2015 Pocono Mountains 150 Last updated January 21, 2026 12th race of the 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Motor car race
The 2015 Pocono Mountains 150 was the 12th stock car race of the 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series , and the 6th iteration of the event . The race was held on Saturday, August 1, 2015, in Long Pond, Pennsylvania at Pocono Raceway , a 2.5 mile (4.0 km) permanent triangular-shaped racetrack. The race was increased from 60 to 69 laps, due to numerous NASCAR overtime attempts. Kyle Busch , driving for his team, Kyle Busch Motorsports , would hold off the field in three overtime attempts to earn his 43rd career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win, and his first of the season. Busch had dominated the race as well, leading a race-high 53 laps. [ 1] To fill out the podium, Kevin Harvick , driving for JR Motorsports , and Tyler Reddick , driving for Brad Keselowski Racing , would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
Background The layout of Pocono Raceway , the circuit where the race was held. Pocono Raceway (formerly Pocono International Raceway ), also known as The Tricky Triangle superspeedway located in the Pocono Mountains in Long Pond, Pennsylvania . It is the site of three NASCAR national series races and an ARCA Racing Series event in July: a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race with support events by the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series . From 1971 to 1989, and since 2013, the track also hosted an Indy Car race, currently sanctioned by the IndyCar Series . Additionally, since 1982, it currently hosts two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.[ citation needed ]
Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver.(i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.# Driver Team Make Sponsor 00 Kevin Harvick (i) JR Motorsports Chevrolet Haas Automation 0 Caleb Roark Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet Driven2Honor.org 1 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet Burnie Grill 02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet Randco, Young's Building Systems 03 Tim Viens Mike Affarano Motorsports Chevrolet Viens-Land Racing , RaceDaySponsor.com 4 Erik Jones (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Special Olympics World Games 05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet Zaxby's 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet Norm Benning Racing 07 Ray Black Jr. (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet ScubaLife 08 Korbin Forrister (R) BJMM with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet Trump for President 8 John Hunter Nemechek (R) SWM-NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet D. A. B. Constructors 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing 11 Ben Kennedy Red Horse Racing Toyota Local Motors 13 Cameron Hayley (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota Carolina Nut Company 14 Daniel Hemric (R) NTS Motorsports Chevrolet California Clean Power 15 Mason Mingus Billy Boat Motorsports Chevrolet Call 811 Before You Dig 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota Red Horse Racing 19 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford DrawTite 23 Spencer Gallagher (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet Allegiant Travel Company 28 Ryan Ellis FDNY Racing Chevrolet FDNY 150th Anniversary 29 Brad Keselowski (i) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford Cooper-Standard Automotive 33 Austin Dillon (i) GMS Racing Chevrolet Rheem 36 Justin Jennings MB Motorsports Chevrolet Mittler Bros., Ski Soda 40 Todd Peck Peck Motorsports Chevrolet Arthritis Foundation , OSS Health 45 B. J. McLeod B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet Tilted Kilt 50 Kyle Martel Bill Martel Racing Chevrolet Finish Line Express 51 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Dollar General 54 Matt Tifft Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota ToyotaCare 63 Garrett Smithley MB Motorsports Chevrolet SEGPAY, Mittler Bros., Ski Soda 74 Jordan Anderson Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet Tri-Analytics, SRGRX.com 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota Chi-Chi's , Menards 94 Wendell Chavous Premium Motorsports Chevrolet Lilly Trucking, Testoril 98 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Toyota Nextant Aerospace , Curb Records Official entry list
Practice The first and only practice session was held on Friday, July 31, at 2:00 PM EST , and would last for 2 hours and 25 minutes. [ 2] Austin Dillon , driving for GMS Racing , would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 54.060, and an average speed of 166.482 mph (267.927 km/h) . [ 3]
Qualifying Qualifying was held on Saturday, August 1, at 10:00 AM EST . [ 2] The qualifying system used is a multi car, multi lap, two round system where in the first round, everyone would set a time to determine positions 13–32. Then, the fastest 12 qualifiers would move on to the second round to determine positions 1-12. [ 4]
Erik Jones , driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports , would win the pole after advancing from the preliminary round and setting the fastest time in Round 2, with a lap of 54.151, and an average speed of 166.202 mph (267.476 km/h) . [ 5]
Tim Viens was the only driver that failed to qualify.
Race results Fin [ 6] St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings 1 2 51 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 69 53 Running 0 $41,542 2 7 00 Kevin Harvick (i) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 69 0 Running 0 $26,768 3 6 19 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 69 0 Running 41 $27,203 4 16 13 Cameron Hayley (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 69 0 Running 40 $21,817 5 5 33 Austin Dillon (i) GMS Racing Chevrolet 69 0 Running 0 $16,613 6 17 98 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Toyota 69 4 Running 39 $16,279 7 12 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 69 0 Running 37 $15,725 8 14 54 Matt Tifft Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 69 0 Running 36 $15,475 9 15 14 Daniel Hemric (R) NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 69 0 Running 35 $15,420 10 1 4 Erik Jones (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 69 9 Running 35 $18,587 11 8 11 Ben Kennedy Red Horse Racing Toyota 69 0 Running 33 $15,281 12 11 15 Mason Mingus Billy Boat Motorsports Chevrolet 69 0 Running 32 $15,141 13 9 8 John Hunter Nemechek (R) SWM-NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 69 0 Running 31 $15,058 14 13 23 Spencer Gallagher (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 69 3 Running 31 $15,003 15 20 02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 69 0 Running 29 $15,264 16 18 63 Garrett Smithley MB Motorsports Chevrolet 69 0 Running 28 $14,953 17 10 05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet 68 0 Running 27 $14,643 18 21 74 Jordan Anderson Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 67 0 Running 26 $14,503 19 32 50 Kyle Martel Bill Martel Racing Chevrolet 67 0 Running 25 $14,393 20 25 28 Ryan Ellis FDNY Racing Chevrolet 67 0 Running 24 $12,587 21 23 40 Todd Peck Peck Motorsports Chevrolet 66 0 Running 23 $11,921 22 30 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 63 0 Running 22 $14,060 23 19 1 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 56 0 Running 21 $13,949 24 31 07 Ray Black Jr. (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 52 0 Accident 20 $12,616 25 26 94 Wendell Chavous Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 51 0 Accident 19 $12,727 26 24 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 49 0 Running 18 $11,533 27 29 08 Korbin Forrister (R) BJMM with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 24 0 Accident 17 $11,505 28 3 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 13 0 Accident 16 $12,258 29 22 45 B. J. McLeod B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 12 0 Overheating 15 $11,229 30 4 29 Brad Keselowski (i) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 5 0 Accident 0 $10,729 31 28 36 Justin Jennings MB Motorsports Chevrolet 3 0 Vibration 13 $9,229 32 27 0 Caleb Roark Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 3 0 Suspension 12 $8,229 Official race results
Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Note : Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
References ↑ Bonkowski, Jerry (August 1, 2015). "Final results, winnings of Camping World Truck Series' Pocono Mountains 150" . NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports . Retrieved January 5, 2024 . 1 2 "2015 Truck Series Pocono Race Info" . Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site . Archived from the original on September 22, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2024 . ↑ "Dillon paces lone Pocono Truck practice" . NASCAR.com . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. July 31, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2024 . ↑ "NASCAR Qualifying Rules" . Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site . Archived from the original on March 3, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2024 . ↑ Wolkin, Joseph (August 1, 2015). "Erik Jones Edges Out the Boss to Win 2015 Pocono Mountains 150 Pole at Pocono" . Frontstretch . Retrieved January 5, 2024 . ↑ "2015 Pocono Mountains 150 - Racing Reference" . Racing-Reference.info . Retrieved January 5, 2024 .
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