2015 Federated Auto Parts 400

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2015 Federated Auto Parts 400
Race details [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Race 26 of 36 in the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
2015 Federated Auto Parts 400 logo.jpeg
Date September 12, 2015 (2015-09-12)
Location Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Virginia
Course Permanent racing facility
.75 mi (1.2 km)
Distance 400 laps, 300 mi (480 km)
Weather Mostly cloudy skies with a temperature of 69 °F (21 °C); wind out of the west/southwest at 3 mph (4.8 km/h)
Average speed 100.353 mph (161.502 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Team Penske
Time 21.349
Most laps led
Driver Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps 352
Winner
No. 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network NBCSN
Announcers Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte
Nielsen Ratings 1.7/3 (Overnight) [10]
1.8/3 (Final) [11]
3.1 Million viewers [11]
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN
Booth Announcers Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace
Turn Announcers Dave Moody (Backstretch)

The 2015 Federated Auto Parts 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on September 12, 2015, at Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Contested over 400 laps on the three–quarter (1.2 km) short track, it was the 26th race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Matt Kenseth won the race, his fourth of the season. Kyle Busch finished second. Joey Logano, Aric Almirola and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. rounded out the top-five.

Contents

Logano won the pole for the race and led 25 laps on his way to a third–place finish. Kenseth led a race high of 352 laps on his way to winning the race. The race had 13 lead changes among four different drivers, as well as six caution flag periods for 47 laps.

This was the 35th career victory for Matt Kenseth, fourth of the season, second at Richmond International Raceway and 10th at the track for Joe Gibbs Racing. With the win, Kenseth moved into a tie with Kyle Busch and Jimmie Johnson for the points lead after the Chase reset. Despite being the winning manufacturer, Toyota left Richmond trailing Chevrolet by 54–points in the manufacturer standings.

The Federated Auto Parts 400 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 Motor Racing Network and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

Report

Background

Richmond International Raceway, the track where the race was held. Richmond International Raceway from stands.jpg
Richmond International Raceway, the track where the race was held.

Richmond International Raceway (RIR) is a 3/4-mile (1.2 km), D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County. It hosts the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Xfinity Series. "America's Premier Short Track" formerly hosted a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, an IndyCar Series race, and two USAC sprint car races.

Kevin Harvick entered Richmond with a 42–point lead over Joey Logano. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. entered 93 back. Brad Keselowski entered 111 back. Jimmie Johnson entered 131 back.

Chase-clinching scenarios

The following scenarios were in play for the 2015 Chase for the Sprint Cup. [12]

Regardless of who wins

Jamie McMurray clinched by starting the race. [12] Ryan Newman would clinch by finishing 31st or better, 32nd if he led at least one lap or 33rd if he led the most laps. [12] Jeff Gordon would clinch by finishing 17th or better, 18th if he led at least one lap or 19th if he led the most laps. [12] Paul Menard would clinch by finishing ninth or better, 10th if he led at least one lap or 11th if he led the most laps. [12]

If there's a repeat winner

Jamie McMurray, Ryan Newman and Jeff Gordon would clinch regardless of finish. [12] Paul Menard would clinch if he finished 38th or better, 39th if he led at least one lap or 40th if he led the most laps. [12] Clint Bowyer would clinch if he finished 28th or better, 29th if he led at least one lap or 30th if he led the most laps. [12]

Must win to clinch a spot

Greg Biffle, Kyle Larson, Austin Dillon, A. J. Allmendinger, Casey Mears, Danica Patrick, Tony Stewart, David Ragan, Sam Hornish, Jr., Trevor Bayne, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. and Justin Allgaier had to win this race to clinch a spot in the Chase. [12]

Entry list

The entry list for the Federated Auto Parts 400 was released on Monday, September 7 at 1:05 p.m. Eastern time. Forty-five cars were entered for the race. All but Michael McDowell in the No. 95 Leavine Family Racing Ford were entered for the previous week's race at Darlington. Josh Wise drove the No. 30 Chevrolet for The Motorsports Group. Jeffrey Earnhardt attempted to make his first Sprint Cup Series start in the No. 32 Go FAS Racing Ford. [13] Brian Scott drove the No. 33 Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet.

No.DriverTeamManufacturer
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
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
30 Josh Wise The Motorsports Group Chevrolet
31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
32 Jeffrey Earnhardt (i) Go FAS Racing Ford
33 Brian Scott (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 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 (i) Premium Motorsports Ford
Official entry list
KeyMeaning
(R)Rookie
(i)Ineligible for points
(PC#)Past champions provisional

Practice

First practice

Kyle Larson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 21.508 and a speed of 125.535 mph (202.029 km/h). [14]

PosNo.DriverTeamManufacturerTimeSpeed
142 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 21.508125.535
213 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 21.529125.412
32 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 21.590125.058
Official first practice results

Final practice

Kevin Harvick was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 21.526 and a speed of 125.430 mph (201.860 km/h). [15]

PosNo.DriverTeamManufacturerTimeSpeed
14 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 21.526125.430
218 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21.540125.348
348 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.553125.273
Official final practice results

Qualifying

Joey Logano won the pole for the race. Joey Logano at the Daytona 500 (cropped).JPG
Joey Logano won the pole for the race.

Joey Logano won the pole with a time of 21.349 and a speed of 126.470 mph (203.534 km/h). [16] “Just a great effort from this team,” Logano said. “I can’t say enough of (crew chief) Todd Gordon and everyone with the Shell/Pennzoil team that gives me a these greats cars every week. It’d be great to end the regular season with the win here Saturday night and take that momentum into the Chase next week at Chicago.” [16] “We’re the best on stickers,” Matt Kenseth said of his tires after qualifying second. “I just didn’t get the lap I wanted there at the end.” [16] “We weren’t that great in qualifying trim so I didn’t know what to expect, but obviously we have a good car and we made some good adjustments on that qualifying run,” said David Ragan after qualifying fifth. “That’s a great qualifying spot and anytime you can start in the top-10 or top-five, that’s a great spot.” [16] "This is a tough place," Jeff Gordon said after qualifying 23rd for his 46th and final career start at Richmond. "But we're better than that. I hate it for our 3M Chevrolet team that we're going to be starting there, because I know we're better than that." [16] "Just real slow and out of the track," said Dale Earnhardt, Jr. after qualifying 29th. "I don't know, man, we've struggled all year in qualifying and it doesn't look like it's getting any better." [16] Jeffrey Earnhardt, grandson of Dale Earnhardt, qualified 42nd for his first career Sprint Cup Series start. [17] "It's exciting, it's what we've been trying to do ever since I started racing - it was to be here and now I am," Earnhardt told Motorsport.com. [17]

Qualifying results

PosNo.DriverTeamManufacturerR1R2R3
122 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 21.15821.17021.349
220 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20.88321.14121.368
32 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 21.08421.36621.369
418 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21.07721.28521.437
555 David Ragan Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 21.17321.31821.458
64 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 21.09821.29321.463
719 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21.19321.33921.474
841 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 21.06121.34021.516
948 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.05621.26421.530
1014 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 21.19621.36121.552
1142 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 21.19821.34321.560
123 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 21.18621.28421.570
1331 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 21.05321.372
1410 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 21.08421.376
1513 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 21.18421.395
1678 Martin Truex, Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 21.22421.406
1733 Brian Scott (i) Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 21.22921.424
1851 Justin Allgaier HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 21.15721.439
1917 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 21.10421.449
205 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.19521.456
2147 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 21.11721.465
2227 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 21.23921.478
2324 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.15921.497
2443 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 21.21721.509
2511 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21.243
2615 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 21.244
2746 Michael Annett HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 21.244
286 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 21.250
2988 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.290
3038 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 21.296
311 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 21.345
329 Sam Hornish, Jr. Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 21.381
3383 Matt DiBenedetto (R) BK Racing Toyota 21.381
3435 Cole Whitt Front Row Motorsports Ford 21.430
3540 Landon Cassill (i) Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 21.443
367 Alex Bowman Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 21.445
3734 Brett Moffitt (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 21.503
3816 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 21.558
3995 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing Ford 21.619
4098 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Ford 21.657
4123 Jeb Burton (R) BK Racing Toyota 21.757
4232 Jeffrey Earnhardt (i) Go FAS Racing Ford 21.767
4326 J. J. Yeley (i) BK Racing Toyota 21.857
Failed to qualify
4430 Josh Wise The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 21.489
4562 Timmy Hill (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 22.891
Official qualifying results

Race

First half

Start

Under mostly cloudy evening Virginia skies, Joey Logano led the field to the green flag at 7:57 p.m. [18] He shot ahead of Matt Kenseth to lead the first lap. By lap 14, Kenseth pulled to the rear of Logano and eventually passed him going into turn 1 to take the lead on lap 16. By lap 28, he caught up to the tail-end of the field and used lap traffic to increase his lead. The first caution of the race flew on lap 37 when Martin Truex, Jr. slammed the wall in turn 1. To add insult to injury, he was tagged for speeding on pit road and was forced to restart from the tail-end of the field. [19]

The race restarted on lap 47. After restarting in the outside lane, Logano led a lap before Kenseth retook the lead from him. After 30 laps, he pulled to a four-second lead over Brad Keselowski. Debris in turn 1 brought out the second caution on lap 97. Danica Patrick was tagged for speeding on pit road and Cole Whitt was tagged for an uncontrolled tire. Both were forced to restart the race from the rear. [19]

Second quarter

The race restarted on lap 104. Logano used the momentum of riding the outside line to take the lead the next lap. Kenseth passed him on the outside to retake the lead on lap 110. The third caution flew when Michael Annett got hooked by Jeb Burton, bounced off Michael McDowell, slid down the track and slammed the inside wall on the backstretch. [20] Logano opted not to pit under the caution and assumed the lead. [19]

The race restarted on lap 126. A lap later, Denny Hamlin easily passed Logano for the lead. After five laps, the entire Joe Gibbs Racing team ran first, second, third, fourth and pulled away from the field. Kenseth ran down and passed Hamlin for the lead on lap 139. [21] Debris brought out the fourth caution on lap 210. [19]

Second half

Third quarter

The race restarted on lap 218. Kyle Busch dove underneath Kenseth to take the lead on the next lap. Kenseth passed him to retake the lead on lap 228. Debris on the backstretch brought out the fifth caution on lap 290. Under the caution, McDowell collided with one of the service trucks and tore off his entire rear bumper. [22] “It was my mistake, obviously,” McDowell said. “I’m driving it, so I take full responsibility for it. But it definitely caught me off guard and it was a surprise. I didn’t know it was even sitting there. Obviously I’m thankful nobody got hurt, embarrassed for my team and it was my mistake driving. A lot happened at once. Everybody jumped on the brakes and I just didn’t have time to react.” [22] Keselowski and Jamie McMurray were both tagged for speeding on pit road and restarted from the tail-end of the field. [19]

Fourth quarter

Matt Kenseth, seen here at the 2015 Daytona 500, scored his 35th career win at Richmond. Matt Kenseth at the Daytona 500 (cropped).JPG
Matt Kenseth, seen here at the 2015 Daytona 500, scored his 35th career win at Richmond.

The race restarted on lap 297. Logano shot ahead of Kenseth to take the lead. Kenseth drove by him the next lap to retake the lead. Debris on the backstretch brought out the sixth caution of the race with 26 laps to go. [19]

The race restarted with 18 laps to go. Kenseth drove off to score the victory. [23]

Post-race

Driver comments

“We were really superb in the long run, but we had to work for it pretty hard in the short run,” Kenseth said. “I was disappointed to see the last caution. I knew it was going to be tough, but we were able to get the jump and get out front.” [24]

“It is tough,” a dejected Aric Almirola said after what actually turned out to be his best finish of the season in fourth. “This is what we race for. We race to win races. We race to run for a championship. This race team, we got to do it last year and we had an engine failure at Chicago and feel like we had a lot more to show in the Chase last year. We wanted another shot at it really bad. We have a really, really good race team and am disappointed we didn’t get Smithfield and Ford into the Chase again.” [25]

“I wasn’t limited in the car at all,” Denny Hamlin said after finishing sixth with a torn right ACL. “You really don’t notice anything until you stop, and that’s the thing, feeling the throbbing, feeling my heart beat in my knee. I thought it (his knee) was good at first. I had it drained right before the race started, which helped a lot, getting a bunch of that blood out of there. After that, I felt pretty good. Obviously, any kind of heat brings swelling back. I’m sure it swelled again at the end of the race, and that’s why I’m as stiff as I am.” [26]

“The car…..I was a little nervous, we were hovering around 21st, we made a slight adjustment and boom we started going to the front,” Jeff Gordon explained after finishing seventh. “I don't know if we were a top‑five car, but we were definitely a top‑10 car and finished seventh. Excited we finally had a solid night on pit road, on the racetrack, in the race car, communication. Everything was just really solid. That certainly gives us something to be excited about these next ten races and these guys have been working so hard. I know everybody works hard but they just haven't been getting the rewards of that hard work. It's nice to be in the Chase and take that relief and take that breath and now go reset and see what we can do over the next 10. We're behind. We know that. Those guys are unbelievable. But there's a lot of ways to make it to Homestead and there's a lot that can happen and we're working as hard as anybody to try to see what we can do better, learn from our competitors, and try to catch up, but we're definitely playing catch‑up. I think Junior is probably the best in our stable right now and he proved that again tonight (fifth), but we work hard together to try to improve for each of us, and if we continue to do that, we'll make gains. There was a lot of pressure in this final season to make that Chase, so I'm glad we got that done.” [27]

"Obviously everybody knows all the news and the stories, but to be able to battle through that, I owe everybody in the organization a great deal of thanks for keeping their head down, to keep digging and get ourselves into the Chase," Clint Bowyer said after his 10th-place finish qualified him for the Chase. It's a big monumental thing for an organization to go through what we're going through. To get to the Chase is the best of the best, the elite in motorsports, and MWR is once again a part of it. I'm really proud of [crew chief] Billy Scott and everybody on the 5-Hour Energy Toyota." [28]

"We ran about where we typically do here at Richmond, which is right around the top 10," Kyle Larson said after finishing 12th and missing the Chase. "I don't think anybody was beating Matt Kenseth tonight. He was super fast. Disappointing run for the Chase. I think everybody on our team thought the 42 would definitely be in the Chase to start the season after the way we ended last year. But it wasn't the case this season, so we'll work hard the last 10 races to try and run strong for Target and get them a win and work on being consistent. That's where we've struggled pretty much all year long was being consistent, so we'll try and work hard at that and try and finish strong." [29]

“The main thing for me is just figuring out how to get a car to turn again. I struggled all year to have front turn. If I don’t have that I can’t race,” Kasey Kahne said after finishing 18th two laps down and missing the Chase. "That is how I’ve been my whole life – just work on trying to get the cars to turn the way I need them to. If we can’t, then we will keep running about 15th. I could take off alright on restarts. We could go for a little bit and then I would just get so tight with the front it wouldn’t turn. I was having a couple of other issues with brakes and stuff." We tried to fight through there. We got a lap down and then once we didn't get the (free pass) we ran in position for a while and we were too far back and ended up two laps down. Matt was really good. Those guys were fast.” [30]

“It was a horrible race," Paul Menard said after finishing three laps down in 26th, "but we’re in the Chase. I guess I’m happy. We had such a bad race, but we can hit the reset button now and go to Chicago. Everybody’s got a shot. All it takes is one (bad) race for somebody, and it’s hard to make that up.” [31]

Possible jumped restart

“I think for now we’re still content. It is … a ball-and-strike call. We’ve got the ability to go back and look at video, which we do, and in this case made the call and moved on from it. It’s still one that we want to leave in the drivers’ hands. If we have to get involved and make those calls with more video, I think we’ll do that, but we’d still like to see it play out the way it does through the final 10. It’s one of those areas that any advantage that a team can try to get on a restart, they’re going to try to do that and put a call in our hands, but that’s our job to make the call during the race.”

Steve O'Donnell, NASCAR executive vice–president and chief racing development officer, speaking on The Morning Drive on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. [32]

On the final restart with 18 laps to go, it appeared that race leader Matt Kenseth started accelerating before the restart zone (jumped the restart). [33] Roger Penske, team owner of Team Penske, said sarcastically that someone in race control "must have closed the window and pulled the blind down. That's how bad it was. They talk about it in the drivers meeting and how they were going to do something. They docked [Ryan] Blaney the other night [three weeks prior in the Truck Series race at Bristol] for the same thing. I don't understand. It must be a different set of rules. They've got to come up with some way to say what's right or what's wrong. To me, this is a perfect example of inconsistencies. And when you are racing for as tight as we are for everything that's on the line, you just can't have that kind of officiating." [33]

In his weekly Monday appearance on the Sirius XM NASCAR Radio program The Morning Drive, NASCAR Executive Vice–President and Chief Racing Development Officer Steve O'Donnell explained to Mike Bagley and Pete Pistone why NASCAR decided not to penalize Kenseth for jumping the restart and if NASCAR is content with continuing to leave control of the restart in the hands of the race leader. [32]

Collision with service truck

"First, we start with conversations with the driver, spotter and the crew chief immediately following the race. What happened, where was the breakdown in communication and see what we can learn from there. Obviously, we got all the video to go through and then for every race that we have, Monday and Tuesday we go through each of the calls for a race. Evaluate what happened, what were the circumstances. We've got training that goes into this prior to the race where we meet with all the track safety and cleanup workers. We do that every morning as well when they're at the track. We'll debrief with those folks as well and see what they saw and look to not have that happen in the future."

Steve O'Donnell, NASCAR executive vice–president and chief racing development officer, speaking on The Morning Drive on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. [34]

During his appearance on The Morning Drive, O'Donnell also addressed Michael McDowell colliding with a service truck on the backstretch during the fifth caution of the race. [34] He said that NASCAR had "conversations with the driver, spotter and the crew chief immediately following the race" and that they would "debrief with those folks [track safety and cleanup workers]...[,] see what they saw and look to not have that happen in the future." [34]

Race results

PosGridNo.DriverTeamManufacturerLapsPoints
1220 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 40048
2418 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 40043
3122 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 40042
42443 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 40040
52988 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 40039
62511 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 40039
72324 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 40037
832 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 40036
9948 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 40035
102615 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 40034
11719 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 40033
121142 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 40032
13311 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 39931
1464 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 39930
15841 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 39929
161917 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 39928
17555 David Ragan Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 39827
18205 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39826
191410 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 39725
201331 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 39724
211513 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 39723
221733 Brian Scott (i) Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 3970
23286 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 39721
242147 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 39720
251851 Justin Allgaier HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 39719
262227 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 39718
27123 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 39717
28329 Sam Hornish, Jr. Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 39716
291014 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 39615
303540 Landon Cassill (i) Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 3960
313816 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 39613
321678 Martin Truex, Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 39412
333038 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 39311
344326 J. J. Yeley (i) BK Racing Toyota 3920
353734 Brett Moffitt (R) Front Row Motorsports Ford 3919
363383 Matt DiBenedetto (R) BK Racing Toyota 3908
37367 Alex Bowman Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 3907
383435 Cole Whitt Front Row Motorsports Ford 3896
394123 Jeb Burton (R) BK Racing Toyota 3875
404232 Jeffrey Earnhardt (i) Go FAS Racing Ford 3870
414098 Reed Sorenson Premium Motorsports Ford 3353
423995 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing Ford 2872
432746 Michael Annett HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 1451
Official Federated Auto Parts 400 results

Race statistics

Lap Leaders
LapsLeader
1-14 Joey Logano
15-46 Matt Kenseth
47Joey Logano
48-103Matt Kenseth
104-108Joey Logano
109-121Matt Kenseth
122-125Joey Logano
126-138 Denny Hamlin
139-216Matt Kenseth
217Denny Hamlin
218-226 Kyle Busch
227-296Matt Kenseth
297Joey Logano
298-400Matt Kenseth
Total laps led
LeaderLaps
Matt Kenseth 352
Joey Logano 25
Denny Hamlin 14
Kyle Busch 9

Race awards

Media

Television

NBCSN covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, 1998 race 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.

NBCSN
Booth announcersPit reporters
Lap-by-lap: Rick Allen
Color-commentator: Jeff Burton
Color-commentator: Steve Letarte
Dave Burns
Mike Massaro
Marty Snider
Kelli Stavast

Radio

MRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and six–time Richmond winner Rusty Wallace called the race from the booth when the field was racing down the front stretch. Dave Moody called the race from a scaffold inside the entrance to turn 3 when the field was racing down the backstretch. Alex Hayden, Winston Kelley and Steve Post worked pit road on the radio side.

MRN
Booth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters
Lead announcer: Joe Moore
Announcer: Jeff Striegle
Announcer: Rusty Wallace
Backstretch: Dave Moody Alex Hayden
Winston Kelley
Steve Post

Standings after the race

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The 2014 Oral-B USA 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on August 31, 2014, at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. Contested over 335 laps on the 1.54 mi (2.48 km) quad-oval, it was the 25th race of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Kasey Kahne of Hendrick Motorsports won the race, his first win of the season. Matt Kenseth finished second, while Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson and Carl Edwards rounded out the top five. The top rookies of the race were Kyle Larson (8th), Michael Annett (21st), and Austin Dillon (24th).

2014 Sylvania 300 Motor car race

The 2014 Sylvania 300 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on September 21, 2014, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Contested over 303 laps, it was the 28th race of the 36 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season and second race of the ten race Chase for the Sprint Cup. Joey Logano scored his seventh career victory. Kyle Larson finished second while Kevin Harvick, Jamie McMurray, and Jimmie Johnson rounded out the top five. The top rookies of the race were Kyle Larson (2nd), Austin Dillon (11th), and Justin Allgaier (20th).

2014 Bank of America 500 Motor car race

The 2014 Bank of America 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on October 11, 2014, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 334 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) asphalt quad-oval, it was the 31st race of the 2014 Sprint Cup Series season, as well as the fifth race of ten in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. It was also ABC's final NASCAR telecast for the foreseeable future. Kevin Harvick scored his third win of the season and first since Darlington in April. Jeff Gordon finished second for the sixth time this season. Jamie McMurray, Joey Logano, and Kyle Busch rounded out the top five. The top rookies of the race were Kyle Larson (6th), Austin Dillon (13th), and Justin Allgaier (15th).

2014 Goodys Headache Relief Shot 500 33rd race of 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup season

The 2014 Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on October 26, 2014, at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. Contested over 500 laps on the .526-mile (.847 km) short track, it was the 33rd race of the 2014 Sprint Cup Series season, as well as the seventh race of ten in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. won the race, his fourth win of the season. Jeff Gordon finished second, while Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart, and Joey Logano rounded out the Top 5. The top rookies in the race were Austin Dillon (12th), Justin Allgaier (17th), and Cole Whitt (18th).

2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 68th season of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

The 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series was the 68th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 45th modern-era Cup series season. The season began at Daytona International Speedway with the Sprint Unlimited, the Can-Am Duel and the Daytona 500. The season ended with the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Jimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports won his seventh drivers' championship, tying Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt for most all-time. Toyota won the manufacturer's championship, becoming the first manufacturer to win the manufacturer's championship other than Chevrolet since 2002.

2015 STP 500 Motor car race

The 2015 STP 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on March 29, 2015, at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. Contested over 500 laps on the 0.526 miles (0.847 km) paperclip shaped short track, it was the sixth race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Denny Hamlin won the race while Brad Keselowski finished runner-up. Joey Logano, Matt Kenseth and David Ragan rounded out the top five.

2015 SpongeBob SquarePants 400 Motor car race

The 2015 SpongeBob SquarePants 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on May 9, 2015, ending shortly after midnight on May 10, 2015 at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) asphalt speedway, it was the 11th race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. Jimmie Johnson won the race, his third of the season. Kevin Harvick finished second. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. finished third. Jeff Gordon and Joey Logano rounded out the top five.

2015 Windows 10 400 Motor car race

The 2015 Windows 10 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on August 2, 2015 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Contested over 160 laps on the 2.5 mile (4 km) triangular superspeedway, it was the 21st race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Matt Kenseth won the race, his second of the season. Brad Keselowski finished second. Jeff Gordon finished third. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Greg Biffle rounded out the top five.

2015 myAFibRisk.com 400 Motor car race

The 2015 myAFibRisk.com 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on September 20, 2015, at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) intermediate speedway, it was the 27th race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, first race of the Chase and first race of the Challenger Round. Denny Hamlin won the race, his second of the season. Carl Edwards finished second. Kurt Busch, Ryan Newman and Matt Kenseth rounded out the top–five.

2015 Sylvania 300 Motor car race

The 2015 Sylvania 300 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on September 27, 2015, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Contested over 300 laps on the 1.058 mile (2.4 km) speedway, it was the 28th race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, second race of the Chase and second race of the Challenger Round. Matt Kenseth won the race, his fifth of the season. Denny Hamlin finished second. Joey Logano, Greg Biffle and Carl Edwards rounded out the top-five.

2015 AAA 400 Motor car race

The 2015 AAA 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on October 4, 2015, at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. Contested over 400 laps on the 1 mile (1.6 km) concrete speedway, it was the 29th race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, third race of the Chase and final race of the Challenger Round. Kevin Harvick won the race, his third of the season. Kyle Busch finished second. Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Jamie McMurray and Aric Almirola rounded out the top–five.

2015 Bank of America 500 Motor car race

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.

2015 Hollywood Casino 400 Motor car race

The 2015 Hollywood Casino 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on October 18, 2015, at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Contested over 269 laps – extended from 267 laps with a green-white-checker finish – on the 1.5 mile intermediate speedway, it was the 31st race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, fifth race of the Chase and second race of the Contender Round. Joey Logano won the race, his fifth of the season. Denny Hamlin finished second. Jimmie Johnson, Kasey Kahne and Kyle Busch rounded out the top–five.

2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega Motor car race

The 2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on October 25, 2015, at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama. Contested over 196 laps – extended from 188 laps due to a green-white-checker finish – on the 2.66 mile (4.2 km) superspeedway, it was the 32nd race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, sixth race of the Chase and final race of the Contender Round. Joey Logano won the race, his sixth of the season and third in a row, thus sweeping the entire Contender Round. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. finished second. Jeff Gordon, Brad Keselowski and Carl Edwards rounded out the top-five.

2015 Goodys Headache Relief Shot 500 33rd race of 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup season

The 2015 Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on November 1, 2015, at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. Contested over 500 laps on the .526 mile (.847 km) short track, it was the 33rd race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, seventh race of the Chase and first race of the Eliminator Round. Jeff Gordon won the race, marking his first win of the season and also the last of his NASCAR career. Jamie McMurray finished second. Denny Hamlin, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Kyle Busch rounded out the top-five.

2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series 69th season of NASCAR stock-car racing

The 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series was the 69th season of professional stock car racing in the United States, and the 46th modern-era Cup series season. The season began at Daytona International Speedway with the Advance Auto Parts Clash, the Can-Am Duel qualifying races and the 59th running of the Daytona 500. The season ended with the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Jimmie Johnson entered the season as the defending champion, having won his record-tying seventh Cup championship that he shares with Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt. Martin Truex Jr. of Furniture Row Racing won the championship, his first in the series. Toyota won the Manufacturers' Championship for the second year in a row.

2017 Toyota Owners 400 Motor car race

The 2017 Toyota Owners 400 was a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on April 30, 2017, at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Contested over 400 laps on the 0.75 mile (1.2 km) asphalt short track, it was the ninth race of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

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