2015 Quaker State 400
| Race details | |||
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| Race 18 of 36 in the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
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| Date | July 11, 2015 | ||
| Location | Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km) |
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| Distance | 267 laps, 400.5 mi (640.8 km) | ||
| Weather | Mostly clear night skies with a temperature of 80 °F (27 °C); wind out of the northeast at 1 mph (1.6 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 129.402 mph (208.252 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Chip Ganassi Racing | ||
| Time | 29.583 (Time set by first practice) | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Laps | 163 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | NBCSN | ||
| Announcers | Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte | ||
| Nielsen Ratings | 2.0/3 (Overnight) 2.0/3 (Final) 3.2 Million viewers |
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| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | PRN | ||
| Booth Announcers | Doug Rice, Mar Garrow and Wendy Venturini | ||
| Turn Announcers | Rob Albright (1 & 2) and Pat Patterson (3 & 4) | ||
The 2015 Quaker State 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on July 11, 2015 at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mile (4 km) speedway, it was the 18th race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Kyle Busch won the race, his second of the season. Joey Logano finished second. Denny Hamlin finished third. Carl Edwards and Matt Kenseth rounded out the top five.
With qualifying canceled for bad weather, Kyle Larson was awarded the first starting spot. He failed to lead a single lap and finished a disappointing 35th after cutting down a tire and crashing out late in the race. Busch led a race high of 163 laps on his way to winning the race. The race had 13 lead changes among eight different drivers, as well as a new track record of eleven caution flag periods for 49 laps.
This was the 31st career victory for Kyle Busch, second at Kentucky Speedway, and third at the track for Joe Gibbs Racing. This win moved Busch up to 35th in the points, 87 points behind Cole Whitt for the 30th place Chase for the Sprint Cup cutoff, and 492 behind points leader Kevin Harvick. Despite being the winning manufacturer, Toyota left Kentucky trailing Chevrolet by 83 points in the manufacturer standings.
The Quaker State 400 was carried by NBC Sports on the cable/satellite NBCSN station 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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