Matt Kenseth wins 2015 Pure Michigan 400

Sunday, August 16th, 2015

By Joey Gucciardo | Follow Me: @GucciardoJoey

(Photo: Andrew Weber, USA TODAY Sports)

Brooklyn, MICHIGAN--- Today, Matt Kenneth led 146 laps for his 3rd win of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.

Kenseth's last win came two weekends ago at Pocono Raceway. But today, following Kenneth in the final running order was Kevin Harvick in 2nd, Martin Truex Jr. in 3rd, Austin Dillon in 4th, and Carl Edwards in 5th.

"Denny did a heck of a job giving me a good push there to get by," Kenseth said in victory lane after the race. "Honestly, the toughest one was with the 3 (Austin Dillon, with the two drivers swapping the lead after a restart on lap 131). We went back and forth a few times and made some contact there, and it was hard to get away from him. My car took about five laps to get going, but once it goi going, it was pretty stellar."

Basic Stats From Today's Race

There were 17 different lead changes in today's race among 8 different leaders. Matt Kenseth led the most laps today (led 146 laps), and Austin Dillon led the 2nd most amount of laps (led 19 laps). The race winner, Kenseth, had a best speed of 189.001 MPH. His best time was 38.095 seconds.

Final Results from NASCAR.com

POS	CAR	DRIVER	MANUF	DELTA	LAPS	LAST LAP	BEST TIME	BEST SPEED	BEST LAP
1	20	Matt Kenseth		Leader	200	39.441	38.095	189.001	8
2	4	Kevin Harvick		1.723	200	39.758	38.328	187.852	190
3	78	Martin Truex Jr.		0.814	200	39.457	38.466	187.178	190
4	3	Austin Dillon		3.397	200	39.548	37.985	189.549	26
5	11	Denny Hamlin		0.577	200	39.262	38.358	187.705	8
6	19	Carl Edwards		0.852	200	39.462	38.597	186.543	9
7	22	Joey Logano		2.041	200	39.659	38.103	188.961	15
8	31	Ryan Newman		1.655	200	39.851	38.834	185.405	62
9	2	Brad Keselowski		0.201	200	39.138	38.765	185.735	28
10	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.		1.471	200	39.560	38.407	187.466	27
11	18	Kyle Busch		0.381	200	39.543	38.927	184.962	79
12	27	Paul Menard		0.648	200	39.985	38.972	184.748	144
13	42	Kyle Larson		0.162	200	39.829	38.753	185.792	65
14	43	Aric Almirola		1.044	200	40.029	39.413	182.681	151
15	5	Kasey Kahne		0.760	200	40.061	38.832	185.414	60
16	1	Jamie McMurray		1.376	200	40.486	39.160	183.861	62
17	24	Jeff Gordon		0.555	200	40.001	39.055	184.355	67
18	55	David Ragan		7.354	200	40.881	39.161	183.856	61
19	9	Sam Hornish Jr.		31.771	200	56.829	39.096	184.162	166
20	41	Kurt Busch		-	199	40.176	38.669	186.196	29
21	14	Tony Stewart		-	199	40.329	39.109	184.101	8
22	6	Trevor Bayne		-	198	40.256	39.148	183.917	61
23	16	Greg Biffle		-	198	40.320	39.428	182.611	171
24	21	Ryan Blaney(i)		-	198	40.485	38.994	184.644	63
25	10	Danica Patrick		-	198	40.039	39.112	184.087	63
26	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.		-	198	40.424	39.741	181.173	177
27	35	Cole Whitt		-	198	40.322	39.655	181.566	63
28	47	AJ Allmendinger		-	198	41.291	39.270	183.346	62
29	51	Justin Allgaier		-	197	40.910	39.329	183.071	60
30	83	Matt DiBenedetto #		-	197	40.449	39.548	182.057	178
31	7	Alex Bowman		-	197	40.472	39.974	180.117	171
32	38	David Gilliland		-	197	40.719	39.751	181.128	61
33	26	Jeb Burton #		-	197	40.661	39.715	181.292	177
34	34	Brett Moffitt #		-	197	40.817	39.814	180.841	62
35	46	Michael Annett		-	197	40.895	40.069	179.690	63
36	40	Landon Cassill(i)		-	196	41.020	40.071	179.681	36
37	32	Josh Wise		-	196	40.729	40.251	178.878	60
38	23	JJ Yeley(i)		-	194	41.294	40.608	177.305	145
39	48	Jimmie Johnson		-	190	43.727	38.311	187.936	8
40	33	Travis Kvapil(i)		-	190	46.248	40.533	177.633	183
41	15	Clint Bowyer		-	164	42.446	38.562	186.712	16
42	13	Casey Mears		-	51	54.633	39.481	182.366	35
43	98	Timmy Hill(i)		-	9	41.456	40.417	178.143	7

Cautions from NASCAR.com

#	LAP	BENEFICIARY	REASON
1	0		#55 spin turn 2
2	9		Debris on backstretch
3	20		Competition
4	71	9	Debris turn 2
5	120	88	Debris turn 1
6	125	43	#15, 31 accident backstretch
7	135	5	#14 spin turn 4
8	182	55	#48 spin turn 4

Lead Changes from NASCAR.com

CAR	START	END	TOTAL
20	176	200	25
43	173	175	3
18	165	172	8
20	126	164	39
3	125	125	1
19	123	124	2
20	117	122	6
19	114	116	3
4	99	113	15
20	77	98	22
15	76	76	1
20	63	75	13
18	61	62	2
24	60	60	1
20	41	59	19
3	23	40	18
20	1	22	22