The 2017 Overton's 301 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on July 16, 2017 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Contested over 301 laps on the speedway, it was the 19th race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

Entry list 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 Corey LaJoie (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 Josh Bilicki (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 55 Gray Gaulding (R) Premium Motorsports Toyota 72 Cole Whitt TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Erik Jones (R) Furniture Row Racing Toyota 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 83 Ryan Sieg (i) BK Racing Toyota 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 95 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list

First practice Kyle Larson recorded the fastest time in the first practice session with a time of 28.430 seconds and a speed of .

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 28.430 133.971 2 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 28.591 133.217 3 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.607 133.142Official first practice results

Qualifying

Martin Truex Jr. scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.621 and a speed of after Kyle Larson was disqualified after failing post-qualifying inspection.

Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 178 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 29.121 28.792 28.621 248 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.952 28.815 28.705 320 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.135 28.818 28.784 41 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 28.822 28.806 28.839 55 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.058 28.809 28.847 677 Erik Jones (R) Furniture Row Racing Toyota 28.817 28.774 28.854 718 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.897 28.701 28.862 811 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.090 28.817 28.920 941 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas RacingFord 29.115 28.879 28.922 102 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 28.886 28.869 28.963 1124 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.875 28.851 29.020 124 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas RacingFord 29.089 28.897 — 1322 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 28.893 28.931 — 1419 Daniel Suárez (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.025 28.953 — 1521 Ryan Blaney Wood Brothers Racing Ford 28.915 28.997 — 1632 Matt DiBenedetto Go Fas Racing Ford 28.968 29.009 — 1717 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 29.060 29.015 — 1888 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.081 29.029 — 1914 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas RacingFord 28.933 29.122 — 2095 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet 29.169 29.133 — 2143 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 29.087 29.173 — 2237 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 29.154 29.248 — 2347 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 29.140 29.315 — 2431 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.179 — — 2513 Ty Dillon (R) Germain Racing Chevrolet 29.210 — — 263 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.219 — — 276 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 29.234 — — 2834 Landon Cassill Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.280 — — 2927 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.281 — — 3010 Danica Patrick Stewart–Haas RacingFord 29.436 — — 3123 Corey LaJoie (R) BK Racing Toyota 29.452 — — 3238 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.459 — — 3372 Cole Whitt TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 29.526 — — 3455 Gray Gaulding (R) Premium Motorsports Toyota 29.748 — — 3515 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 29.819 — — 3683 Ryan Sieg (i) BK Racing Toyota 29.931 — — 3733 Jeffrey Earnhardt Circle Sport – The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 29.966 — — 3851 Josh Bilicki (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 30.677 — — 3942 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 28.597 28.544 28.568Official qualifying results

Practice (post-qualifying)

Second practice Martin Truex Jr. recorded the fastest time in the second practice session with a time of 29.000 seconds and a speed of .

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 29.000 131.338 2 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 29.001 131.333 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.034 131.184Official second practice results

Final practice Kyle Busch recorded the fastest time in the final practice session with a time of 29.086 seconds and a speed of .

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.086 130.950 2 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 29.171 130.568 3 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.171 130.568Official final practice results

Race First stage Martin Truex Jr. led the field to the green flag, but Jimmie Johnson received a pass-through penalty for passing him before the start. Kyle Larson, starting last after a failed inspection, advanced to the top ten by Lap 30. Truex held a lead of six-seconds by the Lap 36 competition caution.

During the pit stops, Erik Jones' car made contact with Kasey Kahne's, causing an undetected left-front tire issue. On the Lap 41 restart, the tire failed in Turn 3. Without the inner-liner used at larger tracks, the failure sent Jones into the outside wall, bringing out a second caution.

The race restarted on Lap 47, and run for 21 laps until Cole Whitt suffered an engine failure. Several lead cars short-pitted before the end of the first stage, which concluded with a two-lap sprint. Kyle Busch assumed the lead during pit stops under the subsequent caution.

Second stage The race resumed on Lap 84. A fifth caution occurred four laps later when Austin Dillon made contact with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. causing Dillon to spin out in Turn 4.

Returning to green on Lap 93, it went green the remainder of the second stage that concluded on Lap 151, which Kyle Busch won.That brought out the sixth caution. Denny Hamlin exited pit road with the race lead.

Final stage

Restarting on Lap 158, Truex reeled in and passed Hamlin to retake the lead on Lap 175. The race was totally in his control, until a flat right-front tire forced him to hit pit road earlier than planned, handing the lead to Busch with 83 laps to go. Running on much fresher tires, he quickly un-lapped himself with 71 to go just as the leaders started hitting pit road. Busch pitted from the lead with 63 to go, handing the lead to Dale Earnhardt Jr., who pitted with 55 to go, cycling the lead back to Truex. During the pit cycle, Busch was handed a pass-through penalty for speeding on pit road.

But while the tire advantage played in his favor in the 28 laps he worked to get back to the lead, it turned against him after the pit cycle. Matt Kenseth cut the gap and edged out Truex at the line to take the lead with 41 to go. Caution flew for the seventh time a lap later when Ryan Newman spun out in Turn 2. Kenseth exited pit road first, but did so taking only right-side tires, which proved costly. Hamlin and Truex, who both took four, followed Kenseth out in second and third. Dale Earnhardt Jr. stayed out to assume the lead.

Restarting with 35 to go, Hamlin took the lead from Kenseth exiting Turn 4 with 33 to go. Larson took over second with 23 to go, closed the gap to less than two seconds with 16 to go and less than a second with nine to go. He ran into lapped traffic with seven to go and the gap didn't change for a lap. This proved key to Hamlin pulling away, even when Larson closed the gap to three car-lengths with three to go, and driving on to victory.

Post-race During the pre-race show, Daniel Suárez gave a fan a box of Dunkin' Donuts, a competitor brand and food product of one of his sponsors, Subway. As a result, Subway terminated their sponsorship with Suárez in September.

Driver comments Hamlin said after the race that he was doing all he "could to pace (Larson). I knew he had a very fast car. It just seemed like we were able to get off the corner pretty good and I just ran kind of a pace there which I felt comfortable with. And just in case we had a restart, they wanted to burn the tires up."

Larson said of "another hard-fought race" it was "the third time" his team started from the rear and "drove up to second. I wish we could have been a spot better again, but really proud of my team and proud of the cars that they’re bringing for me to drive each and every week. It’s been a tough couple weeks through the tech line, so if we make it through here and then have a good Tuesday at NASCAR, but we’ll see.”

Race results

Stage results

Stage 1 Laps: 75

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 102 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 84 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 75 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 57 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 48 21 Ryan Blaney Wood Brothers Racing Ford 39 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 210 24 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1Official stage one results

Stage 2 Laps: 75

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 93 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 84 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 75 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 66 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 57 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 48 21 Ryan Blaney Wood Brothers Racing Ford 39 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 210 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 1Official stage two results

Final stage results

Stage 3 Laps: 151