The 2015 Lucas Oil 150 was the 22nd stock car race of the 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and the 21st iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, November 13, 2015, in Avondale, Arizona at Phoenix International Raceway, a 1 mi (1.6 km) permanent quad-oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 150 laps to complete. Timothy Peters, driving for Red Horse Racing, would hold off John Hunter Nemechek with under 30 laps to go, and earned his 10th career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win, and his second of the season. Pole-sitter Erik Jones dominated the entire race, leading 106 of the 150 laps before being involved in an incident with Matt Crafton with 30 laps to go. ^[1]  To fill out the podium, Nemechek, driving for family-owned SWM-NEMCO Motorsports, and John Wes Townley, driving for family-owned Athenian Motorsports, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Background

Phoenix International Raceway is a 1-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona, near Phoenix. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. Phoenix Raceway has also hosted the CART, IndyCar Series, USAC and the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The raceway is currently owned and operated by NASCAR subsidiary International Speedway Corporation.

Entry list

• (R) denotes rookie driver.
• (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

Practice

The first and only practice session was held on Thursday, November 12, at 2:30 PM MST, and would last for 2 hours and 25 minutes. ^[2] Cameron Hayley, driving for ThorSport Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 26.192, and an average speed of 137.447 mph (221.200 km/h). ^[3]

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Friday, November 13, at 10:45 AM MST. ^[2] The qualifying system used is a multi car, multi lap, three round system where in the first round, everyone would set a time to determine positions 25–32. Then, the fastest 24 qualifiers would move on to the second round to determine positions 13–24. Lastly, the fastest 12 qualifiers would move on to the third round to determine positions 1–12. ^[4]

Erik Jones, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, would win the pole after advancing from the preliminary rounds and setting the fastest time in Round 3, with a lap of 26.179, and an average speed of 137.515 mph (221.309 km/h). ^[5]

Brandon Hightower, Caleb Roark, Norm Benning, and Cassie Gannis would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

Race results

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Erik Jones 861 1 2 Tyler Reddick 842 (-19) 1 3 Matt Crafton 829 (–32) 4 Johnny Sauter 772 (–89) 5 Timothy Peters 765 (–96) 6 Cameron Hayley 731 (–130) 7 Daniel Hemric 697 (–164) 8 John Wes Townley 695 (–166) 9 Ben Kennedy 650 (–211) 10 Spencer Gallagher 644 (–217) Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

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