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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 30 56TH ANNUAL BANK OF AMERICA 500 CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY Concord, NC - October 11, 2015 1.5-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 334 Laps - 501.0 Miles Purse: $5,306,331 TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 35 minutes, 5 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 139.76 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.703 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 3 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 334 48 5 146.4 $347,373 Running 4 227 2 11 4 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John's/Budweiser Chevrolet 334 42 119.2 241,350 Running 3 15 78 Martin Truex Jr Furniture Row/Visser Precision Chevrolet 334 41 105.8 172,320 Running 4 5 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Toyota 334 40 115.0 147,225 Running 5 6 41 Kurt Busch State Water Heaters Chevrolet 334 39 107.2 139,150 Running 6 8 19 Carl Edwards Stanley Toyota 334 39 1 99.1 112,040 Running 1 1 7 14 3 Austin Dillon DOW - Great Stuff Chevrolet 334 38 1 103.5 138,651 Running 1 1 8 22 24 Jeff Gordon 3M Chevrolet 334 37 1 85.7 144,701 Running 1 1 9 13 2 Brad Keselowski Detroit Genuine Parts Ford 334 35 85.7 136,681 Running 10 9 43 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 334 34 92.2 133,651 Running 11 23 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota 334 34 1 79.1 124,198 Running 1 1 12 30 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald's Chevrolet 334 32 78.4 117,891 Running 13 25 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Juicy Juice Ford 334 31 73.1 94,850 Running 14 16 21 Ryan Blaney (i) PPG Ford 334 0 86.7 80,200 Running 15 10 31 Ryan Newman Caterpillar Chevrolet 334 29 83.1 115,475 Running 16 17 47 AJ Allmendinger House Autry Chevrolet 334 28 70.3 114,033 Running 17 18 9 Sam Hornish Jr Lowes Food Ford 333 28 1 70.8 109,970 Running 2 22 18 21 13 Casey Mears GEICO Chevrolet 333 26 68.6 104,733 Running 19 24 10 Danica Patrick GoDaddy Chevrolet 333 25 61.7 88,575 Running 20 2 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Pretty In Pink Foundation Toyota 333 25 1 96.8 132,066 Running 1 4 21 31 42 Kyle Larson Target Plaid Chevrolet 333 24 1 75.1 107,258 Running 1 3 22 33 6 Trevor Bayne AdvoCare Ford 332 22 53.2 120,100 Running 23 34 40 Landon Cassill (i) Carsforsale.com Chevrolet 332 0 51.5 78,625 Running 24 4 16 Greg Biffle Roush Performance Ford 331 20 63.8 111,808 Running 25 38 46 Michael Annett Allstate Peterbilt Group Chevrolet 331 19 45.7 77,945 Running 26 36 14 Tony Stewart Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevrolet 331 18 54.1 104,859 Running 27 29 38 David Gilliland MDS Transportation Ford 330 17 50.7 99,453 Running 28 12 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Nationwide Chevrolet 330 16 73.6 93,495 Running 29 40 83 Matt DiBenedetto # Cosmo Motors Toyota 330 15 39.0 90,028 Running 30 37 34 Brett Moffitt # Dockside Logistics LLC Ford 330 14 39.8 77,635 Running 31 32 95 Michael McDowell Thrivent Builds Ford 329 13 40.2 73,420 Running 32 27 7 Alex Bowman Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 329 12 43.5 82,742 Running 33 35 26 J.J. Yeley (i) Maxim Toyota 328 0 34.6 73,070 Running 34 43 33 Alex Kennedy # Chevrolet 326 10 30.3 72,945 Running 35 42 98 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Ford 325 9 31.8 72,795 Running 36 26 27 Paul Menard Richmond/Menards Chevrolet 325 8 50.7 80,615 Running 37 19 55 David Ragan Aaron's Online Dream Machine Toyota 289 7 68.0 99,695 Engine 38 39 35 Cole Whitt Rinnai Tankless Water Heaters Ford 262 6 30.2 67,602 Accident 39 7 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Red Vest Chevrolet 257 6 1 96.1 112,066 Engine 1 2 40 28 51 Justin Allgaier Brandt Chevrolet 251 4 45.2 67,530 Running 41 41 23 Jeb Burton # Dr Pepper Toyota 244 3 25.4 55,530 Running 42 1 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota 236 3 1 91.7 126,666 Accident 1 72 43 20 5 Kasey Kahne HendrickRideAlong.com Chevrolet 58 1 41.4 66,030 Accident # Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender. (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Bonus points: includes winner (3), lap leader (1) & most laps led (1) points Failed to qualify: (2) #32 Josh Wise; #62 Timmy Hill Race Comments: Joey Logano won the Bank of America 500, his 12th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Caution Flags: 9 cautions for 44 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 2-4 (Debris Frontstretch [None]); 27-30 (Competition [98]); 62-65 (Car #5 Accident Turn 2 [38]); 76-80 (Car #88 Slow On Track [7]); 169-173 (Debris Backstretch [47]); 178-181 (Smoke From #20 [15]); 183-189 (Oil On Track From #51 [10]); 195-200 (Oil On Track [9]); 241-246 (Car #20 Accident Turn 3 [17]). Lap Leaders: 14 lead changes among 10 drivers. Kenseth-pole, Ky. Busch 1-4, Kenseth 5-76, Logano 77-121, Johnson 122-123, Larson 124-126, Edwards 127, Logano 128-231, Dillon 232, J. Gordon 233, Bowyer 234, Hornish Jr 235-241, Logano 242-284, Hornish Jr 285-299, Logano 300-334. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Matt Kenseth (194.532 mph. 27.759 secs.) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Kevin Harvick 3M LAP LEADER: Matt Kenseth (72 Laps) MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE: Jeff AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Joey Logano Gordon (crew chief Alan Gustafson, -0.053 seconds) DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Kyle Busch NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: Joey Logano ($20,000 ++) FREESCALE "WIDE OPEN": Kevin Harvick SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD: Matt Kenseth (lap 6, 191.178 mph) INGERSOLL RAND POWER MOVE: Aric Almirola (2 positions) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Matt DiBenedetto MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Roush-Yates Engines (#22) ++Rollover money awarded at year's end, amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TOP 16 (Wins) DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" 1 - Joey Logano 3,048 (4) AWARD 2 - Kevin Harvick 3,042 (3) Kevin Harvick (#4) 9 3 - Martin Truex Jr 3,041 (1) Joey Logano (#22) 6 4 - Denny Hamlin 3,040 (2) Kyle Busch (#18) 4 5 - Kurt Busch 3,039 (2) FREESCALE "WIDE OPEN" 6 - Carl Edwards 3,039 (2) 7 - Jeff Gordon 3,037 (0) Kevin Harvick (#4) 80 8 - Brad Keselowski 3,035 (1) Joey Logano (#22) 53 9 - Ryan Newman 3,029 (0) Dale Earnhardt Jr (#88) 43 10 - Kyle Busch 3,025 (4) INGERSOLL RAND POWER MOVE 11 - Dale Earnhardt Jr 3,016 (2) Kurt Busch (#41) 42 COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 12 - Matt Kenseth 3,003 (5) Jeff Gordon (#24) 29 Joey Logano 5 13 - Jamie McMurray 2,130 (0) Ryan Newman (#31) 28 Matt Kenseth 4 14 - Jimmie Johnson 2,092 (4) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER Kurt Busch 3 15 - Paul Menard 2,083 (0) Carl Edwards 3 16 - Clint Bowyer 2,082 (0) Hendrick (#4) 395 Roush/Yates (#22) 346 Jeff Gordon 3 MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP JGE (#20) 261 Denny Hamlin 2 Pts Wins AJ Allmendinger 2 MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE Chevrolet 1,315 (12) Brad Keselowski 1 Toyota 1,268 (13) Kevin Harvick (#4) 12 Kyle Busch 1 Ford 1,248 (5) Kyle Busch (#18) 5 Kasey Kahne 1 Matt Kenseth (#20) 5 3M LAP LEADER SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM Kevin Harvick (#4) 12 SOLVER OF THE RACE Brett Moffitt 191 Kyle Busch (#18) 5 Matt DiBenedetto 184 Kurt Busch (#41) 3 Greg Ives (#88) 5 Jeb Burton 180 Justin Alexander (#27) 3 Alex Kennedy 115 AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART Todd Gordon (#22) 2 AWARD SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD Kevin Harvick (#4) 6 Joey Logano (#22) 5 Matt Kenseth (#20) 6 Kyle Busch (#18) 4 Denny Hamlin (#11) 5 Carl Edwards (#19) 5 NEXT EVENT: October 18, 2015 - 15th Annual Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, KS (400.5 Miles) (267 Laps) NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (10/12/2015) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2015 NASCAR NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #30: 56TH ANNUAL BANK OF AMERICA "500" Race Date: 10/11/2015 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 JOEY LOGANO 3048 30 4 18 24 $7,100,445 2 KEVIN HARVICK 3042 30 3 20 24 7,757,596 3 MARTIN TRUEX JR. 3041 30 1 8 19 4,630,926 4 DENNY HAMLIN 3040 30 2 12 16 5,742,117 5 KURT BUSCH 3039 27 2 10 16 3,946,791 6 CARL EDWARDS 3039 30 2 5 12 3,905,498 7 JEFF GORDON 3037 30 0 3 15 5,005,675 8 BRAD KESELOWSKI 3035 30 1 6 20 5,268,900 9 RYAN NEWMAN 3029 30 0 5 14 4,508,803 10 KYLE BUSCH 3025 19 4 7 11 3,691,211 11 DALE EARNHARDT JR.