2015 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500

February 2025 NAS Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 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 February 23, 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-2013/tracks/atlanta-motor-speedway.html Atlanta Motor Speedway NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013 NASCAR.com February 23, 2015http://www.nascar.com/en_us/sprint-cup-series/standings/results/2015/folds-of-honor-quiktrip-500.raceResults.entryList.html Entry list NASCAR Media Group, LLC. February 23, 2015 NASCAR.com February 23, 2015http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2015/02/Atlanta-Sprint-Cup-Testing-Speeds.aspx Test Session Results Motor Racing Network February 26, 2015 MRN.com February 27, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150227173733/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2015/02/Atlanta-Sprint-Cup-Testing-Speeds.aspx February 27, 2015 deadhttp://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2015/02/Folds-of-Honor-QuikTrip-500-1st-Practice-Speeds.aspx First Practice Results Motor Racing Network February 27, 2015 MRN.com February 27, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150302161615/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2015/02/Folds-of-Honor-QuikTrip-500-1st-Practice-Speeds.aspx March 2, 2015 deadhttp://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2015/02/Folds-of-Honor-QuikTrip-500-Qualifying-Results.aspx Qualifying Results Motor Racing Network February 27, 2015 MRN.com February 27, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150302112412/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2015/02/Folds-of-Honor-QuikTrip-500-Qualifying-Results.aspx March 2, 2015 deadhttp://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2015/02/Folds-of-Honor-QuikTrip-500-Final-Practice-Speeds.aspx Final Practice Results Motor Racing Network February 28, 2015 MRN.com February 28, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150302135538/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2015/02/Folds-of-Honor-QuikTrip-500-Final-Practice-Speeds.aspx March 2, 2015 deadhttp://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&YearID=44&RaceID=6755&StatType=Race+Results Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 Results Motor Racing Network March 1, 2015 MRN.com March 1, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402091543/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&YearID=44&RaceID=6755&StatType=Race+Results April 2, 2015 deadhttp://www.jayski.com/stats/2015/pdfs/01dis2015points.pdf Points standings NASCAR Statistics March 1, 2015 Jayski.com June 4, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150224034034/http://www.jayski.com/stats/2015/pdfs/01dis2015points.pdf February 24, 2015 deadhttp://www.jayski.com/stats/2015/pdfs/02ams2015racereport.pdf Manufacturer standings NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications March 2, 2015 Jayski.com June 4, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150504120830/http://www.jayski.com/stats/2015/pdfs/02ams2015racereport.pdf May 4, 2015 dead 2015 03 01 2015 2 36 2015 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 logo.jpg Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia 1.54 2.48 325 500.5 805.476 Overcast skies with a temperature of 41 F C; wind out of the northeast at 6.9 mph km/h onhttp://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/K6A2/2015/3/1/DailyHistory.html?req_city=Hampton&req_state=GA&req_statename=Georgia&reqdb.zip=30228&reqdb.magic=1&reqdb.wmo=99999 Raceday weather The Weather Channel, LLC. March 1, 2015 wunderground.com October 1, 2015 131.078 mph km/h on Joey Logano Team Penske 28.477 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing 116 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Fox Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds and Darrell Waltrip 5.1/11 (Overnight)http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2015/03/nascar-tv-ratings-2015-sprint-cup-atlanta-overnights-up-fox/ Overnights Up For NASCAR's Second Race of Season Paulsen Sports Media Watch March 2, 2015 SportsMediaWatch.com March 2, 20155.6/12 (Final)http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2015/03/nascar-tv-ratings-2015-atlanta-most-watched-sprint-cup-race-four-years-excluding-daytona/ FOX Scores Best Non-Daytona NASCAR Audience in Four Years Paulsen Sports Media Watch March 6, 2015 SportsMediaWatch.com March 6, 20159.5 Million viewers PRN Doug Rice and Mark Garrow Rob Albright (1 & 2) and Pat Patterson (3 & 4) The 2015 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on March 1, 2015, at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. The series was named after co-sponsors, QuikTrip and the nonprofit, Folds of Honor, and it helped raise funds to provide educational assistance to families of U.S. service members killed or disabled in the line of duty.https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2014/12/15/atlanta-names-sprint-cup-race-title-sponsor/ Atlanta names Sprint Cup race title sponsor December 15, 2014 April 15, 2026 NASCAR Contested over 325 laps on the 1.54 mi km mid -long 0 asphalt quad-oval, it was the second race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Jimmie Johnson won the race, his first win of the season, while Kevin Harvick finished second. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Joey Logano and Matt Kenseth rounded out the top five. Logano won the pole for the race in a qualifying session that saw 13 cars not post a single timed lap in the first of three rounds. Harvick led a race high of 116 laps on his way to a runner-up finish and his fifth of eight consecutive races finishing first or second. The race had 28 lead changes among 12 different drivers, as well as 10 caution flag periods for 54 laps. There was one red flag for a multi-car wreck in the closing laps of the race that lasted for nine minutes and one second. Johnson's 71st career victory was his 4th at Atlanta Motor Speedway and the 13th at the track for Hendrick Motorsports. Despite the win, he left Atlanta trailing Logano by one point in the drivers' standings. Chevrolet took over the lead in the manufacturer standings by one over Ford. The Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 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 Performance Racing Network and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Report Background thumb|left|Atlanta Motor Speedway was the site of the second race of the season. Atlanta Motor Speedway (formerly Atlanta International Raceway) is a track in Hampton, Georgia, 25 mi km south of Atlanta.http://www.atlantamotorspeedway.com/about/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140119080446/http://www.atlantamotorspeedway.com/about/ dead January 19, 2014 Track facts Speedway Motorsports, Inc. 2013 AtlantaMotorSpeedway.com June 4, 2015 It is a 1.54 mi km quad-oval track with a seating capacity of 86,000. It opened in 1960 as a 1.5 mi km standard oval. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two 1.5 mi km ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval. The project made the track one of the fastest on the NASCAR circuit. Joey Logano entered the race as the points leader for the first time in his career following his win in the Daytona 500.http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2015/02/Joey-Logano-Wins-Daytona-500.aspx Logano Wins Daytona 500 Pistone Pete Motor Racing Network February 22, 2015 MRN.com February 23, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150223153843/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2015/02/Joey-Logano-Wins-Daytona-500.aspx February 23, 2015 dead Kevin Harvick, who dominated the race a year ago – leading 195 of the 325 laps before finishing 19th following a late race crash – entered second in the points five back of Logano, while Dale Earnhardt Jr. also entered five points back in third place. Jeff Gordon, who made his first career Sprint Cup Series start at Atlanta in 1992, made his 42nd and final start at the track. Entry list The entry list for the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 was released on Monday, February 23, 2015, at 3:07 p.m. Eastern time. Forty-eight drivers were entered for the race, all of whom were entered in the previous week's Daytona 500. Mike Bliss drove the No. 32 Ford for Go FAS Racing. Travis Kvapil drove the No. 44 Chevrolet for Team XTREME Racing in place of Reed Sorenson, who took over the No. 29 Toyota for RAB Racing. Brendan Gaughan drove the No. 62 Chevrolet for Premium Motorsports. Matt DiBenedetto ran the No. 83 Toyota for BK Racing. The No. 98 car for Phil Parsons Racing was entered as a Chevrolet entry. 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 (PC5) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 23 J. J. Yeley (i) BK Racing Toyota 24 Jeff Gordon (PC6) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 26 Jeb Burton (R) BK Racing Toyota 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29 Reed Sorenson RAB Racing Toyota 30 Ron Hornaday Jr. The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 32 Mike Bliss Go FAS Racing Ford 33 Brian Scott (i) Hillman–Circle Sport Chevrolet 34 Joe Nemechek (i) 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 Chevrolet 41 Regan Smith (i) Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 44 Travis Kvapil (i)Team XTREME Racing withdrew from the race after the trailer carrying their car was stolen from the team's hotel in the early hours of February 27, 2015. "N" Team XTREME Racing Chevrolet 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 66 Mike Wallace 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 95 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing Ford 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Ford Official initial entry listOfficial updated entry list Key Meaning (R) Rookie (i) Ineligible for points (PC#) Past champions provisional Substitute drivers Several substitute drivers took part in the race. Brett Moffitt drove the No. 55 Toyota in place of Brian Vickers, who would return to the car at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the series' next scheduled race. Regan Smith once again drove the No. 41 Chevrolet in place of the suspended Kurt Busch.Moody Dave Dave Moody (sportscaster) Smith To Drive Haas Automation Chevrolet In Atlanta http://motorsports-soapbox.blogspot.com/2015/02/smith-to-drive-haas-automation.html GodfatherMotorsports.com Godfather Motorsports February 23, 2015 February 23, 2015 David Ragan was entered to run the No. 34 Ford for Front Row Motorsports, but was selected to run the No. 18 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing in place of the injured Kyle Busch.Gluck Jeff David Ragan will replace injured Kyle Busch in No. 18 car https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2015/02/24/david-ragan-sub-kyle-busch-sprint-cup-series-joe-gibbs-racing-front-row-motorsports/23962017/ February 24, 2015 USA Today Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc. February 24, 2015 Charlotte, North Carolina Team owner Joe Gibbs stated that his team appreciated "being able to work with Front Row Motorsports and (sponsor) CSX for David's availability", while also adding that the team "are fortunate to be able to have someone of David's caliber behind the wheel while Kyle recovers". On February 25, Front Row announced that Joe Nemechek would drive the No. 34 car in place of Ragan,http://nascartalk.nbcsports.com/2015/02/25/joe-nemechek-will-drive-no-34-at-atlanta-motor-speedway-in-place-of-david-ragan/ Joe Nemechek will drive No. 34 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in place of David Ragan Bonkowski Jerry NBC Sports February 25, 2015 nascartalk.nbcsports.com February 25, 2015 with plans beyond that to be determined. Test sessions This weekend was the first of five race weekends that included an open test session for any team that wished to participate in it. First session Jamie McMurray was the fastest in the first test session with a time of 28.943 and a speed of 191.549 mph km/h on.http://nascartalk.nbcsports.com/2015/02/26/speeds-from-thursdays-first-nascar-sprint-cup-test-session-at-atlanta/ Speeds from Thursday's first NASCAR Sprint Cup test session at Atlanta Bonkowski Jerry NBC Sports February 26, 2015 nascartalk.nbcsports.com February 27, 2015 Pos No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed MPH 1 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 28.943 191.549 2 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 29.149 190.195 3 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 29.202 189.850Official first session results Second session Jeff Gordon was the fastest in the second test session with a time of 29.423 and a speed of 188.424 mph km/h on.http://nascartalk.nbcsports.com/2015/02/26/gordon-newman-harvick-top-speed-chart-in-thursdays-second-of-two-sprint-cup-tests-at-atlanta/ Gordon, Newman, Harvick top speed chart in Thursday's second of two Sprint Cup tests at Atlanta Bonkowski Jerry NBC Sports February 26, 2015 nascartalk.nbcsports.com February 27, 2015 Pos No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed MPH 1 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.423 188.424 2 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.424 188.418 3 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 29.479 188.066Official second session results Missing car "Sometimes what happens when thieves see trailers, they might just assume there's something in the trailer they can go off and sell. Sometimes when things like this occur, they will drop off the items in a parking lot somewhere – like a Walmart parking lot – once they realize what they have. They'll open it up and say, 'Oh my God, this is not what we thought it was. Let's get out of here.' And they'll take off and leave it sitting there. We're hoping that will be the situation so he can get back to his races this weekend, because they drove quite a distance to participate." Morrow Police Sgt. Larry Oglesby told USA Today.Gluck Jeff Travis Kvapil's team withdraws from race after car theft https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2015/02/27/nascar-44-hauler-car-stolen-team-xtreme/24109753/ February 27, 2015 USA Today Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc. February 27, 2015 Hampton, Georgia 40% right Early Friday morning, a black Ford dually pulling a white trailer carrying the No. 44 Team XTREME Racing Chevrolet was stolen from the team's hotel in Morrow, Georgia.http://nascartalk.nbcsports.com/2015/02/27/breaking-news-nascar-sprint-cup-car-stolen-outside-teams-hotel-in-georgia/ BREAKING NEWS: NASCAR Sprint Cup car stolen outside team's hotel in Georgia Long Dustin NBC Sports February 27, 2015 nascartalk.nbcsports.com February 27, 2015 The team's hauler was at the race track having left their race shop in Statesville, North Carolina two days earlier. The car was brought down separately to allow more work to be done on it at the shop. Since the team did not have a backup car, they were forced to withdraw from the race.http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/nascar-sprint-cup-car-stolen-from-hotel-parking-lot NASCAR Sprint Cup car stolen from hotel parking lot DeGroot Nick Motorsport.com, Inc. February 27, 2015 Motorsport.com February 27, 2015 February 27, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150227193804/http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/nascar-sprint-cup-car-stolen-from-hotel-parking-lot dead Ultimately, the car was found the following morning in Loganville,Police find stolen No. 44 car https://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/cup/story/_/id/12397756/georgia-police-find-travis-kvapil-stolen-team-xtreme-no-44-car February 28, 2015 ESPN.com news services ESPN Internet Ventures February 28, 2015 around 40 mi northeast of Morrow. On August 3, 2015, Jason Terry pleaded guilty to the theft of the truck and trailer carrying the team car.http://www.foxsports.com/nascar/story/team-xtreme-racing-stolen-race-car-truck-trailer-update-johnathan-cohen-travis-kvapil-080315 Team Xtreme Racing: Man pleads guilty in theft of truck and trailer Pennell Jay Fox Sports Interactive Media, LLC. August 3, 2015 FoxSports.com August 3, 2015 The team tweeted about the guilty plea and "[h]ow bad this affected this race team."Team XTREME Racing Team XTREME Racing Teamxtreme44 628242512147283968 Jason Terry pleaded Guilty today in the Theft of Our Truck and Trailer You can't imagine How bad this affected this race team. See you soon August 3, 2015 First practice Kyle Larson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 28.727 and a speed of 192.989 mph km/h on.http://nascartalk.nbcsports.com/2015/02/27/larson-harvick-ragan-fastest-in-sprint-cup-practice/ Larson, Harvick, Ragan fastest in Sprint Cup practice Bonkowski Jerry NBC Sports February 27, 2015 nascartalk.nbcsports.com February 27, 2015 Pos No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed MPH 1 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 28.727 192.989 2 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 28.784 192.607 3 18 David Ragan Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.793 192.547Official first practice results Qualifying "When you have this many teams having issues going through, there's something wrong with this system or something wrong with the amount of time they allotted to get through. There's no way with this many good cars and talented people that they can't figure out how to get these cars through inspection. These guys are too smart and yeah, we're pushing limits, but there's something wrong here. It's ridiculous. The fans, they deserve an apology. I don't know how many cars are still back here that never got the chance to get on the track. I know we went through twice. When you have this many? I've seen five or six, maybe ten cars that have issues going with certain little things. But this many cars that didn't go? That's not on these teams. They deserve better than this, I can't believe how disappointing this is." Jeff Gordon, commenting on the technical issues that dogged the qualifying session.http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/gordon-johnson-stewart-and-10-others-denied-chance-to-qualify-at-atlanta Gordon, Johnson, Stewart, and 10 others denied chance to qualify at Atlanta Spencer Lee Motorsport.com, Inc. February 27, 2015 Motorsport.com February 27, 2015 40% right Joey Logano won the pole with a time of 28.477 and a speed of 194.683 mph km/h on.http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2015/02/Joey-Logano-Wins-Atlanta-Pole.aspx Logano Wins Atlanta Pole Pistone Pete Pete Pistone Motor Racing Network February 27, 2015 MRN.com February 27, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150302012132/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2015/02/Joey-Logano-Wins-Atlanta-Pole.aspx March 2, 2015 dead Logano felt that it was "such a great way to follow Daytona" and that his team "ha[d] a lot of momentum and [they] definitely want to keep it going". The start of qualifying was delayed by 20 minutes because a number of cars had to go through NASCAR technical inspection more than once. Eventually, NASCAR decided to start the session anyway. As a result, 13 of the 47 cars never had a chance to post a lap time before the first round of qualifying ended. The issues angered several drivers and team managers. 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 28.542 28.586 28.477 2 4 Kevin HarvickKevin Harvick qualified second, but started from the rear after losing an engine in the final practice session. "N" Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 28.957 28.560 28.608 3 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 28.754 28.673 28.633 4 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.689 28.626 28.666 5 19 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.719 28.756 28.705 6 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 28.727 28.732 28.733 7 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.864 28.776 28.734 8 9 Sam Hornish Jr. Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 28.997 28.799 28.828 9 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.880 28.683 28.844 10 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.760 28.805 28.854 11 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 28.989 28.811 28.953 12 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 28.894 28.821 28.965 13 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.915 28.826 — 14 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 28.745 28.828 — 15 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.843 28.853 — 16 51 Justin Allgaier HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 28.999 28.870 — 17 18 David Ragan Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.825 28.951 — 18 10 Danica Patrick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 29.104 28.982 — 19 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 29.054 29.036 — 20 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 29.050 29.073 — 21 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 28.963 29.079 — 22 55 Brett Moffitt (R) Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 28.955 29.080 — 23 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 29.141 29.114 — 24 95 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing Ford 29.220 29.247 — 25 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 29.254 — — 26 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.257 — — 27 32 Mike Bliss (i) Go FAS Racing Ford 29.279 — — 28 34 Joe Nemechek (i) Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.305 — — 29 6 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 29.348 — — 30 23 J. J. Yeley (i) BK Racing Toyota 29.460 — — 31 62 Brendan Gaughan (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 29.471 — — 32 33 Brian Scott (i)Brian Scott, who qualified the car, gave up his seat to allow Michael Annett to race for drivers points. "N" Hillman–Circle Sport Chevrolet 29.515 — — 33 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Chevrolet 30.150 — — 34 30 Ron Hornaday Jr. The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 30.605 — — 35 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 0.000 — — 36 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 0.000 — — 37 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 0.000 — — 38 41 Regan Smith (i) Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 0.000 — — 39 14 Tony StewartTony Stewart dropped to the rear of the field for missing driver introductions. "N" Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 0.000 — — 40 26 Jeb Burton (R) BK Racing Toyota 0.000 — — 41 35 Cole Whitt Front Row Motorsports Ford 0.000 — — 42 7 Alex Bowman Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 0.000 — — 43 40 Landon Cassill (i) Hillman–Circle Sport Chevrolet 0.000 — —Did not qualify 44 29 Reed Sorenson RAB Racing Toyota 0.000 — — 45 46 Michael AnnettMichael Annett, who originally failed to qualify for the race, drove the No. 33 Hillman–Circle Sport Chevrolet in place of Brian Scott. "N" HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 0.000 — — 46 66 Mike Wallace Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 0.000 — — 47 83 Matt DiBenedetto (R) BK Racing Toyota 0.000 — —Official qualifying results Driver change (post-qualifying) Michael Annett, who originally failed to qualify for the race, drove the No. 33 Hillman–Circle Sport Chevrolet in place of Brian Scott.http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2015/2/28/brian-scott-gives-up-atlanta-sprint-cup-series-car-for-michael-annett.html Scott gives up Atlanta car for Annett Spencer Reid NASCAR Wire Service February 28, 2015 NASCAR.com February 28, 2015 Scott, who regularly competes in the Xfinity Series, voluntarily gave up his spot because, unlike himself, Annett is running for drivers points in the Sprint Cup Series. "It's a big deal," Annett said before Saturday's first practice. "I can't thank Mike Hillman and Brian Scott enough. We'd rather be in the (No.) 46 HScott Motorsport car, but we're running full-time and we need as many driver's points as we can get. Unfortunately, we won't get any owner's points for this, but being with a new crew chief, with Jay Guy, it's another hour-and-half of practice and another 500 miles (on Sunday) to work together. So looking back, we could have either gone home and watched this race or be able to work together so when we go to Las Vegas we're even stronger. I can't thank these guys enough for giving us this opportunity." On race day, Annett's HScott Motorsports team ran the car, but under NASCAR rules, Circle Sport owner Joe Falk was credited with the owners' points. Final practice Kevin Harvick was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 29.018 and a speed of 191.054 mph km/h on.http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2015/02/Kevin-Harvick-Loses-an-Engine-at-Atlanta.aspx Harvick Loses an Engine Pistone Pete Motor Racing Network February 28, 2015 MRN.com February 28, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150302032027/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2015/02/Kevin-Harvick-Loses-an-Engine-at-Atlanta.aspx March 2, 2015 dead During the session, Harvick's car blew an engine and meant that he would have to start from the rear of the field. Harvick described the failure as "very rare" and that he was "glad that it happened today". Pos No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed MPH 1 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 29.018 191.054 2 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.209 189.805 3 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.218 189.746Official final practice results Race First-half Start The race was scheduled to start at 1:16 p.m. on Sunday, but the start was delayed by overnight showers and track drying. The field rolled off pit road shortly after 1:45 p.m. and made a number of laps around the track and down pit road under caution speed. Finally, nearly an hour after the scheduled start time, Joey Logano lead the field to the green flag at 2:12 p.m. He pulled out to a four-second lead until the first caution of the race flew on lap 26 for overnight showers. This caution was a saving grace for Ricky Stenhouse Jr. who had a right-rear tire going down. Joe Nemechek stayed out to lead a lap before pitting and handing the lead back to Logano.2015 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jbCPCbVK7Y July 17, 2015 Sprint Cup Series Sprint Cup Series Fox Sports Fox Hampton, Georgia March 1, 2015 67 2:12 p.m. en The race restarted on lap 32. Denny Hamlin tried to keep pace with Logano, but could not hang onto the point. Sam Hornish Jr. was forced to make an unscheduled stop on lap 42 to remove a windshield tear-off that was blocking the air intake of his car. The second caution of the race flew on lap 46 for Austin Dillon cutting down his right-rear tire and a piece of debris on the backstretch. Jeff Gordon hit a piece of the debris that created a hole 3 inch mm on in diameter. Trouble for Austin Dillon The race restarted on lap 52. The third caution of the race flew on lap 60 for Austin Dillon cutting another right-rear tire and spun out in turn 1. His car came to a halt in the wet grass and was covered in mud by the time he got it out. Opening of pit road was delayed as a piece of rubber was caught stuck on the top of the catch fencing on the backstretch. Mike Bliss stayed out to lead a lap before hitting pit road and handing the lead back to Joey Logano. The race restarted on lap 71 and Logano just jumped out ahead with relative ease. Eleven laps into the run, Kevin Harvick narrowed the game to half a second. He eventually took the lead on lap 87 after Logano got loose exiting turn 4. The fourth caution of the race flew on lap 94 after Landon Cassill blew an engine in turn 3. David Gilliland stayed out to take the lead before hitting pit road and handing the lead back to Harvick. Green flag stops The race restarted on lap 100. Joey Logano began to fall back as Harvick pulled to a two-second lead over Denny Hamlin. A number of cars started hitting pit road on lap 138 that triggered a rush of cars. Kevin Harvick gave up the lead on lap 140 to pit and handed the lead to Denny Hamlin. He stopped the next lap and gave the lead to Brad Keselowski who stopped the next lap and the lead cycled to Matt Kenseth, who was one of the first cars to pit on lap 138. Mike Bliss and Ron Hornaday Jr. had to serve a drive-through penalty for speeding on pit road. Eventually, Harvick took back the lead on lap 150. Second-half Matt Kenseth made an unscheduled stop on lap 168 for a possible vibration. He was running eighth at the time and exited pit road 28th and one lap down. To add insult to injury, he got trapped by the fifth caution of the race on lap 175 for debris on the front stretch. Kevin Harvick entered pit road as the race leader, but Denny Hamlin beat him off pit road to take the lead. The race restarted on lap 181, but did not make it more than a lap before debris brought out the sixth caution of the race after Jeb Burton hit the wall. Matt Kenseth made it back onto the lead lap. The race restarted on lap 187. Kevin Harvick spun the tires on the restart and fell back a bit, but quickly climbed back to the tail of Hamlin in less than a lap. By lap 191, Harvick took back the lead. Eight laps later, Jimmie Johnson took the lead for the first time in the race. Harvick began running down Johnson with 110 laps to go. A number of cars hit pit road with 102 laps to go starting a rush of green flag stops. Johnson gave up the lead with 101 laps to go to pit and handed the lead to Casey Mears. He did not lead a lap as he was pitted before the start/finish line. As a result, Kevin Harvick cycled to the lead. Casey Mears slapped the wall exiting turn 4 right in front of the leader. This allowed Jimmie Johnson to reel in Kevin Harvick momentarily before the latter pulled away. Debris on the backstretch brought out the seventh caution of the race with 74 laps to go. Jimmie Johnson beat Harvick off pit road to take back the lead. Trouble on the backstretch "It wouldn't have been too bad, but I found that one spot where there is no SAFER barrier. I can't believe it. That's amazing to me. Anyway. Hopefully now that will get fixed. I don't think we can say anymore after Kyle's incident in Daytona. Everybody knows they've got to do something and it should have been done a long time ago, but all we can do now is hope they can do it as fast as they possibly can and get it done. I knew it was a hard hit; I didn't expect it to be that hard. I got out and I looked and I was like, 'Oh, big surprise, I found the one wall here on the back straightaway that doesn't have a SAFER barrier'." Jeff Gordon, commenting on his crash and the safety issue stemming from Kyle Busch's crash at Daytona.James Brant Gordon, Hamlin slam unprotected walls in Atlanta crash https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2015/03/01/jeff-gordon-denny-hamlin-jamie-mcmurray-crash-atlanta-safer-barriers/24230403/ March 1, 2015 USA Today Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc. March 1, 2015 Hampton, Georgia 40% right The race restarted with 69 laps to go and the eighth caution flew for a multi-car wreck on the backstretch. It started when Denny Hamlin got loose exiting turn 2, turned down into Ryan Newman who turned into Jamie McMurray who clipped Jeff Gordon who hit the inside wall head on, just beyond the end of the SAFER barrier. The race restarted with 63 laps to go. Carl Edwards was running eighth when he had a left-rear tire go down. Kevin Harvick and Brad Keselowski started the last pit stop sequence of the race with 33 laps to go. Jimmie Johnson surrendered the lead with 32 laps to go and handed the lead to Clint Bowyer. He gave up the lead to pit with 30 laps to go and Brett Moffitt assumed the lead. He gave up the lead the next lap and the lead cycled back to Johnson. Kasey Kahne was forced to serve a drive-through penalty for an uncontrolled tire. To make matters worse for him, the ninth caution of the race flew with 28 laps to go when Cole Whitt lost an engine in turn 1. Matt Kenseth, who at one point was two laps down, stayed out when Johnson pitted to take back the lead. Big wreck in Turn 3 and finish thumb|right|Jimmie Johnson, seen here at the 2015 Daytona 500, scored his 71st career win at Atlanta. The race restarted with 21 laps to go, before a major multi-car wreck occurred in turn 3, bringing out a 10th caution and involving an octet of cars.http://www.foxsports.com/nascar/story/nascar-sprint-cup-greg-biffle-triggers-a-big-one-late-in-race-at-atlanta-motor-speedway-030115 Greg Biffle triggers a 'Big One' late in race at Atlanta Motor Speedway Pennell Jay Fox Sports Interactive Media, LLC. March 1, 2015 FoxSports.com March 1, 2015 The incident started when Greg Biffle drove to the inside of Joe Nemechek entering Turn 3, but they made contact, sending both cars sliding up the track. Bowyer, Hornish Jr., Kyle Larson, Tony Stewart, Regan Smith and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. were also involved. On team radio, Nemechek was critical of Biffle's driving stating that he did not "know how he got me there in the left rear, that was messed up". The race was red flagged for nine minutes and 1 second in order to facilitate cleanup on the track with 20 laps to go. The race restarted with 14 laps to go and Jimmie Johnson held off Kevin Harvick to score his 71st career victory.http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2015/03/Jimmie-Johnson-Wins-Folds-of-Honor-QuikTrip-500.aspx Johnson Back in Victory Lane Pistone Pete Pete Pistone Motor Racing Network March 1, 2015 MRN.com March 1, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150302225938/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2015/03/Jimmie-Johnson-Wins-Folds-of-Honor-QuikTrip-500.aspx March 2, 2015 dead Post-race Driver comments In victory lane, Johnson stated that the result said "a lot of good things" and he was "just so excited that the guys could understand...so, this new team could understand what I was complaining about and things I didn't like about my race car". Harvick explained that he "had one bad restart there where I spun the tires on the outside and we just never recovered from that one" but stated that he had "to thank everybody on this car for everything they do". Race results Pos No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Laps completed Points 1 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 325 47 2 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 325 44 3 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 325 42 4 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 325 41 5 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 325 40 6 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 325 38 7 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 325 37 8 55 Brett Moffitt (R) Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 325 37 9 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 325 36 10 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 325 34 11 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 325 33 12 19 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 325 32 13 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 325 31 14 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 324 30 15 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 324 29 16 10 Danica Patrick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 324 28 17 41 Regan Smith (i) Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 324 0 18 18 David Ragan Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 323 26 19 6 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 323 25 20 51 Justin Allgaier HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 323 24 21 9 Sam Hornish Jr. Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 323 23 22 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 322 23 23 7 Alex Bowman Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 322 21 24 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 321 21 25 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 320 19 26 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 320 18 27 95 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing Ford 320 17 28 62 Brendan Gaughan (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 320 0 29 33 Michael Annett Hillman–Circle Sport Chevrolet 319 15 30 14 Tony Stewart Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 319 14 31 32 Mike Bliss (i) Go FAS Racing Ford 318 0 32 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Ford 318 12 33 34 Joe Nemechek (i) Front Row Motorsports Ford 318 0 34 23 J. J. Yeley (i) BK Racing Toyota 316 0 35 26 Jeb Burton (R) BK Racing Toyota 316 9 36 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 302 8 37 35 Cole Whitt Front Row Motorsports Ford 295 7 38 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 284 7 39 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 282 5 40 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 256 4 41 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 256 3 42 30 Ron Hornaday Jr. The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 187 2 43 40 Landon Cassill (i) Hillman–Circle Sport Chevrolet 92 0Official Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 results Race statistics 28 lead changes among 12 different drivers 10 cautions for 54 laps; 1 red flag for 9 minutes, 1 second Time of race: 3 hours, 49 minutes, 6 seconds Average speed: 131.078 mph km/h on Jimmie Johnson took home $335,901 in winnings Lap Leaders Laps Leader 1–27 Joey Logano 28 Joe Nemechek 29–48 Joey Logano 49 Mike Bliss 50–67 Joey Logano 68 Mike Bliss 69–86 Joey Logano 87–95 Kevin Harvick 96 Joey Logano 97 David Gilliland 98–138 Kevin Harvick 139 Denny Hamlin 140–141 Brad Keselowski 142–147 Matt Kenseth 148–176 Kevin Harvick 177–189 Denny Hamlin 190–197 Kevin Harvick 198–211 Jimmie Johnson 212 Kevin Harvick 213–225 Jimmie Johnson 226–253 Kevin Harvick 254–261 Jimmie Johnson 262 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 263–293 Jimmie Johnson 294 Clint Bowyer 295 Brett Moffitt 296–300 Jimmie Johnson 301–304 Matt Kenseth 305–325 Jimmie JohnsonTotal laps led Leader Laps Kevin Harvick 116 Jimmie Johnson 92 Joey Logano 84 Denny Hamlin 14 Brad Keselowski 2 Mike Bliss 2 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1 Brett Moffitt 1 David Gilliland 1 Clint Bowyer 1 Joe Nemechek 1 Race awards Coors Light Pole Award: Joey Logano (28.477, 194.683 mph km/h on) 3M Lap Leader: Kevin Harvick (116 laps) American Ethanol Green Flag Restart Award: Joey Logano (30.553, 181.455 mph km/h on) Duralast Brakes "Brake in The Race" Award: Joey Logano Freescale "Wide Open": Kevin Harvick Ingersoll Rand Power Move: Kevin Harvick, 8 positions MAHLE Clevite Engine Builder of the Race: Hendrick Engines, #4 Mobil 1 Driver of the Race: Kevin Harvick (131.2 driver rating) Moog Steering and Suspension Problem Solver of The Race: Jimmie Johnson (crew chief Chad Knaus, 0.340 seconds) NASCAR Sprint Cup Leader Bonus: No winner: rolls over to $30,000 at next event Sherwin-Williams Fastest Lap: Denny Hamlin (Lap 2, 29.238, 189.616 mph km/h on) Sunoco Rookie of The Race: Jeb Burton Media Television Fox Sports covered their eleventh race at the Atlanta Motor Speedway, and their first since 2010. Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds, and three-time Atlanta 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. Fox TelevisionBooth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Mike JoyColor-commentator: Larry McReynoldsColor commentator: Darrell Waltrip Matt YocumJamie LittleChris Neville Radio PRN had the radio call for the race which was also simulcasted on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice and Mark Garrow called the race in the booth when the field went racing through the front stretch. Rob Albright called the race from a billboard in turn 2 when the field went racing through turns 1 and 2 and halfway down the backstretch. Pat Patterson called the race from atop the condos outside of turn 4 when the field went racing through the other half of the backstretch and through turns 3 and 4. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, Steve Richards, and Wendy Venturini worked pit road for the radio side. PRN RadioBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Doug RiceAnnouncer: Mark Garrow Turns 1 & 2: Rob AlbrightTurns 3 & 4: Pat Patterson Brad GillieBrett McMillanSteve RichardsWendy Venturini Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Joey Logano 88 10px 3 2 Jimmie Johnson 87 (−1) 10px 1 3 Kevin Harvick 86 (−2) 10px 1 4 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 84 (−4) 10px 3 5 Martin Truex Jr. 75 (−13) 10px 6 Casey Mears 68 (−20) 10px 2 7 Kasey Kahne 65 (−23) 10px 9 8 A. J. Allmendinger 62 (−26) 10px 6 9 Aric Almirola 62 (−26) 10px 3 10 Clint Bowyer 58 (−30) 10px 11 David Gilliland 56 (−32) 10px 12 Sam Hornish Jr. 55 (−33) 10px 3 13 Greg Biffle 54 (−34) 10px 6 14 Carl Edwards 54 (−34) 10px 1 15 David Ragan 53 (−35) 10px 2 16 Danica Patrick 51 (−37)Source: thumb|Joey Logano left Atlanta Motor Speedway with a one-point lead over Jimmie Johnson. Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 10px 1 1 Chevrolet 89 10px 1 2 Ford 88 (−1) 10px 3 Toyota 81 (−8)Source: Note: Only the first sixteen positions are included for the driver standings. Notes "N" References 30em Sprint Cup Series 2015 2015 Daytona 500 2015 Kobalt 400 Georgia (U.S. state) Sports Fold of Honor QuikTrip 500 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 Category:NASCAR races at Atlanta Motor Speedway