Race details[1] | |||
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Date | February 21, 2015 | ||
Official name | 2015 Alert Today Florida 300 | ||
Location | Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida | ||
Course |
Tri-oval 2.5 mi (4.023 km) | ||
Distance | 120 laps, 300 mi (400 km) | ||
Weather | Cloudy/Sunny | ||
Average speed | 148.781 mph (239.440 km/h) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Richard Childress Racing | ||
Time | 47.306 | ||
Most laps led | |||
Driver | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
Laps | 27 | ||
Winner | |||
No. 16 | Ryan Reed | Roush Fenway Racing | |
Television in the United States | |||
Network | Fox Sports 1 | ||
Announcers | Adam Alexander, Kevin Harvick, Michael Waltrip. |
The 2015 Alert Today Florida 300 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on February 21, 2015, at Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Florida. The race was the first of the 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series. It was also the 34th iteration of the event. It also had a couple of firsts. It was the first ever race with the title sponsor Xfinity to sponsor the 2nd of the top 3 series of NASCAR with Xfinity replacing Nationwide. It was also the first race since 2006 that Fox would broadcast the lower series of NASCAR. Austin Dillon won the pole while Kyle Busch led the most laps but the race would feature a surprise winner as Ryan Reed won his first ever NASCAR Xfinity Series race of his career in his 40th Xfinity Series start.[2] But the race was most remembered for a crash that left Kyle Busch with a broken leg and foot.