2015 Bank of America 500
| Race details | |||
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| Race 30 of 36 in the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
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| Date | October 11, 2015 | ||
| Location | Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km) |
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| Distance | 334 laps, 501 mi (801.6 km) | ||
| Weather | Clear blue skies with a temperature of 64 °F (18 °C); wind out of the north/northeast at 6 mph (9.7 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 139.760 mph (224.922 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Joe Gibbs Racing | ||
| Time | 27.759 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Joey Logano | Team Penske | |
| Laps | 227 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | NBCSN | ||
| Announcers | Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte | ||
| Nielsen Ratings | 1.4/3 (Overnight) 1.4/3 (Final) 2.7 Million viewers |
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| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | PRN | ||
| Booth Announcers | Doug Rice, Mark Garrow and Wendy Venturini | ||
| Turn Announcers | 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.
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