The 2017 TheHouse.com 225 was the 16th stock car race of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, the final race of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series regular season, and the ninth iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, September 15, 2017, in Joliet, Illinois, at Chicagoland Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent D-shaped oval. The race took the scheduled 150 laps to complete. At race's end, Johnny Sauter, driving for GMS Racing, would control the last 28 laps of the race to win his 15th career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win and his second of the season.[1] To fill out the podium, Chase Briscoe of Brad Keselowski Racing and Christopher Bell of Kyle Busch Motorsports would finish second and third, respectively.

2017 TheHouse.com 225
Race details
Race 16 of 23 of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Date September 15, 2017
Official name 9th Annual TheHouse.com 225
Location Joliet, Illinois, Chicagoland Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
1.5 mi (2.41 km)
Distance 150 laps, 225 mi (362.102 km)
Scheduled Distance 150 laps, 225 mi (362.102 km)
Average speed 123.25 miles per hour (198.35 km/h)
Most laps led
Driver Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports
Laps 72
Winner
No. 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing
Television in the United States
Network Fox Sports 1
Announcers Vince Welch, Phil Parsons, Michael Waltrip
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The eight drivers to qualify for the NASCAR playoffs were Christopher Bell, Johnny Sauter, John Hunter Nemechek, Matt Crafton, Chase Briscoe, Austin Cindric, Ben Rhodes, and Kaz Grala.[2]

Background

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The layout of Chicagoland Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

Chicagoland Speedway is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) tri-oval speedway in Joliet, Illinois, southwest of Chicago. The speedway opened in 2001 and currently hosts NASCAR races. Until 2011, the speedway also hosted the IndyCar Series, recording numerous close finishes, including the closest finish in IndyCar history. The speedway is owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation and is located adjacent to Route 66 Raceway.

Entry list

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  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
  • (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
# Driver Team Make Sponsor
0 Tommy Regan (i) Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet Driven 2 Honor
1 Jordan Anderson TJL Motorsports Chevrolet Lucas Oil, Bommarito Automotive Group
02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet Randco, Young's Building Systems
4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Sirius XM
6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet Norm Benning Racing
8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet Fire Alarm Services, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet Nickelodeon, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
13 Cody Coughlin (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota JEGS
14 Ted Minor Long Motorsports Chevrolet Edge Guard
15 Gray Gaulding (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet Premium Motorsports
16 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota Aisin
18 Noah Gragson (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Switch
19 Austin Cindric (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford Reese Brands, DrawTite
21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet ISM Connect
24 Justin Haley (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet Fraternal Order of Eagles
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 Stealth
36 B. J. McLeod (i) MB Motorsports Chevrolet MB Motorsports
44 Austin Wayne Self Martins Motorsports Chevrolet AM Technical Solutions, Don't Mess with Texas
45 Justin Fontaine Niece Motorsports Toyota ProMatic Automation
49 Wendell Chavous (R) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet Premium Motorsports
50 Josh Reaume Beaver Motorsports Chevrolet WCI Parts
51 Myatt Snider Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Louisiana Hot Sauce
57 Mike Senica Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet Norm Benning Racing
63 Kevin Donahue MB Motorsports Chevrolet Mittler Bros. Machine & Tool
74 Mike Harmon (i) Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet Mike Harmon Racing
83 Camden Murphy Copp Motorsports Chevrolet Ronald McDonald House Charities Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana
87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet NEMCO Motorsports
88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota Menards, Hormel Black Label Bacon
92 Regan Smith RBR Enterprises Ford BTS Tire & Wheel Distributors, Advance Auto Parts
98 Grant Enfinger (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota JIVE Communication
Official entry list

Practice

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First practice

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The first practice session was held on Thursday, September 14, at 2:30 PM CST. The session would last for 55 minutes.[3] Chase Briscoe of Brad Keselowski Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.805 and an average speed of 175.296 miles per hour (282.112 km/h).[4]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 29 Chase Briscoe (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 30.805 175.296
2 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.823 175.194
3 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.971 174.357
Full first practice results

Second and final practice

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The second and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, practice session was held on Thursday, September 14, at 4:30 PM CST. The session would last for 55 minutes.[3] Johnny Sauter of GMS Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.688 and an average speed of 175.965 miles per hour (283.188 km/h).[5]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.688 175.965
2 29 Chase Briscoe (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 30.850 175.041
3 18 Noah Gragson (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.884 174.848
Full Happy Hour practice results

Qualifying

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Qualifying was held on Friday, September 15, at 4:05 PM CST.[3] Since Chicagoland Speedway is at least 1.5 miles (2.4 km) in length, the qualifying system was a single car, single lap, two round system where in the first round, everyone would set a time to determine positions 13–32. Then, the fastest 12 qualifiers would move on to the second round to determine positions 1–12.[6]

Ryan Truex of Hattori Racing Enterprises would win the pole, setting a lap of 30.685 and an average speed of 175.982 miles per hour (283.216 km/h) in the second round.[7]

No drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time (R1) Speed (R1) Time (R2) Speed (R2)
1 16 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 30.760 175.553 30.685 175.982
2 29 Chase Briscoe (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 30.840 175.097 30.701 175.890
3 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.851 175.035 30.795 175.353
4 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.853 175.023 30.821 175.205
5 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 30.958 174.430 30.943 174.514
6 18 Noah Gragson (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 31.014 174.115 30.943 174.514
7 19 Austin Cindric (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 30.955 174.447 30.954 174.452
8 98 Grant Enfinger (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 31.048 173.924 30.955 174.447
9 24 Justin Haley (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.970 174.362 30.976 174.329
10 51 Myatt Snider Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.965 174.390 30.989 174.255
11 13 Cody Coughlin (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 31.093 173.673 31.064 173.835
12 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 31.148 173.366 31.227 172.927
Eliminated in Round 1
13 27 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota 31.149 173.360 - -
14 33 Kaz Grala (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 31.155 173.327 - -
15 02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 31.363 172.177 - -
16 92 Regan Smith RBR Enterprises Ford 31.402 171.964 - -
17 45 Justin Fontaine Niece Motorsports Toyota 31.713 170.277 - -
18 44 Austin Wayne Self Martins Motorsports Chevrolet 31.870 169.438 - -
19 15 Gray Gaulding (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 32.167 167.874 - -
20 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 32.355 166.898 - -
21 1 Jordan Anderson TJL Motorsports Chevrolet 32.376 166.790 - -
22 83 Camden Murphy Copp Motorsports Chevrolet 32.461 166.353 - -
23 49 Wendell Chavous (R) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 32.813 164.569 - -
24 63 Kevin Donahue MB Motorsports Chevrolet 32.921 164.029 - -
25 50 Josh Reaume Beaver Motorsports Chevrolet 33.056 163.359 - -
26 36 B. J. McLeod (i) MB Motorsports Chevrolet 33.423 161.565 - -
27 14 Ted Minor Long Motorsports Chevrolet 33.927 159.165 - -
Qualified by owner's points
28 74 Mike Harmon (i) Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 34.279 157.531 - -
29 0 Tommy Regan (i) Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 34.791 155.213 - -
30 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 34.798 155.181 - -
31 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 35.416 152.473 - -
32 57 Mike Senica Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 42.214 127.920 - -
Official qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Stage 1 Laps: 35

Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts
1 16 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 10
2 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 9
3 27 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota 8
4 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 7
5 29 Chase Briscoe (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 6
6 19 Austin Cindric (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 5
7 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 4
8 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 3
9 92 Regan Smith RBR Enterprises Ford 2
10 18 Noah Gragson (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 1

Stage 2 Laps: 35

Pos. # Driver Team Make Pts
1 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 10
2 29 Chase Briscoe (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 9
3 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 8
4 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 7
5 19 Austin Cindric (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 6
6 24 Justin Haley (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 5
7 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 4
8 16 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 3
9 51 Myatt Snider Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 2
10 18 Noah Gragson (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 1

Stage 3 Laps: 80

Fin[8] St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts
1 4 21 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 150 28 running 56
2 2 29 Chase Briscoe (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 150 18 running 50
3 3 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 150 72 running 47
4 1 16 Ryan Truex Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 150 29 running 46
5 8 98 Grant Enfinger (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 150 0 running 32
6 13 27 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota 150 0 running 39
7 12 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 150 0 running 41
8 6 18 Noah Gragson (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 150 0 running 31
9 14 33 Kaz Grala (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 150 0 running 28
10 10 51 Myatt Snider Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 150 0 running 29
11 11 13 Cody Coughlin (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 150 0 running 26
12 16 92 Regan Smith RBR Enterprises Ford 149 0 running 27
13 15 02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 149 0 running 24
14 9 24 Justin Haley (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 149 2 running 28
15 7 19 Austin Cindric (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 148 0 running 33
16 5 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 148 1 running 33
17 17 45 Justin Fontaine Niece Motorsports Toyota 148 0 running 20
18 23 49 Wendell Chavous (R) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 144 0 running 19
19 25 50 Josh Reaume Beaver Motorsports Chevrolet 143 0 running 18
20 18 44 Austin Wayne Self Martins Motorsports Chevrolet 143 0 running 17
21 21 1 Jordan Anderson TJL Motorsports Chevrolet 133 0 clutch 16
22 22 83 Camden Murphy Copp Motorsports Chevrolet 102 0 suspension 15
23 30 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 101 0 transmission 14
24 31 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 27 0 suspension 13
25 19 15 Gray Gaulding (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 25 0 fuel pump 0
26 27 14 Ted Minor Long Motorsports Chevrolet 23 0 engine 11
27 28 74 Mike Harmon (i) Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 12 0 transmission 0
28 29 0 Tommy Regan (i) Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 11 0 engine 0
29 24 63 Kevin Donahue MB Motorsports Chevrolet 10 0 crash 8
30 26 36 B. J. McLeod (i) MB Motorsports Chevrolet 10 0 electrical 0
31 20 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 7 0 vibration 6
32 32 57 Mike Senica Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 0 0 rear gear 5
Official race results

Standings after the race

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References

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  1. ^ "Johnny Sauter gets momentum-building win at Chicagoland Speedway". ESPN.com. 2017-09-16. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
  2. ^ "Camping World Truck Series playoff field set; Bell captures regular-season crown". Official Site Of NASCAR. 2017-09-16. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
  3. ^ a b c "2017 Truck Series Chicagoland Race Info". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
  4. ^ McFadin, Daniel (2017-09-14). "Chase Briscoe fastest in first Truck Series practice at Chicagoland". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
  5. ^ Bonkowski, Jerry (2017-09-15). "Johnny Sauter is fastest in final Truck practice at Chicagoland". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
  6. ^ "NASCAR Qualifying Rules". ESPN.com. 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  7. ^ McFadin, Daniel (2017-09-15). "Ryan Truex win first Truck Series pole for Chicagoland race". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
  8. ^ "2017 TheHouse.com 225 - The Third Turn". www.thethirdturn.com. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
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