2015 NASCAR World Series

2015 NASCAR World Series
Season
Races	30
Start date	21st March
End date	14th November
Awards
Drivers' champion	Template:AUS Marcos Ambrose
Teams' champion	Template:USA #81 Chip Ganassi Racing
Seasons
Previous season	Next season
None	2016

The 2015 NASCAR World Series was the first season of the of NASCAR World Series, established by NASCAR in order to provide a worldwide alternative to the Cup Series. The season saw a field 28 full-time driver entries, and 29 full-time teams, in addition to a host of part-time and one-off entries. The season was highly competitive, with the season's 30 races won by 15 different drivers. The Championship was won by Marcos Ambrose of Richard Petty Motorsports, whose fourth place at the Daytona Grand Final was enough to earn victory ahead of regular season leader Alon Day, five-time race winner Juan Pablo Montoya, and Regan Smith - who would go on to win Championship of the World and its million dollar prize two weeks later.

Teams and Drivers

The field for races in 2015 was limited to 32 cars, with NASCAR deciding before the race weekend which applications for part-time entries would be accepted. Ultimately this would mean three part-time teams would be chosen per weekend, as there were 29 full-time teams entered for the season. One of those teams, the #1 Villeneuve Racing car, chose to run a selection of part-time drivers as opposed to a single full-time driver.

Manufacturer	Team	#	Driver	Schedule
Template:USA Chevrolet	CAAL Racing	44	Freddy Nordstrom	Full
		54	Alon Day	Full
	Template:USA Chip Ganassi Racing	32	Esteban Gutierrez	Full
		42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Full
		81	Alex Tagliani	Full
	Corio Dole Racing	37	Gaston Mazzacane	9-10
	Template:GBR CWS Racing	21	Template:GBR Colin White	12-14, 16, 18, 20
		88	Template:GBR Oli Playle	13-14, 18, 20
	Phoenix Racing	43	Template:AUT Mathias Lauda	15, 17
	Template:USA Stewart-Haas Racing	10	Template:USA Danica Patrick	4, 27
		30	Nelsinho Piquet	Full
		78	Template:USA Regan Smith	Full
	Template:FRA TFT Banco Santander	2	Ander Vilarino	Full
		8	Template:FRA Nicolas Minassian	Full
Template:USA Ford	Alex Caffi Motorsport	23	Alex Caffi	Full
		99	Renger van der Zande	12
			Vitantonio Liuzzi	15, 17
	Dennisse Guaidia	24	Rodrigo Peralta	5-6, 8
	Template:AUS Paul Morris Motorsport	67	Template:AUS Paul Morris	Full
	PDVSA Racing Team	19	Ernesto Viso	Full
	Template:USA Premium Motorsports	62	Axcil Jefferies	11, 21
			Template:USA Timmy Hill	25-27, 30
	Template:USA Richard Petty Motorsports	9	Template:AUS Marcos Ambrose	Full
		25	Template:USA Arie Luyendyk Jr	Full
		28	Andrew Ranger	Full
		55	Template:USA Jeffrey Earnhardt	1-3, 7, 24-26, 28-30
			Template:USA Joey Saldana	19
	SMP Racing	87	Mikhail Aleshin	Full
Subaru	Template:AUT Red Bull World Racing	5	Mattias Ekstrom	Full
		16	Mark Maloney	4
			Ruben Pardo	5-6, 8
			Esteban Guerrieri	9-10
			Adrian Zaugg	11
			Maciej Janowski	19
		29	Daniel Serra	Full
		83	Template:USA Scott Speed	Full
	Shanghai Lisheng Racing	49	Ma Qinghua	22
	Villeneuve Racing	1	Template:USA Brendan Gaughan	1-4, 9-10, 25-26
			Rogelio Lopez	5-6, 8
			Template:USA Jeff Burton	7, 30
			Tomas Scheckter	11
			Borja Garcia	12-20
			Kimya Sato	21-24
			Gary Klutt	27-29
		97	Jacques Villeneuve	Full
	World Luxury Racing	77	Andre Couto	22
			Heamin Choi	23
Toyota	Helmar Racing	26	Template:GBR Dan Clarke	11-20
			Ray Courtemanche	28-29
		52	Stewart Friesen	Full
	Template:USA Joe Gibbs Racing	18	Daniel Suarez	Full
		20	Template:USA Erik Jones	1-8, 25-30
		48	Template:USA Brian Vickers	Full
		80	Ruben Garcia	Full
	Laboritto Juniors	95	Norberto Fontana	9-10
	Lacroix Racing	47	Kevin Lacroix	Full
	Nakajima Racing	64	Template:BEL Bertrand Baguette	16, 21, 23-24
		65	Tsugio Matsuda	21-24
	Template:USA Speed Energy Racing by Robby Gordon	7	Template:USA Robby Gordon	Full
		27	Template:AUS Matthew Brabham	Full
		74	Template:USA Sheldon Creed	Full
		89	Template:USA Rusty Wallace	1-3, 7

Calendar

	Race	Track	Type	Laps	Winning driver		Winning team	Winning manufacturer
REGULAR SEASON
1	Template:USA Carolina 300	Darlington Raceway	Intermediate	240 laps	7	Template:USA Robby Gordon	Template:USA Speed Energy by Robby Gordon	Toyota
2	Template:USA Virginia 300	Martinsville Speedway	Short Track	300 laps	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Template:USA Chip Ganassi Racing	Template:USA Chevrolet
3	Template:USA Alabama 300	Talladega Superspeedway	Superspeedway	113 laps	87	Mikhail Aleshin	SMP Racing	Template:USA Ford
4	Barbados 300	Bushy Park Circuit	Road Course	240 laps	9	Template:AUS Marcos Ambrose	Template:USA Richard Petty Motorsport	Template:USA Ford
5	Guadalajara 300	Triovalo Cajititlan	Short Track	300 laps	80	Ruben Garcia	Template:USA Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
6	Mexico City 300	Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez Roval	Road Course	180 laps	48	Template:USA Brian Vickers	Template:USA Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
7	Template:USA Tennessee 500	Bristol Motor Speedway	Short Track	500 laps	78	Template:USA Regan Smith	Template:USA Stewart-Haas Racing	Template:USA Chevrolet
8	Puebla 300	Autodromo Miguel E. Abed	Intermediate	240 laps	28	Andrew Ranger	Template:USA Richard Petty Motorsport	Template:USA Ford
9	Santa Fe 300	Autodromo de Rafaela	Superspeedway	105 laps	74	Template:USA Sheldon Creed	Template:USA Speed Energy by Robby Gordon	Toyota
10	Buenos Aires 300	Autodromo Oscar y Juan Galvez	Road Course	115 laps	27	Template:AUS Matthew Brabham	Template:USA Speed Energy by Robby Gordon	Toyota
11	South African 300	Phakisa Freeway	Intermediate	200 laps	81	Alex Tagliani	Template:USA Chip Ganassi Racing	Template:USA Chevrolet
12	European 500	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	Superspeedway	247 laps	81	Alex Tagliani	Template:USA Chip Ganassi Racing	Template:USA Chevrolet
13	Template:GBR Great British 300	Rockingham Speedway	Intermediate	203 laps	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Template:USA Chip Ganassi Racing	Template:USA Chevrolet
14	Template:FRA French 300	Tours Speedway	Short Track	300 laps	2	Ander Vilarino	Template:FRA TFT Banco Santander	Template:USA Chevrolet
15	Italian 300	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Road Course	51 laps	99	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Alex Caffi Motorsport	Template:USA Ford
16	Template:BEL Belgian 300	Warneton Raceway	Short Track	300 laps	81	Alex Tagliani	Template:USA Chip Ganassi Racing	Template:USA Chevrolet
17	Template:GBR Brands Hatch 300	Brands Hatch Indy Circuit	Road Course	154 laps	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Template:USA Chip Ganassi Racing	Template:USA Chevrolet
18	Dutch 300	Raceway Venray	Short Track	300 laps	48	Template:USA Brian Vickers	Template:USA Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
19	Polish Dirt Classic	Motoarena Torun	Dirt Track	50 per heat 100 for A Main	67	Template:AUS Paul Morris Heat Winners [1][2][3][4] [D][C][B][A]	Template:AUS Paul Morris Motorsport	Template:USA Ford
WILDCARD RACE
20	Template:GBR Wildcard 300	Foxhall Stadium	Short Track	300 laps	18	Daniel Suarez	Template:USA Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
LAST 16
21	Bahrain 300	Bahrain International Oval Circuit	Intermediate	193 laps	18	Daniel Suarez	Template:USA Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
22	Taipei 300	Penbay International Circuit	Short Track	300 laps	80	Ruben Garcia	Template:USA Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
23	Japanese 300	Twin Ring Motegi - Road Circuit	Road Course	323 laps	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Template:USA Chip Ganassi Racing	Template:USA Chevrolet
QUARTER-FINALS
24	Asian 500	Twin Ring Motegi - Oval Circuit	Intermediate	63 laps	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Template:USA Chip Ganassi Racing	Template:USA Chevrolet
25	Template:USA Pennsylvania 300	Pocono Raceway	Superspeedway	120 laps	80	Ruben Garcia	Template:USA Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota
26	Template:USA Delaware 300	Dover International Speedway	Intermediate	300 laps	74	Template:USA Sheldon Creed	Template:USA Speed Energy by Robby Gordon	Toyota
SEMI-FINALS
27	Template:USA New York 300	Watkins Glen Circuit	Road Course	76 laps	81	Alex Tagliani	Template:USA Chip Ganassi Racing	Template:USA Chevrolet
28	Lake Erie 300	Jukasa Motor Speedway	Short Track	300 laps	7	Template:USA Robby Gordon	Template:USA Speed Energy by Robby Gordon	Toyota
29	Ontario 300	Mosport Park	Road Course	73 laps	81	Alex Tagliani	Template:USA Chip Ganassi Racing	Template:USA Chevrolet
GRAND FINAL
30	Template:USA NASCAR World Series Grand Final	Daytona International Speedway	Superspeedway	120 laps	81	Alex Tagliani	Template:USA Chip Ganassi Racing	Template:USA Chevrolet
CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD
Template:USA NASCAR Championship of the World		Charlotte Motor Speedway	Intermediate	100 laps	Template:USA Regan Smith		n/a

Championship Standings

Points System

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Rest
Points	25	22	20	18	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0

Drivers Championship

	Driver	Playoffs	Regular Season																				Template:GBR WLD		Last 16				Quarter-Finals				Semi-Finals				Template:USA FIN	Pts
			Template:USA CAR	Template:USA VIR	Template:USA ALA	BAR	GUA	MEX	Template:USA TEN	PUE	SFE	BUE	RSA	EUR	Template:GBR GBR	Template:FRA FRA	ITA	Template:BEL BEL	Template:GBR BRH	NED	DIRT				BAH	TPE	JAP		ASI	Template:USA PEN	Template:USA DEL		Template:USA NYK	ERI	ONT
1	Template:AUS Marcos Ambrose	Final four	4	3	3	1	12	12	5	30	19	18	10	6	8	3	23	15	9	26	16 [?]				9	18	22		21	8	15		10	31	8		4	1000
2	Alex Tagliani	Quarter-finals	13	8	21	32	3	27	16	14	30	20	1	1	26	8	16	1	15	4	25 [?]				5	26	4		17	26	8		1	29	1		1	626
3	Andrew Ranger	Semi-finals	20	21	12	24	14	23	25	1	15	3	17	31	25	11	25	10	7	3	24 [?]				29	10	2		23	4	7		6	19	20		3	603
4	Template:USA Regan Smith	Final four	3	20	9	10	6	9	1	31	24	27	5	18	18	21	28	11	28	27	21 [?]				2	20	25		20	3	12		4	25	2		12	602
5	Template:AUS Matthew Brabham	Semi-finals	7	27	23	18	24	4	10	6	7	1	29	10	30	5	15	2	6	6	12 [?]				12	17	14		2	16	13		15	5	32		7	591
6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Final four	30	1	19	13	31	31	7	8	5	2	8	4	1	14	20	23	1	17	22 [?]				28	19	1		1	21	28		7	3	19		29	588
7	Daniel Suarez	Quarter-finals	26	17	24	7	19	2	30	25	29	24	22	27	2	13	17	31	2	12	15 [?]		1		1	2	27		12	29	25		3	20	23		10	588
8	Mikhail Aleshin	Last 16	17	18	1	29	2	30	15	5	22	21	2	15	5	20	29	32	32	9	10 [?]				23	29	6		7	31	9		2	17	4		25	585
9	Ruben Garcia	Semi-final	25	7	17	3	1	3	31	29	31	25	4	8	9	28	31	27	27	32	23 [?]				24	1	28		26	1	16		30	24	5		27	571
10	Template:USA Robby Gordon	Quarter-finals	1	5	25	30	17	22	6	3	27	13	13	14	13	29	7	7	4	18	6 [?]				32	31	3		28	32	10		28	1	28		6	571
11	Alon Day	Final four	19	12	5	9	21	8	4	4	11	6	16	11	4	15	5	6	5	14	14 [?]				21	12	11		11	12	19		13	14	12		15	570
12	Ander Vilarino	Last 16	6	30	6	14	16	15	17	15	2	5	19	13	15	1	19	26	22	19	30 [?]				27	32	18		6	6	2		27	18	15		16	569
13	Template:USA Sheldon Creed	Last 16	5	24	22	22	32	32	2	27	1	11	18	28	24	16	4	22	21	2	8 [?]				31	24	12		16	18	1		22	26	24		2	564
14	Ernesto Viso	Last 16	9	6	15	19	27	21	22	10	6	28	28	5	7	31	22	17	14	11	5 [?]				10	22	20		22	27	20		14	7	9		8	559
15	Template:AUS Paul Morris	Quarter-finals	8	2	14	4	26	13	21	2	17	22	21	30	6	18	3	8	26	31	1 [?]				14	8	10		25	28	18		12	32	6		24	558
16	Template:USA Brian Vickers	Semi-finals	2	26	2	16	15	1	19	32	21	32	12	2	28	6	30	24	18	1	20 [?]				4	16	32		24	2	17		23	13	23		22	557
17	Template:FRA Nicolas Minassian	Missed the cut	32	10	29	6	25	5	8	7	13	14	23	21	20	2	18	28	12	13	29 [?]		12		8	4	5		3	20	31		29	9	30		23	207
18	Template:USA Scott Speed	Missed the cut	22	29	13	2	23	6	23	17	23	29	20	32	22	9	14	3	10	10	7 [?]		4		13	9	7		18	14	14		26	10	29		5	203
19	Mattias Ekstrom	Missed the cut	18	28	26	11	13	19	29	20	3	15	11	17	12	23	11	13	19	22	26 [?]		13		3	13	8		4	3	25		18	11	26		31	185
20	Kevin Lacroix	Missed the cut	14	22	7	21	20	17	9	12	12	26	32	19	7	30	27	12	8	15	31 [?]		10		25	5	29		9	11	4		17	22	10		9	183
21	Daniel Serra	Missed the cut	21	25	28	12	29	25	3	19	28	17	7	9	10	7	9	4	29	20	28 [?]		15		20	11	19		10	23	27		20	4	3		26	180
22	Template:USA Arie Luyendyk Jr	Missed the cut	15	23	20	26	4	10	26	18	26	31	30	3	32	19	24	30	3	7	19 [?]		3		6	21	23		31	7	21		5	2	25		13	172
23	Esteban Gutierrez	Missed the cut	16	19	11	23	22	18	11	16	32	23	27	19	16	12	32	29	16	16	18 [?]		5		11	3	30		8	13	5		19	15	7		17	157
24	Freddy Nordstrom	Missed the cut	29	13	10	28	8	24	22	27	25	10	14	25	29	4	6	16	24	8	32 [?]		14		30	23	24		27	9	6		16	12	18		28	145
25	Nelsinho Piquet	Missed the cut	31	32	18	31	5	7	20	23	16	30	6	20	17	24	2	9	25	23	27 [?]		2		17	25	9		5	5	29		24	23	21		18	144
26	Alex Caffi	Missed the cut	10	31	8	25	28	29	14	13	10	9	26	24	23	27	12	20	31	5	3 [?]		7		25	6	15		13	22	26		25	27	27		14	144
27	Stewart Friesen	Missed the cut	11	16	16	17	11	20	28	26	14	7	31	16	27	22	10	25	23	30	4 [?]		6		16	27	13		14	19	32		8	6	31		20	141
28	Jacques Villeneuve	Missed the cut	12	14	30	8	30	14	18	21	8	19	25	22	21	26	21	5	11	24	13 [?]		9		19	7	16		19	30	30		11	30	16		11	136
29	Template:USA Brendan Gaughan	Ineligible	24	4	4	27					20	12																		15	22							52
30	Template:USA Erik Jones	Ineligible	27	11	31	20	9	26	32	24																				17	11		32	21	17		19	43
31	Esteban Guerrieri	Ineligible									4	4																										36
32	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Ineligible															1		13																			33
33	Ruben Pardo	Ineligible					7	16		9																												31
34	Borja Garcia	Ineligible												23	14	32	8	21	30	28	11 [?]																	30
35	Template:USA Jeffrey Earnhardt	Ineligible	23	15	27				23																				29	24	24			8	13		30	27
36	Template:GBR Oli Playle	Ineligible													3	17				21			11															24
37	Template:GBR Colin White	Ineligible												29	11	10		18		25			8															24
38	Template:GBR Dan Clarke	Ineligible											15	26	31	25	13	19	17	29	17 [?]		16															24
39	Template:USA Timmy Hill	Ineligible																												10	23		9				21	23
40	Rogelio Lopez	Ineligible					18	11		11																												23

Work in progress - 22 part-time drivers left to go

Round-By-Round Playoff Standings

Regular Season "If you win, you're in" Driver Points Cut 1 Alon Day 213 +86 2 Template:AUS Marcos Ambrose 204 WIN 3 Template:AUS Matthew Brabham 194 WIN 4 Juan Pablo Montoya 193 WIN 5 Template:USA Robby Gordon 175 WIN 6 Alex Tagliani 171 WIN 7 Template:AUS Paul Morris 170 WIN 8 Template:USA Brian Vickers 157 WIN 9 Mikhail Aleshin 144 WIN 10 Ander Vilarino 141 WIN 11 Template:USA Sheldon Creed 134 WIN 12 Template:USA Regan Smith 128 WIN 13 Ernesto Viso 128 +1 14 Andrew Ranger 127 WIN 15 Template:FRA Nicolas Minassian 127 -1 16 Ruben Garcia 126 WIN 17 Template:USA Scott Speed 125 -2 18 Daniel Serra 117 -10 19 Daniel Suarez 113 -14 [PO] 20 Alex Caffi 108 -19 21 Freddy Nordstrom 101 -26 22 Kevin Lacroix 100 -27 23 Template:USA Arie Luyendyk Jr 97 -30 24 Nelsinho Piquet 93 -34 25 Mattias Ekstrom 93 -34 26 Stewart Friesen 90 -37 27 Jacques Villeneuve 88 -39 28 Esteban Gutierrez 64 -63

Last 16 Regular season position is scored as a race result in the Last 16 Driver Points Cut 1 Daniel Suarez 49 WIN 2 Alex Tagliani 49 +22 3 Juan Pablo Montoya 45 WIN 4 Template:AUS Paul Morris 45 +18 5 Alon Day 44 +17 6 Andrew Ranger 40 +13 7 Template:AUS Matthew Brabham 40 +13 8 Template:AUS Marcos Ambrose 37 +10 9 Template:USA Robby Gordon 36 +9 10 Template:USA Brian Vickers 36 +9 11 Template:USA Regan Smith 32 +5 12 Ruben Garcia 30 WIN 13 Mikhail Aleshin 27 -5 14 Ernesto Viso 21 -11 15 Template:USA Sheldon Creed 19 -13 16 Ander Vilarino 14 -18

Quarter Finals (Last 12) Driver Points Cut 1 Template:AUS Matthew Brabham 35 +18 2 Andrew Ranger 32 +15 3 Ruben Garcia 30 WIN 4 Template:USA Regan Smith 30 +13 5 Template:USA Brian Vickers 26 +9 6 Juan Pablo Montoya 25 WIN 7 Alon Day 21 +4 8 Template:AUS Marcos Ambrose 19 +2 9 Alex Tagliani 17 -2 10 Template:USA Robby Gordon 11 -8 11 Daniel Suarez 9 -10 12 Template:AUS Paul Morris 3 -16

Semi Finals (Last 8) Driver Points Cut 1 Template:USA Regan Smith 48 +18 2 Juan Pablo Montoya 36 +14 3 Template:AUS Marcos Ambrose 24 +2 4 Alon Day 24 +2 5 Template:AUS Matthew Brabham 22 -2 6 Andrew Ranger 18 -6 7 Ruben Garcia 16 -8 8 Template:USA Brian Vickers 8 -16

Championship Four Driver Finishing Position Champion Template:AUS Marcos Ambrose 4th Template:USA Regan Smith 12th Alon Day 15th Juan Pablo Montoya 29th

Teams Championship

Will put this together tomorrow.

NASCAR Championship of the World

2015 NASCAR Championship of the World
Season
Races	1
Start date	28 November (Qualifying)
End date	29 November (Race)
Awards
Drivers' champion	Template:USA Regan Smith
Seasons
Previous season	Next season
None	2016

Two weeks after the conclusion of the World Series season, and one week after the conclusion of the Cup Series season, NASCAR staged the NASCAR Championship of the World, an IROC-style 100-lap shootout for the top sixteen drivers across NASCAR's major series; all drivers would be furnished with identically prepared Cup cars, a provision that was criticised for giving an unfair advantage to Cup drivers. Despite this, the race was won by former Cup Series driver Regan Smith.

Entry List

	Driver	Route
	none	2014 Champion of the World
1	Template:USA Joey Logano	Daytona 500 winner
2	Template:USA Regan Smith	Tennessee 500 winner
3	Alex Tagliani	European 500 winner
4	Juan Pablo Montoya	Asian 500 winner
5	Template:AUS Marcos Ambrose	World Series Champion
	Already qualified (Tagliani)	World Series 2nd
6	Andrew Ranger	World Series 3rd
	Already qualified (Montoya)	World Series 4th
7	Template:AUS Matthew Brabham	World Series 5th
8	Template:USA Kyle Busch	Cup Series Champion
9	Template:USA Kevin Harvick	Cup Series 2nd
10	Template:USA Jeff Gordon	Cup Series 3rd
11	Template:USA Martin Truex Jr	Cup Series 4th
12	Template:USA Carl Edwards	Cup Series 5th
	Already qualified (Logano)	Cup Series 6th
13	Template:USA Brad Keselowski	Cup Series 7th
14	Template:USA Kurt Busch	Cup Series 8th
15	Template:USA Chris Buescher	Wildcard (Xfinity Series)
16	Template:USA Erik Jones	Wildcard (Truck Series)

Race Result

	Driver	Series
1	Template:USA Regan Smith	WORLD SERIES
2	Template:USA Kyle Busch	CUP SERIES
3	Template:USA Brad Keselowski	CUP SERIES
4	Template:USA Kevin Harvick	CUP SERIES
5	Template:USA Martin Truex Jr	CUP SERIES
6	Template:USA Carl Edwards	CUP SERIES
7	Andrew Ranger	WORLD SERIES
8	Juan Pablo Montoya	WORLD SERIES
9	Template:USA Kurt Busch	CUP SERIES
10	Template:AUS Marcos Ambrose	WORLD SERIES
11	Template:USA Chris Buescher	XFINITY SERIES
12	Template:AUS Matthew Brabham	WORLD SERIES
13	Alex Tagliani	WORLD SERIES
14	Template:USA Joey Logano	CUP SERIES
15	Template:USA Erik Jones	TRUCK SERIES
16	Template:USA Jeff Gordon	CUP SERIES

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