- Richard Childress Racing drivers Austin Dillon, Ryan Newman and Paul Menard finished fourth, eighth and 12th, respectively, in the Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway.
- Menard ranks 11th in the Sprint Cup Series championship point standings, trailing current leader Kevin Harvick by 212 points, while Newman ranks 12th and Dillon ranks 20th.
- Matt Kenseth earned his third win of the 2015 season and was followed to the line by Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr, Dillon and Denny Hamlin.
- The 24th race of the 2015 Sprint Cup Series season is the Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday, August 22, 2015, which is scheduled to be televised live on NBC Sports Network beginning at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time and broadcast live on the Performance Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Satellite Radio, channel 90.
“We had some circumstances where we had to start at the back and had to figure out a way to get our track position back. Slugger and the engineers did a good job coming up with a plan. The first 20 laps was no fun for us because we had to ride around and try and stay in front of the leader, but we saved gas and decided to not come down pit road on that first competition caution for fuel, and it worked out. It showed that our car was fast enough to stay up there. We pitted, drove back up to where we needed to be, and it was a fun day for us, the Dow Chevrolet was fast, and I felt like I passed a lot of cars, also, getting into fourth. I want to thank the guys for their hard work today and everyone at Dow for sticking with us.”
“I am so pleased with this top-10 finish. It was an awesome team effort. Luke made the right calls in fine tuning our car. The pit crew did a great job fixing the car when we had that close call and then they picked up spots on pit road when we needed it most, especially on that last stop. It was a good day for us and a good points day for us. I’m looking forward to Bristol and I just found out that it will be my 500th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start. I had no idea, so I’m hoping it will be another good weekend for us.”
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