Colonel William A. Phillips

The 2017 Overton's 150 was the 12th stock car race of the 2017 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the eighth iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, July 29, 2017, in Long Pond, Pennsylvania at Pocono Raceway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) triangular permanent course. The race took the scheduled 60 laps to complete. At race's end, Christopher Bell, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would take control of the race after Kyle Busch wrecked midway into the race, stealing the victory. The win was Bell's sixth career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win and his fourth of the season.^[1] To fill out the podium, Ben Rhodes of ThorSport Racing and Ryan Truex of Hattori Racing Enterprises would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

The race was held at Pocono Raceway, which is a three-turn superspeedway located in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. The track hosts two annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, as well as one Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series event. Until 2019, the track also hosted an IndyCar Series race.

Pocono Raceway is one of a very few NASCAR tracks not owned by either Speedway Motorsports, Inc. or International Speedway Corporation. It is operated by the Igdalsky siblings Brandon, Nicholas, and sister Ashley, and cousins Joseph IV and Chase Mattioli, all of whom are third-generation members of the family-owned Mattco Inc, started by Joseph II and Rose Mattioli.

Outside of the NASCAR races, the track is used throughout the year by Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) and motorcycle clubs as well as racing schools and an IndyCar race. The triangular oval also has three separate infield sections of racetrack – North Course, East Course and South Course. Each of these infield sections use a separate portion of the tri-oval to complete the track. During regular non-race weekends, multiple clubs can use the track by running on different infield sections. Also some of the infield sections can be run in either direction, or multiple infield sections can be put together – such as running the North Course and the South Course and using the tri-oval to connect the two.

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 Friday, July 28, at 12:00 PM EST, and would last for 55 minutes.^[2] Justin Haley of GMS Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 53.056 and an average speed of 169.632 miles per hour (272.996 km/h).^[3]

Second and final practice

The second and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Friday, July 28, at 2:00 PM EST, and would last for 55 minutes.^[2] Christopher Bell of Kyle Busch Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 53.366 and an average speed of 168.647 miles per hour (271.411 km/h).^[4]

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday, July 29, at 10:00 AM EST.^[2] Since Pocono Raceway is at least a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) racetrack, 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.^[5]

Ben Rhodes of ThorSport Racing would win the pole, setting a lap of 52.931 and an average speed of 170.033 miles per hour (273.642 km/h) in the second round.^[6]

No drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 15

Stage 2 Laps: 15

Stage 3 Laps: 30

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Christopher Bell 528 2 Johnny Sauter 510 (-18) 3 Chase Briscoe 470 (–58) 4 Matt Crafton 464 (–64) 5 John Hunter Nemechek 396 (–132) 6 Ben Rhodes 387 (–141) 7 Ryan Truex 386 (–142) 8 Grant Enfinger 382 (–146) Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 8 positions are included for the driver standings.

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