Austin Dillon, driver of the #33 Rheem Chevrolet, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series Hisense 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 23, 2015 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Starting from Car 33 Austin Dillon Rheem Chevrolet won the 34th Annual Hisense 300, his fourth victory in 87 NASCAR XFINITY Series races. All 4 of Dillon’s wins have been from the pole. This is Dillon’s 2nd win & 7th Top 10 finish in 2015. This is his 1st win & 3rd Top 10 finish in five races at Charlotte Motor Speedway. 2nd Place Car 54 Denny Hamlin Monster Energy Toyota started from 4th place posted his 6th Top 10 finish in 10 races at Charlotte Motor Speedway. It is his 4rth Top 10 finish in 2015. 3rd Place Car 5 Kasey Kahne Armour Vienna Sausage Chevrolet started from 8th place posted his 6th Top 10 finish in 21 races at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Credit: 309139Matt Sullivan/NASCAR via Getty Images. Austin Dillon, driver of the #33 Rheem Chevrolet, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR XFINITY Series Hisense 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 23, 2015 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
4th Place Car 7 Regan Smith Anderson’s Pure Maple Syrup Chevrolet started from 15th place. 5th Place Car 6 Darrell Wallace Jr. Cheez-It Ford started from 2nd place was the highest finishing rookie. 6th Place Car 18 Daniel Suarez ARRIS Toyota started from 19th place followed by 7th place Car 3 Ty Dillon Bass Pro Shops/NWTF.org Chevrolet started from 9th place. 8th Place Car 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet started from 16th place followed by 9th Car 1 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Ford started from 11th place. Lastly in the Top 10 Car 22 Ryan Blaney Discount Tire Ford started from 12th place. The four drivers who have qualified for the Dash 4 Cash at Dover: Regan Smith, Darrell Wallace Jr., Daniel Suarez and Ty Dillon.
Credit: 309131Jeff Zelevansky/NASCAR via Getty Images. Ty Dillon, driver of the #3 Bass Pro Shops/NWTF.org Chevrolet, leads a pack of cars during the NASCAR XFINITY Series Hisense 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 23, 2015 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The race had 3 Cautions for 22 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 49 for Oil on track from Car 55 Jamie Dick Viva Auto Group Chevrolet. 2nd Caution on lap 111 for Debris in turn 4. 3rd Caution on lap 160 for Car 26 Kyle Fowler Power All Toyota crash in turn 1.
Credit: 309128Sarah Crabill/NASCAR via Getty Images. Austin Dillon, driver of the #33 Rheem Chevrolet, and Darrell Wallace Jr., driver of the #6 Cheez-It Ford, lead the field past the green flag to start the NASCAR XFINITY Series Hisense 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 23, 2015 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The race had 9 Lead Changes among 7 drivers: Lap Leaders: A. Dillon(i) 1-98; D. Wallace Jr. # 99; K. Kahne(i) 100; D. Suarez # 101; L. Cassill 102-105; A. Dillon(i) 106-111; K. Harvick(i) 112-122; A. Dillon(i) 123-166; D. Hamlin(i) 167-185; A. Dillon(i) 186-200. Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): A. Dillon(i) 4 times for 163 laps; D. Hamlin(i) 1 time for 19 laps; K. Harvick(i) 1 time for 11 laps; L. Cassill 1 time for 4 laps; D. Suarez # 1 time for 1 lap; K. Kahne(i) 1 time for 1 lap; D. Wallace Jr. # 1 time for 1 lap.
Top 10 in Points: C. Buescher – 401; T. Dillon – 397; C. Elliott – 373; D. Wallace Jr. # – 371; R. Smith – 360; E. Sadler – 352; B. Scott – 350; R. Reed – 320; D. Suarez # – 320; B. Gaughan – 309.
Credit: 309127Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images. Austin Dillon, driver of the #33 Rheem Chevrolet, poses with Miss Coors Light Amanda Mertz and the Coors Light Pole award after qualifying for pole position for the NASCAR XFINITY Series Hisense 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 23, 2015 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Car 33 Austin Dillon Rheem Chevrolet dominates the 34th Annual Hisense 300 at Charlotte by leading
Austin Dillon dominates NASCAR XFINITY race at Charlotte 4 times for 163 laps.
NASCAR XFINITY Series Race Number 11
Unofficial Race Results for the 34Th Annual Hisense 300 – Saturday, May 23, 2015
Charlotte Motor Speedway – Concord, NC – 1.5 Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 200 Laps – 300 Miles – Purse: $1,157,940
Finishing Position Starting Position Car # Driver Team Laps Status
1. 1. Car 33 Austin Dillon(i) Rheem Chevrolet 200 Running
2. 4. Car 54 Denny Hamlin(i) Monster Energy Toyota 200 Running
3. 8. Car 5 Kasey Kahne(i) Armour Vienna Sausage Chevrolet 200 Running
4. 15. Car 7 Regan Smith Anderson’s Pure Maple Syrup Chevrolet 200 Running
5. 2. Car 6 Darrell Wallace Jr. # Cheez-It Ford 200 Running
6. 19. Car 18 Daniel Suarez # ARRIS Toyota 200 Running
7. 9. Car 3 Ty Dillon Bass Pro Shops/NWTF.org Chevrolet 200 Running
8. 16. Car 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 200 Running
9. 11. Car 1 Elliott Sadler OneMain Financial Ford 200 Running
10. 12. Car 22 Ryan Blaney Discount Tire Ford 200 Running
11. 14. Car 60 Chris Buescher Roush Performance Products Ford 200 Running
12. 10. Car 16 Ryan Reed Lilly/American Diabetes Association Ford 200 Running
13. 24. Car 51 Jeremy Clements RepairableVehicles.com/AllSouthElectric.com Chev 200 Running
14. 13. Car 88 Kevin Harvick(i) Hunt Brothers Pizza Chevrolet 200 Running
15. 7. Car 20 Erik Jones(i) GameStop Toyota 200 Running
16. 18. Car 43 Dakoda Armstrong WinField Ford 200 Running
17. 21. Car 01 Landon Cassill Flex Seal Chevrolet 200 Running
18. 17. Car 62 Brendan Gaughan South Point Chevrolet 199 Running
19. 6. Car 98 Aric Almirola(i) Carroll Shelby Engine Co. Ford 199 Running
20. 3. Car 2 Brian Scott Shore Lodge Chevrolet 197 Running
21. 25. Car 28 JJ Yeley Texas 28 Spirits Stage Toyota 196 Running
22. 32. Car 44 David Starr Zachry Toyota 196 Running
23. 30. Car 8 Blake Koch Toyota 196 Running
24. 22. Car 39 Ryan Sieg Uncle Bob’s Self Storage Chevrolet 195 Running
25. 28. Car 84 Chad Boat(i) CorvetteParts.net Chevrolet 194 Running
26. 35. Car 90 Jimmy Weller Geneva-Liberty Steel/myvideolibrary.com Chevrolet 193 Running
27. 34. Car 26 Kyle Fowler(i) Power All Toyota 192 Running
28. 38. Car 97 Peyton Sellers # VroomBrands Chevrolet 192 Running
29. 23. Car 25 John Wes Townley(i) Zaxby’s Chevrolet 191 Running
30. 36. Car 24 Eric McClure Hefty Toyota 189 Running
31. 20. Car 4 Ross Chastain # Flex Shot Chevrolet 187 Engine
32. 39. Car 52 Joey Gase Agri Supply Chevrolet 186 Running
33. 5. Car 42 Kyle Larson(i) ENEOS Chevrolet 183 Running
34. 26. Car 14 Cale Conley # IAVA Toyota 146 Running
35. 27. Car 0 Harrison Rhodes # Vecoplan Chevrolet 141 Transmission
36. 37. Car 13 Carl Long Jaret’s Angels/Industrial Technologies Dodge 129 Engine
37. 33. Car 15 BJ McLeod(i) BYB Extreme Fighting/Lilly Trucking Chevrolet 58 Fuel Pump
38. 31. Car 55 Jamie Dick Viva Auto Group Chevrolet 45 Accident
39. 29. Car 40 Timmy Hill(i) Braille Battery/Grafoid Toyota 40 Electrical
40. 40. Car 19 Jeff Green TriStar Motorsports Toyota 2 Vibration
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reason indicated: No. 55, 84 (unapproved adjustments). Failed to Qualify: (2) 70 Derrike Cope, 74 Mike Harmon. Time of Race: 02 Hrs, 08 Mins, 44 Secs. Average Speed: 139.824 MPH Margin of Victory: 2.692 Seconds.
3M Lap Leader: Austin Dillon, #33 163 Laps Coors Light Pole Award : Austin Dillon, #33 184.615 mph Duralast Brakes “Brake in the Race”: Austin Dillon, #33 Mahle Clevite Engine Builder of the Race: Earnhardt-Childress Racing Engines, #33 Mobil 1 Driver of the Race: Darrell Wallace Jr, #6. Sunoco Rookie of the Race: Darrell Wallace Jr, #6
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: May. 30, 2015 – Dover International Speedway
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