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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 9 61ST ANNUAL TOYOTA OWNERS 400 RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY Richmond, VA - April 26, 2015 .75-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 400 Laps - 300.0 Miles Purse: $5,171,635 TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 5 minutes, 16 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 97.157 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.754 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 3 41 Kurt Busch Haas Automation Chevrolet 400 48 5 148.1 $226,240 Running 6 291 2 5 4 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John's/Budweiser Chevrolet 400 43 1 122.8 211,050 Running 2 2 3 36 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Pro Services Chevrolet 400 41 103.5 182,561 Running 4 9 1 Jamie McMurray Energizer Chevrolet 400 41 1 108.8 154,491 Running 2 4 5 1 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 400 40 1 114.7 163,233 Running 1 94 6 40 5 Kasey Kahne Great Clips Chevrolet 400 38 95.3 115,840 Running 7 8 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota 400 37 107.7 132,501 Running 8 11 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet 400 36 101.7 135,026 Running 9 17 15 Clint Bowyer AAA Insurance Toyota 400 35 96.3 123,923 Running 10 6 78 Martin Truex Jr Furniture Row/Visser Precision Chevrolet 400 34 107.1 114,710 Running 11 23 31 Ryan Newman Quicken Loans Chevrolet 400 33 84.3 125,490 Running 12 12 42 Kyle Larson Target Chevrolet 400 32 89.2 114,433 Running 13 4 47 AJ Allmendinger Scott Products Chevrolet 400 31 84.3 122,908 Running 14 26 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Nationwide Chevrolet 400 30 86.4 99,525 Running 15 15 27 Paul Menard CertainTeed/Menards Chevrolet 400 29 75.2 91,750 Running 16 16 25 Chase Elliott (i) NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 400 0 76.9 78,800 Running 17 7 2 Brad Keselowski Alliance Truck Parts Ford 400 28 1 105.0 127,166 Running 2 9 18 22 51 Justin Allgaier Brandt Chevrolet 400 26 72.3 106,608 Running 19 18 19 Carl Edwards ARRIS Toyota 400 25 63.9 77,825 Running 20 27 43 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 399 24 67.5 118,936 Running 21 32 16 Greg Biffle Ortho Ford 398 23 56.1 112,258 Running 22 2 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Toyota 398 22 71.6 95,350 Running 23 10 18 David Ragan M&M's Crispy Toyota 398 21 67.5 122,141 Running 24 34 6 Trevor Bayne AdvoCare Ford 398 20 57.6 121,575 Running 25 21 10 Danica Patrick GoDaddy Chevrolet 398 19 56.5 88,450 Running 26 19 40 Landon Cassill (i) Newtown Building Supplies Chevrolet 398 0 62.6 80,225 Running 27 20 3 Austin Dillon American Ethanol Chevrolet 398 17 56.4 116,886 Running 28 24 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Fifth Third Bank Ford 398 16 51.2 87,725 Running 29 14 55 Brett Moffitt # Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 396 15 64.2 108,214 Running 30 25 13 Casey Mears GEICO Chevrolet 396 14 53.0 102,883 Running 31 30 38 David Gilliland The Pete Store Ford 396 13 42.0 98,658 Running 32 41 7 Alex Bowman DOC 360 Chevrolet 396 12 38.5 88,397 Running 33 38 46 Michael Annett Pilot/Flying J Chevrolet 395 11 42.4 75,725 Running 34 43 34 Reed Sorenson Dockside Logistics Ford 395 10 37.9 75,600 Running 35 29 9 Sam Hornish Jr Gwaltney Ford 394 9 42.5 104,245 Running 36 31 35 Cole Whitt Front Row Motorsports Ford 394 8 42.5 75,215 Running 37 37 83 Matt DiBenedetto Dan Bilzerian Toyota 394 7 32.7 75,074 Running 38 39 23 Jeb Burton # Estes Express Lines Toyota 393 6 28.5 70,112 Running 39 42 33 Alex Kennedy # HonorandRemember.org Chevrolet 392 5 26.3 66,040 Running 40 33 30 Jeff Green (i) Curtis Key Plumbing Chevrolet 386 0 25.9 62,040 Running 41 13 14 Tony Stewart Mobil 1/Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet 359 3 70.0 85,254 Accident 42 28 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Ford 137 2 35.7 54,040 Engine 43 35 32 Joey Gase (i) Keen Parts/Donate Life Ford 124 0 27.9 50,540 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) #26 Jeb Burton; #62 Brendan Gaughan Race Comments: Kurt Busch won the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway, his 26th victory in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and second at the track. Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: #23 (driver change), #35 (transmission change), #30 (engine change). Caution Flags: 8 cautions for 53 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 52-56 (Competition Caution [6]); 129-136 (Debris On The Backstretch [3]); 139-143 (Car #98 Spin In Turn 1 [6]); 164-170 (Fluid On The Frontstretch [19]); 271-278 (Debris In Turn 4 [1]); 352-358 (Debris On The Backstretch [47]); 361-367 (Car #14 And 88 Accident In Turn 1 [27]); 369-374 (Car #9 And 23 Accident On The Backstretch [19]). Lap Leaders: 12 lead changes among 5 drivers. Logano 1-94, K. Busch 95-129, Harvick 130, K. Busch 131-164, Harvick 165, K. Busch 166-258, McMurray 259, K. Busch 260-261, McMurray 262-264, Keselowski 265-272, K. Busch 273-352, Keselowski 353, K. Busch 354-400. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Joey Logano (127.071 mph. 21.248 secs.) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Kurt Busch 3M LAP LEADER: Kurt Busch (291 Laps) MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE: Jamie AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Kurt Busch (122.273 mph) McMurray (crew chief Matt McCall, -0.069 seconds) DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Joey Logano NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner: rolls over to $60,000 at next FREESCALE "WIDE OPEN": Jimmie Johnson event++ INGERSOLL RAND POWER MOVE: Ryan Newman (5 positions) SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD: AJ Allmendinger (Lap 4, 124.657 mph) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Hendrick Engines (#41) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Brett Moffitt ++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 - Kevin Harvick 357 (2) AWARD 2 - Joey Logano 324 (1) Joey Logano (#22) 5 3 - Martin Truex Jr 315 (0) Kevin Harvick (#4) 3 4 - Jimmie Johnson 299 (2) Jeff Gordon (#24) 1 5 - Brad Keselowski 283 (1) FREESCALE "WIDE OPEN" 6 - Kasey Kahne 275 (0) 7 - Matt Kenseth 273 (1) Kevin Harvick (#4) 28 8 - Dale Earnhardt Jr 271 (0) Jimmie Johnson (#48) 18 9 - Jamie McMurray 264 (0) Joey Logano (#22) 15 10 - Jeff Gordon 263 (0) INGERSOLL RAND POWER MOVE 11 - Aric Almirola 250 (0) Michael Annett (#46) 16 COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 12 - Denny Hamlin 245 (1) Ryan Newman (#31) 15 Joey Logano 3 13 - Paul Menard 239 (0) Kyle Larson (#42) 11 Jeff Gordon 2 14 - Clint Bowyer 235 (0) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER Kurt Busch 2 15 - Ryan Newman 234 (0) Matt Kenseth 1 16 - Danica Patrick 230 (0) Hendrick (#4) 148 Roush/Yates (#22) 109 MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Hendrick (#48) 90 Pts Wins Jeb Burton 74 MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE Brett Moffitt 55 Chevrolet 405 (5) Alex Kennedy 48 Ford 376 (2) Kevin Harvick (#4) 6 Tanner Berryhill 1 Toyota 348 (2) Matt Kenseth (#20) 1 Denny Hamlin (#11) 1 3M LAP LEADER MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM Kevin Harvick (#4) 5 SOLVER OF THE RACE Kurt Busch (#41) 2 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 1 Rodney Childers (#4) 1 Chad Knaus (#48) 1 AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART Greg Ives (#88) 1 AWARD SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD Kevin Harvick (#4) 4 Kurt Busch (#41) 2 Matt Kenseth (#20) 2 Joey Logano (#22) 1 Denny Hamlin (#11) 2 Jamie McMurray (#1) 1 NEXT EVENT: May 3, 2015 - 46th Annual GEICO 500 , Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL (500 Miles) (188 Laps) NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. 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Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2015 NASCAR NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #9: 61ST ANNUAL TOYOTA OWNERS "400" Race Date: 04/26/2015 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 KEVIN HARVICK 357 9 2 7 8 $3,351,237 2 JOEY LOGANO 324 9 1 5 8 2,989,187 3 MARTIN TRUEX JR. 315 9 0 1 8 1,682,333 4 JIMMIE JOHNSON 299 9 2 5 6 2,380,595 5 BRAD KESELOWSKI 283 9 1 3 6 1,813,074 6 KASEY KAHNE 275 9 0 1 4 1,367,564 7 MATT KENSETH 273 9 1 3 5 1,778,994 8 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 271 9 0 4 5 2,020,370 9 JAMIE MCMURRAY 264 9 0 2 4 1,541,179 10 JEFF GORDON 263 9 0 1 6 1,820,409 11 ARIC ALMIROLA 250 9 0 0 0 1,464,009 12 DENNY HAMLIN 245 9 1 3 3 1,696,593 13 PAUL MENARD 239 9 0 1 1 1,214,850 14 CLINT BOWYER 235 9 0 0 2 1,498,222 15 RYAN NEWMAN 234 9 0 4 5 1,593,883 16 DANICA PATRICK 230 9 0 0 2 1,200,813 17 CARL EDWARDS 228 9 0 0 1 1,115,778 18 KURT BUSCH 222 6 1 3 3 981,505 19 DAVID RAGAN 218 9 0 1 1 1,430,226 20 KYLE LARSON 205 8 0 0 3 1,285,879 21 GREG BIFFLE 203 9 0 0 1 1,423,955 22 A J ALLMENDINGER 202 9 0 0 2 1,331,838 23 CASEY MEARS 200 9 0 0 1 1,425,134 24 AUSTIN DILLON 194 9 0 0 1 1,420,652 25 RICKY STENHOUSE JR.