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2015 Chevrolet Silverado 250

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2015 Chevrolet Silverado 250
Race details
Race 15 of 23 of the 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Date August 30, 2015
Official name 3rd Annual Chevrolet Silverado 250
Location Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada
Course Permanent racing facility
2.459 mi (3.957 km)
Distance 64 laps, 157 mi (157 km)
Scheduled Distance 64 laps, 157 mi (253 km)
Average speed 83.476 mph (134.342 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Brad Keselowski Racing
Time 1:20.275
Most laps led
Driver Cole Custer JR Motorsports
Laps 22
Winner
No. 4 Erik Jones Kyle Busch Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network FS1
Announcers Ralph Sheheen, Phil Parsons, and Michael Waltrip
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN

The 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 250 was the 15th stock car race of the 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and the 3rd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, August 30, 2015, in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, a 2.459 mile (3.957 km) permanent road course. The race took the scheduled 64 laps to complete. Erik Jones, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would hold off the field on the final restart, and led the final two laps to earn his sixth career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win, and his second of the season. Jones and Cole Custer dominated the majority of the race, leading 19 and 22 laps. Pole-sitter Alex Tagliani lead eight laps, and ran second on the final lap before experiencing issues and ultimately finished in fifth.[1] To fill out the podium, Matt Crafton, driving for his team, ThorSport Racing, and Ben Kennedy, driving for Red Horse Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Background

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Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (formerly Mosport Park and Mosport International Raceway) is a multi-track motorsport venue located north of Bowmanville, in Ontario, Canada, 64-kilometre (40 mi) east of Toronto. The facility features a 3.957 km (2.459 mi), 10-turn road course; a 2.9 km (1.8 mi) advance driver and race driver training facility with a 0.402 km (0.250 mi) skid pad (Driver Development Centre) and a 1.5 km (0.93 mi) kart track (Mosport Karting Centre Inc., previously "Mosport Kartways"). The name "Mosport", a portmanteau of Motor Sport, came from the enterprise formed to build the track.[2]

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
1 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet Burnie Grill
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 Pottier Construction, Parkhill Trucking
07 Ray Black Jr. (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet ScubaLife
08 Korbin Forrister (R) BJMM with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet Trump for President
8 John Hunter Nemechek (R) SWM-NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet Chevrolet
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 811 Before You Dig
17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota Red Horse Racing, Gaunt Collision Center
19 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford BBR Music Group
23 Spencer Gallagher (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet Allegiant Travel Company
25 Brian Wong Venturini Motorsports Toyota Momofuku, GT Channel
29 Alex Tagliani (i) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford Cooper-Standard Automotive
33 Brandon Jones (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet Exide, EMCO Corporation
36 Justin Jennings MB Motorsports Chevrolet Mittler Bros., Ski Soda
44 Josh Reaume (i) Trophy Girl Racing RAM Obregon Construction
45 B. J. McLeod B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet Tilted Kilt
50 Ryan Ellis MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet MAKE Motorsports
51 Matt Tifft Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Rally for Kids with Cancer
53 Robert Mitten NDS Motorsports RAM NDS Motorsports
54 Gray Gaulding Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Krispy Kreme
63 Daniel Brown MB Motorsports Chevrolet Brown and Geeson Ltd., Mittler Bros.
74 Jordan Anderson Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet Tri-Analytics, SRGFX.com
88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota Ideal Door, Menards
94 T. J. Bell (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet Testoril, Champion Machinery
98 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Toyota Nextant Aerospace, Curb Records
Official entry list

Practice

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First practice

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The first practice session was held on Saturday, August 29, at 9:30 AM EST, and would last for 55 minutes.[3] Alex Tagliani, driving for Brad Keselowski Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 1:20.584, and an average speed of 109.853 mph (176.791 km/h).[4]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 29 Alex Tagliani (i) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 1:20.584 109.853
2 4 Erik Jones (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 1:21.277 108.916
3 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 1:21.294 108.894
Full first practice results

Final practice

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The final practice session was held on Saturday, August 29, at 11:35 AM EST, and would last for 1 hour and 25 minutes.[3] Erik Jones, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 1:20.159, and an average speed of 110.436 mph (177.730 km/h).[5]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 4 Erik Jones (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 1:20.159 110.436
2 29 Alex Tagliani (i) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 1:20.211 110.364
3 13 Cameron Hayley (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 1:20.277 110.273
Full final practice results

Qualifying

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Qualifying was held on Saturday, August 29, at 5:45 PM EST.[3] The qualifying system used is a multi car, multi lap, two round system where in the first round, everyone would set a time to determine positions 13–32. Then, the fastest 12 qualifiers would move on to the second round to determine positions 1–12.[6]

Alex Tagliani, driving for Brad Keselowski Racing, would win the pole after advancing from the preliminary round and setting the fastest time in Round 2, with a lap of 1:20.084, and an average speed of 110.539 mph (177.895 km/h).[7]

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)
1 29 Alex Tagliani (i) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 1:20.294 110.250 1:20.084 110.539
2 4 Erik Jones (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 1:20.605 109.824 1:20.118 110.492
3 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 1:20.605 109.824 1:20.394 110.113
4 19 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 1:20.275 110.276 1:20.475 110.002
5 00 Cole Custer JR Motorsports Chevrolet 1:20.295 110.248 1:20.640 109.777
6 11 Ben Kennedy Red Horse Racing Toyota 1:20.348 110.176 1:20.676 109.728
7 13 Cameron Hayley (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 1:21.195 109.026 1:20.758 109.616
8 54 Gray Gaulding Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 1:20.734 109.649 1:20.854 109.486
9 98 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Toyota 1:20.673 109.732 1:21.056 109.213
10 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 1:20.987 109.306 1:21.141 109.099
11 33 Brandon Jones (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 1:21.289 108.900 1:21.614 108.467
12 8 John Hunter Nemechek (R) SWM-NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 1:20.898 109.427 1:21.617 108.463
Eliminated from Round 1
13 14 Daniel Hemric (R) NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 1:21.331 108.844
14 23 Spencer Gallagher (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 1:21.349 108.820
15 51 Matt Tifft Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 1:21.643 108.428
16 02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 1:21.944 108.030
17 15 Mason Mingus Billy Boat Motorsports Chevrolet 1:22.709 107.031
18 94 T. J. Bell (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 1:23.133 106.485
19 25 Brian Wong Venturini Motorsports Toyota 1:23.156 106.455
20 05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet 1:23.593 105.899
21 63 Daniel Brown MB Motorsports Chevrolet 1:23.714 105.746
22 53 Robert Mitten NDS Motorsports RAM 1:23.772 105.673
23 07 Ray Black Jr. (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 1:24.701 104.514
24 74 Jordan Anderson Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 1:25.435 103.616
25 08 Korbin Forrister (R) BJMM with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 1:27.035 101.711
26 45 B. J. McLeod B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 1:27.275 101.431
27 36 Justin Jennings MB Motorsports Chevrolet 1:27.978 100.621
Qualified by owner's points
28 1 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 1:28.733 99.764
29 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 1:31.281 96.980
30 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 1:37.919 90.405
31 50 Ryan Ellis MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet
32 44 Josh Reaume (i) Trophy Girl Racing RAM
Official qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Fin[8] St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings
1 2 4 Erik Jones (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 64 19 Running 47 $64,245
2 3 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 64 1 Running 43 $48,243
3 6 11 Ben Kennedy Red Horse Racing Toyota 64 0 Running 41 $35,572
4 13 14 Daniel Hemric (R) NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 64 0 Running 40 $27,034
5 1 29 Alex Tagliani (i) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 64 8 Running 0 $26,832
6 9 98 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Toyota 64 0 Running 38 $21,752
7 7 13 Cameron Hayley (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 64 13 Running 38 $21,202
8 14 23 Spencer Gallagher (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 64 0 Running 36 $20,651
9 12 8 John Hunter Nemechek (R) SWM-NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 64 0 Running 35 $19,661
10 5 00 Cole Custer JR Motorsports Chevrolet 64 22 Running 36 $20,500
11 8 54 Gray Gaulding Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 64 0 Running 33 $19,441
12 19 25 Brian Wong Venturini Motorsports Toyota 64 0 Running 32 $16,997
13 18 94 T. J. Bell (i) Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 64 1 Running 0 $19,137
14 17 15 Mason Mingus Billy Boat Motorsports Chevrolet 64 0 Running 30 $19,027
15 22 07 Ray Black Jr. (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 64 0 Running 29 $19,406
16 23 74 Jordan Anderson Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 64 0 Running 28 $18,697
17 16 02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 64 0 Running 27 $18,586
18 24 08 Korbin Forrister (R) BJMM with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 64 0 Running 26 $18,476
19 4 19 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 62 0 Running 25 $18,367
20 29 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 61 0 Running 24 $17,506
21 28 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 59 0 Running 23 $16,896
22 10 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 57 0 Running 22 $15,787
23 15 51 Matt Tifft Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 56 0 Running 21 $15,566
24 27 1 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 55 0 Running 20 $15,455
25 20 05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet 54 0 Running 19 $15,551
26 11 33 Brandon Jones (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 43 0 Accident 18 $15,346
27 21 63 Daniel Brown MB Motorsports Chevrolet 42 0 Running 17 $15,291
28 25 45 B. J. McLeod B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 21 0 Brakes 16 $15,013
29 26 36 Justin Jennings MB Motorsports Chevrolet 12 0 Brakes 15 $14,958
30 31 44 Josh Reaume (i) Trophy Girl Racing RAM 10 0 Engine 0 $14,458
31 30 50 Ryan Ellis MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 0 0 Engine 13 $12,958
Withdrew
53 Robert Mitten NDS Motorsports Chevrolet
Official race results

Standings after the race

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References

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  1. ^ Utter, Jim (August 30, 2015). "Erik Jones wins at Mosport, takes over the points lead". Motorsport.com. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  2. ^ "History". Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Archived from the original on July 17, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "2015 Truck Series Canadian Tire Race Info". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. Archived from the original on October 25, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  4. ^ Bonkowski, Jerry (August 29, 2015). "Tagliani fastest in first of 2 Camping World Truck practices in Canada". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  5. ^ Ifeguni, David (August 29, 2015). "Alex Tagliani, Erik Jones Pace 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 250 Practices at CTMP". Frontstretch. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  6. ^ "NASCAR Qualifying Rules". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. Archived from the original on 2015-03-03. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  7. ^ Bonkowski, Jerry (August 29, 2015). "Alex Tagliani sets track record en route to Truck race pole in Canada". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  8. ^ "2015 Chevrolet Silverado 250 - Racing Reference". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
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