2015 Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500
| Race details | |||
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| Race 35 of 36 in the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
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| Date | November 15, 2015 | ||
| Location | Jeff Gordon Raceway in Avondale, Arizona | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1 mi (1.6 km) |
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| Distance | 219 laps, 219 mi (350.4 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 312 laps, 312 mi (499.2 km) | ||
| Weather | Cloudy with a temperature of 65 °F (18 °C); wind out of the east at 8 mph (13 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 106.512 mph (171.414 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Hendrick Motorsports | ||
| Time | 25.147 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | |
| Laps | 143 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 88 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | NBCSN | ||
| Announcers | Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte | ||
| Nielsen Ratings | 1.3/2 (Overnight) 1.4/2 (Final) 2.2 Million viewers |
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| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | MRN | ||
| Booth Announcers | Jeff Striegle, Alex Hayden and Rusty Wallace | ||
| Turn Announcers | Dan Hubbard (1 & 2) and Kyle Rickey (3 & 4) | ||
The 2015 Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on November 15, 2015, at Jeff Gordon Raceway (Phoenix International Raceway) in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 219 laps – shortened from 312 due to rain – on the one mile (1.6 km) oval, it was the 35th race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, ninth race of the Chase and final race of the Eliminator Round. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. won the race, his third of the season. Kevin Harvick finished second. Joey Logano, Kyle Busch and Jimmie Johnson rounded out the top-five.
Johnson won the pole for the race and led 44 laps on his way to a fifth–place finish. Harvick led a race high of 143 laps on his way to a runner-up finish. There were eight lead changes among seven different drivers, as well as two cautions for 29 laps.
This was the 26th career victory for Earnhardt, third of the season, third at Phoenix International Raceway and 10th at the track for Hendrick Motorsports. It moved him to seventh in the points standings. The win clinched Chevrolet its 39th overall – 13th consecutive – manufacturer's championship.
The Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 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 Motor Racing Network and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.
Phoenix International Raceway (Jeff Gordon Raceway) – also known as PIR – is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. It is named after the nearby metropolitan area of Phoenix. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the IndyCar Series, CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series. The raceway is currently owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation.
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