2017 Lilly Diabetes 250
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| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 18 of 33 in the 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series | |||
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| Date | July 22, 2017 | ||
| Official name | Sixth Annual Lilly Diabetes 250 | ||
| Location | Speedway, Indiana, Indianapolis Motor Speedway | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 2.500 miles (4.023 km) | ||
| Distance | 100 laps, 250 mi (402.336 km) | ||
| Scheduled distance | 100 laps, 250 mi (402.336 km) | ||
| Average speed | 126.227 miles per hour (203.143 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | JR Motorsports | ||
| Time | 54.452 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Laps | 44 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 9 | William Byron | JR Motorsports | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | NBCSN | ||
| Announcers | Rick Allen, Dale Jarrett, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | Motor Racing Network | ||
The 2017 Lilly Diabetes 250 was the 18th stock car race of the 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series season and the sixth iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, July 22, 2017, in Speedway, Indiana, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway a 2.500 miles (4.023 km) permanent, rectangular-shaped, low-banked racetrack. The race took the scheduled 100 laps to complete. In an exciting battle with 5 laps to go, William Byron, driving for JR Motorsports, held off a charging Paul Menard for his third career NASCAR Xfinity Series win.[1] To fill out the podium, Joey Logano of Team Penske would finish third, respectively.
- (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 21, at 1:00 PM EST. The session would last for 55 minutes.[2] Elliott Sadler of JR Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 54.080 and an average speed of 166.420 mph (267.827 km/h).[3]
| Pos | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Elliott Sadler | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 54.080 | 166.420 |
| 2 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 54.148 | 166.211 |
| 3 | 18 | Kyle Busch (i) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 54.279 | 165.810 |
| Full first practice results | ||||||
Final practice
The final practice session was held on Friday, July 21, at 3:00 PM EST. The session would last for 55 minutes.[2] Justin Allgaier of JR Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 54.059 and an average speed of 166.485 mph (267.932 km/h).[4]
| Pos | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 54.059 | 166.485 |
| 2 | 19 | Matt Tifft (R) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 54.122 | 166.291 |
| 3 | 18 | Kyle Busch (i) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 54.164 | 166.162 |
| Full final practice results | ||||||
Qualifying
Qualifying was held on Saturday, July 22, at 12:45 PM EST.[2] Since Indianapolis Motor Speedway is at least 2 miles (3.2 km), 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 13–40. Then, the fastest 12 qualifiers would move on to the second round to determine positions 1–12.[5]
Elliott Sadler of JR Motorsports won the pole with a lap of 54.452 and an average speed of 165.283 mph (265.997 km/h).[6]
