2015 Crown Royal Presents the Jeff Kyle 400 at The Brickyard
Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Race 20 of 36 in the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
The 2015 Brickyard 400 program cover.
Date
July 26, 2015 (2015-07-26)
Official name
Crown Royal Presents the Jeff Kyle 400 at The Brickyard
Location
Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana
Course
Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4 km)
Distance
164 laps, 410 mi (656 km)
Scheduled Distance
160 laps, 400 mi (640 km)
Weather
Mostly cloudy with a temperature of 88 °F (31 °C); wind out of the west/southwest at 5 mph (8.0 km/h)
Average speed
131.656 mph (211.880 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Carl Edwards
Joe Gibbs Racing
Time
49.056
Most laps led
Driver
Kevin Harvick
Stewart-Haas Racing
Laps
75
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
2.9/7 (Overnight)[11] 3.0/8 (Final)[12] 4.7 Million viewers[12]
Radio in the United States
Radio
IndyCar Radio Network
Booth Announcers
Doug Rice, Pat Patterson and John Andretti
Turn Announcers
Mark Jaynes (1), Jake Query (2), Rob Albright (3) and Chris Denari (4)
Motor car race
The 2015 Crown Royal Presents the Jeff Kyle 400 at The Brickyard, the 22nd running of the event, was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on July 26, 2015 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. Contested over 164 laps – extended from 160 laps due to a green–white–checker finish – on the 2.5 mile (4 km) asphalt rectangular oval, it was the 20th race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Kyle Busch won the race, his fourth of the season. Joey Logano finished second, while Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr., and Denny Hamlin rounded out the top five.
Carl Edwards won the pole and led 20 laps on his way to a 13th-place finish. Harvick led a race high of 75 on his way to a third-place finish. The race had 16 lead changes among six different drivers, as well as nine caution flag periods for 36 laps.
This was the Busch's 33rd career victory for, fourth of the season, third consecutive and his first at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. This was also the fourth win at the track for Joe Gibbs Racing. His victory moved him to 32nd in the points standings, 23 points back of Justin Allgaier for the 30th-place Chase cutoff and 483 points back of Harvick. Despite being the winning manufacturer, Toyota left the Brickyard trailing Chevrolet by 80 points in the manufacturer standings.
The race logo for the 2015 Brickyard 400.
The Crown Royal 400 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 IndyCar Radio Network and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.
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