2015 Quicken Loans 400

January 2025 NAS Quicken Loans 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 June 10, 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/nascar-tracks/michigan-international-speedway.html Michigan International Speedway NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013 NASCAR.com June 10, 2015 April 7, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170407042342/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/nascar-tracks/michigan-international-speedway.html deadhttp://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&YearID=44&RaceID=6776&StatType=Entry+List Entry List Motor Racing Network June 9, 2015 MRN.com June 10, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150611114949/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&YearID=44&RaceID=6776&StatType=Entry+List June 11, 2015 deadhttp://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2015/06/Quicken-Loans-1st-Practice-Speeds.aspx First Practice Results Motor Racing Network June 12, 2015 MRN.com June 12, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150614122334/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2015/06/Quicken-Loans-1st-Practice-Speeds.aspx June 14, 2015 deadhttp://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2015/06/Quicken-Loans-400-Qualifying-Results.aspx Qualifying Results Motor Racing Network June 12, 2015 MRN.com June 12, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150614185348/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2015/06/Quicken-Loans-400-Qualifying-Results.aspx June 14, 2015 deadhttp://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2015/06/Quicken-Loans-400-2nd-Practice-Speeds.aspx Second Practice Results Motor Racing Network June 13, 2015 MRN.com June 13, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150615051401/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2015/06/Quicken-Loans-400-2nd-Practice-Speeds.aspx June 15, 2015 deadhttp://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2015/06/Quicken-Loans-400-Final-Practice-Speeds.aspx Final Practice Results Motor Racing Network June 13, 2015 MRN.com June 13, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150615075925/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2015/06/Quicken-Loans-400-Final-Practice-Speeds.aspx June 15, 2015 deadhttp://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&RaceID=6776&YearID=44&StatType=Race+Results Quicken Loans 400 Results Motor Racing Network June 14, 2015 MRN.com June 15, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150617234424/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&RaceID=6776&YearID=44&StatType=Race+Results June 17, 2015 deadhttp://www.jayski.com/stats/2015/pdfs/15mis2015points.pdf Points standings NASCAR Statistics June 14, 2015 Jayski.com June 15, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150623150059/http://www.jayski.com/stats/2015/pdfs/15mis2015points.pdf June 23, 2015 deadhttp://www.jayski.com/stats/2015/pdfs/15mis2015racereport.pdf Manufacturer standings NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications June 15, 2015 Jayski.com June 15, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150620212842/http://www.jayski.com/stats/2015/pdfs/15mis2015racereport.pdf June 20, 2015 dead 2015 06 14 2015 15 36 Michigan International Speedway 2024.svg Layout of the track Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan 2 3.219 138 276 444.179 200 400 643.738 Mostly cloudy with a temperature of 75 F C; wind out of the southwest at 9 mph km/h on 116.688 mph km/h on Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports 35.645 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing 60 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Fox Sports 1 Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds and Darrell Waltrip 2.0/4 (Overnight)http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2015/06/nascar-ratings-fs1-michigan-overnights-down-rain-delays/ Low Overnight For Rain-Drenched NASCAR From Michigan Paulsen Sports Media Watch June 16, 2015 SportsMediaWatch.com June 16, 20152.3/5 (Final)http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2015/06/nascar-ratings-fox-sports-one-michigan-least-watched-years-rain-delays/ Rain a Factor as NASCAR Has Another Double-Digit Drop on FS1 Paulsen Sports Media Watch June 16, 2015 SportsMediaWatch.com June 21, 20153.52 Million viewers MRN Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace Dave Moody (1 & 2) and Mike Bagley (3 & 4) The 2015 Quicken Loans 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on June 14, 2015 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. Contested over 138 of the scheduled 200 laps on the 2 mi km off on D-shaped speedway, it was the 15th race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Kurt Busch won the race, his second of the season, while Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Martin Truex Jr. finished second and third. Matt Kenseth and Joey Logano rounded out the top five. Kasey Kahne won the pole for the race and led one lap on his way to a 15th-place finish. Kevin Harvick led a race high of 63 laps before a flat tire and rain relegated him to a 29th-place finish. The race had 17 lead changes among eleven different drivers, as well as five caution flag periods for 38 laps. There were three red flag periods for one hour, 33 minutes and 13 seconds. This was the 27th career victory for Kurt Busch, third at Michigan International Speedway and first at the track for Stewart–Haas Racing. This win moved Busch to eleventh in the points standings. Chevrolet left Michigan with a 66-point lead over Ford in the manufacturer standings. The Quicken Loans 400 was carried by Fox Sports on the cable/satellite Fox Sports 1 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|Michigan International Speedway, the track where the race was held. Michigan International Speedway (MIS) is a 2 mi km on off in moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located off U.S. Freeway 12 on more than 1400 acre km2 About MIS http://www.michiganspeedway.com/track%5Finfo/about%5Fmis https://archive.today/20130615045552/http://www.michiganspeedway.com/track_info/about_mis dead June 15, 2013 Michigan International Speedway June 10, 2015 approximately 4 mi km on in south of the village of Brooklyn, in the scenic Irish Hills area of southeastern Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is sometimes known as a "sister track" to Texas World Speedway, and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway. The track is owned by International Speedway Corporation (ISC). Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (by open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest by stock car standards). Michigan is the fastest track in NASCAR due to its wide, sweeping corners and long straightaways; typical qualifying speeds are in excess of 200 mph km/h on and corner entry speeds are anywhere from 215 to 220 mph km/h on after the 2012 repaving of the track. Kevin Harvick entered Michigan with a 39-point lead over Martin Truex Jr. following a runner-up finish at Pocono to Truex. Jimmie Johnson entered 78 back, Joey Logano entered 79 back and Dale Earnhardt Jr. entered 94 back. Entry list The entry list for the Quicken Loans 400 was released on Tuesday, June 9 at 9:09 a.m. Eastern time. Forty-four cars were entered for the race. All but the No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford driven by Ryan Blaney were entered the week before at Pocono. The only driver swap for this race is the No. 32 Go FAS Racing Ford that was driven by Mike Bliss. 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 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 19 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Matt Kenseth (PC6) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21 Ryan Blaney (i) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 23 J. J. Yeley (i) BK Racing Toyota 24 Jeff Gordon (PC7) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 26 Jeb Burton (R) BK Racing Toyota 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 32 Mike Bliss (i) Go FAS Racing Ford 33 Ty Dillon (i) Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 34 Brett Moffitt (R) 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 David Ragan 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 entry list Key Meaning (R) Rookie (i) Ineligible for points (PC#) Past champions provisional First practice Kevin Harvick was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 35.557 and a speed of 202.492 mph km/h on.http://nascartalk.nbcsports.com/2015/06/12/kevin-harvick-8-others-top-200-mph-in-first-sprint-cup-practice-at-michigan/ Kevin Harvick, 8 others top 200 mph in first Sprint Cup practice at Michigan Bonkowski Jerry NBC Sports June 12, 2015 nascartalk.nbcsports.com June 12, 2015 His teammate Kurt Busch slapped the wall exiting turn 2 with 30 minutes remaining in the session and switched to his backup car.http://www.foxsports.com/nascar/story/michigan-international-speedway-quicken-loans-500-kurt-busch-hits-wall-stewart-haas-racing-061215 Kurt Busch smacks wall in opening Sprint Cup practice at Michigan Jensen Tom Fox Sports Interactive Media, LLC. June 12, 2015 FoxSports.com June 12, 2015 "Went down in there and was a little twitchier when it turned in and then it went full on left," Busch radioed to his team after the hit. "Sorry ... it's pretty much ruined."http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2015/6/12/michigan-international-speedway-practice-speeds-results-quicken-loans-400.html Harvick tops opening Michigan practice NASCAR Media Group, LLC. June 12, 2015 NASCAR.com June 12, 2015 Because this change took place prior to qualifying, he was not required to start the race from the rear of the field. The session was shortened due to rain.http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/kevin-harvick-tops-first-sprint-cup-practice-kurt-busch-finds-the-wall/ Kevin Harvick tops first Sprint Cup practice, Kurt Busch find the wall Spencer Lee Motorsport.com, Inc. June 12, 2015 Motorsport.com June 12, 2015 September 13, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160913231400/http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/kevin-harvick-tops-first-sprint-cup-practice-kurt-busch-finds-the-wall/ dead Pos No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed MPH 1 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 35.557 202.492 2 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 35.713 201.607 3 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 35.793 201.157Official first practice results Qualifying thumb|right|Kasey Kahne, seen here in 2012, scored the pole for the race. Kasey Kahne won the pole with a time of 35.645 and a speed of 201.992 mph km/h on.http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2015/06/Kasey-Kahne-Michigan-Pole-Winner.aspx Kahne Michigan Pole Winner Pistone Pete Motor Racing Network June 12, 2015 MRN.com June 12, 2015 Brooklyn, Michigan https://web.archive.org/web/20150614150908/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2015/06/Kasey-Kahne-Michigan-Pole-Winner.aspx June 14, 2015 dead “Our Great Clips Chevrolet has had speed all three runs, so I knew we’d have a shot today, so that was cool,” Kahne said. “It’s been a while since we’ve had a pole. It’s going to be really important. The track is going to change a lot, though, come Sunday, with all the racing going on this weekend and then our practices tomorrow. The track will be a lot different Sunday. So, there will be some passing for sure, but it’s not going to be easy. So, track position will play a big role in being there at the end of the race.” "Kasey [Kahne] put up a little better lap than I did, but it was still a solid run," Kevin Harvick said after qualifying second. “It was a good lap,” said Brad Keselowski after qualifying third. “This is one of our weakness tracks here at Michigan International Speedway. We are working on it and trying to get better. I honestly didn’t think we would qualify this well. We came with some new stuff on the car, which seems to be working. I am proud of everyone at Team Penske, Ford and Roush Yates engines for that.” Brendan Gaughan was the lone driver who failed to qualify for the race. Ryan Blaney qualified fifth for the race.http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2015/06/Ryan-Blaney-to-Start-Fifth-at-Michigan.aspx Wood Brothers Up Front at Michigan Pistone Pete Motor Racing Network June 13, 2015 MRN.com June 13, 2015 Brooklyn, Michigan https://web.archive.org/web/20150615044414/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2015/06/Ryan-Blaney-to-Start-Fifth-at-Michigan.aspx June 15, 2015 dead “It's really all you can ask for to be better and better in the three rounds,” Blaney said of the team's qualifying effort. “Everyone did a great job. (Crew chief) Jeremy (Bullins) did a great job of getting us better. It was a good effort for us. We needed it. We're excited about Sunday." 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 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 35.909 35.703 35.645 2 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 35.748 35.645 35.712 3 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 36.205 35.845 35.741 4 19 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 36.064 35.812 35.809 5 21 Ryan Blaney (i) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 36.084 35.872 35.811 6 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 36.526 35.799 35.823 7 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 36.213 36.003 35.836 8 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 36.120 35.935 35.882 9 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 36.370 35.980 35.896 10 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 36.537 35.839 35.916 11 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 36.057 35.850 35.925 12 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 36.207 35.929 36.076 13 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 35.965 36.012 — 14 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 36.252 36.013 — 15 14 Tony Stewart Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 36.092 36.061 — 16 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 36.388 36.102 — 17 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 36.343 36.117 — 18 55 David Ragan Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 36.337 36.184 — 19 10 Danica Patrick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 36.550 36.279 — 20 6 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 36.586 36.294 — 21 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 36.544 36.324 — 22 33 Ty Dillon (i) Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 36.526 36.330 — 23 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 36.343 36.340 — 24 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 36.287 36.440 — 25 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 36.599 — — 26 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 36.605 — — 27 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Ford 36.630 — — 28 7 Alex Bowman Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 36.657 — — 29 40 Landon Cassill (i) Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 36.660 — — 30 9 Sam Hornish Jr. Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 36.788 — — 31 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 36.812 — — 32 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 36.814 — — 33 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 36.814 — — 34 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 36.831 — — 35 46 Michael Annett HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 36.984 — — 36 51 Justin Allgaier HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 37.104 — — 37 34 Brett Moffitt (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 37.195 — — 38 26 Jeb Burton (R)Jeb Burton changed engines after final practice and started the race from the rear of the field. "N" BK Racing Toyota 37.202 — — 39 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Ford 37.331 — — 40 35 Cole Whitt Front Row Motorsports Ford 37.333 — — 41 23 J. J. Yeley (i) BK Racing Toyota 37.654 — — 42 32 Mike Bliss (i) Go FAS Racing Ford 37.797 — — 43 83 Matt DiBenedetto (R) BK Racing Toyota 37.973 — —Failed to qualify 44 62 Brendan Gaughan (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 38.431 — —Official qualifying results Practice (post-qualifying) Second practice Kevin Harvick was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 35.806 and a speed of 201.084 mph km/h on.http://nascartalk.nbcsports.com/2015/06/13/kevin-harvick-puts-the-rest-of-the-field-in-the-fog-fastest-in-2nd-cup-practice-at-michigan/ Kevin Harvick puts the rest of the field in the fog, fastest in 2nd Cup practice at Michigan Bonkowski Jerry NBC Sports June 13, 2015 nascartalk.nbcsports.com June 13, 2015 Pos No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed MPH 1 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 35.806 201.084 2 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 35.928 200.401 3 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 36.002 199.989Official second practice results Final practice Jeff Gordon was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 36.253 and a speed of 198.604 mph km/h on.http://nascartalk.nbcsports.com/2015/06/13/jeff-gordon-fastest-in-final-sprint-cup-practice-at-michigan/ Jeff Gordon fastest in final Sprint Cup practice at Michigan Bonkowski Jerry NBC Sports June 13, 2015 nascartalk.nbcsports.com June 13, 2015 Halfway through the session, Denny Hamlin spun out on the front stretch and caused minor damage to the front splitter. The team initially decided to roll out the backup car, but chose to fix the primary car rather than starting from the rear of the race. Pos No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed MPH 1 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 36.253 198.604 2 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 36.259 198.571 3 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 36.259 198.571Official final practice results Race First half Start and rain delays The race was scheduled to start at 1:16 p.m., but the threat of thunderstorms prompted NASCAR to move the start time up ten minutes. Eventually, the race started eight minutes after one. Kasey Kahne led the field to the green flag, but lost the lead to Carl Edwards on the first lap. He passed him to lead the second lap. Edwards went by him again to lead the third lap. The first caution of the race flew on lap 11 for rain in turns 1 and 2. The race was red flagged on lap 13 for rain.http://nascartalk.nbcsports.com/2015/06/14/rain-brings-out-red-flag-after-13-laps-of-quicken-loans-400-at-michigan/ Rain brings out red flag after 13 laps of Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan Bonkowski Jerry NBC Sports June 14, 2015 nascartalk.nbcsports.com June 14, 2015 After 59 minutes, the red flag was lifted and the field was moved off pit road. After two laps under caution, rain began to fall again in turn 1. The rain started coming down harder all around the track and the field was brought back down pit road again. The race was red flagged a second time on lap 19. It was lifted after 34 minutes.2015 Quicken Loans 400 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD5zlu92Vl8 July 21, 2015 Sprint Cup Series Sprint Cup Series Fox Sports Fox Sports 1 Brooklyn, Michigan June 21, 2015 67 1:08 p.m. en The race was set to restart on lap 25, but it was called off after Alex Bowman – who made contact with the wall early in the race – left debris on the backstretch. Eventually, the race restarted on lap 29. The second caution of the race flew on lap 41. It was a scheduled competition caution due to overnight rain. Josh Wise opted not to pit and took the lead. He drove down pit road the next lap and handed the lead to Kevin Harvick. Just as the field was lining up for the restart on lap 44, rain began to pour a third time. The field was brought back down pit road and the race was red flagged for the third time. After 36 minutes, the red flag was lifted and the field rolled off pit road. Second quarter The race restarted on lap 52. The third caution of the race flew on lap 53 for a single car wreck on the front stretch. Exiting turn 4, Kyle Busch's car snapped loose, turned up the track and pounded the wall.http://www.foxsports.com/nascar/story/kyle-busch-joe-gibbs-racing-michigan-chase-hopes-take-another-hit-with-wreck-061415 Kyle Busch's Chase hopes take another hit with wreck at Michigan Pennell Jay Fox Sports Interactive Media, LLC. June 14, 2015 FoxSports.com June 14, 2015 The SAFER barrier he hit was damaged and required repair. The race restarted on lap 60. A number of cars began hitting pit road around lap 77. Kevin Harvick surrendered the lead to pit on lap 83 and handed the lead to Matt Kenseth. He pitted on lap 85 and handed the lead to Brad Keselowski. He ducked onto pit road the next lap and gave the lead to Kyle Larson. He pitted on lap 88 and handed the lead to Joey Logano. He ran out of fuel on lap 95 and hit pit road. This gave the lead to Danica Patrick. She pitted on lap 97 and the lead cycled back to teammate Harvick.http://nascartalk.nbcsports.com/2015/06/14/kevin-harvick-leads-at-halfway-point-of-quicken-loans-400-at-michigan/ Kevin Harvick leads at halfway point of Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan Bonkowski Jerry NBC Sports June 14, 2015 nascartalk.nbcsports.com June 14, 2015 Second half Halfway Harvick gave up the lead to pit on lap 121 and handed it to Dale Earnhardt Jr. He pitted the next lap and it went to Kenseth. He pitted the next lap and handed it to Keselowski. Harvick stopped a second time for a flat right-front tire. Debris in turn 3 brought out the fourth caution of the race on lap 125. That debris came from Harvick's car. Edwards opted not to pit and assumed the lead with rain just three miles out. The gamble failed and he pitted before the restart. Finish Kyle Larson led the field to the restart on lap 130. He too failed on his gamble, pitted for gas three laps later and gave the lead to Kurt Busch. “Yeah, we could see weather coming there off of (Turn) 4 and just praying that it would get here in time for me to stay out and be in the lead when the rain did hit,” Larson said. “Hey, I applaud my guys for trying. We are pretty deep in points so we have to take risks like that to make the Chase. I’m happy with the call, just wish the rain would have come three laps sooner.”http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2015/06/Kyle-Larsons-Gamble-Comes-Up-Short-at-Michigan.aspx Gamble Comes Up Short for Larson Pistone Pete Motor Racing Network June 14, 2015 MRN.com June 15, 2015 Brooklyn, Michigan https://web.archive.org/web/20150616092804/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2015/06/Kyle-Larsons-Gamble-Comes-Up-Short-at-Michigan.aspx June 16, 2015 dead The fifth caution of the race flew with 64 laps to go for rain. The field was brought down pit road and the race was red flagged for the fourth time with 62 laps to go.http://nascartalk.nbcsports.com/2015/06/14/quicken-loans-400-red-flagged-by-rain-for-4th-time-at-michigan/ Quicken Loans 400 red-flagged by rain for 4th time at Michigan Bonkowski Jerry NBC Sports June 14, 2015 nascartalk.nbcsports.com June 14, 2015 Eventually, NASCAR called the race due to darkness being near and no sign of the weather letting up and Kurt Busch scored his 27th career win and third at Michigan, similar to the rain-shortened Coke Zero 400 last year when Aric Almirola scored his first career win at Daytona.Utter Jim Race Rewind: Kurt Busch wins Sunday's Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nascar-auto-racing/thatsracin/article24319723.html June 14, 2015 The Charlotte Observer The McClatchy Company June 14, 2015 Brooklyn, Michigan Post-race Post-race comments “We’ve got some indicators around lighting, when it gets within a certain mileage we have to work with the track and the track is going to evacuate the grandstands. Even when the sun was shining, it was still raining at 6:30 but post that when the sun came out, there was still lightning in the area, it would have been really challenging to have put fans in that circumstance. We judge it on how much time do we have left – daylight – you don’t have lights in Michigan, and more importantly, what does the weather look like. It takes longer to dry a track as you get later in the afternoon. Once we had to evacuate the grandstands ... that put us in a really challenging situation. The fans had stuck it out for a long time and then when you looked at the radar and the possibility of continued lightning and rain, we thought it was the most prudent decision to make at that time to call it a day.’’ NASCAR Executive Vice-President Steve O'Donnell speaking on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.http://nascartalk.nbcsports.com/2015/06/15/nascar-official-explains-why-michigan-race-was-called-early/ NASCAR official explains why Michigan race was called early Long Dustin NBC Sports June 15, 2015 nascartalk.nbcsports.com June 20, 2015 40% right “(Crew chief) Tony Gibson led these guys through a back-up car, the pit crew was there giving it its best,” Kurt Busch said. “It’s an unbelievable feeling to know what we went through, paced ourselves and found the lead towards the latter part of the race and then the rain came in.”http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2015/06/Kurt-Busch-Wins-Rain-Shortened-Quicken-Loans-400-at-Michigan.aspx Kurt Busch Wins in Michigan Rain Pistone Pete Motor Racing Network June 14, 2015 MRN.com June 15, 2015 Brooklyn, Michigan https://web.archive.org/web/20150616092757/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2015/06/Kurt-Busch-Wins-Rain-Shortened-Quicken-Loans-400-at-Michigan.aspx June 16, 2015 dead “Yeah, I mean, you just had to wait on the weather to get moved out, wait on them to dry the track,” Earnhardt Jr. said after finishing second. “You know, it didn't give you a whole lot of opportunities to understand your car and know exactly how to adjust your car and what to work on, so we were still dealing with some issues that we wanted to improve when the final shower came.” “We were able to use the strategy to our benefit and come out of here with a top-10 effort and that feels great for this team,” Trevor Bayne said of his season-best finish of ninth. “We have been working hard to get up better results all season and to get this ninth place finish today is a confidence and momentum builder.” In his weekly Monday appearance on the Sirius XM NASCAR Radio program The Morning Drive, NASCAR Executive Vice-President and Chief Racing Officer Steve O'Donnell explained to Mike Bagley and Pete Pistone the process and reasoning to why the race was called before its scheduled conclusion. Race results Pos No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Laps completed Points 1 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 138 47 2 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 138 43 3 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 138 41 4 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 138 41 5 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 138 40 6 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 138 39 7 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 138 37 8 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 138 36 9 6 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 138 35 10 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 138 34 11 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 138 33 12 19 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 138 33 13 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 138 31 14 33 Ty Dillon (i) Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 138 0 15 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 138 30 16 10 Danica Patrick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 138 29 17 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 138 28 18 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 138 26 19 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 137 25 20 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 137 24 21 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 137 23 22 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 137 22 23 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 137 21 24 21 Ryan Blaney (i) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 137 0 25 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 137 19 26 9 Sam Hornish Jr. Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 137 18 27 51 Justin Allgaier HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 137 17 28 14 Tony Stewart Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 137 16 29 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 137 17 30 46 Michael Annett HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 137 14 31 40 Landon Cassill (i) Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 137 0 32 35 Cole Whitt Front Row Motorsports Ford 137 12 33 34 Brett Moffitt (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 137 11 34 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Ford 137 11 35 55 David Ragan Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 136 9 36 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 136 8 37 26 Jeb Burton (R) BK Racing Toyota 136 7 38 23 J. J. Yeley (i) BK Racing Toyota 136 0 39 83 Matt DiBenedetto (R) BK Racing Toyota 136 5 40 32 Mike Bliss (i) Go FAS Racing Ford 136 0 41 7 Alex Bowman Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 84 3 42 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 64 2 43 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 52 1Official Quicken Loans 400 results Race statistics 17 lead changes among 11 different drivers 5 cautions for 38 laps; 3 red flags for 1 hour, 33 minutes, 22 seconds Time of race: 2 hours, 21 minutes, 55 seconds Average speed: 116.688 mph km/h on Kurt Busch took home $186,725 in winnings Lap Leaders Laps Leader 1 Carl Edwards 2 Kasey Kahne 3-41 Carl Edwards 42 Josh Wise 43-82 Kevin Harvick 83-84 Matt Kenseth 85 Brad Keselowski 86-87 Kyle Larson 88-94 Joey Logano 95-96 Danica Patrick 97-119 Kevin Harvick 120 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 121 Matt Kenseth 122-126 Brad Keselowski 127 Carl Edwards 128-132 Kyle Larson 133-138 Kurt BuschTotal laps led Leader Laps Kevin Harvick 63 Carl Edwards 41 Joey Logano 7 Kyle Larson 7 Kurt Busch 6 Brad Keselowski 6 Matt Kenseth 3 Danica Patrick 2 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1 Kasey Kahne 1 Josh Wise 1 Race awards Coors Light Pole Award: Kasey Kahne (35.645, 201.992 mph km/h on) 3M Lap Leader: Kevin Harvick (63 laps) American Ethanol Green Flag Restart Award: Carl Edwards Duralast Brakes "Bake In The Race" Award: Carl Edwards Freescale "Wide Open": Kurt Busch Ingersoll Rand Power Move: Jamie McMurray (11 positions) MAHLE Clevite Engine Builder of the Race: Hendrick Engines, #41 Mobil 1 Driver of the Race: Matt Kenseth (117.6 driver rating) Moog Steering and Suspension Problem Solver of The Race: Paul Menard (crew chief Justin Alexander (0.260)) NASCAR Sprint Cup Leader Bonus: No winner: rolls over to $120,000 at next event Sherwin-Williams Fastest Lap: Carl Edwards (Lap 30, 36.649, 196.457 mph km/h on) Sunoco Rookie of The Race: Brett Moffitt Media Television Fox Sports covered their seventh race at Michigan International Speedway and their first since 2006. Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds and two time Michigan winner Darrell Waltrip had the booth to call the race. Jamie Little, Chris Neville and Matt Yocum handled the pit road duties for the television side. Fox Sports 1Booth 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, Jeff Striegle and five time Michigan winner Rusty Wallace called the race in the booth when the field was racing down the front stretch. Dave Moody called the race from atop a billboard outside of turn 2 when the field was racing through turns 1 and 2. Mike Bagley called the race from a platform outside turn 4 when the field was racing through turns 3 and 4. Alex Hayden, Winston Kelley and Steve Post worked pit road for MRN. MRNBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Joe MooreAnnouncer: Jeff StriegleAnnouncer: Rusty Wallace Turns 1 & 2: Dave MoodyTurn 3 & 4: Mike Bagley Alex HaydenWinston KelleySteve Post Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Kevin Harvick 576 10px 2 Martin Truex Jr. 561 (-15) 10px 1 3 Joey Logano 520 (-56) 10px 1 4 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 508 (-68) 10px 2 5 Jimmie Johnson 506 (-70) 10px 6 Brad Keselowski 480 (-96) 10px 7 Jamie McMurray 464 (-112) 10px 1 8 Matt Kenseth 456 (-120) 10px 1 9 Kasey Kahne 447 (-129) 10px 10 Jeff Gordon 434 (-142) 10px 1 11 Kurt Busch 426 (-150) 10px 1 12 Paul Menard 421 (-155) 10px 13 Denny Hamlin 412 (-164) 10px 2 14 Carl Edwards 401 (-175) 10px 1 15 Aric Almirola 401 (-175) 10px 1 16 Ryan Newman 400 (-176) thumb|right|Kevin Harvick left Michigan with a 15-point lead over Martin Truex Jr. Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 10px 1 Chevrolet 683 10px 2 Ford 617 (-66) 10px 3 Toyota 585 (-98) Note: Only the first sixteen positions are included for the driver standings. Note "N" References 30em Sprint Cup Series 2015 2015 Axalta "We Paint Winners" 400 2015 Toyota/Save Mart 350 Quicken Loans 400 Quicken Loans 400 Category:NASCAR races at Michigan International Speedway