2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West

The 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West was the sixty-fourth season of the K&N Pro Series West, a regional stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR. It began with the NAPA Auto Parts Tucson 150 at Tucson Speedway on March 18 and concluded with the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame Championship 150 presented by NAPA Auto Parts at Kern County Raceway Park on November 4. Todd Gilliland was the defending drivers' champion and he won the championship again in 2017, becoming the first back-to-back champion in the West Series since Mike Duncan in 2004 and 2005.

2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
Previous: 2016 Next: 2018
Champions | Seasons
Todd Gilliland, the 2017 K&N Pro Series West champion. This was the second of his two consecutive titles.
Chris Eggleston, the 2015 champion, finished second behind Gilliland in the championship by 29 points.
Derek Kraus finished third in the championship.

Drivers
No. Manufacturer Car Owner Race Driver Crew Chief
0 Chevrolet Bobby Hillis Jr. Bobby Hillis Jr. 3 Ralph E. Byers
04 Toyota Ronnie Bassett Ronnie Bassett Jr. 1 Kris Bowen
4 Ford Jerry Pitts 1 Kevin Harvick 1[1] Richard Boswell 1
Bob Farmer 1 Rod Johnson Jr. (R) 1 Mark Perry 1
5 Chevrolet Charlie Silva Justin Funkhouser 2 Brian Carson
6 Ford Bob Bruncati Julia Landauer[2][N 1] Bill Sedgwick
7 Ford Jeff Jefferson Will Rodgers (R) 13[3] Jeff Jefferson
9 Ford Bob Bruncati Zane Smith (R) 1 Jeff Schrader
Michael Self 13
10 Chevrolet Jody Levin Matt Levin Chase Newell 9
Scott Strachan 5
11 Chevrolet John Krebs Takuma Koga Thomas Wicks 12
Justin Funkhouser 1
Charlie Silva 1
12 Toyota Matthew Miller Daniel Suárez 1[1] Mardy Lindley
13 Toyota Kelly Souza Todd Souza[N 2] Michael Munoz
14 Ford 12
Toyota 2		 Jesse Iwuji Dan Phillippi (R) 5 Stafford Smith 4
Mike Holleran 2
Nick Sommers 1
Kevin McCarty 1
Jason Larivee Jr. 2
Dan Engberson 1
Jim Vermillion 1
Darrel Pederson 1
John Wood 1
Andrew Engberson (R) 4
John Wood 1
Bryant Barnhill (R) 1[N 3]
Zack St. Onge (R) 1
Jonas Fors (R) 1
Jerry de Weerdt (R) 1[4]
16 Toyota Mike Curb Todd Gilliland[5] Chris Lawson
17 Chevrolet Steve McGowan David Mayhew 2 Gary Collins 1
Matt Ross 1
18 Toyota 6 Becky Kann Bill Kann 9 Billy Kann
Chevrolet 3
19 Toyota Bill McAnally Derek Kraus (R)[6] Ty Joiner
20 Chevrolet 1 Valerie Inglebright 1 Jim Inglebright 1 Rodney Haygood 1
Toyota 1 Bill McAnally 1 Cole Moore (R) 1 Mario Isola 1
21 Chevrolet Steve Portenga Blaine Perkins[7] Steve Portenga
22 Ford Bob Bruncati Derek Thorn 1 Mike Keen
27 Ford Jerry Pitts Garrett Archer (R) 5 Jerry Pitts 12
Jeff Jefferson 1
Sheldon Creed (R) 1
Gracin Raz 1
Will Rodgers (R) 1
Tayler Riddle (R) 1
Buddy Shepherd (R) 1
Max Tullman (R) 3
30 Ford 13
Chevrolet 1		 Kent Smith Brandon Schilling (R) 2 Jason Dickerson 2
Stafford Smith 11[N 4] Darrel Pederson 2
Kent Smith 5
Sonny Wahl 4
Dave Smith 1 Kevin McCarty 1
32 Ford Kevin McCarty 6 Kody Vanderwal (R) Rudy Vanderwal 6
Sue McCarty 8 Jason Dickenson 8
33 Toyota 13 Mike Behar Nicole Behar[8] Mike Behar
Chevrolet 1
34 Chevrolet Kevin McCarty Rudy Vanderwal (R) 1 Brian Yackey 1
Tyler Fabozzi (R) 1 Sonny Wahl 1
36 Chevrolet 10
Toyota 4		 Shawne Merriman Jesse Iwuji Joe Ransom 4
Sonny Wahl 1
Mike Holleran 3
Kevin McCarty 1
Charlie Wahl 4
Randy Reckley 1
38 Chevrolet 13 Mike Holleran Salvatore Iovino (R) 5 Sonny Wahl 6
Nick Sommers 2
Mike Holleran 5
Chris Clyne 1
John Wood 7
Stafford Smith 1
Ford 1 Davey Hamilton Jr. (R) 1
39 Toyota 4
Chevrolet 3		 Kevin McCarty 4 Andrew Tuttle (R) 2 Kevin McCarty 4
Kent Smith 1
Sonny Wahl 1
Dave Hansen 1
Rudy Vanderwal (R) 1
Dan Phillippi (R) 1
Sonny Wahl 3 Josh Fanopoulos (R) 2
Jonas Fors (R) 1
40 Chevrolet Jan Levin Ron Norman Erik Higley 13
Christopher Thomas 1
42 Chevrolet Sonny Wahl Zack St. Onge (R) 1 Jim Vermillion
43 Toyota Bill McAnally Derek Thorn 1 Mike Keen
44 Toyota Ronnie Bassett Dillon Bassett 1 Skip Eyler
47 Toyota Michelle Ivie Scott Ivie 1 Mike D'Arcy
51 Chevrolet Carlos Vieira Carlos Vieira 1 Travis Bryans
54 Toyota Bill McAnally Riley Herbst 5 Shannon Rursch 4
Kevin Manion 1
Will Gallaher (R) 1 Roger Bracken 1
55 Ford Dione Jefferson Vanessa Robinson (R) 1 Jason Jefferson 2
Owen Riddle (R) 1
Sheldon Creed (R) 1 Jerry Pitts 1
Buddy Shepherd (R) 1 Denny Bowyer 1
61 Ford Rich Thompson Johnny Borneman III 4 Will Harris
Braeden Havens 1
68 Chevrolet Jenise Kneeland Rodd Kneeland (R) 1 Trent Musser
77 Chevrolet Joe Nava Kevin O'Connell 1 Tony Jackson
84 Chevrolet Cindy DeLong Rich DeLong III 8 Chris Dittes
86 Chevrolet Tim Spurgeon Tim Spurgeon 1 Mike Davis 1
Hollis Thackeray (R) 1 Mike Doss 1
88 Ford Troy Cline Ryan Blaney 1[1] Doug Chouinard
90 Chevrolet Don Newman Trevor Cristiani (R) 5 Danny Cristiani 4
Steve Teets 1
91 Ford Courtney O'Donnell Dan O'Donnell (R) 2 William Loe
99 Toyota Bill McAnally Chris Eggleston[9] Bryan Tasnady
Notes
  1. Julia Landauer drove in the Casey's General Stores 150 presented by Vatterott College with car number 22.
  2. Todd Souza drove in the Casey's General Stores 150 presented by Vatterott College with car number 3.
  3. Bryant Barnhill drove in the Casey's General Stores 150 presented by Vatterott College with car number 34.
  4. Stafford Smith drove in the Casey's General Stores 150 presented by Vatterott College with car number 39.

Schedule
The Carneros 200 at Sonoma Raceway in June

All of the races in the 2017 season were televised on NBCSN and were on a tape delay basis.[10]

No. Race Title Track Date
1 NAPA Auto Parts Tucson 150 Tucson Speedway, Tucson March 18
2 NAPA Auto Parts 150 Kern County Raceway Park, Bakersfield March 23
3 NAPA Auto Parts Twin 100s Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale March 25
4
5 Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 Spokane County Raceway, Airway Heights May 13
6 Sunrise Ford 150 presented by Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse Orange Show Speedway, San Bernardino May 20
7 NAPA Auto Parts/Toyota 150 Colorado National Speedway, Dacono June 10
8 Carneros 200 Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma June 24
9 Casey's General Stores 150 presented by Vatterott College[lower-alpha 1] Iowa Speedway, Newton July 28
10 NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by Toyota Evergreen Speedway, Monroe August 12
11 Clint Newell Toyota 150 presented by NAPA Auto Parts Douglas County Speedway, Roseburg August 26
12 NAPA Auto Parts Idaho 208 presented by Perfect Hydration and Lights Out Meridian Speedway, Meridian September 30
13 Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by TriCo Welding Supply All American Speedway, Roseville October 14
14 West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame Championship 150 presented by NAPA Auto Parts Kern County Raceway Park, Bakersfield November 4
Source:[11]
  NAPA 500 Challenge[lower-alpha 2]
Notes
  1. The Casey's General Stores 150 presented by Vatterott College was held as a combined event, with competitors from the K&N Pro Series West competing along with competitors for the K&N Pro Series East. Unlike in previous years, drivers received points and statistical credit relative to the whole field in general, instead of relative to other drivers in their series. Also drivers were allowed to score points for both the East and West Series.
  2. The first four races were part of the NAPA 500 Challenge, with a $100,000 reward to anyone who won all four races, $10,000 to anyone who finished in the Top 3 in all four races, $5,000 for a Top 5 classification in all four races and $1,000 for a Top 10 classification in all four races.[12]

Results and standings

Races
No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer
1 NAPA Auto Parts Tucson 150[13] Todd Gilliland Chris Eggleston Chris Eggleston Toyota
2 NAPA Auto Parts 150[14] Todd Gilliland Michael Self Todd Gilliland Toyota
3 NAPA Auto Parts Twin 100s[15] Todd Gilliland Todd Gilliland Todd Gilliland Toyota
4 NAPA Auto Parts Twin 100s[16] Todd Gilliland1 Todd Gilliland Todd Gilliland Toyota
5 Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150[17] Todd Gilliland Todd Gilliland Todd Gilliland Toyota
6 Sunrise Ford 150 presented by Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse[18] Chris Eggleston Chris Eggleston Chris Eggleston Toyota
7 NAPA Auto Parts/Toyota 150[19] Chris Eggleston Todd Gilliland Chris Eggleston Toyota
8 Carneros 200[20] Will Rodgers Will Rodgers Kevin Harvick Ford
9 Casey's General Stores 150 presented by Vatterott College[21] Derek Kraus Todd Gilliland Todd Gilliland Toyota
10 NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by Toyota[22] Chris Eggleston Chris Eggleston Chris Eggleston Toyota
11 Clint Newell Toyota 150 presented by NAPA Auto Parts[23] Chris Eggleston Chris Eggleston Todd Gilliland Toyota
12 NAPA Auto Parts Idaho 208 presented by Perfect Hydration and Lights Out[24] Todd Gilliland Todd Gilliland Michael Self Ford
13 Toyota/NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by TriCo Welding Supply[25] Michael Self Michael Self Michael Self Ford
14 West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame Championship 150 presented by NAPA Auto Parts[26] Todd Gilliland Dillon Bassett Derek Kraus Toyota
Notes
  • 1 – Starting grid was set by the fastest lap times from the first NAPA Auto Parts Twin 100 race.

Drivers' championship
Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or Owners' points. * – Most laps led.

Pos Driver TUC KER IRW IRW SPO ORG CNS SON IOW EVG DCO MER AAS KER Points
1 Todd Gilliland 2 1 1* 1* 1* 6 3* 6 1* 12 1 2* 2 2 610
2 Chris Eggleston 1* 4 2 2 3 1* 1 10 3 1* 2* 7 3 20 581
3 Derek Kraus (R) 6 2 18 4 2 16 2 5 11 11 3 5 4 1 533
4 Michael Self 6* 6 3 5 8 8 4 6 4 7 1 1* 4 522
5 Will Rodgers (R) 5 3 5 5 19 20 9 2* 8 2 4 3 5 8 520
6 Todd Souza 22 10 11 10 12 3 10 8 18 8 8 4 11 13 468
7 Julia Landauer 12 12 10 6 7 19 6 23 17 6 5 9 21 12 451
8 Nicole Behar 10 7 4 8 6 17 17 25 27 3 12 20 6 10 444
9 Kody Vanderwal (R) 8 9 14 15 10 4 5 15 34 14 15 6 9 18 440
10 Blaine Perkins 11 8 7 9 18 11 20 7 21 16 17 8 8 19 436
11 Matt Levin 13 15 9 12 11 9 11 14 19 7 10 21 12 25 428
12 Ron Norman 14 14 12 11 20 13 7 22 23 9 18 11 16 24 402
13 Takuma Koga 16 19 16 19 14 5 16 21 29 18 11 12 14 17 389
14 Jesse Iwuji 20 16 21 18 15 14 14 31 31 17 13 13 19 16 358
15 Stafford Smith 19 14 16 18 19 24 24 10 14 10 13 14 333
16 Bill Kann 18 17 13 17 7 21 28 18 21 236
17 Rich DeLong III 19 13 15 16 22 12 13 27 215
18 John Wood 10 18 29 32 15 20 15 20 193
19 Garret Archer (R) 3 18 3 7 4 185
20 Dan Phillippi (R) 17 21 17 20 12 16 161
21 Trevor Cristiani (R) 15 9 19 15 26 137
22 Johnny Borneman III 11 8 13 18 126
23 Andrew Engberson (R) 13 15 13 19 116
24 Max Tullman (R) 17 10 9 96
25 Salvatore Iovino (R) 21 20 Wth Wth 21 92
26 David Mayhew 5 3 80
27 Sheldon Creed (R) 2 9 78
28 Riley Herbst 9 Wth Wth Wth 3 76
29 Buddy Shepherd (R) 6 7 75
30 Brandon Schilling (R) 7 22 59
31 Derek Thorn 28 6 54
32 Rudy Vanderwal (R) 15 19 54
33 Josh Fanopoulos (R) 16 22 50
34 Andrew Tuttle (R) 17 21 50
35 Zack St. Onge (R) 21 18 49
36 Kevin Harvick 1 47
37 Dan O'Donnell (R) 20 DNS1 47
38 Dillon Bassett 202 5* 41
39 Justin Funkhouser 24 23 41
40 Zane Smith (R) 4 40
41 Gracin Raz 4 40
42 Tayler Riddle (R) 5 39
43 Jonas Fors (R) 23 27 38
44 Cole Moore (R) 7 37
45 Owen Riddle (R) 8 36
46 Braeden Havens 9 35
47 Daniel Suárez 11 33
48 Rod Johnson Jr. (R) 11 33
49 Carlos Vieira 12 32
50 Tim Spurgeon 13 31
51 Tyler Fabozzi (R) 14 30
52 Davey Hamilton Jr. (R) 15 29
53 Scott Ivie 16 28
54 Dave Smith 17 27
55 Hollis Thackeray (R) 17 27
56 Rodd Kneeland (R) 19 25
57 Will Gallaher (R) 20 24
58 Jerry de Weerdt (R) 22 22
59 Bobby Hillis Jr. 23 Wth Wth 21
60 Ronnie Bassett Jr. 92 23 21
61 Ryan Blaney 26 18
62 Jim Inglebright 30 14
63 Kevin O'Connell DNS1 12
64 Bryant Barnhill (R) 33 11
Vanessa Robinson (R) Wth 0
Drivers ineligible for K&N Pro Series West points
Chase Purdy (R) 2
Harrison Burton 4
Chase Cabre (R) 5
Ben Kennedy 7
Jesse Little 10
Rubén García Jr. 12
Tyler Dippel 13
Collin Cabre 14
Reid Wilson (R) 15
Jay Beasley 16
Jeff Green 22
Brandon Oakley (R) 25
Vinnie Miller (R) 26
Trey Hutchens 30
Pos Driver TUC KER IRW IRW SPO ORG CNS SON IOW EVG DCO MER AAS KER Points
Notes
  • 1 – Dan O'Donnell and Kevin O'Connell received championship points, despite the fact that they did not start the race.
  • 2 – Scored points towards the K&N Pro Series East.

See also

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