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2017 season in review in GIFs
By @nascarcasm and @steveluvender | Published: November 27, 2017 28
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Amy Reimann were married on New Year's Eve.
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NASCAR introduced stage racing, which placed breaks between three segments.
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NASCAR introduced the damaged vehicle policy, in which teams had five minutes on pit road to get damaged cars back up and running.
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Carl Edwards retired suddenly.
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Brad Keselowski won at Atlanta and some guy was standing behind him in Victory Lane and no one knew who the hell he was.
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Atlanta Motor Speedway made plans to repave the track. Then they decided not to.
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Kyle Busch and Joey Logano had a dust-up on pit road after the race at Las Vegas.
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At Phoenix, Ryan Blaney called Dale Jr. a bad name over the in-car radio for all of us to hear and enjoy.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. developed a love of cycling
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Dale Jr. announced his retirement from full-time driving.
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Jimmie Johnson grows a magnificent beard.
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Austin Dillon wins the Coca-Cola 600 and performs his signature victory celebration.
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Ryan Blaney wins his first career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race, at Pocono.
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Ricky Stenhouse Jr. wins his first career race at Daytona, on July 4th weekend.
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Denny Hamlin wins at New Hampshire and informs the world about his aversion to lobsters.
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After Kyle Larson swept the season's races at Michigan, team owner Chip Ganassi went a little overboard in his excitement.
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Martin Truex Jr. wins in Chicagoland - and gets slimed in Victory Lane afterward.
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Dale Jr. makes his final start at Talladega, winning the pole.
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Denny Hamlin and Chase Elliott make contact at Martinsville, resulting in a shouting match between the two drivers after the race.
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Denny Hamlin starts his 10,000th race since Age 7.
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Kyle Busch secures his place in the Championship 4 by conquering NASCAR's hot dog headquarters, Martinsville.
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Kevin Harvick clinches a spot in the Championship 4 with a win at Texas.
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By virtue of an impressive season chock full of stage wins and race victories, Martin Truex Jr. locks himself into the playoffs.
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While competitors Denny Hamlin and Chase Elliott are distracted after post-Martinsville retaliation, Brad Keselowski grabs the final place in the Championship 4 at Phoenix.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Matt Kenseth make their final starts as full-time drivers.
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As hard as anyone tried, nobody could overcome Furniture (Row Racing) and Martin Truex Jr. in 2017.
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Truex wins four races in the playoffs with an unprecedented nine top-five finishes and an average finish of 4.3.