2015 GEICO 500
| Race details | |||
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| Race 10 of 36 in the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
Official logo for the race
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| Date | May 3, 2015 | ||
| Location | Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 2.66 mi (4.28 km) |
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| Distance | 188 laps, 500.08 mi (804.8 km) | ||
| Weather | Sunny, clear blue skies with a temperature of 76 °F (24 °C); wind out of the south/southwest at 5 mph (8.0 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 159.487 mph (256.669 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Hendrick Motorsports | ||
| Time | 49.160 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Laps | 67 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Fox | ||
| Announcers | Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds and Darrell Waltrip | ||
| Nielsen Ratings | 3.8/7 (Overnight) 4.0/7 (Final) 6.3 Million viewers |
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| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | MRN | ||
| Booth Announcers | Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace | ||
| Turn Announcers | Dave Moody (1 & 2), Mike Bagley (Backstretch) and Kyle Rickey (3 & 4) | ||
The 2015 GEICO 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on May 3, 2015 at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama. Contested over 188 laps on the 2.66 mile (4.28 km) asphalt superspeedway, it was the tenth race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the race, his first win of the season and his sixth at Talladega Superspeedway and first at the racetrack since 2004. His teammate Jimmie Johnson finished second, while Paul Menard, Ryan Blaney and Martin Truex Jr. rounded out the Top five.
Jeff Gordon won the pole for the race, the 80th of his career and fourth at the track. He led 47 laps before getting caught in a last lap wreck on his way to a 31st-place finish. Teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. led a race high of 67 laps. The race had 27 lead changes among 15 different drivers, as well as six cautions for 23 laps. There was one red flag period for eleven minutes and 32 seconds.
This was the 24th career victory for Dale Earnhardt Jr., sixth at Talladega Superspeedway and twelfth at the track for Hendrick Motorsports. The win moved Junior up to fifth in the points standings. Chevrolet left Talladega with a 37-point lead over Ford in the manufacturer standings.
The GEICO 500 was carried by Fox Sports on the broadcast Fox network for the American television audience. The radio broadcast for the race was carried by the Motor Racing Network and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.
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