2015 Hyundai Construction Equipment 200

The 2015 Hyundai Construction Equipment 200 was the 2nd stock car race of the 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and the 7th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, February 28, 2015, in Hampton, Georgia at Atlanta Motor Speedway, a 1.54 mile (2.48 km) permanent tri-oval shaped speedway. The race took the scheduled 130 laps to complete. Matt Crafton, driving for ThorSport Racing, would put on a dominating performance, leading 85 laps to earn his 6th career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win, and his first of the season.[1] To fill out the podium, Ty Dillon, driving for GMS Racing, and Ben Kennedy, driving for Red Horse Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

2015 Hyundai Construction Equipment 200 200
Race details
Race 2 of 23 of the 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Date February 28, 2015
Official name 7th Annual Hyundai Construction Equipment 200
Location Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia
Course Permanent racing facility
1.54 mi (2.48 km)
Distance 130 laps, 200 mi (322 km)
Scheduled Distance 130 laps, 200 mi (322 km)
Average speed 140.711 mph (226.452 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Red Horse Racing
Time 31.378
Most laps led
Driver Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing
Laps 85
Winner
No. 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing
Television in the United States
Network FS1
Announcers Mike Joy, Phil Parsons, and Michael Waltrip
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN

Background

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The layout of Atlanta Motor Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

Atlanta Motor Speedway is a 1.54-mile entertainment facility in Hampton, Georgia, United States, 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta. It has annually hosted NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car races since its inauguration in 1960.

The venue was bought by Speedway Motorsports in 1990. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two intermediate ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval, with a new official length of 1.54-mile (2.48 km) where before it was 1.522-mile (2.449 km). The project made the track one of the fastest on the NASCAR circuit.

Entry list

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  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
  • (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
# Driver Team Make Sponsor
1 Morgan Shepherd (i) MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet Life on the Line, Lilly Trucking
02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet Randco, Young's Building Systems
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 Tilted Kilt
8 Joe Nemechek SWM-NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet D. A. B. Constructors
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 Cabinets by Hayley
14 Daniel Hemric (R) NTS Motorsports Chevrolet California Clean Power
15 Mason Mingus Billy Boat Motorsports Chevrolet Call Georgia 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 Brad Keselowski (i) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford Cooper-Standard Automotive
31 James Buescher NTS Motorsports Chevrolet NTS Motorsports
33 Ty Dillon (i) GMS Racing Chevrolet Rheem
39 Ryan Sieg (i) RSS Racing Chevrolet Pull-A-Part, Big Green Egg
50 Cody Ware MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet Burnie Grill, Bubba Burger
51 Daniel Suárez (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Arris
54 Justin Boston (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Discovering Lucy Angel
63 Garrett Smithley MB Motorsports Chevrolet HeroBox, SEGPAY
74 Jordan Anderson Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet Tri-Analytics
75 Caleb Holman Henderson Motorsports Chevrolet Food Country USA, Morning Fresh Farms
86 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet Brandonbilt Foundations
88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota Fisher Nuts, Menards
94 Wendell Chavous Premium Motorsports Chevrolet Vydox Plus
98 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Toyota Nextant Aerospace, Curb Records
99 Bryan Silas T3R2 Chevrolet Kapoya Premium Energy Drink
Official entry list

Practice

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The first and only practice session was held on Friday, February 27, at 2:30 PM EST, and would last for 2 hours and 55 minutes.[2] Brad Keselowski, driving for his own team, Brad Keselowski Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 31.025, and an average speed of 178.695 mph (287.582 km/h).[3]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 29 Brad Keselowski (i) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 31.025 178.695
2 4 Erik Jones (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 31.028 178.677
3 13 Cameron Hayley (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 31.062 178.482
Full first practice results

Qualifying

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Qualifying was held on Saturday, February 28, at 10:40 AM EST.[2] The qualifying system used is a multi car, multi lap, three round system where in the first round, everyone would set a time to determine positions 25–32. Then, the fastest 24 qualifiers would move on to the second round to determine positions 13–24. Lastly, the fastest 12 qualifiers would move on to the third round to determine positions 1–12.[4]

Ben Kennedy, driving for Red Horse Racing, would win the pole after advancing from the preliminary rounds and setting the fastest time in Round 3, with a lap of 31.378, and an average speed of 176.684 mph (284.345 km/h). Initially, Brad Keselowski posted the fastest time in Round 3, with a lap of 31.314, but his time would be disallowed after NASCAR determined that he did not cross the start/finish line before the qualifying time expired. Kennedy was the only driver to set a lap time in the third round.[5]

No driver would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time (R1) Speed (R1) Time (R2) Speed (R2) Time (R3) Speed (R3)
1 11 Ben Kennedy Red Horse Racing Toyota 31.421 176.443 31.052 178.539 31.378 176.684
2 4 Erik Jones (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 31.222 177.567 30.876 179.557
3 13 Cameron Hayley (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 31.266 177.317 30.895 179.447
4 51 Daniel Suárez (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 31.183 177.789 30.936 179.209
5 05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet 31.450 176.280 30.953 179.110
6 54 Justin Boston (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 31.684 174.978 30.977 178.971
7 8 Joe Nemechek SWM-NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 31.464 176.201 31.004 178.816
8 31 James Buescher NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 31.197 177.709 31.028 178.677
9 23 Spencer Gallagher (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 31.242 177.453 31.037 178.626
10 29 Brad Keselowski (i) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 31.660 175.111 31.038 178.620
11 19 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 31.088 178.332 31.044 178.585
12 14 Daniel Hemric (R) NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 31.507 175.961 31.046 178.574
Eliminated in Round 2
13 98 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Toyota 31.340 176.899 31.059 178.499
14 33 Ty Dillon (i) GMS Racing Chevrolet 31.348 176.853 31.137 178.052
15 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 31.186 177.772 31.139 178.040
16 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 31.828 174.186 31.338 176.910
17 15 Mason Mingus Billy Boat Motorsports Chevrolet 31.721 174.774 31.361 176.780
18 39 Ryan Sieg (i) RSS Racing Chevrolet 31.558 175.677 31.386 176.639
19 99 Bryan Silas T3R2 Chevrolet 31.747 174.631 31.499 176.006
20 75 Caleb Holman Henderson Motorsports Chevrolet 31.357 176.803 31.511 175.939
21 02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 31.656 175.133 31.624 175.310
22 07 Ray Black Jr. (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 32.035 173.061 31.966 173.434
23 50 Cody Ware MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 32.119 172.608 32.110 172.656
24 94 Wendell Chavous Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 31.843 174.104
Eliminated in Round 1
25 86 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 32.245 171.934
26 08 Korbin Forrister (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 32.247 171.923
27 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 32.448 170.858
Qualified by owner's points
28 74 Jordan Anderson Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 32.545 170.349
29 63 Garrett Smithley MB Motorsports Chevrolet 32.634 169.936
30 1 Morgan Shepherd (i) MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 33.746 164.286
31 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 36.491 151.928
Official qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Fin[6] St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings
1 15 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 130 85 Running 48 $45,285
2 14 33 Ty Dillon (i) GMS Racing Chevrolet 130 0 Running 0 $26,957
3 1 11 Ben Kennedy Red Horse Racing Toyota 130 1 Running 42 $27,620
4 4 51 Daniel Suárez (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 130 1 Running 0 $21,261
5 11 19 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 130 0 Running 39 $18,707
6 13 98 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Toyota 130 0 Running 38 $16,667
7 2 4 Erik Jones (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 130 37 Running 38 $17,112
8 8 31 James Buescher NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 129 0 Running 36 $13,612
9 16 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 129 0 Running 35 $15,807
10 7 8 Joe Nemechek SWM-NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 129 0 Running 34 $16,701
11 18 39 Ryan Sieg (i) RSS Racing Chevrolet 129 0 Running 0 $13,446
12 5 05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet 129 0 Running 32 $15,557
13 9 23 Spencer Gallagher (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 129 0 Running 31 $15,501
14 3 13 Cameron Hayley (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 129 0 Running 30 $15,445
15 10 29 Brad Keselowski (i) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 129 6 Running 0 $13,657
16 6 54 Justin Boston (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 129 0 Running 28 $15,168
17 20 75 Caleb Holman Henderson Motorsports Chevrolet 127 0 Running 27 $12,807
18 29 63 Garrett Smithley MB Motorsports Chevrolet 126 0 Running 26 $14,919
19 12 14 Daniel Hemric (R) NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 126 0 Running 25 $14,807
20 26 08 Korbin Forrister (R) BJMM with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 125 0 Running 24 $15,252
21 19 99 Bryan Silas T3R2 Chevrolet 123 0 Running 23 $14,586
22 21 02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 123 0 Running 22 $14,475
23 28 74 Jordan Anderson Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 123 0 Running 21 $12,085
24 24 94 Wendell Chavous Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 120 0 Running 20 $12,002
25 22 07 Ray Black Jr. (R) SS-Green Lighrt Racing Chevrolet 119 0 Running 19 $14,375
26 27 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 118 0 Running 18 $12,947
27 30 1 Morgan Shepherd (i) MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 118 0 Running 0 $11,891
28 17 15 Mason Mingus Billy Boat Motorsports Chevrolet 110 0 Accident 16 $11,631
29 25 86 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports Chevrolet 91 0 Oil Line 15 $11,603
30 23 50 Cody Ware MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 48 0 Accident 14 $12,103
31 31 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 12 0 Rear Gear 13 $9,603
Official race results

Standings after the race

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References

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  1. ^ Estrada, Chris (February 28, 2015). "Matt Crafton pulls away, wins Truck Series race at Atlanta". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "2015 Truck Series Atlanta Race Info". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. Archived from the original on March 17, 2015. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  3. ^ Bonkowski, Jerry (February 27, 2015). "Brad Keselowski, Erik Jones, Cameron Hayley, Daniel Suarez all over 178 mph in Truck Series practice". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  4. ^ "NASCAR Qualifying Rules". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  5. ^ Bonkowski, Jerry (February 28, 2015). "UPDATED: Ben Kennedy elevated to Atlanta Truck pole after Keselowski's qualifying time is disallowed". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  6. ^ "2015 Hyundai Construction Equipment 200 - Racing Reference". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
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