The 2017 I Love New York 355 at The Glen was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on August 6, 2017, at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York. Contested over 90 laps on the road course, it was the 22nd 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 Gary Klutt 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 Boris Said 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 72 Cole Whitt TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Erik Jones (R) Furniture Row Racing Toyota 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 83 Brett Moffitt (i) BK Racing Toyota 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 95 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing ChevroletOfficial entry list

Practice

First practice Kyle Busch was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 70.270 seconds and a speed of .

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 70.270 125.516 2 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 70.675 124.797 3 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 70.817 124.546Official first practice results

Final practice Brad Keselowski was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 70.067 seconds and a speed of .

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 70.067 125.880 2 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 70.077 125.862 3 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 70.224 125.598Official final practice results

Qualifying

Kyle Busch scored the pole for the race with a time of 69.490 and a speed of .

Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 118 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 70.316 69.490 242 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 70.415 69.862 378 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 70.005 70.132 424 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 69.958 70.232 519 Daniel Suárez (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 70.292 70.305 677 Erik Jones (R) Furniture Row Racing Toyota 70.444 70.314 747 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 70.593 70.353 82 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 70.335 70.372 91 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 70.041 70.567 1048 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 70.537 71.114 1111 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 70.432 0.000 1214 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas RacingFord 70.504 0.000 1322 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 70.618 — 1495 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet 70.630 — 1520 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 70.665 — 1621 Ryan Blaney Wood Brothers Racing Ford 70.687 — 1737 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Ford 70.726 — 1841 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas RacingFord 70.730 — 195 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 70.735 — 204 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas RacingFord 70.740 — 2127 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 70.806 — 2217 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 70.860 — 2331 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 70.937 — 2413 Ty Dillon (R) Germain Racing Chevrolet 71.122 — 2510 Danica Patrick Stewart–Haas RacingFord 71.162 — 2672 Cole Whitt TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 71.162 — 273 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 71.332 — 2888 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 71.442 — 2943 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 71.566 — 306 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 71.710 — 3138 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 72.220 — 3234 Landon Cassill Front Row Motorsports Ford 72.516 — 3383 Brett Moffitt (i) BK Racing Toyota 73.259 — 3415 Gary Klutt Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 73.261 — 3533 Boris Said Circle Sport – The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 74.037 — 3623 Corey LaJoie (R) BK Racing Toyota 74.274 — 3732 Matt DiBenedetto Go Fas Racing Ford 74.790 — Official qualifying results

Race First stage Trevor Bayne and Chase Elliott reported brake issues during the pace laps prior to the start of the race. While Elliott stayed out and raced on, Bayne took his car to the garage prior to the initial start. When his team fixed the problem, he joined the race on Lap 11, 10 laps down.

Kyle Busch led the field to the green flag at 3:21 p.m. Erik Jones, running sixth, overshot the entrance to the inner-loop and came to a complete stop, as a driver is required to do in that situation, before continuing on. Multiple drivers elected to short-pit the end of the first stage on Lap 18. Busch drove unchallenged to a first stage victory on Lap 21. Elliott, who was among those that short-pitted on Lap 18, took the lead when Busch and the rest pitted under the stage break. Busch made a second stop for a lug nut stuck between the left-front tire and the wheel. During the caution, Dale Earnhardt Jr., who reported on Lap 19 that he was losing power, took his car to the garage and retired from the race with engine issues.

Second stage The race restarted on Lap 25. Kyle Larson (fourth) and Jamie McMurray (second) pitted on Lap 29, with McMurray spending roughly 30 seconds in his pit stall, dealing with an issue on the right-front tire. Elliott pitted from the lead on Lap 31, handing it to Daniel Suárez, who held off a charging Martin Truex Jr. with an impressive block in the final corner to win the second stage on Lap 41.

Final stage

On the ensuing Lap 45 restart, Truex took the lead from Suárez exiting Turn 1. Busch and Brad Keselowski made contact in the inner-loop, sending them both spinning, though both continued on and the race stayed green. A tire carcass from Landon Cassill's car on the backstretch brought out the third caution on Lap 51. Keselowski ascended to the lead when Truex and the rest of the leaders pitted. During the caution, Kevin Harvick made contact with Brett Moffitt while exiting his pit stall as Brett entered his, dealing moderate damage to the front of Harvick's car.

The race restarted on Lap 55. Truex applied pressure for a few laps to Keselowski, before Keselowski pulled aside and allowed him to take the lead entering Turn 11 on Lap 65. By Lap 69, almost everyone was told he/she was short of the fuel needed to make it to the finish. Keselowski, who last pitted during the second stage break, was told he was six laps short of making it. Larson pitted on Lap 69, ensuring he would make it to the finish on fuel, as did Joey Logano with 15 laps to go. Elliott and Kasey Kahne pitted for fuel with nine to go, and Busch and McMurray followed suit four laps later.

While Truex was conserving his fuel load for the finish, Keselowski reeled him in and powered by his outside on the approach to the inner-loop to retake the lead with 14 to go. Unfortunately, he didn't save enough to make it to the end and pitted from the lead with three to go. Ryan Blaney took over the lead for a short time with two to go, but ran out of fuel on the approach to the inner-loop. Truex took over the lead as the white flag waved. He botched his entry into the inner-loop and locked up entering Turn 10 on the final lap, however, allowing Matt Kenseth to close in on him. But in the end, Truex drove on to victory.

Race results

Stage results

Stage 1 Laps: 20

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 93 24 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 84 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 75 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 66 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 57 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 48 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daughtery Racing Chevrolet 39 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 210 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 1Official stage one results

Stage 2 Laps: 20

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 19 Daniel Suárez (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 93 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 84 21 Ryan Blaney Wood Brothers Racing Ford 75 77 Erik Jones (R) Furniture Row Racing Toyota 66 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 48 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 39 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 210 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daughtery Racing Chevrolet 1Official stage two results

Final stage results

Stage 3 Laps: 50

Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 3 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 90 582 15 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 90 433 5 19 Daniel Suárez (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 90 444 11 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 90 385 12 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 90 326 18 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 90 347 1 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 90 428 16 21 Ryan Blaney Wood Brothers Racing Ford 90 369 7 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 90 3210 6 77 Erik Jones (R) Furniture Row Racing Toyota 90 3311 17 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 90 2612 14 95 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet 90 2513 4 24 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 90 3214 9 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 90 2815 8 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 90 3216 19 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 90 2317 20 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 90 2018 21 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 90 1919 24 13 Ty Dillon (R) Germain Racing Chevrolet 90 1820 22 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 90 1821 29 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 90 1622 25 10 Danica Patrick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 90 1523 2 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 90 2124 13 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 90 1725 23 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 90 1226 27 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 90 1127 31 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 90 1028 37 32 Matt DiBenedetto Go Fas Racing Ford 90 929 10 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 90 830 35 33 Boris Said Circle Sport – The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 89 731 34 15 Gary Klutt Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 89 632 33 83 Brett Moffitt (i) BK Racing Toyota 89 033 36 23 Corey LaJoie (R) BK Racing Toyota 89 434 26 72 Cole Whitt TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 81 335 30 6 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 80 236 32 34 Landon Cassill Front Row Motorsports Ford 78 137 28 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 22 1Official race results

Race statistics Lead changes: 6 among different drivers Cautions/Laps: 3 for 8 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 2 hours, 7 minutes and 3 seconds Average speed:

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