2015 Daytona 500

Race 1 of 36

Daytona
203 laps
Time of race: 3:08:02
Average speed of winner: 161.939 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 27 among 12 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 26 laps
Fastest lap: Carl Edwards 202.707
Lap leaders: Gordon 1, Johnson 2-13, Gordon 14-19, Yeley 20, Annett 21, Mears 22, Gordon 23-45, Logano 46-51, Gordon 52-86, Edwards 87, Hamlin 88, Gordon 89-107, Allmendinger 108, Gordon 109-111, Hamlin 112, Logano 113, Earnhardt, Jr. 114-145, Logano 146-153, Biffle 154-155, Logano 156-157, Johnson 158-165, Edwards 166-167, Johnson 168-180, Logano 181, Johnson 182-187, Truex 188, Hamlin 189-190, Logano 191-203

Race notes: Debut for Matt Crafton.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	5	Joey Logano	22	Shell Pennzoil	Ford	Penske	Todd Gordon	198.812	203	6	31	running	1581453	47
2	11	Kevin Harvick	4	Budweiser/Jimmy John's	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Childers	197.994	203	0	0	running	1157470	42
3	3	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	88	Nationwide	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Ives	no speed	203	1	32	running	857245	42
4	42	Denny Hamlin	11	FedEx Express	Toyota	Gibbs	Rogers	no speed	203	3	4	running	680758	41
5	2	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	201.135	203	4	39	running	616232	40
6	41	Casey Mears	13	GEICO	Chevrolet	Germain	Barker	197.946	203	1	1	running	470640	39
7	9	Clint Bowyer	15	5-Hour Energy	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Pattie	194.995	203	0	0	running	437870	37
8	10	Martin Truex, Jr.	78	Furniture Row/Visser Precision	Chevrolet	Furniture Row	Pearn	199.738	203	1	1	running	405297	37
9	13	Kasey Kahne	5	Farmers Insurance	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Rodden	200.691	203	0	0	running	375045	35
10	8	Greg Biffle	16	Ortho	Ford	Roush	Puccia	199.075	203	1	2	running	389308	35
11	26	David Gilliland	38	Love's Travel Stops	Ford	Front Row	Wingo	195.346	203	0	0	running	348458	33
12	38	Sam Hornish, Jr.	9	Twisted Tea	Ford	RPM	Blickensderfer	197.243	203	0	0	running	361953	32
13	27	Michael Annett	46	Pilot/Flying J	Chevrolet	HScott	Guy	196.554	203	1	1	running	330945	32
14	30	Austin Dillon	3	DOW	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	201.108	203	0	0	running	365219	30
15	33	Aric Almirola	43	Smithfield	Ford	RPM	Trent Owens	202.370	203	0	0	running	363381	29
16	24	Regan Smith	41	Haas Automation	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Gibson	197.976	203	0	0	running	340558	0
17	28	David Ragan	34	Kentucky Fried Chicken	Ford	Front Row	Derrick Finley	194.452	203	0	0	running	324908	27
18	4	Matt Crafton	18	M&M's Crispy	Toyota	Gibbs	Stevens	201.216	203	0	0	running	383124	0
19	36	Johnny Sauter	83	Dustless Blasting	Toyota	BK	Richert	199.574	203	0	0	running	318970	0
20	40	A.J. Allmendinger	47	Kroger/USO	Chevrolet	JTG	Burns	198.212	203	1	1	running	337420	25
21	20	Danica Patrick	10	GoDaddy	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Knost	197.959	203	0	0	running	331628	23
22	19	Cole Whitt	35	Speed Stick	Ford	Front Row	Cox	194.012	203	0	0	running	318065	22
23	6	Carl Edwards	19	Arris	Toyota	Gibbs	Grubb	202.315	203	2	3	running	335603	22
24	43	Bobby Labonte	32	C&J Energy Services	Ford	Stoddard	Stoddard	199.067	203	0	0	running	326103	20
25	21	Paul Menard	27	Peak/Menards	Chevrolet	Childress	Alexander	198.325	203	0	0	running	327840	19
26	34	Michael Waltrip	55	Aaron's Dream Machine	Toyota	Michael Waltrip	Billy Scott	201.392	203	0	0	running	347217	18
27	15	Jamie McMurray	1	Cessna/McDonald's	Chevrolet	Ganassi	Matt McCall	202.247	203	0	0	running	349398	17
28	31	Ty Dillon	33	Cheerios/Kroger	Chevrolet	Childress	Todd Parrott	200.678	203	0	0	running	317190	0
29	32	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	17	Fastenal	Ford	Roush	Sandler	202.334	203	0	0	running	325778	15
30	37	Trevor Bayne	6	AdvoCare	Ford	Roush	Osborne	197.256	203	0	0	running	313240	14
31	23	Michael McDowell	95	Thrivent Financial	Ford	Leavine	Wally Rogers	195.300	203	0	0	running	313590	13
32	14	Reed Sorenson	44	Golden Corral	Chevrolet	Xtreme (NASCAR)	Sospenzo	194.978	203	0	0	running	314228	12
33	1	Jeff Gordon	24	Drive to End Hunger	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Gustafson	201.293	203	6	87	running	594801	13
34	29	Kyle Larson	42	Target	Chevrolet	Ganassi	Heroy	195.588	202	0	0	accident	344381	10
35	35	Matt Kenseth	20	Dollar General	Toyota	Gibbs	Ratcliff	200.602	202	0	0	running	350826	9
36	16	Mike Wallace	66	Crazy Vapors/X8 Energy Gum	Toyota	Premium	Eggleston	192.509	199	0	0	running	313883	8
37	18	Justin Allgaier	51	Brandt	Chevrolet	HScott	Addington	196.532	197	0	0	accident	319158	7
38	22	Ryan Newman	31	Caterpillar	Chevrolet	Childress	Lambert	198.177	184	0	0	running	317261	6
39	12	Ryan Blaney	21	Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center	Ford	Wood Brothers	Bullins	199.084	175	0	0	engine	281003	0
40	25	J.J. Yeley	23	MAXIM Fantasy App/Dr. Pepper	Toyota	BK	Williams	199.256	161	1	1	running	273790	0
41	39	Brad Keselowski	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Paul Wolfe	193.357	160	0	0	engine	318331	3
42	7	Tony Stewart	14	Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas	Johnston	197.698	72	0	0	accident	300598	2
43	17	Landon Cassill	40	CarsForSale.com	Chevrolet	Falk	Mark Hillman	193.299	18	0	0	engine	262390	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Joey Logano	47	1	0	1	1	1
2	Kevin Harvick	42	1	0	0	1	1
3	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	42	1	0	0	1	1
4	Denny Hamlin	41	1	0	0	1	1
5	Jimmie Johnson	40	1	0	0	1	1
6	Casey Mears	39	1	0	0	0	1
7	Clint Bowyer	37	1	0	0	0	1
8	Martin Truex, Jr.	37	1	0	0	0	1
9	Kasey Kahne	35	1	0	0	0	1
10	Greg Biffle	35	1	0	0	0	1
11	David Gilliland	33	1	0	0	0	0
12	Sam Hornish, Jr.	32	1	0	0	0	0
13	Michael Annett	32	1	0	0	0	0
14	Austin Dillon	30	1	0	0	0	0
15	Aric Almirola	29	1	0	0	0	0
16	David Ragan	27	1	0	0	0	0
17	A.J. Allmendinger	25	1	0	0	0	0
18	Danica Patrick	23	1	0	0	0	0
19	Cole Whitt	22	1	0	0	0	0
20	Carl Edwards	22	1	0	0	0	0
21	Bobby Labonte	20	1	0	0	0	0
22	Paul Menard	19	1	0	0	0	0
23	Michael Waltrip	18	1	0	0	0	0
24	Jamie McMurray	17	1	0	0	0	0
25	Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.	15	1	0	0	0	0