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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup race number 10 of 36
Sunday, May 7, 2017 at Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL
188 laps* on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles)

Time of race: 3:29:16 Average speed: 145.669 mph Pole speed: 191.547 mph	Cautions: 8 for 33 laps Margin of victory: .095 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 26
Green flag passes: 16,440 (104.1 per green flag lap)
(Source: NASCAR loop data)

Glossary 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup results / 2017 standings

Driver	Start	Mid Race	Finish	High Pos.	Low Pos.	Avg. Pos.	Pass Diff.	Green Flag Passes	Green Flag Times Passed	Quality Passes	Pct. Quality Passes	Fastest Lap	Top 15 Laps	Pct. Top 15 Laps	Laps Led	Pct. Laps Led	Total Laps	DRIVER RATING

Loop data for this race:
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	1	8	1	1	35	13	-2	569	571	353	62.0	5	119	62.3	14	7.3	191	98.8
Jamie McMurray	23	16	2	2	30	13	21	671	650	353	52.6	3	120	62.8	0	0.0	191	89.0
Kyle Busch	10	14	3	1	26	7	4	444	440	277	62.4	1	153	80.1	48	25.1	191	112.2
Aric Almirola	22	24	4	2	32	16	6	526	520	240	45.6	0	85	44.5	0	0.0	191	77.2
Kasey Kahne	19	11	5	2	31	14	-5	626	631	389	62.1	4	121	63.4	0	0.0	191	84.0
Kurt Busch	15	13	6	3	35	16	16	543	527	316	58.2	8	115	60.2	0	0.0	191	79.1
Brad Keselowski	3	20	7	1	29	9	-8	483	491	306	63.4	5	148	77.5	31	16.2	191	109.8
Jimmie Johnson	30	6	8	1	34	12	36	560	524	340	60.7	2	126	66.0	3	1.6	191	92.9
Paul Menard	9	12	9	2	33	14	18	699	681	315	45.1	3	103	53.9	1	0.5	191	79.5
David Ragan	29	10	10	3	34	21	-5	521	526	116	22.3	6	40	20.9	0	0.0	191	72.4
Denny Hamlin	11	1	11	1	36	11	-34	332	366	191	57.5	1	130	68.1	43	22.5	191	86.8
Kyle Larson	21	19	12	5	36	22	43	477	434	206	43.2	7	59	30.9	0	0.0	191	81.9
Ty Dillon	28	22	13	1	34	20	3	539	536	153	28.4	7	54	28.3	3	1.6	191	69.3
Clint Bowyer	17	2	14	1	35	15	2	487	485	289	59.3	10	114	59.7	10	5.2	191	79.4
Chris Buescher	34	33	15	3	35	26	-5	203	208	59	29.1	2	35	18.3	0	0.0	191	52.4
Cole Whitt	38	25	16	2	38	24	31	333	302	25	7.5	1	13	6.8	0	0.0	191	53.8
Elliott Sadler	35	35	17	1	36	30	-17	147	164	23	15.7	4	13	6.8	2	1.1	191	45.2
Matt DiBenedetto	26	30	18	8	33	23	-17	394	411	37	9.4	3	15	7.9	0	0.0	191	56.3
Daniel Suarez	7	17	19	4	35	19	-39	585	624	173	29.6	5	57	29.8	0	0.0	191	58.4
Gray Gaulding	37	31	20	4	38	29	-4	163	167	0	0.0	5	5	2.6	0	0.0	191	44.4
Joey Gase	39	34	21	5	39	29	-26	133	159	21	15.8	1	15	7.9	0	0.0	191	40.8
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	2	4	22	1	35	14	-25	611	636	335	54.8	2	110	57.6	0	0.0	191	66.4
Kevin Harvick	6	3	23	1	35	12	-3	397	400	226	56.9	4	110	57.6	15	7.9	191	81.9
Matt Kenseth	4	32	24	1	36	19	-42	362	404	262	72.4	3	86	45.0	4	2.1	190	66.1
Ryan Newman	20	5	25	1	34	24	-37	284	321	74	26.1	3	29	15.2	2	1.1	185	50.5
Brendan Gaughan	32	38	26	26	39	37	11	17	6	0	0.0	6	0	0.0	0	0.0	183	35.6
Corey LaJoie	36	39	27	26	39	37	9	16	7	0	0.0	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	183	33.4
Jeffrey Earnhardt	40	37	28	2	40	36	6	10	4	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	174	33.3
Landon Cassill	25	28	29	7	34	24	-24	326	350	61	18.7	5	22	11.5	0	0.0	173	57.6
Chase Elliott	8	26	30	2	31	14	0	558	558	347	62.2	1	113	59.2	0	0.0	168	80.0
A.J. Allmendinger	27	29	31	1	34	26	32	207	175	35	16.9	9	24	12.6	0	0.0	168	55.3
Joey Logano	12	7	32	1	26	10	0	524	524	408	77.9	2	151	79.1	10	6.0	168	96.7
Erik Jones	14	18	33	4	35	15	42	580	538	295	50.9	2	101	52.9	0	0.0	168	77.8
Michael McDowell	24	36	34	9	36	25	-4	421	425	108	25.7	3	22	11.5	0	0.0	168	59.0
Martin Truex Jr	13	21	35	2	27	11	-7	509	516	334	65.6	3	141	73.8	0	0.0	168	86.9
Austin Dillon	18	27	36	4	33	22	-4	465	469	149	32.0	8	37	19.4	0	0.0	168	58.7
Trevor Bayne	5	9	37	1	28	13	-31	533	564	321	60.2	3	113	59.2	5	3.0	168	82.5
Danica Patrick	31	23	38	7	36	21	38	576	538	154	26.7	8	46	24.1	0	0.0	168	70.8
Ryan Blaney	16	15	39	1	35	15	13	609	596	410	67.3	5	120	62.8	0	0.0	160	88.0
Reed Sorenson	33	40	40	33	40	39	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	72	23.2

Green Flag Passes: Green flag passes for position.Pass Diff.: Difference between Green Flag Passes and Green Flag Times Passed. Quality Passes: Number of times passing a car running in the Top 15 while under a green flag. Fastest Lap: How many times a driver had the fastest lap of all drivers.

Driver Rating: A formula combining the following categories: Win, Finish, Top-15 Finish, Average Running Position while on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish. Maximum: 150 points per race.