2015 Sprint Unlimited
| Race details | |||
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| Race 1 of 2 exhibition races in the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
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| Date | February 14, 2015 | ||
| Location | Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida, United States | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4 km) |
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| Distance | 75 laps, 187.5 mi (301.8 km) | ||
| Weather | Clear night sky with a temperature of 51 °F (11 °C); wind out of the WSW at 10 mph (16 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 135.569 mph (218.177 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Richard Childress Racing | ||
| Time | Random draw | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Martin Truex, Jr. | Furniture Row Racing | |
| Laps | 30 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 20 | Matt Kenseth | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Fox & MRN | ||
| Announcers | Mike Joy, Michael Waltrip and Larry McReynolds | ||
| Nielsen Ratings | 3.2/6 (Final) 3.2/6 (Overnight) 5.6 million viewers |
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| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | MRN | ||
| Booth Announcers | Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and A. J. Allmendinger | ||
| Turn Announcers | Dave Moody (1 & 2), Mike Bagley (Backstretch) and Kyle Rickey (3 & 4) | ||
The 2015 Sprint Unlimited at Daytona was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on February 14, 2015, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Contested over 75 laps, it was the first exhibition race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Matt Kenseth took the victory ahead of Martin Truex, Jr.. Carl Edwards, Casey Mears, and Kyle Larson rounded out the top five.
The track, Daytona International Speedway, is one of six superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the others being Michigan International Speedway, Auto Club Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Pocono Raceway and Talladega Superspeedway. The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.Denny Hamlin was the defending race winner.
The race is 75 laps in length, and was divided into two segments; the first was 25 laps and the second was 50 laps. The race was open to those drivers who won a pole in the 2014 season or had won the Sprint Unlimited previously. Two new changes were announced in December. The field was expanded to those who have won the pole for the Daytona 500 previously and/or were in the Chase in 2014.
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