2015 Toyota Owners 400

February 2025 NAS Toyota Owners 400 http://www.nascar.com/content/dam/nascar/download-schedule/2015/nscs_2015_printable_schedule3.pdf 2015 NASCAR Schedule NASCAR Media Group, LLC. August 26, 2014 NASCAR.com April 22, 2015 April 4, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150404031856/http://www.nascar.com/content/dam/nascar/download-schedule/2015/nscs_2015_printable_schedule3.pdf deadhttp://www.nascar.com/en_us/sprint-cup-series/schedule/tracks/richmond-international-raceway.html Richmond International Raceway NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013 NASCAR.com April 22, 2015 April 15, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150415123627/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/sprint-cup-series/schedule/tracks/richmond-international-raceway.html deadhttp://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&YearID=44&RaceID=6763&StatType=Entry+List Entry List Motor Racing Network April 20, 2015 MRN.com April 22, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150423041736/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&YearID=44&RaceID=6763&StatType=Entry+List April 23, 2015 deadhttp://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2015/04/Toyota-Owners-400-1st-Practice-Speeds.aspx First Practice Results Motor Racing Network April 24, 2015 MRN.com April 24, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150427215946/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2015/04/Toyota-Owners-400-1st-Practice-Speeds.aspx April 27, 2015 deadhttp://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2015/04/Toyota-Owners-400-Final-Practice-Speeds.aspx Final Practice Results Motor Racing Network April 24, 2015 MRN.com April 24, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150427220019/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2015/04/Toyota-Owners-400-Final-Practice-Speeds.aspx April 27, 2015 deadhttp://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2015/04/Toyota-Owners-400-Qualifying-Results.aspx Qualifying Results Motor Racing Network April 24, 2015 MRN.com April 24, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160107102555/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2015/04/Toyota-Owners-400-Qualifying-Results.aspx January 7, 2016 deadhttp://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&YearID=44&RaceID=6763&StatType=Starting+Lineup Starting Lineup Motor Racing Network April 24, 2015 MRN.com April 26, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151218122948/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&YearID=44&RaceID=6763&StatType=Starting+Lineup December 18, 2015 deadhttp://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&RaceID=6763&YearID=44&StatType=Race+Results Toyota Owners 400 Results Motor Racing Network April 26, 2015 MRN.com April 26, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150712004011/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&RaceID=6763&YearID=44&StatType=Race+Results July 12, 2015 deadhttp://www.jayski.com/stats/2015/pdfs/09rir2015points.pdf Points standings NASCAR Statistics April 26, 2015 Jayski.com April 26, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150430150232/http://www.jayski.com/stats/2015/pdfs/09rir2015points.pdf April 30, 2015 deadhttp://www.jayski.com/stats/2015/pdfs/09rir2015racereport.pdf Manufacturer standings NASCAR Integrated Markerting Communications April 27, 2015 Jayski.com April 27, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150505003144/http://www.jayski.com/stats/2015/pdfs/09rir2015racereport.pdf May 5, 2015 dead 2015 04 26 2015 9 36 Richmond International Speedway.png Layout of the track Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia 0.75 1.2 400 300 482.803 Light rain showers with a temperature of 50 F C; wind out of the east at 6 mph km/h on (Saturday)Sunny, clear blue skies with a temperature of 55 F C; wind out of the north/northeast at 6 mph km/h on (Sunday) 97.157 mph km/h on Joey Logano Team Penske 21.248 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing 291 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Fox Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds and Darrell Waltrip 3.1/6 (Overnight)http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2015/04/nascar-ratings-fox-richmond-overnights-up-despite-postponement-sprint-cup/ Overnights Up For Postponed NASCAR From Richmond Paulsen Sports Media Watch April 27, 2015 SportsMediaWatch.com April 28, 20153.3/6 (Final)http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2015/05/nascar-fox-ratings-flat-viewership-down-richmond-postponed/ Ratings Flat, Viewership Down, For PPD NASCAR From Richmond Paulsen Sports Media Watch May 1, 2015 SportsMediaWatch.com May 2, 20155.2 Million viewers MRN Joe Moore and Jeff Striegle Mike Bagley (Backstretch) The 2015 Toyota Owners 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. It was scheduled to be held on April 25, 2015, but was run on April 26, 2015 due to rain. Contested over 400 laps on the 0.75 mile (1.2 km) D-shaped short track, it was the ninth race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. Kurt Busch won the race, his first of the season, while teammate Kevin Harvick finished runner-up. Jimmie Johnson, Jamie McMurray and Joey Logano rounded out the top five. Joey Logano won the pole for the race. He led 94 laps on his way to a fifth-place finish. Kurt Busch led a race high of 291 laps. The race had twelve lead changes among five different drivers, as well as eight caution flag periods for 53 laps. This was the 26th career victory for Kurt Busch, second at Richmond International Raceway and first at the track for Stewart–Haas Racing. The win moved Busch up to 18th in the points standings. Chevrolet left Richmond with a 29-point lead over Ford in the manufacturer standings. The Toyota Owners 400 was carried by Fox Sports on the broadcast Fox network for the American television audience. The radio broadcast for the race was carried by the Motor Racing Network and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Report Background thumb|left|Richmond International Raceway, the track where the race was held. Richmond International Raceway (RIR) is a 3/4-mile (1.2 km), D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County. It hosts the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Xfinity Series. "America's Premier Short Track" formerly hosted a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, a Verizon IndyCar Series race, and two USAC sprint car races. Kevin Harvick entered Richmond with a 30-point lead over Joey Logano. Martin Truex Jr. entered 33 back. Jimmie Johnson entered 56 back. Brad Keselowski entered 59 back. Changes to the track Following an incident from last year's Federated Auto Parts 400, Richmond International Raceway has added metal barriers and more security personnel to prevent fans from scaling the catch fence during the race.Hembree Mike Richmond track makes safety changes after fence climber https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2015/04/24/richmond-track-upgrades-safety-after-fence-climbing-incident/26316473/ April 24, 2015 USA Today Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc. April 24, 2015 Richmond, Virginia With 71 laps to go in last September's race, a man identified as James Dennis climbed to the top of the catch fence overhead of turn 4. This forced David Hoots, competition director for the Sprint Cup Series, to put the race under caution. "It's frustrating and unfortunate," Dennis Bickmeier, track president of Richmond, said Friday. "I was very adamant after hearing about it that fans don't do that. A fan doesn't disrupt an event. You respect it." Entry list The entry list for the Toyota Owners 400 was released on Monday, April 20, 2015 at 11:23 a.m. Eastern time. Forty-five cars were entered for the race. Chase Elliott attempted to make his second career Sprint Cup Series start in the No. 25 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet. Ron Hornaday Jr. was on the initial entry list, but The Motorsports Group decided to replace him in the No. 30 Chevrolet, which was driven by Jeff Green who attempted to make his first start since the 2011 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Reed Sorenson drove the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford that had been driven by Chris Buescher. No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 2 Brad Keselowski (PC3) Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Kevin Harvick (PC1) Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 7 Alex Bowman Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 9 Sam Hornish Jr. Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 10 Danica Patrick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 14 Tony Stewart (PC4) Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 18 David Ragan Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Matt Kenseth (PC6) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 23 J. J. Yeley (i) BK Racing Toyota 24 Jeff Gordon (PC7) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 25 Chase Elliott (i) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 26 Jeb Burton (R) BK Racing Toyota 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30 Jeff Green (i) The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 32 Joey Gase (i) Go FAS Racing Ford 33 Alex Kennedy (R) Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 34 Reed Sorenson Front Row Motorsports Ford 35 Cole Whitt Front Row Motorsports Ford 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 40 Landon Cassill (i) Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 41 Kurt Busch (PC5) Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 46 Michael Annett HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 48 Jimmie Johnson (PC2) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Justin Allgaier HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 55 Brett Moffitt (R) Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 62 Brendan Gaughan (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 83 Matt DiBenedetto (R) BK Racing Toyota 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing FordOfficial initial entry listOfficial updated entry list Key Meaning (R) Rookie (i) Ineligible for points (PC#) Past champions provisional Practice First practice Brad Keselowski was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 21.414 and a speed of 126.086 mph km/h on.http://nascartalk.nbcsports.com/2015/04/24/keselowski-earnhardt-karvick-fastest-in-first-of-two-sprint-cup-practices-at-richmond/ Keselowski, Earnhardt, Harvick fastest in first of two Sprint Cup practices at Richmond Bonkowski Jerry NBC Sports April 24, 2015 nascartalk.nbcsports.com April 24, 2015 Pos No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed MPH 1 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 21.414 126.086 2 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.498 125.593 3 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 21.511 125.517Official first practice results Final practice Kasey Kahne was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 21.368 and a speed of 126.357 mph km/h on.http://nascartalk.nbcsports.com/2015/04/24/kasey-kahne-is-fastest-in-final-sprint-cup-practice-at-richmond/ Kasey Kahne is fastest in final Sprint Cup practice at Richmond Bonkowski Jerry NBC Sports April 24, 2015 nascartalk.nbcsports.com April 24, 2015 Pos No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed MPH 1 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.368 126.357 2 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 21.401 126.162 3 19 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21.424 126.027Official final practice results Qualifying thumb|Joey Logano, seen here at the 2015 Daytona 500, won the pole for the Toyota Owners 400.|200px Joey Logano won the pole with a time of 21.248 and a speed of 127.071 mph km/h on.http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2015/04/Joey-Logano-Wins-Toyota-Owners-400-Pole-at-Richmond.aspx Richmond Pole Belongs to Logano Pistone Pete Motor Racing Network April 24, 2015 MRN.com April 24, 2015 Richmond, Virginia https://web.archive.org/web/20150427215047/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2015/04/Joey-Logano-Wins-Toyota-Owners-400-Pole-at-Richmond.aspx April 27, 2015 dead “The guys did a great job getting us faster today,” Logano said. “It is fun because you go out and run all these laps and that lap didn’t even actually feel that good because you have seven or eight laps on your tires and the car is sliding around a lot so it is funny that the pole sitting car is sliding all over the place but everyone is on old tires out there.” Denny Hamlin, who got out of the car last week at Bristol because of neck spasms, qualified second. “I’m 100 percent fore sure,” the Joe Gibbs Racing driver said. “I would have liked the pole but I am definitely happy for Joey to see him get it,” Brad Keselowski said of his teammate being on the pole. “It is nice for Team Penske and great for Ford. If you can’t get a pole you want it to be your teammate so I am happy that he was able to get it done.” Jeb Burton and Brendan Gaughan failed to qualify for the race. Just before the race, BK Racing announced that Burton will drive the No. 23 car in place of teammate J. J. Yeley.http://nascartalk.nbcsports.com/2015/04/25/jeb-burton-to-drive-for-jj-yeley-in-nascar-sprint-cup-race-at-richmond/ Jeb Burton to drive for JJ Yeley in NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Richmond NBC Sports April 25, 2015 nascartalk.nbcsports.com April 25, 2015 Because of the driver change, Jeb Burton started the race from the rear of the field. Qualifying results Pos No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer R1 Best time in Round 1 R2 Best time in Round 2 R3 Best time in Round 3 1 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 21.089 21.303 21.248 2 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21.121 21.080 21.294 3 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 20.987 21.297 21.326 4 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 21.136 21.294 21.332 5 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 20.840 21.152 21.356 6 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 21.043 21.236 21.409 7 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 20.894 21.220 21.424 8 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21.099 21.211 21.459 9 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 21.179 21.262 21.499 10 18 David Ragan Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21.012 21.303 21.519 11 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.043 21.278 21.540 12 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 21.047 21.313 21.604 13 14 Tony Stewart Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 21.197 21.358 — 14 55 Brett Moffitt (R) Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 21.066 21.359 — 15 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 21.096 21.368 — 16 25 Chase Elliott (i) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.115 21.373 — 17 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 21.199 21.376 — 18 19 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21.071 21.390 — 19 40 Landon Cassill (i) Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 21.109 21.398 — 20 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 21.138 21.400 — 21 10 Danica Patrick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 21.197 21.470 — 22 51 Justin Allgaier HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 21.137 21.487 — 23 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 21.096 21.512 — 24 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 21.195 21.607 — 25 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 21.208 — — 26 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.216 — — 27 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 21.248 — — 28 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Ford 21.251 — — 29 9 Sam Hornish Jr. Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 21.278 — — 30 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 21.289 — — 31 35 Cole WhittCole Whitt started from the rear for a post-qualifying transmission change. "N" Front Row Motorsports Ford 21.293 — — 32 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 21.311 — — 33 30 Jeff Green (i)Jeff Green started from the rear for changing engines. "N" The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 21.318 — — 34 6 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 21.334 — — 35 32 Joey Gase (i) Go FAS Racing Ford 21.337 — — 36 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.341 — — 37 83 Matt DiBenedetto (R) BK Racing Toyota 21.341 — — 38 46 Michael Annett HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 21.352 — — 39 23 J. J. Yeley (i)Jeb Burton, who failed to qualify in the No. 26, drove the No. 23 in place of teammate J. J. Yeley. Because of the driver change, Burton started from the rear. "N" BK Racing Toyota 21.418 — — 40 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.444 — — 41 7 Alex Bowman Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 21.535 — — 42 33 Alex Kennedy (R) Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 21.539 — — 43 34 Reed Sorenson Front Row Motorsports Ford 21.912 — —Failed to qualify 44 26 Jeb Burton (R) BK Racing Toyota 21.511 — — 45 62 Brendan Gaughan Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 21.644 — —Official qualifying results Race The race was scheduled to start at 7:14 p.m. Eastern time, but the threat of bad weather moved the start up to 7:05 p.m. It was all for naught, however. NASCAR made the decision to postpone the race to Sunday at 1:16 p.m.http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2015/04/Rain-Postpones-Richmond.aspx Rain Postpones Richmond Race Pistone Pete Motor Racing Network April 25, 2015 MRN.com April 25, 2015 Richmond, Virginia https://web.archive.org/web/20150428001310/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2015/04/Rain-Postpones-Richmond.aspx April 28, 2015 dead First half Start The race started at 1:19 p.m. with Joey Logano leading the field to the green flag. With all the rubber being washed away by the rain, the cars were primarily running the bottom groove. Coming out of turn 4 on lap 4, Danica Patrick got hit by Casey Mears and about spun out. She saved the car and the race remained green. Logano caught the end of the field ten laps into the race. By lap 21, Kurt Busch began reeling in the leader. By lap 42, Busch, his teammate Kevin Harvick, and Martin Truex Jr. pulled within a second of Logano. The first caution of the day flew on lap 51. This was a planned competition caution for overnight rain. The top ten in the running order entering pit road would've remained the same exiting, but Jamie McMurray, who was running eighth, had to make another pit stop for loose lug nuts. He restarted the race in 30th position.2015 Toyota Owners 400 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFKyQMcmY8A July 18, 2015 Sprint Cup Series Sprint Cup Series Fox Sports Fox Richmond, Virginia April 26, 2015 67 1:19 p.m. en The race restarted on lap 57. After 40 laps, Busch pulled up to the leader. Using the lapped car of Josh Wise as a pick, Busch passed to the inside of Logano to take the lead on lap 96. The second caution flew on lap 124 when Joey Gase, coming off turn 2, got turned by Aric Almirola and hit inside backstretch wall head-on. Busch swapped the lead with Harvick on pit road with his teammate pitting before the start/finish line. Busch, however, exited pit road with the lead. Trouble for Josh Wise The race restarted on lap 137. The third caution flew the next lap for Wise's car had stalled at the exit of pit road. The race restarted on lap 144. The fourth caution race flew on lap 163 when Wise blew an engine. Having just rejoined the race, his No. 98 Ford went up in smoke while going into turn 1. Busch swapped the lead with Harvick on pit road. This time, however, it was Harvick who exited with the lead. Second half Halfway The race restarted on lap 171 and Busch immediately took back the lead.http://nascartalk.nbcsports.com/2015/04/26/kurt-busch-is-halfway-leader-in-rescheduled-race-at-richmond/ Kurt Busch is halfway leader in rescheduled race at Richmond Bonkowski Jerry NBC Sports April 26, 2015 nascartalk.nbcsports.com April 26, 2015 The race went through a long green flag run with everyone settling into a rhythm. McMurray, who restarted the race earlier in 30th, eventually ran Busch down. and took the lead on lap 260. He gave it back to Busch the next lap and took it back the lap after that. While McMurrary and Busch fought for the lead, many cars began hitting pit road. McMurray gave up the lead to pit on lap 266 and gave it to Brad Keselowski. Brett Moffitt had a tire going flat and slammed the wall in turn 1. This brought out the 5th caution on lap 270. Trevor Bayne also had a tire going flat and hit the wall in turn 4. To add insult to injury for Moffitt, he was forced to restart the race from the tail-end of the field for having too many men over the wall. Fifteen cars took the waive-around, most of whom were cars running in the top ten when the caution came out. Fourth quarter thumb|right|Kurt Busch, seen here in 2012, scored his 26th career win at Richmond. The race restarted on lap 279 with Busch still in the lead. After a nearly 60 lap green run, debris in turn 3 brought out the sixth caution of the race with 50 laps to go. Kurt Busch exited pit road first to maintain the lead. Jeb Burton was forced to drop to the tail-end of the field for an uncontrolled tire. The race restarted with 42 laps to go. The seventh caution of the race flew with 41 laps to go when Tony Stewart went spinning on the front stretch. Coming to the line, Stewart made contact with Dale Earnhardt Jr., went spinning and made contact with the inside pit wall towards turn 1. “I don’t know," Dale said after the race. "You’ll have to ask him. He hit me in the left-rear quarter panel. I was trying to clear the 51 on the outside of me, so I was as high as I could go. You’ll have to ask him.”http://nascartalk.nbcsports.com/2015/04/26/kurt-busch-dominates-to-win-rain-rescheduled-race-at-richmond/ Kurt Busch dominates to win rain-rescheduled race at Richmond Bonkowski Jerry NBC Sports April 26, 2015 nascartalk.nbcsports.com April 26, 2015 "I mean, he hit me right here. I ain't got that good of a peripheral vision. Pretty good, but not that good. Well, it's never his fault. I was doing everything I needed to do. I didn't drive under, I didn't drive into him, I didn't move my line at all. He's gotta take a little ownership in what happened there."Gluck Jeff Tony Stewart upset with Dale Earnhardt Jr. after wreck https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2015/04/26/tony-stewart-angry-with-dale-earnhardt-jr-after-wreck-at-richmond/26421279/ April 26, 2015 USA Today Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc. April 26, 2015 Richmond, Virginia The race restarted with 33 laps to go and caution flew for the eighth time when Jeb Burton got turned on the backstretch. He was rear-ended by Sam Hornish Jr. exiting turn 2. The race restarted with 26 laps to go and Kurt Busch drove off scoring the 26th victory of his career.http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2015/04/Kurt-Busch-Wins-Toyota-Owners-400.aspx Richmond All Kurt Busch Pistone Pete Motor Racing Network April 26, 2015 MRN.com April 26, 2015 Richmond, Virginia https://web.archive.org/web/20150427163058/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2015/04/Kurt-Busch-Wins-Toyota-Owners-400.aspx 2015-04-27 dead Post-race Driver comments “It’s an incredible feeling,” said Busch. “It’s a total team effort. And the way that everything came together just seemed like we were building and building and building towards a great finish like this. And I have this opportunity because of Gene Haas and everybody that’s part of our family at Stewart-Haas. It’s an unbelievable feeling when you pull deep from within and you go through troubles and you know, when you’re accused of something and things go sideways, your personal life doesn’t need to affect your business life.” Race results Pos No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Laps completed Points 1 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 400 48 2 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 400 43 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 41 4 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 400 40 5 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 400 40 6 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 38 7 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 400 37 8 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 36 9 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 400 35 10 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 400 34 11 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 400 33 12 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 400 32 13 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 400 31 14 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 30 15 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 400 29 16 25 Chase Elliott (i) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 0 17 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 400 28 18 51 Justin Allgaier HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 400 26 19 19 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 400 25 20 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 399 24 21 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 398 23 22 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 398 22 23 18 David Ragan Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 398 21 24 6 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 398 20 25 10 Danica Patrick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 398 19 26 40 Landon Cassill (i) Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 398 0 27 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 398 17 28 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 398 16 29 55 Brett Moffitt (R) Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 396 15 30 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 396 14 31 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 396 13 32 7 Alex Bowman Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 396 12 33 46 Michael Annett HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 395 11 34 34 Reed Sorenson Front Row Motorsports Ford 395 10 35 9 Sam Hornish Jr. Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 394 9 36 35 Cole Whitt Front Row Motorsports Ford 394 8 37 83 Matt DiBenedetto (R) BK Racing Toyota 394 7 38 23 Jeb Burton (R) BK Racing Toyota 393 6 39 33 Alex Kennedy (R) Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 392 5 40 30 Jeff Green (i) The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 386 4 41 14 Tony Stewart Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 359 3 42 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Ford 137 2 43 32 Joey Gase (i) Go FAS Racing Ford 124 0Official Toyota Owners 400 results Race statistics 12 lead changes among 5 different drivers 8 cautions for 53 laps Time of race: 3 hours, 05 minutes, 16 seconds Average speed: 97.157 mph km/h on Kurt Busch took home $221,240 in winnings Lap Leaders Laps Leader 1-94 Joey Logano 95-129 Kurt Busch 130 Kevin Harvick 131-164 Kurt Busch 165 Kevin Harvick 166-258 Kurt Busch 259 Jamie McMurray 260-261 Kurt Busch 262-264 Jamie McMurray 265-272 Brad Keselowski 273-352 Kurt Busch 353 Brad Keselowski 354-400 Kurt BuschTotal laps led Leader Laps Kurt Busch 291 Joey Logano 94 Brad Keselowski 9 Jamie McMurray 4 Kevin Harvick 2 Race awards Coors Light Pole Award: Joey Logano (21.248, 127.071 mph km/h on) 3M Lap Leader: Kurt Busch (291 laps) American Ethanol Green Flag Restart Award: Kurt Busch (22.082, 122.273 mph km/h on) Duralast Brakes "Bake In The Race" Award: Joey Logano Freescale "Wide Open": Jimmie Johnson Ingersoll Rand Power Move: Ryan Newman (5 positions) MAHLE Clevite Engine Builder of the Race: Hendrick Engines, #41 Mobil 1 Driver of the Race: Kurt Busch (148.1 driver rating) Moog Steering and Suspension Problem Solver of The Race: Jamie McMurray (crew chief Matt McCall (-0.069)) NASCAR Sprint Cup Leader Bonus: No winner: rolls over to $60,000 at next event Sherwin-Williams Fastest Lap: A. J. Allmendinger (Lap 4, 21.659 124.657 mph km/h on) Sunoco Rookie of The Race: Brett Moffitt Media Television Fox Sports covered their 15th race at Richmond International Raceway. Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds and six-time Richmond winner 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. FoxBooth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Mike JoyColor-commentator: Larry McReynoldsColor commentator: Darrell Waltrip Jamie LittleChris NevilleMatt Yocum Radio MRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Joe Moore and Jeff Striegle called the race in the booth when the field was racing down the front stretch. Mike Bagley called the race from a platform inside of turn 3 on the backstretch when the field was racing down the backstretch. Alex Hayden, Winston Kelley and Steve Post worked pit road for MRN. MRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Joe MooreAnnouncer: Jeff Striegle Backstretch: Mike Bagley Alex HaydenWinston KelleySteve Post Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Kevin Harvick 357 10px 2 Joey Logano 324 (-33) 10px 3 Martin Truex Jr. 315 (-42) 10px 4 Jimmie Johnson 299 (-58) 10px 5 Brad Keselowski 283 (-74) 10px 1 6 Kasey Kahne 275 (-82) 10px 1 7 Matt Kenseth 273 (-84) 10px 2 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 271 (-86) 10px 3 9 Jamie McMurray 264 (-93) 10px 1 10 Jeff Gordon 263 (-94) 10px 1 11 Aric Almirola 250 (-107) 10px 1 12 Denny Hamlin 245 (-112) 10px 1 13 Paul Menard 239 (-118) 10px 3 14 Clint Bowyer 235 (-122) 10px 1 15 Ryan Newman 234 (-123) 10px 3 16 Danica Patrick 230 (-127) thumb|right|Kevin Harvick left Richmond with a 33-point lead over Joey Logano. Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 10px 1 Chevrolet 405 10px 2 Ford 376 (-29) 10px 3 Toyota 348 (-57) Note: Only the first sixteen positions are included for the driver standings. Notes "N" References 2 Sprint Cup Series 2015 2015 Food City 500 2015 GEICO 500 VMI Keydets bask Virginia Toyota Owners 400 Category:NASCAR races at Richmond Raceway