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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 32 47TH ANNUAL CAMPINGWORLD.COM 500 TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY Talladega, AL - October 25, 2015 2.66-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 196 Laps - 521.4 Miles Purse: $5,446,886 TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 6 minutes, 58 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 167.311 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: Under Caution Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 10 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 196 47 4 110.2 $289,573 Running 2 20 2 5 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Diet Mountain Dew Chevrolet 196 44 2 114.0 197,100 Running 6 61 3 1 24 Jeff Gordon 3M Chevrolet 196 42 1 112.4 193,886 Running 2 8 4 11 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Ford 196 40 100.1 170,716 Running 5 15 19 Carl Edwards Subway Toyota 196 39 84.1 128,100 Running 6 13 27 Paul Menard Tarkett/Menards Chevrolet 196 39 1 94.8 123,665 Running 2 2 7 43 78 Martin Truex Jr Furniture Row/Visser Precision Chevrolet 196 37 59.2 127,860 Running 8 29 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota 196 37 1 88.5 132,498 Running 1 2 9 17 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Zest Ford 196 36 1 82.5 109,515 Running 1 2 10 14 41 Kurt Busch Haas Automation Chevrolet 196 35 1 82.8 108,790 Running 1 1 11 16 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Halloween Toyota 196 34 1 93.0 134,431 Running 1 11 12 18 31 Ryan Newman Caterpillar Chevrolet 196 33 1 76.8 124,230 Running 1 1 13 33 98 Michael Waltrip Maxwell House Toyota 196 32 1 84.1 90,830 Running 2 3 14 26 3 Austin Dillon WeatherTech Chevrolet 196 30 53.8 131,491 Running 15 7 4 Kevin Harvick Budweiser/Jimmy John's Chevrolet 196 30 1 94.9 138,305 Running 1 4 16 25 43 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 196 28 59.1 129,886 Running 17 21 9 Sam Hornish Jr Jacob Companies Ford 196 27 74.5 113,945 Running 18 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 196 27 1 99.6 137,436 Running 2 34 19 2 5 Kasey Kahne Time Warner Cable Chevrolet 196 26 1 95.2 102,025 Running 1 18 20 19 16 Greg Biffle Cheez-It Ford 196 25 1 79.5 118,233 Running 2 18 21 6 6 Trevor Bayne AdvoCare Ford 196 23 72.8 127,350 Running 22 34 35 Cole Whitt Rinnai Tankless Water Heaters Ford 196 22 63.6 104,183 Running 23 35 32 Bobby Labonte C&J Energy Services Ford 196 21 54.0 98,408 Running 24 23 42 Kyle Larson Target Plaid Chevrolet 196 20 86.1 113,283 Running 25 12 14 Tony Stewart Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevrolet 196 19 49.7 112,189 Running 26 4 20 Matt Kenseth DeWalt Toyota 196 19 1 74.0 121,911 Running 1 3 27 20 10 Danica Patrick GoDaddy Chevrolet 196 17 66.7 92,400 Running 28 27 95 Michael McDowell K-Love Radio Ford 195 16 65.0 81,150 Running 29 40 34 Josh Wise Dockside Logistics Ford 195 15 42.9 84,000 Running 30 22 55 David Ragan Aaron's Online Dream Machine Toyota 195 15 1 73.4 111,539 Running 1 1 31 28 13 Casey Mears GEICO Chevrolet 195 13 37.9 106,328 Running 32 38 38 David Gilliland Love's Travel Stops Ford 194 13 1 69.8 100,108 Accident 2 2 33 37 7 Alex Bowman Golden Corral Chevrolet 194 11 48.9 89,847 Accident 34 41 40 Landon Cassill (i) Carsforsale.com Chevrolet 194 0 40.1 80,100 Running 35 42 33 Travis Kvapil (i) Chevrolet 193 0 30.6 79,925 Running 36 31 47 AJ Allmendinger Kroger/Bush's Beans Chevrolet 193 8 41.1 97,770 Running 37 8 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight Toyota 192 8 1 71.0 97,634 Accident 2 5 38 30 26 J.J. Yeley (i) Adirondack Tree Surgeons Toyota 192 0 30.8 74,877 Running 39 24 1 Jamie McMurray Cessna Pink Chevrolet 182 5 75.7 100,796 Engine 40 36 83 Matt DiBenedetto # Dustless Blasting Toyota 177 4 37.7 68,305 Running 41 32 62 Timmy Hill (i) Royal Teak Collection Ford 168 0 26.4 62,805 Electrical 42 39 51 Justin Allgaier Auto Owners Insurance Chevrolet 130 2 49.7 66,805 Engine 43 9 21 Ryan Blaney (i) Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford 84 0 53.8 55,305 Engine # 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) #23 Jeb Burton; #46 Michael Annett Race Comments: Joey Logano won the CampingWorld.com 500, his 14th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: No. 10 (transmission repair), No. 14 (unapproved adjustments) and No. 51 (repairs). Caution Flags: 3 cautions for 18 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 133-139 (Fluid On Track From #51 [78]); 185-194 (Fluid On Track From #1 [35]); 196 (11, 95, 14, 20, 38, 4, 10, 3, 9, 6, 7 Accident Frontstretch [None]). Lap Leaders: 30 lead changes among 18 drivers. J. Gordon 1-7, Earnhardt Jr 8-10, Hamlin 11-14, Earnhardt Jr 15, Hamlin 16, Earnhardt Jr 17, J. Gordon 18, Earnhardt Jr 19-39, Waltrip 40-41, Johnson 42-63, Earnhardt Jr 64-79, Waltrip 80, Ragan 81, Menard 82, Logano 83-94, Bowyer 95-96, Harvick 97-100, Kahne 101-118, Stenhouse Jr 119-120, Biffle 121, Johnson 122-133, Newman 134, Ku. Busch 135, Gilliland 136, Kenseth 137-139, Ky. Busch 140-150, Earnhardt Jr 151-169, Menard 170, Gilliland 171, Biffle 172-188, Logano 189-196. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Jeff Gordon (194.5 mph. 49.234 secs.) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Carl Edwards 3M LAP LEADER: Dale Earnhardt Jr (61 Laps) MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE: Paul AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Aric Almirola Menard (crew chief Justin Alexander, 0.000 seconds) DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Jimmie Johnson NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: Joey Logano ($10,000 ++) FREESCALE "WIDE OPEN": Joey Logano SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD: Ricky Stenhouse Jr (Lap 87, 204.062 INGERSOLL RAND POWER MOVE: Aric Almirola (14 positions) MPH) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Hendrick Engines (#88) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Matt DiBenedetto ++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 4,000 (6) AWARD 2 - Carl Edwards 4,000 (2) Kevin Harvick (#4) 10 3 - Jeff Gordon 4,000 (0) Joey Logano (#22) 6 4 - Kurt Busch 4,000 (2) Kyle Busch (#18) 4 5 - Brad Keselowski 4,000 (1) FREESCALE "WIDE OPEN" 6 - Martin Truex Jr 4,000 (1) 7 - Kevin Harvick 4,000 (3) Kevin Harvick (#4) 80 8 - Kyle Busch 4,000 (4) Joey Logano (#22) 59 9 - Denny Hamlin 2,209 (2) Dale Earnhardt Jr (#88) 45 10 - Ryan Newman 2,194 (0) INGERSOLL RAND POWER MOVE 11 - Matt Kenseth 2,191 (5) Kurt Busch (#41) 42 COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 12 - Dale Earnhardt Jr 2,181 (2) Jeff Gordon (#24) 29 Joey Logano 5 13 - Jimmie Johnson 2,161 (4) Aric Almirola (#43) 29 Jeff Gordon 4 14 - Jamie McMurray 2,159 (0) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER Matt Kenseth 4 15 - Paul Menard 2,148 (0) Carl Edwards 3 16 - Clint Bowyer 2,123 (0) Hendrick (#4) 398 Roush/Yates (#22) 376 Kurt Busch 3 MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP JGE (#20) 268 Brad Keselowski 2 Pts Wins Denny Hamlin 2 MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE Chevrolet 1,401 (12) AJ Allmendinger 2 Toyota 1,349 (13) Kevin Harvick (#4) 12 Kyle Busch 1 Ford 1,342 (7) 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 192 Kyle Busch (#18) 5 Matt DiBenedetto 188 Matt Kenseth (#20) 4 Greg Ives (#88) 5 Jeb Burton 182 Justin Alexander (#27) 4 Alex Kennedy 115 AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART Todd Gordon (#22) 2 AWARD SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD Joey Logano (#22) 6 Kevin Harvick (#4) 6 Matt Kenseth (#20) 7 Kyle Busch (#18) 4 Carl Edwards (#19) 5 Kyle Busch (#18) 5 NEXT EVENT: November 1, 2015 - 67th Annual Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500, Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, VA (263 Miles) (500 Laps) NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (10/26/2015) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2015 NASCAR NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #32: 47TH ANNUAL CAMPINGWORLD.COM "500" Race Date: 10/25/2015 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 JOEY LOGANO 4000 32 6 20 26 $7,767,041 2 CARL EDWARDS 4000 32 2 6 14 4,149,268 3 JEFF GORDON 4000 32 0 4 17 5,353,242 4 KURT BUSCH 4000 29 2 10 18 4,191,176 5 BRAD KESELOWSKI 4000 32 1 7 22 5,601,227 6 MARTIN TRUEX JR.