2015 Toyota/Save Mart 350

2015 Toyota/Save Mart 350
Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Race 16 of 36 in the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

Date June 28, 2015 (2015-06-28)
Location Sonoma Raceway,
Sonoma, California, U.S.
Course Permanent racing facility
1.99 mi (3.2 km)
Distance 110 laps, 218.9 mi (352 km)
Weather Clear blue skies with a temperature of 75 °F (24 °C); wind out of the west/southwest at 12 mph (19 km/h)
Average speed 74.774 mph (120.337 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
JTG Daugherty Racing
Time 74.385
Most laps led
Driver Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports
Laps 45
Winner
No. 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network Fox Sports 1
Announcers Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds, and Darrell Waltrip
Nielsen Ratings 2.4/5 (Overnight)[10]
2.4/5 (Final)[11]
3.7 Million viewers[11]
Radio in the United States
Radio PRN
Booth Announcers Doug Rice, Mark Garrow and Wendy Venturini
Turn Announcers Pat Patterson (2, 3 & 3a), Brad Gillie (4a, 7a & 8) and Rob Albright (9, 10 & 11)

The 2015 Toyota/Save Mart 350 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on June 28, 2015, at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California. Contested over 110 laps on the 1.99 mile (3.2 km) road course, it was the 16th race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Kyle Busch won the race, first of the season and first since the 2014 Auto Club 400. Brother Kurt Busch finished runner-up and Clint Bowyer finished third. Kevin Harvick and Joey Logano rounded out the top five.

A. J. Allmendinger won the pole for the race and led one lap before engine issues took him out of contention and finished 37th. Jimmie Johnson led a race high of 45 laps before getting passed for the lead with a few laps to go and finished sixth. The race had nine lead changes among five different drivers, as well as five caution flag periods for 21 laps. There was one red flag period for ten minutes and 30 seconds.

This was the 30th career victory for Kyle Busch, second at Sonoma Raceway and fourth at the track for Joe Gibbs Racing. This win moved Busch up to 37th in the points standings. Despite being the winning manufacturer, Toyota left Sonoma trailing Chevrolet by 94 points in the manufacturer standings.

The Toyota/Save Mart 350 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 Performance Racing Network and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

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