34th season of second-tier NASCAR Xfinity Series
Chris Buescher , the 2015 Xfinity Series champion.Defending series championChase Elliott finished second behind Buescher in the championship by just 15 points. Ty Dillon finished third in the championship, 18 points behind Buescher.Regan Smith finished fourth in the championship, 22 points behind.Daniel Suárez finished fifth in the championship, 112 points behind, and also won theRookie of the Year title .The No. 22 car ofTeam Penske won the Owners' championship. Chevrolet won theManufacturer's championship with 11 wins and 1434 points.The2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series was the 34th season of theNASCAR Xfinity Series , the second-tier professionalstock car racing series sanctioned byNASCAR in the United States. It began with theAlert Today Florida 300 atDaytona International Speedway on February 21, and ended with theFord EcoBoost 300 atHomestead-Miami Speedway on November 21.Chase Elliott entered the 2015 season as the defending series champion.Chris Buescher won the championship. The 2015 season marked two major changes;Comcast 's cable brandXfinity replacedNationwide Insurance astitle sponsor of the series,[ 1] Fox ,Fox Sports 1 ,NBC andNBCSN broadcast the series' races, replacing theESPN networks andABC .
Notes ^ Morgan Shepherd drove in the Zippo 200 at The Glen with car number 40.T. J. Bell blew the engine in Qualifying and his team didn't have a backup car for the race. Shepherd, who did not qualify for the race, took over the number 40 and was able to start with his (previously 89) own's car enteredChevrolet .Driver and team changes [ edit ] Kevin Harvick ,Kasey Kahne , and 2014K&N Pro Series East championBen Rhodes moved to the No. 88 withDale Earnhardt Jr. forJR Motorsports . Kahne also drove a single race in the No. 5.Austin Dillon ran the majority of the Xfinity races for RCR in the No. 33.Brandon Jones ran part-time.WithTurner Scott Motorsports disbanding,Kyle Larson andARCA Racing Series driverBrennan Poole shared the No. 42 Camaro under theChip Ganassi Racing banner, whileDylan Kwasniewski left the team. Daniel Suárez began running a full schedule in 2015 forJoe Gibbs Racing in the No. 18Toyota Camry .Elliott Sadler ran the full 2015 schedule withRoush Fenway Racing in the No. 1Ford Mustang .Bubba Wallace moved up from theCamping World Truck Series to run the full 2015 schedule withRoush Fenway Racing in No. 6 Ford Mustang, replacingTrevor Bayne .Athenian Motorsports 's Xfinity program switched to Chevrolet and moved up full-time, withJohn Wes Townley running at least 18 races.Dylan Lupton , runner up in the2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West , drove the No. 25 Chevrolet in 7 races.Eric McClure departedTriStar Motorsports for a full-time seat withJGL Racing . McClure used the number 24, which he previously used withFront Row Motorsports andTeam Rensi Motorsports , while the team switched toToyota . McClure would return to TriStar after 9 races with JGL, bringing the No. 24 with him, at which timeMike Bliss departed the team; McClure inherited his owner points (JGL retained the owner points McClure scored in the first nine races and reassigned them to the No. 26) while the No. 19 was reassigned to the start-and-park team andJeff Green .Cale Conley ran the full season forTriStar Motorsports after running part-time withRichard Childress Racing in 2014. Conley replaced McClure in the No. 14 Camry. However, Conley failed to complete the season after sponsorship dried up.[ 77] Blake Koch started running full-time for TriStar in the No. 8 Camry after running the team's 10, 44, and 91 cars in 2014.David Starr ran full-time for TriStar Motorsports in the No. 44 Toyota after running 13 races for the team in 2014.Ross Chastain started racing full-timeJD Motorsports in the No. 4 Chevrolet, replacingJeffrey Earnhardt . Earnhardt would move toViva Motorsports , splitting the ride withJamie Dick .Harrison Rhodes competed for Rookie of the Year honors withJD Motorsports , driving the No. 0 Chevrolet.The Buckle Up 200 at Dover International Speedway in May The Road America 180 at Road America in August The Hisense 200 at Dover International Speedway in October The 2015 schedule was announced on August 26, 2014.
No. Race title Track Date 1 Alert Today Florida 300 Daytona International Speedway ,Daytona Beach February 21 2 Hisense 250 Atlanta Motor Speedway ,Hampton February 28 3 Boyd Gaming 300 Las Vegas Motor Speedway ,Las Vegas March 7 4 Axalta Faster. Tougher. Brighter. 200 Phoenix International Raceway ,Avondale March 14 5 Drive4Clots.com 300 Auto Club Speedway ,Fontana March 21 6 O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 Texas Motor Speedway ,Fort Worth April 10 7 Drive to Stop Diabetes 300 Bristol Motor Speedway ,Tennessee April 18 8 ToyotaCare 250 Richmond International Raceway ,Richmond April 24 9 Winn-Dixie 300 Talladega Superspeedway ,Lincoln May 2 10 3M 250 Iowa Speedway ,Newton May 17 11 Hisense 300 Charlotte Motor Speedway ,Concord May 23 12 Buckle Up 200 Dover International Speedway ,Dover May 30 13 Great Clips 250 Michigan International Speedway ,Brooklyn June 13 14 Owens Corning AttiCat 300 Chicagoland Speedway ,Joliet June 21† 15 Subway Firecracker 250 Daytona International Speedway ,Daytona Beach July 4 16 Kentucky 300 Kentucky Speedway ,Sparta July 10 17 Lakes Region 200 New Hampshire Motor Speedway ,Loudon July 18 18 Lilly Diabetes 250 Indianapolis Motor Speedway ,Speedway July 25 19 U.S. Cellular 250 Iowa Speedway ,Newton August 1 20 Zippo 200 at The Glen Watkins Glen International ,Watkins Glen August 8 21 Nationwide Children's Hospital 200 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course ,Lexington August 15 22 Food City 300 Bristol Motor Speedway ,Bristol August 21 23 Road America 180 fired up by Johnsonville Road America ,Elkhart Lake August 29 24 VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200 Darlington Raceway ,Darlington September 5 25 Virginia 529 College Savings 250 Richmond International Raceway ,Richmond September 11 26 Furious 7 300 Chicagoland Speedway ,Joliet September 19 27 VisitMyrtleBeach.com 300 Kentucky Speedway ,Sparta September 26 28 Hisense 200 Dover International Speedway ,Dover October 3 29 Drive for the Cure 300 Charlotte Motor Speedway ,Concord October 9 30 Kansas Lottery 300 Kansas Speedway ,Kansas City October 17 31 O'Reilly Auto Parts Challenge Texas Motor Speedway ,Fort Worth November 7 32 DAV 200 Presented by Great Clips Phoenix International Raceway ,Avondale November 14 33 Ford EcoBoost 300 Homestead-Miami Speedway ,Homestead November 21 †: The Owens Corning AttiCat 300 was postponed a day because of persistent rain.[ 78]
Results and standings [ edit ] [ edit ] (key )Bold - Pole position awarded by time.Italics - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.1 – Post entry, driver and owner did not score points.
[ edit ] (key )Bold - Pole position awarded by time.Italics - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.
[ edit ] ^ Bromberg, Nick (September 3, 2014)."It's official: Xfinity Series to replace Nationwide Series in 2015" .From the Marbles . Yahoo! Sports. RetrievedSeptember 3, 2014 .^ "A Great American Day at the Races with Charlie's Soap and Derrike Cope" .Derrike Cope Racing . RetrievedJanuary 21, 2015 .^ Associated Press (December 11, 2014)."Ganassi and Harry Scott to field 1 Xfinity entry" .USA Today Charlotte, North Carolina :USA Today . RetrievedDecember 11, 2014 .^ "HScott Motorsports with Chip Ganassi Expands Partnership with ENEOS on Larson's No. 42 Chevrolet Camaro in NASCAR XFINITY Series" .HScott Motorsports . RetrievedFebruary 9, 2015 .^ "HScott Motorsports with Chip Ganassi Partners with DC Solar Solutions for the 2015 NASCAR XFINITY Series Season" .HScott Motorsports . February 10, 2015. RetrievedFebruary 10, 2015 .^ Knight, Chris (March 14, 2015)."Strong XFINITY Debut Adds Two Additional Races For Brennan Poole" .Catchfence . RetrievedMarch 16, 2015 . ^ "HScott Motorsports with Chip Ganassi Announces Justin Marks to Compete in Two NASCAR XFINITY Series Road Course Races" .HScott Motorsports . RetrievedMay 30, 2015 .^a b "Harrison Rhodes to drive full time for JD Motorsports in 2015" .Harrison Rhodes PR . January 18, 2015. RetrievedFebruary 16, 2015 .^ "G&K SERVICES RETURNS AS CASSILL SPONSOR" .JD Motorsports the original on December 17, 2014. RetrievedDecember 16, 2014 .^a b Knight, Chris (January 26, 2015)."Ross Chastain Lands New Ride For 2015" .Catchfence . RetrievedJanuary 27, 2015 . ^ "Jeremy Clements Racing announces plans for 2015 NASCAR XFINITY Series" .Catchfence . January 21, 2015. RetrievedJanuary 21, 2015 .^ "Gase Back With Jimmy Means Racing in 2015" .Joey Gase PR . January 13, 2015. Archived fromthe original on February 17, 2015. RetrievedFebruary 16, 2015 .^ "REGAN SMITH STAYING WITH JRM IN 2015" .NASCAR . RetrievedOctober 1, 2014 .^a b Turner, Jared (December 3, 2014)."JR Motorsports names two new crew chiefs, will field three full-time cars" .Foxsports.com . RetrievedDecember 3, 2014 . ^a b "Ernie Cope to Crew Chief Chase Elliott in 2015" .JR Motorsports . RetrievedAugust 18, 2014 .^ Albert, Zack (October 26, 2014)."Goody's expands support of Dale Jr., JRM" .Yahoo! Sports . RetrievedOctober 26, 2014 . ^a b "JRM and Pinnacle Foods Extend Sponsorship Agreement" .JR Motorsports . RetrievedDecember 4, 2014 .^ "Hunt Brothers Pizza Returns as Primary Sponsor of Kevin Harvick in Four 2015 NASCAR Races" .Hunt Brothers Pizza . RetrievedOctober 23, 2014 .^ "Ben Rhodes to Join All-Star Lineup in JRM's No. 88 Chevrolet" . JR Motorsports. December 5, 2014. RetrievedDecember 5, 2014 .^a b "KING AUTOSPORT FIELDING TWO XFINITY CARS AT DAYTONA" .NASCAR . RetrievedFebruary 16, 2015 .^ "Jimmy Weller to run limited NASCAR XFINITY Series schedule in 2015" .Jimmy Weller PR . February 11, 2015. Archived fromthe original on February 12, 2015. RetrievedFebruary 11, 2015 .^ "Scott extends partnership with Richard Childress Racing" .Motorsport.com . November 18, 2014. RetrievedNovember 19, 2014 .^ "Mike Hillman Jr. to Lead No. 2 XFINITY Series Team" .Richard Childress Racing the original on December 30, 2014. RetrievedNovember 25, 2014 .^ "RCR and Yuengling Extend Partnership" .Richard Childress Racing the original on October 31, 2014. RetrievedOctober 31, 2014 .^a b "RCR swaps No. 3 and No. 33 NASCAR XFINITY Series crew chiefs" .Richard Childress Racing the original on June 26, 2015. RetrievedJune 24, 2015 .^ "Austin Dillon and Rheem Team for 2015 Xfinity Series" .Richard Childress Racing the original on November 29, 2014. RetrievedNovember 24, 2014 .^ "Menards to Continue Partnership with RCR's No. 33 NXS Team" .Richard Childress Racing the original on December 19, 2014. RetrievedDecember 19, 2014 .^ "RCR Adds Brandon Jones to Its 2015 Driver Lineup" .Richard Childress Racing the original on November 5, 2014. RetrievedNovember 5, 2014 .^ "RCR and South Point Hotel and Casino Extend Partnership" .Richard Childress Racing the original on October 23, 2014. RetrievedOctober 23, 2014 .^ "Sieg returns to NASCAR Xfinity Series action with Uncle Bob's Self Storage" .RSS Racing . February 10, 2015. Archived fromthe original on February 12, 2015. RetrievedFebruary 11, 2015 .^a b Spencer, Lee (December 15, 2014)."Kerr takes reins of No. 43 XFINITY team" .Motorsport.com . RetrievedDecember 15, 2014 . ^ "OneMain Financial to Sponsor Roush Fenway Racing No. 1 Ford Mustang and Elliott Sadler in 2015" .Roush Fenway Racing . RetrievedOctober 31, 2014 .^a b c d "Roush Fenway Racing Announces 2015 Crew Chief Lineup" .Roush Fenway Racing the original on January 14, 2015. RetrievedJanuary 7, 2015 .^a b Bruce, Kenny (December 18, 2014)."Darrell Wallace Jr. heads to Roush Fenway Racing" .NASCAR.com . NASCAR Media Group, LLC. RetrievedDecember 18, 2014 . ^ "Lilly Diabetes/American Diabetes Association Announce Multi-Year Renewal of Drive to Stop Diabetes Program with Roush Fenway and Ryan Reed" .Roush Fenway Racing . RetrievedOctober 23, 2014 .^ "Team Penske Extends Agreement with Joey Logano" .Team Penske . RetrievedOctober 23, 2014 .^ "Wood Brothers Racing Forms Alliance with Team Penske; Selects Ryan Blaney to Drive Famous No. 21 Car in" .Wood Brothers Racing the original on October 31, 2014. RetrievedOctober 31, 2014 .In addition to driving the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion for the Wood Brothers, Blaney will drive a Team Penske Mustang in the 2015 Nationwide Series. ^a b Pennell, Jay (January 5, 2015)."Eric McClure joins JGL Racing for 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series season" .Fox Sports Fox Broadcasting Company . RetrievedJanuary 5, 2015 . ^ "McClure Returns to TriStar Motorsports" .Team McClure Inc . May 8, 2015. RetrievedMay 18, 2015 .^ "Blake Koch Returns to TriStar Motorsports with a New Car Number in 2015" .TriStar Motorsports the original on January 15, 2015. RetrievedJanuary 7, 2015 .^a b c d "BLISS TO RETURN TO TRISTAR MOTORSPORTS" .nascar.com NASCAR . January 9, 2015. RetrievedJanuary 10, 2015 .^ "TriStar Motorsports adds Cale Conley to the Driver Lineup for the 2015 NASCAR XFINITY Series Season" .TriStar Motorsports . RetrievedDecember 11, 2014 .^ "TriStar Motorsports and Scott Lagasse Team Up to Promote the "Alert Today, Alive Tomorrow" Campaign at Daytona International Speedway" .TriStar Motorsports . RetrievedFebruary 10, 2015 .^ "TriStar Motorsports and Zachry Group Sign a Multi-Year Deal to Build Presence in NASCAR with David Starr" .TriStar Motorsports the original on February 4, 2015. RetrievedFebruary 3, 2015 .^ Estrada, Chris (August 19, 2014)."NASCAR: Mexican rising star Daniel Suárez moving up to Nationwide" .NBC Sports . RetrievedAugust 19, 2014 . ^a b c "Joe Gibbs Racing Announces 2015 Crew Chief Lineup" .Joe Gibbs Racing the original on December 8, 2014. RetrievedDecember 4, 2014 .^ "Jones to Run Full-Time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and Part-Time NASCAR XFINITY Series Schedule in 2015" .Joe Gibbs Racing /Kyle Busch Motorsports the original on November 7, 2014. RetrievedNovember 6, 2014 .^ Estrada, Chris (January 26, 2015)."NASCAR: GameStop in for 10 races on Erik Jones' XFINITY ride with Gibbs" .MotorSportsTalk .NBC Sports . RetrievedJanuary 26, 2015 . ^ "Reser's Fine Foods Returns to Sponsor Matt Kenseth in 2015 NASCAR XFINITY Series" .Joe Gibbs Racing the original on February 9, 2015. RetrievedFebruary 9, 2015 .^ "Sport Clips Haircuts Expands Partnership with Joe Gibbs Racing for 2015 Season" .Joe Gibbs Racing the original on January 21, 2015. RetrievedJanuary 22, 2015 .^ "Hisense Partners with Joe Gibbs Racing and Charlotte Motor Speedway" .Joe Gibbs Racing the original on March 16, 2015. RetrievedFebruary 28, 2015 .^ "Joe Gibbs Racing Selects Ross Kenseth to Drive No. 20 Camry at Chicago" .Joe Gibbs Racing the original on April 18, 2015. RetrievedApril 17, 2015 .^ "David Ragan Will Fill in For Kyle Busch in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Behind Wheel of No. 18 M&Ms Crispy Toyota Starting in Atlanta" .Joe Gibbs Racing the original on February 28, 2015. RetrievedFebruary 28, 2015 .In addition, JGR announces that Erik Jones will pilot the No. 54 Monster Energy Toyota in the NASCAR XFINITY Series this weekend in Atlanta. ^a b c "Drivers Confirmed to Pilot No. 54 Monster Energy Toyota in Upcoming NASCAR XFINITY Series Events" .Joe Gibbs Racing the original on March 7, 2015. RetrievedMarch 3, 2015 .^ "Carlos Contreras inicia su preparación rumbo a la temporada 2015" .Digitall Post . November 19, 2014. Archived fromthe original on November 29, 2014. RetrievedNovember 23, 2014 .^ "Enrique Contreras III hará su debut en Xfinity Series en Phoenix" [Enrique Contreras III will debut in Xfinity Series in Phoenix].Mundo NASCAR (in Spanish).WordPress . March 12, 2015. Archived fromthe original on April 2, 2015. RetrievedMarch 15, 2015 .^ "Anthony Kumpen To Debut In XFINITY Series" .NASCAR Home Tracks . June 7, 2015. Archived fromthe original on June 9, 2015. RetrievedJune 7, 2015 .^a b "MBM Motorsports Announces Daytona Plans" .Catchfence . February 16, 2015. RetrievedFebruary 16, 2015 .^ "Athenian Motorsports, LLC Set to Run Chevrolet Camaros Full-Time in NASCAR Xfinity Series & Silverados in Entire Camping World Truck Series Season in 2015" .Athenian Motorsports . RetrievedFebruary 13, 2015 .^ "LUPTON LANDS PARTIAL XFINITY SERIES RIDE" .NASCAR . RetrievedFebruary 16, 2015 .^ "Alex Bowman to drive the Zaxby's Chevrolet in Michigan NXS Race" .Athenian Motorsports the original on July 24, 2015. RetrievedJune 5, 2015 .^ "CorvetteParts.net Renews Partnership with Billy Boat Motorsports" .Billy Boat Motorsports . RetrievedFebruary 16, 2015 .^ "Deese Racing Enterprises Ready for NASCAR XFINITY Series Debut" .Catchfence . April 27, 2015. RetrievedApril 29, 2015 .^ "Mike Affarano Motorsports Teams Up with Johanna Long" .Mike Affarano Motorsports . January 28, 2015. Archived from the original on January 28, 2015. RetrievedJanuary 29, 2015 .^ "NEMCO Motorsports Targets for Ace Finish at Daytona with Joe Nemechek" .NEMCO Motorsports . RetrievedFebruary 16, 2015 .^ "Team Kapusta Racing to Make NASCAR Debut at Phoenix with Olé Energy Drink" .Catchfence . March 4, 2015. RetrievedMarch 4, 2015 .^ "Jeffrey Earnhardt Moves to Viva Motorsports" .Viva Motorsports . RetrievedFebruary 2, 2015 .^ "Season Debut for Dick in Vegas" .Viva Motorsports . March 4, 2015. RetrievedMarch 4, 2015 .^ "Brandon Gdovic to Make Xfinity Debut" .Viva Motorsports . April 6, 2015. RetrievedApril 13, 2015 .^ O'Brien, Marty (June 29, 2015)."Gloucester's Rick Gdovic purchases team in NASCAR's Xfinity Series" .Daily Press . RetrievedJune 29, 2015 . ^a b "Aric Almirola and Sam Hornish Jr. to Race XFINITY Races" .Richard Petty Motorsports . RetrievedFebruary 27, 2015 .^a b "Richard Petty Motorsports Drivers Aric Almirola and Sam Hornish Jr. to Drive Biagi-DenBeste No. 98 Ford Mustang in 10 XFINITY Series Races" .Richard Petty Motorsports . RetrievedApril 13, 2015 .^ Bonkowski, Jerry (April 24, 2015)."Due to heart surgery, Mike Wallace to be replaced by brother Kenny next week at Talladega" .NASCAR Talk NBC Sports . RetrievedApril 24, 2015 . ^ "Kyle Fowler to Pilot No. 26 PowerAll Toyota for JGL Racing at Charlotte" .Integrity Sports Marketing . May 20, 2015. RetrievedMay 20, 2015 .^ "CJ Faison to make NASCAR XFinity Series Debut" .CJ Faison PR . May 16, 2015. Archived fromthe original on March 4, 2016. RetrievedMay 18, 2015 .^ Estrada, Chris (February 10, 2015)."Justin Marks in for Daytona "triple" with RAB, Win-Tron" .NBC Sports . RetrievedFebruary 10, 2015 . ^ Bonkowski, Jerry (October 28, 2015)."Lack of funding brings premature end to Xfinity season for Cale Conley" .NBC Sports . RetrievedOctober 28, 2015 . ^ Jensen, Tom (June 20, 2015)."RAIN POSTPONES XFINITY SERIES RACE TO SUNDAY" .NASCAR . RetrievedJune 20, 2015 . ^ McFadin, Daniel (November 21, 2015)."Kyle Larson wins Xfinity finale as Chris Buescher claims series title" .NBC Sports . RetrievedDecember 4, 2015 .
