2015 5-hour Energy 301

2015 5-hour Energy 301
Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Race 19 of 36 in the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
The 2015 5-hour Energy 301 program cover, celebrating New Hampshire Motor Speedway's 25th anniversary.
The 2015 5-hour Energy 301 program cover, celebrating New Hampshire Motor Speedway's 25th anniversary.
Date July 19, 2015 (2015-07-19)
Location New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire
Course Permanent racing facility
1.058 mi (1.703 km)
Distance 301 laps, 318.458 mi (512.603 km)
Weather Mostly sunny skies with a temperature of 87 °F (31 °C); wind out of the south/southwest at 8 mph (13 km/h).
Average speed 108.504 mph (174.620 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Joe Gibbs Racing
Time 28.179
Most laps led
Driver Brad Keselowski Team Penske
Laps 100
Winner
No. 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network NBCSN
Announcers Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte
Nielsen Ratings 2.3/5 (Overnight)[11]
2.4/5 (Final)[12]
3.7 Million viewers[12]
Radio in the United States
Radio PRN
Booth Announcers Doug Rice, Mark Garrow and Wendy Venturini
Turn Announcers Rob Albright (1 & 2) and Pat Patterson (3 & 4)

The 2015 5-hour Energy 301 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on July 19, 2015 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Contested over 301 laps on the 1.058 mile (1.703 km) speedway, it was the 19th race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Kyle Busch won the race, his third of the season. Brad Keselowski finished second while Kevin Harvick, Joey Logano and Dale Earnhardt Jr. rounded out the top five.

Carl Edwards won the pole for the race and led 19 laps on his way to a seventh-place finish. Brad Keselowski led a race high of 100 laps on his way to a runner-up finish. The race had nine lead changes among seven different drivers, as well as seven caution flag periods for 34 laps.

This was the 32nd career victory for Kyle Busch, his third of the 2015 season, second consecutive race win, second at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and seventh at the track for Joe Gibbs Racing. This win moved Busch up to 33rd in the points standings, 58 behind David Gilliland for the 30th place Chase cutoff and 487 behind points leader Kevin Harvick. Despite being the winning manufacturer, Toyota left Loudon trailing Chevrolet by 84 points in the manufacture standings.

An advertisement for the 2015 5-hour Energy 301.

The 5-hour Energy 301 was carried by NBC Sports on the cable/satellite NBCSN network for the American television audience. The radio broadcast for the race was carried by the Performance Racing Network on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

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