# 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 250

The 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 250 was the 15th stock car race of the 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and the 3rd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, August 30, 2015, in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, a 2.459 mile (3.957 km) permanent road course. The race took the scheduled 64 laps to complete. Erik Jones, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would hold off the field on the final restart, and led the final two laps to earn his sixth career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win, and his second of the season. Jones and Cole Custer dominated the majority of the race, leading 19 and 22 laps. Pole-sitter Alex Tagliani lead eight laps, and ran second on the final lap before experiencing issues and ultimately finished in fifth. To fill out the podium, Matt Crafton, driving for his team, ThorSport Racing, and Ben Kennedy, driving for Red Horse Racing, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

## Background

Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (formerly Mosport Park and Mosport International Raceway) is a multi-track motorsport venue located north of Bowmanville, in Ontario, Canada, 64-kilometre (40 mi) east of Toronto. The facility features a 3.957 km (2.459 mi), 10-turn road course; a 2.9 km (1.8 mi) advance driver and race driver training facility with a 0.402 km (0.250 mi) skid pad (Driver Development Centre) and a 1.5 km (0.93 mi) kart track (Mosport Karting Centre Inc., previously "Mosport Kartways"). The name "Mosport", a portmanteau of Motor Sport, came from the enterprise formed to build the track.

### Entry list

* (R) denotes rookie driver.
* (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
| # | Driver | Team | Make | Sponsor |
| 00 | Cole Custer | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | Haas Automation |
| 1 | Travis Kvapil | MAKE Motorsports | Chevrolet | Burnie Grill |
| 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 | Pottier Construction, Parkhill Trucking |
| 07 | Ray Black Jr. (R) | SS-Green Light Racing | Chevrolet | ScubaLife |
| 08 | Korbin Forrister (R) | BJMM with SS-Green Light Racing | Chevrolet | Trump for President |
| 8 | John Hunter Nemechek (R) | SWM-NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | Chevrolet |
| 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing | Chevrolet | Driven2Honor.org |
| 11 | Ben Kennedy | Red Horse Racing | Toyota | Local Motors |
| 13 | Cameron Hayley (R) | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | Cabinets by Hayley |
| 14 | Daniel Hemric (R) | NTS Motorsports | Chevrolet | California Clean Power |
| 15 | Mason Mingus | Billy Boat Motorsports | Chevrolet | Call 811 Before You Dig |
| 17 | Timothy Peters | Red Horse Racing | Toyota | Red Horse Racing, Gaunt Collision Center |
| 19 | Tyler Reddick | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | BBR Music Group |
| 23 | Spencer Gallagher (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | Allegiant Travel Company |
| 25 | Brian Wong | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | Momofuku, GT Channel |
| 29 | Alex Tagliani (i) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | Cooper-Standard Automotive |
| 33 | Brandon Jones (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | Exide, EMCO Corporation |
| 36 | Justin Jennings | MB Motorsports | Chevrolet | Mittler Bros., Ski Soda |
| 44 | Josh Reaume (i) | Trophy Girl Racing | RAM | Obregon Construction |
| 45 | B. J. McLeod | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | Chevrolet | Tilted Kilt |
| 50 | Ryan Ellis | MAKE Motorsports | Chevrolet | MAKE Motorsports |
| 51 | Matt Tifft | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | Rally for Kids with Cancer |
| 53 | Robert Mitten | NDS Motorsports | RAM | NDS Motorsports |
| 54 | Gray Gaulding | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | Krispy Kreme |
| 63 | Daniel Brown | MB Motorsports | Chevrolet | Brown and Geeson Ltd., Mittler Bros. |
| 74 | Jordan Anderson | Mike Harmon Racing | Chevrolet | Tri-Analytics, SRGFX.com |
| 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | Ideal Door, Menards |
| 94 | T. J. Bell (i) | Premium Motorsports | Chevrolet | Testoril, Champion Machinery |
| 98 | Johnny Sauter | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | Nextant Aerospace, Curb Records |
| Official entry list |||||

## Practice
### First practice

The first practice session was held on Saturday, August 29, at 9:30 AM EST, and would last for 55 minutes. Alex Tagliani, driving for Brad Keselowski Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 1:20.584, and an average speed of 109.853 mph (176.791 km/h).
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
| 1 | 29 | Alex Tagliani (i) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 1:20.584 | 109.853 |
| 2 | 4 | Erik Jones (R) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 1:21.277 | 108.916 |
| 3 | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 1:21.294 | 108.894 |
| Full first practice results |||||||

### Final practice

The final practice session was held on Saturday, August 29, at 11:35 AM EST, and would last for 1 hour and 25 minutes. Erik Jones, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 1:20.159, and an average speed of 110.436 mph (177.730 km/h).
| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time | Speed |
| 1 | 4 | Erik Jones (R) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 1:20.159 | 110.436 |
| 2 | 29 | Alex Tagliani (i) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 1:20.211 | 110.364 |
| 3 | 13 | Cameron Hayley (R) | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 1:20.277 | 110.273 |
| Full final practice results |||||||

## Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday, August 29, at 5:45 PM EST. 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.
Alex Tagliani, driving for Brad Keselowski Racing, would win the pole after advancing from the preliminary round and setting the fastest time in Round 2, with a lap of 1:20.084, and an average speed of 110.539 mph (177.895 km/h).
No driver would fail to qualify.

### Full qualifying results

| Pos. | # | Driver | Team | Make | Time (R1) | Speed (R1) | Time (R2) | Speed (R2) |
| 1 | 29 | Alex Tagliani (i) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 1:20.294 | 110.250 | 1:20.084 | 110.539 |
| 2 | 4 | Erik Jones (R) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 1:20.605 | 109.824 | 1:20.118 | 110.492 |
| 3 | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 1:20.605 | 109.824 | 1:20.394 | 110.113 |
| 4 | 19 | Tyler Reddick | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 1:20.275 | 110.276 | 1:20.475 | 110.002 |
| 5 | 00 | Cole Custer | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 1:20.295 | 110.248 | 1:20.640 | 109.777 |
| 6 | 11 | Ben Kennedy | Red Horse Racing | Toyota | 1:20.348 | 110.176 | 1:20.676 | 109.728 |
| 7 | 13 | Cameron Hayley (R) | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 1:21.195 | 109.026 | 1:20.758 | 109.616 |
| 8 | 54 | Gray Gaulding | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 1:20.734 | 109.649 | 1:20.854 | 109.486 |
| 9 | 98 | Johnny Sauter | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 1:20.673 | 109.732 | 1:21.056 | 109.213 |
| 10 | 17 | Timothy Peters | Red Horse Racing | Toyota | 1:20.987 | 109.306 | 1:21.141 | 109.099 |
| 11 | 33 | Brandon Jones (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 1:21.289 | 108.900 | 1:21.614 | 108.467 |
| 12 | 8 | John Hunter Nemechek (R) | SWM-NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | 1:20.898 | 109.427 | 1:21.617 | 108.463 |
| Eliminated from Round 1 |||||||||
| 13 | 14 | Daniel Hemric (R) | NTS Motorsports | Chevrolet | 1:21.331 | 108.844 | – | – |
| 14 | 23 | Spencer Gallagher (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 1:21.349 | 108.820 | – | – |
| 15 | 51 | Matt Tifft | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 1:21.643 | 108.428 | – | – |
| 16 | 02 | Tyler Young | Young's Motorsports | Chevrolet | 1:21.944 | 108.030 | – | – |
| 17 | 15 | Mason Mingus | Billy Boat Motorsports | Chevrolet | 1:22.709 | 107.031 | – | – |
| 18 | 94 | T. J. Bell (i) | Premium Motorsports | Chevrolet | 1:23.133 | 106.485 | – | – |
| 19 | 25 | Brian Wong | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 1:23.156 | 106.455 | – | – |
| 20 | 05 | John Wes Townley | Athenian Motorsports | Chevrolet | 1:23.593 | 105.899 | – | – |
| 21 | 63 | Daniel Brown | MB Motorsports | Chevrolet | 1:23.714 | 105.746 | – | – |
| 22 | 53 | Robert Mitten | NDS Motorsports | RAM | 1:23.772 | 105.673 | – | – |
| 23 | 07 | Ray Black Jr. (R) | SS-Green Light Racing | Chevrolet | 1:24.701 | 104.514 | – | – |
| 24 | 74 | Jordan Anderson | Mike Harmon Racing | Chevrolet | 1:25.435 | 103.616 | – | – |
| 25 | 08 | Korbin Forrister (R) | BJMM with SS-Green Light Racing | Chevrolet | 1:27.035 | 101.711 | – | – |
| 26 | 45 | B. J. McLeod | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | Chevrolet | 1:27.275 | 101.431 | – | – |
| 27 | 36 | Justin Jennings | MB Motorsports | Chevrolet | 1:27.978 | 100.621 | – | – |
| Qualified by owner's points |||||||||
| 28 | 1 | Travis Kvapil | MAKE Motorsports | Chevrolet | 1:28.733 | 99.764 | – | – |
| 29 | 6 | Norm Benning | Norm Benning Racing | Chevrolet | 1:31.281 | 96.980 | – | – |
| 30 | 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing | Chevrolet | 1:37.919 | 90.405 | – | – |
| 31 | 50 | Ryan Ellis | MAKE Motorsports | Chevrolet | – | – | | – |
| 32 | 44 | Josh Reaume (i) | Trophy Girl Racing | RAM | – | – | – | – |
| Official qualifying results |||||||||
| Official starting lineup |||||||||

## Race results

| Fin | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Winnings |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Erik Jones (R) | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 64 | 19 | Running | 47 | $64,245 |
| 2 | 3 | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 64 | 1 | Running | 43 | $48,243 |
| 3 | 6 | 11 | Ben Kennedy | Red Horse Racing | Toyota | 64 | 0 | Running | 41 | $35,572 |
| 4 | 13 | 14 | Daniel Hemric (R) | NTS Motorsports | Chevrolet | 64 | 0 | Running | 40 | $27,034 |
| 5 | 1 | 29 | Alex Tagliani (i) | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 64 | 8 | Running | 0 | $26,832 |
| 6 | 9 | 98 | Johnny Sauter | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 64 | 0 | Running | 38 | $21,752 |
| 7 | 7 | 13 | Cameron Hayley (R) | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 64 | 13 | Running | 38 | $21,202 |
| 8 | 14 | 23 | Spencer Gallagher (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 64 | 0 | Running | 36 | $20,651 |
| 9 | 12 | 8 | John Hunter Nemechek (R) | SWM-NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | 64 | 0 | Running | 35 | $19,661 |
| 10 | 5 | 00 | Cole Custer | JR Motorsports | Chevrolet | 64 | 22 | Running | 36 | $20,500 |
| 11 | 8 | 54 | Gray Gaulding | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 64 | 0 | Running | 33 | $19,441 |
| 12 | 19 | 25 | Brian Wong | Venturini Motorsports | Toyota | 64 | 0 | Running | 32 | $16,997 |
| 13 | 18 | 94 | T. J. Bell (i) | Premium Motorsports | Chevrolet | 64 | 1 | Running | 0 | $19,137 |
| 14 | 17 | 15 | Mason Mingus | Billy Boat Motorsports | Chevrolet | 64 | 0 | Running | 30 | $19,027 |
| 15 | 22 | 07 | Ray Black Jr. (R) | SS-Green Light Racing | Chevrolet | 64 | 0 | Running | 29 | $19,406 |
| 16 | 23 | 74 | Jordan Anderson | Mike Harmon Racing | Chevrolet | 64 | 0 | Running | 28 | $18,697 |
| 17 | 16 | 02 | Tyler Young | Young's Motorsports | Chevrolet | 64 | 0 | Running | 27 | $18,586 |
| 18 | 24 | 08 | Korbin Forrister (R) | BJMM with SS-Green Light Racing | Chevrolet | 64 | 0 | Running | 26 | $18,476 |
| 19 | 4 | 19 | Tyler Reddick | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford | 62 | 0 | Running | 25 | $18,367 |
| 20 | 29 | 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing | Chevrolet | 61 | 0 | Running | 24 | $17,506 |
| 21 | 28 | 6 | Norm Benning | Norm Benning Racing | Chevrolet | 59 | 0 | Running | 23 | $16,896 |
| 22 | 10 | 17 | Timothy Peters | Red Horse Racing | Toyota | 57 | 0 | Running | 22 | $15,787 |
| 23 | 15 | 51 | Matt Tifft | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 56 | 0 | Running | 21 | $15,566 |
| 24 | 27 | 1 | Travis Kvapil | MAKE Motorsports | Chevrolet | 55 | 0 | Running | 20 | $15,455 |
| 25 | 20 | 05 | John Wes Townley | Athenian Motorsports | Chevrolet | 54 | 0 | Running | 19 | $15,551 |
| 26 | 11 | 33 | Brandon Jones (R) | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 43 | 0 | Accident | 18 | $15,346 |
| 27 | 21 | 63 | Daniel Brown | MB Motorsports | Chevrolet | 42 | 0 | Running | 17 | $15,291 |
| 28 | 25 | 45 | B. J. McLeod | B. J. McLeod Motorsports | Chevrolet | 21 | 0 | Brakes | 16 | $15,013 |
| 29 | 26 | 36 | Justin Jennings | MB Motorsports | Chevrolet | 12 | 0 | Brakes | 15 | $14,958 |
| 30 | 31 | 44 | Josh Reaume (i) | Trophy Girl Racing | RAM | 10 | 0 | Engine | 0 | $14,458 |
| 31 | 30 | 50 | Ryan Ellis | MAKE Motorsports | Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | Engine | 13 | $12,958 |
| Withdrew |||||||||||
| | | 53 | Robert Mitten | NDS Motorsports | Chevrolet | | | | | |
| Official race results |||||||||||

## Standings after the race

| | Pos | Driver | Points |
| 2 | 1 | Erik Jones | 590 |
| | 2 | Matt Crafton | 587 (-3) |
| 2 | 3 | Tyler Reddick | 575 (–15) |
| | 4 | Johnny Sauter | 535 (–55) |
| | 5 | Daniel Hemric | 500 (–90) |
| | 6 | Cameron Hayley | 489 (–101) |
| | 7 | Timothy Peters | 470 (–120) |
| | 8 | John Wes Townley | 466 (–124) |
| | 9 | Spencer Gallagher | 452 (–138) |
| | 10 | Ben Kennedy | 451 (–139) |
| Official driver's standings ||||