Kenseth, the 2003 series champion and also a two-time Daytona 500 winner, was announced to be replaced in his No. would return to make one start per year in the Xfinity Series in each of the next three years. In addition to becoming a broadcaster for NASCAR on NBC, Dale Jr.
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would announce on April 25 his intention to retire from full-time racing at season's end after a career which included being a two-time Daytona 500 winner, and two-time Xfinity Series champion, and NASCAR's Most Popular Driver for fifteen straight years. The 2017 season was the final season of two full-time Cup Series drivers, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Monster Energy is the third title sponsor for NASCAR's top series since it first established such a sponsorship in 1971. Sprint had been the title sponsor since 2004 when their partner Nextel replaced Winston after the 2003 season, but Sprint became the official sponsor for the 2008 season after buying out Nextel in late 2005.
Monster Energy became the entitlement sponsor for the series in 2017 after Sprint Corporation decided not to remain as the sponsor. This was the third season of the current 10-year television contract with Fox Sports and NBC Sports and the second of a five-year race sanctioning agreement with all tracks. Toyota won the Manufacturers' Championship for the second year in a row. of Furniture Row Racing won the championship, his first in the series. Jimmie Johnson entered the season as the defending champion, having won his record-tying seventh Cup championship that he shares with Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt.
The season ended with the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The season began at Daytona International Speedway with the Advance Auto Parts Clash, the Can-Am Duel qualifying races and the 59th running of the Daytona 500. The 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series was the 69th season of professional stock car racing in the United States, and the 46th modern-era Cup series season. Brad Keselowski finished 10 points behind Martin Truex Jr., in fourth place.