2015 Rhino Linings 350

The 2015 Rhino Linings 350 was the 18th stock car race of the 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and the 19th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, October 3, 2015, in North Las Vegas, Nevada at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, a 1.5 mi (2.4 km) permanent tri-oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 146 laps to complete. John Wes Townley, driving for family-owned Athenian Motorsports, would take the upset win after taking the lead with five laps to go, and survived on fuel mileage to earn his first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win, and his only career win in NASCAR. Pole-sitter Matt Crafton dominated the majority of the race, leading a race-high 69 laps.[1]  To fill out the podium, Red Horse Racing teammates Timothy Peters and Ben Kennedy, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

2015 Rhino Linings 350
Race details
Race 18 of 23 of the 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Date October 3, 2015
Official name 19th Annual Rhino Linings 350
Location Las Vegas Motor Speedway, North Las Vegas, Nevada
Course Permanent racing facility
1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance 146 laps, 219 mi (352 km)
Scheduled Distance 146 laps, 219 mi (352 km)
Average speed 132.772 mph (213.676 km/h)
Pole position
Driver ThorSport Racing
Time 30.613
Most laps led
Driver Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing
Laps 69
Winner
No. 05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network FS1
Announcers Ralph Sheheen, Phil Parsons, and Michael Waltrip
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN

Background

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The layout of Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the circuit where the race was held.

Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada in Las Vegas about 15 mi (24 km) northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) complex of multiple tracks for motorsports racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Entry list

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  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
  • (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
# Driver Team Make Sponsor
0 Caleb Roark Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet Driven2Honor.org
1 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet Landworks
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 Norm Benning Racing
07 Ray Black Jr. (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet ScubaLife
08 Korbin Forrister (R) BJMM with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet Tilted Kilt
8 John Hunter Nemechek (R) SWM-NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet SWM-NEMCO Motorsports
10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet Waldo's Painting Company
11 Ben Kennedy Red Horse Racing Toyota Local Motors
13 Cameron Hayley (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota Carolina Nut Co.
14 Daniel Hemric (R) NTS Motorsports Chevrolet California Clean Power
15 Mason Mingus Billy Boat Motorsports Chevrolet Call 811 Before You Dig
16 Chad Boat Billy Boat Motorsports Chevrolet CorvetteParts.net
17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota Red Horse Racing
19 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford DrawTite
21 Brennan Poole (i) GMS Racing Chevrolet DC Solar
23 Spencer Gallagher (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet Allegiant Travel Company
29 Austin Theriault (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford Cooper-Standard Automotive
31 Travis Pastrana NTS Motorsports Chevrolet GunBroker.com, Lazy F Ranch
33 Brandon Jones (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet RSD
36 Justin Jennings MB Motorsports Chevrolet Mittler Bros., Ski Soda
45 B. J. McLeod B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet Tilted Kilt
50 Tyler Tanner MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet Landworks
51 Matt Tifft Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota NASCAR Slots Games
54 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota JBL
63 Akinori Ogata MB Motorsports Chevrolet Akinori Ogata Foundation
74 Jordan Anderson Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet Rusty's Off Road, PlateSetters.com
88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota FVP, Menards
94 Wayne Edwards Premium Motorsports Chevrolet Testoril, Champion Machinery
98 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Toyota Nextant Aerospace, Curb Records
Official entry list

Practice

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The first and only practice session was held on Saturday, October 3, at 9:00 AM PST, and would last for 2 hours and 30 minutes.[2] Matt Crafton, driving for ThorSport Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 30.385, and an average speed of 177.719 mph (286.011 km/h).[3]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 30.385 177.719
2 98 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Toyota 30.413 177.556
3 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 30.445 177.369
Full practice results

Qualifying

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Qualifying was held on Saturday, October 3, at 4:05 PM PST.[2] 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.[4]

Matt Crafton, driving for ThorSport Racing, would win the pole after advancing from the preliminary rounds and setting the fastest time in Round 3, with a lap of 28.574, and an average speed of 133.296 mph (214.519 km/h).[5]

No drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time (R1) Speed (R1) Time (R2) Speed (R2)
1 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 30.671 176.062 30.613 176.396
2 05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet 30.781 175.433 30.724 175.758
3 33 Brandon Jones (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.688 175.965 30.738 175.678
4 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 30.782 175.427 30.771 175.490
5 54 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.859 174.989 30.803 175.308
6 13 Cameron Hayley (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 30.832 175.143 30.816 175.234
7 29 Austin Theriault (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 30.740 175.667 30.829 175.160
8 15 Mason Mingus Billy Boat Motorsports Chevrolet 30.887 174.831 30.855 175.012
9 11 Ben Kennedy Red Horse Racing Toyota 30.853 175.023 30.864 174.961
10 23 Spencer Gallagher (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.782 175.427 30.891 174.808
11 19 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 30.889 174.820 30.905 174.729
12 14 Daniel Hemric (R) NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 30.815 175.239 30.905 174.729
Eliminated from Round 1
13 98 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Toyota 30.912 174.689
14 21 Brennan Poole (i) GMS Racing Chevrolet 30.938 174.543
15 4 Erik Jones (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 30.940 174.531
16 8 John Hunter Nemechek (R) SWM-NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 30.956 174.441
17 31 Travis Pastrana NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 30.979 174.312
18 51 Matt Tifft Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 31.003 174.177
19 16 Chad Boat Billy Boat Motorsports Chevrolet 31.004 174.171
20 02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 31.055 173.885
21 1 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 31.323 172.397
22 07 Ray Black Jr. (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 31.448 171.712
23 36 Justin Jennings MB Motorsports Chevrolet 31.636 170.692
24 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 31.637 170.686
25 45 B. J. McLeod B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 32.025 168.618
26 08 Korbin Forrister (R) BJMM with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 32.037 168.555
27 74 Jordan Anderson Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 32.074 168.361
Qualified by owner's points
28 0 Caleb Roark Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 32.535 165.975
29 94 Wayne Edwards Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 32.964 163.815
30 63 Akinori Ogata MB Motorsports Chevrolet 33.079 163.246
31 50 Tyler Tanner MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 33.362 161.861
32 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 33.659 160.433
Official qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Fin[6] St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings
1 2 05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet 146 23 Running 47 $45,845
2 4 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 146 13 Running 43 $31,057
3 9 11 Ben Kennedy Red Horse Racing Toyota 146 0 Running 41 $25,167
4 16 8 John Hunter Nemechek (R) SWM-NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 146 0 Running 40 $21,906
5 3 33 Brandon Jones (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 146 0 Running 39 $19,051
6 12 14 Daniel Hemric (R) NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 146 0 Running 38 $17,267
7 11 19 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 146 2 Running 38 $16,712
8 1 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 146 69 Running 38 $19,762
9 15 4 Erik Jones (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 146 0 Running 35 $16,406
10 6 13 Cameron Hayley (R) ThorSport Racing Toyota 145 23 Running 35 $17,301
11 14 21 Brennan Poole (i) GMS Racing Chevrolet 145 0 Running 0 $14,045
12 13 98 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Toyota 145 13 Running 33 $16,156
13 22 07 Ray Black Jr. (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 145 1 Running 32 $16,099
14 5 54 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 145 0 Running 30 $16,044
15 10 23 Spencer Gallagher (R) GMS Racing Chevrolet 144 0 Running 29 $16,306
16 17 31 Travis Pastrana NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 144 0 Running 28 $15,966
17 20 02 Tyler Young Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 144 0 Running 27 $15,656
18 21 1 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 144 1 Running 27 $15,516
19 18 51 Matt Tifft Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 143 0 Running 25 $15,406
20 8 15 Mason Mingus Billy Boat Motorsports Chevrolet 142 0 Running 24 $14,600
21 24 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 140 0 Running 23 $13,933
22 27 74 Jordan Anderson Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 138 0 Running 22 $12,822
23 30 63 Akinori Ogata MB Motorsports Chevrolet 135 0 Running 21 $12,712
24 29 94 Wayne Edwards Premium Motorsports Chevrolet 135 0 Running 20 $12,600
25 19 16 Chad Boat Billy Boat Motorsports Chevrolet 114 0 Handling 19 $12,695
26 32 6 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 46 0 Suspension 18 $12,517
27 26 08 Korbin Forrister (R) BJMM with SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 34 0 Oil Leak 17 $12,462
28 25 45 B. J. McLeod B. J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet 33 0 Overheating 16 $12,213
29 23 36 Justin Jennings MB Motorsports Chevrolet 29 1 Electrical 16 $12,185
30 28 0 Caleb Roark Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 16 0 Electrical 14 $11,685
31 7 29 Austin Theriault (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 14 0 Accident 13 $10,185
32 31 50 Tyler Tanner MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 5 0 Ignition 12 $9,185
Official race results

Standings after the race

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References

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  1. ^ McFadin, Daniel (October 4, 2015). "John Wes Townley wins first Truck series race in fuel gamble at Las Vegas". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "2015 Truck Series Las Vegas Race Info". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. Archived from the original on October 28, 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  3. ^ "Crafton tops Las Vegas Truck Series practice". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. October 3, 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  4. ^ "NASCAR Qualifying Rules". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  5. ^ Long, Dustin (September 26, 2015). "Austin Dillon scores Truck pole at New Hampshire". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  6. ^ "2015 Rhino Linings 350 - Racing Reference". Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
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