2015 FedEx 400

2015 FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks
Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Race 13 of 36 in the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Layout of the track
Layout of the track
Date May 31, 2015 (2015-05-31)
Location Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware
Course Permanent racing facility
1 mi (1.6 km)
Distance 405 laps, 405 mi (648 km)
Scheduled Distance 400 laps, 400 mi (640 km)
Weather Mostly sunny with a temperature of 85 °F (29 °C); wind out of the south/southwest at 11 mph (18 km/h)
Average speed 119.547 mph (192.392 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Joe Gibbs Racing
Time 22.483
Most laps led
Driver Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing
Laps 131
Winner
No. 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network Fox Sports 1
Announcers Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds and Darrell Waltrip
Nielsen Ratings 2.3/5 (Overnight)[11]
2.6/5 (Final)[12]
3.94 million viewers[12]
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN
Booth Announcers Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace
Turn Announcers Mike Bagley (Backstretch)

The 2015 FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on May 31, 2015, at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. Contested over 405 laps – extended by five laps due to a green-white-checkered finish – on the 1 mile (1.6 km) concrete speedway, it was the 13th race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Jimmie Johnson won the race, his fourth win of the season and tenth at Dover, while Kevin Harvick finished second and Kyle Larson finished third. Kasey Kahne and Aric Almirola rounded out the top five.

Denny Hamlin scored the pole for the race and led 118 laps on his way to a 21st-place finish after being caught up in a late race wreck. Martin Truex Jr. led the most laps for the third consecutive race on his way to a sixth-place finish. The race had 15 lead changes among nine different drivers, as well as seven caution flag periods for 40 laps.

This was the 74th career victory for Jimmie Johnson, tenth at Dover International Speedway – becoming the fifth driver to win ten or more races at one race track – and 18th at the track for Hendrick Motorsports. This win moved Jimmie Johnson up to third in the points standings. Chevrolet left Dover with a 51-point lead over Ford in the manufacturer standings.

The FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks was carried by Fox Sports on the cable/satellite Fox Sports 1 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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