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2015 Rhino Linings 350
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Race 18 of 23 of the 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series | |
| October 3, 2015 | |
| 19th Annual Rhino Linings 350 | |
| Las Vegas Motor Speedway, North Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| Permanent racing facility | |
| 1.5 miles (2.4 km) | |
| 146 laps, 219 mi (352 km) | |
| 146 laps, 219 mi (352 km) | |
| 132.772 mph (213.676 km/h) | |
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| 30.613 | |
| Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing |
| 69 | |
| John Wes Townley | Athenian Motorsports |
| FS1 | |
| Ralph Sheheen, Phil Parsons, and Michael Waltrip | |
| MRN |
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. To fill out the podium, Red Horse Racing teammates Timothy Peters and Ben Kennedy, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
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.
- (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 |
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. 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).
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 30.385 | 177.719 | |
| 98 | Johnny Sauter | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 30.413 | 177.556 | |
| 17 | Timothy Peters | Red Horse Racing | Toyota | 30.445 | 177.369 |
Qualifying was held on Saturday, October 3, at 4:05 PM PST. 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.
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).
No drivers would fail to qualify.
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time (R1) | Speed (R1) | Time (R2) | Speed (R2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 30.671 | 176.062 | 30.613 | 176.396 | |
| 05 | John Wes Townley | Athenian Motorsports | Chevrolet | 30.781 | 175.433 | 30.724 | 175.758 | |
| 33 | Brandon Jones (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 30.688 | 175.965 | 30.738 | 175.678 | |
| 17 | Timothy Peters | Red Horse Racing | Toyota | 30.782 | 175.427 | 30.771 | 175.490 | |
| 54 | Christopher Bell | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 30.859 | 174.989 | 30.803 | 175.308 | |
| 13 | Cameron Hayley (R) | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 30.832 | 175.143 | 30.816 | 175.234 | |
| 29 | Austin Theriault (R) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 30.740 | 175.667 | 30.829 | 175.160 | |
| 15 | Mason Mingus | Billy Boat Motorsports | Chevrolet | 30.887 | 174.831 | 30.855 | 175.012 | |
| 11 | Ben Kennedy | Red Horse Racing | Toyota | 30.853 | 175.023 | 30.864 | 174.961 | |
| 23 | Spencer Gallagher (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 30.782 | 175.427 | 30.891 | 174.808 | |
| 19 | Tyler Reddick | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 30.889 | 174.820 | 30.905 | 174.729 | |
| 14 | Daniel Hemric (R) | NTS Motorsports | Chevrolet | 30.815 | 175.239 | 30.905 | 174.729 | |
| 98 | Johnny Sauter | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 30.912 | 174.689 | – | – | |
| 21 | Brennan Poole (i) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 30.938 | 174.543 | – | – | |
| 4 | Erik Jones (R) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 30.940 | 174.531 | – | – | |
| 8 | John Hunter Nemechek (R) | SWM-NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | 30.956 | 174.441 | – | – | |
| 31 | Travis Pastrana | NTS Motorsports | Chevrolet | 30.979 | 174.312 | – | – | |
| 51 | Matt Tifft | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 31.003 | 174.177 | – | – | |
| 16 | Chad Boat | Billy Boat Motorsports | Chevrolet | 31.004 | 174.171 | – | – | |
| 02 | Tyler Young | Young's Motorsports | Chevrolet | 31.055 | 173.885 | – | – | |
| 1 | Travis Kvapil | MAKE Motorsports | Chevrolet | 31.323 | 172.397 | – | – | |
| 07 | Ray Black Jr. (R) | SS-Green Light Racing | Chevrolet | 31.448 | 171.712 | – | – | |
| 36 | Justin Jennings | MB Motorsports | Chevrolet | 31.636 | 170.692 | – | – | |
| 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing | Chevrolet | 31.637 | 170.686 | – | – | |
| 45 | B. J. McLeod | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | Chevrolet | 32.025 | 168.618 | – | – | |
| 08 | Korbin Forrister (R) | BJMM with SS-Green Light Racing | Chevrolet | 32.037 | 168.555 | – | – | |
| 74 | Jordan Anderson | Mike Harmon Racing | Chevrolet | 32.074 | 168.361 | – | – | |
| 0 | Caleb Roark | Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing | Chevrolet | 32.535 | 165.975 | – | – | |
| 94 | Wayne Edwards | Premium Motorsports | Chevrolet | 32.964 | 163.815 | – | – | |
| 63 | Akinori Ogata | MB Motorsports | Chevrolet | 33.079 | 163.246 | – | – | |
| 50 | Tyler Tanner | MAKE Motorsports | Chevrolet | 33.362 | 161.861 | – | – | |
| 6 | Norm Benning | Norm Benning Racing | Chevrolet | 33.659 | 160.433 | – | – |
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