2015 Toyota Owners 400

The 2015 Toyota Owners 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. It was scheduled to be held on April 25, 2015, but was run on April 26, 2015 due to rain. Contested over 400 laps on the 0.75 mile (1.2 km) D-shaped short track, it was the ninth race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. Kurt Busch won the race, his first of the season, while teammate Kevin Harvick finished runner-up. Jimmie Johnson, Jamie McMurray and Joey Logano rounded out the top five.

2015 Toyota Owners 400
Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Race 9 of 36 in the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Layout of the track
Layout of the track
Date April 26, 2015 (2015-04-26)
Location Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia
Course Permanent racing facility
0.75 mi (1.2 km)
Distance 400 laps, 300 mi (482.803 km)
Weather Light rain showers with a temperature of 50 °F (10 °C); wind out of the east at 6 mph (9.7 km/h) (Saturday)
Sunny, clear blue skies with a temperature of 55 °F (13 °C); wind out of the north/northeast at 6 mph (9.7 km/h) (Sunday)
Average speed 97.157 mph (156.359 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Team Penske
Time 21.248
Most laps led
Driver Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing
Laps 291
Winner
No. 41 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing
Television in the United States
Network Fox
Announcers Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds and Darrell Waltrip
Nielsen Ratings 3.1/6 (Overnight)[11]
3.3/6 (Final)[12]
5.2 Million viewers[12]
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN
Booth Announcers Joe Moore and Jeff Striegle
Turn Announcers Mike Bagley (Backstretch)

Joey Logano won the pole for the race. He led 94 laps on his way to a fifth-place finish. Kurt Busch led a race high of 291 laps. The race had twelve lead changes among five different drivers, as well as eight caution flag periods for 53 laps.

This was the 26th career victory for Kurt Busch, second at Richmond International Raceway and first at the track for Stewart-Haas Racing. The win moved Busch up to 18th in the points standings. Chevrolet left Richmond with a 29-point lead over Ford in the manufacturer standings.

The Toyota Owners 400 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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Background

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Richmond International Raceway, the track where the race was held.

Richmond International Raceway (RIR) is a 3/4-mile (1.2 km), D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County. It hosts the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Xfinity Series. "America's Premier Short Track" formerly hosted a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, a Verizon IndyCar Series race, and two USAC sprint car races.

Kevin Harvick entered Richmond with a 30-point lead over Joey Logano. Martin Truex Jr. entered 33 back. Jimmie Johnson entered 56 back. Brad Keselowski entered 59 back.

Changes to the track

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Following an incident from last year's Federated Auto Parts 400, Richmond International Raceway has added metal barriers and more security personnel to prevent fans from scaling the catch fence during the race.[13] With 71 laps to go in last September's race, a man identified as James Dennis climbed to the top of the catch fence overhead of turn 4.[13] This forced David Hoots, competition director for the Sprint Cup Series, to put the race under caution.[13] "It's frustrating and unfortunate," Dennis Bickmeier, track president of Richmond, said Friday. "I was very adamant after hearing about it that fans don't do that. A fan doesn't disrupt an event. You respect it."[13]

Entry list

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The entry list for the Toyota Owners 400 was released on Monday, April 20, 2015 at 11:23 a.m. Eastern time. Forty-five cars were entered for the race. Chase Elliott attempted to make his second career Sprint Cup Series start in the No. 25 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet. Ron Hornaday Jr. was on the initial entry list, but The Motorsports Group decided to replace him in the No. 30 Chevrolet, which was driven by Jeff Green who attempted to make his first start since the 2011 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Reed Sorenson drove the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford that had been driven by Chris Buescher.

No. Driver Team Manufacturer
1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet
2 Brad Keselowski (PC3) Team Penske Ford
3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
4 Kevin Harvick (PC1) Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet
5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
6 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford
7 Alex Bowman Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet
9 Sam Hornish Jr. Richard Petty Motorsports Ford
10 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet
11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet
14 Tony Stewart (PC4) Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet
15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota
16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford
18 David Ragan Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
19 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
20 Matt Kenseth (PC6) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford
23 J. J. Yeley (i) BK Racing Toyota
24 Jeff Gordon (PC7) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
25 Chase Elliott (i) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
26 Jeb Burton (R) BK Racing Toyota
27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
30 Jeff Green (i) The Motorsports Group Chevrolet
31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
32 Joey Gase (i) Go FAS Racing Ford
33 Alex Kennedy (R) Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet
34 Reed Sorenson Front Row Motorsports Ford
35 Cole Whitt Front Row Motorsports Ford
38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford
40 Landon Cassill (i) Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet
41 Kurt Busch (PC5) Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet
42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet
43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford
46 Michael Annett HScott Motorsports Chevrolet
47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet
48 Jimmie Johnson (PC2) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
51 Justin Allgaier HScott Motorsports Chevrolet
55 Brett Moffitt (R) Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota
62 Brendan Gaughan (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet
78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet
83 Matt DiBenedetto (R) BK Racing Toyota
88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Ford
Official initial entry list
Official updated entry list
Key Meaning
(R) Rookie
(i) Ineligible for points
(PC#) Past champions provisional

Practice

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First practice

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Brad Keselowski was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 21.414 and a speed of 126.086 mph (202.916 km/h).[14]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 21.414 126.086
2 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.498 125.593
3 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 21.511 125.517
Official first practice results

Final practice

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Kasey Kahne was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 21.368 and a speed of 126.357 mph (203.352 km/h).[15]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.368 126.357
2 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 21.401 126.162
3 19 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21.424 126.027
Official final practice results

Qualifying

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Joey Logano, seen here at the 2015 Daytona 500, won the pole for the Toyota Owners 400.

Joey Logano won the pole with a time of 21.248 and a speed of 127.071 mph (204.501 km/h).[16] “The guys did a great job getting us faster today,” Logano said. “It is fun because you go out and run all these laps and that lap didn’t even actually feel that good because you have seven or eight laps on your tires and the car is sliding around a lot so it is funny that the pole sitting car is sliding all over the place but everyone is on old tires out there.”[16] Denny Hamlin, who got out of the car last week at Bristol because of neck spasms, qualified second.[16] “I’m 100 percent fore sure,” the Joe Gibbs Racing driver said.[16] “I would have liked the pole but I am definitely happy for Joey to see him get it,” Brad Keselowski said of his teammate being on the pole. “It is nice for Team Penske and great for Ford. If you can’t get a pole you want it to be your teammate so I am happy that he was able to get it done.”[16] Jeb Burton and Brendan Gaughan failed to qualify for the race.[16] Just before the race, BK Racing announced that Burton will drive the No. 23 car in place of teammate J. J. Yeley.[17] Because of the driver change, Jeb Burton started the race from the rear of the field.[17]

Qualifying results

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Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer R1 R2 R3
1 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 21.089 21.303 21.248
2 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21.121 21.080 21.294
3 41 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 20.987 21.297 21.326
4 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 21.136 21.294 21.332
5 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 20.840 21.152 21.356
6 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 21.043 21.236 21.409
7 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 20.894 21.220 21.424
8 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21.099 21.211 21.459
9 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 21.179 21.262 21.499
10 18 David Ragan Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21.012 21.303 21.519
11 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.043 21.278 21.540
12 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 21.047 21.313 21.604
13 14 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 21.197 21.358
14 55 Brett Moffitt (R) Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 21.066 21.359
15 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 21.096 21.368
16 25 Chase Elliott (i) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.115 21.373
17 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 21.199 21.376
18 19 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21.071 21.390
19 40 Landon Cassill (i) Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 21.109 21.398
20 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 21.138 21.400
21 10 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 21.197 21.470
22 51 Justin Allgaier HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 21.137 21.487
23 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 21.096 21.512
24 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 21.195 21.607
25 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 21.208
26 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.216
27 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 21.248
28 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Ford 21.251
29 9 Sam Hornish Jr. Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 21.278
30 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 21.289
31 35 Cole Whitt[N 1] Front Row Motorsports Ford 21.293
32 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 21.311
33 30 Jeff Green (i)[N 2] The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 21.318
34 6 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 21.334
35 32 Joey Gase (i) Go FAS Racing Ford 21.337
36 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.341
37 83 Matt DiBenedetto (R) BK Racing Toyota 21.341
38 46 Michael Annett HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 21.352
39 23 J. J. Yeley (i)[N 3] BK Racing Toyota 21.418
40 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.444
41 7 Alex Bowman Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 21.535
42 33 Alex Kennedy (R) Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 21.539
43 34 Reed Sorenson Front Row Motorsports Ford 21.912
Failed to qualify
44 26 Jeb Burton (R) BK Racing Toyota 21.511
45 62 Brendan Gaughan Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 21.644
Official qualifying results

Race

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The race was scheduled to start at 7:14 p.m. Eastern time, but the threat of bad weather moved the start up to 7:05 p.m. It was all for naught, however. NASCAR made the decision to postpone the race to Sunday at 1:16 p.m.[18]

First half

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Start

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The race started at 1:19 p.m. with Joey Logano leading the field to the green flag. With all the rubber being washed away by the rain, the cars were primarily running the bottom groove. Coming out of turn 4 on lap 4, Danica Patrick got hit by Casey Mears and about spun out. She saved the car and the race remained green. Logano caught the end of the field ten laps into the race. By lap 21, Kurt Busch began reeling in the leader. By lap 42, Busch, his teammate Kevin Harvick, and Martin Truex Jr. pulled within a second of Logano. The first caution of the day flew on lap 51. This was a planned competition caution for overnight rain. The top ten in the running order entering pit road would've remained the same exiting, but Jamie McMurray, who was running eighth, had to make another pit stop for loose lug nuts. He restarted the race in 30th position.[19]

The race restarted on lap 57. After 40 laps, Busch pulled up to the leader. Using the lapped car of Josh Wise as a pick, Busch passed to the inside of Logano to take the lead on lap 96. The second caution flew on lap 124 when Joey Gase, coming off turn 2, got turned by Aric Almirola and hit inside backstretch wall head-on. Busch swapped the lead with Harvick on pit road with his teammate pitting before the start/finish line. Busch, however, exited pit road with the lead.[19]

Trouble for Josh Wise

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The race restarted on lap 137. The third caution flew the next lap for Wise's car had stalled at the exit of pit road.[19]

The race restarted on lap 144. The fourth caution race flew on lap 163 when Wise blew an engine. Having just rejoined the race, his No. 98 Ford went up in smoke while going into turn 1. Busch swapped the lead with Harvick on pit road. This time, however, it was Harvick who exited with the lead.[19]

Second half

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Halfway

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The race restarted on lap 171 and Busch immediately took back the lead.[20] The race went through a long green flag run with everyone settling into a rhythm. McMurray, who restarted the race earlier in 30th, eventually ran Busch down. and took the lead on lap 260. He gave it back to Busch the next lap and took it back the lap after that. While McMurrary and Busch fought for the lead, many cars began hitting pit road. McMurray gave up the lead to pit on lap 266 and gave it to Brad Keselowski. Brett Moffitt had a tire going flat and slammed the wall in turn 1. This brought out the 5th caution on lap 270. Trevor Bayne also had a tire going flat and hit the wall in turn 4. To add insult to injury for Moffitt, he was forced to restart the race from the tail-end of the field for having too many men over the wall. Fifteen cars took the waive-around, most of whom were cars running in the top ten when the caution came out.[19]

Fourth quarter

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Kurt Busch, seen here in 2012, scored his 26th career win at Richmond.

The race restarted on lap 279 with Busch still in the lead. After a nearly 60 lap green run, debris in turn 3 brought out the sixth caution of the race with 50 laps to go. Kurt Busch exited pit road first to maintain the lead. Jeb Burton was forced to drop to the tail-end of the field for an uncontrolled tire.[19]

The race restarted with 42 laps to go. The seventh caution of the race flew with 41 laps to go when Tony Stewart went spinning on the front stretch. Coming to the line, Stewart made contact with Dale Earnhardt Jr., went spinning and made contact with the inside pit wall towards turn 1. “I don’t know," Dale said after the race. "You’ll have to ask him. He hit me in the left-rear quarter panel. I was trying to clear the 51 on the outside of me, so I was as high as I could go. You’ll have to ask him.”[21] "I mean, he hit me right here. I ain't got that good of a peripheral vision. Pretty good, but not that good. Well, it's never his fault. I was doing everything I needed to do. I didn't drive under, I didn't drive into him, I didn't move my line at all. He's gotta take a little ownership in what happened there."[22]

The race restarted with 33 laps to go and caution flew for the eighth time when Jeb Burton got turned on the backstretch. He was rear-ended by Sam Hornish Jr. exiting turn 2.[19]

The race restarted with 26 laps to go and Kurt Busch drove off scoring the 26th victory of his career.[23]

Post-race

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Driver comments

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“It’s an incredible feeling,” said Busch. “It’s a total team effort. And the way that everything came together just seemed like we were building and building and building towards a great finish like this. And I have this opportunity because of Gene Haas and everybody that’s part of our family at Stewart-Haas. It’s an unbelievable feeling when you pull deep from within and you go through troubles and you know, when you’re accused of something and things go sideways, your personal life doesn’t need to affect your business life.”[23]

Race results

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Pos Grid No. Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points
1 3 41 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 400 48
2 5 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 400 43
3 36 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 41
4 9 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 400 40
5 1 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 400 40
6 40 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 38
7 8 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 400 37
8 11 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 36
9 17 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 400 35
10 6 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 400 34
11 23 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 400 33
12 12 42 Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 400 32
13 4 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 400 31
14 26 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 30
15 15 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 400 29
16 16 25 Chase Elliott (i) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 0
17 7 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 400 28
18 22 51 Justin Allgaier HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 400 26
19 18 19 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 400 25
20 27 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 399 24
21 32 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 398 23
22 2 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 398 22
23 10 18 David Ragan Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 398 21
24 34 6 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 398 20
25 21 10 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 398 19
26 19 40 Landon Cassill (i) Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 398 0
27 20 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 398 17
28 24 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 398 16
29 14 55 Brett Moffitt (R) Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 396 15
30 25 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 396 14
31 30 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 396 13
32 41 7 Alex Bowman Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 396 12
33 38 46 Michael Annett HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 395 11
34 43 34 Reed Sorenson Front Row Motorsports Ford 395 10
35 29 9 Sam Hornish Jr. Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 394 9
36 31 35 Cole Whitt Front Row Motorsports Ford 394 8
37 37 83 Matt DiBenedetto (R) BK Racing Toyota 394 7
38 39 23 Jeb Burton (R) BK Racing Toyota 393 6
39 42 33 Alex Kennedy (R) Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 392 5
40 33 30 Jeff Green (i) The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 386 4
41 13 14 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 359 3
42 28 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Ford 137 2
43 35 32 Joey Gase (i) Go FAS Racing Ford 124 0
Official Toyota Owners 400 results

Race statistics

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  • 12 lead changes among 5 different drivers
  • 8 cautions for 53 laps
  • Time of race: 3 hours, 05 minutes, 16 seconds
  • Average speed: 97.157 mph (156.359 km/h)
  • Kurt Busch took home $221,240 in winnings
Lap Leaders
Laps Leader
1-94 Joey Logano
95-129 Kurt Busch
130 Kevin Harvick
131-164 Kurt Busch
165 Kevin Harvick
166-258 Kurt Busch
259 Jamie McMurray
260-261 Kurt Busch
262-264 Jamie McMurray
265-272 Brad Keselowski
273-352 Kurt Busch
353 Brad Keselowski
354-400 Kurt Busch
Total laps led
Leader Laps
Kurt Busch 291
Joey Logano 94
Brad Keselowski 9
Jamie McMurray 4
Kevin Harvick 2

Race awards

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Media

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Television

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Fox Sports covered their 15th race at Richmond International Raceway. Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds and six-time Richmond winner Darrell Waltrip had the call in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Chris Neville and Matt Yocum handled the pit road duties for the television side.

Fox
Booth announcers Pit reporters
Lap-by-lap: Mike Joy
Color-commentator: Larry McReynolds
Color commentator: Darrell Waltrip
Jamie Little
Chris Neville
Matt Yocum

Radio

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MRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Joe Moore and Jeff Striegle called the race in the booth when the field was racing down the front stretch. Mike Bagley called the race from a platform inside of turn 3 on the backstretch when the field was racing down the backstretch. Alex Hayden, Winston Kelley and Steve Post worked pit road for MRN.

MRN
Booth announcers Turn announcers Pit reporters
Lead announcer: Joe Moore
Announcer: Jeff Striegle
Backstretch: Mike Bagley Alex Hayden
Winston Kelley
Steve Post

Standings after the race

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Notes

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  1. ^ Cole Whitt started from the rear for a post-qualifying transmission change.
  2. ^ Jeff Green started from the rear for changing engines.
  3. ^ Jeb Burton, who failed to qualify in the No. 26, drove the No. 23 in place of teammate J. J. Yeley. Because of the driver change, Burton started from the rear.

References

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  2. ^ "Richmond International Raceway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Archived from the original on April 15, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
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  4. ^ "First Practice Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. April 24, 2015. Archived from the original on April 27, 2015. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  5. ^ "Final Practice Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. April 24, 2015. Archived from the original on April 27, 2015. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  6. ^ "Qualifying Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. April 24, 2015. Archived from the original on January 7, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  7. ^ "Starting Lineup". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. April 24, 2015. Archived from the original on December 18, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  8. ^ "Toyota Owners 400 Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. April 26, 2015. Archived from the original on July 12, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  9. ^ "Points standings" (PDF). Jayski.com. NASCAR Statistics. April 26, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 30, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  10. ^ "Manufacturer standings" (PDF). Jayski.com. NASCAR Integrated Markerting Communications. April 27, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 5, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  11. ^ Paulsen (April 27, 2015). "Overnights Up For Postponed NASCAR From Richmond". SportsMediaWatch.com. Sports Media Watch. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  12. ^ a b Paulsen (May 1, 2015). "Ratings Flat, Viewership Down, For PPD NASCAR From Richmond". SportsMediaWatch.com. Sports Media Watch. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
  13. ^ a b c d Hembree, Mike (April 24, 2015). "Richmond track makes safety changes after fence climber". USA Today. Richmond, Virginia: Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  14. ^ Bonkowski, Jerry (April 24, 2015). "Keselowski, Earnhardt, Harvick fastest in first of two Sprint Cup practices at Richmond". nascartalk.nbcsports.com. NBC Sports. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  15. ^ Bonkowski, Jerry (April 24, 2015). "Kasey Kahne is fastest in final Sprint Cup practice at Richmond". nascartalk.nbcsports.com. NBC Sports. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  16. ^ a b c d e f Pistone, Pete (April 24, 2015). "Richmond Pole Belongs to Logano". MRN.com. Richmond, Virginia: Motor Racing Network. Archived from the original on April 27, 2015. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  17. ^ a b "Jeb Burton to drive for JJ Yeley in NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Richmond". nascartalk.nbcsports.com. NBC Sports. April 25, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
  18. ^ Pistone, Pete (April 25, 2015). "Rain Postpones Richmond Race". MRN.com. Richmond, Virginia: Motor Racing Network. Archived from the original on April 28, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g "2015 Toyota Owners 400". Sprint Cup Series. Season 67. Richmond, Virginia. April 26, 2015. Event occurs at 1:19 p.m. Fox Sports. Fox. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
  20. ^ Bonkowski, Jerry (April 26, 2015). "Kurt Busch is halfway leader in rescheduled race at Richmond". nascartalk.nbcsports.com. NBC Sports. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  21. ^ Bonkowski, Jerry (April 26, 2015). "Kurt Busch dominates to win rain-rescheduled race at Richmond". nascartalk.nbcsports.com. NBC Sports. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  22. ^ Gluck, Jeff (April 26, 2015). "Tony Stewart upset with Dale Earnhardt Jr. after wreck". USA Today. Richmond, Virginia: Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  23. ^ a b Pistone, Pete (April 26, 2015). "Richmond All Kurt Busch". MRN.com. Richmond, Virginia: Motor Racing Network. Archived from the original on 2015-04-27. Retrieved April 26, 2015.


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