2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
NASCAR season
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The 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East is the 29th season of the K&N Pro Series East. It began with the Hart to Heart Breast Cancer Foundation 150 at New Smyrna Speedway on February 15 and ended with the Drive Sober 125 at Dover International Speedway on October 3.[1] Ben Rhodes enters the season as the defending Drivers' Champion. William Byron won the championship, fifteen points in front of Scott Heckert. All of the races in the 2015 season were televised on NBCSN on a tape delay basis.[2]



Drivers
| No. | Manufacturer | Car Owner | Race Driver | Crew Chief |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Toyota | Bill McAnally | Cole Custer 1 | Matthew Goslant |
| 1 | Toyota | Shigeaki Hattori | Sergio Peña 1 | Scott Goyer |
| Mason Mitchell (R) 1 | Jamie Jones | |||
| Jesse Little 2 | ||||
| Brandon McReynolds 1 | Bobby Burrell | |||
| 02 | Chevrolet | Tony Blanchard | Sarah Cornett-Ching (R) 2 | Tony Blanchard |
| 2 | Toyota | Jennifer Satterfield | Collin Cabre[3] (R) | Matt Bucher |
| 3 | Toyota | Ben Kennedy | Kaz Grala[4] | Mike Fritts |
| 04 | Ford | Ronnie Bassett | Ronnie Bassett Jr.[5] 12 | Jerry Babb |
| 4 | Toyota | Max Siegel | Kenzie Ruston[3] | Mark Green |
| 5 | Chevrolet | Harry Scott Jr. | Justin Haley[6] (R) | Mark McFarland |
| 6 | Toyota | Max Siegel | Devon Amos[3] (R)[N 1][N 2] | Jon Wolfe |
| 7 | Chevrolet 6 | Larry Berg | Codie Rohrbaugh (R) 6 | Mark Huff |
| Ford 1 | Jerry Pitts | Noah Gragson (R) 1 | Jerry Pitts | |
| 08 | Ford | Paul Green | Tyler Hughes (R) 4 | Paul Green |
| 09 | Toyota 1 | Rodrigo San Martin | Christian Celaya (R) 6 | Tony Ponkauskas |
| Chevrolet 4 | ||||
| 9 | Chevrolet | Justin Marks | William Byron[6] (R) | Kevin Bellicourt |
| 12 | Toyota | Rick Gdovic | Gray Gaulding 7[7] | Charles Denike III |
| Brandon Gdovic 1 | ||||
| Corey LaJoie 1 | ||||
| 13 | Toyota | Kelly Souza | Todd Souza 1 | Michael Munoz |
| 14 | Chevrolet | Bobby Hutchens | Trey Hutchens 6[N 1][N 2] | Bobby Hutchens Jr. |
| 15 | Toyota | Bill McAnally | Nick Drake[8] | David McCarty |
| 17 | Toyota | James Finchum | Chad Finchum 1 | Binky Torbett |
| 18 | Toyota | Shayne Lockhart | Peyton Sellers 2 | Hoyt Overbagh |
| Sarah Cornett-Ching (R) 1 | Shayne Lockhart | |||
| Justin LaDuke (R) 1 | ||||
| Sam Hunt 2 | Peyton Sellers | |||
| 19 | Chevrolet | Chuck Buchanan | Chuck Buchanan Jr. 4 | Craig Wood |
| 20 | Chevrolet | Bob Newberry | Gray Gaulding 1[9] | Ryan McKinney |
| Daniel Hemric 3 | Doug Howe | |||
| Spencer Davis (R) 4 | ||||
| 22 | Ford | Bryan Hill | Austin Hill[10] | Mike Abner |
| 23 | Chevrolet | J. P. Morgan | J.P. Morgan (R) 5 | James Beck |
| 27 | Ford | Steven Benjamin | Kyle Benjamin[11][N 2] (R) 13 | Kevin Reed |
| 28 | Toyota | Ernie Irvan | Jared Irvan (R) 1 | Mark Reno |
| 30 | Ford | Mark Rette | Grant Quinlan (R) 3 | Mark Rette |
| 31 | Chevrolet | Ted Marsh | David Garbo Jr.[12] (R)[N 1][N 2] | Todd Fisette |
| 32 | Chevrolet | Dale Quarterley | Dale Quarterley 1 | Teddy Brown |
| 33 | Chevrolet | Bob Newberry | Brandon Jones 2 | Chris Rice |
| 34 | Chevrolet | Justin Marks | Scott Heckert[6] | Fuz Burgdoff |
| 36 | Chevrolet | Linda Marsh | Dalton Zehr (R) 1 | Todd Fisette |
| Anthony Kumpen (R) 1 | Robert Russell Jr. | |||
| 37 | Chevrolet | Jeff Spraker | Kevin O'Connell 1 | Scott Goyer |
| Mike Senica (R) 1 | ||||
| Clair Zimmerman (R) 1 | Yogan Yiengst | |||
| 39 | Chevrolet | Eric McClure | Chad Finchum 2 | Chris Carrier |
| 40 | Chevrolet | Michael Hillman | Travis Miller 8 | Pat Tryson |
| Brian Wong 1 | Doug Chouinard | |||
| 41 | Chevrolet | Douglas Fuller | Ryan Preece (R) 1 | Paul Clapprood |
| Landon Cassill 1 | Mark Hillman | |||
| 42 | Toyota | Max Siegel | Jay Beasley[3] 11 | Clyde Eyler |
| Sergio Peña 3 | ||||
| 44 | Ford | Ronnie Bassett | Dillon Bassett[5] (R) 12 | Ron Otto |
| 45 | Chevrolet | John Stange | Christian Celaya[13] (R) 6 | James Heuberger |
| Ashley Stange | Mike Senica (R) 1 | |||
| 47 | Chevrolet | Ashley Stange | Mike Senica[14] (R) 3 | Bob White |
| 49 | Toyota 2 | Zeno Marshall Jr. | John Holleman IV (R) 4 | Rock Harris |
| Chevrolet 2 | ||||
| 50 | Chevrolet | Zeb Pixley | Zeb Pixley (R) 1 | Craig Wood |
| 51 | Chevrolet | Harry Scott Jr. | Dalton Sargeant[6] (R) | Kris Bowen |
| 53 | Ford | Robert Torriere | Marc-Antoine Camirand (R) 1 | Jim Kilmer |
| 55 | Ford | Dione Jefferson | Dylan Lupton 1 | Jeff Jefferson |
| Jerry Pits | Noah Gragson (R) 1 | Jerry Pits | ||
| 56 | Chevrolet | Charles Dean | Gus Dean (R) 1 | Franklin Hinson II |
| 57 | Chevrolet | Thomas Oakley | Brandon Oakley (R) 1 | Gary Estes |
| 63 | Dodge 1 | Joe Salemi | Brandon Glover (R) 1 | Joe Salemi |
| Toyota 1 | John Salemi 1 | Kevin Salemi | ||
| 71 | Chevrolet | Rob Grimm | Eddie MacDonald 5 | Rollie Lachance Jr. |
| 72 | Ford | Jeff Jefferson | Gracin Raz (R) 1 | Jeff Jefferson |
| 79 | Chevrolet | Sandra Marshall | Steven Berrier (R) 1 | Rock Harris |
| 81 | Chevrolet | Michael Burns | Jeremy Burns 1 | Mike Burns |
| 91 | Toyota | Terry Carroll | Justin Carroll (R) 2 | Charles Denike III |
| 94 | Chevrolet | Jim Hoffman | Dylan Hoffman (R) 4 | Jim Hoffman |
| 97 | Toyota | Jason Little | Jesse Little 4 | Steve Graham |
| 98 | Chevrolet | Mike Curb | Rico Abreu[15] (R) | Mardy Lindley |
| 99 | Toyota | Bill McAnally | Anthony Kumpen (R) 1 | Roger Bracken |
| Eddie Cheever III (R) 1 | ||||
| Patrick Staropoli (R) 2 | Matthew Goslant |
- Notes
- At the Casey's General Store 150 at Iowa, NASCAR regulations state when an East team and a West team use the same car number, the team that qualifies faster will be able to retain their number. East Series drivers who had to change numbers after qualifying: Devon Amos drove car number 66, instead of his regular car number 6, while Trey Hutchens drove car number 23, instead of his regular car number 14 and David Garbo Jr. drove car number 36, instead of his regular car number 31.
- At #ThanksKenny 150 at Iowa, NASCAR regulations state when an East team and a West team use the same car number, the team that qualifies faster will be able to retain their number. East Series drivers who had to change numbers after qualifying: Devon Amos drove car number 66, instead of his regular car number 6, while Trey Hutchens drove car number 23, instead of his regular car number 14. Kyle Benjamin drove car number 72, instead of car number 27, and David Garbo Jr. drove car number 36, instead of his regular car number 31.
Schedule
All of the races in the 2015 season were televised on NBCSN on a tape delay basis.[16]
- Notes
- The Casey's General Store 150 was held as a combined event, with competitors from the K&N Pro Series West competing along with competitors for the K&N Pro Series East. The race was run with a series-based point distribution, where drivers received points and statistical credit for their finish relative to other drivers in their series, not to the whole field in general.
- The #ThanksKenny 150 was held as a combined event, with competitors from the K&N Pro Series West competing along with competitors for the K&N Pro Series East. The race was run with a series-based point distribution, where drivers received points and statistical credit for their finish relative to other drivers in their series, not to the whole field in general.
- The Drive Sober 125 was postponed a day because of persistent rain.
Results and standings
Races
- Notes
- 1 – The qualifying session for the UNOH 100 was cancelled due to heavy rain. The starting line-up was decided by championship points.[20]
- 2 – The qualifying session for the Drive Sober 125 was cancelled due to heavy rain. The starting line-up was decided by championship points.
Drivers' championship
(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.
| Pos | Driver | NSM | GRE | BRI | IOW | BGS | LGY | COL | NHA | IOW | GLN | MOT | VIR | RCH | DOV | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Byron (R) | 7 | 1* | 2 | 2* | 15 | 1* | 14 | 1* | 19 | 7 | 8* | 10 | 6 | 9 | 546 |
| 2 | Scott Heckert | 4 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 1* | 6 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 1* | 4 | 15* | 4 | 10 | 531 |
| 3 | Austin Hill | 1* | 4 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1* | 27 | 513 |
| 4 | Dalton Sargeant (R) | 2 | 3 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 506 |
| 5 | Rico Abreu (R) | 17 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 1* | 10 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 492 |
| 6 | Justin Haley (R) | 21 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 491 |
| 7 | Kaz Grala | 18 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 483 |
| 8 | Nick Drake | 8 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 28 | 5 | 463 |
| 9 | Kyle Benjamin (R) | 5 | 12 | 1* | 9 | 13 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 443 | |
| 10 | Collin Cabre (R) | 15 | 15 | 24 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 1* | 424 |
| 11 | Kenzie Ruston | 10 | 14 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 34 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 13 | 408 |
| 12 | David Garbo Jr. (R) | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 21 | 26 | 387 |
| 13 | Dillon Bassett (R) | 6 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 377 | ||
| 14 | Devon Amos (R) | 23 | 19 | 28 | 31 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 31 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 29 | 12 | 367 |
| 15 | Ronnie Bassett Jr. | 16 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 25 | 37 | 19 | 24 | 28 | 340 | ||
| 16 | Jay Beasley | 25 | 20 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 12 | 9 | INJ | INJ | INJ | 21 | 333 |
| 17 | Gray Gaulding | 3 | 2 | 11 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 282 | ||||||
| 18 | Christian Celaya (R) | 19 | 21 | 27 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 30 | 18 | 11 | 27 | 29 | 280 | ||
| 19 | Travis Miller | DNS1 | 22 | 14 | 37 | 28 | 24 | 25 | 14 | 186 | ||||||
| 20 | Trey Hutchens | 16 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 185 | ||||||||
| 21 | Jesse Little | 25 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 30 | 184 | ||||||||
| 22 | Eddie MacDonald | 6 | 19 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 172 | |||||||||
| 23 | Codie Rohrbaugh (R) | 13 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 171 | ||||||||
| 24 | Spencer Davis (R) | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 159 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Sergio Peña | 9 | 10 | 1 | 31 | 129 | ||||||||||
| 26 | J. P. Morgan (R) | 22 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 23 | 122 | |||||||||
| 27 | Daniel Hemric | 5 | 8 | 10 | 109 | |||||||||||
| 28 | Tyler Hughes (R) | 16 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 107 | ||||||||||
| 29 | John Holleman IV (R) | 20 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 100 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Grant Quinlan (R) | 2 | 15 | 20 | 96 | |||||||||||
| 31 | Chuck Buchanan Jr. | 23 | 23 | 13 | 30 | 87 | ||||||||||
| 32 | Dylan Hoffman (R) | 24 | 18 | 27 | 20 | 87 | ||||||||||
| 33 | Mike Senica (R) | Wth | 24 | 20 | 33 | 32 | 79 | |||||||||
| 34 | Chad Finchum | 17 | 27 | 23 | 74 | |||||||||||
| 35 | Noah Gragson (R) | 73 | 53 | 8 | 10 | 70 | ||||||||||
| 36 | Brandon Jones | 5 | 15 | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 37 | Sarah Cornett-Ching (R) | 20 | 21 | 24 | 67 | |||||||||||
| 38 | Peyton Sellers | 10 | 18 | 60 | ||||||||||||
| 39 | Justin Carroll (R) | 7 | 26 | 55 | ||||||||||||
| 40 | Anthony Kumpen (R) | 14 | 21 | 53 | ||||||||||||
| 41 | Sam Hunt | 21 | 16 | 51 | ||||||||||||
| 42 | Dylan Lupton | 4 | 40 | |||||||||||||
| 43 | Cole Custer | 5 | 40 | |||||||||||||
| 44 | Corey LaJoie | 7 | 37 | |||||||||||||
| 45 | Mason Mitchell (R) | 8 | 36 | |||||||||||||
| 46 | Dale Quarterley | 8 | 36 | |||||||||||||
| 47 | Landon Cassill | 8 | 36 | |||||||||||||
| 48 | Dalton Zehr (R) | 11 | 33 | |||||||||||||
| 49 | Jeremy Burns | 11 | 33 | |||||||||||||
| 50 | Brandon Gdovic | 12 | 32 | |||||||||||||
| 51 | Ryan Preece (R) | 14 | 30 | |||||||||||||
| 52 | Patrick Staropoli (R) | 35 | 24 | 29 | ||||||||||||
| 53 | Marc-Antoine Camirand (R) | 17 | 27 | |||||||||||||
| 54 | Justin LaDuke (R) | 18 | 26 | |||||||||||||
| 55 | Zeb Pixley (R) | 18 | 26 | |||||||||||||
| 56 | Todd Souza | 20 | 24 | |||||||||||||
| 57 | Kevin O'Connell | 21 | 23 | |||||||||||||
| 58 | John Salemi | 22 | 22 | |||||||||||||
| 59 | Brian Wong | 22 | 22 | |||||||||||||
| 60 | Brandon McReynolds | 13 | 1*3 | 22 | 22 | |||||||||||
| 61 | Jared Irvan (R) | 24 | 20 | |||||||||||||
| 62 | Eddie Cheever III | DNQ2 | 19 | |||||||||||||
| 63 | Clair Zimmerman (R) | 25 | 19 | |||||||||||||
| 64 | Brandon Glover (R) | DNQ2 | 15 | |||||||||||||
| 65 | Gus Dean (R) | 33 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| 66 | Gracin Raz (R) | 173 | 233 | 34 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Brandon Oakley (R) | Wth | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Steven Berrier (R) | Wth | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Drivers ineligible for K&N Pro Series East points | ||||||||||||||||
| Christopher Bell (R) | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| James Bickford | 24 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Alex Schutte (R) | 16 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| David Mayhew | 11 | 38 | ||||||||||||||
| Chris Eggleston | 15 | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| Ryan Partridge (R) | 20 | 18 | ||||||||||||||
| Nicole Behar (R) | 21 | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| Johnny White (R) | 35 | 22 | ||||||||||||||
| Brett Thompson | 26 | |||||||||||||||
| Matt Levin (R) | 28 | 28 | ||||||||||||||
| Dylan Caldwell (R) | 29 | |||||||||||||||
| Ron Norman (R) | 32 | 35 | ||||||||||||||
| Rich DeLong III | 39 | 32 | ||||||||||||||
| John Wood | 33 | 36 | ||||||||||||||
| Rob Powers (R) | 38 | |||||||||||||||
| Pos | Driver | NSM | GRE | BRI | IOW | BGS | LGY | COL | NHA | IOW | GLN | MOT | VIR | RCH | DOV | Points |
- Notes
- 1 – Travis Miller received championship points, despite the fact that he did not start the race.
- 2 – Brandon Glover and Eddie Cheever III received championship points, despite the fact that they did not qualify for the race.
- 3 – Scored points towards the K&N Pro Series West.