Type: | CUST |
Pole Team: | Kyle Busch Motorsports |
Official Name: | 21st Annual Lucas Oil 150 |
Network: | FS1 |
Avg: | 92.704mph |
Date: | November 13 |
Pole Driver: | Erik Jones |
Most Driver: | Erik Jones |
Most Team: | Kyle Busch Motorsports |
First Driver: | Timothy Peters |
First Team: | Red Horse Racing |
Car: | 17 |
Most Laps: | 106 |
Scheduled Laps: | 150 |
Location: | Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, Arizona |
Scheduled Mi: | 150 |
Scheduled Km: | 241 |
Distance Km: | 241 |
Distance Laps: | 150 |
Radio: | MRN |
Description: | Race 22 of 23 of the 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series |
Course Km: | 1.6 |
Course Mi: | 1 |
Race Name: | Lucas Oil 150 |
Year: | 2015 |
Distance Mi: | 150 |
Announcers: | Ralph Sheheen, Phil Parsons, and Michael Waltrip |
Pole Time: | 26.179 |
The 2015 Lucas Oil 150 was the 22nd stock car race of the 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and the 21st iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, November 13, 2015, in Avondale, Arizona at Phoenix International Raceway, a 1 mi (1.6 km) permanent quad-oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 150 laps to complete. Timothy Peters, driving for Red Horse Racing, would hold off John Hunter Nemechek with under 30 laps to go, and earned his 10th career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win, and his second of the season. Pole-sitter Erik Jones dominated the entire race, leading 106 of the 150 laps before being involved in an incident with Matt Crafton with 30 laps to go.[1] To fill out the podium, Nemechek, driving for family-owned SWM-NEMCO Motorsports, and John Wes Townley, driving for family-owned Athenian Motorsports, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
Phoenix International Raceway is a 1-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona, near Phoenix. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. Phoenix Raceway has also hosted the CART, IndyCar Series, USAC and the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The raceway is currently owned and operated by NASCAR subsidiary International Speedway Corporation.
The first and only practice session was held on Thursday, November 12, at 2:30 PM MST, and would last for 2 hours and 25 minutes.[2] Cameron Hayley, driving for ThorSport Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 26.192, and an average speed of 137.447mph.[3]
Pos. | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 13 | Cameron Hayley (R) | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 26.192 | 137.447 | |
2 | 4 | Erik Jones (R) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 26.276 | 137.007 | |
3 | 33 | Brandon Jones (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 26.429 | 136.214 | |
Full first practice results |
Qualifying was held on Friday, November 13, at 10:45 AM MST. The qualifying system used is a multi car, multi lap, three round system where in the first round, everyone would set a time to determine positions 25–32. Then, the fastest 24 qualifiers would move on to the second round to determine positions 13–24. Lastly, the fastest 12 qualifiers would move on to the third round to determine positions 1–12.[4]
Erik Jones, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would win the pole after advancing from the preliminary rounds and setting the fastest time in Round 3, with a lap of 26.179, and an average speed of 137.515mph.[5]
Brandon Hightower, Caleb Roark, Norm Benning, and Cassie Gannis would fail to qualify.
Fin[6] | St | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Winnings | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 10 | 17 | Timothy Peters | Red Horse Racing | Toyota | 150 | 28 | Running | 47 | $44,502 | |
2 | 11 | 8 | John Hunter Nemechek (R) | SWM-NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | Running | 42 | $32,722 | |
3 | 19 | 05 | John Wes Townley | Athenian Motorsports | Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | Running | 41 | $24,226 | |
4 | 8 | 51 | Daniel Suárez (i) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 150 | 0 | Running | 0 | $17,000 | |
5 | 2 | 19 | Tyler Reddick | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 150 | 0 | Running | 39 | $17,375 | |
6 | 15 | 23 | Spencer Gallagher (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | Running | 38 | $16,287 | |
7 | 3 | 32 | Justin Haley | Braun Motorsports | Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | Running | 37 | $13,982 | |
8 | 17 | 54 | Matt Tifft | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 150 | 0 | Running | 36 | $16,176 | |
9 | 1 | 4 | Erik Jones (R) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 150 | 106 | Running | 37 | $20,621 | |
10 | 18 | 15 | Mason Mingus | Billy Boat Motorsports | Chevrolet | 150 | 0 | Running | 34 | $16,988 | |
11 | 6 | 13 | Cameron Hayley (R) | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 150 | 0 | Running | 33 | $15,844 | |
12 | 24 | 16 | Chad Boat | Billy Boat Motorsports | Chevrolet | 149 | 0 | Running | 32 | $13,455 | |
13 | 23 | 02 | Tyler Young | Young's Motorsports | Chevrolet | 149 | 0 | Running | 31 | $15,649 | |
14 | 21 | 29 | Austin Cindric | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 149 | 0 | Running | 30 | $15,567 | |
15 | 25 | 50 | Travis Kvapil | MAKE Motorsports | Chevrolet | 149 | 1 | Running | 30 | $15,911 | |
16 | 26 | 36 | Bobby Pierce | MB Motorsports | Chevrolet | 149 | 0 | Running | 28 | $15,628 | |
17 | 27 | 1 | Rubén Pardo | Rick Ware Racing | Chevrolet | 148 | 0 | Running | 27 | $15,372 | |
18 | 28 | 94 | Timmy Hill | Premium Motorsports | Chevrolet | 148 | 0 | Running | 26 | $15,317 | |
19 | 20 | 5 | Dalton Sargeant | Wauters Motorsports | Toyota | 148 | 0 | Running | 25 | $13,012 | |
20 | 22 | 07 | Ray Black Jr. (R) | SS-Green Light Racing | Chevrolet | 148 | 0 | Running | 24 | $15,706 | |
21 | 13 | 14 | Daniel Hemric (R) | NTS Motorsports | Chevrolet | 144 | 0 | Running | 23 | $15,096 | |
22 | 29 | 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing | Chevrolet | 141 | 0 | Running | 22 | $15,040 | |
23 | 4 | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 130 | 15 | Accident | 22 | $14,680 | |
24 | 12 | 11 | Ben Kennedy | Red Horse Racing | Toyota | 126 | 0 | Running | 20 | $13,569 | |
25 | 16 | 98 | Johnny Sauter | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 120 | 0 | Accident | 19 | $12,609 | |
26 | 9 | 00 | Cole Custer | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 114 | 0 | Running | 18 | $12,347 | |
27 | 32 | 63 | Akinori Ogata | MB Motorsports | Chevrolet | 105 | 0 | Suspension | 17 | $12,209 | |
28 | 14 | 31 | Rico Abreu | NTS Motorsports | Chevrolet | 44 | 0 | Accident | 16 | $11,878 | |
29 | 31 | 74 | Jordan Anderson | Mike Harmon Racing | Chevrolet | 36 | 0 | Engine | 15 | $11,768 | |
30 | 30 | 08 | Korbin Forrister (R) | BJMM with SS-Green Light Racing | Chevrolet | 15 | 0 | Accident | 14 | $11,268 | |
31 | 5 | 9 | William Byron | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 6 | 0 | Accident | 13 | $9,768 | |
32 | 7 | 33 | Brandon Jones (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 6 | 0 | Accident | 12 | $8,768 | |
Official race results |
Pos | Driver | Points | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Erik Jones | 861 | |||||||
1 | 2 | Tyler Reddick | 842 (-19) | ||||||
1 | 3 | Matt Crafton | 829 (–32) | ||||||
4 | Johnny Sauter | 772 (–89) | |||||||
5 | Timothy Peters | 765 (–96) | |||||||
6 | Cameron Hayley | 731 (–130) | |||||||
7 | Daniel Hemric | 697 (–164) | |||||||
8 | John Wes Townley | 695 (–166) | |||||||
9 | Ben Kennedy | 650 (–211) | |||||||
10 | Spencer Gallagher | 644 (–217) | |||||||
Official driver's standings |