2015 Auto Club 400
| Race details | |||
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| Race 5 of 36 in the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
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| Date | March 22, 2015 | ||
| Location | Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 2 mi (3.22 km) |
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| Distance | 209 laps, 418 mi (672.98 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 200 laps, 400 mi (632.737 km) | ||
| Weather | Partly cloudy with a temperature of 70 °F (21 °C); wind out of the west/southwest at 8 mph (13 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 140.662 mph (226.374 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Stewart-Haas Racing | ||
| Time | 38.889 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Kurt Busch | Stewart-Haas Racing | |
| Laps | 65 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 2 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Fox | ||
| Announcers | Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds and Darrell Waltrip | ||
| Nielsen Ratings | 4.0/9 (Overnight) 4.3/10 (Final) 7.3 Million viewers |
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| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | MRN | ||
| Booth Announcers | Joe Moore and Jeff Striegle | ||
| Turn Announcers | Dan Hubbard (1 & 2) and Kyle Rickey (3 & 4) | ||
The 2015 Auto Club 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held on March 22, 2015, at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. Contested over 209 laps – extended from 200 laps, due to a green–white–checker finish – on the 2 miles (3.2 km) D-shaped oval, it was the fifth race of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Brad Keselowski won the race – his 17th career victory – while Kevin Harvick extended his top two finish streak to eight races with a runner-up finish. Kurt Busch, Paul Menard and Ryan Newman rounded out the top five.
Busch won the pole for the race and led a race high of 65 laps; he lost the lead on the final lap and was passed by Keselowski and Harvick. The race had 19 lead changes among nine different drivers, as well as seven caution flag periods for 31 laps. Recording Team Penske's second NASCAR win at the track, Keselowski moved into fifth place in the points standings, which were led by Harvick; he left Fontana with a 28-point lead over Joey Logano. Chevrolet left with a 16-point lead over Ford in the manufacturers' standings.
The Auto Club 400 was carried by Fox Sports on the broadcast Fox network for the American television audience. The radio broadcast of the race was carried by the Motor Racing Network and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.
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