NASCAR XFINITY SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 26 15TH ANNUAL FURIOUS 7 300 CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY Joliet, IL - September 19, 2015 1.5-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 200 Laps - 300.0 Miles Purse: $1,470,945 TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 11 minutes, 40 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 136.709 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.791 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 1 54 Kyle Busch (i) Monster Energy Toyota 200 0 146.1 $91,612 Running 5 102 2 2 20 Matt Kenseth (i) Reser's Main Street Toyota 200 0 136.1 63,647 Running 5 84 3 12 6 Darrell Wallace Jr # Roush Performance Ford 200 42 1 101.2 62,603 Running 1 3 4 7 33 Paul Menard (i) Richmond/Menards Chevrolet 200 0 109.6 38,368 Running 5 4 3 Ty Dillon Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Chevrolet 200 39 103.9 40,385 Running 6 3 18 Daniel Suarez # ARRIS Toyota 200 39 1 111.0 37,001 Running 1 2 7 8 60 Chris Buescher Fifth Third Bank Ford 200 37 93.6 34,943 Running 8 19 1 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Ford 200 36 89.0 33,833 Running 9 9 7 Regan Smith TaxSlayer Bowl Chevrolet 200 35 97.2 32,734 Running 10 11 62 Brendan Gaughan South Point Chevrolet 200 34 88.6 32,818 Running 11 10 16 Ryan Reed Lilly/American Diabetes Association Ford 200 33 82.0 31,338 Running 12 14 88 Kasey Kahne (i) Great Clips Chevrolet 200 0 85.5 24,784 Running 13 16 25 John Wes Townley (i) Zaxby's Chevrolet 199 0 77.1 30,230 Running 1 1 14 17 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 199 30 80.8 30,716 Running 15 18 43 Dakoda Armstrong WinField Ford 199 29 68.7 29,577 Running 16 25 4 Ross Chastain # teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 199 29 1 62.5 29,241 Running 1 1 17 13 2 Brian Scott Jewel-Osco/Kraft Singles Chevrolet 199 28 1 95.5 28,753 Running 2 7 18 26 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 199 26 63.3 28,491 Running 19 22 28 J.J. Yeley JGL Racing Toyota 199 25 70.2 28,280 Running 20 15 51 Jeremy Clements AllSouthElectric.com/RepairableVehicles.com 199 24 65.3 28,568 Running 21 23 8 Blake Koch LeafFilterChevrolet Gutter Protection Toyota 199 23 57.5 27,957 Running 22 6 42 Kyle Larson (i) ENEOS Chevrolet 199 0 105.2 21,841 Running 23 30 44 David Starr Zachry Toyota 196 21 52.5 27,705 Running 24 32 97 Mason Mingus (i) Vroom Brands Chevrolet 195 0 50.3 27,595 Running 25 27 0 Michael Self Auto Remote Warehouse Chevrolet 194 19 54.0 27,608 Running 26 31 15 Jimmy Weller III Engine Parts Plus Chevrolet 194 18 46.2 27,347 Running 27 34 24 Eric McClure Reynolds Wrap Toyota 193 17 41.9 27,237 Running 28 33 52 Joey Gase Donate Life Chevrolet 193 16 43.8 27,115 Running 29 37 90 Martin Roy Gamache Truck Center Chevrolet 190 15 42.5 26,964 Running 30 39 13 Josh Reaume # Braille Battery/Grafoid Chevrolet 182 14 37.7 27,153 Running 31 35 70 Derrike Cope Delta-Therm/The Champagne Lodge Chevrolet 174 13 36.3 26,697 Running 32 21 01 Landon Cassill Gerber Collision & Glass Chevrolet 142 12 60.7 26,586 Engine 33 20 14 Cale Conley # IAVA Toyota 140 11 59.5 26,470 Overheating 34 38 74 Mike Harmon Dodge 129 10 32.5 26,358 Engine 35 5 22 Ryan Blaney Discount Tire Ford 108 9 68.3 26,671 Accident 36 24 66 Benny Gordon Somerset Regional Water Resources/MotorHoney 105 8 45.3 18,040 Rear Gear 37 40 40 Derek White BrailleToyota Battery/Grafoid Dodge 14 7 27.3 17,040 Electrical 38 36 26 T.J. Bell (i) JGL Racing Toyota 13 0 29.2 16,040 Vibration 39 28 92 Dexter Bean Chevrolet 6 5 25.8 15,040 Suspension 40 29 19 Jeff Green Premier Barter Exchange Toyota 3 4 23.2 14,040 Vibration # 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: (1) #89 Morgan Shepherd Race Comments: Kyle Busch won the Furious 7 300, his 74th career NASCAR XFINITY Series victory. Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: Nos. 1, 92 (unapproved adjustments). Caution Flags: 5 cautions for 22 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 23-26 (Debris On Backstretch [66]); 89-92 (Debris Turn 2 [9]); 104-108 (Car #22 Accident Turn 3 [3]); 133- 136 (Debris Turn 2 [01]); 143-147 (Oil On Track From #01 [4]). Lap Leaders: 15 lead changes among 7 drivers. K. Busch 1-23, Chastain 24, Scott 25-29, K. Busch 30-40, Kenseth 41-73, Suarez 74-75, Townley 76, Kenseth 77-92, K. Busch 93-136, Kenseth 137-144, Wallace Jr 145-147, Scott 148-149, Kenseth 150-175, K. Busch 176, Kenseth 177, K. Busch 178-200.
COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Kyle Busch (180.959 mph. 29.841 secs.) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Darrell Wallace Jr 3M LAP LEADER: Kyle Busch (102 Laps ) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Darrell Wallace Jr DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Kyle Busch MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Joe Gibbs Racing Engines (#54)
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Chris Buescher 945 (2) Roush/Yates (#22) 356 Austin Dillon 5 2 - Ty Dillon 920 (0) JGE (#54) 293 Joey Logano 4 3 - Chase Elliott 917 (1) JGE (#20) 290 Denny Hamlin 4 4 - Regan Smith 894 (1) Kyle Busch 3 MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE 5 - Elliott Sadler 839 (0) Erik Jones 3 6 - Darrell Wallace Jr 838 (0) Chris Buescher (#60) 11 Daniel Suarez # 2 7 - Daniel Suarez 830 (0) Elliott Sadler (#1) 6 Darrell Wallace Jr # 1 8 - Brian Scott 825 (0) Darrell Wallace Jr (#6) 6 Alex Tagliani 1 9 - Brendan Gaughan 798 (0) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 10 - Ryan Reed 716 (1) Daniel Suarez 251 BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Darrell Wallace Jr 225 Pts Wins Ross Chastain 166 Ford 1,130 (9) Cale Conley 146 Chevrolet 1,127 (8) Harrison Rhodes 129 Toyota 1,115 (9) Peyton Sellers 97 Dodge 305 (0) Josh Reaume 69 3M LAP LEADER Kyle Busch (#54) 5 Denny Hamlin (#20) 4 Chase Elliott (#9) 3 DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD Kyle Busch (#54) 4 Joey Logano (#22) 4 Denny Hamlin (#20) 3
NEXT EVENT: September 26, 2015 - 4th Annual VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300, Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, KY (300 Miles) (200 Laps) NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (9/21/2015) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2015 NASCAR Race #26: 15TH ANNUAL FURIOUS 7 "300" Race Date: 09/19/2015 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 CHRIS BUESCHER 945 26 2 11 16 $956,191 2 TY DILLON 920 26 0 8 19 836,344 3 CHASE ELLIOTT 917 26 1 10 20 920,312 4 REGAN SMITH 894 26 1 7 19 878,071 5 ELLIOTT SADLER 839 26 0 4 13 813,937 6 DARRELL WALLACE JR. 838 26 0 3 10 815,498 7 DANIEL SUAREZ 830 26 0 6 12 824,412 8 BRIAN SCOTT 825 26 0 5 16 808,976 9 BRENDAN GAUGHAN 798 26 0 3 12 783,039 10 RYAN REED 716 26 1 1 1 781,249 11 JEREMY CLEMENTS 641 26 0 0 1 698,855 12 ROSS CHASTAIN 624 26 0 0 4 702,914 13 J J YELEY 622 26 0 1 1 703,226 14 DAKODA ARMSTRONG 615 26 0 0 1 696,844 15 RYAN SIEG 611 26 0 0 0 687,549 16 DAVID STARR 561 26 0 0 1 690,836 17 BLAKE KOCH 518 26 0 0 0 676,068 18 LANDON CASSILL 491 23 0 0 2 612,505 19 CALE CONLEY 486 26 0 0 0 675,799 20 ERIC MCCLURE 445 26 0 0 0 665,569 21 JOEY GASE 420 26 0 1 1 676,686 22 BRENNAN POOLE 367 14 0 0 2 362,945 23 RYAN BLANEY 334 10 1 6 7 475,880 24 HARRISON RHODES 324 21 0 0 1 505,219 25 DERRIKE COPE 246 21 0 0 0 394,393 26 PEYTON SELLERS 238 16 0 0 0 370,163 27 MIKE HARMON 233 21 0 0 0 463,426 28 DYLAN LUPTON 165 7 0 0 1 164,322 29 BEN RHODES 161 7 0 0 2 171,159 30 BORIS SAID 157 5 0 1 2 133,895 31 MIKE BLISS 141 8 0 0 0 196,862 32 JEFFREY EARNHARDT 128 6 0 0 0 188,275 33 MARIO GOSSELIN 126 8 0 0 0 238,112 34 JOSH REAUME 111 11 0 0 0 214,775 35 DEREK WHITE 104 11 0 0 0 237,889 36 JIMMY WELLER 103 8 0 0 0 178,003 37 JEFF GREEN 90 21 0 0 0 262,199 38 MICHAEL SELF 88 5 0 0 0 108,796 39 MARTIN ROY 88 5 0 0 0 132,104 40 MORGAN SHEPHERD 87 15 0 0 0 215,697 41 TODD BODINE 80 4 0 0 0 98,131 42 CARL LONG 79 12 0 0 0 182,765 43 JUSTIN MARKS 76 3 0 0 1 103,854 44 JAMIE DICK 68 5 0 0 0 112,563 45 BRANDON GDOVIC 63 3 0 0 0 74,561 46 KENNY HABUL 61 3 0 0 0 65,825 47 BENNY GORDON 60 5 0 1 1 105,296 48 KENNY WALLACE 56 3 0 0 0 61,739 49 STANTON BARRETT 53 4 0 0 0 84,991 50 ANDY LALLY 52 2 0 0 0 45,754 51 DYLAN KWASNIEWSKI 52 4 0 0 0 85,315 52 ALEX TAGLIANI 44 1 0 1 1 53,559 53 ROSS KENSETH 39 1 0 0 1 35,523 54 TOMY DRISSI 39 3 0 0 0 63,396 55 KEVIN O'CONNELL 38 2 0 0 0 31,208 56 CHRIS COCKRUM 38 2 0 0 0 78,192 57 JOSH BERRY 37 1 0 0 1 26,739 58 TIM COWEN 33 2 0 0 0 32,715 59 CARLOS CONTRERAS 33 4 0 0 0 72,208 60 BOBBY GERHART 30 2 0 0 0 42,729 61 MATT WALLACE 30 2 0 0 0 45,575 62 HERMIE SADLER III 27 2 0 0 0 52,905 63 JOHN JACKSON 27 4 0 0 0 59,971 64 LAWSON ASCHENBACH 26 1 0 0 0 22,437 65 CJ FAISON 25 2 0 0 0 41,095 66 PARKER KLIGERMAN 23 1 0 0 0 22,460 67 CHARLES LEWANDOSKI 23 3 0 0 0 41,885 68 BRAD TEAGUE 18 1 0 0 0 28,739 69 JOHANNA LONG 17 1 0 0 0 18,449 70 MARK THOMPSON 17 1 0 0 0 26,325 71 ANTHONY KUMPEN 16 1 0 0 0 18,298 72 SCOTT LAGASSE JR. 14 2 0 0 0 72,994 73 MATT FRAHM 13 3 0 0 0 45,382 74 ROGER REUSE 13 1 0 0 0 15,794 75 RYAN TRUEX 13 1 0 0 0 24,445 76 DEXTER BEAN 13 3 0 0 0 69,828 77 BOBBY REUSE 12 1 0 0 0 14,506 78 MATT WALTZ 11 1 0 0 0 18,293 79 ENRIQUE CONTRERAS 10 1 0 0 0 15,027 80 KYLE BUSCH(i) 0 9 4 8 8 482,563 81 JOEY LOGANO(i) 0 10 4 7 9 426,395 82 AUSTIN DILLON(i) 0 14 3 10 12 628,327 83 DENNY HAMLIN(i) 0 10 3 6 8 382,172 84 ERIK JONES(i) 0 18 2 9 12 786,884 85 KEVIN HARVICK(i) 0 10 2 4 8 332,379 86 BRAD KESELOWSKI(i) 0 6 1 5 6 300,135 87 PAUL MENARD(i) 0 8 1 3 6 217,684 88 MATT KENSETH(i) 0 4 0 3 4 180,269 89 KYLE LARSON(i) 0 10 0 2 7 271,533 90 KASEY KAHNE(i) 0 5 0 3 3 137,893 91 DALE EARNHARDT JR.(i) 0 4 0 1 3 148,375 92 ARIC ALMIROLA(i) 0 8 0 0 3 207,064 93 DAVID RAGAN(i) 0 1 0 0 1 27,584 94 BRANDON JONES(i) 0 4 0 0 1 108,829 95 TIMMY HILL(i) 0 8 0 0 0 186,951 96 JOHN WES TOWNLEY(i) 0 17 0 0 0 455,119 97 MIKE WALLACE(i) 0 1 0 0 0 52,595 98 SAM HORNISH JR.(i) 0 3 0 0 0 64,171 99 ALEX BOWMAN(i) 0 2 0 0 0 43,641 100 RYAN ELLIS(i) 0 6 0 0 0 105,872 101 T J BELL JR.(i) 0 3 0 0 0 61,299 102 MASON MINGUS(i) 0 1 0 0 0 27,595 103 B J MCLEOD(i) 0 7 0 0 0 134,086 104 CHAD BOAT(i) 0 3 0 0 0 86,930 105 KYLE FOWLER(i) 0 1 0 0 0 21,275 106 TYLER YOUNG(i) 0 1 0 0 0 21,826 107 TODD PECK(i) 0 1 0 0 0 21,115 108 CODY WARE(i) 0 2 0 0 0 47,682 109 JORDAN ANDERSON(i) 0 1 0 0 0 20,227 110 ZACH BRUENGER 0 1 0 0 0 13,678 111 JOE NEMECHEK(i) 0 0 0 0 0 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 113 TANNER BERRYHILL(i) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Race #26: 15TH ANNUAL FURIOUS 7 "300" Race Date: 09/19/2015 POS Car # OWNER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Attempts 1 22 ROGER PENSKE 1008 26 5 18 22 26 2 54 J D GIBBS 965 26 5 14 19 26 3 60 JACK ROUSH 945 26 2 11 16 26 4 3 RICHARD CHILDRESS 920 26 0 8 19 26 5 33 RICHARD CHILDRESS 919 26 4 13 19 26 6 9 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 917 26 1 10 20 26 7 20 JOE GIBBS 901 26 4 13 17 26 8 7 KELLEY EARNHARDT-MILLER 894 26 1 7 19 26 9 88 RICK HENDRICK 849 26 2 7 16 26 10 1 JACK ROUSH 839 26 0 4 13 26 11 6 JACK ROUSH 838 26 0 3 10 26 12 18 JOE GIBBS 830 26 0 6 12 26 13 2 RICHARD CHILDRESS 825 26 0 5 16 26 14 62 RICHARD CHILDRESS 798 26 0 3 12 26 15 42 HARRY SCOTT JR. 748 26 0 2 10 26 16 16 JACK ROUSH 716 26 1 1 1 26 17 51 TONY CLEMENTS 641 26 0 0 1 26 18 4 GARY KELLER 633 26 0 0 4 26 19 28 GREGG MIXON 622 26 0 1 1 26 20 43 RICHARD PETTY 615 26 0 0 1 26 21 39 ROD SIEG 611 26 0 0 0 26 22 25 TONY TOWNLEY 584 26 0 0 1 26 23 44 MARK SMITH 561 26 0 0 1 26 24 01 JOHNNY DAVIS 546 26 0 0 2 26 25 8 MARK SMITH 518 26 0 0 0 26 26 14 MARK SMITH 486 26 0 0 0 26 27 90 MICHELLE GOSSELIN 437 26 0 0 0 26 28 124 MARK SMITH 433 25 0 0 0 26 29 52 JIMMY MEANS 420 26 0 1 1 26 30 126 JAMES WHITENER 405 26 0 0 0 26 31 0 ANDREA NEMECHEK 382 25 0 0 1 26 32 97 VICTOR OBAIKA 377 25 0 0 0 26 33 13 DEREK WHITE 327 25 0 0 0 26 34 98 FRED BIAGI 313 12 0 0 3 12 35 15 RICK WARE 304 24 0 0 0 26 36 70 MARY LOUISE MILLER 270 23 0 0 0 26 37 74 MIKE HARMON 266 24 0 0 0 26 38 55 RICK GDOVIC 259 14 0 0 0 14 39 40 DEREK WHITE 156 25 0 0 0 26 40 119 MARK SMITH 106 24 0 0 0 25 41 89 MORGAN SHEPHERD 81 14 0 0 0 19 42 166 LARRY MOSTOLLER 60 4 0 1 1 4 43 12 ROGER PENSKE 47 1 1 1 1 1 44 5 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 42 1 0 1 1 1 45 93 DENISE MIXON 37 2 0 0 0 2 46 84 BILLY BOAT 36 3 0 0 0 3 47 29 ROBBY BENTON 31 2 0 0 0 2 48 85 WILLIAM GERHART 22 1 0 0 0 3 49 117 RICK WARE 18 2 0 0 0 2 50 156 THOM KAPUSTA 14 1 0 0 0 1 51 192 BOBBY DOTTER 13 3 0 0 0 4 52 17 ADRIAN BERRYHILL 0 1 0 0 0 2 53 179 JIMMY MEANS 0 5 0 0 0 5 54 135 DUANE DEESE 0 0 0 0 0 1 55 87 ANDREA NEMECHEK 0 0 0 0 0 1 56 03 MICHAEL AFFARANO 0 0 0 0 0 1 57 137 LYNN COCKRUM 0 0 0 0 0 1