| Official Race Results | |||||||||
| Bojangles' Southern 500 | Darlington Raceway | |||||||||
| September 3, 2017 | Race 25 of 36 | |||||||||
| Average Speed: 132.8 M.P.H. | |||||||||
| Time of Race: 3 Hrs., 46 Mins., 34 Secs. | |||||||||
| Lead Changes: 20 among 8 drivers | |||||||||
| Cautions: 8 for 38 laps | |||||||||
| Fin | St | Car | Driver | Make | Sponsor | Pts / Bonus | Laps | Status | |
| 1 | 9 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | Sport Clips | 57 | 367 | Running | |
| 2 | 3 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | M&M's Caramel | 43 | 367 | Running | |
| 3 | 7 | 41 | Kurt Busch | Ford | Monster Energy/Haas Automation | 38 | 367 | Running | |
| 4 | 13 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet | American Ethanol | 36 | 367 | Running | |
| 5 | 10 | 77 | Erik Jones | Toyota | 5-hour ENERGY/Rookie Salute | 37 | 367 | Running | |
| 6 | 11 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | Toyota | Circle K | 32 | 367 | Running | |
| 7 | 17 | 31 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | Caterpillar | 30 | 367 | Running | |
| 8 | 2 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | BassProShops/TrackerBoats40thAnniv. | 49 | 367 | Running | |
| 9 | 1 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Ford | Busch Beer Throwback | 43 | 366 | Running | |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | McDonald's | 34 | 366 | Running | |
| 11 | 20 | 24 | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet | NAPA Auto Parts Throwback | 26 | 366 | Running | |
| 12 | 18 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's Throwback | 25 | 366 | Running | |
| 13 | 25 | 13 | Ty Dillon | Chevrolet | GEICO | 24 | 366 | Running | |
| 14 | 4 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chevrolet | Credit One Bank | 39 | 366 | Running | |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Ford | Miller Genuine Draft | 33 | 366 | Running | |
| 16 | 21 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | Dutch Boy/Menards | 21 | 366 | Running | |
| 17 | 27 | 37 | Chris Buescher | Chevrolet | Cheerios | 20 | 366 | Running | |
| 18 | 8 | 22 | Joey Logano | Ford | Shell Pennzoil | 22 | 366 | Running | |
| 19 | 30 | 95 | Michael McDowell | Chevrolet | WRL General Contractors | 18 | 365 | Running | |
| 20 | 15 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Ford | STP | 17 | 365 | Running | |
| 21 | 31 | 34 | Landon Cassill | Ford | Loves Travel Stops | 16 | 365 | Running | |
| 22 | 22 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | Nationwide Throwback | 15 | 365 | Running | |
| 23 | 34 | 72 | Cole Whitt | Chevrolet | TriStar Motorsports | 14 | 364 | Running | |
| 24 | 23 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Chevrolet | Great Clips Throwback | 13 | 364 | Running | |
| 25 | 26 | 38 | David Ragan | Ford | Camping World/Good Sam | 12 | 363 | Running | |
| 26 | 33 | 10 | Danica Patrick | Ford | Ford Credit | 11 | 363 | Running | |
| 27 | 28 | 32 | Matt DiBenedetto | Ford | Keen Parts/Corvetteparts.net | 10 | 362 | Running | |
| 28 | 35 | 23 | Corey LaJoie | Toyota | Dr Pepper | 9 | 360 | Running | |
| 29 | 14 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Ford | Fifth Third Bank | 8 | 358 | Running | |
| 30 | 37 | 33 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | Chevrolet | hulu | 7 | 356 | Running | |
| 31 | 12 | 21 | Ryan Blaney | Ford | Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire &… | 6 | 356 | Running | |
| 32 | 38 | 55 | Derrike Cope | Toyota | Mane 'n Tail | 5 | 351 | Running | |
| 33 | 40 | 66 | Carl Long | Chevrolet | CrashClaimsR.US | 0 | 350 | Running | |
| 34 | 29 | 47 | AJ Allmendinger | Chevrolet | Kroger ClickList | 3 | 340 | Running | |
| 35 | 24 | 6 | Trevor Bayne | Ford | AdvoCare | 2 | 336 | Running | |
| 36 | 36 | 83 | Gray Gaulding | Toyota | Champion Machinery | 1 | 202 | Accident | |
| 37 | 39 | 51 | Cody Ware | Chevrolet | Bubba Burger/Pray for Texas | 1 | 144 | Accident | |
| 38 | 19 | 19 | Daniel Suarez | Toyota | ARRIS | 1 | 125 | Accident | |
| 39 | 32 | 15 | Reed Sorenson | Toyota | Xchange of America | 1 | 104 | Clutch | |
| 40 | 16 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | Ford | Carolina Dealers | 1 | 18 | Engine | |