2017 Bar Harbor 200

The 2017 Bar Harbor 200 presented by Sea Watch International was the sixth stock car race of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the 17th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, June 2, 2017, in Dover, Delaware at Dover International Speedway, a 1 mile (1.6 km) permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. At race's end, Johnny Sauter, driving for GMS Racing, would take control of the late stages of the race with 33 to go to win his 14th career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career and his first win of the season.^[1] To fill out the podium, Kaz Grala of GMS Racing and Grant Enfinger of ThorSport Racing would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

Dover International Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Dover Motorsports.

The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats.

Entry list

• (R) denotes rookie driver.
• (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

Practice

First practice

The first practice session was held on Thursday, June 1, at 2:00 PM EST, and would last for 55 minutes.^[2] Noah Gragson of Kyle Busch Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 23.046 and an average speed of 156.209 miles per hour (251.394 km/h).^[3]

Second and final practice

The second and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Thursday, June 1, at 4:00 PM EST, and would last for 55 minutes.^[2] Noah Gragson of Kyle Busch Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 22.933 and an average speed of 156.979 miles per hour (252.633 km/h), completing a sweep of both practice sessions.^[4]

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Friday, June 2, at 2:35 PM EST.^[2] Since Dover International Speedway is under 1.5 miles (2.4 km), 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.^[5]

Chase Briscoe of Brad Keselowski Racing would win the pole after advancing from both preliminary rounds and setting the fastest lap in Round 3, with a time of 23.007 and an average speed of 156.474 miles per hour (251.820 km/h).^[6]

No drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 45

Stage 2 Laps: 45

Stage 3 Laps: 110

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Johnny Sauter 291 2 Christopher Bell 239 (-52) 3 Matt Crafton 232 (–59) 4 Ben Rhodes 215 (–76) 5 Chase Briscoe 208 (–83) 6 Ryan Truex 185 (–106) 7 Grant Enfinger 181 (–110) 8 Kaz Grala 175 (–116) Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 8 positions are included for the driver standings.

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