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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 4 11TH ANNUAL CAMPINGWORLD.COM 500 PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY Avondale, AZ - March 15, 2015 1-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 312 Laps - 312.0 Miles Purse: $5,107,970 TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 57 minutes, 1 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 105.753 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.153 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 1 4 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John's/Budweiser Chevrolet 312 48 5 150.0 $268,090 Running 4 224 2 3 1 Jamie McMurray Cessna Chevrolet 312 43 1 112.1 194,931 Running 1 1 3 5 31 Ryan Newman Quicken Loans Chevrolet 312 41 110.4 167,690 Running 4 9 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevrolet 312 40 105.7 132,900 Running 5 8 41 Kurt Busch Haas Automation Chevrolet 312 39 118.1 138,290 Running 6 6 2 Brad Keselowski Alliance Truck Parts Ford 312 39 1 122.4 145,721 Running 1 52 7 15 78 Martin Truex Jr Furniture Row/Visser Precision Chevrolet 312 37 96.3 121,025 Running 8 2 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 312 37 1 112.7 140,438 Running 2 35 9 10 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet 312 35 101.2 133,666 Running 10 12 42 Kyle Larson Target Chevrolet 312 34 92.5 116,438 Running 11 20 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 312 33 90.1 130,066 Running 12 14 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Fastenal Ford 312 32 78.0 93,430 Running 13 7 19 Carl Edwards Stanley Toyota 312 31 89.2 79,180 Running 14 21 27 Paul Menard Serta/Menards Chevrolet 312 30 84.8 95,130 Running 15 11 3 Austin Dillon DOW Chevrolet 312 29 81.8 118,041 Running 16 4 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota 312 28 91.6 123,216 Running 17 22 47 AJ Allmendinger Kingsford Charcoal Chevrolet 312 27 69.8 112,038 Running 18 28 51 Justin Allgaier Brandt Chevrolet 312 26 69.6 103,613 Running 19 32 43 Aric Almirola Eckrich Ford 312 25 68.0 116,091 Running 20 24 13 Casey Mears GEICO Chevrolet 312 24 61.4 101,588 Running 21 13 18 David Ragan Snickers Xtreme Toyota 312 23 71.0 120,171 Running 22 33 40 Landon Cassill (i) CRC 1 Tank Renew Chevrolet 312 0 57.6 78,505 Running 23 25 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight Toyota 312 21 63.7 92,855 Running 24 30 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota 312 20 70.5 112,263 Running 25 39 35 Cole Whitt Sprouts Farmer's Market/Harvest Meats Ford 312 19 50.8 89,538 Running 26 23 10 Danica Patrick GoDaddy Chevrolet 312 18 59.6 85,655 Running 27 19 16 Greg Biffle Ortho Ford 312 17 67.5 108,438 Running 28 36 6 Trevor Bayne AdvoCare Ford 309 16 49.6 118,755 Running 29 29 38 David Gilliland MDS Transport Ford 309 15 44.9 94,602 Running 30 26 7 Alex Bowman Nikko/Toy State Chevrolet 309 14 50.6 78,405 Running 31 40 23 J.J. Yeley (i) Dr Pepper Toyota 309 0 38.3 76,240 Running 32 38 34 Brett Moffitt Dockside Logistics Ford 309 12 42.6 73,555 Running 33 37 32 Mike Bliss (i) DraftDemons.com Ford 308 0 34.9 73,430 Running 34 41 26 Jeb Burton # Maxim.com Toyota 307 10 37.7 74,805 Running 35 35 83 Matt DiBenedetto Burger King Toyota 307 9 31.5 73,180 Running 36 34 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Ford 306 8 36.2 73,030 Running 37 42 62 Brendan Gaughan (i) Chevrolet 306 0 28.8 72,898 Running 38 43 33 Alex Kennedy # Dream Factory Chevrolet 304 6 26.9 68,327 Running 39 17 14 Tony Stewart Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevrolet 282 5 58.0 91,469 Accident 40 27 9 Sam Hornish Jr Medallion Bank/Camping World Ford 277 4 45.0 86,600 Running 41 18 55 Brian Vickers Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 230 3 33.0 83,469 Running 42 31 46 Michael Annett Pilot/Flying J Chevrolet 202 2 33.0 52,255 Running 43 16 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Nationwide Chevrolet 179 1 67.4 68,155 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) #66 Tanner Berryhill; #44 Travis Kvapil Race Comments: Kevin Harvick won the CampingWorld.com 500 at Phoenix International Raceway, his 30th victory in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and seventh at Phoenix. Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: #47 (engine change). Caution Flags: 10 cautions for 53 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 3-5 (Car #55, 48 Accident Frontstretch [None]); 16-19 (Car #33 Accident Turn 4 [None]); 68-71 (Debris Turn 1 [40]); 118-125 (Car #9 Spin Backstretch [40]); 182-191 (Car #88 Accident Turn 2 [40]); 201-204 (Debris Frontstretch [15]); 228-233 (Debris Backstretch [35]); 238-241 (Car #14, 51 Accident Turn 4 [35]); 290-295 (Car #14 Accident Frontstretch [35]); 297-300 (Car #10, 18 Accident Turn 4 [16]). Lap Leaders: 8 lead changes among 4 drivers. Harvick-pole, Logano 1-25, Harvick 26-118, Keselowski 119-170, Harvick 171-188, Logano 189-198, Harvick 199-294, McMurray 295, Harvick 296-312. FASTEST QUALIFIER: Kevin Harvick (140.751 mph. 25.577 secs.) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Kevin Harvick 3M LAP LEADER: Kevin Harvick (225 Laps) MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE: Kurt AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Kevin Harvick (130.510 mph) Busch (crew chief Tony Gibson, 0.087 seconds) DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Joey Logano NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: Kevin Harvick ($10,000 ++) FREESCALE "WIDE OPEN": Kurt Busch SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD: Matt Kenseth (Lap 12, 135.246 mph) INGERSOLL RAND POWER MOVE: Paul Menard (4 positions) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Jeb Burton MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Hendrick Engines (#4) ++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" COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Kevin Harvick 182 (2) AWARD Jeff Gordon 2 2 - Joey Logano 160 (1) Joey Logano (#22) 3 Joey Logano 1 3 - Martin Truex Jr 155 (0) Jeff Gordon (#24) 1 SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 4 - Kasey Kahne 132 (0) FREESCALE "WIDE OPEN" Jeb Burton 34 5 - AJ Allmendinger 127 (0) Alex Kennedy 10 6 - Dale Earnhardt Jr 126 (0) Kevin Harvick (#4) 15 Tanner Berryhill 1 7 - Jimmie Johnson 124 (1) Joey Logano (#22) 7 8 - Ryan Newman 123 (0) Dale Earnhardt Jr (#88) 7 9 - Brad Keselowski 116 (0) INGERSOLL RAND POWER MOVE 10 - Matt Kenseth 113 (0) Michael Annett (#46) 16 11 - Paul Menard 112 (0) Kevin Harvick (#4) 8 12 - Casey Mears 111 (0) Austin Dillon (#3) 8 13 - Denny Hamlin 108 (0) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER 14 - Aric Almirola 105 (0) 15 - Clint Bowyer 101 (0) Hendrick (#4) 81 16 - Greg Biffle 101 (0) Roush/Yates (#22) 54 Hendrick (#88) 40 MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE Pts Wins Chevrolet 185 (3) Kevin Harvick (#4) 4 Ford 165 (1) MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM Toyota 151 (0) SOLVER OF THE RACE 3M LAP LEADER Rodney Childers (#4) 1 Kevin Harvick (#4) 3 Chad Knaus (#48) 1 Jeff Gordon (#24) 1 Bootie Barker (#13) 1 AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD AWARD Matt Kenseth (#20) 1 Kevin Harvick (#4) 2 Denny Hamlin (#11) 1 Joey Logano (#22) 1 Kyle Larson (#42) 1 Sam Hornish Jr (#9) 1 NEXT EVENT: March 22, 2015 - 19th Annual Auto Club 400, Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA (400 Miles) (200 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 #4: 11TH ANNUAL CAMPINGWORLD.COM "500" Race Date: 03/15/2015 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 KEVIN HARVICK 182 4 2 4 4 $2,181,330 2 JOEY LOGANO 160 4 1 2 4 2,137,482 3 MARTIN TRUEX JR. 155 4 0 1 4 1,029,218 4 KASEY KAHNE 132 4 0 1 2 777,040 5 A J ALLMENDINGER 127 4 0 0 2 775,822 6 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 126 4 0 3 3 1,324,035 7 JIMMIE JOHNSON 124 4 1 2 2 1,227,835 8 RYAN NEWMAN 123 4 0 2 3 892,743 9 BRAD KESELOWSKI 116 4 0 0 3 816,949 10 MATT KENSETH 113 4 0 1 2 1,001,589 11 PAUL MENARD 112 4 0 0 0 686,740 12 CASEY MEARS 111 4 0 0 1 861,752 13 DENNY HAMLIN 108 4 0 2 2 1,072,273 14 ARIC ALMIROLA 105 4 0 0 0 788,664 15 CLINT BOWYER 101 4 0 0 1 846,827 16 GREG BIFFLE 101 4 0 0 1 796,515 17 KYLE LARSON 98 4 0 0 2 779,007 18 DAVID RAGAN 98 4 0 0 0 731,581 19 JAMIE MCMURRAY 97 4 0 1 1 821,744 20 DAVID GILLILAND 92 4 0 0 0 704,129 21 CARL EDWARDS 88 4 0 0 0 635,808 22 AUSTIN DILLON 88 4 0 0 0 777,032 23 DANICA PATRICK 86 4 0 0 0 667,028 24 SAM HORNISH JR.