2017 American Ethanol E15 250

The 2017 American Ethanol E15 250 presented by Enogen was the 14th stock car race of the 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series season and the seventh iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, June 24, 2017, Newton, Iowa, at Iowa Speedway, a 0.875 miles (1.408 km) permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 250 laps to complete. At race's end, William Byron, driving for JR Motorsports, would win the race after leading 78 laps. It was Byron's first career win in the xfinity series.^[1] To fill out the podium, Ryan Sieg of RSS Racing and Tyler Reddick of Chip Ganassi Racing would finish second and third, respectively.

Background[edit]

The race was held at Iowa Speedway, which is a 7/8-mile (1.4 km) paved oval motor racing track in Newton, Iowa, United States, approximately 30 miles (48 km) east of Des Moines. It has over 25,000 permanent seats as well as a unique multi-tiered RV viewing area along the backstretch.

Entry list[edit]

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

Practice[edit]

First practice[edit]

The first practice session was held on Friday, July 23, at 1:00 PM CST. The session would last for 55 minutes.^[2] Kyle Benjamin of Joe Gibbs Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 23.966 and an average speed of 131.436 mph (211.526 km/h).^[3]

Final practice[edit]

The final practice session was held on Friday, June 23, at 4:00 PM EST. The session would last for 55 minutes.^[2] Cole Custer of Stewart-Haas Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 23.834 and an average speed of 132.164 mph (212.697 km/h).^[4]

Qualifying[edit]

Qualifying was held on Saturday, June 24, at 5:15 PM EST.^[2] Since Iowa Speedway is under 2 miles (3.2 km) in length, 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]

Christopher Bell of Joe Gibbs Racing would win the pole after advancing from both preliminary rounds and setting the fastest lap in Round 3, with a time of 23.630 and an average speed of 133.305 miles per hour (214.534 km/h).^[6]

No drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results[edit]

Race results[edit]

Stage 1 Laps: 60

Stage 2 Laps: 60

Stage 3 Laps: 130

Standings after the race[edit]

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Elliott Sadler 502 2 Justin Allgaier 477 (-25) 3 William Byron 445 (–57) 4 Daniel Hemric 356 (–146) 5 Ryan Reed 347 (–155) 6 Brennan Poole 336 (–166) 7 Cole Custer 322 (–180) 8 Bubba Wallace 321 (–181) 9 Matt Tifft 310 (–192) 10 Michael Annett 304 (–198) 11 Dakoda Armstrong 276 (–226) 12 Blake Koch 275 (–227) Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.

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