2015 AAA Texas 500
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The 2015 AAA Texas 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on November 8, 2015, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 334 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) intermediate quad-oval, it was the 34th race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, eighth race of the Chase and second race of the Eliminator Round. Jimmie Johnson won the race, his fifth of the season. Brad Keselowski finished second. Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards rounded out the top-five.
Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] | |||
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Race 34 of 36 in the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
Date | November 8, 2015 (2015-11-08) | ||
Location | Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas | ||
Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km) | ||
Distance | 334 laps, 501 mi (801.6 km) | ||
Weather | Clear blue skies with a temperature of 64 °F (18 °C); wind out of the northeast at 8 mph (13 km/h) | ||
Average speed | 137.490 mph (221.269 km/h) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Team Penske | ||
Time | 27.421 | ||
Most laps led | |||
Driver | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | |
Laps | 312 | ||
Winner | |||
No. 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | |
Television in the United States | |||
Network | NBC | ||
Announcers | Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte | ||
Nielsen Ratings |
2.6/5 (Overnight)[9] 2.7/6 (Final)[10] 4.6 Million viewers[10] | ||
Radio in the United States | |||
Radio | PRN | ||
Booth Announcers | Doug Rice, Mark Garrow and Wendy Venturini | ||
Turn Announcers | Rob Albright (1 & 2) and Pat Patterson (3 & 4) |
Keselowski won the pole for the race and led a race high of 312 laps on his way to a runner-up finish. The race had 15 lead changes among eight different drivers, as well as nine caution flag periods for 47 laps.
This was the 75th career victory for Johnson, fifth of the season, sixth at Texas Motor Speedway and eighth at the track for Hendrick Motorsports. The win moved him up to 12th in the points standings. Chevrolet left Texas with a 63–point lead over Toyota in the manufacturer standings.
The AAA Texas 500 was carried by NBC Sports on the broadcast NBC network for the American television audience. The radio broadcast for the race was carried by the Performance Racing Network and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.