RACE REWIND: 2015 Quaker State 400

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Kyle Busch won the 2015 Quaker State 400 at
Kentucky Speedway.

SPARTA, KY – The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to Kentucky Speedway this weekend for the sixth-annual Quaker State 400 presented by Advance Auto Parts.

Kyle Busch won the race in 2015 for his 2nd win of the season, second win at Kentucky, and 31st career win. He led 163 of the 267 laps.

Joey Logano finished 2nd followed by Denny Hamlin, Carl Edwards, Matt Kenseth, Brad Keselowski, Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson, and Kurt Busch.

Kyle Larson, who started the race from the pole, had to pit for a tire rub with 50 laps to go, then made contact with the wall and finished 35th.

Harvick increased his drivers points lead to 68 points after the race. Johnson and Logano became tied for 2nd.

With the win, Busch became just 87 points out of 30th (to get in the Chase) and needed around a 17th place average finish to crack the top 30 in the 8 races before the Chase. Busch missed much of the beginning of the season with an injury suffered in a wreck in February. Busch would go on to make the Chase and win the Sprint Cup Series championship.

There were 13 lead changes among 8 drivers. There were 11 cautions for 49 yellow flag laps. The 11 cautions became a record at Kentucky.


The average speed was 129.402mph.