2015 Careers for Veterans 200

The 2015 Careers for Veterans 200 was the 13th stock car race of the 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and the 16th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, August 15, 2015, in Brooklyn, Michigan at Michigan International Speedway, a 2.0 mile (3.2 km) permanent tri-oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 100 laps to complete. Kyle Busch, driving for his team, Kyle Busch Motorsports, would make a late-race pass for the lead on Ryan Blaney with four laps to go, earning his 44th career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win, and his second of the season. Busch dominated parts of the race as well, leading a race-high 44 laps.[1] To fill out the podium, Blaney, driving for Brad Keselowski Racing, and Erik Jones, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

2015 Careers for Veterans 200
Race details
Race 13 of 23 of the 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Date August 15, 2015
Official name 16th Annual Careers for Veterans 200
Location Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan
Course Permanent racing facility
2.0 mi (3.2 km)
Distance 100 laps, 200 mi (321 km)
Scheduled Distance 100 laps, 200 mi (321 km)
Average speed 128.940 mph (207.509 km/h)
Pole position
Driver ThorSport Racing
Time 39.024
Most laps led
Driver Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Motorsports
Laps 44
Winner
No. 51 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network FS1
Announcers Ralph Sheheen, Phil Parsons, and Michael Waltrip
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN

Background

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The layout of Michigan International Speedway, the circuit where the race was held.

Michigan International Speedway (MIS) is a 2 mi (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located approximately four miles (6.4 km) south of the village of Brooklyn, Michigan, United States. Situated on more than 1,400 acres (5.7 km2)[2] in the scenic Irish Hills area of southeastern Michigan, the track is 70 miles (110 km) west of the center of Detroit, 40 miles (64 km) from Ann Arbor, and 60 miles (97 km) south and northwest of Lansing, Michigan and Toledo, Ohio, respectively. MIS is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is sometimes known as a sister track to Texas World Speedway, and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway. The track is owned by NASCAR. Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (by open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest by stock car standards).[citation needed]

Michigan is the fastest track in NASCAR due to its wide, sweeping corners, long straightaways, and lack of a restrictor plate requirement; typical qualifying speeds are in excess of 200 mph (320 km/h) and corner entry speeds are anywhere from 215 to 220 mph (346 to 354 km/h) after the 2012 repaving of the track.[citation needed]

Entry list

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  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
  • (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
# Driver Team Make Sponsor
00 Alex Bowman (i) JR Motorsports Chevrolet Haas Automation
0 Caleb Roark Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet Driven2Honor.org
1 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet Burnie Grill
02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet Randco, Young's Building Systems
03 Tim Viens Mike Affarano Motorsports Chevrolet RaceDaySponsor.com
4 Erik Jones (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Toyota
05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet Zaxby's
6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet Norm Benning Racing
07 Ray Black Jr. (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet ScubaLife
08 Korbin Forrister (R) BJMM with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet Trump for President
8 John Hunter Nemechek (R) SWM-NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet SWM-NEMCO Motorsports
10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet Driven2Honor.org
11 Ben Kennedy Red Horse Racing Toyota Local Motors
13 Cameron Hayley (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota Carolina Nut Company
14 Daniel Hemric (R) NTS Motorsports Chevrolet California Clean Power
15 Mason Mingus Billy Boat Motorsports Chevrolet Call 811 Before You Dig
17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota Red Horse Racing
19 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford DrawTite
23 Spencer Gallagher (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet Allegiant Travel Company
29 Ryan Blaney (i) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford Cooper Standard Careers for Vets
30 Chad Finley Rette Jones Racing Ford Auto Value
33 Austin Dillon (i) GMS Racing Chevrolet Rheem, Young Supply Company
36 Justin Jennings MB Motorsports Chevrolet Mittler Bros., Ski Soda
40 Todd Peck Peck Motorsports Chevrolet Arthritis Foundation, OSS Health
45 B. J. McLeod B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet Tilted Kilt
50 Tyler Tanner MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet Shane Duncan Band
51 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Dollar General
54 Cody Coughlin Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Jegs High Performance
63 Garrett Smithley MB Motorsports Chevrolet SEGPAY, Mittler Bros.
74 Jordan Anderson Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet Tri-Analytics, Impact Race Products
88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota Ideal Door, Menards
94 Wendell Chavous Premium Motorsports Chevrolet Testoril
98 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Toyota Nextant Aerospace, Curb Records
Official entry list

Practice

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First practice

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The first practice session was held on Friday, August 14, at 1:30 PM EST, and would last for 55 minutes.[3] Daniel Hemric, driving for NTS Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 38.917, and an average speed of 185.009 mph (297.743 km/h).[4]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 14 Daniel Hemric (R) NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 38.917 185.009
2 13 Cameron Hayley (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 39.091 184.186
3 4 Erik Jones (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 39.113 184.082
Full first practice results

Final practice

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The final practice session was held on Friday, August 14, at 3:00 PM EST, and would last for 1 hour and 25 minutes.[3] Matt Crafton, driving for ThorSport Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 38.573, and an average speed of 186.659 mph (300.399 km/h).[5]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 38.573 186.659
2 14 Daniel Hemric (R) NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 38.666 186.210
3 13 Cameron Hayley (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 38.729 185.907
Full final practice results

Qualifying

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Qualifying was held on Saturday, August 15, at 9:40 AM EST.[3] The qualifying system used is a multi car, multi lap, two round system where in the first round, everyone would set a time to determine positions 13–32. Then, the fastest 12 qualifiers would move on to the second round to determine positions 1-12.[6]

Matt Crafton, driving for ThorSport Racing, would win the pole after advancing from the preliminary round and setting the fastest time in Round 2, with a lap of 39.024, and an average speed of 184.502 mph (296.927 km/h).[7]

Tim Viens was the only driver that failed to qualify.

Full qualifying results

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time (R1) Speed (R1) Time (R2) Speed (R2)
1 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 39.159 183.866 39.024 184.502
2 14 Daniel Hemric (R) NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 39.301 183.201 39.166 183.833
3 33 Austin Dillon (i) GMS Racing Chevrolet 39.473 182.403 39.249 183.444
4 11 Ben Kennedy Red Horse Racing Toyota 39.505 182.255 39.319 183.118
5 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 39.354 182.955 39.325 183.090
6 13 Cameron Hayley (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 39.428 182.611 39.338 183.029
7 4 Erik Jones (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 39.571 181.951 39.492 182.315
8 05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet 39.630 181.681 39.529 182.145
9 98 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Toyota 39.563 181.988 39.534 182.122
10 51 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 39.630 181.681 39.628 181.690
11 19 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 39.758 181.096 39.742 181.169
12 29 Ryan Blaney (i) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 39.772 181.032 39.779 181.000
Eliminated from Round 1
13 02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 39.921 180.356
14 23 Spencer Gallagher (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 39.928 180.325
15 30 Chad Finley Rette Jones Racing Ford 39.931 180.311
16 00 Alex Bowman (i) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 40.008 179.964
17 8 John Hunter Nemechek (R) SWM-NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 40.021 179.906
18 54 Cody Coughlin Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 40.165 179.261
19 63 Garrett Smithley MB Motorsports Chevrolet 40.275 178.771
20 1 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 40.355 178.417
21 07 Ray Black Jr. (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 40.438 178.050
22 15 Mason Mingus Billy Boat Motorsports Chevrolet 40.477 177.879
23 74 Jordan Anderson Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 40.709 176.865
24 36 Justin Jennings MB Motorsports Chevrolet 40.863 176.199
25 0 Caleb Roark Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 40.941 175.863
26 45 B. J. McLeod B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 41.054 175.379
27 08 Korbin Forrister (R) BJMM with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 41.080 175.268
Qualified by owner's points
28 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 41.475 173.599
29 40 Todd Peck Peck Motorsports Chevrolet 41.590 173.119
30 94 Wendell Chavous Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 42.259 170.378
31 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 42.586 169.070
32 50 Tyler Tanner MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 42.676 168.713
Failed to qualify
33 03 Tim Viens Mike Affarano Motorsports Chevrolet 42.030 171.306
Official qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Fin[8] St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings
1 10 51 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 100 44 Running 0 $43,447
2 12 29 Ryan Blaney (i) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 100 8 Running 0 $36,614
3 7 4 Erik Jones (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 100 16 Running 42 $26,735
4 9 98 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Toyota 100 24 Running 41 $20,254
5 3 33 Austin Dillon (i) GMS Racing Chevrolet 100 4 Running 0 $15,653
6 1 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 100 0 Running 38 $19,792
7 2 14 Daniel Hemric (R) NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 100 4 Running 38 $16,325
8 5 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 100 0 Running 36 $16,241
9 11 19 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 100 0 Running 35 $16,185
10 6 13 Cameron Hayley (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 100 0 Running 34 $17,107
11 16 00 Alex Bowman (i) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 100 0 Running 0 $13,852
12 17 8 John Hunter Nemechek (R) SWM-NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 100 0 Running 32 $15,934
13 23 74 Jordan Anderson Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 100 0 Running 31 $15,850
14 19 63 Garrett Smithley MB Motorsports Chevrolet 100 0 Running 30 $15,795
15 13 02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 100 0 Running 29 $16,138
16 14 23 Spencer Gallagher (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 99 0 Accident 28 $15,711
17 8 05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet 99 0 Running 27 $15,799
18 20 1 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 98 0 Running 26 $15,572
19 28 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 98 0 Running 25 $15,515
20 18 54 Cody Coughlin Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 96 0 Running 24 $15,988
21 15 30 Chad Finley Rette Jones Racing Ford 96 0 Running 23 $13,210
22 27 08 Korbin Forrister (R) BJMM with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 95 0 Running 22 $15,404
23 30 94 Wendell Chavous Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 95 0 Running 21 $15,376
24 22 15 Mason Mingus Billy Boat Motorsports Chevrolet 87 0 Accident 20 $14,099
25 4 11 Ben Kennedy Red Horse Racing Toyota 82 0 Accident 19 $14,220
26 21 07 Ray Black Jr. (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 66 0 Running 18 $13,042
27 31 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 40 0 Rear Gear 17 $12,987
28 25 0 Caleb Roark Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 19 0 Vibration 16 $12,747
29 32 50 Tyler Tanner MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 16 0 Clutch 15 $12,692
30 26 45 B. J. McLeod B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 15 0 Electrical 14 $12,192
31 29 40 Todd Peck Peck Motorsports Chevrolet 12 0 Rear Gear 13 $10,692
32 24 36 Justin Jennings MB Motorsports Chevrolet 6 0 Handling 12 $9,692
Official race results

Standings after the race

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References

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  1. ^ Long, Dustin (August 15, 2015). "Kyle Busch wins second consecutive Camping World Truck race". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  2. ^ "About MIS". Michigan International Speedway. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "2015 Truck Series Michigan Race Info". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. Archived from the original on September 9, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  4. ^ Long, Dustin (August 14, 2015). "Daniel Hemric leads way in opening Truck practice at Michigan". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  5. ^ Long, Dustin (August 14, 2015). "Matt Crafton fastest in final Camping World Truck practice at Michigan". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  6. ^ "NASCAR Qualifying Rules". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  7. ^ Bearden, Aaron (August 15, 2015). "Matt Crafton Tops 2015 Careers for Veterans 200 Qualifying in Michigan, First Pole Since 2012". Frontstretch. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  8. ^ "2015 Careers for Veterans 200 - Racing Reference". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
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