MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 30 58TH ANNUAL BANK OF AMERICA 500 CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY Concord, NC - October 8, 2017 1.5-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 337 Laps - 505.5 Miles TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 38 minutes, 0 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 139.128 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.911 second(s) Fin Str Car Stg 1 Stg 2 Lead Playoff Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pos Pos Pts Status Tms Laps Pts 1 17 78 Martin Truex Jr Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota 337 4 47 Running 2 91 5 2 7 24 Chase Elliott SunEnergy1 Chevrolet 337 2 2 53 Running 2 12 3 3 4 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John's Ford 337 1 1 54 Running 4 149 2 4 1 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office Toyota 337 6 6 43 Running 2 45 5 18 1 Jamie McMurray Sherwin-Williams Chevrolet 337 3 10 41 Running 1 4 6 14 19 Daniel Suarez # STANLEY Toyota 337 9 33 Running 7 25 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 337 10 8 34 Running 8 15 21 Ryan Blaney Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford 337 9 31 Running 9 9 5 Kasey Kahne Road to Race Day Chevrolet 337 28 Running 1 2 10 10 42 Kyle Larson Target Chevrolet 337 4 7 38 Running 1 12 11 2 20 Matt Kenseth Tide Pods Toyota 337 7 3 38 Running 12 23 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Nationwide Chevrolet 337 25 Running 13 22 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr SunnyD Ford 337 24 Running 14 26 6 Trevor Bayne AdvoCare Ford 337 23 Running 15 6 2 Brad Keselowski Alliance Truck Parts Ford 337 22 Running 16 13 3 Austin Dillon DOW Chevrolet 337 21 Running 17 38 77 Erik Jones # 5-hour ENERGY Extra Strength Toyota 337 20 Running 18 21 37 Chris Buescher Gain Chevrolet 337 19 Running 19 20 27 Paul Menard Menards/Schrock Chevrolet 337 18 Running 20 19 47 AJ Allmendinger Kroger ClickList Chevrolet 337 17 Running 21 27 13 Ty Dillon # GEICO Chevrolet 337 16 Running 22 8 41 Kurt Busch Monster Energy/Haas Automation Ford 337 8 5 24 Running 23 29 32 Matt DiBenedetto EJ Wade Foundation Ford 337 14 Running 24 24 43 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 337 13 Running 25 30 34 Landon Cassill Love'sTravel Stops/Roller Bites Ford 336 12 Running 26 28 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 335 11 Running 27 5 14 Clint Bowyer Haas Automation Ford 335 10 Running 28 39 23 Corey Lajoie # MyFreedomSmokes.com Toyota 333 9 Running 29 4 18 Kyle Busch Interstate Batteries Toyota 331 5 14 Running 2 22 30 37 33 Jeffrey Earnhardt hulu Chevrolet 330 7 Running 31 34 15 Reed Sorenson Xchange of America Chevrolet 330 6 Running 32 33 51 BJ McLeod (i) Donnie Neueneberger Foundation Chevrolet 326 0 Running 33 36 66 Timmy Hill (i) O.C.R. Gaz Bar Chevrolet 326 0 Running 34 32 72 Cole Whitt TriStar Motorsports Chevrolet 295 3 Running 35 16 95 Michael McDowell Procore Chevrolet 293 2 Running 36 35 55 Gray Gaulding # Low T Center Toyota 267 1 Running 37 31 38 David Ragan TheHouse.com Ford 263 1 Accident 38 12 10 Danica Patrick Warriors In Pink Ford 263 1 Accident 39 40 83 Brett Moffitt (i) Champion Machinery Toyota 89 0 Accident 40 11 31 Ryan Newman Caterpillar Chevrolet 43 1 Accident # Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender. (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Stage 1 Top 10: 4, 24, 1, 42, 18, 11, 20, 41, 19, 48 Stage 2 Top 10: 4, 24, 20, 78, 41, 11, 42, 48, 21, 1 Race Comments: Martin Truex Jr. (P) won the 58th Annual Bank of America 500, his 13th victory in 435 NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series races. Failed to Qualify: n/a Caution Flags: 10 cautions for 44 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 37-40 (Competition Caution [34]); 45-51 (Car #31, #14 Incident On Backstretch [72]); 92-97 (Stage 1 Conclusion [32]); 117-120 (Car #95 Incident In Turn 2 [22]); 137-140 (Car #18 Incident In Turn 3 [5]); 182-185 (Stage 2 Conclusion [32]); 267-270 (Car #10, #38 Incident In Turn 2 [13]); 280-283 (Car #18 Incident In Turn 2 [6]); 327-330 (Car #18 Incident In Turn 3 [47]); 333-335 (Car #41 Incident In Turn 1 [43]). Lead Changes: 14 lead changes among 8 drivers. Hamlin 1-40, Elliott 41-51, Harvick 52-93, McMurray 94-97, Ky. Busch 98-116, Harvick 117, Ky. Busch 118-120, Harvick 121-225, Elliott 226, Hamlin 227-231, Kahne 232-233, Truex Jr 234-267, Larson 268-279, Harvick 280, Truex Jr 281-337. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Denny Hamlin (191.598 mph. 28.184 secs.) MOOG GO THE EXTRA MILE AWARD: Kyle Larson (crew chief Chad Johnston, - AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Kevin Harvick 0.037 seconds) INGERSOLL RAND POWER MOVE: Daniel Suarez (8 positions) SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD: Denny Hamlin (lap 2, 185.624 mph) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Roush-Yates Engines (#4) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Daniel Suarez MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Kevin Harvick SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP Kyle Busch 8 Pts Wins Kyle Busch (#18) 11 Kyle Larson (#42) 9 Kyle Larson 3 Toyota 1,066 (12) Matt Kenseth (#20) 3 Martin Truex Jr 2 Chevrolet 1,055 (10) Matt Kenseth 2 Ford 1,041 (8) Brad Keselowski 2 AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART Chase Elliott 1 AWARD Denny Hamlin 1 Martin Truex Jr (#78) 7 Ryan Blaney 1 Kyle Larson (#42) 7 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 1 Kyle Busch (#18) 7 Joey Logano 1 Erik Jones # 1 INGERSOLL RAND POWER MOVE Dale Earnhardt Jr 1 Daniel Suarez (#19) 40 Ryan Newman (#31) 37 SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Kasey Kahne (#5) 31 Erik Jones 255 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER Daniel Suarez 249 Ty Dillon 183 TRD (#18) 350 Corey Lajoie 156 Hendrick (#42) 312 Gray Gaulding 141 Roush/Yates (#4) 270 MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE Kyle Larson (#42) 10 Kyle Busch (#18) 6 Kevin Harvick (#4) 5 MOOG GO THE EXTRA MILE AWARD Tony Gibson (#41) 4 Matt McCall (#1) 3 Jason Ratcliff (#20) 3 NEXT EVENT: October 15, 2017 - 49th Annual Alabama 500 , Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL (500.08 Miles) (188 Laps) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2017 NASCAR MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #30: 58TH ANNUAL BANK OF AMERICA "500" Race Date: 10/08/2017 Rank DRIVER Points Behind Race Stage Playoff Leader Wins Wins Points 1 MARTIN TRUEX JR. 3106 0 6 19 64 2 KYLE LARSON 3072 34 4 4 34 3 KEVIN HARVICK 3069 37 1 5 17 4 CHASE ELLIOTT 3059 47 0 3 6 5 DENNY HAMLIN 3056 50 2 2 13 6 KYLE BUSCH 3055 51 4 13 41 7 JIMMIE JOHNSON 3051 55 3 1 17 8 JAMIE MCMURRAY 3044 62 0 0 3 9 MATT KENSETH 3043 63 0 3 5 10 BRAD KESELOWSKI 3042 64 2 5 20 11 RYAN BLANEY 3039 67 1 3 8 12 RICKY STENHOUSE JR. 3034 72 2 0 10 13 AUSTIN DILLON 2086 1020 1 0 0 14 KASEY KAHNE 2074 1032 1 0 0 15 RYAN NEWMAN 2068 1038 1 0 0 16 KURT BUSCH 2068 1038 1 0 0 17 CLINT BOWYER 760 2346 0 1 0 18 JOEY LOGANO 752 2354 1 1 0 19 ERIK JONES 748 2358 0 0 0 20 DANIEL SUAREZ 686 2420 0 1 0 21 TREVOR BAYNE 548 2558 0 0 0 22 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 541 2565 0 0 0 23 PAUL MENARD 507 2599 0 0 0 24 TY DILLON 489 2617 0 0 0 25 CHRIS BUESCHER 464 2642 0 0 0 26 A J ALLMENDINGER 452 2654 0 0 0 27 MICHAEL MCDOWELL 450 2656 0 0 0 28 DANICA PATRICK 441 2665 0 0 0 29 DAVID RAGAN 360 2746 0 0 0 30 ARIC ALMIROLA 354 2752 0 0 0 31 MATT DIBENEDETTO 312 2794 0 0 0 32 LANDON CASSILL 307 2799 0 0 0 33 COLE WHITT 276 2830 0 0 0 34 COREY LAJOIE 202 2904 0 0 0 35 REED SORENSON 125 2981 0 0 0 36 GRAY GAULDING 120 2986 0 0 0 37 JEFFREY EARNHARDT 115 2991 0 0 0 38 DERRIKE COPE 36 3070 0 0 0 39 MICHAEL WALTRIP 29 3077 0 0 0 40 BILLY JOHNSON 15 3091 0 0 0 41 BORIS SAID 15 3091 0 0 0 42 GARY KLUTT 6 3100 0 0 0 43 CODY WARE 6 3100 0 0 0 44 ALON DAY 5 3101 0 0 0 45 STEPHEN LEICHT 5 3101 0 0 0 46 KEVIN O'CONNELL 4 3102 0 0 0 47 TOMMY REGAN 3 3103 0 0 0 48 D J KENNINGTON 2 3104 0 0 0 49 BRENDAN GAUGHAN(i) 0 3106 0 0 0 50 DARRELL WALLACE JR.(i) 0 3106 0 0 0 51 TIMMY HILL(i) 0 3106 0 0 0 52 ELLIOTT SADLER(i) 0 3106 0 0 0 53 ROSS CHASTAIN(i) 0 3106 0 0 0 54 JOEY GASE(i) 0 3106 0 0 0 55 REGAN SMITH(i) 0 3106 0 0 0 56 JJ YELEY(i) 0 3106 0 0 0 57 RYAN SIEG(i) 0 3106 0 0 0 58 CARL LONG(i) 0 3106 0 0 0 59 BJ MCLEOD(i) 0 3106 0 0 0 60 BRETT MOFFITT(i) 0 3106 0 0 0 61 JOSH BILICKI(i) 0 3106 0 0 0 62 RAY BLACK II(i) 0 3106 0 0 0 (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES OWNER LEADERS Race #30: 58TH ANNUAL BANK OF AMERICA "500" Race Date: 10/08/2017 Rank Car # OWNER Points Behind Race Stage Playoff Qualifying Leader Wins Wins Points Attempts 1 78 Furniture Row Racing 3106 0 6 19 64 30 2 42 Chip Ganassi Racing 3072 34 4 4 34 30 3 4 Stewart-Haas Racing 3069 37 1 5 17 30 4 24 Hendrick Motorsports 3059 47 0 3 6 30 5 11 Joe Gibbs Racing 3056 50 2 2 13 30 6 18 Joe Gibbs Racing 3055 51 4 13 41 30 7 48 Hendrick Motorsports 3051 55 3 1 17 30 8 1 Chip Ganassi Racing 3044 62 0 0 3 30 9 20 Joe Gibbs Racing 3043 63 0 3 5 30 10 2 Team Penske 3042 64 2 5 20 30 11 21 Wood Brothers Racing 3039 67 1 3 8 30 12 17 Roush Fenway Racing 3034 72 2 0 10 30 13 3 Richard Childress Racing 2086 1020 1 0 0 30 14 5 Hendrick Motorsports 2074 1032 1 0 0 30 15 31 Richard Childress Racing 2068 1038 1 0 0 30 16 41 Stewart-Haas Racing 2068 1038 1 0 0 30 17 14 Stewart-Haas Racing 760 2346 0 1 0 30 18 22 Team Penske 752 2354 1 1 0 30 19 77 Furniture Row Racing 748 2358 0 0 0 30 20 19 Joe Gibbs Racing 686 2420 0 1 0 30 21 6 Roush Fenway Racing 548 2558 0 0 0 30 22 88 Hendrick Motorsports 541 2565 0 0 0 30 23 27 Richard Childress Racing 507 2599 0 0 0 30 24 13 Germain Racing 489 2617 0 0 0 30 25 43 Richard Petty Motorsports 466 2640 0 0 0 30 26 37 JTG Daugherty Racing 464 2642 0 0 0 30 27 47 JTG Daugherty Racing 452 2654 0 0 0 30 28 95 Leavine Family Racing 450 2656 0 0 0 30 29 10 Stewart-Haas Racing 441 2665 0 0 0 30 30 38 Front Row Motorsports 360 2746 0 0 0 30 31 32 GO FAS Racing 312 2794 0 0 0 30 32 34 Front Row Motorsports 307 2799 0 0 0 30 33 72 TriStar Motorsports 276 2830 0 0 0 30 34 15 Premium Motorsports 199 2907 0 0 0 30 35 23 BK Racing 198 2908 0 0 0 30 36 83 BK Racing 169 2937 0 0 0 28 37 33 Circle Sport / TMG 130 2976 0 0 0 30 38 55 Premium Motorsports 86 3020 0 0 0 25 39 7 Tommy Baldwin Racing 82 3024 0 0 0 7 40 175 Beard Motorsports 67 3039 0 0 0 3 41 51 Rick Ware Racing 66 3040 0 0 0 25 42 266 Motorsports Business Management 54 3052 0 0 0 9 43 96 Gaunt Brothers Racing 1 3105 0 0 0 2.