# 2017 Overton's 150

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. 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.
| # | Driver | Team | Make | Sponsor |
| 0 | Matt Mills | Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing | Chevrolet | Driven 2 Honor |
| 1 | Jordan Anderson | TJL Motorsports | Chevrolet | Jacob Companies |
| 02 | Austin Hill | Young's Motorsports | Ford | Whitetail Heaven Outfitters |
| 4 | Christopher Bell | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | Sirius XM |
| 6 | Norm Benning | Norm Benning Racing | Chevrolet | Norm Benning Racing |
| 8 | John Hunter Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | Fire Alarm Services |
| 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing | Chevrolet | Driven 2 Honor |
| 13 | Cody Coughlin (R) | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | JEGS |
| 16 | Ryan Truex | Hattori Racing Enterprises | Toyota | ShopRite |
| 18 | Noah Gragson (R) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | Switch |
| 19 | Austin Cindric (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | LTi Printing |
| 21 | Johnny Sauter | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | Allegiant Air |
| 24 | Justin Haley (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | Fraternal Order of Eagles |
| 27 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | Safelite Auto Glass |
| 28 | Bryan Dauzat | FDNY Racing | Chevrolet | FDNY |
| 29 | Chase Briscoe (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | Cooper-Standard |
| 33 | Kaz Grala (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | Kiklos |
| 36 | Camden Murphy | MB Motorsports | Chevrolet | Fr8Auctions |
| 44 | Austin Wayne Self | Martins Motorsports | Chevrolet | AM Technical Solutions, Don't Mess with Texas |
| 45 | T. J. Bell | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | Valvoline, '47 |
| 49 | Wendell Chavous (R) | Premium Motorsports | Chevrolet | ZyGenX |
| 51 | Kyle Busch (i) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | Textron, Beechcraft |
| 52 | Stewart Friesen (R) | Halmar Friesen Racing | Chevrolet | Halmar |
| 57 | Mike Senica | Norm Benning Racing | Chevrolet | Norm Benning Racing |
| 63 | Travis Kvapil | MB Motorsports | Chevrolet | MB Motorsports |
| 66 | Justin Fontaine | Bolen Motorsports | Toyota | ProMatic Automation |
| 83 | Todd Peck | Copp Motorsports | Chevrolet | Pulse Transport |
| 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | D. A. B. Constructors, Inc. |
| 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | Menards, Goof Off |
| 98 | Grant Enfinger (R) | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | JIVE Communications |
| Official entry list |||||

## Practice
### First practice

The first practice session was held on Friday, July 28, at 12:00 PM EST, and would last for 55 minutes. 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).
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
| 1 | 24 | Justin Haley (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 53.056 | 169.632 |
| 2 | 51 | Kyle Busch (i) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 53.240 | 169.046 |
| 3 | 33 | Kaz Grala (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 53.277 | 168.928 |
| Full first practice results |||||||

### 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. 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).
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
| 1 | 4 | Christopher Bell | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 53.366 | 168.647 |
| 2 | 51 | Kyle Busch (i) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 53.417 | 168.486 |
| 3 | 21 | Johnny Sauter | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 53.483 | 168.278 |
| Full Happy Hour practice results |||||||

## Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday, July 29, at 10:00 AM EST. 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.
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.
No drivers would fail to qualify.

### Full qualifying results

| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time (R1) | Speed (R1) | Time (R2) | Speed (R2) |
| 1 | 27 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 52.970 | 169.907 | 52.931 | 170.033 |
| 2 | 51 | Kyle Busch (i) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 53.238 | 169.052 | 52.942 | 169.997 |
| 3 | 4 | Christopher Bell | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 52.987 | 169.853 | 52.971 | 169.904 |
| 4 | 16 | Ryan Truex | Hattori Racing Enterprises | Toyota | 53.648 | 167.760 | 53.147 | 169.342 |
| 5 | 29 | Chase Briscoe (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 53.341 | 168.726 | 53.531 | 168.127 |
| 6 | 8 | John Hunter Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | 53.253 | 169.005 | 53.610 | 167.879 |
| 7 | 21 | Johnny Sauter | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 53.760 | 167.411 | 53.621 | 167.845 |
| 8 | 18 | Noah Gragson (R) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 53.506 | 168.205 | 53.668 | 167.698 |
| 9 | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 53.640 | 167.785 | 53.936 | 166.864 |
| 10 | 02 | Austin Hill | Young's Motorsports | Ford | 54.216 | 166.003 | 54.421 | 165.377 |
| 11 | 33 | Kaz Grala (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 54.136 | 166.248 | 54.503 | 165.129 |
| 12 | 98 | Grant Enfinger (R) | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 54.247 | 165.908 | 54.505 | 165.122 |
| Eliminated in Round 1 |||||||||
| 13 | 13 | Cody Coughlin (R) | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 54.501 | 165.135 | - | - |
| 14 | 24 | Justin Haley (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 54.546 | 164.998 | - | - |
| 15 | 52 | Stewart Friesen (R) | Halmar Friesen Racing | Chevrolet | 54.830 | 164.144 | - | - |
| 16 | 45 | T. J. Bell | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 55.100 | 163.339 | - | - |
| 17 | 19 | Austin Cindric (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 55.390 | 162.484 | - | - |
| 18 | 1 | Jordan Anderson | TJL Motorsports | Chevrolet | 56.071 | 160.511 | - | - |
| 19 | 0 | Matt Mills | Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing | Chevrolet | 56.653 | 158.862 | - | - |
| 20 | 83 | Todd Peck | Copp Motorsports | Chevrolet | 56.775 | 158.520 | - | - |
| 21 | 44 | Austin Wayne Self | Martins Motorsports | Chevrolet | 57.188 | 157.376 | - | - |
| 22 | 49 | Wendell Chavous (R) | Premium Motorsports | Chevrolet | 57.374 | 156.865 | - | - |
| 23 | 36 | Camden Murphy | MB Motorsports | Chevrolet | 57.646 | 156.125 | - | - |
| 24 | 6 | Norm Benning | Norm Benning Racing | Chevrolet | 58.053 | 155.031 | - | - |
| 25 | 63 | Travis Kvapil | MB Motorsports | Chevrolet | 58.442 | 153.999 | - | - |
| 26 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | 58.627 | 153.513 | - | - |
| 27 | 28 | Bryan Dauzat | FDNY Racing | Chevrolet | 1:01.499 | 146.344 | - | - |
| 28 | 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing | Chevrolet | 1:01.543 | 146.239 | - | - |
| 29 | 57 | Mike Senica | Norm Benning Racing | Chevrolet | 1:06.570 | 135.196 | - | - |
| 30 | 66 | Justin Fontaine | Bolen Motorsports | Toyota | - | - | - | - |
| Official qualifying results |||||||||
| Official starting lineup |||||||||

## Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 15
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
| 1 | 51 | Kyle Busch (i) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 0 |
| 2 | 4 | Christopher Bell | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 9 |
| 3 | 27 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 8 |
| 4 | 16 | Ryan Truex | Hattori Racing Enterprises | Toyota | 7 |
| 5 | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 6 |
| 6 | 29 | Chase Briscoe (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 5 |
| 7 | 8 | John Hunter Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | 4 |
| 8 | 18 | Noah Gragson (R) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 3 |
| 9 | 98 | Grant Enfinger (R) | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 2 |
| 10 | 33 | Kaz Grala (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 1 |
Stage 2 Laps: 15
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Pts |
| 1 | 51 | Kyle Busch (i) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 0 |
| 2 | 16 | Ryan Truex | Hattori Racing Enterprises | Toyota | 9 |
| 3 | 4 | Christopher Bell | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 8 |
| 4 | 27 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 7 |
| 5 | 29 | Chase Briscoe (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 6 |
| 6 | 8 | John Hunter Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | 5 |
| 7 | 33 | Kaz Grala (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 4 |
| 8 | 52 | Stewart Friesen (R) | Halmar Friesen Racing | Chevrolet | 3 |
| 9 | 19 | Austin Cindric (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 2 |
| 10 | 45 | T. J. Bell | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 1 |
Stage 3 Laps: 30
| Fin | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Christopher Bell | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 60 | 7 | running | 57 |
| 2 | 1 | 27 | Ben Rhodes | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 60 | 0 | running | 50 |
| 3 | 4 | 16 | Ryan Truex | Hattori Racing Enterprises | Toyota | 60 | 0 | running | 50 |
| 4 | 6 | 8 | John Hunter Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | 60 | 9 | running | 42 |
| 5 | 7 | 21 | Johnny Sauter | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 60 | 12 | running | 32 |
| 6 | 9 | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 60 | 0 | running | 37 |
| 7 | 17 | 19 | Austin Cindric (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 60 | 0 | running | 32 |
| 8 | 13 | 13 | Cody Coughlin (R) | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 60 | 0 | running | 29 |
| 9 | 5 | 29 | Chase Briscoe (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 60 | 0 | running | 39 |
| 10 | 14 | 24 | Justin Haley (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 60 | 0 | running | 27 |
| 11 | 10 | 02 | Austin Hill | Young's Motorsports | Ford | 60 | 0 | running | 26 |
| 12 | 15 | 52 | Stewart Friesen (R) | Halmar Friesen Racing | Chevrolet | 60 | 0 | running | 28 |
| 13 | 12 | 98 | Grant Enfinger (R) | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 60 | 0 | running | 26 |
| 14 | 16 | 45 | T. J. Bell | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 60 | 0 | running | 24 |
| 15 | 30 | 66 | Justin Fontaine | Bolen Motorsports | Toyota | 60 | 0 | running | 22 |
| 16 | 21 | 44 | Austin Wayne Self | Martins Motorsports | Chevrolet | 60 | 0 | running | 21 |
| 17 | 18 | 1 | Jordan Anderson | TJL Motorsports | Chevrolet | 60 | 0 | running | 20 |
| 18 | 28 | 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing | Chevrolet | 60 | 0 | running | 19 |
| 19 | 20 | 83 | Todd Peck | Copp Motorsports | Chevrolet | 60 | 0 | running | 18 |
| 20 | 22 | 49 | Wendell Chavous (R) | Premium Motorsports | Chevrolet | 59 | 0 | running | 17 |
| 21 | 24 | 6 | Norm Benning | Norm Benning Racing | Chevrolet | 59 | 0 | running | 16 |
| 22 | 27 | 28 | Bryan Dauzat | FDNY Racing | Chevrolet | 56 | 0 | running | 15 |
| 23 | 11 | 33 | Kaz Grala (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 42 | 0 | crash | 19 |
| 24 | 8 | 18 | Noah Gragson (R) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 39 | 0 | crash | 16 |
| 25 | 2 | 51 | Kyle Busch (i) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 36 | 32 | crash | 0 |
| 26 | 25 | 63 | Travis Kvapil | MB Motorsports | Chevrolet | 23 | 0 | vibration | 11 |
| 27 | 19 | 0 | Matt Mills | Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing | Chevrolet | 6 | 0 | rear gear | 10 |
| 28 | 23 | 36 | Camden Murphy | MB Motorsports | Chevrolet | 4 | 0 | electrical | 9 |
| 29 | 26 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | 3 | 0 | vibration | 8 |
| 30 | 29 | 57 | Mike Senica | Norm Benning Racing | Chevrolet | 2 | 0 | steering | 7 |
| Official race results ||||||||||

## Standings after the race

| | 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 ||||