The starting field for this year’s race has 25 drivers. The race is based on previous winners, 2014 pole winners, and drivers who made the chase in 2014. The race should be a very interesting race that will preview what is to come in the season from the field. Don't miss this one.
2015 Entry List
1. Austin Dillon (Daytona Pole Winner 2014).
2. Brad Keselowski (Phoenix Pole Winner 2014)
3. Joey Logano (Las Vegas Pole Winner 2014)
4. Denny Hamlin (Bristol Pole Winner 2014)
5. Matt Kenseth (Auto Club Pole Winner 2014)
6. Kyle Busch (Martinsville Pole Winner 2014)
7. Tony Stewart (Texas Pole Winner 2014)
8. Kevin Harvick (Darlington Pole Winner 2014)
9. Jimmie Johnson (Charlotte Pole Winner 2014)
10. Jamie McMurray (Sonoma Pole Winner 2014),
11.
12. Kyle Larson (Pocono Pole Winner 2014)
13. Jeff Gordon (Watkins Glen Pole Winner 2014).
14. Kurt Busch (Previous Sprint Unlimited winner 2011)
15. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Previous Sprint Unlimited winner 2003, 2008).
16. Danica Patrick (Previous Daytona Pole Winners 2013)
17. Carl Edwards (Previous Daytona Pole Winners 2012)
18. Martin Truex Jr. (Previous Daytona Pole Winners 2009)
19. Greg Biffle (Previous Daytona Pole Winners 2004)
20. Aric Almirola (Chase 2014)
21. Kasey Kahne (Chase 2014)
22. Ryan Newman (Chase 2014)
23. Clint Bowyer
24. Paul Menard
25. Casey Mears
Sprint Unlimited 2014
Lets re cap the race from last year starting with the qualifying.
Qualifying
| No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Grid |
| 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 1 |
| 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 2 |
| 17 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 3 |
| 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 4 |
| 2 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | Ford | 5 |
| 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 6 |
| 99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 7 |
| 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 8 |
| 14 | Tony Stewart | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 9 |
| 41 | Kurt Busch | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 10 |
| 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 11 |
| 10 | Danica Patrick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 12 |
| 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 13 |
| 88 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 14 |
| 32 | Terry Labonte | Go FAS Racing | Ford | 15 |
| 20 | Matt Kenseth | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 16 |
| 31 | Ryan Newman | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 17 |
| 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 18 |
Race summary
Denny Hamlin led the field to the green but only led for a while. Jamie McMurray took the lead and then Kyle Busch took the lead from McMurray on lap 12,
and remained there till lap 18. Then Kevin Harvick took the lead. Lap 24 Hamlin went to the lead before Harvick took back the lead on lap 25.
On lap 30, Jimmie Johnson, in second, lost it and hit the wall on turn 4. Johnson was out. Brad Keselowski won the race off pit road to take the lead.
Hamlin retook the lead then the race's biggest crash occurred.
Matt Kenseth made contact with Joey Logano and spun and this lead to Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Harvick, Kurt Busch, Marcos Ambrose, Carl Edwards,
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. and Danica Patrick being collected in a nine-car crash. The result was a red flag. The race restarted on lap 41, with Keselowski
retaking the lead not long after. Logano cycled through to the front on lap 45, before Hamlin returned to the lead and held the lead until the end of
the segment, on lap 55.
In the next segment after a mandatory pit stop. Hamlin was the first off pit road and led the field to the restart, but McMurray and Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
went into the lead before the fourth caution of the race. With twelve laps to go with Earnhardt, Jr. was at the front, but Logano returned to the lead
on the following lap. Next lap Earnhardt, Jr. was tipped by Ambrose into the wall at turn one.
The race restarted with five laps to go, and Keselowski went to the front. Hamlin took back the lead with two laps to go and ran away with the lead.
Hamlin being victorious.
Race Results
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Laps |
| 1 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 75 |
| 2 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | Ford | 75 |
| 3 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 75 |
| 4 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 75 |
| 5 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 75 |
| 6 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 75 |
| 7 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 75 |
| 8 | 31 | Ryan Newman | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 75 |
| 9 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 65 |
| 10 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 35 |
| 11 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 35 |
| 12 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 35 |
| 13 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 35 |
| 14 | 41 | Kurt Busch | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 35 |
| 15 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 35 |
| 16 | 10 | Danica Patrick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 35 |
| 17 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 28 |
| 18 | 32 | Terry Labonte | Go FAS Racing | Ford | 1 |
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