Practice #1
The 2017 Drivin' for Linemen 200 NASCAR TRUCK Series practice results offer insights into driver performance, including lap times, top speeds, and practice session leaders at World Wide Technology Raceway.
Drivin' for Linemen 200
Saturday, June 17th, 2017
World Wide Technology Raceway, Madison, IL
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- Gateway Motorsports Park
- 4th Annual Drivin' for Linemen 200
- Keystone Light Pole Winner: Chase Briscoe
- Age: 22
- Team : No. 29 - Brad Keselowski's Checkered Flag Foundation Ford
- Owner: Brad Keselowski
- Crew Chief: Buddy Sisco
- Chase Briscoe won the Keystone Light Pole Award for the 4th Annual Drivin' for Linemen 200 with a lap of 32.888 seconds, 136.828 mph.
- This is his second pole in eight NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races.
- This is his second pole and fifth top-10 start in 2017.
- This is his first pole at Gateway Motorsports Park. Briscoe becomes the third youngest NCWTS driver to win a pole at Gateway at the age of 22 years 6 months 2 days.
- John H. Nemechek (second) posted his second top-10 start of 2017 and his second in four races at Gateway Motorsports Park.
- Christopher Bell (third) posted his second top-10 start at Gateway Motorsports Park. It is his seventh in eight races this season.
- Chase Briscoe (first) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
- Drivers Entered: 30
- Laps Scheduled: 100
- Laps Actual: 160 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
- Margin of Victory: 01.635 Seconds
- Time of Race: 1 Hours 47 Minutes 18 Seconds
- Average Speed: 111.836
- Cautions: 3 for 17 laps
- Lead Changes: 9
- Green Flag Passes: 484 (3.4 passes per green flag lap)
- Gateway Motorsports Park
- 4th Annual Drivin' for Linemen 200
- Race Winner: John H. Nemechek
- Age: 20
- Team : No. 8 - Chevrolet
- Owner: Joe Nemechek
- Crew Chief: Gere Kennon
- John H. Nemechek won the 4th Annual Drivin' for Linemen 200, his fourth victory in 61 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races.
- This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in 2017.
- This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in four races at Gateway Motorsports Park.
- Chase Briscoe (second) posted his first top-10 finish in at Gateway Motorsports Park. It is his fourth top-10 finish in 2017.
- Johnny Sauter (third) posted his sixth top-10 finish in six races at Gateway Motorsports Park.
- Chase Briscoe (second) was the highest finishing rookie.
- Johnny Sauter leads the point standings by 38 points over Christopher Bell.
- Nemechek becomes the second youngest NCWTS driver to win at Gateway at the age of 20 years 0 months 6 days.
- The average age of the NCWTS winners at Gateway over the last four seasons is 19.5 - 2014 Darrell Wallace Jr. (20 years old), 2015 Cole Custer (17), 2016 Christopher Bell (21) and 2017 John Hunter Nemechek (20).
| # | DRIVER | MAKE | RNK | SPD | TME | BHND | LAP | LAPS | 10-LAP | FRM | TO |
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| 21 | Johnny Sauter | Chevrolet | 8 | 134.292 | 33.509 | 0.428 | 6 | 13 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Grant Enfinger | Toyota | 10 | 133.897 | 33.608 | 0.526 | 16 | 30 | 132.348 | 21 | 30 |
| 88 | Matt Crafton | Toyota | 6 | 134.763 | 33.392 | 0.311 | 11 | 15 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | TJ Bell | Chevrolet | 16 | 130.235 | 34.553 | 1.472 | 10 | 14 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Ryan Truex | Toyota | 13 | 132.779 | 33.891 | 0.810 | 8 | 10 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Justin Haley | Chevrolet | 5 | 135.294 | 33.261 | 0.180 | 33 | 33 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | John Hunter Nemechek | Chevrolet | 7 | 134.352 | 33.494 | 0.413 | 10 | 19 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Christopher Bell | Toyota | 1 | 136.030 | 33.081 | 0.000 | 22 | 22 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Kaz Grala | Chevrolet | 14 | 132.318 | 34.009 | 0.928 | 9 | 26 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Austin Cindric | Ford | 9 | 134.232 | 33.524 | 0.443 | 25 | 25 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 02 | Austin Hill | Ford | 15 | 130.730 | 34.422 | 1.341 | 15 | 17 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Chase Briscoe | Ford | 3 | 135.747 | 33.150 | 0.068 | 28 | 28 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Noah Gragson | Toyota | 2 | 135.915 | 33.109 | 0.027 | 26 | 26 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Ben Rhodes | Toyota | 12 | 133.014 | 33.831 | 0.750 | 7 | 15 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | Clay Greenfield | Chevrolet | 17 | 129.117 | 34.852 | 1.771 | 4 | 8 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Wendell Chavous | Chevrolet | 19 | 127.757 | 35.223 | 2.142 | 23 | 30 | 121.358 | 4 | 13 |
| 13 | Cody Coughlin | Toyota | 11 | 133.046 | 33.823 | 0.742 | 9 | 17 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Bryce Napier | Chevrolet | 20 | 123.457 | 36.450 | 3.369 | 14 | 14 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Kyle Donahue | Chevrolet | 18 | 128.070 | 35.137 | 2.056 | 7 | 11 | 126.036 | 2 | 11 |
| Todd Gilliland | 4 | 135.595 | 33.187 | 0.105 | 28 | 28 | 132.668 | 5 | 14 |