MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 23 48TH ANNUAL PURE MICHIGAN 400 MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY Brooklyn, MI - August 13, 2017 2-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 202 Laps - 404.0 Miles TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 40 minutes, 38 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 150.903 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.31 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 9 42 Kyle Larson Target Chevrolet 202 9 8 45 Running 1 2 5 2 13 78 Martin Truex Jr Furniture Row/Denver Mattress Toyota 202 4 1 52 Running 3 57 1 3 8 77 Erik Jones # 5-hour ENERGY Extra Strength Toyota 202 5 4 47 Running 2 5 4 25 31 Ryan Newman Velveeta Shells & Cheese Chevrolet 202 33 Running 5 21 6 Trevor Bayne Roush Performance Ford 202 32 Running 6 20 37 Chris Buescher Bush's Grillin' Beans Chevrolet 202 31 Running 7 17 3 Austin Dillon Dow Automotive Magna Chevrolet 202 30 Running 8 5 24 Chase Elliott NAPA Chevrolet 202 3 37 Running 9 7 1 Jamie McMurray Cessna Chevrolet 202 7 32 Running 10 6 18 Kyle Busch Interstate Batteries Toyota 202 8 9 32 Running 2 14 11 15 41 Kurt Busch Monster Energy/Haas Automation Ford 202 26 Running 12 24 43 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 202 25 Running 13 3 4 Kevin Harvick Busch Light Ford 202 2 3 41 Running 14 19 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Axalta Chevrolet 202 23 Running 15 12 21 Ryan Blaney Motorcraft/SKF Ford 202 6 27 Running 16 10 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office Toyota 202 10 10 23 Running 1 16 17 1 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Ford 202 1 2 39 Running 5 105 1 18 14 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Go Bowling Ford 202 19 Running 19 22 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's/Jimmie Johnson Foundation Chevrolet 202 18 Running 20 29 47 AJ Allmendinger Kroger ClickList Chevrolet 202 17 Running 21 33 13 Ty Dillon # GEICO Chevrolet 202 16 Running 22 18 10 Danica Patrick Code 3 Associates Ford 202 15 Running 23 11 14 Clint Bowyer Nature's Bakery/Feeding America Ford 202 14 Running 24 4 20 Matt Kenseth DEWALT Flexvolt Toyota 202 7 17 Running 25 32 34 Landon Cassill MDS Transport Ford 200 12 Running 26 27 32 Matt DiBenedetto Can-Am/Kappa Ford 200 11 Running 27 26 95 Michael McDowell WRL General Contractors Chevrolet 200 10 Running 28 2 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 200 6 14 Running 29 31 72 Cole Whitt Bad Boy Mowers Chevrolet 199 8 Running 30 28 38 David Ragan Overton's Ford 199 7 Running 31 34 23 Corey Lajoie # JAS Expedited Trucking Toyota 199 6 Running 32 35 83 Brett Moffitt (i) Northwestern Technological Institute Toyota 198 0 Running 33 38 55 Reed Sorenson Low T Center Chevrolet 197 4 Running 34 30 27 Paul Menard Dutch Boy/Menards Chevrolet 196 3 Accident 35 36 33 Jeffrey Earnhardt Hulu Chevrolet 196 2 Running 36 39 51 BJ McLeod (i) Corrigan Oil Chevrolet 178 0 Running 37 16 19 Daniel Suarez # ARRIS Surfboard/McAfee Toyota 138 5 7 Accident 1 3 38 23 5 Kasey Kahne Liftmaster Chevrolet 138 1 Accident 39 37 15 Derrike Cope StarCom Fiber Toyota 107 1 Engine # Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender. (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Stage 1 Top 10: 2, 4, 24, 78, 77, 22, 20, 18, 42, 11 Stage 2 Top 10: 78, 2, 4, 77, 19, 21, 1, 42, 18, 11 Race Comments: Kyle Larson won the Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway, his fourth Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory. Before the start of the event, the following car(s) dropped to the rear of the field for the reason(s) indicated: Nos. 5 and 48 (backup car); #32 (inspection violation). Failed to Qualify: n/a Caution Flags: 5 cautions for 28 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 62-66 (Stage 1 Conclusion [10]); 122-127 (Stage 2 Conclusion [47]); 140-147 (Car #5, 19 Incident Turn 2 [21]); 187-191 (Debris On The Backstretch From #22 [11]); 197-200 (Car #95, 27 Incident Turn 2 [Red Flag 5:39] [14]). Lead Changes: 14 lead changes among 7 drivers. Keselowski 1-42, Jones 43-46, Keselowski 47-63, Suarez 64-66, Keselowski 67-110, Ky. Busch 111- 113, Truex Jr 114-127, Keselowski 128, Truex Jr 129-159, Jones 160, Keselowski 161, Hamlin 162-177, Ky. Busch 178-188, Truex Jr 189-200, Larson 201-202. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Brad Keselowski (203.097 mph. 35.451 secs.) MOOG GO THE EXTRA MILE AWARD: Jamie McMurray (crew chief Matt McCall, - AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Martin Truex Jr 0.040 seconds) INGERSOLL RAND POWER MOVE: Chase Elliott (6 positions) SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD: Matt Kenseth (Lap 7, 197.061 MPH) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Hendrick Engines (#42) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Erik Jones MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Kyle Larson SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP Kyle Busch 6 Pts Wins Kyle Busch (#18) 8 Kyle Larson (#42) 6 Kyle Larson 3 Chevrolet 814 (9) Matt Kenseth (#20) 3 Brad Keselowski 2 Ford 808 (8) Martin Truex Jr 1 Toyota 799 (6) Chase Elliott 1 AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART Matt Kenseth 1 AWARD Ryan Blaney 1 Kyle Larson (#42) 6 Joey Logano 1 Martin Truex Jr (#78) 5 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 1 Kyle Busch (#18) 5 Dale Earnhardt Jr 1 INGERSOLL RAND POWER MOVE SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Daniel Suarez (#19) 32 Daniel Suarez 224 Kasey Kahne (#5) 31 Erik Jones 217 Ryan Newman (#31) 29 Ty Dillon 174 MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER Corey Lajoie 147 Gray Gaulding 133 TRD (#18) 248 Hendrick (#42) 228 Roush/Yates (#4) 209 MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE Kyle Larson (#42) 9 Kyle Busch (#18) 3 Kevin Harvick (#4) 3 MOOG GO THE EXTRA MILE AWARD Mike Bugarewicz (#14) 3 Tony Gibson (#41) 3 Paul Wolfe (#2) 2 NEXT EVENT: August 19, 2017 - 57th Annual Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN (266.5 Miles) (500 Laps) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2017 NASCAR MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #23: 48TH ANNUAL PURE MICHIGAN "400" Race Date: 08/13/2017 Rank DRIVER Points Behind Race Stage Playoff Leader Wins Wins Points 1 MARTIN TRUEX JR. 933 0 4 15 35 2 KYLE LARSON 804 129 3 3 18 3 KYLE BUSCH 797 136 1 9 14 4 KEVIN HARVICK 787 146 1 3 8 5 BRAD KESELOWSKI 720 213 2 4 14 6 DENNY HAMLIN 710 223 1 2 7 7 CHASE ELLIOTT 685 248 0 2 2 8 JAMIE MCMURRAY 675 258 0 0 0 9 MATT KENSETH 654 279 0 2 2 10 CLINT BOWYER 623 310 0 1 1 11 JIMMIE JOHNSON 592 341 3 1 16 12 RYAN BLANEY 592 341 1 3 8 13 JOEY LOGANO 556 377 1 1 1 14 KURT BUSCH 554 379 1 0 5 15 RYAN NEWMAN 536 397 1 0 5 16 ERIK JONES 524 409 0 0 0 17 DANIEL SUAREZ 515 418 0 1 1 18 RICKY STENHOUSE JR. 505 428 2 0 10 19 TREVOR BAYNE 440 493 0 0 0 20 KASEY KAHNE 438 495 1 0 5 21 AUSTIN DILLON 436 497 1 0 5 22 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 402 531 0 0 0 23 TY DILLON 394 539 0 0 0 24 PAUL MENARD 385 548 0 0 0 25 CHRIS BUESCHER 377 556 0 0 0 26 A J ALLMENDINGER 366 567 0 0 0 27 MICHAEL MCDOWELL 361 572 0 0 0 28 DANICA PATRICK 340 593 0 0 0 29 DAVID RAGAN 283 650 0 0 0 30 ARIC ALMIROLA 267 666 0 0 0 31 MATT DIBENEDETTO 253 680 0 0 0 32 LANDON CASSILL 239 694 0 0 0 33 COLE WHITT 237 696 0 0 0 34 COREY LAJOIE 153 780 0 0 0 35 GRAY GAULDING 105 828 0 0 0 36 REED SORENSON 95 838 0 0 0 37 JEFFREY EARNHARDT 92 841 0 0 0 38 DERRIKE COPE 30 903 0 0 0 39 MICHAEL WALTRIP 29 904 0 0 0 40 BILLY JOHNSON 15 918 0 0 0 41 BORIS SAID 15 918 0 0 0 42 GARY KLUTT 6 927 0 0 0 43 ALON DAY 5 928 0 0 0 44 STEPHEN LEICHT 5 928 0 0 0 45 KEVIN O'CONNELL 4 929 0 0 0 46 CODY WARE 4 929 0 0 0 47 TOMMY REGAN 3 930 0 0 0 48 D J KENNINGTON 2 931 0 0 0 49 BRENDAN GAUGHAN(i) 0 933 0 0 0 50 DARRELL WALLACE JR.(i) 0 933 0 0 0 51 TIMMY HILL(i) 0 933 0 0 0 52 ELLIOTT SADLER(i) 0 933 0 0 0 53 ROSS CHASTAIN(i) 0 933 0 0 0 54 JOEY GASE(i) 0 933 0 0 0 55 REGAN SMITH(i) 0 933 0 0 0 56 RYAN SIEG(i) 0 933 0 0 0 57 JJ YELEY(i) 0 933 0 0 0 58 CARL LONG(i) 0 933 0 0 0 59 BJ MCLEOD(i) 0 933 0 0 0 60 BRETT MOFFITT(i) 0 933 0 0 0 61 JOSH BILICKI(i) 0 933 0 0 0 (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES OWNER LEADERS Race #23: 48TH ANNUAL PURE MICHIGAN "400" Race Date: 08/13/2017 Rank Car # OWNER Points Behind Race Stage Playoff Qualifying Leader Wins Wins Points Attempts 1 78 Furniture Row Racing 933 0 4 15 35 23 2 42 Chip Ganassi Racing 804 129 3 3 18 23 3 18 Joe Gibbs Racing 797 136 1 9 14 23 4 4 Stewart-Haas Racing 787 146 1 3 8 23 5 2 Team Penske 720 213 2 4 14 23 6 11 Joe Gibbs Racing 710 223 1 2 7 23 7 24 Hendrick Motorsports 685 248 0 2 2 23 8 1 Chip Ganassi Racing 675 258 0 0 0 23 9 20 Joe Gibbs Racing 654 279 0 2 2 23 10 14 Stewart-Haas Racing 623 310 0 1 1 23 11 48 Hendrick Motorsports 592 341 3 1 16 23 12 21 Wood Brothers Racing 592 341 1 3 8 23 13 22 Team Penske 556 377 1 1 1 23 14 41 Stewart-Haas Racing 554 379 1 0 5 23 15 31 Richard Childress Racing 536 397 1 0 5 23 16 77 Furniture Row Racing 524 409 0 0 0 23 17 19 Joe Gibbs Racing 515 418 0 1 1 23 18 17 Roush Fenway Racing 505 428 2 0 10 23 19 6 Roush Fenway Racing 440 493 0 0 0 23 20 5 Hendrick Motorsports 438 495 1 0 5 23 21 3 Richard Childress Racing 436 497 1 0 5 23 22 88 Hendrick Motorsports 402 531 0 0 0 23 23 13 Germain Racing 394 539 0 0 0 23 24 27 Richard Childress Racing 385 548 0 0 0 23 25 43 Richard Petty Motorsports 379 554 0 0 0 23 26 37 JTG Daugherty Racing 377 556 0 0 0 23 27 47 JTG Daugherty Racing 366 567 0 0 0 23 28 95 Leavine Family Racing 361 572 0 0 0 23 29 10 Stewart-Haas Racing 340 593 0 0 0 23 30 38 Front Row Motorsports 283 650 0 0 0 23 31 32 GO FAS Racing 253 680 0 0 0 23 32 34 Front Row Motorsports 239 694 0 0 0 23 33 72 TriStar Motorsports 237 696 0 0 0 23 34 15 Premium Motorsports 175 758 0 0 0 23 35 23 BK Racing 161 772 0 0 0 23 36 83 BK Racing 140 793 0 0 0 21 37 33 Circle Sport / TMG 107 826 0 0 0 23 38 7 Tommy Baldwin Racing 75 858 0 0 0 6 39 175 Beard Motorsports 67 866 0 0 0 3 40 55 Premium Motorsports 61 872 0 0 0 18 41 51 Rick Ware Racing 51 882 0 0 0 18 42 266 Motorsports Business Management 44 889 0 0 0 4 43 96 Gaunt Brothers Racing 1 932 0 0 0 2.