2017 Mississippi College Choctaws football team, Schedule
Mississippi College announced its 2017 football schedule on June 19, 2017. The schedule consists of four home and six away games in the regular season. The Choctaws will host GSC foes Delta State, Florida Tech, Shorter, and West Georgia, and will travel to North Alabama, Valdosta State, West Alabama, and West Florida.


2017 Mississippi College Choctaws football team, Schedule
The Choctaws will travel to both non-conference games against Clark Atlanta of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and Southwest Baptist of the Great Lakes Valley Conference.


2017 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team
The 2017 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team represents the Mississippi State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs play their home games at Dudy Noble Field.


2017 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team, Schedule and results
† Indicates the game does not count toward the 2017 Southeastern Conference standings. *Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Collegiate Baseball poll.


2017 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team, Rankings
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2017 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team, MLB Draft
†Rooker had been drafted in the 38th round in 2016 but returned to Mississippi State rather than signing with the Twins. ‡Mangum, a sophomore, will return to MSU for the next season.


2017 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team
The 2017 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulldogs played their home games at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi and competed in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by ninth-year head coach Dan Mullen. They finished the season 9–4, 4–4 in SEC play to finish in a tie for fourth  place in the Western Division. They were invited to the TaxSlayer Bowl where they beat Louisville.


2017 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team
Head coach Dan Mullen resigned at the end of the regular season to become the head coach at Florida. Running backs coach Greg Knox served as interim head coach for the TaxSlayer Bowl. On November 28, Penn State offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead was hired as their new head coach, beginning in the 2018 season.


2017 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Schedule
Mississippi State announced its 2017 football schedule on September 13, 2016. The 2017 schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Bulldogs will host SEC foes Alabama, Kentucky, LSU, and Ole Miss, and will travel to Arkansas, Auburn, Georgia, and Texas A&M.


2017 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team, Schedule
The Bulldogs will host three of the four non-conference opponents, BYU, UMass both are football independent schools and Charleston Southern from the Big South Conference and travel to Louisiana Tech of Conference USA.


2017 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team
The 2017 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team represented Mississippi Valley State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Delta Devils were led by fourth-year head coach, Rick Comegy and played their home games at Rice–Totten Stadium as members of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The Delta Devils finished the season 2–9, 1–6 in SWAC play to finish in last place in the East Division.


2017 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team
On November 20, it was announced that head coach Rick Comegy's contract would not be renewed. He finished at Mississippi Valley State with a four-year record of 6–38.


2017 Mississippi shootings
On May 27, 2017, eight people were fatally shot in a spree killing that took place in Lincoln County, Mississippi. The perpetrator, Willie Cory Godbolt, sustained an injury to his arm in a shootout with victim Ferral Burage and was subsequently arrested.


2017 Mississippi shootings, Shootings
The shootings began at around 11:30 p.m. at a house in Bogue Chitto. Three women and 36-year-old police officer William Durr were shot dead at that house. Two boys were found shot to death at a house in Brookhaven and an adult male and female were found shot to death at another house. The perpetrator, 35-year-old Cory Godbolt, was shot and wounded by police and taken to hospital for treatment. While being arrested Godbolt told a reporter that he had intended to commit suicide by cop and that he deserved to die for his actions. Godbolt's wife and their children were unharmed in the incident.


2017 Mississippi shootings, Shootings
The victims were Deputy William Durr, Barbara Mitchell, Brenda May, Toccara May, Austin Edwards, Jordan Blackwell, Ferral Burrage, and Sheila Burrage.


2017 Mississippi shootings, Perpetrator
The perpetrator of the shootings, Willie Cory Godbolt, has an extensive criminal record dating back to 2005 that includes arrests for armed robbery, aggravated assault, simple assault, driving with a suspended license and disorderly conduct. He was most recently arrested in 2016 for assault.


2017 Mississippi shootings, Perpetrator
Godbolt stated to reporter Therese Apel from The Clarion-Ledger who interviewed him during his arrest, that he had gone to the Bogue Chitto house to talk with his estranged wife, her mother and stepfather about taking his children back home and that one of them called the police, ultimately leading to the shooting. Apel's video also documents him appearing to tell authorities where to find Sheila Burrage's body, as well as saying that he would tell police where all the victims were if they would get a deputy off his back. Godbolt's trial began February 15, 2020. On February 25, 2020, Godbolt was convicted in the shootings. On February 27, 2020, Godbolt was sentenced to death.


2017 Missouri State Bears football team
The 2017 Missouri State Bears football team represented Missouri State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Dave Steckel and played their home games at the Robert W. Plaster Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 3–8, 2–6 in MVFC play to finish in a tie for eighth place.


2017 Missouri Tigers football team
The 2017 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers played their home games at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri and competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by second-year head coach Barry Odom. They finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in SEC play to finish in a tie for third place in the Eastern Division. They were invited to the Texas Bowl where they lost to Texas.


2017 Missouri Tigers football team
On November 24, quarterback Drew Lock broke the SEC passing record for touchdowns in a season with 43, in a 48–45 win over Arkansas.


2017 Missouri Tigers football team, Schedule
Missouri announced its 2017 football schedule on September 13, 2016. The 2017 schedule consists of 7 home games and 5 away games in the regular season. The Tigers will host SEC foes Auburn, Florida, South Carolina, and Tennessee, and will travel to Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, and Vanderbilt.


2017 Missouri Tigers football team, Schedule
The Tigers will host three of its four non–conference games which are against Idaho from the Sun Belt Conference, Missouri State from the Missouri Valley Football Conference, Purdue from the Big Ten Conference and travel to UConn from the American Athletic Conference.


2017 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2017 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament will be held from May 24 through 27. All eight baseball-sponsoring schools in the conference will participate in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Missouri State's Hammons Field in Springfield, Missouri. The winner of the tournament will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2017 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
The league's eight teams will be seeded based on conference winning percentage. The teams will play a two bracket, double-elimination format tournament, with the winner of each bracket then playing a single elimination final.


2017 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, popularly referred to as "Arch Madness", was the postseason men's basketball tournament that completed the 2016–17 season in the Missouri Valley Conference. The tournament was held at the Scottrade Center, now known as Enterprise Center, in St. Louis, Missouri from March 2–5, 2017. Wichita State defeated Illinois State in the championship game and earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.


2017 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
This was the last MVC tournament for Wichita State, as it would leave its conference home of nearly 70 years to join the American Athletic Conference in July 2017.


2017 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by overall adjusted RPI, if necessary. The top six seeds received first-round byes.


2017 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2017 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament was the 28th edition of the competition. The tournament was played from November 8 until November 11.


2017 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
The Central Arkansas Bears won the tournament, defeating Missouri State Bears on a golden goal. The win give the UCA their first ever MVC men's soccer championship, and their berth into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. In the NCAA Tournament, Central Arkansas was drawn in the first round against the SMU Mustangs. There, they lost to SMU, 2-0.


2017 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, Background
The 2017 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament is the culmination of the regular season. The regular season conference matches determine the seeding in the tournament, which determines the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. All teams in the Missouri Valley Conference, or MVC, play each other once during the season. Teams play certain teams at home during even number years, and then will play those teams on the road during odd number years. Teams are awarded three points for a win, a point for a draw and no points for a loss.


2017 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, Background
In the event that teams are tied on points, the first tiebreaker is head-to-head record. If that tiebreaker is tied, goal differential is applied, followed by goals scored, then away goals, then RPI.


2017 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, Background
Missouri State won the regular season with a 5-2-1 record.


2017 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, Honors and awards, MVC All-Tournament Team
Rafael Mentzingen, ValparaisoJake Taylor, DrakeKyle Thomson, LoyolaIan McGrath, EvansvilleSimon Waever, EvansvilleJacob Taylor, BradleyGerit Wintermeyer, BradleyLiam Priestley, Missouri StateNick Burtenshaw, Missouri StateJordy Robins, Missouri StateTyler Ridener, Central ArkansasBlake Stricker, Central ArkansasPepe San Roman, Central ArkansasNiklas Brodacki, Central Arkansas


2017 Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament (also known as the Hoops in the Heartland Tournament) is part of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season and will be played in Moline, Illinois March 9–12, 2017 at the iWireless Center. The tournament's winner will receive the Missouri Valley Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Tournament.


2017 Missouri Valley Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2017 Missouri Valley Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Missouri Valley Conference held from October 29 through November 5, 2017. The opening round matches of the tournament were held at campus sites, while the semifinals and final took place at Betty and Bobby Allison South Stadium in Springfield, Missouri. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play.


2017 Missouri Valley Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
The defending champions were the Illinois State Redbirds, but they were eliminated from the 2017 tournament with a 1–0 loss to the Northern Iowa Panthers in the opening round. The Missouri State Lady Bears won the tournament with a 1–0 win over Northern Iowa in the final. The conference tournament title was the second for the Missouri State women's soccer program, both of which have come under the direction of head coach Rob Brewer.


2017 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season
The 2017 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season was the 27th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.


2017 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season
The Loyola Ramblers were the defending regular season champions, while the SIU Edwardsville Cougars (now in the Mid-American Conference) were the 2016 tournament champions.


2017 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season
With the results of the games of Saturday, October 28, Missouri State secured the top seed in the MVC Tournament with Central Arkansas seeded second. MoSt then won the regular season title with a draw at Drake on November 4.


2017 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season
On Sunday, November 12, the Central Arkansas Bears defeated the Missouri State Bears 1–0 in overtime at Shea Stadium in Peoria, Illinois to with their first MVC Championship and advance to their first NCAA tournament since moving to Division I in 2007.


2017 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season, Changes from 2016
The Valparaiso Crusaders joined the MVC on July 1 after spending the past ten years in the Horizon League. At the time, Valpo became the eighth team in MVC men's soccer.


2017 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season, Changes from 2016
The MVC lost SIU Edwardsville (SIUE) to the Mid-American Conference, returning the MVC to seven men's soccer teams. The Cougars had initially been announced as joining MAC men's soccer in 2018, but less than a week after the initial announcement, the MAC indicated that SIUE men's soccer would instead join in 2017.


2017 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season, Postseason, MVC Tournament
The 2017 MVC Tournament was played November 7, 8, 10, and 12 at Bradley University's Shea Stadium in Peoria, Illinois.


2017 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season, Postseason, MVC Tournament
Second seeded Central Arkansas defeated top-seeded Missouri State 1–0 in overtime to earn the MVC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.


2017 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season, Honors, 2017 CoSIDA Academic All-America Teams
The six athletes named Academic All-Americans from the Missouri Valley Conference was the most from any of the 24 soccer playing conferences; the twelve team Atlantic Coast Conference was second with five members.


2017 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season, Honors, 2017 CoSIDA Academic All-America Teams, Third team
Chris Holmes, University of Central Arkansas, 4.00, Health Services Administration


2017 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season, Honors, 2017 CoSIDA Academic All-District Teams
Only All-District players are eligible for the Academic All-America ballot.


2017 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season, Honors, 2017 CoSIDA Academic All-District Teams, District 6 (AR, IA, LA, MN, MO, MS, ND, SD, WI)
Chris Holmes, University of Central Arkansas, 4.00, Health Services Administration


2017 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season, Honors, NSCAA 2017-18 College Team Academic Award
The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) annually recognizes college and high school soccer programs that have excelled in the classroom by posting a team grade point average of 3.0 or higher. — of the MVC's seven teams were honored this year. The schools, their head coaches, and their team GPAs are:


2017 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season, Honors, 2017 MVC All-Conference Second Team, 2017 MVC All-Tournament Team
2017 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament MVP–Niklas Brodacki, Central Arkansas


2017 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season, Honors, 2017 MVC All-Conference Second Team, 2017 MVC Men's Soccer Scholar-Athlete Teams
The criteria for the All-MVC honor parallels the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) standards for Academic All-America voting. Nominees must be starters or important reserves with at least a 3.20 cumulative grade-point average (on a 4.00 scale). Also, students must have participated in at least 75 percent of the regular-season matches or played in the league tournament. Student-athletes must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at their institution (true freshmen and redshirt freshmen are not eligible) and must have completed at least one full academic year at their institution.


2017 Mitre 10 Cup
The 2017 Mitre 10 Cup season was the twelfth season of New Zealand's provincial rugby union competition since it turned professional in 2006. The regular season began on August 17, when North Harbour hosted Otago. It involved the top fourteen rugby unions of New Zealand. For sponsorship reasons, the competition was known as the Mitre 10 Cup and it was the second season under the lead sponsor. The winner of the Championship, Wellington was promoted to the Premiership, the seventh placed Premiership team, Waikato was relegated to the Championship.


2017 Mitre 10 Cup, Format
The Mitre 10 Cup standings were sorted by a competition points system. Four points were awarded to the winning team, a draw equaled two points, whilst a loss amounted to zero points. Unions could also win their side a respectable bonus point. To receive a bonus point, they must have scored four tries or more or lose by seven or fewer points or less. Each team was placed on their total points received. If necessary of a tiebreaker, when two or more teams finish on equal points, the union who defeated the other in a head-to-head got placed higher.


2017 Mitre 10 Cup, Format
In case of a draw between them, the side with the biggest points deferential margin got rights to be ranked above. If they were tied on points difference, it was then decided by a highest scored try count or a coin toss. This seeding format was implemented since the beginning of the 2006 competition.


2017 Mitre 10 Cup, Format
The competition included a promotion-relegation process with the winner of the Championship receiving automatic promotion to the Premiership, replacing the seventh-placed team in the Premiership which was relegated to the Championship for the following year. The regular season consisted of two types of matches. The internal division matches were when each team played the other six unions in their division once, home or away. The cross-division matches were when each team played four teams from the other division, thus missing out on three teams, each from the opposite division.


2017 Mitre 10 Cup, Format
Each union played home or away games against teams from the other division, making a total of ten competition games for each union. The finals format allowed the top four teams from each division move on to the semi-finals. The top two division winners, based on table points, received a home semi-final. In the first round of the finals, the semi-finals, the second division winner hosted the third division winner, and the first division winner hosted the fourth division winner. The final was hosted by the top remaining seed.


2017 Mitre 10 Cup, Regular season
The 2017 Mitre 10 Cup played across nine weeks with every team playing one Wednesday night fixture in a double-up round where they played twice that week. The competition started on Thursday, August 17, with North Harbour taking on Otago at QBE Stadium, in a repeat of the previous seasons Championship Division final. The opening round saw a repeat of the Premiership final with Tasman against the then current champions Canterbury.


2017 Mitre 10 Cup, Ranfurly Shield, Pre-season challenges
December 2016, Canterbury accepted Ranfurly Shield challenges from both Wanganui and Mid Canterbury after it was confirmed that several offers were received from Mitre 10 Cup and Heartland Championship unions. Wanganui will travel to Christchurch and play at AMI Stadium, while the Shield will go on the road for a challenge against Mid-Canterbury which will be played at the Ashburton Showgrounds.


2017 Mitre 10 Cup, Ranfurly Shield, Pre-season challenges
In the first challenge, Canterbury beat Wanganui 71−5 in Christchurch, after running in 10 tries with 10 uncapped players. Canterbury's win ensured them their 133rd successful Shield defence. Captain and halfback Jack Stratton scored the opening try in the 10th minute, before four more first-half tries resulted in the lead out to 36−5 at the break. Also early in the half, a yellow card was awarded to Wanganui prop Viki Tofa, for a high tackle on flanker Billy Harmon. Debutant first-five eighth Brett Cameron kicked 17 points in the match, while hooker Nick Werahiko scored a double. Wing Ngane Punivai impressed with his power and speed. Midfielder Timoci Seruwalu scored the visitors' only try late in the first half, when he powered over the line on the back of a close scrum. Wanganui veteran Peter Rowe retired after the loss with 112 games.


2017 Mitre 10 Cup, Ranfurly Shield, Pre-season challenges
The late pre-season match saw the current holders take on Mid Canterbury, with the opposition losing all 13 of their Ranfurly Shield challenges, with eight of the defeats against Canterbury. Canterbury went on to win another successful defence 69–7. Having led 33–0 at halftime, the defending Mitre 10 Cup champions went on to run in eleven tries to one and beat the Heartland Championship side at the Ashburton Showgrounds.


2017 Mitre 10 Cup, Ranfurly Shield, Pre-season challenges
Former New Zealand under-20s World Cup winner Josh McKay was one of four Canterbury players to make their debut in the match, with himself and outside back Nigel Gibb, who beat four defenders on his way to the line, scoring  tries in the blowout win. Wing Marshall Suckling and hooker Nathan Vella scored doubles in the win also.


2017 Mnet Asian Music Awards
The 2017 Mnet Asian Music Awards ceremony, organized by CJ E&M through its music channel Mnet, took place from November 25 through December 1, 2017 (dubbed as "MAMA Week") in Vietnam, Japan and Hong Kong with the theme, "Coexistence". It was the eighth consecutive Mnet Asian Music Awards to be hosted outside of South Korea, the 19th ceremony in the show's history, and the first ceremony to take place in three locations.


2017 Mnet Asian Music Awards
Nominees were announced on October 19, 2017 through the 2017 MAMA Nomination Special Live Broadcast aired on Mnet streamed nationally and globally. According to media outlets, the 2017 MAMA's had 42 million tweets, surpassing the number of the previous year.


2017 Mnet Asian Music Awards, Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Following the announcement of the nominees on October 19, online voting opened on the official MAMA website and Mwave app and Qoo10 website and app on October 21. Voting ended on November 28, 2017.


2017 Mnet Asian Music Awards, Winners and nominees, Multiple nominations
All artists nominated is also present in the "daesang" categories. The following artist(s) received five or more nominations (excluding the special awards):


2017 Mnet Asian Music Awards, Presenters and performers
The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.


2017 Mnet Asian Music Awards, Controversies, Illegal online votes
Voting officially started on October 21, however the official website experienced issues for the following two days. On November 2, MAMA "nullified" illegal votes they detected between October 26 and November 1 and halted voting from 4:00 am to 8:00 am. In addition, they announced that they "will take stronger measures against illegal voting if it continues, including nullifying the votes confirmed to be illegitimate, blocking the relevant IP addresses, and permanently deleting the relevant accounts."


2017 Mocoa landslide
The Mocoa landslide was a natural disaster that took place in 2017. During the pre-dawn hours of 1 April 2017, locally heavy rain triggered flash flooding and landslides in the city of Mocoa, Putumayo, Colombia, killing at least 336 people, injuring 400, and leaving 200 others missing. It is the third-deadliest weather-related disaster in Colombian history, and is regarded as the worst catastrophe in the history of Mocoa.


2017 Mocoa landslide, Background
Situated in the Andes, the department of Putumayo is notorious for deadly landslides. The region's mountainous terrain and frequent rainfall makes it prone to such disasters. Much the same as the Himalayas, the Andean mountains in this region have ultra steep drops, from over 5,000 meters to 500 meters within 50–100 km, with that kind of drop, heavy rains tend to take boulders at high speeds along with them (locally called huaycos), not just water.


2017 Mocoa landslide, Background
Throughout much of the first three months of 2017, the northwestern coast of South America saw above-average rainfall, leading to deadly floods in Peru and Ecuador. The rainy season in Colombia typically begins in mid-March and continues through mid-June. March 2017 proved unusually wet, with areas around Mocoa receiving 150 percent the average monthly rainfall.


2017 Mocoa landslide, Disaster
On 31 March 2017, moist tropical air from the Atlantic Ocean flowed west across the Amazon toward the Andes. A broad swath of ample precipitable water, or atmospheric moisture, extended across this region. During the evening hours, a slow-moving mesoscale convective complex developed within this region and produced heavy rainfall in southern Colombia. Infrared satellite imagery from GOES-13 depicted cloud tops of −90 °C (−130 °F), indicating the storms were capable of producing torrential rain. With the system moving perpendicular to tall mountains, orographic influence likely enhanced rainfall and further contributed to the subsequent disaster.


2017 Mocoa landslide, Disaster
According to residents, the rain became particularly intense between 11:00 p.m. and 1 a.m. local time. A total of 130 mm (5.1 in) of rain fell during the event, largely within a few hours. This caused the Mocoa, Sangoyaco and Mulato rivers to overflow and send mudflows towards residences and infrastructure in the city of Mocoa by 3:00 a.m.


2017 Mocoa landslide, Disaster
Neighborhoods built along the banks of the aforementioned rivers were completely devastated. Numerous poorly constructed homes were leveled, and large portions of the city were left buried in several feet of mud. The disaster adversely affected 17 of the city's neighborhoods, with the mayor of Mocoa, José Antonio Castro, stating some areas "[had] basically been erased". The Independencia neighborhood was entirely destroyed. Approximately 45,000 people were directly affected throughout the city.


2017 Mocoa landslide, Disaster
At least 329 people are known to have died in the disaster. An additional 332 were injured and a further 70 were missing. At least 22 of the injured were in a "delicate health situation" and transferred to Neiva. Another 21 victims were flown to Popayán.


2017 Mocoa landslide, Aftermath
President Juan Manuel Santos declared a state of emergency and stated that his "heart and the hearts of all Colombians are with the victims of this tragedy." More than 1,100 soldiers and police officers deployed to assist in search and rescue efforts. Santos labeled the incident "a disaster caused by nature, by climate change." A temporary morgue was established to handle the large number of deceased. The Colombian Red Cross activated its National Crisis Room in response to the disaster and deployed a team of 47 people to assist in recovery. Hospitals in the city were overwhelmed with the influx of patients, and much of the area was left without power and water.


2017 Mocoa landslide, Aftermath
By 2 April, more than 2,500 personnel — including 1,400 soldiers and 800 police officers — were scouring debris for survivors. The army provided 63 vehicles, 10 helicopters, 7 boats, and 6 planes for the rescue operation. Médecins Sans Frontières deployed an assessment team to the affected area on 2 April.


2017 Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf presidential campaign
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Mayor of Tehran launched his third presidential campaign for the Iranian presidency on April 15, 2017. On 15 May 2017, Ghalibaf withdrew and endorsed Ebrahim Raisi.


2017 Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf presidential campaign, Early stages
Mohammad Reza Mirtajodini said on 3 January 2017 that Ghalibaf “will run for presidential post only if all principlist groups concur on him”. Answering to the question on 7 January 2017 whether he has any plan to run for president, Ghalibaf said “We have a duty to work. The place of it is not significant”.


2017 Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf presidential campaign, Early stages
Ghalibaf issued a public statement presumed about not intending to run for office a third time. On April 10, Parviz Sorouri, former MP close to Ghalibaf, said that he has not conclusively stepped aside.


2017 Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf presidential campaign, Branding
In his previous campaigns, Ghalibaf has long tried to cultivate an image as a  “man of action”, “can-do manager”, and according to a leaked US cable, as a “pragmatic moderniser”.


2017 Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf presidential campaign, Branding
According to BBC, he is known as a "modern and snappy dresser with an eye for style. In past appearances on the campaign trail he has dressed in a leather jacket and a white pilot's uniform - designed to appeal to younger voters". He has tried to showcase himself as symbol of the so-called “Jihadi management”.


2017 Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf presidential campaign, Branding
Ghalibaf's campaign has released a children's song for him. His campaign symbol is "watch".


2017 Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf presidential campaign, Campaign strategy and tactics
In 2013, Ghalibaf followed a three-part strategy: Showing himself loyal to the supreme leader, attacking his rivals and showcasing his image as a moderate politician.


2017 Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf presidential campaign, Campaign strategy and tactics
In 2017, it changed to portraying himself as the only conservative candidate while appealing as the representative of the poor class, and attracting the votes of the middle class. He divides the society to "the 96%" and “the 4% leeches”, who are violating the rights of the latter –loosely adopted from 99% coined by the Occupy movement and imitation of Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, 2016– while claiming to fight for the rights of the 96 percenters.


2017 Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf presidential campaign, Campaign strategy and tactics
He also tried to attract reformist voters with repeating Mir-Hossein Mousavi’s famous 2009 statement, however he seemingly used Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's tactic, i.e. showing a document on the air. Following the events, some social media users cropped the hashtag #Qalicopy up to criticize Ghalibaf because of copying ideas of different political movements.


2017 Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf presidential campaign, Campaign strategy and tactics
Ghalibaf's populism is believed to be modeled on Donald Trump's presidential campaign.


2017 Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf presidential campaign, Media coverage
Ghalibaf controls his public relations team, active in social media and a cluster of press including Hamshahri institute newspapers and magazines, and Farda and Shaffaf news websites.


2017 Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf presidential campaign, Political positions, Economic
Ghalibaf made a promise that he would create “five million jobs” and more than double national income. He said that he would change Iran's tax system and “implement a comprehensive and detailed plan for solving the urgent problems of low-income people”.


2017 Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf presidential campaign, Political positions, Foreign relations
Ghalibaf has said that he will establish "Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic". He said that diplomacy must be in the service of the economy.


2017 Molde FK season
The 2017 season was Molde's tenth consecutive year in the top flight which from the beginning of this season is known as Eliteserien, and their 41st season in the top flight of Norwegian football. Along with the Eliteserien, the club also competed in the Norwegian Cup.


2017 Molde FK season
Molde finished 2nd in Eliteserien and reached the semifinal in the Norwegian Cup where the team were defeated by Lillestrøm.


2017 Molde FK season, Season events
On 29 December 2016, Molde announced that Mark Dempsey had returned to the club as an Assistant Manager, working alongside Erling Moe, on a 2+1⁄2-year contract.


2017 Molde FK season, Season events
After the season was finished, Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson was named Molde FK Player of the season by players, coaches and staff at the club. Best player in the under-23 category was Stian Rode Gregersen.


2017 Molde FK season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Molde FK season, Squad, Reserve squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Molde FK season, Squad, Players on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2017 Moldovan "A" Division
The 2017 Moldovan "A" Division (Romanian: Divizia A) was the 27th season of Moldovan football's second-tier league. A total of 13 teams competed in this division. Sheriff-2 Tiraspol were the defending champions. The season began on 14 July 2017 and ended on 25 November 2017.


2017 Moldovan "A" Division, Format
In the initial phase of the season, each of the thirteen teams play the other twelve teams one time. After 12 rounds, the league splits into two sections, a top six and a bottom seven, with each team playing all the other teams in their section once.


2017 Moldovan "A" Division, Results, Matches 1–12
Teams play every other team once (either at home or away).


2017 Moldovan "A" Division, Results, Matches 13–17
Teams play every other team once (either at home or away).


2017 Moldovan "A" Division, Results, Matches 13–18
Teams play every other team once (either at home or away).


2017 Moldovan "B" Division
The 2017 Moldovan "B" Division (Romanian: Divizia B) was the 27th season of Moldovan football's third-tier league. A total of 30 teams competed in this division. The season began on 29 July 2017 and ended on 25 November 2017.


2017 Moldovan "B" Division
The league consisted of three regional groups, Nord (North), Centru (Centre) and Sud (South).


2017 Moldovan "B" Division, North, Results
The schedule consists of two rounds, each team plays each other once home-and-away for a total of 18 matches per team.


2017 Moldovan "B" Division, Centre, Results
The schedule consists of two rounds, each team plays each other once home-and-away for a total of 18 matches per team.


2017 Moldovan "B" Division, South, Results
The schedule consists of two rounds, each team plays each other once home-and-away for a total of 16 matches per team.


2017 Moldovan National Division
The 2017 Moldovan National Division (Romanian: Divizia Națională) was the 27th season of top-tier football in Moldova. This season would be a transitional one and would be played as a double round-robin tournament. This transitional season is a result of the Moldovan Football Federation's decision to change the Divizia Națională season from an Autumn–Spring schedule to a Spring–Autumn one. Sheriff Tiraspol are the defending champions. The competition began on 8 July 2017.


2017 Moldovan National Division, Results
The schedule consists of two rounds, each team plays each other once home-and-away for a total of 18 matches per team.


2017 Monaco Grand Prix
The 2017 Monaco Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2017) was a Formula One motor race held on 28 May 2017 at the Circuit de Monaco, a street circuit that runs through the Principality of Monaco. It was the sixth round of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship, the seventy-fifth time that the Monaco Grand Prix has been held, and the sixty-fourth time it has been a round of the Formula One World Championship since the inception of the series in 1950.


2017 Monaco Grand Prix
Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel entered the round holding a six-point lead over Lewis Hamilton in the World Drivers' Championship, with Valtteri Bottas being third. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes held an eight-point lead over Ferrari, with Red Bull Racing a further eighty-one points behind in third.


2017 Monaco Grand Prix
Kimi Räikkönen started the race from pole position, his first since the 2008 French Grand Prix. In doing so, he broke Giancarlo Fisichella's record for the most race starts between pole positions, with one hundred and twenty-nine starts since his last pole. Sebastian Vettel won the race, Ferrari's first win in Monaco since 2001. Räikkönen finished second as this was Ferrari's first 1–2 finish since 2010 German Grand Prix. Daniel Ricciardo finished third. With the result, Vettel extended his Drivers' Championship lead over Lewis Hamilton, while in the World Constructors' Championship, Ferrari reclaimed the points lead from Mercedes.


2017 Monaco Grand Prix
This was also the 306th and final Grand Prix for 2009 World Champion, Jenson Button.


2017 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Background
McLaren driver Fernando Alonso missed the race in order to participate in the Indianapolis 500. Alonso became the first active Formula One driver to race at the Indy 500 since Teo Fabi in 1984. Jenson Button replaced Alonso for the race.


2017 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Background
Prior to the national anthem, a minute's silence was observed on the grid before the race as a mark of respect to the victims of the Manchester Arena bombing earlier in the week.


2017 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
Thursday morning's first practice ended with Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton setting the quickest lap with 1:13.425, approximately 0.2 seconds quicker than his championship rival Sebastian Vettel. Max Verstappen was third quickest and Toro Rosso's Daniil Kvyat was the fastest driver not in one of the top three teams, setting the sixth fastest time. In second practice, Vettel was quickest with 1:12.720. Second through fourth were Daniel Ricciardo, Kimi Räikkönen, and Kvyat. The Mercedes team had a disappointing second practice as they finished eighth and tenth, off the pace of their championship rivals Ferrari. The session was stopped part way through for ten minutes due to a crash by Lance Stroll.


2017 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Free practice
Saturday's Free Practice 3 ended with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel setting the bar at 1:12.395, besting his own time set in FP2 by 0.3 seconds to set a new lap record, whilst nearest rival and teammate Kimi Räikkönen was 0.3 seconds behind with 1:12.740. The session was interrupted 8 minutes in by yellow flags when Esteban Ocon of Force India crashed in the swimming pool section, mimicking an incident Max Verstappen had during the 2016 qualifying session. Free practice eventually resumed with 4 minutes remaining. Daniel Ricciardo had a brake-by-wire failure and ended up retiring from the session, leaving him sixth with 1:13.392. McLaren driver Jenson Button ended the session in twelfth, but incurred a 15-place grid penalty for changing the MGU-H and turbocharger, which would be applied after qualifying.


2017 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen qualified on pole position for the first time in 9 years; his last pole position came at the 2008 French Grand Prix, also for Ferrari. His teammate and championship leader Sebastian Vettel qualified second, followed by Valtteri Bottas and Max Verstappen. Vettel's closest rival, Lewis Hamilton, qualified in fourteenth; he struggled warming up the tyres and his final flying lap in Q2 was impeded by Stoffel Vandoorne who had crashed towards the end of the session. Despite Vandoorne's accident, both McLarens had made it into Q3 for the first time in 2017; Jenson Button qualified in ninth place on his return, but due to his fifteen-place grid penalty would start from the back of the grid, and eventually opted to start from the pit lane.


2017 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race
Räikkönen led from the start until he pitted on lap 33. His teammate Vettel stayed out longer and when he eventually pitted, he came out ahead of Räikkönen and went on to win his 3rd race of the season and extended his championship lead to 25 points over Hamilton, who finished in 7th in a recovery drive after his poor qualifying. This win gave Ferrari their first 1-2 finish since the controversial 2010 German Grand Prix.


2017 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race
Daniel Ricciardo finished in 3rd, despite lightly hitting the wall late in the race, jumping both Bottas and Verstappen by staying out longer on the ultra-softs in a strategy akin to Sebastian Vettel. Carlos Sainz had his best finish of the year with 6th for Toro Rosso. He was followed by Hamilton, Grosjean, Massa and Magnussen, who rounded off the points. It was the first time in Haas' history that they achieved a double points finish.


2017 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race
It was also the first time in 2017 that both Force Indias finished out of the points with a late collision between Pérez and Kvyat, while running in the points, sent Pérez to last and Kvyat out of the race. Stoffel Vandoorne looked set to score McLaren's first points of the season before hitting the wall after being forced onto the breaking up asphalt by Sergio Pérez.


2017 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race
Jenson Button, meanwhile, retired with suspension damage on his one-off return, much like his original retirement in the 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, after colliding with Sauber's Pascal Wehrlein, leaving Wehrlein perched up vertically on the wall. The other Sauber of Marcus Ericsson retired after hitting the wall at turn 1 under the safety car. The Renault of Nico Hülkenberg retired early on with a gearbox failure, while running in 10th. Lance Stroll was another retiree.


2017 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race
After the race Sergio Pérez and Jenson Button had two penalty points (each) added to their Super Licences, both for causing a collision.


2017 Monaco ePrix
The 2017 Monaco ePrix (formally the 2017 FIA Formula E Monaco ePrix) was a Formula E electric motor race held on 13 May 2017 at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo before a crowd of 18,000 people. It was the fifth round of the 2016–17 Formula E season and the second Monaco ePrix. e.Dams-Renault driver Sébastien Buemi won the 51-lap race from pole position. Lucas di Grassi finished second for Audi Sport ABT and Mahindra driver Nick Heidfeld was third.


2017 Monaco ePrix
Buemi won the pole position by recording the fastest lap in qualifying and pulled away from di Grassi until the race was neutralised on the 22nd lap when the safety car was deployed following a collision between Nelson Piquet Jr. and Jean-Éric Vergne on lap 21. All drivers elected to switch into their second cars under safety car conditions, and Buemi kept the lead at the lap 26 restart. Buemi slowed to conserve electrical energy to ensure he would be able to finish the race and di Grassi began to narrow the deficit to him in the final laps. He was unable to pass the defensive Buemi who held the lead to secure the victory.


2017 Monaco ePrix
It was Buemi's fourth victory of the season, the tenth of his career, and his second consecutive in Monaco. The result moved Buemi further ahead of di Grassi in the Drivers' Championship to 15 points while Nico Prost kept third after finishing ninth. Vergne remained in fourth despite his retirement and Sam Bird was one point closer to him in fifth place. e.Dams-Renault increased their lead in the Teams' Championship over Audi Sport ABT by a further six points and Mahindra moved from fifth to third with seven races left in the season.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Background
The Monaco ePrix was confirmed as part of Formula E's 2016–17 schedule by the FIA World Motor Sport Council in September 2016. It was the fifth of twelve single-seater electric car races of the 2016–17 season, the second Monaco ePrix, and took place on 13 May 2017 at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo. The race returned after an absence of one year as it takes the slot occupied by the Historic Grand Prix every other year and due to a law limiting Monaco to holding two races per year.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Background
It had been proposed Monaco hold a race following the cancellation of the Moscow ePrix in the 2015–16 season but it did not proceed because of the lack of preparation time. The 12-turn 1.765 km (1.097 mi) Circuit de Monaco was the shortest track on the 2016–17 calendar and was heavily modified from the version used by Formula One for the Monaco Grand Prix.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Background
Before the race e.Dams-Renault driver Sébastien Buemi led the Drivers' Championship with 76 points, six ahead of Lucas di Grassi in second and a further 25 ahead of Buemi's teammate Nico Prost in third. Jean-Éric Vergne was fourth on 46 points and Sam Bird was fifth with 33 points. e.Dams-Renault led the Teams' Championship with 122 points; Audi Sport ABT were in second place on 91 points. Virgin, Techeetah and Mahindra contended for third place. e.Dams-Renault and Buemi had dominated the championship with di Grassi winning the preceding Mexico City ePrix. Di Grassi, Bird and Vergne (twice) had all finished in second place and Mahindra teammates Nick Heidfeld and Felix Rosenqvist along with di Grassi and Bird had all finished third at least once.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Background
After finishing 14th at the Mexico City race, Buemi, the pre-race favourite, arrived in Monaco with a lot of hope and expectation, saying: "Monaco is one of the best tracks on the calendar.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Background
I have great memories from 2015 and I will do my best to win a second time here." Di Grassi was looking forward to his "home race" because he was knowledgeable about the track as a Monaco resident and wanted to carry over his momentum from his Mexico City win into the principality: "We made an important step with the victory in Mexico to keep the championship exciting. We are once again in striking distance."


2017 Monaco ePrix, Background
However, he did not have the championship in his mind because his team wanted to focus on winning races and amassing points: "It’s very early to be talking about the championship. We’re [on] round five, there’s another eight to go." Heidfeld said he was looking forward to racing in Monaco where he has extensive experience of racing at the track in other motorsport series and expressed his feeling that his chances of winning were improved with an competitive car and Mahindra wanted to score more points than in the last two races.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Background
José María López's participation was under risk after damaging two vertebrae in a heavy crash at the 6 Hours of Silverstone. He stressed he would take part in Monaco if his doctors consented to it and hoped it would not be aggravated enough to prevent him from participating in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. It was reported that Virgin would have their reserve driver Alex Lynn on standby to drive López's car should the need arise. López was cleared to race after meeting with the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile's medical team following the first practice session's conclusion.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Background
Robin Frijns injured his right knee ligaments while training and his team Andretti were concerned the injury would be worsened by the mandatory switch to his second car and drafted BMW factory driver Alexander Sims as a replacement if Frijns had further problems. After reporting an handing imbalance in the Mexico City ePrix (possibly due to chassis damage caused by his predecessor Ma Qinghua in multiple crashes), Esteban Gutiérrez received a new Techeetah chassis after the team made a successful request to the stewards to change it.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Practice
Two practice sessions—both on Saturday morning—were held before the Saturday late afternoon race. The first session ran for 45 minutes and the second for 30 minutes. Unlike the preceding four races, the Friday shakedown session was not held. Both practice sessions took place in dry weather. In the first practice session, which saw lap times lower and multiple drivers lead, Buemi was fastest with a lap of 52.795 seconds, four-tenths ahead of teammate Prost in second. Stéphane Sarrazin (Venturi), Rosenqvist, López, Vergne. Bird, Gutiérrez, Nelson Piquet Jr. and di Grassi made up positions three to ten.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Practice
Prost spun at turn three and Adam Carroll (Jaguar) stopped close to a barrier at Anthony Noghes corner. Rosenqvist locked his tyres entering Sainte Dévote corner and went onto the turn's run-off area and Gutiérrez later made a similar error. The session ended early when NextEV's Oliver Turvey braked heavily to avoid passing Buemi into the Novelle Chicane under yellow flag conditions. Rosenqvist was caught off guard and ploughed heavily into Turvey's rear, destroying his car's front-right corner and heavily damaging Turvey's vehicle.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Practice
Buemi used 200 kW (270 hp) of power to set the fastest lap of the second practice session at 52.729 seconds; Bird, di Grassi, Vergne, López, Loïc Duval, Daniel Abt, Piquet, Prost and Sarrazin completed the top ten. Prost struck the wall at Anthony Noghes corner with his front-right wheel, removing a small chunk from his car's bodywork, but was able to continue.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Qualifying
Saturday afternoon's qualifying session ran for 60 minutes and was divided into four groups of five cars. Each group was determined by a lottery system and was permitted six minutes of on-track activity. All drivers were limited to two timed laps with one at maximum power. The fastest five overall competitors in the four groups participated in a "Super Pole" session with one driver on the track at any time going out in reverse order from fifth to first.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Qualifying
Each of the five drivers was limited to one timed lap and the starting order was determined by the competitor's fastest times (Super Pole from first to fifth, and group qualifying from sixth to twentieth). The driver and team who recorded the fastest time were awarded three points towards their respective championships. Qualifying was held in dry weather.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Qualifying
In the first group of five runners, which saw the drivers drive on a slippery track surface and warmed their brakes and got their lock-ups resolved, Buemi was fastest on his maximum power lap, half a second quicker than Duval in second and Mitch Evans third. Turvey and António Félix da Costa were the group's slowest two drivers. Heidfeld was the fastest driver in the second group, four-tenths of a second ahead of Gutiérrez.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Qualifying
Carroll (who damaged his wheel guard by hitting the barrier at the exit of the Swimming Pool complex) and Prost (who glanced the wall) followed in the next two positions. Jérôme d'Ambrosio aborted his timed lap and did not rememerge from the pit lane, causing him to start from 20th (and last) place. In the third group, Maro Engel went quicker than Buemi's benchmark lap time to go fastest overall. Di Grassi finished behind Engel in second place, followed by Bird in third position. Sarrazin and Frijns rounded the group's five competitors.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Qualifying
Vergne recorded the fastest overall timed lap of all drivers in the group stages in the fourth group at 53.286 seconds, 0.135 seconds quicker than the second-placed Piquet. Rosenqvist, López and Abt were the group's slowest three drivers. After group qualifying ended, the times set by Vergne, Engel, Buemi, Piquet and di Grassi progressed them into super pole. Di Grassi was the first driver to attempt his lap in super pole and lost control of the rear of his car, making contact with a wall leaving Anthony Noughes corner and qualified in second.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Qualifying
Piquet was initially slower than di Grassi but recovered some of the lost time to take third place. Buemi drove cleanly to earn provisional pole position with a time of 53.313 seconds. Engel drove over a large section of kerb, drifted sideways into a barrier and took fifth. Vergne struggled to locate grip, locked his tyres heading into Sainte Dévote corner and qualified fourth. This secured Buemi his first pole position of the season, his second consecutive in Monaco, the seventh of his career, and his first since the 2016 London ePrix.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Qualifying
He became the fifth consecutive driver to win pole position in the season's first five races. After qualifying ended, Duval was sent to the back of the grid for exceeding the maximum amount of permitted laps. After penalties, the rest of the order consisted of Engel, Rosenqvist, López, Heidfeld, Abt, Bird, Sarrazin, Frijns, Gutiérrez, Evans, Turvey, Félix da Costa, Carroll, Prost, d'Ambrosio and Duval.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Race
A special feature of Formula E is the "Fan Boost" feature, an additional 100 kW (130 hp) of power to use in the driver's second car. The three drivers who were allowed to use the boost were determined by a fan vote. For the Monaco race, Buemi, Sarrazin and di Grassi were handed the extra power.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Race
The weather at the start were dry and sunny with an air temperature between 20.0 to 20.8 °C (68.0 to 69.4 °F) and a track temperature from 24.4 to 25.6 °C (75.9 to 78.1 °F); conditions were expected to remain consistent and a 10 percent chance of rain was forecast. The race began at 16:00 Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) before a crowd of 18,000 people. On the grid, Buemi maintained his pole position advantage heading into Sainte Dévote corner. Di Grassi ran close behind Buemi to keep second place.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Race
Heidfeld overtook Rosenqvist and Engel on the outside to move into fifth. Most of the field made a good start but some drivers were caught off guard by the concertina effect at Sainte Dévote with Piquet narrowly avoiding damaging his rear suspension after hitting the barrier, and Abt ran into the back of López, damaging his rear wing and nose cone. Bird made the equal best getaway in the field, gaining three positions by the end of lap one, while Sarrazin stalled after leaving the grid, dropping him to the back of the field.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Race
At the end of the first lap, Buemi led di Grassi, Piquet, Vergne, Heidfeld, Engel, Bird, Rosenqvist, Frijns, López, Abt, Evans, Gutiérrez, Turvey, Carroll, Félix da Costa, Prost, d'Ambrosio, Duval and Sarrazin. Buemi began to pull away from di Grassi, establishing a lead of one second. The field settled down for the next six laps with nothing notable occurring. On lap eight, Bird went over the kerb at Tabac corner, lost control of the rear of his car, and veered into a barrier, damaging his rear suspension.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Race
Bird was forced to make a pit stop, while his teammate López was shown a black flag with an orange circle, requiring him to stop for repairs to his rear wing. Bird's mechanics repaired his vehicle's rear with a spanner and replaced López's rear wing. Both drivers returned to the track to begin battling for the fastest lap. Buemi continued to extend his lead over di Grassi and Piquet while Rosenqvist challenged Engel for sixth. Abt passed Frijns on the outside for eighth and closed up to the Engel and Rosenqvist battle. Piquet struggled to stay with the leading drivers, and Vergne was close behind him, steering left onto the inside. As both drivers locked their tyres, Piquet clambered with his steering wheel, and both cars made contact; Vergne ended his race in the Novelle Chicane barrier on lap 21.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Race
The incident necessitated the deployment of the safety car on the following lap to allow Vergne's car to be extricated from the track and everyone made pit stops for the mandatory change into a second vehicle. Dragon teammates Duval and d'Ambrosio were the first drivers to enter the pit lane, and after the safety car was withdrawn on lap 26, racing resumed with Buemi leading di Grassi and Heidfeld.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Race
Buemi again started to pull away from di Grassi and was one second ahead after one lap. D'Ambrosio moved out of the train of cars a few laps later, stopped and restarted his car, causing him to drop down the field before entering the pit lane. Duval joined his teammate in the garage with mechanical problems on the 31st lap. Bird set the race's fastest lap on his 24th lap, completing a circuit in 53.822 seconds, earning him one championship point.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Race
Buemi lifted and coasted as he attempted to level out the electrical energy difference between himself and di Grassi; he used his FanBoost to maintain the advantage he had built up over the latter. Elsewhere, the stewards investigated Gutiérrez for an unsafe pit stop release but elected not to penalise the driver. The primary battle at this point was between Piquet, Engel, Rosenqvist and Abt but all four drivers drove reasonably to allow them one large push at the race's conclusion.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Race
Di Grassi narrowed the gap to Buemi to half a second with six laps remaining. While pondering about an overtake on Buemi, both were delayed by slower traffic, causing di Grassi to drop back. Buemi had less available electrical energy than di Grassi which allowed his rival to run close behind him. Although di Grassi could not use his FanBoost because of battery voltage limitations, he drew closer to Buemi on the final lap.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Race
He forced Buemi to defend his position at the Swimming Pool complex and La Rascasse corner, but could not find the space to get ahead as run to the start/finish line was not long enough, allowing Buemi to fend him off and take his fourth victory of the season, the tenth of his career, and his second consecutive in Monaco. Di Grassi finished 0.320 seconds adrift in second with Heidfeld third.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Race
Heidfeld became the first driver to stand on the Monaco podium in both Formula One and Formula E. Piquet, Engel, Rosenqvist and Abt all finished close behind each other in positions four to seven. with Gutiérrez, Prost and Evans in eighth to tenth places. Félix da Costa was adjudged to have been unsafely released from his garage and incurred a 33-second time penalty that demoted him from ninth to 11th. His teammate Frijns was eighth in the final stages but he lost all electrical energy on the final lap and fell to 12th.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Race
Turvey, Carroll and Sarrazin were the final classified finishers. Of the other retirees, d'Ambrosio and Duval returned to the track but both retired with the former suffering from a powertrain malfunction and the latter was affected by regenerative braking problems, and both Virgin cars were not classified in the final results.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Race, Post-race
The top three drivers appeared on the podium to collect their trophies and spoke to the media in a later press conference. Buemi said after the safety car was sent out on the track, his team were aware about learning the tactics of making their pit stops early as used by Audi Sport ABT in the season-opening Hong Kong ePrix and the Mexico City race.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Race, Post-race
He stated that felt that it was the right decision but was aware of the difficulty of finishing the event because of him having to conserve electrical energy and that he pulled a gap over di Grassi to maintain the lead. Di Grassi said during the race's first stint, he did not have enough pace as he was focused on saving electrical energy, but attempted to remain close to Buemi in the second half, and knew he could attack at the end of the race with the correct strategy.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Race, Post-race
He revealed he did not want to risk colliding with Buemi because of the lack of overtaking opportunities around the tight confines of the Monaco circuit. Third-place finisher Heidfeld stated it felt good to return to the podium after sub-par results in the season's last two races. He revealed Mahindra heavily discussed their strategy and Heidfeld told them that they follow di Grassi's example which helped the team to finish on the podium.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Race, Post-race
Vergne's right hand was injured in the collision with Piquet and required an X-ray scan after complaining he was unable to move it correctly. He was annoyed with Piquet and briefly visited the NextEV garage to know if the latter had also retired. Vergne stated that he would ensure that he was fit for the next race of the season in Paris but spoke his feeling the incident "destroyed" his race in Monaco. He believed that the crash prevented him from finishing on the podium and he chose not to speak to Piquet after the event concluded.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Race, Post-race
Piquet was annoyed at Vergne's attempts at overtaking him, labelling him "impatient" and said he felt he could have been easily passed during the pit stop phase. He thought Vergne would slow down because the latter was unwilling to be overtaken around the outside, and that Vergne had placed himself in that situation, deeming it "unnecessary" but spoke of his belief it was a "racing incident": "It's a shame, I hate that it happened with him and I hate these kinds of situations.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Race, Post-race
I don't like bad feelings and I'm sure he's very upset and thinks I did it on purpose, but I was just going to defend my position." Vergne represented the incident as less important six days later by saying he did not regret performing his manoeuvre and it was part of motor racing.


2017 Monaco ePrix, Race, Post-race
The result extended Buemi's Drivers' Championship advantage over di Grassi to 15 points. Prost remained in third place with 48 points in spite of his poor performance. Vergne maintained fourth position on 40 points despite his retirement while Bird's fastest lap achievement narrowed the gap to the latter to six points. e.Dams-Renault's result increased their Teams' Championship lead over Audi Sport ABT by a further six points, while Mahindra's finish moved the team from fifth to third. Techeetah overtook Virgin for fourth place with seven races left in the season.


2017 Monaghan Senior Football Championship
The 2017 Monaghan Senior Football Championship was the 111th edition of Monaghan GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior clubs in County Monaghan, Ireland. Ten teams competed, with the winner representing Monaghan in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship began with a back door system for the first two rounds before becoming knock-out.


2017 Monaghan Senior Football Championship
Scotstown were the defending champions after they defeated Clontibret O'Neills in the 2016 final to claim a "2-in-a-row" of S.F.C. titles, and they successfully defended their crown when defeating Magheracloone Mitchel's in this season's final.


2017 Monaghan Senior Football Championship
Donaghmoyne returned to the senior grade after a 1-year absence since being relegated in 2015. Killanny Geraldine's returned to the top flight after a 31-season exodus since relegation in 1985 when claiming the Intermediate Football League in 2016.


2017 Monaghan Senior Football Championship
Kilanny Geraldines and Donaghmoyne Fontenoys were relegated to the I.F.C. for 2018 after finishing 10th and 9th in the S.F.L. respectively. They will be replaced by I.F.C. and I.F.L. champions Carrickmacross Emmets as well as I.F.L. runners-up Inniskeen Grattans.


2017 Monaghan Senior Football Championship, Team Changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2016 championship season.


2017 Monaghan Senior Football Championship, Preliminary round
Four of the ten senior clubs in a play each other in a random draw. The two winners proceed to Round 1A while the two losers proceed to Round 1B.


2017 Monaghan Senior Football Championship, Round 1, Round 1A
The six remaining teams are drawn in this round, along with the two Preliminary Round winners (who play each other). The four winners proceed to Round 2A while the four losers must play in Round 1B.


2017 Monaghan Senior Football Championship, Round 1, Round 1B
The losers of the Preliminary Round (two teams). The losers of Round 1A, but not that fixture which contains the Preliminary Round winners (three teams). A draw will be made to determine the two pairings, with the fifth team obtaining a bye into Round 2B.


2017 Monaghan Senior Football Championship, Round 1, Round 1B
The following teams are eligible to take part in Round 1B -


2017 Monaghan Senior Football Championship, Round 2, Round 2A
The 4 winners from Round 1A play each other. The 2 winners proceed to the semi-finals while the losers must play in Round 3B.


2017 Monaghan Senior Football Championship, Round 2, Round 2B
The 2 winners from Round 1B play and the 2 teams who received byes through Round 1B play in this round. The 2 winners proceed to Round 3B while the losers exit the championship.


2017 Monaghan Senior Football Championship, Round 3B
The 2 winners from Round 2B play against the 2 losers from Round 2A. The 2 winners proceed to the semi-finals while the losers exit the championship.


2017 Monaghan Senior Football Championship, Semi-Finals
The 2 winners from Round 2A play against the 2 winners from Round 3B.


2017 Mongolian First League
2017 Mongolian First League (often referred to as the 2017 Mongolian 1st League) is Second-highest division of the Mongolia.


2017 Mongolian First League, Promoted Teams
With 14 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses the Arvis FC team added 43 points and finished the competition in first place. With that, in addition to the title of champion of the competition, the team won the right to compete in the Mongolian Premier League next season.


2017 Mongolian First League, Promoted Teams
With only six points less, team Gepro FC finished the competition in second place and was also promoted to the Mongolian Premier League. The team managed to add 37 points with 12 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses.


2017 Mongolian First League, Demoted Teams
With four wins, and fourteen losses, the Dornod Aymag FC team scored just 12 points and was relegated together with the debuting KhAD FC team who had 13 defeats, 3 draws and 2 wins.


2017 Mongolian Premier League
The 2017 Mongolian Premier League (also known as the Khurkhree National Premier League) is the 49th edition of the tournament. Erchim came into the season as defending champions of the 2016 season.


2017 Mongolian Premier League
Athletic 220 and Goyoo entered as the two promoted teams from the 1st League. The season started on April 29.


2017 Mongolian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Mongolia on 26 June 2017. Incumbent President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, first elected in 2009 and re-elected in 2013, was constitutionally barred from running for a third term. For the first time, no candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round, forcing a run-off between Khaltmaagiin Battulga and Miyeegombyn Enkhbold on 7 July, brought forward from 9 July.


2017 Mongolian presidential election
The third-placed candidate Sainkhuugiin Ganbaatar refused to recognise the results after he missed out on the second round due to finishing 1,849 behind Enkhbold, claiming that an additional 35,000 votes had been added to the total and there had been fraud. His Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party demanded a recount of votes in Bayan-Ölgii.


2017 Mongolian presidential election
In the second round, Battulga was narrowly elected with 50.61% of the valid votes, or 55% of the votes cast for a candidate.


2017 Mongolian presidential election, Electoral system
The President of Mongolia is elected using the two-round system. Mongolia's electoral law consider the blank votes casts in presidential elections as valid votes. The General Election Commission thus includes blank votes in its calculations of the proportion of the vote won by each candidate; as a result, it is possible for no candidate to receive a majority of the vote in the second round. If this happens, the entire election is annulled and fresh elections would be held with new candidates.


2017 Mongolian presidential election, Candidates
Three parties were eligible to put forward a presidential candidate; the Mongolian People's Party (MPP), the Democratic Party (DP) and the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP). The candidates selected are:


2017 Mongolian presidential election, Candidates
The MPRP had originally selected Nambaryn Enkhbayar as its candidate at a conference on 5 May. However, the Mongolian Election Commission refused to allow Enkhbayar to run as a candidate as he has an outstanding criminal record and has not spent the last five years in the country, having lived abroad from August 2013 until October 2014. As a result, the party selected Sainkhuugiin Ganbaatar as its candidate. The party's sole MP, Oktyabriin Baasankhüü, was opposed to Ganbaatar's nomination and left the party.


2017 Mongolian presidential election, Use of blank vote as strategic voting
With the election being the first time a second round was needed, it became apparent the electoral law was imprecise on the rule of campaigning in between the two rounds. The lack of clear rule was interpreted by the General Commission for Elections (GCE) as an interdiction on political campaign. Sainkhüügiin Ganbaatar, who narrowly missed the second round, began a campaign calling to cast a blank vote, so as to have none of the remaining candidate reach the 50% threshold needed, leading to a new election.


2017 Mongolian presidential election, Use of blank vote as strategic voting
While not a campaign for a candidate per se, this was nonetheless ruled by the GCE as an electoral campaign, and thus forbidden. In the second round, 99,494 blank vote were gathered, totalling 8.23% of the total of valid votes, failing close to the intended result by a few thousand votes.


2017 Mongolian presidential election, Results
With the blank votes being officially included Battulga passed the 50% threshold by just 7,333 votes (50.61%).


2017 Monmouth Hawks football team
The 2017 Monmouth Hawks football team represented Monmouth University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Big South Conference. They were led by 25th-year head coach Kevin Callahan and played their home games at Kessler Field in West Long Branch, New Jersey. Monmouth finished the season 9–3 overall a nd 4–1 in Big South play to place in second. The Hawks received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs marking the school's first playoff berth. There they lost to Northern Iowa in the first round.


2017 Monmouth Hawks football team, Previous season
The Hawks finished the 2016 season 4–7, 0–5 in Big South play to finish in last place.


2017 Monmouthshire County Council election
An election to Monmouthshire County Council took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 Welsh local elections. 43 councillors were to be elected from both single-member and dual-member electoral divisions by first-past-the-post for a five-year term of office. The elections were preceded by the 2012 elections and followed by the 2022 elections.


2017 Monmouthshire County Council election, Results
Following the election, the Conservative Party regained control of the council, with 25 seats (an increase of six). Labour finished on 10 seats (down from 11) while five Independents and three Liberal Democrats also won seats.


2017 Monmouthshire County Council election, Results
The Liberal Democrat deputy council leader lost his seat in the Larkfield ward after 13 years as a councillor. In the Priory ward there were three recounts before Labour candidate, Tudor Thomas, was declared winner over the sitting Conservative councillor by three votes.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race
The 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race (XXXIII) is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series stock car exhibition race held on May 20, 2017 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 70 laps, it was the second exhibition race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race
This is the first NASCAR All-Star race without Tony Stewart since 1998, Greg Biffle since 2003 and Carl Edwards since 2004.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race, Report, Background
The All-Star Race was open to race winners from last season through the 2017 Go Bowling 400 at Kansas Speedway and all previous All-Star race winners and Monster Race NASCAR Cup champions who had attempted to qualify for every race in 2017 were eligible to compete in the All-Star Race.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race, Practice, All-Star Race practice
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).


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race, Practice, Monster Energy Open practice
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).


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race, Qualifying (All-Star Race)
Kyle Larson scored the pole for the race with a time of 112.626 and a speed of 143.839 mph (231.486 km/h).


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race, Qualifying (Open)
Clint Bowyer scored the pole for the race with a time of 28.500 and a speed of 189.474 mph (304.929 km/h).


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race, Media, Television
Fox Sports was the television broadcaster of the race in the United States. Lap-by-lap announcer, Mike Joy, was accompanied on the broadcast by retired NASCAR drivers, Jeff Gordon and Darrell Waltrip. Jamie Little, Vince Welch, and Matt Yocum reported from pit lane.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race, Media, Radio
Motor Racing Network (MRN) continued their longstanding relationship with the track to broadcast the race on radio. The lead announcers for the race's broadcast were Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace. The network also implemented two announcers on each side of the track: Dave Moody in turns 1 and 2 and Kyle Rickey in turns 3 and 4. Alex Hayden, Winston Kelly, Kim Coon, and Steve Post were the network's pit lane reporters. The network's broadcast was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
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. 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 season ended with the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. 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. Martin Truex Jr. of Furniture Row Racing won the championship, his first in the series. Toyota won the Manufacturers' Championship for the second year in a row.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
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.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
Monster Energy became the entitlement sponsor for the series in 2017 after Sprint Corporation decided not to remain as the sponsor. 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 is the third title sponsor for NASCAR's top series since it first established such a sponsorship in 1971.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
The 2017 season was the final season of two full-time Cup Series drivers, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Matt Kenseth. Earnhardt Jr. 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. In addition to becoming a broadcaster for NASCAR on NBC, Dale Jr. would return to make one start per year in the Xfinity Series in each of the next three years.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
Kenseth, the 2003 series champion and also a two-time Daytona 500 winner, was announced to be replaced in his No. 20 car at Joe Gibbs Racing by Erik Jones starting the following year, leaving him without a ride. After he was ultimately unable to find a full-time ride with another team, Kenseth announced he would "not (be) actively seeking" another ride.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
However, after taking this hiatus from competition, he would return for two more stints in the series in the following years, in 2018 in the Roush Fenway Racing No. 6, where he replaced Trevor Bayne in select races, and in 2020 in the Chip Ganassi Racing No. 42, where he replaced Kyle Larson.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
Towards the end of the season, Danica Patrick announced that 2017 would be the end of her career in motorsports, which included a seven-year stint in NASCAR. During the off-season, it was announced that Patrick would compete in the 2018 Daytona 500 and the 2018 Indianapolis 500 to finish off her career, and dubbing her participation in both as the "Danica Double".


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
It also marked the last season for road course ringer Boris Said and two-time Daytona 500 winner Michael Waltrip. It was also the last season Chevrolet fielded the Chevrolet SS, replacing it with the Camaro ZL1 starting in 2018.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Teams and drivers, Non-chartered teams, Complete schedule
No non-chartered teams ran full schedule in 2017. Originally, BK Racing's No. 83 Toyota, Rick Ware Racing's No. 51 Chevrolet, and Premium Motorsports' No. 55 Chevrolet/Toyota planned to run full schedule. However, they skipped occasional races.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Offseason changes, New race format and points system
The 2017 season introduced major changes to the format of races and the points system in all three of NASCAR's national series, announced during a press conference on January 23, 2017. Most races are divided into three stages, with most races seeing the first two segments consisting of roughly a quarter distance with the third stage being half distance. The only points race exception is the Coca-Cola 600, which is split into 4 100-lap stages.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Offseason changes, New race format and points system
A race is considered official after the completion of the second stage (equating roughly to the previous requirement of 50% of the scheduled distance under the previous format), meaning that the race can be halted with a winner during the third stage due to factors such as darkness or inclement weather. A competition caution is held at the end of each stage, during which drivers may optionally take a pit stop before the restart for the next stage.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Offseason changes, New race format and points system
The pit stop at the end of each stage is optional and teams risk losing track position if they have a slow pit stop or if teams elect not to pit. Additionally, pit road is closed once the leader of the race crosses the start-finish-line with 2 laps to go in the stage.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Offseason changes, New race format and points system
The top 10 drivers at the end of the first and second stages receive championship points, awarded on a descending scale from 10 to 1. The overall winner of each race following the final stage receives 40 points, and the remaining drivers are awarded points on a descending scale from 35 for a 2nd-place finish, to 2 for 35th, and 1 for 36th through 40th. The winner of each stage also receives a "playoff point", and the overall winner receives five. For the first time since 1971, the Can-Am Duel qualifying races for the Daytona 500 became points-paying races; the top-ten finishers in each of the two races received points.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Offseason changes, New race format and points system
Following the 26-race regular season, the 16 drivers with the most wins, with championship points as a tiebreaker, will qualify for the playoffs (re-branded from the "Chase for the Championship"). At this point the top 10 drivers on the championship points standings will be awarded additional playoff points; the regular-season champion will receive 15, second place will receive 10, and the remainder descending from 8 to 1. If a driver qualifies for the post-season, their championship points will be reset to 2000, and their banked playoff points will be added to this total. The playoffs will continue to use the existing multi-round elimination format; playoff points will be carried over through all but the final race of the season.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Offseason changes, New race format and points system
NASCAR's executive vice president and chief racing development officer Steve O'Donnell stated that the new format was designed to "[put] a premium on every victory and every in-race position over the course of the season. Each point can eventually result in winning or losing a championship."


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Offseason changes, Damaged vehicle policy
On February 8, 2017, NASCAR announced a new Damaged Vehicle Policy, also taking effect in the 2017 season across all three national series. Cars may return to pit road for up to five minutes for minor repairs if they are involved in accidents, including repairing sheet metal, use of fasteners and/or tape to re-attach body panels, and reinforcing body panels. The five-minute interval begins when the car crosses the pit road commitment line, and ends once the car reaches minimum speed after exiting pit road; the car may return for another five-minute repair window if further repairs are still necessary. If a car is not able to return to pit road unassisted, the car is immediately deemed retired from the race.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Offseason changes, Damaged vehicle policy
Crews may no longer replace vehicle body parts that are damaged via contact or accidents. If the damage was significant enough that the car must be taken to the garage, more than six crew members work on the car, or the five-minute time limit expires, the car was automatically disqualified and could not return to the race. If the driver commits a pit road infraction, 15 seconds are deducted from the repair time as a penalty. Mechanical or electrical failures not caused by an on-track incident are exempt from these rules; they may be repaired on pit road or in the garage with no time restrictions.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Offseason changes, Damaged vehicle policy
Senior vice president of competition Scott Miller explained that the new rule was meant to improve safety, explaining that "It's more about crashed vehicles and all that is involved with that, from the crew guys to the drivers to dropping more debris on the track, which always happens. So there are exceptions for mechanical failures, those things can be rectified in the garage. That's going to be up to the series director's discretion to make those calls, but it's not going to be that difficult. These rules severely restrict the ability for cars to return to the race multiple laps down in hopes of gaining minimal points.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Offseason changes, Technical changes
Besides the new points system and stage structure, other rule changes were announced over the off-season;


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Offseason changes, Safety
Several vehicle safety changes are mandatory on all races, including revised steering column mounting, and garage-only fuel couplers. Anti -intrusion plating, escape hatches and toeboard foam are also required on all restrictor plate races, but are optional on all other races.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Offseason changes, Safety
NASCAR partnered with American Medical Response to form a traveling medical team for the series. Additionally, NASCAR has expanded the concussion protocol which will see drivers involved in accidents undergo additional concussion testing before being allowed to return to the race track.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Schedule
The final calendar – comprising 36 races, as well as exhibition races, which are the Advance Auto Parts Clash, Can-Am Duel qualifying duel races for the Daytona 500 and the All-Star Race – was released on May 5, 2016. At the beginning of the 2017 season, Atlanta Motor Speedway will host NASCAR's 2,500th race, one week after the Daytona 500.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Daytona Speedweeks started with the Advance Auto Parts Clash. It was originally scheduled to take place on Saturday, but was postponed until Sunday due to rain. Defending winner Denny Hamlin led the most laps. Multiple wrecks took out some of the field including Kurt Busch getting into the wall after contact with Jimmie Johnson, Johnson would also get into the wall later on, and Martin Truex Jr. got into the wall after contact with Kyle Larson. On the last lap, Brad Keselowski tried to make a pass on Hamlin, but Hamlin came down and got into Keselowski and the two wrecked. Joey Logano sneaked through to win.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Chase Elliott won the pole for the Daytona 500 in qualifying. It was the second consecutive 500 pole for Elliott and the third consecutive for the No. 24 team. (Jeff Gordon won the pole in 2015). It first time since Ken Schrader in 1989 and 1990 that a driver won back-to-back Daytona 500 poles. Elliott's teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. qualified second.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
The Can-Am Duels were held on Thursday. Chase Elliott started on the pole in the first duel. Reed Sorenson made contact with Corey LaJoie and hit the wall. On the restart, Elliott held off Jamie McMurray to win. In the second Duel, Dale Earnhardt Jr. started on pole and led the most laps. Ryan Blaney and Jimmie Johnson made contact after both had tire problems. On the restart, Denny Hamlin took the lead from Earnhardt with two laps to go and held off Clint Bowyer to win. Elliott Sadler, Brendan Gaughan, Corey LaJoie, and D. J. Kennington all qualified for the Daytona 500 while Reed Sorenson and Timmy Hill failed to qualify.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Chase Elliott started the race on the pole. The race was plagued with a number of wrecks, with 35 of the 40 cars involved in wrecks during the race. The race also featured the debut of stage racing. Kyle Busch won Stage 1 of the race. Dale Earnhardt Jr. took the lead in stage two after pit stops and was leading when Kyle Busch had a tire go down. Busch spun and collected Erik Jones, Matt Kenseth, Earnhardt, and Ty Dillon in a multicar wreck. Kevin Harvick won Stage 2 of the race.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Toward the beginning of the third stage, a multicar wreck that started with Jimmie Johnson that also involved Harvick, Danica Patrick, Denny Hamlin, Chris Buescher, Trevor Bayne, and other drivers. Another multicar wreck with 50 laps to go involved Jamie McMurray, Ryan Newman, Brad Keselowski, Landon Cassill, and other drivers. Elliott was leading the race as it headed into the closing laps. In the final few laps, the lead would shuffle, with Kyle Larson taking the lead after passing Martin Truex Jr. On the final lap, Kurt Busch passed Larson for the lead and won the race, his first Daytona 500 win and the first Daytona 500 win for Stewart-Haas Racing.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Kevin Harvick started on pole. Multiple drivers had tire problems and pit road speeding issues during the race. Drivers such as Chase Elliott, Martin Truex Jr., Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jimmie Johnson, and other drivers had these problems during the race. Harvick dominated the race and won both Stage 1 and Stage 2. On the final round of pit stops, Harvick got caught for speeding on pit road and had to come back losing the lead. Brad Keselowski held off Kyle Larson to get his first career win at Atlanta.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Brad Keselowski started on pole. Keselowski led the first 60 laps, but Martin Truex Jr. took the lead on pit road. Corey LaJoie and Kevin Harvick crashed in different incidents in the first stage. Truex dominated the race by leading the most laps and winning Stage 1 and Stage 2. Keselowski took the lead from Truex with 24 laps to go. Keselowski had a power issue and it allowed Truex to regain the lead and hold off Kyle Larson to win as Kyle Busch was spun after contact with Joey Logano. Busch and Logano got into an altercation afterwards until Logano was pulled away.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Joey Logano started on pole. In the first stage, Logano led most of the laps and had some opponents for the lead within the final laps of Stage 1. Logano, Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, Jamie McMurray, and Kyle Busch were all in a pack racing for the win, but Logano was able to hold on to win the stage. For the second stage, Logano started to pull away, however; he got three wide with Larson and Elliott and allowed Elliott to take the lead.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Logano got a pit road speeding penalty and Elliott was able to hold off Larson to win the second stage. In the third and final stage, Elliott pulled away, but it was Kyle Busch eventually took the lead. Busch there on dominated the race, leading 114 laps, and was heading toward the win, but a caution came out with six laps to go when Logano had a flat tire and ran into the wall, setting up an overtime finish. Ryan Newman, who stayed out, pulled away from Larson to score the win for his first win with Richard Childress Racing and his first win since 2013.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Kyle Larson started on pole. Denny Hamlin, who started second, could not get going and that held up his lane which caused Brad Keselowski to receive damage after running into the back of Hamlin. Keselowski made contact with Jimmie Johnson, which sent him spinning bringing out the first caution. Larson and Martin Truex Jr. were the two dominant cars of the race with Larson winning Stage 1 and Truex winning Stage 2. Truex had the lead, but green-flag pit stops allowed Larson to regain the lead.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Gray Gaulding spun bringing out the caution with 20 laps to go, but on the restart the caution would come out again after Matt Kenseth hit the backstretch wall after getting hit in the back by Truex. On the restart, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. spun on the backstretch, which sent the race into overtime. Larson held off Keselowski, who made a comeback after his early spin, to get his second career win and also sweeping the weekend.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Kyle Larson started on pole after qualifying was rained out on Friday. Larson led the first few laps, but began to fall back. Stage 1 was won by Martin Truex Jr. In the second stage, Kyle Busch led most of the laps, but a run-in with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. allowed Chase Elliott to pass Busch on the final lap. In the final stage, multiple drivers were involved in wrecks including Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kurt Busch, Daniel Suárez, and others. The last 150 laps were a battle between Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski. Keselowski was able to get around Busch and lead the final laps to get his second win of the season.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Kevin Harvick started on pole. Harvick led early until he got passed by Ryan Blaney on a restart for a caution for a wreck between Gray Gaulding and Jeffrey Earnhardt. Blaney then dominated the race, leading 148 laps and winning Stage 1 and Stage 2 however, trouble on pit road kept him from winning. Joey Logano used pit strategy to have the lead in the final laps. Jimmie Johnson took the lead from Logano with 16 laps to go and held off a hard charging Kyle Larson for his seventh career win at Texas.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Kyle Larson started on pole after qualifying was rained out. The race was postponed from Sunday afternoon to Monday afternoon because of rain. Larson dominated the race, leading 203 laps and winning Stage 1. Martin Truex Jr. won Stage 2. Several drivers had problems including Ryan Blaney having fuel pump problems, Brad Keselowski having multiple issues, and wrecks for Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kyle Busch, Danica Patrick, and Erik Jones. Larson and Truex both received speeding penalties. Johnson held off Clint Bowyer to get his second straight win and second at Bristol.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Matt Kenseth started on pole. A few laps into the race, Erik Jones crashed into the wall. Kenseth led every lap to win Stage 1. Kenseth led halfway into the second stage, but was passed by Brad Keselowski. Keselowski pulled away to win the second stage. In the final stage during green flag pit stops, teammates Jimmie Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. got together, putting Earnhardt into the wall. On the restart, Earnhardt had a tire go down and again got into the wall.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
On the restart, Logano took the lead from Keselowski, but Ryan Blaney had a tire go down and got into the wall. Logano took the lead from Kyle Larson, and held off a hard charging Keselowski for his first win of the season and second at Richmond. Days later, it was announced that Logano's win had been encumbered due to a penalty when it was discovered that the car had a higher rear-end suspension.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. started on pole. Stenhouse led early, but fell back after having trash on his grill. There were various different leaders throughout the race including Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch, Joey Logano, Brad Keselowski, and others. Kyle Larson got into the wall early as Keselowski won stage one and Hamlin won stage two after leading most of the stage. Ryan Blaney was involved in an accident after hitting the wall. There was a big wreck that involved Chase Elliott, A. J. Allmendinger, Logano, Kevin Harvick, Keselowski, Matt Kenseth, and others.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
On the restart, Landon Cassill had a tire go down and brought out the caution because he wasn't able to make it to pit road. On the restart, Ryan Newman got into the wall, sending the race to overtime. On the two-lap shootout, Stenhouse drove past Kyle Busch and held off Jamie McMurray for his first career win and the first for Roush Fenway Racing since 2014 and the first for the 17 team since Matt Kenseth in 2012.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Ryan Blaney started on pole for the first time in his career. Blaney led early and swapped the lead with Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr. in the early stages. Busch won the first stage and Blaney won the second. Landon Cassill, Erik Jones, Corey Lajoie, and Gray Gaulding all had trouble. Ryan Newman suffered a blown engine and Paul Menard and A. J. Allmendinger crashed together. In the late part of the race, Joey Logano had a tire go down and crashed into Danica Patrick, causing Patrick to hit the wall extremely hard.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Aric Almirola crashed head on into Logano and had to be cut from the car and taken to the hospital with a T5 Vertebra compression fracture in his back. Kurt Busch and Jimmie Johnson got together on a restart. On the last restart, Truex held off Brad Keselowski for his second win of the season.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
In the Monster Energy Open, Clint Bowyer started on pole and led all 20 laps in stage one to transfer to the All-Star Race as Ryan Blaney did the same in stage two to transfer. In the final stage, Landon Cassill took two tires, but spun on the restart. The battle for the win came down to Chase Elliott, Daniel Suárez, and Erik Jones. Jones attempted to make a pass as Elliott and Suárez were side-by-side for the lead, but got into the grass and destroyed the front end of his car. On the restart, Suárez pulled away from Elliott to win and transfer to the All-Star Race. Elliott also transferred by winning the fan vote.


2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Season summary, Race reports
Kyle Larson started on pole and won the first two stages. Jimmie Johnson made a pass on Clint Bowyer and headed to the stage three win. Johnson, Larson, Kevin Harvick, Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano, Jamie McMurray, Kurt Busch, and Chase Elliott were the ten drivers that advanced to the final ten lap stage. Keselowski stayed off pit road and led off the restart, but was passed by Kyle Busch and Busch held off a battle between Johnson and Larson to win the All-Star Race in his twelfth try.