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TheThe 2015 Daytona 500, the 57th running of the event, was held on February 22, 2015, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, . Contested over 203 laps – extended from 200 laps, due to a green–white–checker finish – on the 2.5 miles (4.0 km) asphalt tri-oval, it was the first race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprintint 2015 Daytona 500 Cup Series season. Race details[1][2][3][4][5]

Race 1 of 36 in the 20 15 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season Contents

1 Report 1.1 Background 1.1.1 New rules

1.1.2 Entry list DateDate February 22, 2015

2 Practice Location Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, 2.1 First practice (February 14) Florida

2.2 Second practice (February 14) Course Permanent racing facility 3 Qualifying 2.5 mi (4.023 km) 3.1 Qualifying results Distance 203 laps, 507.5 mi (816.742 km) 3.2 Post-qualifying rule changes Scheduled 200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km) 4 PP4 ractice (post-qualifying) Distance 4.1 Third practice (February 18) Weather Sunny skies with a temperature of 75 °F (24 °C);°C);4 wind out of the SSE at 5 mph (8.0 km/h) 4.2 Fourth practice (February 18) 4.3 Fifth practice (February 19) Average 161.938 mph speedspeed (260.614 km/h) 5 Budweiser Duels 5.1 Race One Driver (W)(W) 5.1.1 First half TimeTime 44.711 5.1.1.1 Start 5.1.1.2 Trouble in the tri-oval Qualifying race winners 5.1.2 Second half Duel 1 , Jr. (W)(W) Hendrick Motorsports Winner 5.1.3 Race One results Duel 2 (W)(W) Hendrick Motorsports 5.2 Race Two Winner 5.2.1 First-half Most laps led 5.2.1.1 Start Driver Jeff Gordon (W)(W) Hendrick Motorsports 5.2.2 Second half LapsLaps 8787 5.2.2.1 Finish Winner 5.2.3 Race Two results NNoo. 2222 JJooeey LLooggaannoo 5.3 Starting lineup TTelevision in the United Statesates 5.4 Suspension of Network Fox & MRN 6 Practice (post-Duels)

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The entry list for the 57th running of the Daytona 500 was released on Thursday, February 12, 2015 at 9:22 a.m. Eastern t ime. Fifty drivers were entered for the race. and his No. 87 team later withdrew before qualifying.

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No. Driver Team Manufacturer Starts Best Finish 1 Jamie McMurray (W) Chip GanassiR acing 12 1st 2 BradK eselowski TeamP enske Ford 5 3rd 3 Racing Chevrolet 2 9th 4 (W) Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 13 1st 5 KaseyK ahne HendrickM otorsports Chevrolet 11 7th 6 (W) RoushF enwayR acing Ford 4 1st 7 AlexB owman TommyB aldwin Racing Chevrolet 1 23rd 9 Sam Hornish, Jr. Richard PettyM otorsports Ford 3 15th 10 DanicaP atrick Stewart-HaasR acing Chevrolet 3 8th 11 DennyH amlin JoeG ibbsR acing 9 2nd 13 CaseyM ears GermainR acing Chevrolet 10 2nd 14 TonyS tewart Stewart-HaasR acing Chevrolet 16 2nd 15 ClintB owyer MichaelW altripR acing Toyota 9 4th 16 GregB iffle RoushF enwayR acing Ford 12 3rd 17 RickyS tenhouse, Jr. Roush FenwayR acing Ford 3 7th 18 KyleB usch JoeG ibbsR acing Toyota 10 4th 19 CarlE dwards JoeG ibbsR acing Toyota 10 2nd 20 (W) JoeG ibbsR acing Ford 15 1st 21 RyanB laney WoodB rothersR acing Ford 0 — 22 JoeyL ogano TeamP enske Ford 6 9th 23 J.J .Y eley BKR acing Toyota 5 10th 24 Jeff Gordon (W) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 22 1st 26 (R) BKR acing Toyota 0 — 27 Chevrolet 7 6th 29 JustinM arks RABR acing Toyota 0 — 30 Ron Hornaday, Jr. Chevrolet 1 17th 31 Ryan Newman (W) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 13 1st 32 BobbyL abonte GoF ASR acing Ford 22 2nd 33 TyD illon RichardC hildressR acing Chevrolet 0 — 34 DavidR agan FrontR owM otorsports Ford 8 5th 35 ColeW hitt FrontR owM otorsports Ford 1 28th 38 DavidG illiland FrontR owM otorsports Ford 5 3rd 40 Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 2 12th 41 KurtB usch Stewart-HaasR acing Chevrolet 14 2nd 42 KyleL arson ChipG anassiR acing Chevrolet 1 38th 43 AricA lmirola Richard PettyM otorsports Ford 4 13th 44 ReedS orenson TeamX TREMER acing Chevrolet 5 5th 46 MichaelA nnett HScottM otorsports Chevrolet 1 37th 2015D aytona5 00- W ikipedia,t hef reee ncyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2015_Daytona_500&printable=yes

47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 5 3rd 48 Jimmie Johnson (W) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 13 1st 51 HScottM otorsports Chevrolet 1 27th 55 (W) Toyota 27 1st 62 BrianS cott PremiumM otorsports Chevrolet 1 25th 66 MikeW allace PremiumM otorsports Chevrolet 10 4th 78 Martin Truex, Jr. Chevrolet 10 6th 83 JohnnyS auter BKR acing Toyota 2 16th 87 JoeN emechek NEMCOM otorsports Toyota 20 6th 88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (W) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 15 1st 95 MichaelM cDowell LeavineF amilyR acing Ford 4 9th 98 JoshW ise PhilP arsonsR acing Ford 2 24th

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Practice

First practice (February 14)

Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 44.413 and a of 202.643 mph (326.122 km/h).[9]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed 1 17 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. Ford 44.413 202.643 2 9 Sam Hornish, Jr. Motorsports Ford 44.512 202.193 3 6 Trevor Bayne (W) Roush Fenway Racing Ford 44.512 202.193

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Second practice (February 14)

Michael McDowell was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 45.153 and a speed of 199.322 mph (320.778 km/h).[11] Ryan Newman was forced to change engines after blowing one half an hour into the session.[12] He will have to start from the rear in one of the Duel races.[12] Martin Truex, Jr. also dealt with engine gremlins due to a crack in his car's oil pan, but did not change engines. [12]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed 1 95 Michael McDowell Ford 45.153 199.322 2 48 Jimmie Johnson (W) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 45.155 199.314 3 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 45.158 199.300

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Qualifying

The pole qualifying took place at 1:35 p.m. Eastern time on Sunday, February 15, a week prior to the Daytona 500 race itself. After the 2014 Daytona 500, NASCAR eliminated the traditional single car qualifying format for the pole qualifying and introduced a "I wasn't behind the 44 [Sorenson]. He came flying around, come up on the apron, jumps in front of me, knockout qualifying format commonly used in many series at Phoenix the following week. The restrictor plate track rules, first then runs over the 51 [Allgaier], stacks us all up and then I run into him. It's idiotic to be out here doing

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and that he was "looking forward to getting to Sunday and trying to get another Daytona 500 win".[27] Dillon, finished 16th after the gearshift issues, and was able to make the field. He described the result as "hard to explain" and that he had "been coming here since I was a kid watching my grandfather's cars race".[27] Ron Hornaday, Jr. and failed to make the race.[28]

Race One results

Pos Grid No. Driver Team Manufacturer Laps 1 25 88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (W) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 60 2 1 24 Jeff Gordon (W) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 60 3 10 22 JoeyL ogano TeamP enske Ford 60 4 15 14 TonyS tewart Stewart-HaasR acing Chevrolet 60 5 20 15 ClintB owyer MichaelW altrip Racing Toyota 60 6 14 4 Kevin Harvick (W) Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 60 7 3 5 KaseyK ahne HendrickM otorsports Chevrolet 60 8 5 1 Jamie McMurray (W) Racing Chevrolet 60 9 23 40 Landon Cassill Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 60 10 22 35 ColeW hitt FrontR owM otorsports Ford 60 11 12 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 60 12 19 95 Michael McDowell Leavine FamilyR acing Ford 60 13 11 23 J.J .Y eley BKR acing Toyota 60 14 17 46 MichaelA nnett HScottM otorsports Chevrolet 60 15 18 42 KyleL arson ChipG anassiR acing Chevrolet 60 16 4 33 TyD illon Richard ChildressR acing Chevrolet 60 17 2 20 Matt Kenseth (W) JoeG ibbsR acing Toyota 60 18 21 29 JustinM arks RABR acing Toyota 60 19 9 2 BradK eselowski TeamP enske Ford 60 20 8 43 AricA lmirola Richard PettyM otorsports Ford 60 21 24 30 Ron Hornaday, Jr. The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 60 22 7 6 Trevor Bayne (W) RoushF enwayR acing Ford 60 23 13 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 27 24 6 83 JohnnyS auter BKR acing Toyota 27 25 16 13 CaseyM ears GermainR acing Chevrolet 17

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Race Two

First-half

Start

Before the start, stalled at the entrance of pit road and took his car to the garage. This ultimately eliminated him from racing in the Daytona 500. The second race started 18 minutes late at 9:19 p.m. with Jimmie Johnson leading the field to the green flag. took the lead on lap one. The first caution of the race flew on lap 19 for a spin by , exiting turn 4. Ragan had cut across the nose of Justin Allgaier and got turned down onto the apron, making contact with the inside wall. Kyle Busch was first off pit road, but he was caught speeding on pit road and was forced to drop to the end of the line, allowing Johnson to retake the lead for the restart, on lap 2015D aytona5 00- W ikipedia,t hef reee ncyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2015_Daytona_500&printable=yes

25. Allgaier was also sent to the rear, as his pit crew came across the wall too soon.

Second half

The second caution of the race flew on lap 37 for a multi-car wreck in the tri-oval. It started exiting turn 4 when Jeb Burton turned down into Sam Hornish, Jr. who turned into . Austin Dillon destroyed his splitter driving through the grass trying to avoid the wreck, which caused the race to be red flagged for five minutes. The race restarted with 20 laps to go. With 14 laps to go, Kurt Busch was given a drive-through penalty for passing below the double yellow line. The third caution of the race flew with three laps to go for a four car wreck in turn 3. gave a push which turned her around and collected and .

Finish

In a green–white–checker finish, Johnson held off a last lap charge by Kyle Busch and to win the race.[30] Johnson defined the at Daytona as "awesome" for his Hendrick Motorsports team, sweeping the Duels and the front row for the Daytona 500. Johnson also called his car as "mad fast".[30] Patrick confronted Hamlin on pit road after the race.[30] After the confrontation, Patrick told reporters that she had "no explanation for that", while also stating Hamlin was in the wrong by believing "that he's taking the air and getting it off the spoiler, and he's not squared up either".[30] , , Landon Cassill, Ty Dillon, Michael McDowell, , Mike Wallace, and J. J. Yeley raced their way into the Daytona 500.[31] Bobby Labonte also made the race, via the provisional for past series champions. Alex Bowman, Burton, Ron Hornaday, Jr., Justin Marks, Scott and Wise all failed to make the race.

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Pos Grid No. Driver Team Manufacturer Laps 1 1 48 Jimmie Johnson (W) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 64 2 2 18 KyleB usch JoeG ibbsR acing Toyota 64 3 3 19 CarlE dwards JoeG ibbsR acing Toyota 64 4 6 16 GregB iffle RoushF enwayR acing Ford 64 5 5 78 Martin Truex, Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 64 6 9 21 RyanB laney WoodB rothersR acing Ford 64 7 20 44 Reed Sorenson Team XTREME Racing Chevrolet 64 8 23 66 MikeW allace PremiumM otorsports Toyota 64 9 17 29 JustinM arks RABR acing Toyota 64 10 15 10 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 64 11 13 31 Ryan Newman (W) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 64 12 14 41 KurtB usch Stewart-HaasR acing Chevrolet 64 13 18 38 DavidG illiland FrontR ow Motorsports Ford 64 14 21 34 DavidR agan FrontR owM otorsports Ford 64 15 4 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 64 16 8 17 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. Roush FenwayR acing Ford 64 17 16 62 Brian Scott PremiumM otorsports Chevrolet 64 18 24 11 DennyH amlin JoeG ibbsR acing Toyota 64 19 10 55 Michael Waltrip (W) Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 64 20 11 32 BobbyL abonte GoF ASR acing Ford 60 21 7 9 Sam Hornish, Jr. Richard PettyM otorsports Ford 36 22 19 26 Jeb Burton (R) BKR acing Toyota 36 23 12 7 AlexB owman Chevrolet 36 24 22 98 JoshW ise PhilP arsonsR acing Ford 1

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Starting lineup

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Pos Grid No. Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points 1 5 22 JoeyL ogano TeamP enske Ford 203 47 2 11 4 Kevin Harvick (W) Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 203 42 3 3 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (W) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 203 42 4 42 11 DennyH amlin JoeG ibbsR acing Toyota 203 41 5 2 48 Jimmie Johnson (W) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 203 40 6 41 13 CaseyM ears GermainR acing Chevrolet 203 39 7 9 15 ClintB owyer MichaelW altripR acing Toyota 203 37 8 10 78 Martin Truex, Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 203 37 9 13 5 KaseyK ahne HendrickM otorsports Chevrolet 203 35 10 8 16 GregB iffle RoushF enwayR acing Ford 203 35 11 26 38 DavidG illiland FrontR owM otorsports Ford 203 33 12 38 9 Sam Hornish, Jr. Richard PettyM otorsports Ford 203 32 13 27 46 MichaelA nnett HScottM otorsports Chevrolet 203 32 14 30 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 203 30 15 33 43 AricA lmirola Richard PettyM otorsports Ford 203 29 16 24 41 ReganS mith Stewart-HaasR acing Chevrolet 203 0 17 28 34 DavidR agan FrontR owM otorsports Ford 203 27 18 4 18 (R) JoeG ibbsR acing Toyota 203 0 19 36 83 JohnnyS auter BKR acing Toyota 203 0 20 40 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 203 25 21 20 10 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 203 23 22 19 35 ColeW hitt FrontR owM otorsports Ford 203 22 23 6 19 CarlE dwards JoeG ibbsR acing Toyota 203 22 24 43 32 BobbyL abonte GoF ASR acing Ford 203 20 25 21 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 203 19 26 34 55 Michael Waltrip (W) Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 203 18 27 15 1 Jamie McMurray (W) Chevrolet 203 17 28 31 33 Ty Dillon (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 203 0 29 32 17 RickyS tenhouse Jr. Roush FenwayR acing Ford 203 15 30 37 6 Trevor Bayne (W) RoushF enwayR acing Ford 203 14 31 23 95 MichaelM cDowell Leavine FamilyR acing Ford 203 13 32 14 44 Reed Sorenson Team XTREMER acing Chevrolet 203 12 33 1 24 Jeff Gordon (W) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 203 13 34 29 42 KyleL arson ChipG anassiR acing Chevrolet 202 10 35 35 20 Matt Kenseth (W) JoeG ibbsR acing Toyota 202 9 36 16 66 MikeW allace PremiumM otorsports Chevrolet 199 8 37 18 51 Justin Allgaier HScottM otorsports Chevrolet 197 7 38 22 31 Ryan Newman (W) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 184 6 2015D aytona5 00- W ikipedia,t hef reee ncyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2015_Daytona_500&printable=yes

39 12 21 Ryan Blaney (R) WoodB rothersR acing Ford 175 0 40 25 23 J.J .Y eley BKR acing Toyota 161 0 41 39 2 BradK eselowski TeamP enske Ford 160 3 42 7 14 TonyS tewart Stewart-HaasR acing Chevrolet 72 2 43 17 40 Landon Cassill Hillman Smith Motorsports Chevrolet 18 0

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Race statistics

27 lead changes among twelve different drivers Seven cautions for 26 laps; one red flag for 6:42 Time of race: 3 hours, 8 minutes, 2 seconds Average speed: 161.938 mph (260.614 km/h) took home $1,586,503 in winnings

Total laps led Leader Laps Jeff Gordon (W) 87 Jimmie Johnson (W) 39 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (W) 32 JoeyL ogano 31 DennyH amlin 4 CarlE dwards 3 GregB iffle 2 CaseyM ears 1 Martin Truex, Jr. 1 MichaelA nnett 1 A. J. Allmendinger 1 J.J .Y eley 1 2015D aytona5 00- W ikipedia,t hef reee ncyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2015_Daytona_500&printable=yes

Lap Leaders Laps Leader 1 JeffG ordon (W) 2–13 Jimmie Johnson (W) 14–19 Jeff Gordon (W) 20 J.J .Y eley 21 Michael Annett 22 CaseyM ears 23–45 Jeff Gordon (W) 46–51 Joey Logano 52–86 Jeff Gordon (W) 87 CarlE dwards 88 Denny Hamlin 89–107 Jeff Gordon (W) 108 A. J. Allmendinger 109–111 Jeff Gordon (W) 112 Denny Hamlin 113 Joey Logano 114–145 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (W) 146–153 Joey Logano 154–155 156–157 Joey Logano 158–165 Jimmie Johnson (W) 166–167 Carl Edwards 168–180 Jimmie Johnson (W) 181 Joey Logano 182–187 Jimmie Johnson (W) 188 Martin Truex, Jr. 189–190 Denny Hamlin 191–203 Joey Logano

Media

Television

Since 2001, (except for 2002, 2004 and 2006) the Daytona 500 has been carried by Fox. The booth crew has remained the same since the beginning with longtime NASCAR lap-by-lap commentator , two time Daytona 500 winning crew chief Larry McReynolds and 1989 Daytona 500 champion . 2015D aytona5 00- W ikipedia,t hef reee ncyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2015_Daytona_500&printable=yes

Fox Television Booth announcers Pit reporters Lap-by-lap: Mike Joy Color-commentator: Larry McReynolds Color commentator: Darrell Waltrip

Radio

The race was broadcast on radio by the and simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. MRN Radio has covered the Daytona 500 since 1970. Joe Moore and Jeff Striegle will cover the race from the booth. Longtime turn announcer and prodigy of MRN co-founder Dave Moody will be the lead turn announcer. He will call the race from atop the sign outside the exit of turn 2 when the field is racing through turns 1 & 2. Mike Bagley will work the backstretch for the Daytona 500 from a spotter's stand on the inside of the track. Kyle Rickey will call the race when the field is racing through turns 3 & 4. On pit road, MRN will be manned by lead pit reporter and executive director of the NASCAR Hall of Fame Winston Kelley. Alongside Kelley will be Steve Post, Alex Hayden and Woody Cain.

MRN Radio Booth announcers Turn announcers Pit reporters Winston Kelley Turns 1 & 2: Dave Moody Lead announcer: Joe Moore Steve Post Backstretch: Mike Bagley Announcer: Jeff Striegle Alex Hayden Turns 3 & 4: Kyle Rickey Woody Cain

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos Driver Points Pos Manufacturer Points 1 JoeyL ogano 47 1 Ford 47 2 Kevin Harvick 42 2 Chevrolet 42 3 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 42 3 Toyota 41 4 DennyH amlin 41 Note: Only the first sixteen positions are included for the driver standings. 5 Jimmie Johnson 40 6 CaseyM ears 39 7 ClintB owyer 37 8 Martin Truex, Jr. 37 9 KaseyK ahne 35 10 GregB iffle 35 Joey Logano left Daytona International Speedway as the points leader for the 11 33 first time in his career 12 Sam Hornish, Jr. 32 13 Michael Annett 32 14 Austin Dillon 30 15 29 16 DavidR agan 27

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46. ^ Pistone, Pete (February 22, 2015). "Logano Wins Daytona 500" 47. ^ "Joey Logano wins Daytona 500" (http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar (http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles /cup/story/_/id/12365361/joey-logano-captures-daytona-500-roger- /2015/02/Joey-Logano-Wins-Daytona-500.aspx). MRN.com. Motor Racing penske). ESPN (ESPN Internet Ventures). . February 22, Network. Retrieved February 23, 2015. 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2015.

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