Entry List
The official 2015 Kroger 200 NASCAR TRUCK Series entry list features top NASCAR drivers set to compete at Martinsville Speedway, highlighting the full lineup of race participants and teams.
Kroger 200
Saturday, October 31st, 2015
Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, VA
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- Martinsville Speedway
- 17th Annual Kroger 200
- 21 Means 21 Pole Winner: Cole Custer
- Age: 17
- Team : No. 00 - Haas Automation Chevrolet
- Owner: Dale Earnhardt, Jr
- Crew Chief: Joe Shear Jr.
- Cole Custer won the 21 Means 21 Pole Award for the 17th Annual Kroger 200 with a lap of 19.530 seconds, 96.959 mph.
- This is his third pole in 18 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races.
- This is his first pole and seventh top-10 start in 2015.
- This is his first pole in four races at Martinsville Speedway.
- Cameron Hayley (second) posted his 15th top-10 start of 2015 and his second in two races at Martinsville Speedway.
- John Hunter Nemechek (third) posted his first top-10 start at Martinsville Speedway. It is his sixth in 15 races this season.
- Cameron Hayley (second) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
- Custer is the youngest pole winner in Martinsville Speedway history (17 years, 9 months, 8 days).
- Drivers Entered: 36
- Laps Scheduled: 200
- Margin of Victory: 0.396 Seconds
- Time of Race: 1 Hours 44 Minutes 8 Seconds
- Average Speed: 60.615
- Cautions: 12 for 69 laps
- Lead Changes: 6
- Green Flag Passes: 993 (7.6 passes per green flag lap)
- Martinsville Speedway
- 17th Annual Kroger 200
- Race Winner: Matt Crafton
- Age: 39
- Team : No. 88 - Fisher Nuts/Menards Toyota
- Owner: Rhonda Thorson
- Crew Chief: Carl Joiner
- Matt Crafton won the 17th Annual Kroger 200, his 10th victory in 358 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races.
- This is his fifth victory and 16th top-10 finish in 2015.
- This is his second victory and 16th top-10 finish in 28 races at Martinsville Speedway.
- John Hunter Nemechek (second) posted his first top-10 finish in five races at Martinsville Speedway. It is his eighth top-10 finish in 2015.
- Cameron Hayley (third) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Martinsville Speedway.
- John Hunter Nemechek (second) was the highest finishing rookie.
- Erik Jones leads the point standings by 10 points over Matt Crafton.
| ENTRY | # | DRIVER | HOMETOWN | DOB | AGE | MAKE | SPONSOR | TEAM |
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| 1 | 92 | David Gilliland | Riverside, CA | Apr 1, 1976 | 39 | Ford | Blacks Tire & Wheel Distributors | RBR Enterprises |
| 2 | 98 | Johnny Sauter | Necedah, WI | May 1, 1978 | 37 | Toyota | Smokey Mountain / Curb Records | Mike Curb |
| 3 | 50 | Travis Kvapil | Janesville, WI | Mar 1, 1976 | 39 | Chevrolet | Make Motorsports | Mark Beaver |
| 4 | 6 | Norm Benning | Level Green, PA | Jan 16, 1952 | 63 | Chevrolet | Norm Benning Racing | Norm Benning |
| 5 | 88 | Matt Crafton | Tulare, CA | Jun 11, 1976 | 39 | Toyota | Menards / Fisher Nuts | ThorSport Racing |
| 6 | 94 | Timmy Hill | Port Tobacco, MD | Feb 25, 1993 | 22 | Chevrolet | Testoril / ChampionMachinery.com | Jay Robinson |
| 7 | 05 | John Wes Townley | Watkinsville, GA | Dec 31, 1989 | 25 | Chevrolet | Zaxby's | Tony Townley |
| 8 | 4 | Erik Jones | Byron, MI | May 30, 1996 | 19 | Toyota | Toyota | Kyle Busch |
| 9 | 54 | Gray Gaulding | Colonial Heights, VA | Feb 10, 1998 | 17 | Toyota | Krispy Kreme | Kyle Busch |
| 10 | 51 | Daniel Suarez | Monterrey, Mexico | Jan 7, 1992 | 23 | Toyota | ARRIS | Kyle Busch |
| 11 | 07 | Ray Black II | Montgomery, AL | May 17, 1991 | 24 | Chevrolet | ScubaLife.com | Bobby Dotter |
| 12 | 14 | Daniel Hemric | Kannapolis, NC | Jan 27, 1991 | 24 | Chevrolet | California Clean Power | Bob Newberry |
| 13 | 00 | Cole Custer | Ladera Ranch, CA | Jan 23, 1998 | 17 | Chevrolet | Haas Automation | Dale Earnhardt, Jr |
| 14 | 17 | Timothy Peters | Danville, VA | Aug 29, 1980 | 35 | Toyota | Red Horse Racing | Tom DeLoach |
| 15 | 23 | Spencer Gallagher | Las Vegas, NV | Nov 20, 1989 | 25 | Chevrolet | Allegiant Travel | Maurice Gallagher, Jr. |
| 16 | 19 | Tyler Reddick | Corning, CA | Jan 11, 1996 | 19 | Ford | Brad Keselowski's Checkered Flag Foundation | Brad Keselowski |
| 17 | 8 | John Hunter Nemechek | Mooresville, NC | Jun 11, 1997 | 18 | Chevrolet | TBA | Sidney Mauldin |
| 18 | 29 | Austin Cindric | Columbus, OH | Sep 2, 1998 | 17 | Ford | Cooper Standard | Brad Keselowski |
| 19 | 82 | Austin Hill | Winston, GA | Apr 21, 1994 | 21 | Ford | Empire Racing Driver Development | John Corr |
| 20 | 86 | Brandon Brown | Woodbridge, VA | Sep 14, 1993 | 22 | Chevrolet | Coastal Carolina University | Jerry Brown |
| 21 | 33 | Brandon Jones | Atlanta, GA | Feb 18, 1997 | 18 | Chevrolet | Lucas Oil | Maurice Gallagher, Jr. |
| 22 | 1 | Camden Murphy | Itasca, IL | Jul 23, 1996 | 19 | Chevrolet | TBA | Tracy Lowe |
| 23 | 11 | Ben Kennedy | Daytona Beach, FL | Dec 26, 1991 | 23 | Toyota | Local Motors | Tom DeLoach |
| 24 | 13 | Cameron Hayley | Calgary, Alberta | Jul 21, 1996 | 19 | Toyota | The Carolina Nut Company | Duke Thorson |
| 25 | 10 | Jennifer Jo Cobb | Kansas City, Kansas | Jun 12, 1973 | 42 | Chevrolet | Driven2Honor.org | Jennifer Jo Cobb |
| 26 | 15 | Mason Mingus | Louisville, KY | Nov 28, 1994 | 20 | Chevrolet | Call 811 Before You Dig | Billy Boat |
| 27 | 02 | Tyler Young | Midland, TX | Jul 15, 1990 | 25 | Chevrolet | Randco / Youngs Building Supply | Randy Young |
| 28 | 75 | Caleb Holman | Abingdon, VA | Jan 7, 1984 | 31 | Chevrolet | FdCntryUSA/LpzWlthMngmnt/TdPds | Charles Henderson |
| 29 | 74 | Paige Decker | Eagle River, WI | Mar 20, 1993 | 22 | Chevrolet | TBA | Mike Harmon |
| 30 | 87 | Charles Buchanan Jr | Hildebrand, NC | Aug 12, 1961 | 54 | Ford | Spring Drug | Charles Buchanan |
| 31 | 5 | Dalton Sargeant | Boca Raton, FL | Mar 25, 1998 | 17 | Toyota | Galt | Richie Wauters |
| 32 | 63 | Bobby Pierce | Oakwood, IL | Nov 24, 1996 | 18 | Chevrolet | Pixographs | Mike Mittler |
| 33 | 32 | JJ Haley | Winamac, IN | Apr 28, 1999 | 16 | Chevrolet | Great Clips | Todd Braun |
| 34 | 08 | Brandon Hightower | Natchitoches, LA | Mar 17, 1998 | 17 | Chevrolet | Advanced Specialized Carriers | Ken Smith |
| 35 | 18 | Ross Kenseth | Appleton, WI | May 25, 1993 | 22 | Toyota | AISIN AW | Shigeaki Hattori |
| 36 | 35 | Jim Weiler | Sonoma, CA | Jul 23, 1972 | 43 | Ford | RoadRenovations.com | Kevin Cywinski |