Martinsville Speedway is an NASCAR-owned stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At 0.526 miles (0.847 km) in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only remaining race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948.
Entry listedit
(R) denotes rookie driver.
(i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Originally, two practice sessions were scheduled to be held, both being held on Friday, March 31. However, rain would cancel the second session.[3]
The only 55-minute practice session was held on Friday, March 31, at 1:00 PM EST.[4]Christopher Bell of Kyle Busch Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 20.204 and an average speed of 93.724 miles per hour (150.834 km/h).[5]
Qualifying was held on Saturday, April 1, at 12:05 PM EST.[4] Since Martinsville Speedway is a short track, the qualifying system was a multi-car system that included three rounds. The first round was 15 minutes, where every driver would be able to set a lap within the 15 minutes. Then, the second round would consist of the fastest 24 cars in Round 1, and drivers would have 10 minutes to set a lap. Round 3 consisted of the fastest 12 drivers from Round 2, and the drivers would have 5 minutes to set a time. Whoever was fastest in Round 3 would win the pole.[6]
Chase Elliott of GMS Racing would win the pole after advancing from both preliminary rounds and setting the fastest lap in Round 3, with a time of 19.943 and an average speed of 94.951 miles per hour (152.809 km/h).[7]
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The 2017 Alpha Energy Solutions 250 was the third stock car race of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the 19th iteration of the event The race was held on Saturday April 1 2017 in Martinsville Virginia at Martinsville Speedway a 0 526 miles 0 847 km permanent oval shaped short track The race took the 250 laps to complete At race s end Chase Elliott driving for GMS Racing would defend the field on the final restart with 12 to go to win his second career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win and his only win of the season 1 To fill out the podium Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing and Christopher Bell of Kyle Busch Motorsports would finish second and third respectively 2017 Alpha Energy Solutions 250Race detailsRace 3 of 23 of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck SeriesDateApril 1 2017Official name19th Annual Alpha Energy Solutions 250LocationMartinsville Virginia Martinsville SpeedwayCoursePermanent racing facility0 526 mi 0 847 km Distance250 laps 131 5 mi 211 628 km Scheduled Distance250 laps 131 5 mi 211 628 km Average speed64 867 miles per hour 104 393 km h Pole positionDriverChase ElliottGMS RacingTime19 943Most laps ledDriverChristopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsLaps96WinnerNo 23Chase ElliottGMS RacingTelevision in the United StatesNetworkFOXAnnouncersVince Welch Michael Waltrip Kevin HarvickRadio in the United StatesRadioMotor Racing Network Contents 1 Background 1 1 Entry list 2 Practice 3 Qualifying 3 1 Full qualifying results 4 Race results 5 Standings after the race 6 ReferencesBackground edit nbsp The layout of Martinsville Speedway the venue where the race was held Martinsville Speedway is an NASCAR owned stock car racing track located in Henry County in Ridgeway Virginia just to the south of Martinsville At 0 526 miles 0 847 km in length it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Cup Series The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR being built in 1947 by H Clay Earles It is also the only remaining race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948 Entry list edit R denotes rookie driver i denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points Driver Team Make Sponsor 1 Bryce Napier TJL Motorsports Chevrolet Veterans Motorsports ASAP Appliance Service 02 Austin Hill Young s Motorsports Ford Victory Wear 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota JBL 5 Korbin Forrister Wauters Motorsports Toyota Advanced Medical Laboratories 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet Houston Roll Pipe 7 Brett Moffitt Red Horse Racing Toyota Red Horse Racing 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet D A B Constructors Inc 10 Chuck Buchanan Jr Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Ford Spring Drug 12 Jordan Anderson Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet Lucas Oil 13 Cody Coughlin R ThorSport Racing Toyota JEGS 16 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota Harris Teeter 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota Autos By Nelson Harley Davidson Thunder Road 18 Noah Gragson R Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Switch 19 Austin Cindric R Brad Keselowski Racing Ford LTi Printing 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet Allegiant Air 22 Austin Wayne Self AM Racing Toyota GO TEXAN 23 Chase Elliott i GMS Racing Chevrolet Allegiant Air 24 Justin Haley R GMS Racing Chevrolet AccuDoc Solutions 27 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota Safelite Auto Glass 29 Chase Briscoe R Brad Keselowski Racing Ford Cooper Standard 33 Kaz Grala R GMS Racing Chevrolet Kiklos 44 Brandon Brown i Martins Motorsports Chevrolet Martins Motorsports 45 T J Bell Niece Motorsports Chevrolet Autry Grading 49 Wendell Chavous R Premium Motorsports Chevrolet Premium Motorsports 50 Travis Kvapil Beaver Motorsports Chevrolet Motorsports Safety Group 51 Harrison Burton Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota DEX Imaging 52 Stewart Friesen R Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet Halmar 63 Kyle Donahue MB Motorsports Chevrolet Blue Lives Matter 66 Ross Chastain i Bolen Motorsports Chevrolet South Carolina Gamecocks 75 Caleb Holman Henderson Motorsports Chevrolet Food Country USA 83 Donnie Levister Copp Motorsports Chevrolet Frontline Wraps 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet NEMCO Motorsports 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota Menards Shasta 92 Regan Smith RBR Enterprises Ford BTS Tire amp Wheel Distributors Advance Auto Parts 98 Grant Enfinger R ThorSport Racing Toyota Jive Communications 99 Ty Dillon i MDM Motorsports Chevrolet Overkill Motorsports Official entry list Withdrew 2 Practice editOriginally two practice sessions were scheduled to be held both being held on Friday March 31 However rain would cancel the second session 3 The only 55 minute practice session was held on Friday March 31 at 1 00 PM EST 4 Christopher Bell of Kyle Busch Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session with a lap of 20 204 and an average speed of 93 724 miles per hour 150 834 km h 5 Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed 1 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 20 204 93 724 2 7 Brett Moffitt Red Horse Racing Toyota 20 264 93 447 3 18 Noah Gragson R Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 20 274 93 400 Full practice resultsQualifying editQualifying was held on Saturday April 1 at 12 05 PM EST 4 Since Martinsville Speedway is a short track the qualifying system was a multi car system that included three rounds The first round was 15 minutes where every driver would be able to set a lap within the 15 minutes Then the second round would consist of the fastest 24 cars in Round 1 and drivers would have 10 minutes to set a lap Round 3 consisted of the fastest 12 drivers from Round 2 and the drivers would have 5 minutes to set a time Whoever was fastest in Round 3 would win the pole 6 Chase Elliott of GMS Racing would win the pole after advancing from both preliminary rounds and setting the fastest lap in Round 3 with a time of 19 943 and an average speed of 94 951 miles per hour 152 809 km h 7 Three drivers would fail to qualify Austin Wayne Self Norm Benning and Chuck Buchanan Jr Full qualifying results edit Pos Driver Team Make Time R1 Speed R1 Time R2 Speed R2 Time R3 Speed R3 1 23 Chase Elliott i GMS Racing Chevrolet 19 943 94 951 2 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 19 974 94 803 3 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 20 074 94 331 4 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 20 099 94 214 5 66 Ross Chastain i Bolen Motorsports Chevrolet 20 168 93 891 6 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 20 182 93 826 7 51 Harrison Burton Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 20 182 93 826 8 29 Chase Briscoe R Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 20 198 93 752 9 18 Noah Gragson R Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 20 233 93 590 10 98 Grant Enfinger R ThorSport Racing Toyota 20 244 93 539 11 33 Kaz Grala R GMS Racing Chevrolet 20 254 93 493 12 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 20 268 93 428 Eliminated in Round 2 13 19 Austin Cindric R Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 20 195 93 766 14 63 Kyle Donahue MB Motorsports Chevrolet 20 219 93 654 15 7 Brett Moffitt Red Horse Racing Toyota 20 222 93 641 16 99 Ty Dillon i MDM Motorsports Chevrolet 20 226 93 622 17 27 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota 20 265 93 442 18 52 Stewart Friesen R Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 20 266 93 437 19 16 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 20 273 93 405 20 92 Regan Smith RBR Enterprises Ford 20 276 93 391 21 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 20 390 92 869 22 02 Austin Hill Young s Motorsports Ford 20 402 92 814 23 44 Brandon Brown i Martins Motorsports Chevrolet 20 402 92 814 24 24 Justin Haley R GMS Racing Chevrolet 20 356 93 024 Eliminated in Round 1 25 75 Caleb Holman Henderson Motorsports Chevrolet 20 356 93 024 26 45 T J Bell Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 20 420 92 733 27 13 Cody Coughlin R ThorSport Racing Toyota 20 428 92 696 Qualified by owner s points 28 50 Travis Kvapil Beaver Motorsports Chevrolet 20 885 90 668 29 1 Bryce Napier TJL Motorsports Chevrolet 21 137 89 587 30 83 Donnie Levister Copp Motorsports Chevrolet 21 166 89 464 31 49 Wendell Chavous R Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 21 174 89 430 32 12 Jordan Anderson Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 21 995 86 092 Failed to qualify or withdrew 33 22 Austin Wayne Self AM Racing Toyota 20 488 92 425 34 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 20 937 90 443 35 10 Chuck Buchanan Jr Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Ford WD 5 Korbin Forrister Wauters Motorsports Toyota Official starting lineupRace results editStage 1 Laps 70 Pos Driver Team Make Pts 1 23 Chase Elliott i GMS Racing Chevrolet 0 2 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 9 3 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 8 4 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 7 5 98 Grant Enfinger R ThorSport Racing Toyota 6 6 29 Chase Briscoe R Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 5 7 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 4 8 18 Noah Gragson R Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 3 9 99 Ty Dillon i MDM Motorsports Chevrolet 0 10 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 1 Stage 2 Laps 70 Pos Driver Team Make Pts 1 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 10 2 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 9 3 29 Chase Briscoe R Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 8 4 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 7 5 98 Grant Enfinger R ThorSport Racing Toyota 6 6 24 Justin Haley R GMS Racing Chevrolet 5 7 51 Harrison Burton Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 4 8 33 Kaz Grala R GMS Racing Chevrolet 3 9 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 2 10 02 Austin Hill Young s Motorsports Ford 1 Stage 3 Laps 110 Fin 8 St Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts 1 1 23 Chase Elliott i GMS Racing Chevrolet 250 92 running 0 2 2 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 250 62 running 54 3 6 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 250 96 running 43 4 9 18 Noah Gragson R Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 250 0 running 36 5 16 99 Ty Dillon i MDM Motorsports Chevrolet 250 0 running 0 6 15 7 Brett Moffitt Red Horse Racing Toyota 250 0 running 31 7 5 66 Ross Chastain i Bolen Motorsports Chevrolet 250 0 running 0 8 3 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 250 0 running 40 9 4 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 250 0 running 45 10 19 16 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 250 0 running 27 11 8 29 Chase Briscoe R Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 250 0 running 39 12 20 92 Regan Smith RBR Enterprises Ford 250 0 running 25 13 7 51 Harrison Burton Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 250 0 running 28 14 22 02 Austin Hill Young s Motorsports Ford 250 0 running 24 15 11 33 Kaz Grala R GMS Racing Chevrolet 250 0 running 25 16 14 63 Kyle Donahue MB Motorsports Chevrolet 250 0 running 21 17 10 98 Grant Enfinger R ThorSport Racing Toyota 250 0 running 32 18 21 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 250 0 running 19 19 27 13 Cody Coughlin R ThorSport Racing Toyota 250 0 running 18 20 17 27 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota 249 0 running 17 21 13 19 Austin Cindric R Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 249 0 running 16 22 25 75 Caleb Holman Henderson Motorsports Chevrolet 249 0 running 15 23 31 49 Wendell Chavous R Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 248 0 running 14 24 26 45 T J Bell Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 247 0 running 13 25 18 52 Stewart Friesen R Halmar Friesen Racing Chevrolet 247 0 running 12 26 24 24 Justin Haley R GMS Racing Chevrolet 246 0 running 16 27 23 44 Brandon Brown i Martins Motorsports Chevrolet 242 0 running 0 28 12 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 226 0 running 10 29 28 50 Travis Kvapil Beaver Motorsports Chevrolet 186 0 engine 8 30 30 83 Donnie Levister Copp Motorsports Chevrolet 100 0 brakes 7 31 32 12 Jordan Anderson Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 24 0 brakes 6 32 29 1 Bryce Napier TJL Motorsports Chevrolet 3 0 parked 5 Failed to qualify or withdrew 33 22 Austin Wayne Self AM Racing Toyota 34 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 35 10 Chuck Buchanan Jr Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Ford WD 5 Korbin Forrister Wauters Motorsports Toyota Official race resultsStandings after the race editDrivers Championship standings Pos Driver Points nbsp 1 Johnny Sauter 140 nbsp 2 Christopher Bell 136 4 nbsp 3 Matt Crafton 117 23 nbsp 4 Timothy Peters 110 30 nbsp 5 Kaz Grala 103 37 nbsp 6 Ben Rhodes 103 37 nbsp 7 Chase Briscoe 93 47 nbsp 8 Grant Enfinger 84 56 Official driver s standings Note Only the first 8 positions are included for the driver standings References edit Polesitter Chase Elliott wins hotly contested Martinsville Truck race ESPN com 2017 04 01 Retrieved 2022 04 23 Beard Brock TRUCKS Bryce Napier s oil leak begins rough weekend for 1 in NASCAR Retrieved 2022 04 23 Sherrill Logan Friday rain doesn t scare race fans away from Martinsville Speedway WDBJ Retrieved 2022 04 23 a b 2017 GOTS Martinsville Race Info Jayski s NASCAR Silly Season Site Retrieved 2022 04 23 McFadin Daniel 2017 03 31 Christopher Bell fastest in first Truck practice at Martinsville NASCAR Talk NBC Sports Retrieved 2022 04 23 NASCAR Qualifying Rules ESPN com 2018 02 07 Retrieved 2021 10 05 Long Dustin 2017 04 01 Chase Elliott wins pole for today s Truck race at Martinsville NASCAR Talk NBC Sports Retrieved 2022 04 23 2017 Alpha Energy Solutions 250 The Third Turn www thethirdturn com Retrieved 2022 04 22 Previous race 2017 Active Pest Control 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series2017 season Next race 2017 Toyota Tundra 250 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2017 Alpha Energy Solutions 250 amp oldid 1106352855, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
