NASCAR XFINITY SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 10 5TH ANNUAL 3M 250 IOWA SPEEDWAY Newton, IA - May 17, 2015 .875-Mile Paved Tri-Oval 259 Laps - 226.6 Miles Purse: $1,353,405 TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 24 minutes, 17 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 94.242 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.523 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 4 60 Chris Buescher Roush Performance Products Ford 259 47 4 139.5 $91,509 Running 4 94 2 6 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 259 44 2 137.1 70,020 Running 2 114 3 1 20 Erik Jones (i) Interstate Batteries Toyota 259 0 110.2 57,688 Running 4 3 2 Brian Scott Shore Lodge Chevrolet 259 40 101.7 40,566 Running 5 13 22 Ryan Blaney Discount Tire Ford 259 40 1 113.9 36,811 Running 1 1 6 8 6 Darrell Wallace Jr # Ford EcoBoost Ford 259 38 105.5 33,637 Running 7 14 88 Ben Rhodes Alpha Energy Solutions Chevrolet 259 37 87.3 32,286 Running 8 5 33 Brandon Jones (i) Jeld-Wen/Menards Chevrolet 259 0 94.5 31,236 Running 9 10 1 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Ford 259 35 89.3 30,106 Running 10 11 62 Brendan Gaughan South Point Chevrolet 259 34 94.2 30,123 Running 11 7 7 Regan Smith NAPA Synthetic Oil Chevrolet 259 33 92.5 28,617 Running 12 16 16 Ryan Reed Lilly/American Diabetes Association Ford 259 33 1 85.5 28,062 Running 1 2 13 18 25 John Wes Townley (i) Zaxby's Chevrolet 259 0 80.5 27,532 Running 14 9 3 Ty Dillon Red Kap Chevrolet 258 30 105.9 27,003 Running 15 19 51 Jeremy Clements RepairableVehicles.com Chevrolet 258 29 75.2 26,873 Running 16 20 44 David Starr Zachry Toyota 258 28 67.0 26,321 Running 17 21 39 Ryan Sieg Chevrolet 257 27 68.4 26,094 Running 18 2 18 Daniel Suarez # ARRIS Toyota 257 27 1 101.9 28,442 Running 1 48 19 24 14 Cale Conley # IAVA Toyota 257 25 61.0 25,615 Running 20 25 01 Landon Cassill Flex Seal Chevrolet 257 24 66.4 25,888 Running 21 15 43 Dakoda Armstrong WinField Ford 257 23 70.1 25,261 Running 22 23 8 Blake Koch Toyota 256 22 57.0 25,130 Running 23 40 29 Kenny Wallace U.S. Cellular Toyota 256 21 57.2 18,978 Running 24 29 90 Todd Bodine P&L Transportation Chevrolet 255 20 51.7 24,828 Running 25 30 55 Jamie Dick Viva Auto Group Chevrolet 255 19 43.2 24,852 Running 26 22 54 Boris Said Monster Energy Toyota 254 18 56.7 24,575 Running 27 31 52 Joey Gase Chevrolet 253 17 46.8 24,449 Running 28 33 97 Peyton Sellers # Vroom Brands Chevrolet 252 16 39.2 18,298 Running 29 36 70 Derrike Cope Adventureland Hotel/Moo's BBQ Chevrolet 247 15 35.7 18,171 Running 30 37 74 Mike Harmon Dodge 247 14 33.7 18,345 Running 31 39 13 John Jackson Braille Battery/Grafoid Dodge 247 13 30.3 17,889 Running 32 17 4 Ross Chastain # teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 215 12 68.3 23,778 Accident 33 27 24 Eric McClure Reynolds Wrap Toyota 160 11 41.4 23,662 Accident 34 26 28 J.J. Yeley Texas 28 Spirits Stage Toyota 151 10 60.7 23,551 Accident 35 32 26 Ryan Ellis (i) JGL Racing Toyota 99 0 44.0 17,436 Electrical 36 35 15 B J McLeod (i) BYB Chevrolet 68 0 34.2 15,678 Brakes 37 28 0 Harrison Rhodes # teamjdmotorsports.com Chevrolet 42 7 38.6 14,678 Suspension 38 12 42 Brennan Poole DC Solar Chevrolet 39 6 38.3 19,678 Parked 39 34 19 Charles Lewandoski Toyota 4 5 31.3 12,678 Brakes 40 38 40 Carl Long Braille Battery/Grafoid Toyota 0 4 29.7 11,678 Electrical # 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: n/a Race Comments: Chris Buescher won the 3M 250 at Iowa Speedway, his second victory in the NASCAR XFINITY Series. Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: Nos. 13, 29, 40, 42, 70 (unapproved adjustments); No. 20 (driver change). Caution Flags: 9 cautions for 54 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 3-5 (Car #40 Stalled Turn 3 [None]); 11-15 (Car #28, 42 Accident Backstretch [None]); 61-66 (Competition Caution [8]); 83-88 (Car #4 Spin Turn 2 [14]); 143-150 (Debris Turn 3 [28]); 153-162 (Car #28, 42 Accident Turn 3 [88]); 164-167 (Car #24, 54 Accident Turn 1 [44]); 178-181 (Car #25 Spin Turn 2 [51]); 250-257 (Car #4, 55 Accident Backstretch [25]). Lap Leaders: 9 lead changes among 5 drivers. Jones-pole, Suarez 1-48, Buescher 49-66, Elliott 67-144, Buescher 145-180, Blaney 181, Buescher 182-219, Elliott 220-255, Reed 256-257, Buescher 258-259.
COORS 21 MEANS 21 POLE AWARD: Erik Jones (134.391 mph. 23.439 secs.) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Chris Buescher 3M LAP LEADER: Chase Elliott (114 Laps ) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Darrell Wallace Jr DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Daniel Suarez MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Hendrick Engines (#9)
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES TOP 10 (Wins) DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 1 - Chris Buescher 368 (1) AWARD Erik Jones 4 2 - Ty Dillon 360 (0) Joey Logano (#22) 3 Austin Dillon 3 3 - Chase Elliott 337 (0) Denny Hamlin (#20) 2 Joey Logano 2 4 - Darrell Wallace Jr 331 (0) Chris Buescher (#60) 1 Denny Hamlin 1 5 - Brian Scott 326 (0) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 6 - Regan Smith 320 (0) Darrell Wallace Jr 119 7 - Elliott Sadler 317 (0) Roush/Yates (#22) 165 Daniel Suarez 112 8 - Ryan Reed 288 (1) JGE (#20) 126 Ross Chastain 87 9 - Brendan Gaughan 283 (0) ECR (#33) 111 Cale Conley 82 10 - Daniel Suarez 281 (0) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE Harrison Rhodes 66 BILL FRANCE PERFORMANCE AWARD Chris Buescher (#60) 3 Peyton Sellers 31 Pts Wins Darrell Wallace Jr (#6) 2 Josh Reaume 16 Ford 448 (5) Elliott Sadler (#1) 2 Chevrolet 436 (3) Toyota 421 (2) Dodge 126 (0) 3M LAP LEADER Kevin Harvick (#88) 2 Ty Dillon (#3) 1 Chase Elliott (#9) 1
NEXT EVENT: May 23, 2015 - 34th Annual Hisense 300 , Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC (300 Miles) (200 Laps) NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (5/18/2015) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2015 NASCAR Race #10: 5TH ANNUAL 3M "250" Race Date: 05/17/2015 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 CHRIS BUESCHER 368 10 1 5 7 $438,434 2 TY DILLON 360 10 0 3 7 362,820 3 CHASE ELLIOTT 337 10 0 5 8 392,343 4 DARRELL WALLACE JR. 331 10 0 0 3 334,236 5 BRIAN SCOTT 326 10 0 2 8 345,680 6 REGAN SMITH 320 10 0 3 7 362,153 7 ELLIOTT SADLER 317 10 0 0 4 318,101 8 RYAN REED 288 10 1 1 1 374,609 9 BRENDAN GAUGHAN 283 10 0 1 5 342,809 10 DANIEL SUAREZ 281 10 0 1 3 322,734 11 JEREMY CLEMENTS 262 10 0 0 0 298,938 12 DAVID STARR 257 10 0 0 1 307,404 13 J J YELEY 224 10 0 1 1 304,733 14 ROSS CHASTAIN 223 10 0 0 1 297,677 15 LANDON CASSILL 220 10 0 0 1 295,492 16 DAKODA ARMSTRONG 217 10 0 0 0 293,036 17 RYAN SIEG 207 10 0 0 0 287,655 18 BLAKE KOCH 196 10 0 0 0 290,507 19 CALE CONLEY 191 10 0 0 0 290,711 20 JOEY GASE 176 10 0 1 1 293,826 21 BRENNAN POOLE 171 7 0 0 1 187,159 22 ERIC MCCLURE 164 10 0 0 0 285,705 23 MIKE BLISS 141 8 0 0 0 196,862 24 HARRISON RHODES 137 9 0 0 0 219,324 25 JEFFREY EARNHARDT 118 5 0 0 0 165,716 26 MARIO GOSSELIN 105 6 0 0 0 186,154 27 PEYTON SELLERS 103 7 0 0 0 162,646 28 MIKE HARMON 90 9 0 0 0 218,558 29 RYAN BLANEY 83 2 0 2 2 108,249 30 DERRIKE COPE 82 8 0 0 0 156,551 31 DEREK WHITE 66 7 0 0 0 168,310 32 JAMIE DICK 55 3 0 0 0 74,258 33 BORIS SAID 47 2 0 0 0 52,720 34 DYLAN LUPTON 41 2 0 0 0 46,713 35 CARL LONG 41 6 0 0 0 91,854 36 TODD BODINE 40 2 0 0 0 55,020 37 CHRIS COCKRUM 38 2 0 0 0 78,192 38 BEN RHODES 37 1 0 0 1 32,286 39 BRANDON GDOVIC 32 2 0 0 0 52,757 40 JOSH REAUME 27 2 0 0 0 61,850 41 KENNY WALLACE 27 2 0 0 0 34,666 42 JEFF GREEN 27 6 0 0 0 84,756 43 CHARLES LEWANDOSKI 23 3 0 0 0 41,885 44 JIMMY WELLER 22 2 0 0 0 44,879 45 STANTON BARRETT 19 2 0 0 0 38,560 46 CARLOS CONTRERAS 18 2 0 0 0 38,607 47 MARK THOMPSON 17 1 0 0 0 26,325 48 MORGAN SHEPHERD 17 3 0 0 0 45,334 49 JOHN JACKSON 13 1 0 0 0 17,889 50 JUSTIN MARKS 10 1 0 0 0 55,846 51 ENRIQUE CONTRERAS 10 1 0 0 0 15,027 52 SCOTT LAGASSE JR. 7 1 0 0 0 50,706 53 DEXTER BEAN 4 1 0 0 0 41,500 54 JOEY LOGANO(i) 0 5 3 5 5 282,424 55 KEVIN HARVICK(i) 0 5 2 3 4 217,855 56 ERIK JONES(i) 0 10 1 6 6 448,583 57 AUSTIN DILLON(i) 0 8 1 5 6 342,038 58 DENNY HAMLIN(i) 0 5 1 2 3 170,868 59 BRAD KESELOWSKI(i) 0 3 0 2 3 147,165 60 MATT KENSETH(i) 0 2 0 1 2 81,336 61 DALE EARNHARDT JR.(i) 0 3 0 1 2 126,730 62 PAUL MENARD(i) 0 1 0 0 1 21,195 63 KYLE LARSON(i) 0 3 0 0 3 105,575 64 ARIC ALMIROLA(i) 0 4 0 0 2 126,718 65 BRANDON JONES(i) 0 1 0 0 1 31,236 66 JOHN WES TOWNLEY(i) 0 8 0 0 0 238,139 67 MIKE WALLACE(i) 0 1 0 0 0 52,595 68 BENNY GORDON 0 1 0 0 0 22,350 69 SAM HORNISH JR.(i) 0 3 0 0 0 64,171 70 KYLE BUSCH(i) 0 1 0 0 0 52,690 71 CODY WARE(i) 0 2 0 0 0 47,682 72 KASEY KAHNE(i) 0 1 0 0 0 19,658 73 TIMMY HILL(i) 0 3 0 0 0 76,129 74 CHAD BOAT(i) 0 2 0 0 0 71,434 75 RYAN ELLIS(i) 0 1 0 0 0 17,436 76 B J MCLEOD(i) 0 1 0 0 0 15,678 77 JOE NEMECHEK(i) 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 JOHANNA LONG 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 BOBBY GERHART 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 TANNER BERRYHILL(i) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Race #10: 5TH ANNUAL 3M "250" Race Date: 05/17/2015 POS Car # OWNER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Attempts 1 22 ROGER PENSKE 432 10 3 9 10 10 2 60 JACK ROUSH 368 10 1 5 7 10 3 3 RICHARD CHILDRESS 360 10 0 3 7 10 4 88 RICK HENDRICK 356 10 2 4 7 10 5 20 JOE GIBBS 355 10 2 6 7 10 6 33 RICHARD CHILDRESS 355 10 1 5 8 10 7 9 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 337 10 0 5 8 10 8 6 JACK ROUSH 331 10 0 0 3 10 9 2 RICHARD CHILDRESS 326 10 0 2 8 10 10 7 KELLEY EARNHARDT-MILLER 320 10 0 3 7 10 11 1 JACK ROUSH 317 10 0 0 4 10 12 54 J D GIBBS 295 10 0 3 4 10 13 16 JACK ROUSH 288 10 1 1 1 10 14 62 RICHARD CHILDRESS 283 10 0 1 5 10 15 18 JOE GIBBS 281 10 0 1 3 10 16 42 HARRY SCOTT JR. 279 10 0 0 4 10 17 51 TONY CLEMENTS 262 10 0 0 0 10 18 44 MARK SMITH 257 10 0 0 1 10 19 25 TONY TOWNLEY 232 10 0 0 0 10 20 28 GREGG MIXON 224 10 0 1 1 10 21 4 GARY KELLER 223 10 0 0 1 10 22 01 JOHNNY DAVIS 220 10 0 0 1 10 23 43 RICHARD PETTY 217 10 0 0 0 10 24 39 ROD SIEG 207 10 0 0 0 10 25 55 JAMIE DICK 205 10 0 0 0 10 26 98 FRED BIAGI 199 7 0 0 2 7 27 8 JOSEPH WALSH 196 10 0 0 0 10 28 14 MARK SMITH 191 10 0 0 0 10 29 52 JIMMY MEANS 176 10 0 1 1 10 30 90 MICHELLE GOSSELIN 167 10 0 0 0 10 31 126 JAMES WHITENER 162 10 0 0 0 10 32 124 MARK SMITH 152 9 0 0 0 10 33 0 ANDREA NEMECHEK 137 9 0 0 0 10 34 97 VICTOR OBAIKA 130 9 0 0 0 10 35 13 DEREK WHITE 130 10 0 0 0 10 36 74 MIKE HARMON 90 9 0 0 0 10 37 70 MARY LOUISE MILLER 82 8 0 0 0 10 38 15 RICK WARE 80 8 0 0 0 10 39 40 DEREK WHITE 68 10 0 0 0 10 40 119 MARK SMITH 43 9 0 0 0 9 41 193 MARIA GONZALEZ HERNANDEZ 37 2 0 0 0 2 42 29 ROBBY BENTON 31 2 0 0 0 2 43 84 BILLY BOAT 17 2 0 0 0 2 44 89 MORGAN SHEPHERD 17 3 0 0 0 5 45 156 THOM KAPUSTA 14 1 0 0 0 1 46 192 BOBBY DOTTER 4 1 0 0 0 2 47 17 ADRIAN BERRYHILL 0 1 0 0 0 2 48 87 ANDREA NEMECHEK 0 0 0 0 0 1 49 135 DUANE DEESE 0 0 0 0 0 1 50 03 MICHAEL AFFARANO 0 0 0 0 0 1 51 85 WILLIAM GERHART 0 0 0 0 0 2