2015 Duck Commander 500
| Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 7 of 2015 in the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season | |||
 Logo of the race | |||
| Date | April 11, 2015 | ||
| Location | Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km) | ||
| Distance | 334 laps, 501 mi (806.281 km) | ||
| Weather | Mostly cloudy with a temperature of 74 °F (23 °C); wind out of the south/southeast at 11 mph (18 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 140.500 mph (226.113 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Kurt Busch | Stewart-Haas Racing | |
| Time | 27.857 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Laps | 128 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 48 |
Jimmie Johnson |
Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Fox & PRN | ||
| Announcers | Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds and Darrell Waltrip (Television) Doug Rice and Mark Garrow (Booth) Rob Albright (1 & 2) and Pat Patterson (3 & 4) (Turns) (Radio) | ||
| Nielsen Ratings | 2.9/6 (Overnight)[10] 2.9/6 (Final)[11] 4.8 Million viewers[11] | ||
The 2015 Duck Commander 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on April 11, 2015, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 334 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) quad-oval track, it was the seventh race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Jimmie Johnson won the race, his second win of the season and first in the Texas spring race, while Kevin Harvick finished second and Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished third.
Report
Background
Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures 1.5 miles (2.4 km) around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway, tracks also owned by Speedway Motorsports.
Kevin Harvick entered Texas with a 24-point lead over Joey Logano. Martin Truex Jr. entered 32 points back in third. Brad Keselowski entered 57 points back in fourth. Kasey Kahne entered 70 points back in fifth.
Entry list
The entry list for the Duck Commander 500 was released on Friday, April 2, 2015 at 11:38 a.m. Eastern time. Forty-six cars were entered for the race. Ryan Blaney in the No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford and Michael McDowell are the two new entries that were not entered for the previous race at Martinsville Speedway. Brian Scott returns to the seat of the No. 33 Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet.[12] Travis Kvapil was entered to drive the No. 39 Chevrolet for Hillman-Circle Sport LLC, but the team withdrew the entry from the race on Thursday, April 9.
Practice
First practice
Martin Truex Jr. was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 28.258 and a speed of 191.096 mph (307.539 km/h).[13]
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr. | Furniture Row Racing | Chevrolet | 28.258 | 191.096 |
| 2 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 28.352 | 190.463 |
| 3 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 28.455 | 189.773 |
| Official first practice results | ||||||
Final practice
Kasey Kahne was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.276 and a speed of 190.975 mph (307.344 km/h).[14]
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 28.276 | 190.975 |
| 2 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 28.343 | 190.523 |
| 3 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 28.473 | 189.653 |
| Official final practice results | ||||||
Qualifying
Kurt Busch won the pole with a time of 27.857 and a speed of 193.847 mph (311.967 km/h).[15] “The guys at the track, the guys at the shop, the tire guy, the engine guy, everyone chipped in,” Busch said after winning the pole. “That’s what this is all about - getting that little extra. We did that with our Haas Automation Chevrolet today. Thanks to Gene (Haas). The second pole of the year feels good. Now we need to dial it in and get that long-run speed out of the car.”[15] “We stuck to our plan, and that’s what exactly what we had planned to do in practice,” said Kevin Harvick. “Everything worked out good. We made one qualifying run and spent the second half of practice really concentrating on race runs and make sure we can run the long hauls. I feel really good about that. I’m just really proud of everyone at Stewart-Haas Racing, on the 41 team for getting a pole and my team for doing a solid job every week.”[15] “You can always be a little bit better, but the 4 and the 41 have been fast week in and week out and they’re fast here again,” Brad Keselowski said. “The guys did a great job getting us to where we’re at here and being first in class. It never helps to have extra runs on the tires, but we made the most of it.”[15] “I felt like we were better in race trim than we were in qualifying trim the whole time, so we kind of finished as expected for qualifying,” Joey Logano said. “It feels really close, but I think we’re alright and we have a decent starting spot. (Crew chief) Todd (Gordon) told me we won from 10th last year, and we’ve qualified 10th the last few times we’ve been here, so we’re improving.”[15] “Well we just didn’t have the speed in our package,” Dale Earnhardt Jr. said. “We like our car a lot in race trim. We should be fine there. I surely would like to have qualified better the car wasn’t very good in practice and qualifying trim. We just didn’t have the speed those other guys had. We will have to go home and work on it. We have confidence we can do it because we have done it already this year at a couple of racetracks we have had good speed. We will just have to go work on it.”[15] Jeb Burton and Brendan Gaughan were the two drivers that failed to qualify.[15]
Qualifying results
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | R1 | R2 | R3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 41 | Kurt Busch | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 27.879 | 27.885 | 27.857 |
| 2 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 27.752 | 27.832 | 27.875 |
| 3 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | Ford | 28.051 | 27.974 | 27.951 |
| 4 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 28.005 | 28.024 | 27.989 |
| 5 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 28.099 | 28.071 | 28.063 |
| 6 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 28.037 | 28.024 | 28.071 |
| 7 | 31 | Ryan Newman[N 1] | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 28.079 | 28.007 | 28.088 |
| 8 | 27 | Paul Menard | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 27.914 | 27.963 | 28.109 |
| 9 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 27.837 | 27.924 | 28.118 |
| 10 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 28.033 | 28.002 | 28.166 |
| 11 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 27.906 | 28.072 | 28.200 |
| 12 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 27.695 | 28.052 | 28.489 |
| 13 | 21 | Ryan Blaney (i) | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 28.030 | 28.085 | — |
| 14 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 28.100 | 28.086 | — |
| 15 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr. | Furniture Row Racing | Chevrolet | 28.042 | 28.091 | — |
| 16 | 19 | Carl Edwards | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 28.060 | 28.129 | — |
| 17 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 28.102 | 28.137 | — |
| 18 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 28.018 | 28.142 | — |
| 19 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 28.002 | 28.159 | — |
| 20 | 13 | Casey Mears | Germain Racing | Chevrolet | 27.967 | 28.210 | — |
| 21 | 10 | Danica Patrick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 28.049 | 28.258 | — |
| 22 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 28.054 | 28.290 | — |
| 23 | 6 | Trevor Bayne | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 28.012 | 28.343 | — |
| 24 | 51 | Justin Allgaier | HScott Motorsports | Chevrolet | 28.099 | 28.349 | — |
| 25 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 28.115 | — | — |
| 26 | 47 | A. J. Allmendinger | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 28.130 | — | — |
| 27 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 28.178 | — | — |
| 28 | 46 | Michael Annett | HScott Motorsports | Chevrolet | 28.194 | — | — |
| 29 | 9 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 28.201 | — | — |
| 30 | 18 | David Ragan | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 28.205 | — | — |
| 31 | 35 | Cole Whitt | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 28.218 | — | — |
| 32 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 28.222 | — | — |
| 33 | 40 | Landon Cassill (i) | Hillman-Circle Sport LLC | Chevrolet | 28.222 | — | — |
| 34 | 7 | Alex Bowman | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | 28.236 | — | — |
| 35 | 98 | Josh Wise | Phil Parsons Racing | Ford | 28.275 | — | — |
| 36 | 55 | Brett Moffitt (R) | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 28.288 | — | — |
| 37 | 32 | Mike Bliss (i) | Go FAS Racing | Ford | 28.367 | — | — |
| 38 | 38 | David Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 28.378 | — | — |
| 39 | 95 | Michael McDowell | Leavine Family Racing | Ford | 28.383 | — | — |
| 40 | 34 | Chris Buescher (i) | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 28.517 | — | — |
| 41 | 23 | J. J. Yeley (i) | BK Racing | Toyota | 28.621 | — | — |
| 42 | 83 | Matt DiBenedetto | BK Racing | Toyota | 28.758 | — | — |
| 43 | 33 | Alex Kennedy | Hillman-Circle Sport LLC | Chevrolet | 29.072 | — | — |
| Failed to qualify | |||||||
| 44 | 62 | Brendan Gaughan (i) | Premium Motorsports | Chevrolet | 28.417 | — | — |
| 45 | 26 | Jeb Burton (R) | BK Racing | Toyota | 28.495 | — | — |
| Official qualifying results | |||||||
Race
First-half
Start
The race was scheduled to start at 7:46 p.m., but started at 7:48 when Kurt Busch led the field to the green flag. He wouldn't maintain the lead, however, as his teammate Kevin Harvick passed him exiting turn 4. Engine issues were prevalent in the opening stage of the race. J. J. Yeley took his car to the garage on lap 13 because of engine issues.[16] Ryan Blaney also reported that his engine was sputtering. The first caution of the race flew on lap 32 when Alex Kennedy spun out in turn 4. He got loose in turn 3 and spun out in 4. Kurt Busch exited pit road ahead of Harvick to take the lead. Justin Allgaier was forced to restart from the tail end for a commitment line violation. Dale Earnhardt Jr. made a second stop under the caution to add lug nuts to the left-rear of his car. He had only two instead of the normal five.
The race restarted on lap 37. Brad Keselowski, running fourth at the time, made an unscheduled stop on lap 67. He exited pit road in 30th. Ryan Blaney retired from the race on lap 71.[16] Kyle Larson kicked off a wave of green flag pit stops on lap 79. Kurt Busch surrendered the lead on lap 81 to make his stop and Jeff Gordon assumed the lead. He pitted on lap 82 and the lead cycled to Brad Keselowski. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was forced to serve a drive-through penalty for speeding on pit road. Jimmie Johnson took the lead on the backstretch as debris in turn 3 brought out the second caution of the race. Johnson and Harvick swapped the lead on pit road with the former exiting with it. Denny Hamlin was forced to drop to the tail end of the field for driving through too many pit boxes exiting pit road.
Green flag run
The race restarted on lap 114. Kevin Harvick took back the lead on lap 126. Jimmie Johnson took back the lead on lap 157 as cars began hitting pit road. He surrendered the lead back to Harvick on lap 158. Harvick gave up the lead to pit on lap 159 and Kasey Kahne assumed the position. He was able to lead a lap just as teammate Jimmie Johnson was cycled back to the head of the field on lap 161. Landon Cassill made an unscheduled stop on lap 167 for a flat tire. He about hit the wall in turn 4 right in front of a number of cars.
Second-half
Halfway
Debris in turn 3 brought out the third caution of the race on lap 169. Johnson and Harvick swapped the lead on pit road being pitted on opposite ends, but it was Johnson that exited with the lead.
The race restarted on lap 177. Kasey Kahne, running eighth, made an unscheduled stop for a loose wheel on lap 198. He rejoined the race in the 22nd position. Jimmie Johnson gave up the lead on lap 222 to make his stop. Dale Earnhardt Jr., who was pitting as well, took the lead from his teammate. This cycled Kasey Kahne to the lead. Johnson passed him with ease on new tires on lap 225. The fourth caution of the race flew on lap 227 when Matt Kenseth just about spun out in turn 4. Johnson and Harvick swapped the lead on pit road with the former exited with the lead.
Bad night for HScott Motorsports
The race restarted with 100 laps to go. The fifth caution of the race flew with 86 laps to go when Michael Annett slammed the wall in turn 2. Johnson and Harvick swapped the lead on pit road with the former exiting with it. Trevor Bayne was forced to restart at the tail end for driving through too many pit boxes exiting pit road.
The race restarted with 79 laps to go. The sixth caution of the race flew with 75 laps to go when Justin Allgaier slammed the wall in turn 2. After extensive cleaning up of oil on pit road, a number of drivers stayed out led by Joey Logano while Jimmie Johnson pitted. Brad Keselowski was forced to drop to the tail end of the field for a commitment violation. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was forced to drop to the tail end of the field for his crew being over the wall too soon.
Final hundred miles
The race restarted with 65 laps to go. Kevin Harvick retook the lead with 49 laps to go. Debris in turn 3 brought out the seventh caution of the race with 41 laps to go.
The race restarted with 35 laps to go. Debris brought out the eighth caution of the race with 25 laps to go. Jamie McMurray exited pit road with the lead by taking just two tires. Kyle Larson and Casey Mears were forced to drop to the tail end of the field for driving through too many pit boxes.
Finish
The race restarted with 21 laps to go. Joey Logano was bumped out of the way by Kevin Harvick in turn 1 and managed to avoid hitting the wall.[17] He fell back to eighth in the running order. "That's the chance you take when you block," Harvick said. "You just have to kind of knock them out of the way."[17] "It's hard racing," Logano said. "It's understandable. We're racing to the end of the race. I expect to get raced the way I race people, and I would do the same thing. It's not a surprise there. I felt like I had to guard that position, and if he got by me there, I wouldn't have the opportunity to get back by him and I would have lost the race that way. We're all just racing for wins."[17] Jimmie Johnson took the lead from McMurray with 14 laps to go. Harvick was closing the gap to Johnson with three laps to go, but got too close to the wall and rode it through turn 2. Jimmie Johnson was able to pull away and score the victory.[18]
Post-race
“A great, great racecar,” Johnson said in Victory Lane. “We kept plugging away at it all race. The off week was good for us, gave us a chance to reboot, relax and get back in the swing of things.”[18] “I'm not disappointed at all,” Harvick said. “Racing for wins is what we're here to do, and just really proud of everybody, and when you can get out there and race like that and come home with stripes down the side of it, everybody is out there hopefully enjoying the show with everybody racing as hard as they did tonight.”[18] Jeff Gordon, who gambled on the final pit stop by changing just two tires, restarted second and scored a seventh-place finish - his best of the season.[19] “We struggled,” Gordon admitted. “Early on we weren’t great. We made some adjustments. We got some decent track position; I thought we were going to be pretty good. Junior got to the outside of me on a restart. Our car just wasn’t very good right there. I really struggled and we fell back and never regained it. Yeah that was a great gamble, great call by Alan and we saw early some guys take two tires and made it work for a short period of time. I don’t know we just struggled tonight. I’m not really sure where we are missing it. I just had my hands full. We were not able to get the balance just right. Obviously our teammates have it worked out because all of them were fast and obviously we have got some work to do and I have got to figure this package out. But we didn’t give up. I’m proud of that. We made it good at one point and then we got off and then we had to kind of start over and got it pretty good there at the end.”[19] Martin Truex Jr., who had only five top ten finishes the entire previous season, scored his seventh top ten finish with a ninth.[20] “It was a hard-fought night, for sure,” Truex Jr. said. “We fought the car. We fought track position a lot and had a little trouble on pit road a few times. That hurt us a bit. At the end we had to start doing some strategy stuff to get our track position back and probably gave up a few spots doing it. It was still a top 10, so all in all, it was a good night for us. We’re just missing a little bit of something. The guys are working real hard. We just need to find a little bit of speed to run with those guys.”[20]
Race results
| Pos | Grid | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 334 | 48 |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 334 | 43 |
| 3 | 25 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 334 | 41 |
| 4 | 6 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 334 | 41 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | Ford | 334 | 40 |
| 6 | 10 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 334 | 39 |
| 7 | 12 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 334 | 38 |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 334 | 37 |
| 9 | 15 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr. | Furniture Row Racing | Chevrolet | 334 | 35 |
| 10 | 16 | 19 | Carl Edwards | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 334 | 34 |
| 11 | 18 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 334 | 33 |
| 12 | 7 | 31 | Ryan Newman | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 334 | 32 |
| 13 | 30 | 18 | David Ragan | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 334 | 31 |
| 14 | 1 | 41 | Kurt Busch | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 334 | 31 |
| 15 | 22 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 334 | 29 |
| 16 | 21 | 10 | Danica Patrick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 334 | 28 |
| 17 | 19 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 334 | 27 |
| 18 | 23 | 6 | Trevor Bayne | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 334 | 26 |
| 19 | 32 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 334 | 25 |
| 20 | 14 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 334 | 24 |
| 21 | 26 | 47 | A. J. Allmendinger | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 334 | 23 |
| 22 | 27 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 334 | 22 |
| 23 | 17 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 334 | 21 |
| 24 | 11 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 334 | 20 |
| 25 | 9 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 334 | 19 |
| 26 | 29 | 9 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 334 | 18 |
| 27 | 20 | 13 | Casey Mears | Germain Racing | Chevrolet | 333 | 17 |
| 28 | 38 | 38 | David Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 333 | 16 |
| 29 | 36 | 55 | Brett Moffitt (R) | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 333 | 15 |
| 30 | 40 | 34 | Chris Buescher (i) | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 332 | 0 |
| 31 | 39 | 95 | Michael McDowell | Leavine Family Racing | Ford | 332 | 13 |
| 32 | 33 | 40 | Landon Cassill (i) | Hillman-Circle Sport LLC | Chevrolet | 332 | 0 |
| 33 | 34 | 7 | Alex Bowman | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | 330 | 11 |
| 34 | 42 | 83 | Matt DiBenedetto | BK Racing | Toyota | 330 | 10 |
| 35 | 31 | 35 | Cole Whitt | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 330 | 9 |
| 36 | 37 | 32 | Mike Bliss (i) | Go FAS Racing | Ford | 328 | 0 |
| 37 | 43 | 33 | Alex Kennedy | Hillman-Circle Sport LLC | Chevrolet | 325 | 7 |
| 38 | 35 | 98 | Josh Wise | Phil Parsons Racing | Ford | 284 | 6 |
| 39 | 24 | 51 | Justin Allgaier | HScott Motorsports | Chevrolet | 257 | 5 |
| 40 | 28 | 46 | Michael Annett | HScott Motorsports | Chevrolet | 246 | 4 |
| 41 | 8 | 27 | Paul Menard | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 222 | 4 |
| 42 | 13 | 21 | Ryan Blaney (i) | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 71 | 0 |
| 43 | 41 | 23 | J. J. Yeley (i) | BK Racing | Toyota | 13 | 0 |
| Official Duck Commander 500 results | |||||||
Race statistics
- 29 lead changes among 9 different drivers
- 8 cautions for 40 laps
- Time of race: 3 hours, 33 minutes, 57 seconds
- Average speed: 140.500 mph (226.113 km/h)
- Jimmie Johnson took home $523,501 in winnings
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Race awards
- Coors Light Pole Award: Kurt Busch (27.857, 193.847 mph (311.967 km/h))
- 3M Lap Leader: Jimmie Johnson (128 laps)
- American Ethanol Green Flag Restart Award: Kevin Harvick (29.877, 180.744 mph (290.879 km/h))
- Duralast Brakes "Bake In The Race" Award: Kevin Harvick
- Freescale "Wide Open": Kevin Harvick
- Ingersoll Rand Power Move: Ryan Newman, 10 positions
- MAHLE Clevite Engine Builder of the Race: Hendrick Engines, #48
- Mobil 1 Driver of the Race: Jimmie Johnson (137.5 driver rating)
- Moog Steering and Suspension Problem Solver of The Race: Dale Earnhardt Jr. (crew chief Greg Ives (0.431 seconds))
- NASCAR Sprint Cup Leader Bonus: No winner: rolls over to $40,000 at next event
- Sherwin-Williams Fastest Lap: Jamie McMurray (Lap 315, 28.889, 186.924 mph (300.825 km/h))
- Sunoco Rookie of The Race: Brett Moffitt
Media
Television
Fox Sports covered their 15th race at Texas Motor Speedway. Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds and Darrell Waltrip had the call in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Chris Neville, and Matt Yocum handled the pit road duties for the television side.
| Fox | |
|---|---|
| Booth announcers | Pit reporters |
| Lap-by-lap: Mike Joy Color-commentator: Larry McReynolds Color commentator: Darrell Waltrip | Jamie Little Chris Neville Matt Yocum |
Radio
PRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the race in the booth when the field was racing down the front stretch. Rob Albright called the race from atop the condo outside turn 2 when the field was racing through turns 1 and 2. Pat Patterson called the race from a billboard outside turn 3 when the field was racing through turns 3 and 4. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, Jim Noble and Steve Richards worked pit road for PRN.
| PRN | ||
|---|---|---|
| Booth announcers | Turn announcers | Pit reporters |
| Lead announcer: Doug Rice Announcer: Mark Garrow | Turns 1 & 2: Rob Albright Turns 3 & 4: Pat Patterson | Brad Gillie Brett McMillan Jim Noble Steve Richards |
Standings after the race
|
 Kevin Harvick left Texas with a 26-point lead over Joey Logano.
|
Note
- ↑ Ryan Newman started from the rear after changing engines post-qualifying because of valve-train issues.
References
- ↑ "2015 NASCAR Schedule" (PDF). NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. August 26, 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
- ↑ "Texas Motor Speedway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
- ↑ "Entry List". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. April 6, 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
- ↑ "First Practice Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. April 10, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
- ↑ "Final Practice Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. April 10, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
- ↑ "Qualifying Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. April 10, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
- ↑ "Duck Commander 500 Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. April 11, 2015. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- ↑ "Points standings" (PDF). jayski.com. NASCAR Statistics. April 12, 2015. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- ↑ "Manufacturer standings" (PDF). Jayski.com. NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications. April 13, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
- ↑ Paulsen (April 13, 2015). "NASCAR on FOX Earns Record-Low Overnight at Texas". SportsMediaWatch.com. Sports Media Watch. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Paulsen (April 15, 2015). "FOX Earns Lowest NASCAR Rating Since Acquiring Rights". SportsMediaWatch.com. Sports Media Watch. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
- ↑ Bonkowski, Jerry (April 4, 2015). "NASCAR Sprint Cup entry list for the Duck Commander 500 at Texas Motor Speedway". nascartalk.nbcsports.com. NBC Sports. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
- ↑ Pennell, Jay (April 10, 2015). "Practice results: Martin Truex Jr. leads opening session at Texas". FoxSports.com. Fox Sports Interactive Media, LLC. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
- ↑ DeGroot, Nick (April 10, 2015). "Kahne leads Hendrick 1-2 in final practice". Motorsport.com. Motorsport.com, Inc. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 Pistone, Pete (April 10, 2015). "Kurt Busch Wins Texas Pole". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Bonkowski, Jerry (April 11, 2015). "Jimmie Johnson leads at halfway point in Duck Commander 500 at Texas". nascartalk.nbcsports.com. NBC Sports. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Hembree, Mike (April 12, 2015). "Harvick, Logano tussle in closing laps at Texas". usatoday.com. Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Pistone, Pete (April 11, 2015). "Johnson Takes Texas Again". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Wackerlin, Jeff (April 12, 2015). "Gamble Gives Gordon Best Finish". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Pistone, Pete (April 12, 2015). "Truex Jr. Continues Top-10 Run". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
| Previous race: 2015 STP 500 |
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2015 season |
Next race: 2015 Food City 500 |
| ||||||||||||||