2015 Quicken Loans 400

2015 Quicken Loans 400
Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Race 15 of 36 in the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Layout of the track
Layout of the track
Date June 14, 2015 (2015-06-14)
Location Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan
Course Permanent racing facility
2 mi (3.2 km)
Distance 138 laps, 276 mi (441.6 km)
Scheduled Distance 200 laps, 400 mi (640 km)
Weather Mostly cloudy with a temperature of 75 °F (24 °C); wind out of the southwest at 9 mph (14 km/h)
Average speed 116.688 mph (187.791 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Hendrick Motorsports
Time 35.645
Most laps led
Driver Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing
Laps 60
Winner
No. 41 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing
Television in the United States
Network Fox Sports 1
Announcers Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds and Darrell Waltrip
Nielsen Ratings 2.0/4 (Overnight)[11]
2.3/5 (Final)[12]
3.52 Million viewers[12]
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN
Booth Announcers Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace
Turn Announcers Dave Moody (1 & 2) and Mike Bagley (3 & 4)

The 2015 Quicken Loans 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on June 14, 2015 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. Contested over 138 of the scheduled 200 laps on the 2 mile (3.2 km) D-shaped speedway, it was the 15th race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Kurt Busch won the race, his second of the season, while Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Martin Truex Jr. finished second and third. Matt Kenseth and Joey Logano rounded out the top five.

Kasey Kahne won the pole for the race and led one lap on his way to a 15th-place finish. Kevin Harvick led a race high of 63 laps before a flat tire and rain relegated him to a 29th-place finish. The race had 17 lead changes among eleven different drivers, as well as five caution flag periods for 38 laps. There were three red flag periods for one hour, 33 minutes and 13 seconds.

This was the 27th career victory for Kurt Busch, third at Michigan International Speedway and first at the track for Stewart-Haas Racing. This win moved Busch to eleventh in the points standings. Chevrolet left Michigan with a 66-point lead over Ford in the manufacturer standings.

The Quicken Loans 400 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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