2017 Go Bowling 400 at Kansas Race Results – Truex Vindicated

Martin Truex Jr. took his second win of the 2017 season on Saturday night in the Go Bowling 400 at Kansas, but there are lots of other big stories here too.

Night racing in the heartland is now the first night race of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series schedule, with lots of action on Saturday night at Kansas Speedway. It was Martin Truex Jr. rolling into victory lane late at the 1.5-mile oval, but there were lots of other stories coming out of the race too.

Truex, picking up his second win of the 2017 season for Furniture Row Racing, earned some vindication after a screw caused a loose wheel last year, costing him the victory. He held off Ryan Blaney, who started on pole tonight and was one of the favorites late to take the win. Blaney has now led over 200 laps on the year, the most laps led by the Wood Brothers Racing #21 Ford in a season since Neil Bonnett drove for the team.

The race at Kansas Speedway saw the most cautions of all the races in 2017 with 15 in total. This also tied the record for the most yellow flags at the speedway in the heartland. Perhaps the scariest wreck in the track’s history and in recent memory in NASCAR occurred with just 67 laps to go, when Joey Logano clipped Danica Patrick, and Aric Almirola piled in. Patrick and Logano were checked and released from the infield care center, but Almirola needed to be lifted from his car. He is being monitored overnight at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

The three in this trio were not the only ones to find trouble among the pins in the Go Bowling 400. Early in the race, Chase Elliott collided with Michael McDowell on pit road, ruining both of their races. Meanwhile, Ryan Newman blew an engine near halfway, and Erik Jones spun out on three separate occasions during the event.

Here are the full results from the Go Bowling 400 at Kansas:

1. Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, Furniture Row Racing
2. Brad Keselowski, Ford, Team Penske
3. Kevin Harvick, Ford, Stewart-Haas Racing
4. Ryan Blaney, Ford, Wood Brothers Racing
5. Kyle Busch, Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing
6. Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, Chip Ganassi Racing
7. Daniel Suarez, Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing
8. Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, Chip Ganassi Racing
9. Clint Bowyer, Ford, Stewart-Haas Racing
10. Trevor Bayne, Ford, Roush-Fenway Racing
11. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, Roush-Fenway Racing
12. Matt Kenseth, Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing
13. Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, Leavine Family Racing
14. Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, Germain Racing
15. Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports
16. Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing
17. David Ragan, Ford, Front Row Motorsports
18. Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, JTG-Daugherty Racing
19. Kurt Busch, Ford, Stewart-Haas Racing
20. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports
21. Landon Cassill, Ford, Front Row Motorsports
22. Erik Jones, Toyota, Furniture Row Racing
23. Denny Hamlin, Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing
24. Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports
25. Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, Premium Motorsports
26. Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, Tri-Star Motorsports
27. Corey LaJoie, Toyota, BK Racing
28. Timmy Hill, Chevrolet, Rick Ware Racing
29. Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports
30. A.J. Allmendinger, Chevrolet, JTG-Daugherty Racing
31. Carl Long, Chevrolet, MBM Racing
32. Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, Go Fas Racing
33. Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet, Circle Sport-TMG Racing
34. Gray Gaulding, Toyota, BK Racing
35. Paul Menard, Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing
36. Danica Patrick, Ford, Stewart-Haas Racing
37. Joey Logano, Ford, Team Penske
38. Aric Almirola, Ford, Richard Petty Motorsports
39. Derrike Cope, Toyota, Premium Motorsports
40. Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing

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