI Parts51Todd GillilandKyle Busch MotorsportsToyotaPedigree57Mike SenicaNorm Benning RacingChevroletNorm Benning Racing63Todd PeckMB MotorsportsChevroletCue Vapor Systems66Jason HathawayBolen MotorsportsChevroletChoko Authentics, Kubota74Joe HudsonMike Harmon RacingChevroletAlaska Raceway Park75Parker KligermanHenderson MotorsportsToyotaFood Country USA83Camden MurphyCopp MotorsportsChevroletBYB Extreme87Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevroletFire Alarm Services88Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyotaMenards, Ideal Door96D. J. Kennington (i)Gaunt Brothers RacingToyotaCastrol Edge, Spectra Premium98Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyotaChampion Power Equipment99Brian WongMDM MotorsportsChevroletMDM MotorsportsOfficial entry list
Practice
First practice The first practice session was held on Saturday, September 2, at 9:30 AM EST, and would last for 55 minutes. Austin Cindric of Brad Keselowski Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 1:19.835 and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed119Austin Cindric (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord1:19.835110.88424Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1:19.881110.820316Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota1:20.272110.280Full first practice results
Second and final practice The second and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Saturday, September 2, at 11:35 AM EST, and would last for 50 minutes. Christopher Bell of Kyle Busch Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 1:19.129 and an average speed of . Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed14Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1:19.129111.873218Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1:19.185111.794333Kaz Grala (R)GMS RacingChevrolet1:19.427111.453Full Happy Hour practice results
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Saturday, September 2, at 5:45 PM EST. Since Canadian Tire Motorsport Park is a road course, the qualifying system was a multi-car system that included two rounds. The first round was 25 minutes, where every driver would be able to set a lap within the 25 minutes. Then, the second round would consist of the fastest 12 cars in Round 1, and drivers would have 10 minutes to set a lap. Whoever set the fastest time in Round 2 would win the pole.
Austin Cindric of Brad Keselowski Racing would win the pole, with a lap of 1:18.602 and an average speed of in the second round.
No drivers would fail to qualify.
Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTime (R1)Speed (R1)Time (R2)Speed (R2)119Austin Cindric (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord1:19:291111.6441:18.602112.623224Justin Haley (R)GMS RacingChevrolet1:19:107111.9041:18.820112.312333Kaz Grala (R)GMS RacingChevrolet1:19:661111.1261:19.056111.976475Parker KligermanHenderson MotorsportsToyota1:19:897110.7981:19.180111.80154Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1:19:313111.6131:19.328111.592618Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1:19:801110.9311:19.332111.58778John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet1:19:251111.7011:19.368111.536888Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota1:19:858110.8521:19.677111.104927Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota1:19:734111.0241:19.721111.0421021Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet1:19:542111.2921:19.965110.7031116Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota1:19:881110.8201:20.066110.5641202Alex Tagliani (i)Young's MotorsportsChevrolet1:19:950110.7241:20.439110.051Eliminated in Round 11351Todd GillilandKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1:20.163110.430 - -1449Gary Klutt (i)Premium MotorsportsChevrolet1:20.266110.288 - -1599Brian WongMDM MotorsportsChevrolet1:20.443110.046 - -1698Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyota1:20.579109.860 - -1796D. J. Kennington (i)Gaunt Brothers RacingToyota1:20.924109.392 - -1829Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord1:21.156109.079 - -1913Cody Coughlin (R)ThorSport RacingToyota1:21.701108.351 - -2022Austin Wayne SelfAM RacingToyota1:21.728108.315 - -2145Victor Gonzalez Jr.Niece MotorsportsChevrolet1:21.970107.996 - -2266Jason HathawayBolen MotorsportsChevrolet1:22.633107.129 - -231Jordan AndersonTJL MotorsportsChevrolet1:26.493102.348 - -2483Camden MurphyCopp MotorsportsChevrolet1:26.855101.922 - -2587Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet1:27.622101.029 - -266Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet1:29.28899.144 - -2750Bobby ReuseBeaver MotorsportsChevrolet1:29.80998.569 - -Qualified by owner's points2863Todd PeckMB MotorsportsChevrolet1:44.21084.948 - -2910Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet1:48.17481.835 - -3057Mike SenicaNorm Benning RacingChevrolet1:54.84777.080 - -310Tommy Regan (i)Jennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet - - - -3274Joe HudsonMike Harmon RacingChevrolet - - - -Official qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup
Race results Stage 1 Laps: 20 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts119Austin Cindric (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord10233Kaz Grala (R)GMS RacingChevrolet934Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota848John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet7524Justin Haley (R)GMS RacingChevrolet6618Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota5716Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota4875Parker KligermanHenderson MotorsportsToyota3951Todd GillilandKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota21027Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota1
Stage 2 Laps: 20 Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts116Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota10229Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord9327Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota8498Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyota7522Austin Wayne SelfAM RacingToyota6696D. J. Kennington (i)Gaunt Brothers RacingToyota0766Jason HathawayBolen MotorsportsChevrolet4845Victor Gonzalez Jr.Niece MotorsportsChevrolet3975Parker KligermanHenderson MotorsportsToyota21051Todd GillilandKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota1
Stage 3 Laps: 24 FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPts1119Austin Cindric (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord6432running502618Noah Gragson (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota640running403333Kaz Grala (R)GMS RacingChevrolet6419running434224Justin Haley (R)GMS RacingChevrolet640running3951116Ryan TruexHattori Racing EnterprisesToyota6410running4661021Johnny SauterGMS RacingChevrolet640running3171829Chase Briscoe (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord640running398475Parker KligermanHenderson MotorsportsToyota642running3492022Austin Wayne SelfAM RacingToyota640running3410927Ben RhodesThorSport RacingToyota641running36111351Todd GillilandKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota640running29121599Brian WongMDM MotorsportsChevrolet640running25131698Grant Enfinger (R)ThorSport RacingToyota640running31141796D. J. Kennington (i)Gaunt Brothers RacingToyota640running0152266Jason HathawayBolen MotorsportsChevrolet640running26162145Victor Gonzalez Jr.Niece MotorsportsChevrolet640running24172750Bobby ReuseBeaver MotorsportsChevrolet640running2018266Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet640running19191202Alex Tagliani (i)Young's MotorsportsChevrolet630running182078John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet630running24211913Cody Coughlin (R)ThorSport RacingToyota600running16222483Camden MurphyCopp MotorsportsChevrolet580running1523231Jordan AndersonTJL MotorsportsChevrolet550running14241449Gary Klutt (i)Premium MotorsportsChevrolet540suspension025888Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota460engine122654Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota440engine19273274Joe HudsonMike Harmon RacingChevrolet120brakes10282910Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet70clutch9292863Todd PeckMB MotorsportsChevrolet50transmission8303057Mike SenicaNorm Benning RacingChevrolet20clutch7312587Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet10suspension632310Tommy Regan (i)Jennifer Jo Cobb RacingChevrolet00engine0Official race results
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Christopher Bell 634 2 Johnny Sauter 604 (-30) 3 Matt Crafton 574 (–60) 4 Chase Briscoe 573 (–61) 5 Ben Rhodes 505 (–129) 6 Ryan Truex 498 (–136) 7 Grant Enfinger 474 (–160) 8 John Hunter Nemechek 463 (–171)Official driver's standings
Note: Only the first 8 positions are included for the driver standings.
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