2017 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race
| Race details | |
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| Date | May 20, 2017 |
| Location | Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km) |
| Distance |
Open: 50 laps, 75 mi (121 km) All-Star Race: 70 laps, 105 mi (169 km) |
| Avg Speed |
Open: 74.606 mph (120.067 km/h) All-Star Race: 86.558 mph (139.302 km/h) |
| Monster Energy Open | |
| Pole | Clint Bowyer |
| Time | 28.500 |
| Winner (segment 1) | Clint Bowyer (Stewart-Haas Racing) |
| Winner (segment 2) | Ryan Blaney (Wood Brothers Racing) |
| Winner (segment 3) | Daniel Suárez (Joe Gibbs Racing) |
| Fan Vote winners | Chase Elliott (Hendrick Motorsports) |
| Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race | |
| Pole | Kyle Larson |
| Time | 112.626 |
| Most laps led | Kyle Larson (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Laps led | 40 |
| Winner | Kyle Busch (Joe Gibbs Racing) |
| Television | |
| Network | FS1 |
| Announcers | Mike Joy, Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip |
| Radio | |
| Network | Motor Racing Network |
| Announcers | Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace (Booth) Dave Moody (1 & 2) Kyle Rickey (3 & 4) (Turns) |
The 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race (XXXIII) is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series stock car exhibition race held on May 20, 2017 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 70 laps, it was the second exhibition race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.
The All-Star Race was open to race winners from last season through the 2017 Go Bowling 400 at Kansas Speedway and all previous All-Star race winners and Monster Race NASCAR Cup champions who had attempted to qualify for every race in 2017 were eligible to compete in the All-Star Race.
Kyle Larson was the fastest in the All-Star Race practice session with a time of 28.530 seconds and a speed of 189.274 mph (304.607 km/h).
Erik Jones was the fastest in the Monster Energy Open practice session with a time of 28.563 seconds and a speed of 189.056 mph (304.256 km/h).
Kyle Larson scored the pole for the race with a time of 112.626 and a speed of 143.839 mph (231.486 km/h).
Clint Bowyer scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.500 and a speed of 189.474 mph (304.929 km/h).
Fox Sports was the television broadcaster of the race in the United States. Lap-by-lap announcer, Mike Joy, was accompanied on the broadcast by retired NASCAR drivers, Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip. Jamie Little, Vince Welch, and Matt Yocum reported from pit lane.
Motor Racing Network (MRN) continued their longstanding relationship with the track to broadcast the race on radio. The lead announcers for the race's broadcast were Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace. The network also implemented two announcers on each side of the track: Dave Moody in turns 1 and 2 and Kyle Rickey in turns 3 and 4. Alex Hayden, Winston Kelly, Kim Coon, and Steve Post were the network's pit lane reporters. The network's broadcast was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.
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