2015 Bank of America 500

February 2025 NAS Bank of America 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 October 5, 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/charlotte-motor-speedway.html Charlotte Motor Speedway NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013 NASCAR.com October 5, 2015 September 29, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150929061845/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/nascar-tracks/charlotte-motor-speedway.html deadhttp://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&YearID=44&RaceID=6817&StatType=Entry+List Entry List Motor Racing Network October 5, 2015 MRN.com October 5, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151006060250/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&YearID=44&RaceID=6817&StatType=Entry+List October 6, 2015 deadhttp://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2015/10/Bank-of-America-500-1st-Practice-Speeds.aspx First Practice Results Motor Racing Network October 8, 2015 MRN.com October 8, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151012222801/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2015/10/Bank-of-America-500-1st-Practice-Speeds.aspx October 12, 2015 deadhttp://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2015/10/Bank-of-America-500-Qualifying-Results.aspx Qualifying Results Motor Racing Network October 8, 2015 MRN.com October 9, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151011183858/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2015/10/Bank-of-America-500-Qualifying-Results.aspx October 11, 2015 deadhttp://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2015/10/Bank-of-America-500-2nd-Practice-Speeds.aspx Second Practice Results Motor Racing Network October 9, 2015 MRN.com October 9, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151011113024/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2015/10/Bank-of-America-500-2nd-Practice-Speeds.aspx October 11, 2015 deadhttp://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2015/10/Bank-of-America-500-Final-Practice-Speeds.aspx Final Practice Results Motor Racing Network October 9, 2015 MRN.com October 9, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151012021302/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2015/10/Bank-of-America-500-Final-Practice-Speeds.aspx October 12, 2015 deadhttp://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&YearID=44&RaceID=6817&StatType=Race+Results Bank of America 500 Results Motor Racing Network October 11, 2015 MRN.com October 11, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151226164822/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&YearID=44&RaceID=6817&StatType=Race+Results December 26, 2015 deadhttp://www.jayski.com/stats/2015/pdfs/30cms2015points.pdf Points standings NASCAR Statistics October 11, 2015 Jayski.com October 11, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151106033543/http://www.jayski.com/stats/2015/pdfs/30cms2015points.pdf November 6, 2015 deadhttp://www.jayski.com/stats/2015/pdfs/30cms2015racereport.pdf Manufacturer standings NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications October 12, 2015 Jayski.com October 12, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151106021036/http://www.jayski.com/stats/2015/pdfs/30cms2015racereport.pdf November 6, 2015 dead 2015 10 11 2015 30 36 2015_Bank_of_America_500_program_cover.jpeg The 2015 Bank of America 500 program cover, featuring Jeff Gordon. Artwork by Sam Bass. "Jeff's Last Ride". Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina 1.5 2.4 334 501 801.6 Clear blue skies with a temperature of 64 F C; wind out of the north/northeast at 6 mph km/h on 139.760 mph km/h on Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing 27.759 Joey Logano Team Penske 227 22 Joey Logano Team Penske NBCSN Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte 1.4/3 (Overnight)http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2015/10/college-football-ratings-sec-espn-cal-utah-nascar-charlotte-nbcsn-presidents-cup-nbc/ Ratings Roundup: More CFB, Delayed NASCAR, President's Cup Paulsen Sports Media Watch October 12, 2015 SportsMediaWatch.com October 13, 20151.4/3 (Final)http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2015/10/nascar-ratings-charlotte-delayed-nbcsn-wnba-finals-espn-abc-usmnt-costa-rica-espn/ Ratings Roundup: Delayed NASCAR, WNBA Finals Wrap, USA Soccer Friendly Paulsen Sports Media Watch October 18, 2015 SportsMediaWatch.com October 19, 20152.7 million viewers PRN Doug Rice, Mark Garrow and Wendy Venturini Rob Albright (1 & 2) and Pat Patterson (3 & 4) The 2015 Bank of America 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race scheduled to be held on October 10, 2015 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina but pushed ahead to October 11 due to rain. Contested over 334 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) intermediate speedway, it was the 30th race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, fourth race of the Chase and first race of the Contender Round. Joey Logano won the race, his fourth of the season. Kevin Harvick finished second. Martin Truex Jr., Denny Hamlin and Kurt Busch rounded out the top-five. Matt Kenseth won the pole for the race and led 72 laps before retiring from the race after slamming the wall late in the event and finished 42nd. Logano led a race high of 227 on his way to winning the race. The race had 14 lead changes among 10 different drivers, as well as nine caution flag periods for 44 laps. This was the 12th career win for Joey Logano, fourth of the season, first at Charlotte Motor Speedway and third at the track for Team Penske. He jumped to the top of the points standings with a six–point lead over Harvick. Despite being the winning manufacturer, Ford left Charlotte trailing Chevrolet by 67–points third in the manufacturer standings. The Bank of America 500 was carried by NBC Sports on the cable/satellite NBCSN 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|An aerial view of Charlotte Motor Speedway Charlotte Motor Speedway (known as Lowe's Motor Speedway from 1999 to 2009 due to sponsorship reasons) is a 1.500 mi km on quad-oval intermediate speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Matt Kenseth entered tied for the points lead with Joey Logano, Denny Hamlin, Carl Edwards, Martin Truex Jr., Kurt Busch, Jeff Gordon, Brad Keselowski, Kyle Busch, Ryan Newman, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kevin Harvick.Coble Don Kevin Harvick knew season was on line at Dover, but pressure was no problem http://jacksonville.com/sports/racing/2015-10-06/story/kevin-harvick-knew-season-was-line-dover-pressure-was-no-problem October 7, 2015 The Florida Times-Union The Florida Times-Union October 6, 2015 Jacksonville, FloridaBernstein Viv Everyone Chasing Kevin Harvick, Master of Must-Win Races https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/10/sports/autoracing/everyone-chasing-kevin-harvick-master-of-must-win-races.html?_r=0 October 10, 2015 The New York Times October 9, 2015 Concord, North Carolina Restart zone The restart zone was expanded from 90 ft m on to 180 ft m on and lines were painted across the track to indicate the zone.http://www.foxsports.com/nascar/story/charlotte-chase-sprint-cup-dale-earnhardt-brad-keselowski-kevin-harvick-restart-zone-lines-100715 Charlotte Motor Speedway expands restart zone, paints lines on the track Pennell Jay Fox Sports Interactive Media, LLC. October 7, 2015 FoxSports.com October 7, 2015 Entry list The entry list for the Bank of America 500 was released on Monday, October 5 at 11:10 a.m. Eastern time. Forty-five cars were entered for the race. All but Ryan Blaney and Michael McDowell were entered in the previous week's race at Dover. 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 Jeb Burton (R) BK Racing Toyota 24 Jeff Gordon (PC7) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 26 J. J. Yeley (i) BK Racing Toyota 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 32 Josh Wise Go FAS Racing Ford 33 Alex Kennedy (R) 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 Timmy Hill (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 95 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing Ford 98 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports FordOfficial entry list Key Meaning (R) Rookie (i) Ineligible for points (PC#) Past champions provisional Practice First practice Kevin Harvick was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 27.907 and a speed of 193.500 mph km/h on.http://nascar.nbcsports.com/2015/10/08/kevin-harvick-fastest-in-first-sprint-cup-practice-at-charlotte/ Kevin Harvick fastest in first Sprint Cup practice at Charlotte Bonkowski Jerry NBC Sports October 8, 2015 nascartalk.nbcsports.com October 8, 2015 Pos No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed MPH 1 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 27.907 193.500 2 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 27.995 192.892 3 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 27.996 192.885Official first practice results Practice (post-qualifying) Second practice Kurt Busch was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 28.606 and a speed of 188.772 mph km/h on.http://nascar.nbcsports.com/2015/10/09/kurt-busch-fastest-in-second-sprint-cup-practice-for-bank-of-america-500/ Kurt Busch fastest in second Cup practice for Bank of America 500 McFadin Daniel NBC Sports October 9, 2015 nascartalk.nbcsports.com October 9, 2015 Pos No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed MPH 1 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 28.606 188.772 2 19 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.629 188.620 3 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.780 187.630Official second practice results Final practice Kyle Busch was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.518 and a speed of 189.354 mph km/h on.http://nascar.nbcsports.com/2015/10/09/kyle-busch-fastest-in-final-bank-of-america-500-practice/ Kyle Busch fastest in final Bank of America 500 practice McFadin Daniel NBC Sports October 9, 2015 nascartalk.nbcsports.com October 9, 2015 Pos No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed MPH 1 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.518 189.354 2 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 28.572 188.996 3 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 28.646 188.508Official final practice results Qualifying thumb|right|Matt Kenseth scored the pole for the race. Matt Kenseth won the pole for the race with a time of 27.759 and a speed of 194.532 mph km/h on.http://www.speedwaymedia.com/?p=102131 Kenseth The Man To Beat Arthur Greg USA Today Sports Digital Properties October 8, 2015 SpeedwayMedia.com October 9, 2015 He said that his team had "worked on qualifying all day. Obviously our goal was to come here and try to sit on the pole but to qualify well, and we accomplished that. They brought a real fast car here in the spring. Jason did a great job with our qualifying setup in the spring. We came here with the relatively same stuff. We’re just trying to make our stuff better.”http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2015/10/Matt-Kenseth-Captures-Bank-of-America-500-Pole.aspx Charlotte Pole Sweep for Kenseth Mays Robbie Motor Racing Network October 8, 2015 MRN.com October 9, 2015 Concord, North Carolina https://web.archive.org/web/20151011034636/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2015/10/Matt-Kenseth-Captures-Bank-of-America-500-Pole.aspx October 11, 2015 dead Kyle Busch, after qualifying second, said that he liked "coming to Charlotte. This is certainly a good track for me. We look forward to Saturday night being another good night for us. Adam (Stevens) and the guys made did a great job making some good adjustments for qualifying there." 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 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.072 27.904 27.759 2 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.057 28.074 27.957 3 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 28.340 27.962 27.976 4 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 28.351 28.134 27.987 5 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.379 28.128 27.992 6 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 28.220 28.171 28.036 7 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.266 28.176 28.051 8 19 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.161 28.181 28.061 9 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 28.381 28.142 28.092 10 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.270 28.142 28.119 11 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 28.025 27.980 28.211 12 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.049 27.979 28.328 13 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 28.067 28.181 — 14 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.275 28.183 — 15 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 28.362 28.264 — 16 21 Ryan Blaney (i) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 28.186 28.264 — 17 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 28.436 28.286 — 18 9 Sam Hornish Jr. Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 28.311 28.299 — 19 55 David Ragan Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 28.380 28.349 — 20 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.220 28.356 — 21 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 28.390 28.364 — 22 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.268 28.429 — 23 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 28.430 28.475 — 24 10 Danica Patrick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 28.386 28.631 — 25 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 28.436 — — 26 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.449 — — 27 7 Alex Bowman Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 28.538 — — 28 51 Justin Allgaier HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 28.626 — — 29 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 28.644 — — 30 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 28.647 — — 31 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 28.749 — — 32 95 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing Ford 28.825 — — 33 6 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 28.839 — — 34 40 Landon Cassill (i) Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 28.843 — — 35 26 J. J. Yeley (i) BK Racing Toyota 28.844 — — 36 14 Tony Stewart Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 28.915 — — 37 34 Brett Moffitt (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 28.941 — — 38 46 Michael Annett HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 28.942 — — 39 35 Cole Whitt Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.023 — — 40 83 Matt DiBenedetto (R) BK Racing Toyota 29.066 — — 41 23 Jeb Burton (R) BK Racing Toyota 29.158 — — 42 98 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Ford 29.318 — — 43 33 Alex Kennedy (R) Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 29.642 — —Failed to qualify 44 32 Josh Wise Go FAS Racing Ford 29.152 — — 45 62 Timmy Hill (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 29.442 — —Official qualifying results Race First half Start The race was scheduled to start at 7:21 p.m., but rain forced the race to be pushed to the next day.Hembree Mike Rain postpones Sprint Cup race at Charlotte; rescheduled for Sunday https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2015/10/10/bank-of-america-500-charlotte-motor-speedway-postponed-rain/73747764/ October 10, 2015 USA Today Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc. October 10, 2015 Concord, North Carolina Under clear blue North Carolina skies, Matt Kenseth led the field to the green flag at 12:32 p.m. The field didn't make it half a lap before debris brought out the first caution of the race. The back of the field accordioned back and Jeb Burton rammed into the rear of Cole Whitt. Kyle Busch was able to take the lead before the caution flew.2015 Bank of America 500 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c0Rli2E9Wc October 19, 2015 Sprint Cup Series Sprint Cup Series NBC Sports NBCSN Concord, North Carolina October 11, 2015 67 12:32 p.m. en The race restarted on lap 5. Matt Kenseth drove by Busch to take the lead. He pulled out to a one-second lead over Joey Logano after 10 laps. The second caution of the race flew on lap 26. This was a scheduled competition caution due to overnight rain. J. J. Yeley was tagged for his crew being over the wall too soon and restarted the race from the tail-end of the field. The race restarted on lap 31. Yeley was black-flagged for unapproved adjustments and forced to come to pit road and fix the adjustment. Kasey Kahne was running 12th when he made an unscheduled stop on lap 42 after brushing the wall in turn 1. He rejoined the race in 41st two laps down. The third caution of the race flew on lap 61 for a single-car wreck on the backstretch. Rounding turn 2, Kahne suffered a right-front tire blowout and slammed the wall.Kiser Bill Hendrick teammates struggle, but Gordon 8th in final 500 https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nascar-auto-racing/thatsracin/article38770326.html October 12, 2015 The Charlotte Observer The Charlotte Observer October 11, 2015 Concord, North Carolina He said that he didn't understand "why either one of those tires went down. Obviously, we were doing something wrong to have two tire failures like that. It’s discouraging, but that’s the way it goes.” He went on to finish 43rd.http://brock.lastcar.info/2015/10/cup-kasey-kahne-last-while-low.html CUP: Kasey Kahne Last While Low Attrition Drops Chaser Kenseth To 42nd Beard Brock LASTCAR October 11, 2015 brock.lastcar.info October 12, 2015 Greg Biffle was tagged for speeding on pit road and restarted the race from the tail-end of the field. The race restarted on lap 66. Carl Edwards tapped the back of Dale Earnhardt Jr., got him loose and sent him into the wall on lap 70.http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2015/10/Tough-Day-for-Dale-Earnhardt-Jr-at-Charlotte.aspx Tough Day for Earnhardt Jr. Mays Robbie Motor Racing Network October 11, 2015 MRN.com October 12, 2015 Concord, North Carolina https://web.archive.org/web/20151013003713/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2015/10/Tough-Day-for-Dale-Earnhardt-Jr-at-Charlotte.aspx October 13, 2015 dead Eventually, Earnhardt cut down his right-front tire, rode the wall and brought out the fourth caution of the race on lap 75. Speaking on the incident, he said that Edwards "got a great run on us and drove down into one and got in the back of us a little bit. I don’t know if I cut him off or not. But he drove in there pretty hard and ran over the left rear quarter panel of the car and got in the fence." Joey Logano opted not to pit under the caution and assumed the lead. Second quarter The race restarted on lap 81. Austin Dillon commenced a cycle of green flag stops pitting on lap 121. Logano hit pit road the next lap and handed the lead to Jimmie Johnson. He pitted on lap 124 and gave the lead to Kyle Larson. He pitted on lap 127 and surrendered the lead to Carl Edwards. He pitted the next lap and the lead cycled back to Joey Logano.http://nascar.nbcsports.com/2015/10/11/joey-logano-leads-at-halfway-point-of-bank-of-america-500/ Joey Logano leads at halfway points of Bank of America 500 Bonkowski Jerry NBC Sports October 11, 2015 nascartalk.nbcsports.com October 11, 2015 Debris on the backstretch brought out the fifth caution of the race on lap 167. Second half Halfway "We all hit the wall. I hit the wall, Brad hit the wall. Then we went another lap and I pitted and a bunch of other guys hit the wall. There was oil down there. It wasn’t Speedi Dri. I’ve raced this for 20 years. I know what oil and Speedi Dri is. We hit fluid and flew into the freaking wall hard. That’s not Speedi Dri. It was oil up there. There were some shadows cast by them billboards across the track and that may have made it difficult for them to see. Justin blew a hose. He didn’t knock a hole in the bottom of the engine that would just leave a track of oil. He blew a hose or something that is going to spray oil and throw oil all about the race track and up the race track. Maybe it was two-and-a-half car lengths wide how much oil was on the track. You can put it where the car went. You got to get out there maybe and feel around, get your hands on the track." Dale Earnhardt Jr. speaking about the oil on the track after the racehttp://nascar.nbcsports.com/2015/10/11/dale-jr-kyle-busch-dont-see-eye-to-eye-with-nascar/ Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kyle Busch don't see eye-to-eye with NASCAR Long Dustin NBC Sports October 11, 2015 nascartalk.nbcsports.com October 12, 2015 Concord, North Carolina 40% right The race restarted on lap 174. The sixth caution of the race flew on lap 177 after Matt Kenseth made contact with the wall in turn 4.http://autoracingdaily.com/joey-logano-dominates-at-charlotte/ Joey Logano dominates at Charlotte Vincent Adam Auto Racing Daily October 11, 2015 autoracingdaily.com October 12, 2015 He said that his situation "just kind of snowballed, you know. We were real fast out front. We were kind of tight in traffic and got behind pitting, and then I missed the pit stall tryng [sic] to come around the 21 (Ryan Blaney) and had to back up in the pit, and that put us back there, so just kind of snowballed. But with Ryan (Newman), I honestly don’t know. I’ve got to look at it. He went up like I thought he was broke, so I went up through the middle, and I thought I left him plenty of room and then next thing I know, I was pointed at the fence.” The race restarted on lap 182. The seventh caution of the race flew the same lap after Justin Allgaier blew his engine in turn 1. The race restarted on lap 190. Fluid in turn 2 brought out the eighth caution of the race on lap 195. Following the race, Dale Earnhardt Jr. elaborated on the oil in turn 2. After deciding to hit pit road at the last second, Kyle Larson got turned by Kyle Busch who decided not to pit at the last second.Kiser Bill Pit road incident ends top-three hopes for Busch, Larson https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nascar-auto-racing/thatsracin/article38776173.html October 12, 2015 The Charlotte Observer The McClatchy Company October 11, 2015 Concord, North Carolina Larson said that he was told "to do what everybody around me was doing. The No. 22 (Logano) was staying out, so I was committed to staying out. (But) as soon as I turned right to stay out, they said ‘pit, pit, pit.’ I hung a left, and Kyle was there.” Busch said that he didn't "know what happened. My guys don’t deserve to be put in these situations year in and year out, but we are for some reason. It’s tough, but we’re going to have to battle back with what we’ve got." Both were tagged for commitment violations as they both hit the commitment cone and were forced to restart the race from the tail-end of the field. The race restarted on lap 201. Matt Kenseth made contact with another car on the restart and made an unscheduled stop to fix the right-front wheel well. To add insult to injury, he was black-flagged for having too many crew members over the wall and was forced to serve a drive-through penalty. Kurt Busch kicked off a cycle of green flag stops on lap 231. Logano pitted on lap 232 and gave the lead to Austin Dillon. He pitted the next lap and gave the lead to Jeff Gordon. He pitted on lap 234 and gave the lead to Clint Bowyer. He pitted the next lap and handed the lead to Sam Hornish Jr. The ninth caution of the race flew with 95 laps to go for a single-car wreck in turn 3. Matt Kenseth suffered a right-front tire blowout and slammed the wall.http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/kenseth-leaves-charlotte-at-the-bottom-of-the-chase/ Kenseth leaves Charlotte at the bottom of the Chase Spencer Lee Motorsport.com, Inc. October 11, 2015 Motorsport.com October 12, 2015 He said that he's taking the Contender Round "one race at a time to be honest with you. I mean, you do the best you can every week and if this is the best I can do it’s amazing I have a job. These are never the kind of days you want to have for sure, but it’s just one of those days. We shouldn’t have ever been back there to start with. My mistakes and they cost us today. So we’ll just move on from this and get ready for Kansas.” Hornish pitted under the caution and handed the lead back to Joey Logano. Fourth quarter thumb|right|Joey Logano, seen here at Bristol, scored his 12th career victory at Charlotte. The race restarted with 88 laps to go. Jimmie Johnson was running in the top-five when his engine blew up on the backstretch with 77 laps to go. With 65 laps remaining, Kevin Harvick began reeling in Joey Logano. Martin Truex Jr. kicked off the final round of green flag stops with 52 laps to go. Joey Logano made his final stop with 50 laps to go and handed the lead to Sam Hornish Jr. He made his final stop with 34 laps to go and the lead cycled back to Logano. He continued to maintain a 1.5 to two second lead over Kevin Harvick with 10 laps to go. He continued to maintain that gap as he scored his 12th career victory.Fryer Jenna Logano races into 3rd round of playoffs with Charlotte win http://racing.ap.org/article/logano-races-3rd-round-playoffs-charlotte-win October 11, 2015 Associated Press Associated Press AP Sports October 11, 2015 Concord, North Carolina https://web.archive.org/web/20151012131114/http://racing.ap.org/article/logano-races-3rd-round-playoffs-charlotte-win October 12, 2015 Post-race Driver comments After the race, Logano said that his team "had a great car. Todd Gordon and this Shell/Pennzoil team, all of Team Penske, you always want to win it. Charlotte is everybody’s home turf and you want to make it happen here." He also added that the win "makes Talladega way easier. I know that’s on everyone’s mind when this round starts and last year we won Kansas when it was the first race of this round and now we were able to get it this time at Charlotte. We’ll get lots of sleep here the next couple of weeks.”http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2015/10/Joey-Logano-Wins-Bank-of-America-500-at-Charlotte-Motor-Speedway.aspx Logano Conquers Charlotte Pistone Pete Motor Racing Network October 11, 2015 MRN.com October 11, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151013040932/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2015/10/Joey-Logano-Wins-Bank-of-America-500-at-Charlotte-Motor-Speedway.aspx October 13, 2015 dead Harvick said that he "thought things went well. The guys did a great job on pit road and we were able to capitalize with their solid day and gaining track position. Car wasn't great all weekend but we were able to make headway on it and make gains and to do the things we needed to do to make it better. In the end that's what you want to do on a day like today, and we made a really good day out of it. Obviously you want to win, but with so many guys having trouble you want to capitalize on a top five run, too.”http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2015/10/Better-Start-This-Round-for-Kevin-Harvick.aspx Better Start This Round for Harvick Pistone Pete Motor Racing Network October 11, 2015 MRN.com October 12, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151015002643/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2015/10/Better-Start-This-Round-for-Kevin-Harvick.aspx October 15, 2015 dead Following a third–place finish, Truex said that this race "was honestly the worst weekend we’ve had all season long as far as how I felt about the race car. I thought after practice we’d be lucky to run 15th. So proud of (crew chief) Cole (Pearn) and my engineers and just everybody for sticking with it, and having a good game plan. You know, we had a good car today. We fought track position all day but once we got up towards the front we had good speed.”http://nascar.nbcsports.com/2015/10/11/truex-drives-worst-car-of-year-to-best-career-charlotte-finish/ Truex drives worst car of year to best career Charlotte finish McFadin Daniel NBC Sports October 11, 2015 nascartalk.nbcsports.com October 12, 2015 Following his eighth–place finish, Gordon said that he "couldn't be happier with the entire effort that we put out there. We made some great adjustments to get us back in this thing. I'm real happy with eighth. The problem is you've got six of the guys we're racing in the championship right there ahead of us. But we didn't lose much to them and I thought it was a really strong effort."Reed Steve Hendrick Motorsports drivers struggle at Charlotte http://racing.ap.org/article/hendrick-motorsports-drivers-struggle-charlotte October 12, 2015 Associated Press Associated Press AP Sports October 11, 2015 Concord, North Carolina https://web.archive.org/web/20151012131315/http://racing.ap.org/article/hendrick-motorsports-drivers-struggle-charlotte October 12, 2015 Oil on the track "Under any caution and condition, we obviously send out all the safety equipment to look and see if there is any oil from their perspective on the track. We did that in this case. We had Brett Bodine run through it multiple times and confirm back up to race control that the track was in good shape to go ahead and restart. Hopefully, there wasn’t any. We go out there and we go check and did our process multiple times and they did not see any. Ultimately, we’re not in the car and driving the car. From our view, the race was in good shape to get restarted and it always has to be before we go back green. That's where we were and felt like we did everything we could to ensure that the race track was in a safe condition." Steve O'Donnell, NASCAR executive vice-president and chief racing development officer, speaking on the oil cleanup on Sirius XM NASCAR Radiohttp://nascar.nbcsports.com/2015/10/12/nascar-to-talk-to-earnhardt-busch-about-their-claim-of-oil-on-track/ NASCAR to talk to Earnhardt, Busch about their claim of oil on track Long Dustin NBC Sports October 12, 2015 nascartalk.nbcsports.com October 12, 2015 40% right Kyle Busch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. were critical of NASCAR's cleanup effort of the oil following Justin Allgaier's engine expiration on lap 182. Busch sarcastically thanked NASCAR for the cleanup job. In his weekly appearance on the Sirius XM NASCAR Radio program The Morning Drive, NASCAR Executive Vice-President and Chief Racing Development Officer Steve O'Donnell told Mike Bagley and Pete Pistone that the officials in the tower didn't see the oil and that he couldn't "debate Kyle and (Earnhardt)[.] They’re in the race cars. If they say they hit it, it’s not something that we saw out there. We’ll continue to talk to them and see what maybe we can improve on in the future. We had personnel even out on the track, getting down on almost their hands and knees to make sure there wasn’t any." Race results Pos No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Laps completed Points 1 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 334 48 2 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 334 42 3 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 334 41 4 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 334 40 5 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 334 39 6 19 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 334 39 7 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 334 38 8 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 334 37 9 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 334 35 10 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 334 34 11 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 334 34 12 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 334 32 13 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 334 31 14 21 Ryan Blaney (i) Wood Brothers Racing Ford 334 0 15 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 334 29 16 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 334 28 17 9 Sam Hornish Jr. Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 333 28 18 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 333 26 19 10 Danica Patrick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 333 25 20 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 333 25 21 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 333 24 22 6 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 332 22 23 40 Landon Cassill (i) Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 332 0 24 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 331 20 25 46 Michael Annett HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 331 19 26 14 Tony Stewart Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 331 18 27 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 330 17 28 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 330 16 29 83 Matt DiBenedetto (R) BK Racing Toyota 330 15 30 34 Brett Moffitt (R) Front Row Motorsports Chevrolet 330 14 31 95 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing Ford 329 13 32 7 Alex Bowman Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 329 12 33 26 J. J. Yeley (i) BK Racing Toyota 328 0 34 33 Alex Kennedy (R) Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 326 10 35 98 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Ford 325 9 36 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 325 8 37 55 David Ragan Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 289 7 38 35 Cole Whitt Front Row Motorsports Ford 262 6 39 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 257 6 40 51 Justin Allgaier HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 251 4 41 23 Jeb Burton (R) BK Racing Toyota 244 3 42 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 236 3 43 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 58 1Official Bank of America 500 results Race statistics 14 lead changes among 10 different drivers 9 cautions for 44 laps Time of race: 3 hours, 35 minutes, 5 seconds Average speed: 139.760 mph km/h on Joey Logano took home $347,373 in winnings. Lap leaders Laps Leader 1-4 Kyle Busch 5-76 Matt Kenseth 77-121 Joey Logano 122-123 Jimmie Johnson 124-126 Kyle Larson 127 Carl Edwards 128-231 Joey Logano 232 Austin Dillon 233 Jeff Gordon 234 Clint Bowyer 235-241 Sam Hornish Jr. 242-284 Joey Logano 285-299 Sam Hornish Jr. 300-334 Joey LoganoTotal laps led Leader Laps Joey Logano 227 Matt Kenseth 72 Sam Hornish Jr. 22 Kyle Busch 4 Kyle Larson 3 Jimmie Johnson 2 Carl Edwards 1 Austin Dillon 1 Jeff Gordon 1 Clint Bowyer 1 Race awards Coors Light Pole Award: Matt Kenseth (27.759, 194.532 mph km/h on 3M Lap Leader: Joey Logano (227 laps) American Ethanol Green Flag Restart Award: Joey Logano Duralast Brakes "Bake In The Race" Award: Kyle Busch Freescale "Wide Open": Kevin Harvick Ingersoll Rand Power Move: Aric Almirola (2 positions) MAHLE Clevite Engine Builder of the Race: Roush-Yates Engines, #22 Mobil 1 Driver of the Race: Joey Logano (146.4 driver rating) Moog Steering and Suspension Problem Solver of The Race: Jeff Gordon (crew chief Alan Gustafson (–0.053 seconds)) NASCAR Sprint Cup Leader Bonus: Joey Logano, ($20,000) Sherwin-Williams Fastest Lap: Matt Kenseth (Lap 6, 28.246, 191.178 mph km/h on) Sunoco Rookie of The Race: Matt DiBenedetto Media Television NBCSN covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, three–time Charlotte winner Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte had the call in the booth for the race. Dave Burns, Mike Massaro, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast handled pit road on the television side. NBCSNBooth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Rick AllenColor-commentator: Jeff BurtonColor-commentator: Steve Letarte Dave BurnsMike MassaroMarty SniderKelli Stavast Radio PRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Doug Rice, Mark Garrow and Wendy Venturini called the race from the booth when the field was racing down the front stretch. Rob Albright called the race from a platform outside turn 2 when the field was racing through turns 1 and 2. Pat Patterson called the race from atop the turn 4 stands when the field was racing through turns 3 and 4. Brad Gillie, Brett McMillan, Jim Noble and Steve Richards handled pit road on the radio side. PRN Booth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Doug RiceAnnouncer: Mark GarrowAnnouncer: Wendy Venturini Turns 1 & 2: Rob AlbrightTurns 3 & 4: Pat Patterson Brad GillieBrett McMillanJim NobleSteve Richards Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 1 Joey Logano 3,048 10px 10 2 Kevin Harvick 3,042 (–6) 10px 2 3 Martin Truex Jr. 3,041 (–7) 10px 1 4 Denny Hamlin 3,040 (–8) 10px 1 5 Kurt Busch 3,039 (–9) 10px 2 6 Carl Edwards 3,039 (–9) 10px 7 Jeff Gordon 3,037 (–11) 10px 8 Brad Keselowski 3,035 (–13) 10px 1 9 Ryan Newman 3,029 (–19) 10px 1 10 Kyle Busch 3,025 (–23) 10px 11 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 3,016 (–32) 10px 11 12 Matt Kenseth 3,003 (–45) 10px 13 Jamie McMurray 2,130 (–918) 10px 14 Jimmie Johnson 2,092 (–956) 10px 15 Paul Menard 2,083 (–965) 10px 16 Clint Bowyer 2,082 (–966) thumb|right|Joey Logano left Charlotte with a six–point lead over Kevin Harvick. Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 10px 1 Chevrolet 1,315 10px 2 Toyota 1,268 (–47) 10px 3 Ford 1,248 (–67) Note: Only the first sixteen positions are included for the driver standings. References 2 Sprint Cup Series 2015 2015 AAA 400 2015 Hollywood Casino 400 Bank of America 500 Bank of America 500 Category:NASCAR races at Charlotte Motor Speedway