The 2017 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on August 19, 2017 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. Contested over 500 laps on the short track, it was the 24th 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 7 J. J. Yeley (i) Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 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 Joey Gase (i) 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 B. J. McLeod (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 55 Gray Gaulding (R) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 66 Timmy Hill (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 ChevroletOfficial entry list

Practice

First practice Denny Hamlin was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 14.848 seconds and a speed of .

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 14.848 129.230 2 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 14.849 129.221 3 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 14.881 128.943Official first practice results

Final practice Ryan Blaney was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 14.926 seconds and a speed of .

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 21 Ryan Blaney Wood Brothers Racing Ford 14.926 128.554 2 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 14.983 128.065 3 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 15.016 127.784Official final practice results

Qualifying

Erik Jones scored the pole for the race with a time of 14.981 and a speed of .

Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 177 Erik Jones (R) Furniture Row Racing Toyota 14.959 14.980 14.981 242 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 15.028 15.025 14.984 35 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 14.970 15.059 15.005 424 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 14.888 15.007 15.031 520 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 14.966 14.940 15.042 678 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 14.954 15.082 15.046 711 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 14.850 14.917 15.062 822 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 15.018 14.982 15.108 914 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas RacingFord 15.135 15.023 15.117 1021 Ryan Blaney Wood Brothers Racing Ford 14.974 15.019 15.126 111 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 14.919 15.053 15.225 1219 Daniel Suárez (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 15.000 15.001 15.244 1331 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 15.049 15.100 — 1417 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 15.010 15.108 — 1537 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 15.147 15.120 — 163 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 15.137 15.121 — 172 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 15.010 15.133 — 1818 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 14.769 15.143 — 1938 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 15.180 15.146 — 206 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 15.079 15.179 — 2148 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 15.137 15.181 — 2213 Ty Dillon (R) Germain Racing Chevrolet 15.092 15.230 — 2347 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 15.156 15.337 — 2410 Danica Patrick Stewart–Haas RacingFord 15.183 15.403 — 2541 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas RacingFord 15.194 — — 2695 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet 15.212 — — 2727 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 15.255 — — 2843 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 15.255 — — 294 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas RacingFord 15.259 — — 307 J. J. Yeley (i) Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 15.282 — — 3188 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 15.287 — — 3272 Cole Whitt TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 15.329 — — 3334 Landon Cassill Front Row Motorsports Ford 15.376 — — 3432 Matt DiBenedetto Go Fas Racing Ford 15.406 — — 3583 Corey LaJoie (R) BK Racing Toyota 15.453 — — 3651 B. J. McLeod (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 15.503 — — 3755 Gray Gaulding (R) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 15.531 — — 3833 Jeffrey Earnhardt Circle Sport – The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 15.554 — — 3915 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 15.623 — — 4023 Joey Gase (R) BK Racing Toyota 15.777 — —Did not qualify 4166 Timmy Hill (i) MBM Motorsports Chevrolet 15.725 — —Official qualifying results

Race

Race results Stage results

Stage 1 Laps: 125

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 77 Erik Jones (R) Furniture Row Racing Toyota 93 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 84 24 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 75 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 66 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 57 21 Ryan Blaney Wood Brothers Racing Ford 48 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 39 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 210 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 1Official stage one results

Stage 2 Laps: 125

Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Points1 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 102 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 93 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 84 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 75 77 Erik Jones (R) Furniture Row Racing Toyota 66 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 57 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 48 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 39 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 210 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 1Official stage two results

Final stage results

Stage 3 Laps: 250

Pos Grid Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points1 18 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 500 532 1 77 Erik Jones (R) Furniture Row Racing Toyota 500 503 7 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 500 434 5 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 500 495 25 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 500 326 13 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 500 387 20 6 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 500 308 29 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 500 379 2 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 500 4110 10 21 Ryan Blaney Wood Brothers Racing Ford 500 3111 21 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 500 3612 11 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 500 2513 8 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 500 2714 14 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 500 2315 12 19 Daniel Suárez (R) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 500 2216 27 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 499 2317 19 38 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 499 2018 4 24 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 499 2619 9 14 Clint Bowyer Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 499 1920 26 95 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet 499 1721 6 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Toyota 499 1822 23 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 498 1523 31 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 497 1424 3 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 497 1325 24 10 Danica Patrick Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 496 1226 34 32 Matt DiBenedetto Go Fas Racing Ford 496 1127 15 37 Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 496 1028 35 83 Corey LaJoie (R) BK Racing Toyota 495 929 17 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 493 830 30 7 J. J. Yeley (i) Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 493 031 37 55 Gray Gaulding (R) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 488 632 36 51 B. J. McLeod (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 482 033 32 72 Cole Whitt TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 480 434 40 23 Joey Gase (i) BK Racing Toyota 476 035 33 34 Landon Cassill Front Row Motorsports Ford 412 236 22 13 Ty Dillon (R) Germain Racing Chevrolet 394 137 28 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 390 138 39 15 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 352 139 16 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 230 140 38 33 Jeffrey Earnhardt Circle Sport – The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 225 1Official race results

Race statistics Lead changes: 6 among different drivers Cautions/Laps: 8 for 53 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 2 hours, 46 minutes and 37 seconds Average speed:

Media

Television NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, 2008 race winner Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.

NBCBooth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Rick AllenColor-commentator: Jeff BurtonColor-commentator: Steve Letarte Dave BurnsParker KligermanMarty SniderKelli Stavast

Radio The Performance Racing Network had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

PRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Doug RiceAnnouncer: Mark GarrowAnnouncer: Wendy Venturini Backstretch: Rob Albright Brad GillieBrett McMillanJim NobleSteve Richards

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Martin Truex Jr. 951 1 2 Kyle Busch 850 (–101) 1 3 Kyle Larson 845 (–106) 4 Kevin Harvick 824 (–127) 1 5 Denny Hamlin 753 (–198) 1 6 Brad Keselowski 728 (–223) 7 Chase Elliott 711 (–240) 1 8 Matt Kenseth 703 (–248) 1 9 Jamie McMurray 700 (–251) 10 Clint Bowyer 642 (–309) 11 Jimmie Johnson 628 (–323) 12 Ryan Blaney 623 (–328) 1 13 Kurt Busch 586 (–365) 1 14 Joey Logano 583 (–368) 15 Ryan Newman 574 (–377) 16 Erik Jones 574 (–377)Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 845 2 Ford 840 (–5) 3 Toyota 839 (–6)Official manufacturers' standings 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.

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