RACE START TIMES FOR 2017 SCHEDULE UNVEILED

NASCAR has released the starting times for 2017 races in all three national series.

Among the biggest changes in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the first night race for next year will be May 13 at Kansas Speedway. The spring race at Texas Motor Speedway -- typically run under the lights -- moves to an afternoon green flag (1:30 p.m. ET).

Eight races from the first half of the season will move their afternoon starting times from 1 p.m. ET to 2 p.m. ET or later, including the season-opening Daytona 500 with a 2 p.m. ET start on Feb. 26, 2017.

The four races at Pocono Raceway and Michigan International Speedway move from 1 p.m. ET starts to 3 p.m. ET green flags.

The later starting time is also the case for most of the second half of the season. The green flag will drop at 3 p.m. ET next year at Watkins Glen International and the Chase opener at Chicagoland. The rest of the Chase looks more similar to 2015 with 2 p.m. ET starts at New Hampshire, Dover and Talladega, and a slightly later 3 p.m. start at Kansas Speedway.

The season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway will again begin at 2:30 p.m.

As for the XFINITY Series, there will be seven night races including a three-race swing from Iowa Speedway (June 24) to Daytona (June 30) and Kentucky (July 7).

Its two stand-alone road course races at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and Road America in Wisconsin will start at 3:30 p.m. ET and 3 p.m. ET, respectively.

Both its season-opening race at Daytona and finale at Homestead will begin at 3:30 p.m. ET.

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will have a decidedly night-time look with 14 of its 23 races held under the lights.

The season opens with a 7:30 p.m. ET green flag at Daytona. There is an eight-race swing of starts at 5 p.m. ET or later between the May 12 race at Kansas (8:30 p.m.) and culminating with the hugely popular event at Eldora Speedway (9 p.m.) on July 19.

See the full schedules below.

Note: All times listed are ET. Subject to change.

2017 SPRINT CUP SERIES SCHEDULE

DATE LOCATION NETWORK RACE START RADIO

2/18 The Unlimited at Daytona International Speedway FS1 8 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
2/19 Daytona 500 Qualifying at Daytona International Speedway FOX 3 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
2/23 Can-Am Duel at Daytona International Speedway FS1 7 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
2/26 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway FOX 2 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
3/5 Atlanta Motor Speedway FOX 2:30 p.m. PRN/Sirius XM
3/12 Las Vegas Motor Speedway FOX 3:30 p.m. PRN/Sirius XM
3/19 Phoenix International Raceway FOX 3:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
3/26 Auto Club Speedway FOX 3:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
4/2 Martinsville Speedway FS1 2 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
4/9 Texas Motor Speedway FOX 1:30 p.m. PRN/Sirius XM
4/23 Bristol Motor Speedway FOX 2 p.m. PRN/Sirius XM
4/30 Richmond International Raceway FOX 2 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
5/7 Talladega Superspeedway FOX 2 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
5/13 Kansas Speedway FS1 7:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
5/20 NASCAR All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway FS1 6 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
5/28 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway FOX 6 p.m. PRN/Sirius XM
6/4 Dover International Speedway FS1 1 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
6/11 Pocono Raceway FS1 3 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
6/18 Michigan International Speedway FS1 3 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
6/25 Sonoma Raceway FS1 3 p.m. PRN/Sirius XM
7/1 Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola at Daytona International Speedway NBC 7:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
7/8 Kentucky Speedway NBCSN 7:30 p.m. PRN/Sirius XM
7/16 New Hampshire Motor Speedway NBCSN 3 p.m. PRN/Sirius XM
7/23 Indianapolis Motor Speedway NBC 3 p.m. IMS/Sirius XM
7/30 Pocono Raceway NBCSN 3 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
8/6 Watkins Glen International NBCSN 3 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
8/13 Michigan International Speedway NBCSN 3 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
8/19 Bristol Motor Speedway NBC 7:30 p.m. PRN/Sirius XM
9/3 Darlington Raceway NBCSN 6 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
9/9 Richmond International Raceway NBCSN 7:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
9/17 Chicagoland Speedway NBCSN 3 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
9/24 New Hampshire Motor Speedway NBCSN 2 p.m. PRN/Sirius XM
10/1 Dover International Speedway NBCSN 2 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
10/7 Charlotte Motor Speedway NBCSN 7 p.m. PRN/Sirius XM
10/15 Talladega Superspeedway NBC 2 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
10/22 Kansas Speedway NBCSN 3 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
10/29 Martinsville Speedway NBCSN 1 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
11/5 Texas Motor Speedway NBC 2 p.m. PRN/Sirius XM
11/12 Phoenix International Raceway NBC 2:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
11/19 Homestead-Miami Speedway NBC 2:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM

2017 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES SCHEDULE DATE LOCATION NETWORK RACE START RADIO

2/25 Daytona International Speedway FS1 3:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
3/4 Atlanta Motor Speedway FS1 1:30 p.m. PRN/Sirius XM
3/11 Las Vegas Motor Speedway FS1 4 p.m. PRN/Sirius XM
3/18 Phoenix International Raceway FOX 4 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
3/25 Auto Club Speedway FS1 4 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
4/8 Texas Motor Speedway FOX 1:30 p.m. PRN/Sirius XM
4/22 Bristol Motor Speedway FS1 12:30 p.m. PRN/Sirius XM
4/29 Richmond International Raceway FS1 12:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
5/6 Talladega Superspeedway FOX 1 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
5/27 Charlotte Motor Speedway FS1 1 p.m. PRN/Sirius XM
6/3 Dover International Speedway FS1 1 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
6/10 Pocono Raceway FOX 1 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
6/17 Michigan International Speedway FS1 1:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
6/24 Iowa Speedway FS1 8:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
6/30 Daytona International Speedway NBCSN 7:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
7/7 Kentucky Speedway NBCSN 8 p.m. PRN/Sirius XM
7/15 New Hampshire Motor Speedway NBCSN 4 p.m. PRN/Sirius XM
7/22 Indianapolis Motor Speedway NBCSN 3:30 p.m. IMS/Sirius XM
7/29 Iowa Speedway NBC 3:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
8/5 Watkins Glen International NBCSN 2 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
8/12 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course NBCSN 3:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
8/18 Bristol Motor Speedway NBCSN 7:30 p.m. PRN/Sirius XM
8/27 Road America NBC 3 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
9/2 Darlington Raceway NBCSN 3:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
9/8 Richmond International Raceway NBCSN 7:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
9/16 Chicagoland Speedway NBCSN 3:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
9/23 Kentucky Speedway NBCSN 8 p.m. PRN/Sirius XM
9/30 Dover International Speedway NBCSN 3 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
10/6 Charlotte Motor Speedway NBCSN 8 p.m. PRN/Sirius XM
10/21 Kansas Speedway NBC 3 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
11/4 Texas Motor Speedway NBCSN 8:30 p.m. PRN/Sirius XM
11/11 Phoenix International Raceway NBC 3:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
11/18 Homestead-Miami Speedway NBCSN 3:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM

2017 CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES SCHEDULE

DATE LOCATION NETWORK RACE START RADIO

2/24 Daytona International Speedway FS1 7:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
3/4 Atlanta Motor Speedway FS1 4:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
4/1 Martinsville Speedway FS1 2:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
5/12 Kansas Speedway FS1 8:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
5/19 Charlotte Motor Speedway FS1 8:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
6/2 Dover International Speedway FS1 5:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
6/9 Texas Motor Speedway FS1 8 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
6/17 Gateway Motorsports Park FS1 8:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
6/23 Iowa Speedway FS1 8:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
7/6 Kentucky Speedway FS1 7:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
7/19 Eldora Speedway FS1 9 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
7/29 Pocono Raceway FS1 1 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
8/12 Michigan International Speedway FS1 1 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
8/16 Bristol Motor Speedway FS1 8:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
9/3 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park FS1 2:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
9/15 Chicagoland Speedway FS1 8:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
9/23 New Hampshire Motor Speedway FS1 1 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
9/30 Las Vegas Motor Speedway FS1 8:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
10/14 Talladega Superspeedway FOX 1 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
10/28 Martinsville Speedway FS1 1:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
11/3 Texas Motor Speedway FS1 8:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
11/10 Phoenix International Raceway FS1 8:30 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM
11/17 Homestead-Miami Speedway FS1 8 p.m. MRN/Sirius XM

NASCAR America: Scan All Indianapolis

Take another look at the Brickyard 400 from Kyle Busch‘s victory and late-race restarts to Jeff Gordon‘s return to the track and Tony Stewart‘s suggestion that led to a memorable salute after the race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

NASCAR America: Justin Allgaier relishes Xfinity Dash 4 Cash bonus at indy

Justin Allgaier described racing JR Motorsports teammate Elliott Sadler for the Xfinity Dash 4 Crash bonus at Indianapolis. Allgaier finished fifth to win the $100,000 bonus last weekend.

“That last restart, we knew it was coming down to just the two of us,” Allgaier said. “Being on the outside, not being in the preferred lane and also racing a teammate, we knew it was going to be a huge challenge. Luckily enough, our car was just a little bit better, I think, than Elliott’s on Saturday.”

Kurt Busch seeks NASCAR record this weekend at Pocono

Kurt Busch seeks to do something this weekend that hasn’t been done in NASCAR.

Run every lap for the most consecutive races to start a season.

Busch enters Sunday’s race at Pocono Raceway on NBCSN having completed all 5,673 laps in the first 20 races. No driver has completed every lap through the the first 21 Cup races in a season.

Busch tied Dale Earnhardt Jr. for the record this past weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway when Busch completed every lap on the way to finishing 16th.

Earnhardt set the mark in 2012 by completing every lap in the first 20 races of the season. In the 21st race, which was at Pocono, Earnhardt fell 18 laps short of the distance in the rain-shortened race.

Busch heads to Pocono having won the June race there. In this race a year ago, he finished 37th after he was involved in an accident, He finished 10 laps behind the leaders.

Busch’s consistency this season has led to 15 top-10 finishes, second only to Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Kevin Harvick, who has 16.

Drivers who have run the most laps in Cup this season:

100% — Kurt Busch (5,673 laps)

99.86 — Brad Keselowski (5,665)

99.67 — Trevor Bayne (5,654)

99.38 — Martin Truex Jr. (5,638)

98.71 — Kevin Harvick (5,600)

98.55 — Jamie McMurray (5,591)

98.20 — Austin Dillon (5,571)

97.76 — Landon Cassill (5,546)

97.76 — Matt Kenseth (5,546)

97.48 — Carl Edwards (5,530)

After frustrating results, AJ Allmendinger says Chase is ‘last thing on my mind’

After failing to finish three of the last six races and plummeting in the points, AJ Allmendinger says that “I feel like I’ve been gut punched and kicked in the not-such-fun place the last seven weeks.”

Allmendinger finished 38th last weekend at Indianapolis because of overheating issues with his car. As the series heads to Pocono Raceway this weekend, Allmendinger is 21st in the standings, 51 points (more than a full race behind) out of the final transfer spot to the Chase. When the series raced at Pocono in June, Allmendinger was 17th in the points.

“Honestly, the Chase is the last thing on my mind,’’ Allmendinger said Tuesday during a break in testing at Watkins Glen International. “The string of the last six or seven weeks has been really tough. Just stuff that I guess you could say out of our control, in our control. Sonoma we had a chance to win and had a mistake there.

WATKINS GLEN TESTING: Brad Keselowski evaluated and released after crash

“We’ve got to run better, minimize our mistakes and each weekend try to get better. If we get into a position to win a race that’s great. If not, we’ve got to be a little bit better all around as a team. It’s tough in this sport. You look at the last two years, you look at this year, I think as a race team we are so much better than we were. You look at the points and we’re in the same spot. I think there’s a lot of good things happening to our race team, but we’ve got to get on track.’’

Allmendinger’s last top-10 finish was an eighth at Kansas in May. He started second and led 20 laps at Sonoma but finished 14th. He was poised to start sixth on a restart with less than 25 laps to go but was penalized when because his team failed to control a tire during the pit stop.

“We’ve just got to be better as a team, all of us together,’’ Allmendinger said.

Brad Keselowski crashes at Watkins Glen test

Brad Keselowski‘s car suffered extensive damage in a crash during testing Tuesday afternoon at Watkins Glen International.

Keselowski was evaluated and released, according to a team representative. The incident took place going into Turn 1 on the road course. Keselowski tweeted that he lost his brakes entering the corner off the long frontstretch.

Keselowski tweeted a picture of the crash exiting the car.

Keselowski was among 16 drivers testing on the repaved track before the Aug. 7 race on the road course.

The incident comes nearly five years to the day Keselowski suffered a broken left ankle in a crash testing at Road Atlanta on Aug. 3, 2011. Four days later, he won at Pocono Raceway.

THE RUNDOWN: INDIANAPOLIS DRIVER GRADES

Breaking down the full field for the Crown Royal Presents The Combat Wounded Coalition 400 At The Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway:

1. Kyle Busch, No. 18 Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing. Total domination. Busch won Saturday's and Sunday's races from the pole and led a record 149 laps Sunday. His average running position Sunday was 1.2, and his lowest position was third. Seriously? Busch's hammerlock on the field was on par with what Martin Truex Jr. did in the Coca-Cola 600 . Thus the same mark. Grade: AAA+

2. Matt Kenseth , No. 20 Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing. Kenseth is still winless at the Brickyard but has now finished second three times. More numbers: In Kenseth's first four starts at Indianapolis for JGR, his finishes are 5th, 4th, 7th and 2nd. Grade: A

3. Jimmie Johnson , No. 48 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports. Johnson had to do a pass-through on Lap 86 for a pit-road speeding penalty, dropping him to 23rd. Attrition and persistence led to Johnson's first top 10 since he finished third at Charlotte two months ago. Nice finish, but this team still needs to clean up its mistakes. Grade: A-

4. Denny Hamlin , No. 11 Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing. Ditto the No. 11 team. Hamlin was assessed his seventh pit-road speeding penalty of the season one lap after Jimmie Johnson (same round of green-flag stops). Hamlin was running third at the time and fell back to 18th. Nice recovery, but … Grade: A-

5. Kyle Larson , No. 42 Chevrolet, Chip Ganassi Racing. Larson was the second-biggest winner of the afternoon, moving up four spots in the standings to 15th. Grade: A

6. Kevin Harvick , No. 4 Chevrolet, Stewart-Haas Racing. Harvick upped his points lead to 24. Two races ago it was down to four. If you don't think that's important, remember this: If qualifying is rained out, the field is set by the standings -- as is the order of selecting a pit stall. So, yes, the standings still matter. Grade: A

7. Joey Logano , No. 22 Ford, Team Penske. Logano restarted second on the final restart but couldn't hold the position or make a run at Kyle Busch. Logano, by the way, finished second to Busch in last year's Brickyard. Grade: A

8. Martin Truex Jr. , No. 78 Toyota, Furniture Row Racing. Truex was strong all afternoon – his 5.6 average running position was second to Kyle Busch's – but he was no match for the winner. Grade: A

9. Austin Dillon , No. 3 Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing. Sunday's top 10 was Dillon's ninth of the season (20 starts), equaling his total for the first 85 starts of his Sprint Cup career. Grade: A

10. Paul Menard , No. 27 Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing. Menard benefited from accidents in front of him that he was able to avoid to score his second top 10 of the season. Grade: A-

11. Tony Stewart , No. 14 Chevrolet, Stewart-Haas Racing. Stewart started third and was running with the leaders when he was caught speeding on pit road just before the third caution and had to restart at the tail end of the field, one lap down. He was still back in the pack (20th) with 25 laps to go in regulation. But then came all the cautions. "Smoke" finally got his lap back with a free pass on the fifth caution, survived contact with Jamie McMurray on Lap 166 and salvaged a decent finish on his last go-round at Indy. Grade: B

12. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. , No. 17 Ford, Roush Fenway Racing. Stenhouse survived the big Carl Edwards - Ryan Newman wreck that brought out the red flag to get a finish that belied his day. He turned 14 laps in the top 15 and had an average running positon of 20.1. Grade: B-

13. Jeff Gordon , No. 88 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports. Despite problems with restarts, Gordon was able to post his best finish of the season and overcome the incredible pressure of replacing Alex Bowman in the No. 88. ... Yes, I'm kidding. Except for the restarts part. Vive Monsieur Gordon! Grade: A

14. Chris Buescher , No. 34 Ford, Front Row Motorsports. Buescher recorded the best finish of his Sprint Cup career on a day in which he turned all of two laps in the top 15 and had a 23.7 average running position. Grade: B

15. Chase Elliott , No. 24 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports. Elliott registered his best finish since a second-place finish at Michigan more than a month ago. Grade: B

16. Kurt Busch, No. 41 Chevrolet, Stewart-Haas Racing. For only the second time this season, Busch failed to finish in the top 10 in back-to-back races. Grade: B-

17. Brad Keselowski , No. 2 Ford, Team Penske. Keselowski was the rage early on with his team's bold pit strategy, but the second half of the race bore zero resemblance to the first half. Getting caught up in the Carl Edwards - Ryan Newman wreck didn't help, either. Grade: B

18. Kasey Kahne , No. 5 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports. Despite a fourth-straight finish outside the top 10, Kahne moved up two spots in the standings to 16th, 10 points behind Kyle Larson . He jumped one driver who missed the race ( Dale Earnhardt Jr. ) and one who didn't use the best judgment and crashed with 10 laps to go ( Trevor Bayne ). Grade: C

19. Jamie McMurray , No. 1 Chevrolet, Chip Ganassi Racing. McMurray's nice run came to a screeching halt on the restart on Lap 165 when he moved down in front of Tony Stewart but hadn't cleared the No. 14. Stewart wasn't about to lift, and the No. 1 went for a slide onto the access road before returning to the track and smacking Ryan Newman . Worse, the caution gave the free pass to Chase-cutoff competitor Kasey Kahne . Grade: B-

20. Landon Cassill , No. 38 Ford, Front Row Motorsports. Cassill avoided calamity to get his fourth-best finish of the season. Grade: B

21. Clint Bowyer, No. 15 Chevrolet, HScott Motorsports. Bowyer contributed to the caution-fest at the end of the race when he got into the back of Trevor Bayne , who inexplicably went for the block with so much on the line (Chase standings) and running so far back in the field. Grade: C

22. Danica Patrick , No. 10 Chevrolet, Stewart-Haas Racing. Wrong place, wrong time. Again. Patrick had nothing to do with the Carl Edwards - Ryan Newman wreck but still ended up a part of it. On the other hand, she finished right where she spent most of the race. Grade: C

23. Michael McDowell , No. 95 Chevrolet, Circle Sport-Leavine Family. McDowell posted his best finish at the Brickyard in seven starts. Grade: B-

24. Casey Mears , No. 13 Chevrolet, Germain Racing. Mears finished in the top 25 for the 10th time this season. Grade: C

25. Aric Almirola , No. 43 Ford, Richard Petty Motorsports. Almirola, who is still looking for his first top 10 of the year, is on pace to have his worst season with RPM, for which he has been driving full time since 2010. Grade: C

26. Regan Smith , No. 7 Chevrolet, Tommy Baldwin Racing. Smith posted his best finish since a 22nd at Pocono in early June. Grade: C

27. Brian Scott , No. 44 Ford, Richard Petty Motorsports. Despite being collected in the last wreck of the day, Scott picked up his best finish in his past eight starts. Grade: C

28. Michael Annett , No. 46 Chevrolet, HScott Motorsports. After posting four top-30 finishes in his first 14 starts, Annett has four in his past six. Grade: C

29. Cole Whitt , No. 98 Chevrolet, Premium Motorsports. Since a 37.3 average finish in his first three starts of the season, Whitt has an average finish of 27.5 over his next 14 races. Grade: C

30. Trevor Bayne , No. 6 Ford, Roush Fenway Racing. Bayne's move to block Clint Bowyer on the backstretch on Lap 158 was as costly as it was ill-advised. Bayne spun all the way to his worst finish of the season and to 18th in the standings, 14 points behind 15th-place Kyle Larson . Grade: D

31. Ryan Newman , No. 31 Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing. Newman's day began to unravel on the restart on Lap 154. He restarted sixth, outside of Carl Edwards . On the first turn, Edwards drifted up into Newman and the No. 31 suffered major damage. With Newman sitting near the Chase cut-off line, it was important for him to coax the car home. He returned to the track but couldn't make it to the finish when Jamie McMurray ran up the track into him on the Lap 165 restart after contact with Tony Stewart . Bottom line: Valiant effort but a DNF and 10-point day. Grade: C

32. Ryan Ellis , No. 93 Toyota, BK Racing. Ellis picked up a career-best finish in his fourth Sprint Cup Series start. Grade: C

33. Reed Sorenson , No. 55 Chevrolet, Premium Motorsports. Sorenson ran to form, and his 33.8 average finish is third-worst in the Sprint Cup Series among drivers with at least 10 starts. Grade: D

34. Patrick Carpentier, No. 32 Ford, GO FAS Racing. After not starting a Sprint Cup Series race since 2011, Carpentier made his second start of 2016. He finished 37th last month at Sonoma. Grade: D

35. Carl Edwards , No. 19 Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing. Edwards was part of the strong JGR contingent all afternoon – 6.6 averaging running position – until his mishap on Lap 154. Whether it was a tight car or dirty tires, the outcome was costly as he dropped two spots in the standings. Grade: F

36. Ryan Blaney , No. 21 Ford, Wood Brothers Racing. Blaney was collected and knocked out of the race in the Carl Edwards -initiated wreckage that resulted in a red flag. Blaney dropped two spots in the standings to 19th, and is now 22 points behind 15th-place Kyle Larson . Blaney began the day nine points ahead of Larson. Grade: C

37. David Ragan , No. 23 Toyota, BK Racing. Ragan brought out the third caution on Lap 120 when his left-rear tire went down and he slammed the wall. It was his third DNF and second-worst finish of the season. Grade: F

38. AJ Allmendinger, No. 47 Chevrolet, JTG Daugherty Racing. Allmendinger was running 11th when his car lost water pressure. Moments later it overheated with less than 100 laps to go. It was Allmendinger's second DNF in the past three races. Grade: F

39. Greg Biffle, No. 16 Ford, Roush Fenway Racing. Biffle's day ended after 53 laps when his right-front tire went down and he slammed into the outside wall. His streak of top 10s – three – ended as well. Grade: F

40. Matt DiBenedetto, No. 83 Toyota, BK Racing. His engine didn't even make through five laps, leaving DiBenedetto with his seventh DNF of the season. "How is that even possible?" DiBenedetto tweeted. "Who has the voodoo doll of me that severely dislikes me?" Grade: F