2015 SpongeBob SquarePants 400
Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Race 11 of 36 in the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
The 2015 SpongeBob SquarePants 400 program cover, featuring SpongeBob SquarePants
The 2015 SpongeBob SquarePants 400 program cover, featuring SpongeBob SquarePants
Date May 9-10, 2015
Location Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas
Course Permanent racing facility
1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance 267 laps, 400.5 mi (644.542 km)
Weather Mostly cloudy with a temperature of 74 °F (23 °C); wind out of the east/southeast at 15 mph (24 km/h)
Average speed 125.265 mph (201.594 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Team Penske
Time 28.067
Most laps led
Driver Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing
Laps 95
Winner
No. 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network Fox Sports 1
Announcers Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds and Darrell Waltrip
Nielsen Ratings 1.5/4 (Overnight)[10]
1.5/4 (Final)[11]
2.458 Million viewers[11]
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN
Booth Announcers Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace
Turn Announcers Dave Moody (1 & 2) and Kurt Becker (3 & 4)

The 2015 SpongeBob SquarePants 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on May 9, 2015, ending shortly after midnight on May 10, 2015 at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) asphalt speedway, it was the 11th race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. Jimmie Johnson won the race, his third of the season. Kevin Harvick finished second. Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished third. Jeff Gordon and Joey Logano rounded out the top five.

Joey Logano won the pole for the race. He led 29 laps on his way to a fifth-place finish. Martin Truex Jr. led 95 laps in the first of four straight races in which he led the most laps on his way to a ninth-place finish. The race had 16 lead changes among ten different drivers, as well as nine caution flag periods for 49 laps. There was one red flag period for two hours, 16 minutes and 30 seconds for heavy rain.

This was the 73rd career victory for Jimmie Johnson, third at Kansas Speedway and sixth at the track for Hendrick Motorsports. This win moved Johnson up to third in the points standings. Chevrolet left Kansas with a 44-point lead over Ford in the manufacturer standings.

The SpongeBob SquarePants 400 was carried by Fox Sports on the cable/satellite Fox Sports 1 network for the American television audience. The radio broadcast for the race was carried by the Motor Racing Network and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

Report

Background

Kansas Speedway, the track where the race was held.

Kansas Speedway is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) tri-oval race track in Kansas City, Kansas. It was built in 2001 and it currently hosts two annual NASCAR race weekends. The Verizon IndyCar Series also raced at here until 2011. The speedway is owned and operated by the International Speedway Corporation.

An advertisement for the 2015 SpongeBob SquarePants 400.

Kevin Harvick entered Kansas with a 40-point lead over Martin Truex Jr. after a fourth-place finish at Talladega. Jimmie Johnson entered 52 back following a runner-up finish the week before at Talladega. Joey Logano entered 59 back. Dale Earnhardt Jr. entered 75 back after winning the previous week at Talladega.

Entry list

The entry list for the SpongeBob SquarePants 400 was released on Monday, May 4 at 2:52 p.m. Eastern time. Forty-four cars were entered for the race. Erik Jones, who drove in relief of Denny Hamlin at the 2015 Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, made his official Sprint Cup Series debut in the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. Joey Gase returned to the No. 32 Go FAS Racing Ford after Bobby Labonte drove it the previous race at Talladega Superspeedway. Ty Dillon made his first Cup start since the 2015 Daytona 500 in the No. 33 Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet. Brett Moffitt returned to the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford that he drove in Las Vegas and Phoenix. David Ragan moved to the No. 55 Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota after driving the No. 18 Toyota the last nine races.

No. Driver Team Manufacturer Sponsor
1Jamie McMurrayChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet McDonald's
2Brad Keselowski (PC3)Team PenskeFord Avaya
3Austin DillonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet DOW Chemical
4Kevin Harvick (PC1)Stewart-Haas RacingChevrolet Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches
5Kasey KahneHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet Great Clips
6Trevor BayneRoush Fenway RacingFord AdvoCare
7Alex BowmanTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet Accell Construction
9Sam Hornish Jr.Richard Petty MotorsportsFord Medallion Bank
10Danica PatrickStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet GoDaddy
11Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota FedEx Freight
13Casey MearsGermain RacingChevrolet Squidward Tentacles
14Tony Stewart (PC4)Stewart-Haas RacingChevrolet Bass Pro Shops, Mobil 1
15Clint BowyerMichael Waltrip RacingToyota 5-Hour Energy
16Greg BiffleRoush Fenway RacingFord Cheez-It, Patrick Star
17Ricky Stenhouse Jr.Roush Fenway RacingFord Zest
18Erik Jones (i)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota M&M's Red Nose Day
19Carl EdwardsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota Stanley Tools
20Matt Kenseth (PC6)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota Dollar General
22Joey LoganoTeam PenskeFord AAA Insurance
23J. J. Yeley (i)BK RacingToyota Dr. Pepper "I'm a Pepper"
24Jeff Gordon (PC7)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet American Red Cross
26Jeb Burton (R)BK RacingToyota MAXIM Fantasy Sports App
27Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet Menards, Pittsburgh Paints
31Ryan NewmanRichard Childress RacingChevrolet Quicken Loans
32Joey Gase (i)Go FAS RacingFord Tri State Tower Inc., reallycheapfloors.com
33Ty Dillon (i)Hillman-Circle Sport LLCChevrolet Plankton
34Brett Moffitt (R)Front Row MotorsportsFord Dockside Logistics
35Cole WhittFront Row MotorsportsFord Front Row Motorsports
38David GillilandFront Row MotorsportsFord MDS Transport
40Landon Cassill (i)Hillman-Circle Sport LLCChevrolet carsforsale.com
41Kurt Busch (PC5)Stewart-Haas RacingChevrolet Haas Automation
42Kyle LarsonChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet Target
43Aric AlmirolaRichard Petty MotorsportsFord Farmland
46Michael AnnettHScott MotorsportsChevrolet Allstate Peterbilt Group
47A. J. AllmendingerJTG Daugherty RacingChevrolet Kroger, Scott Products, Dillon's Food Stores
48Jimmie Johnson (PC2)Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet Lowe's
51Justin AllgaierHScott MotorsportsChevrolet Fraternal Order of Eagles
55David RaganMichael Waltrip RacingToyota Aaron's Dream Machine "Own it.", SpongeBob SquarePants
62Brendan Gaughan (i)Premium MotorsportsChevrolet Premium Motorsports
78Martin Truex Jr.Furniture Row RacingChevrolet Furniture Row, Visser Precision
83Matt DiBenedetto (R)BK RacingToyota Dustless Blasting
88Dale Earnhardt Jr.Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet Nationwide Insurance
95Michael McDowellLeavine Family RacingFord WRL General Contractors, Thrivent Financial, Larry the Lobster
98Josh WisePhil Parsons RacingFord Phil Parsons Racing
Official initial entry list
Official final entry list
Key Meaning
(R) Rookie
(i) Ineligible for points
(PC#) Past champions provisional

Practice

First practice

Kevin Harvick was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 28.306 and a speed of 190.772 mph (307.018 km/h).[12]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 4Kevin HarvickStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet28.306190.772
2 22Joey LoganoTeam PenskeFord28.365190.375
3 19Carl EdwardsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota28.381190.268
Official first practice results

Final practice

Erik Jones, making his official Sprint Cup Series debut, was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.227 and a speed of 191.306 mph (307.877 km/h).[13] “There’s been a lot of people that have been involved over the past few weeks to get me ready for this,” Jones told Fox Sports 1. “I think a lot of it was preparing mentally, watching videos, watching tape, talking to Kyle (Busch) and my teammates and just trying to get the best information I could out of everybody. It’s pretty cool to be fastest in practice. I know it’s only practice, but it’s still pretty cool. … There’s a lot of great race car drivers. It’s just really an honor to be fastest this practice.”[13]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 18Erik Jones (i)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota28.227191.306
2 24Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet28.245191.184
3 22Joey LoganoTeam PenskeFord28.312190.732
Official final practice results

Qualifying

Joey Logano, seen here at the 2015 Daytona 500, won the pole for the SpongeBob SquarePants 400.

Joey Logano won the pole with a time of 28.067 and a speed of 192.397 mph (309.633 km/h).[14] “We just kind of swung for the fence in the last round and the car drove awesome,” said Logano, who won his twelfth career pole. “It’s not very often you get a car that’s just perfect. I came off Turn 4 and I didn’t know how to go faster than that. … It was a great run, our fourth pole of the season. We just need to rack up some more wins.”[14] “We had our best speed in our last run so that was what we were looking for,” said Kasey Kahne, who turned a lap of 191.911 mph (308.851 km/h). “We’ve been getting better every week I think and that improvement will hopefully carry here to Kansas tomorrow night. We have a fast car and I’m excited.”[14] “I just couldn’t quite find the speed in the last round,” Martin Truex Jr. said. “So, the guys did a good job and we have a good starting spot for tomorrow night. This track has been good to me and hopefully we can do better than we’ve been doing. It’s been good.”[14] “We just got a little better speed in our car and this racetrack has been pretty good for us,” said Greg Biffle, who became the first Roush Fenway Racing driver to make a final round of qualifying this season. “We barely made the first round and barely made the second and then I just drove it – over drove it. I just said I was going to go for it.”[14] “It would make our life so much easier starting up front and having a good pit stall pick,” Jimmie Johnson said. “Middle of the pack……we will fire our way through there and grind it out like we always do and try and I am sure get a great finish out of it. But we know we need to get better on Fridays.”[14] Brendan Gaughan failed to qualify for the race.[14]

Qualifying results

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer R1 R2 R3
1 22Joey LoganoTeam PenskeFord28.13928.25128.067
2 5Kasey KahneHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet28.29428.26228.138
3 2Brad KeselowskiTeam PenskeFord28.24028.19828.146
4 78Martin Truex Jr.Furniture Row RacingChevrolet28.19728.12728.157
5 19Carl EdwardsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota28.07528.14628.187
6 4Kevin HarvickStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet28.20128.23428.228
7 16Greg BiffleRoush Fenway RacingFord28.35628.29128.270
8 41Kurt BuschStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet28.26228.29628.294
9 1Jamie McMurrayChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet28.14928.21828.387
10 42Kyle LarsonChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet28.34628.26428.398
11 24Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet28.30428.22928.436
12 18Erik Jones (i)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota28.21828.24828.490
13 11Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota28.26928.315 —
14 43Aric AlmirolaRichard Petty MotorsportsFord28.28128.318 —
15 31Ryan NewmanRichard Childress RacingChevrolet28.35928.338 —
16 14Tony StewartStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet28.26828.345 —
17 88Dale Earnhardt Jr.Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet28.17628.347 —
18 20Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota28.32828.350 —
19 48Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet28.29628.379 —
20 17Ricky Stenhouse Jr.Roush Fenway RacingFord28.34028.387 —
21 15Clint BowyerMichael Waltrip RacingToyota28.34528.393 —
22 27Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet28.43928.414 —
23 55David RaganMichael Waltrip RacingToyota28.44528.457 —
24 13Casey MearsGermain RacingChevrolet28.44928.545 —
25 51Justin AllgaierHScott MotorsportsChevrolet28.480 — —
26 9Sam Hornish Jr.Richard Petty MotorsportsFord28.506 — —
27 10Danica PatrickStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet28.519 — —
28 3Austin DillonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet28.547 — —
29 47A. J. AllmendingerJTG Daugherty RacingChevrolet28.584 — —
30 6Trevor BayneRoush Fenway RacingFord28.586 — —
31 95Michael McDowellLeavine Family RacingFord28.586 — —
32 33Ty Dillon (i)Hillman-Circle Sport LLCChevrolet28.599 — —
33 26Jeb Burton (R)BK RacingToyota28.630 — —
34 35Cole WhittFront Row MotorsportsFord28.762 — —
35 83Matt DiBenedetto (R)BK RacingToyota28.774 — —
36 7Alex BowmanTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet28.791 — —
37 23J. J. Yeley (i)BK RacingToyota28.962 — —
38 38David GillilandFront Row MotorsportsFord28.971 — —
39 34Brett Moffitt (R)Front Row MotorsportsFord28.976 — —
40 98Josh WisePhil Parsons RacingFord28.994 — —
41 40Landon Cassill (i)Hillman-Circle Sport LLCChevrolet29.167 — —
42 32Joey Gase (i)Go FAS RacingFord29.181 — —
43 46Michael AnnettHScott MotorsportsChevrolet29.384 — —
Failed to qualify
44 62Brendan Gaughan (i)Premium MotorsportsChevrolet29.358 — —
Official qualifying results

Race

First half

Start

The race was scheduled to start at 7:46 p.m., but the threat of weather moved the start time up to 7:36. The race started at 7:39 when Joey Logano led the field to the green flag. Going into turn 3, Jimmie Johnson got loose and about took out teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. He was saved by the first caution of the race flew on lap eight for a two car wreck on the backstretch and turn 4. Exiting turn 2, Jeb Burton had a left-front flat and spun out on the backstretch, however at that point the race stayed green. Teammate J. J. Yeley spun and made contact with the wall in turn 4, which caused the caution.[15]

The race restarted on lap 13. Alex Bowman dropped to the apron on the front stretch for electrical issues that dropped him to 42nd. The second caution of the race flew on lap 26. This was a scheduled competition caution. Most of the leaders took just two tires on this stop.[15]

Threat of rain

The race restarted on lap 30. Kurt Busch went ahead of Logano in turn 3 and took the lead on lap 31. Teammate Kevin Harvick passed him in turn 1 to take the lead on lap 51. Martin Truex Jr. took the lead on lap 58. He hit pit road on lap 79 to pit. This handed the lead to Brad Keselowski. He just about missed pit road trying to enter and handed the lead to Matt Kenseth. He ducked onto pit road on lap 82 and handed the lead to rookie teammate Erik Jones. The lead cycled back to Martin Truex Jr. on lap 84. Michael McDowell was tagged for speeding and served a drive-through penalty.[15]

The third caution of the race flew on lap 95 for a one car spin on the front stretch.[16] Exiting turn 4, Jeb Burton got loose and spun down through the grass.[16] Dale Earnhardt Jr. got back on the lead lap being the first car a lap down.[17] Despite having just been on pit road, all of the lead lap cars pitted. Most took just two tires. Joey Logano was tagged for his crew being over the wall too soon. He was forced to restart from the tail-end of the field. Just before the race was to restart, rain started pouring and the race was red flagged on lap 99.[18] Lightning in the area forced the spotters, camera people and fans to get to cover. The red flag lasted for two hours, 15 minutes and 30 seconds.[19]

Restart

The drivers were called back to their cars at 10:30 p.m. The engines were re-fired at 10:58. The red flag was lifted and the cars rolled off pit road at 11:00. The race restarted on lap 108. The fourth caution of the race flew on lap 118 for a one car spin on the front stretch. Exiting turn 4, David Ragan got loose and spun through the grass. He came to a rest on the race logo in the middle of the front stretch. Brad Keselowski opted not to pit and took the lead.[15]

The race restarted on lap 128. The fifth caution of the race flew on lap 131 for a multi-car wreck exiting turn 2. Matt Kenseth got sideways after suffering a flat left-front tire exiting 2 and was able to save it. Tony Stewart, trying to avoid Kenseth, got turned by Brett Moffitt into the wall.[20]

Second half

Halfway

The race restarted on lap 135. Brad Keselowski surrendered the lead on lap 164 to pit and handed it to Martin Truex Jr. He ducked onto pit road on lap 176. This handed the lead to Carl Edwards. The sixth caution of the race flew on lap 184 for a single car wreck in turn 3. Going through turn 3, Clint Bowyer came down on Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and spun out. He was tagged again by Stenhouse who was trying to avoid hitting him further and spun around even more.[15]

The race restarted with 77 laps to go. The seventh caution of the race flew for Erik Jones hitting the wall in the tri-oval.[21] Exiting turn 4, his car got loose.[21] He overcorrected and turned head first into the wall.[21] Jones took the car to the garage. “I learned a lot about racing upfront and racing these guys,” Jones said later on Fox Sports 1. “I just got loose off 4 and lost it. It’s my fault. I’m ready to do another one. I hope we get a shot at it.”[21]

Fourth quarter

The race restarted with 67 laps to go. Denny Hamlin suffered damage on the restart and pitted to repair it. He crashed in turn 1 and brought out the eighth caution with 60 laps to go. “I think we blew a left-front tire,” Hamlin told FOX Sports 1. He was unhappy with how long it took for NASCAR to throw a caution. “I blew it off of Turn 4, spun out, hit the wall at the start-finish line. I keep spinning, keep hitting the wall and I can’t figure out why everyone is still coming at 200 (mph). I look and the green light is on. They didn’t throw a caution until seven seconds after I wrecked. Luckily no one hit us in the door.”[22] Kyle Larson exited pit road with the lead.[15]

The race restarted with 55 laps to go. Kevin Harvick took back the lead with 54 laps to go. The ninth caution of the race flew with twelve laps to go when Stenhouse Jr. slammed the wall in turn 2. Jimmie Johnson opted not to pit when Harvick did under caution and assumed the lead. Paul Menard was tagged for an uncontrolled tire and forced to drop to the tail-end of the field for the restart.[15]

Jimmie Johnson, seen here at the 2015 Daytona 500, scored his 73rd career victory at Kansas.
Final laps

After waiving the restart with seven to go, the race restarted with six laps to go. Jimmie Johnson held off a hard charging Kevin Harvick for his 73rd career victory.[23]

Post-race

Driver comments

“It was a long hard night of racing and fighting for track position,” Johnson said. “Once we got up front, we were able to hang on for the final eight or nine laps, whatever it was.”[23] Martin Truex Jr. finished ninth after leading a race high 95 laps.[24] “Yeah, definitely not the finish we wanted, obviously, but proud of the guys for the weekend we had, just had good speed all weekend, brought a brand new car here and just proud of that,” Truex Jr. said. “It's kind of disappointing, but at the same time proud of the way we ran, and I think it's something we can build off of. We should have either stayed out or took new tires. We probably did the worst thing you could have done there with just staying out and getting gas only, because we ended up being the last guy with no tires. Everybody else behind us had two and they ate us up on the restart. If we'd have taken two, we probably would have come out sixth, been in a pretty good position.”[24]

Race results

Pos Grid No. Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points
1 1948Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26747
2 64Kevin HarvickStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet26743
3 1788Dale Earnhardt Jr.Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26741
4 1124Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26740
5 122Joey LoganoTeam PenskeFord26740
6 1820Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota26739
7 32Brad KeselowskiTeam PenskeFord26738
8 841Kurt BuschStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet26737
9 478Martin Truex Jr.Furniture Row RacingChevrolet26737
10 1531Ryan NewmanRichard Childress RacingChevrolet26734
11 1443Aric AlmirolaRichard Petty MotorsportsFord26733
12 716Greg BiffleRoush Fenway RacingFord26732
13 91Jamie McMurrayChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet26731
14 2947A. J. AllmendingerJTG Daugherty RacingChevrolet26730
15 1042Kyle LarsonChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet26730
16 269Sam Hornish Jr.Richard Petty MotorsportsFord26728
17 25Kasey KahneHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26727
18 2227Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet26726
19 2413Casey MearsGermain RacingChevrolet26625
20 519Carl EdwardsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota26625
21 2115Clint BowyerMichael Waltrip RacingToyota26623
22 283Austin DillonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet26622
23 4346Michael AnnettHScott MotorsportsChevrolet26621
24 2017Ricky Stenhouse Jr.Roush Fenway RacingFord26620
25 3583Matt DiBenedetto (R)BK RacingToyota26619
26 3233Ty Dillon (i)Hillman-Circle Sport LLCChevrolet2660
27 2710Danica PatrickStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet26517
28 4098Josh WisePhil Parsons RacingChevrolet26516
29 4140Landon Cassill (i)Hillman-Circle Sport LLCChevrolet2650
30 2551Justin AllgaierHScott MotorsportsChevrolet26514
31 306Trevor BayneRoush Fenway RacingFord26513
32 3838David GillilandFront Row MotorsportsFord26312
33 2355David RaganMichael Waltrip RacingToyota26311
34 3934Brett Moffitt (R)Front Row MotorsportsFord26310
35 3435Cole WhittFront Row MotorsportsFord2639
36 3195Michael McDowellLeavine Family RacingFord2628
37 3723J. J. Yeley (i)BK RacingToyota2620
38 4232Joey Gase (i)Go FAS RacingFord2620
39 1614Tony StewartStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet2625
40 1218Erik Jones (i)Joe Gibbs RacingToyota2580
41 1311Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota2423
42 3326Jeb Burton (R)BK RacingToyota2052
43 367Alex BowmanTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet1531
Official SpongeBob SquarePants 400 results

Race statistics

  • 16 lead changes among 10 different drivers
  • 9 cautions for 49 laps; 1 red flag for 2 hours, 15 minutes and 30 seconds
  • Time of race: 3 hours, 11 minutes, 50 seconds
  • Average speed: 125.265 mph (201.594 km/h)
  • Jimmie Johnson took home $243,726 in winnings
Lap Leaders
Laps Leader
1-29Joey Logano
30-49Kurt Busch
50-56Kevin Harvick
57-78Martin Truex Jr.
79-80Brad Keselowski
81Matt Kenseth
82Erik Jones (i)
83-121Martin Truex Jr.
122-162Brad Keselowski
163-175Martin Truex Jr.
176-187Carl Edwards
188-199Martin Truex Jr.
200Kyle Larson
201-209Martin Truex Jr.
210-211Kyle Larson
212-257Kevin Harvick
258-267Jimmie Johnson
Total laps led
Leader Laps
Martin Truex Jr.95
Kevin Harvick53
Brad Keselowski29
Kurt Busch20
Carl Edwards12
Jimmie Johnson10
Kyle Larson3
Matt Kenseth1
Erik Jones (i)1

Race awards

Media

Television

Fox Sports covered their fifth race at Kansas Speedway. Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds and Darrell Waltrip had the call in the booth for the race. Jamie Little, Chris Neville and Matt Yocum handled the pit road duties for the television side. Due to a Major League Baseball game running long on Fox Sports 1, the first 22 minutes of the broadcast was shown on Fox News Channel. The race switched back over to Fox Sports 1 as intended when the ballgame was over.

Fox Sports 1
Booth announcersPit reporters
Lap-by-lap: Mike Joy
Color-commentator: Larry McReynolds
Color commentator: Darrell Waltrip		Jamie Little
Chris Neville
Matt Yocum

Radio

MRN had the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Joe Moore, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace called the race in the booth when the field was racing through the tri-oval. Dave Moody called the race from a billboard outside of turn 2 when the field was racing through turns 1 and 2. Kurt Becker called the race from a billboard outside of turn 3 when the field was racing through turns 3 and 4. Alex Hayden, Winston Kelley and Steve Post worked pit road for MRN.

MRN
Booth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters
Lead announcer: Joe Moore
Announcer: Jeff Striegle
Announcer: Rusty Wallace		Turns 1 & 2: Dave Moody
Turns 3 & 4: Kurt Becker		Alex Hayden
Winston Kelley
Steve Post

Standings after the race

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