2015 CampingWorld.com 500

This article is about the race at Phoenix. For the race at Talladega, see 2015 CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega.
2015 CampingWorld.com 500
Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Race 4 of 36 in the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Date March 15, 2015 (2015-03-15)
Location Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona
Course Permanent racing facility
1 mi (1.6 km)
Distance 312 laps, 312 mi (502.115 km)
Weather Clear skies with a temperature of 83 °F (28 °C); wind out of the east at 10 mph (16 km/h)
Average speed 105.753 mph (170.193 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Stewart-Haas Racing
Time 25.577
Most laps led
Driver Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing
Laps 224
Winner
No. 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing
Television in the United States
Network Fox
Announcers Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds and Darrell Waltrip
Nielsen Ratings 3.8/7 (Overnight)[11]
4.1/8 (Final)[12]
7.0 Million viewers[12]
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN
Booth Announcers Joe Moore and Jeff Striegle
Turn Announcers Dan Hubbard (1 & 2) and Buddy Long (3 & 4)

The 2015 CampingWorld.com 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race that was held on March 15, 2015, at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 312 laps on the 1 mile (1.6 km) asphalt oval, it was the fourth race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Kevin Harvick won the race, his second of the season, while Jamie McMurray finished second. Ryan Newman, Kasey Kahne and Kurt Busch rounded out the top five.

Harvick won the pole for the race and led a race high of 224 laps, en route to a 30th career victory and his seventh at Phoenix. The race had eight lead changes among four different drivers, as well as ten caution flag periods for 53 laps.

Recording the fourth win at the track for Stewart-Haas Racing, Harvick increased his points lead over Joey Logano to 22. Chevrolet increased their lead over Ford to 20 points in the manufacturers' standings.

The CampingWorld.com 500 was carried by Fox Sports on the broadcast Fox network for the American television audience. The radio broadcast of the race was carried by the Motor Racing Network and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

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