Contested over 70 laps, it was the second exhibition race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

Kyle Larson was the fastest in the All-Star Race practice session with a time of 28.530 seconds and a speed of 189.274 mph (304.607 km/h).

[9] Erik Jones was the fastest in the Monster Energy Open practice session with a time of 28.563 seconds and a speed of 189.056 mph (304.256 km/h).

Lap-by-lap announcer, Mike Joy, was accompanied on the broadcast by retired NASCAR drivers, Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip.

Alex Hayden, Winston Kelly, Kim Coon, and Steve Post were the network's pit lane reporters.