2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West

The 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West was the sixty-second season of the K&N Pro Series West. Beginning with the NAPA Auto Parts 150 at Kern County Raceway Park on March 28, the season ended on November 12 with the Casino Arizona 200 at Phoenix International Raceway .[1] Two-time champion Greg Pursley did not defend his series title, as he retired at the end of the 2014 season.[2][3] Chris Eggleston won the championship, seven points ahead of Noah Gragson.

2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
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Champions | Seasons
Chris Eggleston, the 2015 K&N Pro Series West champion.
Noah Gragson, driving the No. 7 car for Jefferson Pitts Racing, finished second behind Eggleston in the championship by just 7 points.
Ryan Partridge, driving the No. 9 car for Sunrise Ford Racing, finished third in the championship.

Drivers
No. Manufacturer Car Owner Race Driver Crew Chief
00 Toyota Bill McAnally Cole Custer 1 Rich Luches
Eddie Cheever III (R) 1 Michael Muñoz
0 Chevrolet Ralph E. Byers Bobby Hillis Jr. 4 Ralph E. Byers
1 Chevrolet Valerie Inglebright Jim Inglebright 1 Rodney Haygood
2 Chevrolet James Cooley Kyle Kelley 1 James Cooley
3 Toyota Ben Kennedy Kaz Grala (R) 2 Mike Fritts
04 Ford Ronnie Bassett Ronnie Bassett Jr. (R) 1 Jerry Babb
4 Chevrolet Bob Farmer Dan O'Donnell (R) 1 Bob Johns
05 Chevrolet Harry Scott Jr. Justin Haley (R) 2 Mark McFarland
5 Chevrolet Charlie Silva Jack Sellers 2 Brian Carson
Justin Funkhouser 1 Charlie Silva
Jack Sellers Michael Shawhan (R) 1 Thomas Wicks
06 Chevrolet 2 Kirby Parke Christian McGhee (R) 2 Dave Hansen
Toyota 9 Dylan Jones (R) 1
Rob Powers (R) 1 Scott Schumaker
John Wood 3 Mike Holleran
Dylan Caldwell (R) 3 Pat Mejia
Colton Nelson (R) 1 Camoyne Warf
6 Ford Bob Bruncati James Bickford[4] Bill Sedgwick
7 Ford Jerry Pitts Noah Gragson (R)[5] Jerry Pitts
8 Toyota 4 Bill Hall Johnny Borneman III 4 Steve Teets
Chevrolet 3 Johnny Borneman III 2
Dylan Cappello (R) 1
09 Chevrolet Rodrigo San Martin Christian Celaya (R) 1 Tony Ponkauskas
9 Ford Bob Bruncati Ryan Partridge (R)[4][N 1][N 2] Jeff Schrader
11 Chevrolet John Krebs Thomas Martin 4 Jake Koens
12 Toyota Jeff Burton Harrison Burton (R) 2 Rich Lushes
13 Toyota 3 Kelly Souza Todd Souza 4 Michael Muñoz
Ford 1
14 Toyota 12 Penny Wood Matt Levin (R) Chase Newell
Ford 1
15 Chevrolet Jack Sellers Justin Funkhouser 2 Eric Steele
Charlie Silva Jack Sellers 2
16 Toyota Mike Curb Brandon McReynolds[6] Ty Joiner
17 Chevrolet Steve McGowan David Mayhew Corey LaJoie
18 Toyota Becky Kann Bill Kann 3 James Kornemann
20 Toyota 1 Bill McAnally Cole Moore (R) 1 Matt Goslant
Chevrolet 1 Bob Newberry Spencer Davis (R) 1 Doug Howe
21 Chevrolet Steve Portenga Alex Schutte (R)[7] Steve Portenga
22 Chevrolet John Stange Christian Celaya (R) 1[8] Jimmy Heuberger
25 Chevrolet Mike Naake Tom Klauer 1 Harold Kunsman
26 Ford Kirby Parke Greg Pursley 1 Aaron Jimenez
27 Ford Jeff Jefferson Gracin Raz (R)[9][N 1] Jeff Jefferson
30 Toyota 5 Nick Sommers Ron Norman (R) Walter Dotson
Ford 9
31 Chevrolet Windi Portenga Johnny White (R) Tommy Hurst
33 Chevrolet 2 Mike Behar Nicole Behar (R) Mike Behar
Ford 2
Toyota 9
36 Chevrolet 1 Kevin McCarty John Wood 1 Mike Holleran
Toyota 4 John Wood 2
Dylan Caldwell (R) 1 Dave Hansen
Jesse Iwuji (R) 1 Joe Ranson
Ford 3 Jim Weiler (R) 1 Rodd Kneeland
Rob Powers (R) 1 Scott Schumacher
Jesse Iwuji (R) 2 Nick Sommers
Colton Nelson (R) 1 Jim Weiler
38 Ford 2 Mike Holleran Rob Powers (R) 1 Scott Schumacher
Johnny Moore 1 Dale Dodds
Toyota 5 Andrew Porter (R) 1 Ed Ash
Duane Hunt (R) 1
Rob Powers (R) 1 Scott Schumacher
Dylan Caldwell (R) 1 Kevin McCarty
Jack Nugent (R) 1 Happy Ferree
Dodge 1 Dave Smith 1 Dylan Caldwell
Chevrolet 1 Trevor Cristiani (R) 1 Brandon Riehl
39 Toyota Scott Schumacher Rob Powers (R) 1 Scott Schumacher
Dylan Caldwell (R) 1 Pat Mejia
40 Chevrolet Michael Hillman Austin Dillon 1 Doug Chouinard
Travis Miller (R) 1 Mark Hillman
41 Chevrolet Douglas Fuller Landon Cassill 1 Branon Bishop
44 Toyota Dave Reed Austin Reed (R) 1 Craig Raudman
46 Chevrolet Jane Thompson Hannah Newhouse (R) 3 Duane Knorr
47 Ford 1 Michelle Ivie Scott Ivie 2 Mike D'Arcy
Toyota 1
48 Chevrolet Steve Green Clay Green (R) 1 Steve Green
51 Toyota Carlos Vieira Carlos Vieira 4 Mario Isola
52 Chevrolet Harry Scott Jr. Dalton Sargeant (R) 2 Kris Bowen
54 Toyota Bill McAnally Christopher Bell (R) 2 Jerry Baxter
Blaine Perkins (R) 1 Duane Knorr
Todd Gilliland (R) 1 Seth Smith
55 Ford 10 Dione Jefferson Dalton Sargeant (R) 2 Kris Bowen
Dustin Ash (R) 1 Aaron Jimenez
Buddy Shepherd (R) 2 Mario Isola
Blake Williams (R) 5 Kevin Richards
Toyota 3 John Wood 2 Mike Holleran
Matt Tifft 1 Tripp Bruce
60 Ford Bill McAnally Trevor Bayne 1 Duane Knorr
61 Chevrolet 8 Richard Thompson Brett Thompson 7 Will Harris
John Newhouse (R) 1
Ford 1 Brett Thompson 1
68 Chevrolet Jenise Kneeland Robb Kneeland (R) 2 Jim Weiler
Colton Nelson (R) 1 Camoyne Warf
71 Chevrolet Dave Hansen Clay Green (R) 2 Steve Green
Christian McGhee (R) 1 Dave Hansen
74 Chevrolet Thomas Tyrrell Luis Tyrrell 3 Mike Naake
81 Toyota Dwight Kennedy D. J. Kennington 1 David Wight
83 Chevrolet Todd Havens Braeden Havens 3 Travis Sharpe
84 Chevrolet Richard DeLong Rich DeLong III 12 Dean Kuhn
86 Ford 1 Tim Spurgeon Tim Spurgeon (R) 1 Dean Langston
Toyota 1 John Wood 1 Mike Holleran
91 Chevrolet Justin Marks William Byron (R) 2 Kevin Bellicourt
96 Toyota Ben Kennedy Ben Kennedy 1 Steve Zipadelli
99 Toyota Bill McAnally Chris Eggleston[6] Roger Bracken
Notes
  1. At the Casey's General Stores 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. West Series drivers who had to change numbers after qualifying: Ryan Partridge drove car number 91, instead of his regular car number 9 and Gracin Raz drove car number 72, instead of his regular car number 27.
  2. At the #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. Ryan Partridge was the only West Series driver who had to change his number after qualifying as he drove car number 91, instead of his regular car number 9.

Schedule
The starting grid lined up in pit lane prior to the Carneros 200, driven on Sonoma Raceway, the only road course of the 2015 season.

All of the races in the 2015 season will be televised on NBCSN and will be on a tape delay basis.[10]

No. Race Title Track Date[1]
1 NAPA Auto Parts 150 Kern County Raceway Park, Bakersfield March 28
2 King Taco Catering/NAPA Auto Parts 150 Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale April 11
3 NAPA Auto Parts Wildcat 150 Tucson Speedway, Tucson May 2
4 Casey's General Stores 150[lower-alpha 1] Iowa Speedway, Newton May 16
5 Bill Schmitt Memorial 150 Shasta Speedway, Anderson May 30
6 Carneros 200 Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma June 27
7 NAPA Auto Parts/Toyota 150 Stateline Speedway, Post Falls July 11
8 #ThanksKenny 150[lower-alpha 2] Iowa Speedway, Newton July 31
9 NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by Toyota Evergreen Speedway, Monroe August 15
10 NAPA Auto Parts/Toyota 150 Colorado National Speedway, Dacono August 22
11 NAPA Auto Parts Idaho 208 Meridian Speedway, Meridian September 5
12 NAPA Auto Parts/Toyota 150 presented by Axle Crutch All American Speedway, Roseville October 17
13 Casino Arizona 100 Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale November 12
Notes
  1. The Casey's General Stores 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.
  2. 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.

Results and standings

Races
No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer No. Winning team
1 NAPA Auto Parts 150 Dalton Sargeant David Mayhew Dalton Sargeant Ford 55 Jefferson Pitts Racing
2 King Taco Catering/NAPA Auto Parts 150 Dalton Sargeant Chris Eggleston Chris Eggleston Toyota 99 Bill McAnally Racing
3 NAPA Auto Parts Wildcat 150 Ron Norman Ryan Partridge Noah Gragson Ford 7 Jefferson Pitts Racing
4 Casey's General Stores 150 Brandon McReynolds William Byron Brandon McReynolds Toyota 16 Bill McAnally Racing
5 Bill Schmitt Memorial 150 David Mayhew David Mayhew Chris Eggleston Toyota 99 Bill McAnally Racing
6 Carneros 200 David Mayhew Dalton Sargeant David Mayhew Chevrolet 17 Steve McGowan Motorsports
7 NAPA Auto Parts/Toyota 150 James Bickford James Bickford James Bickford Ford 6 Sunrise Ford Racing
8 #ThanksKenny 150 Brandon McReynolds Brandon McReynolds Brandon McReynolds Toyota 16 Bill McAnally Racing
9 NAPA Auto Parts 150 presented by Toyota James Bickford David Mayhew David Mayhew Chevrolet 17 Steve McGowan Motorsports
10 NAPA Auto Parts/Toyota 150 Ryan Partridge Ryan Partridge Ryan Partridge Ford 9 Sunrise Ford Racing
11 NAPA Auto Parts Idaho 208 Noah Gragson Noah Gragson Noah Gragson Ford 7 Jefferson Pitts Racing
12 NAPA Auto Parts/Toyota 150 presented by Axle Crutch Gracin Raz Alex Schutte Gracin Raz Ford 27 Jefferson Pitts Racing
13 Casino Arizona 100 Justin Haley Justin Haley Todd Gilliland Toyota 54 Bill McAnally Racing

Drivers' championship
Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.

Pos Driver KER IRW TUC IOW SHA SON SLN IOW EVG CNS MER AAS PHO Points
1 Chris Eggleston 5 1* 9 15 1 13 11 16 3 3 4 3 11 511
2 Noah Gragson (R) 3 7 1 7 16 7 2 5 5 8 1* 8 14 504
3 Ryan Partridge (R) 13 5 4* 20 6 4 4 18 2 1* 11 9 12 498
4 Gracin Raz (R) 6 4 2 17 4 12 3 23 4 6 6 1 24 489
5 Alex Schutte (R) 10 9 15 16 9 8 9 10 6 7 8 2* 13 468
6 David Mayhew 2* 6 14 11 20* 1 10 38 1* 4 21 4 29 458
7 Brandon McReynolds 27 12 8 1 7 19 8 1* 12 5 2 24 3 455
8 James Bickford 4 17 6 24 2 28 1* 6 8 10 14 23 8 446
9 Johnny White (R) 7 10 10 35 3 14 12 22 11 15 5 6 16 440
10 Nicole Behar (R) 21 2 5 21 10 23 7 21 9 9 17 7 22 424
11 Matt Levin (R) 17 19 11 28 17 25 14 28 10 13 12 16 23 372
12 Ron Norman (R) 26 14 12 32 23 30 6 35 13 11 18 22 26 346
13 Rich DeLong III 16 27 20 39 14 21 13 32 14 14 16 20 326
14 Brett Thompson 8 8 13 26 11 33 9 28 231
15 John Wood 22 18 17 33 21 26 16 36 22 226
16 Blake Williams (R) 5 7 2 10 18 178
17 Dalton Sargeant (R) 1 3 231 2* 131 4 173
18 Dylan Caldwell (R) 19 17 29 17 10 Wth3 165
19 Johnny Borneman III 25 22 7 11 16 DNQ4 150
20 Rob Powers (R) 18 38 22 15 13 136
21 Thomas Martin 14 11 8 24 119
22 Carlos Vieira 11 16 15 37 97
23 Braeden Havens 18 15 5 94
24 Clay Green (R) 7 12 19 94
25 Jack Sellers 15 21 24 31 85
26 Luis Tyrrell 19 13 16 84
27 Todd Souza 25 16 34 17 84
28 William Byron (R) 2*1 5 191 2 82
29 Buddy Shepherd (R) 5 3 80
30 Christian McGhee (R) 9 13 DNQ4 79
31 Hannah Newhouse (R) 12 26 15 79
32 Justin Funkhouser 20 24 12 76
33 Christopher Bell (R) 15 5 71
34 Harrison Burton (R) 11 6 71
35 Bobby Hillis Jr. 24 23 22 DNQ4 63
36 Justin Haley (R) 61 3 71 21* 66
37 Jesse Iwuji (R) DNS2 23 Wth3 65
38 Colton Nelson (R) 19 18 DNQ4 60
39 Bill Kann 23 27 DNQ4 48
40 Todd Gilliland (R) 1 47
41 Robb Kneeland (R) 18 Wth3 43
42 Dustin Ash (R) 3 41
43 Kaz Grala (R) 291 17 111 30 41
44 Landon Cassill 5 39
45 Austin Dillon 6 38
46 Travis Miller 371 241 7 37
47 Christian Celaya (R) 19 271 301 DNQ4 37
48 Cole Custer 9 35
49 D. J. Kennington 9 35
50 Trevor Bayne 10 34
51 Ronnie Bassett Jr. 3 37 10 34
52 Jack Nugent (R) 12 32
53 Blaine Perkins (R) 13 31
54 John Newhouse (R) 14 30
55 Scott Ivie 23 35 30
56 Matt Tifft 15 29
57 Eddie Cheever III (R) 15 29
58 Greg Pursley 15 29
59 Johnny Moore 17 27
60 Dylan Jones (R) 18 26
61 Michael Shawhan (R) 18 26
62 Cole Moore (R) 19 25
63 Andrew Porter (R) 20 24
64 Tom Klauer 20 24
65 Trevor Cristiani (R) 20 24
66 Austin Reed (R) 20 24
67 Duane Hunt (R) 21 23
68 Dylan Cappello (R) 21 23
69 Jim Weiler (R) 22 22
70 Ben Kennedy 25 19
71 Spencer Davis (R) 31 27 17
72 Dan O'Donnell (R) Wth3 16
73 Dave Smith 29 15
74 Jim Inglebright 32 12
75 Tim Spurgeon (R) 36 8
76 Kyle Kelley 38 6
Drivers ineligible for K&N Pro Series West points
Jesse Little 4 2
Rico Abreu (R) 30 4
Scott Heckert 8 8
Kyle Benjamin (R) 9 14
Collin Cabre (R) 22 9
Austin Hill 10 26
Jay Beasley 12 12
David Garbo Jr. (R) 13 17
Trey Hutchens 14 20
Dillon Bassett (R) 34 15
Nick Drake 18 25
Eddie MacDonald 19
Kenzie Ruston 25 34
Chad Finchum 27
Devon Amos (R) 31 31
Mike Senica (R) 33
Gray Gaulding 36
Pos Driver KER IRW TUC IOW SHA SON SLN IOW EVG CNS MER AAS PHO Points
Notes
  • 1 – Scored points towards the K&N Pro Series East.
  • 2 – Jesse Iwuji received championship points, despite the fact that he did not start the race.
  • 3 – Dylan Caldwell, Jesse Iwuji, Robb Kneeland and Dan O'Donnell received championship points, despite the fact that they withdrew prior to the race.
  • 4 – Johnny Borneman III, Christian Celaya, Bobby Hillis Jr., Bill Kann, Christian McGhee and Colton Nelson received championship points, despite the fact that they did not qualify for the race.

See also

References
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