The 2015 Lucas Oil 150 was the 22nd stock car race of the 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and the 21st iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, November 13, 2015, in Avondale, Arizona at Phoenix International Raceway, a 1 mi (1.6 km) permanent quad-oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 150 laps to complete. Timothy Peters, driving for Red Horse Racing, would hold off John Hunter Nemechek with under 30 laps to go, and earned his 10th career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win, and his second of the season. Pole-sitter Erik Jones dominated the entire race, leading 106 of the 150 laps before being involved in an incident with Matt Crafton with 30 laps to go.[1]  To fill out the podium, Nemechek, driving for family-owned SWM-NEMCO Motorsports, and John Wes Townley, driving for family-owned Athenian Motorsports, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

2015 Lucas Oil 150
Race details
Race 22 of 23 of the 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Date November 13, 2015
Official name 21st Annual Lucas Oil 150
Location Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, Arizona
Course Permanent racing facility
1 mi (1.6 km)
Distance 150 laps, 150 mi (241 km)
Scheduled Distance 150 laps, 150 mi (241 km)
Average speed 92.704 mph (149.193 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Kyle Busch Motorsports
Time 26.179
Most laps led
Driver Erik Jones Kyle Busch Motorsports
Laps 106
Winner
No. 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing
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 Phoenix International Raceway, the circuit where the race was held.

Phoenix International Raceway is a 1-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona, near Phoenix. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. Phoenix Raceway has also hosted the CART, IndyCar Series, USAC and the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The raceway is currently owned and operated by NASCAR subsidiary International Speedway Corporation.

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 Cole Custer JR Motorsports Chevrolet Haas Automation
0 Caleb Roark Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet Driven2Honor.org[permanent dead link]
1 Rubén Pardo Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet BYB Extreme Fighting Series
02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet Randco, Young's Building Systems
4 Erik Jones (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Toyota Certified Used Vehicles
05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet Zaxby's
5 Dalton Sargeant Wauters Motorsports Toyota Galt
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 John Hunter Nemechek (R) SWM-NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet Anderson's Pure Maple Syrup
9 William Byron Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Liberty University
10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet POW, MIAFamilies.org
11 Ben Kennedy Red Horse Racing Toyota Local Motors
13 Cameron Hayley (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota Protect the Harvest
14 Daniel Hemric (R) NTS Motorsports Chevrolet California Clean Power
15 Mason Mingus Billy Boat Motorsports Chevrolet Call 811 Before You Dig
16 Chad Boat Billy Boat Motorsports Chevrolet Pristine Auction, Lawson Rock & Oil
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 Austin Cindric Brad Keselowski Racing Ford Cooper-Standard Automotive
31 Rico Abreu NTS Motorsports Chevrolet AccuDoc Solutions
32 Justin Haley Braun Motorsports Chevrolet Great Clips
33 Brandon Jones (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet Lucas Oil
36 Bobby Pierce MB Motorsports Chevrolet Mittler Bros., Ski Soda
45 Brandon Hightower B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet Advanced Specialized Carriers
49 Cassie Gannis Mike Harmon Racing RAM InnerDivaDen.com
50 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet CorvetteParts.net
51 Daniel Suárez (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Arris
54 Matt Tifft Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota games.NASCAR.com
63 Akinori Ogata MB Motorsports Chevrolet Eneos
74 Jordan Anderson Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet Mike Harmon Racing
88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota Ideal Door, Menards
94 Timmy Hill Premium Motorsports Chevrolet Testoril, Champion Machinery
98 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Toyota Smokey Mountain Herbal Snuff
Official entry list

Practice

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The first and only practice session was held on Thursday, November 12, at 2:30 PM MST, and would last for 2 hours and 25 minutes.[2] Cameron Hayley, driving for ThorSport Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 26.192, and an average speed of 137.447 mph (221.200 km/h).[3]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 13 Cameron Hayley (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 26.192 137.447
2 4 Erik Jones (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 26.276 137.007
3 33 Brandon Jones (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 26.429 136.214
Full first practice results

Qualifying

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Qualifying was held on Friday, November 13, at 10:45 AM MST.[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]

Erik Jones, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would win the pole after advancing from the preliminary rounds and setting the fastest time in Round 3, with a lap of 26.179, and an average speed of 137.515 mph (221.309 km/h).[5]

Brandon Hightower, Caleb Roark, Norm Benning, and Cassie Gannis 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 4 Erik Jones (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 26.473 135.988 26.305 136.856 26.179 137.515
2 19 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 26.519 135.752 26.487 135.916 26.290 136.934
3 32 Justin Haley Braun Motorsports Chevrolet 26.804 134.308 26.517 135.762 26.320 136.778
4 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 26.718 134.741 26.401 136.358 26.350 136.622
5 9 William Byron Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 26.758 134.539 26.547 135.609 26.386 136.436
6 13 Cameron Hayley (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 26.581 135.435 26.347 136.638 26.396 136.384
7 33 Brandon Jones (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 27.124 132.724 26.331 136.721 26.453 136.090
8 51 Daniel Suárez (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 26.696 134.852 26.433 136.193 26.460 136.054
9 00 Cole Custer JR Motorsports Chevrolet 26.721 134.725 26.451 136.101 26.469 136.008
10 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 27.023 133.220 26.523 135.731 26.508 135.808
11 8 John Hunter Nemechek (R) SWM-NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 26.616 135.257 26.498 135.859 26.525 135.721
12 11 Ben Kennedy Red Horse Racing Toyota 26.596 135.359 26.495 135.875 26.602 135.328
Eliminated from Round 2
13 14 Daniel Hemric (R) NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 26.909 133.784 26.558 135.552
14 31 Rico Abreu NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 26.772 134.469 26.588 135.399
15 23 Spencer Gallagher (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 26.801 134.323 26.622 135.227
16 98 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Toyota 26.730 134.680 26.648 135.095
17 54 Matt Tifft Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 26.654 135.064 26.671 134.978
18 15 Mason Mingus Billy Boat Motorsports Chevrolet 27.153 132.582 26.694 134.862
19 05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet 26.760 134.529 26.727 134.695
20 5 Dalton Sargeant Wauters Motorsports Toyota 27.065 133.013 26.742 134.620
21 29 Austin Cindric Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 27.172 132.489 26.880 133.929
22 07 Ray Black Jr. (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 27.266 132.033 26.959 133.536
23 02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 27.094 132.871 27.123 132.729
24 16 Chad Boat Billy Boat Motorsports Chevrolet 26.994 133.363 27.127 132.709
Eliminated from Round 1
25 50 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 27.356 131.598
26 36 Bobby Pierce MB Motorsports Chevrolet 27.509 130.866
27 1 Rubén Pardo Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 27.571 130.572
Qualified by owner's points
28 94 Timmy Hill Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 27.697 129.978
29 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 28.100 128.114
30 08 Korbin Forrister (R) BJMM with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 28.209 127.619
31 74 Jordan Anderson Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 28.337 127.042
32 63 Akinori Ogata MB Motorsports Chevrolet 28.524 126.210
Failed to qualify
33 45 Brandon Hightower B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 27.776 129.608
34 0 Caleb Roark Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 28.020 128.480
35 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 28.406 126.734
36 49 Cassie Gannis Mike Harmon Racing RAM 29.052 123.916
Official qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Fin[6] St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings
1 10 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 150 28 Running 47 $44,502
2 11 8 John Hunter Nemechek (R) SWM-NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 150 0 Running 42 $32,722
3 19 05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet 150 0 Running 41 $24,226
4 8 51 Daniel Suárez (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 150 0 Running 0 $17,000
5 2 19 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 150 0 Running 39 $17,375
6 15 23 Spencer Gallagher (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 150 0 Running 38 $16,287
7 3 32 Justin Haley Braun Motorsports Chevrolet 150 0 Running 37 $13,982
8 17 54 Matt Tifft Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 150 0 Running 36 $16,176
9 1 4 Erik Jones (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 150 106 Running 37 $20,621
10 18 15 Mason Mingus Billy Boat Motorsports Chevrolet 150 0 Running 34 $16,988
11 6 13 Cameron Hayley (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 150 0 Running 33 $15,844
12 24 16 Chad Boat Billy Boat Motorsports Chevrolet 149 0 Running 32 $13,455
13 23 02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 149 0 Running 31 $15,649
14 21 29 Austin Cindric Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 149 0 Running 30 $15,567
15 25 50 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 149 1 Running 30 $15,911
16 26 36 Bobby Pierce MB Motorsports Chevrolet 149 0 Running 28 $15,628
17 27 1 Rubén Pardo Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 148 0 Running 27 $15,372
18 28 94 Timmy Hill Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 148 0 Running 26 $15,317
19 20 5 Dalton Sargeant Wauters Motorsports Toyota 148 0 Running 25 $13,012
20 22 07 Ray Black Jr. (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 148 0 Running 24 $15,706
21 13 14 Daniel Hemric (R) NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 144 0 Running 23 $15,096
22 29 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 141 0 Running 22 $15,040
23 4 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 130 15 Accident 22 $14,680
24 12 11 Ben Kennedy Red Horse Racing Toyota 126 0 Running 20 $13,569
25 16 98 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Toyota 120 0 Accident 19 $12,609
26 9 00 Cole Custer JR Motorsports Chevrolet 114 0 Running 18 $12,347
27 32 63 Akinori Ogata MB Motorsports Chevrolet 105 0 Suspension 17 $12,209
28 14 31 Rico Abreu NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 44 0 Accident 16 $11,878
29 31 74 Jordan Anderson Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 36 0 Engine 15 $11,768
30 30 08 Korbin Forrister (R) BJMM with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 15 0 Accident 14 $11,268
31 5 9 William Byron Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 6 0 Accident 13 $9,768
32 7 33 Brandon Jones (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 6 0 Accident 12 $8,768
Official race results

Standings after the race

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References

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  1. ^ McFadin, Daniel (November 13, 2015). "Timothy Peters takes Phoenix win after Matt Crafton, Erik Jones crash". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "2015 Truck Series Phoenix Race Info". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. Archived from the original on January 9, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  3. ^ Bonkowski, Jerry (November 12, 2015). "Cameron Hayley, Erik and Brandon Jones fast in Phoenix Truck practice". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  4. ^ "NASCAR Qualifying Rules". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. Archived from the original on 2015-03-03. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  5. ^ "Jones speeds to fifth Truck Series pole of 2015". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. November 13, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  6. ^ "2015 Lucas Oil 150 - Racing Reference". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
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