2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism

2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism
Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Race 13 of 36 in the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
Date June 4, 2017 (2017-06-04)
Location Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware
Course Permanent racing facility
1 mi (1.6 km)
Distance 406 laps, 406 mi (649.60 km)
Scheduled Distance 400 laps, 400 mi (640 km)
Weather Sunny with a temperature of 85 °F (29 °C); wind out of the south at 6 mph (9.7 km/h)
Average speed 104.955 miles per hour (168.909 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Joe Gibbs Racing
Time 22.648
Most laps led
Driver Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing
Laps 241
Winner
No. 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network FS1
Announcers Mike Joy, Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip
Nielsen Ratings 2.1/4 (Final)[11]
3.4 million viewers[11]
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN
Booth Announcers Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace
Turn Announcers Mike Bagley (Backstretch)

The 2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on June 4, 2017, at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. Contested over 406 laps, extended from 400 laps due to overtime, on the 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete speedway, it was the 13th race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

To date, this race was the 83rd and most recent career win for seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson who retired from full time competition after the 2020 season. Johnson would return in the 2023 Daytona 500.

This would also be Ross Chastain and Ryan Sieg's first Cup Series start.

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  9. ^ "Points standings" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. June 5, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 29, 2019. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
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  11. ^ a b Paulsen (June 6, 2017). "NASCAR Woes Continue, This Time at Dover". SportsMediaWatch.com. Sports Media Watch. Retrieved June 7, 2017.

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