American Ethanol E15 225

Chicagoland Speedway — January 1, 2015

John Hunter Nemechek

Winner

150

Laps

Entries

Leaders

John Hunter Nemechek won the 2015 American Ethanol E15 225 at Chicagoland Speedway on January 1, 2015, leading 2 of 150 laps. Tyler Reddick finished second; Timothy Peters rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 2015

Track

Chicagoland Speedway

Season

2015

Winner

John Hunter Nemechek

Leaders

7 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	11	+10	John Hunter Nemechek	SWM-NEMCO Racing	150	—	Running	2	47
2	4	+2	Tyler Reddick	Brad Keselowski Racing	150	—	Running	1	43
3	5	+2	Timothy Peters	Red Horse Racing	150	—	Running	41	42
4	6	+2	Daniel Suarez	Kyle Busch Motorsports	150	—	Running	3	0
5	3	-2	Johnny Sauter	ThorSport Racing	150	—	Running	52	41
6	8	+2	Erik Jones	Kyle Busch Motorsports	150	—	Running	—	38
7	1	-6	Kyle Larson	JR Motorsports	149	—	Running	49	0
8	19	+11	Spencer Gallagher	Gallagher Motorsports	149	—	Running	—	36
9	18	+9	Matt Tifft	Kyle Busch Motorsports	149	—	Running	—	35
10	13	+3	John Wes Townley	Athenian Motorsports	149	—	Running	—	34
11	21	+10	Ray Black Jr.	SS Green Light Racing	148	—	Running	2	34
12	9	-3	Ben Kennedy	Red Horse Racing	148	—	Running	—	32
13	12	-1	Austin Theriault	Brad Keselowski Racing	147	—	Running	—	31
14	2	-12	Matt Crafton	ThorSport Racing	147	—	Running	—	30
15	17	+2	Tyler Young	Young's Motorsports	147	—	Running	—	29
16	7	-9	Cameron Hayley	ThorSport Racing	146	—	Running	—	28
17	10	-7	Brandon Jones	Gallagher Motorsports	145	—	Running	—	27
18	30	+12	Timmy Hill	Premium Motorsports	144	—	Running	—	26
19	22	+3	Justin Jennings	MB Motorsports	144	—	Running	—	25
20	28	+8	Jordan Anderson	Mike Harmon Racing	143	—	Running	—	24
21	16	-5	Chad Finley	Rette Jones Racing	141	—	Running	—	23
22	32	+10	Norm Benning	Norm Benning Racing	102	—	Running	—	22
23	27	+4	Jennifer Jo Cobb	Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing	96	—	Running	—	21
24	25	+1	Travis Kvapil	MAKE Motorsports	93	—	DNF	—	20
25	14	-11	Daniel Hemric	NTS Motorsports	90	—	Running	—	19
26	20	-6	Mason Mingus	Billy Boat Motorsports	79	—	DNF - Crash	—	18
27	26	-1	Korbin Forrister	SS Green Light Racing	41	—	DNF - Engine	—	17
28	23	-5	B.J. McLeod	B.J. McLeod Motorsports	25	—	DNF	—	16
29	29	—	Ryan Ellis	MAKE Motorsports	18	—	DNF	—	15
30	15	-15	Jesse Little	Team Little Racing	14	—	DNF - Engine	—	14
31	31	—	Caleb Roark	Kenny Grimes Racing	14	—	DNF	—	13
32	24	-8	Tyler Tanner	MB Motorsports	5	—	DNF - Engine	—	12

Model Performance

How well did the NR-Rating model predict this race? Across 7 matched drivers, the model averaged 8.3 positions off — close to the season average of 8.5. Average

Pos	Driver	Predicted	Actual	Delta	Conf.
1	John Hunter Nemechek	19.1	1	+18.1	Moderate
2	Tyler Reddick	6.2	2	+4.2	High Confidence
4	Daniel Suarez	14.0	4	+10.0	Coinflip
6	Erik Jones	16.7	6	+10.7	Coinflip
7	Kyle Larson	12.7	7	+5.7	Coinflip
18	Timmy Hill	23.9	18	+5.9	High Confidence
28	B.J. McLeod	24.8	28	-3.2	High Confidence

Predicted finish from NR-Rating model. Delta = predicted − actual (positive = driver beat prediction). Confidence: High Confidence = low variance (stdDev ≤ 9), Moderate = medium variance, Coinflip = high variance.

Historical Context

John Hunter Nemechek: has 5 career starts at Chicagoland Speedway with a 8.0 avg finish (1 win) — the model may have underweighted this track history.
Tyler Reddick: was the model’s top pick based on 5 career starts at Chicagoland Speedway with a 11.6 avg finish, finishing P2 on the day.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who won the 2015 American Ethanol E15 225?

John Hunter Nemechek won the 2015 American Ethanol E15 225 at Chicagoland Speedway driving for SWM-NEMCO Racing.

Where was the 2015 American Ethanol E15 225 held?

The 2015 American Ethanol E15 225 was held at Chicagoland Speedway on January 1, 2015.