2015 NextEra Energy Resources 250

The 2015 NextEra Energy Resources 250 was the 1st stock car race of the 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, and the 16th iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, February 20, 2015, in Daytona Beach, Florida, at Daytona International Speedway, a 2.5 miles (4.02 km) permanent tri-oval shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 100 laps to complete. Tyler Reddick, driving for Brad Keselowski Racing, would hold off a fast-charging Erik Jones on the final lap, and earned his first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win. Reddick would dominate a portion of the race, leading 46 laps. To fill out the podium, Jones, driving for Kyle Busch Motorsports, and Scott Lagasse Jr., driving for NTS Motorsports, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Background
Daytona International Speedway is one of three superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the other two being Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.

Entry list

 * (R) denotes rookie driver.
 * (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

First practice
The first practice session was held on Thursday, February 19, at 1:30 PM EST, and would last for 55 minutes. Austin Hill, driving for Empire Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 47.743, and an average speed of 188.509 mph.

Final practice
The final practice session was held on Thursday, February 19, at 3:30 PM EST, and would last for 1 hour and 25 minutes. Johnny Sauter, driving for ThorSport Racing, would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 47.215, and an average speed of 190.617 mph.

Qualifying
Qualifying was held on Friday, February 20, at 4:45 PM EST. The qualifying system used is a multi car, multi lap, three round system where in the first round, everyone would set a time to determine positions 25–32. Then, the fastest 24 qualifiers would move on to the second round to determine positions 13–24. Lastly, the fastest 12 qualifiers would move on to the third round to determine positions 1–12.

Ty Dillon, driving for GMS Racing, would win the pole after advancing from the preliminary rounds and setting the fastest time in Round 3, with a lap of 49.676 and an average speed of 188.774 mph.

Mason Mingus, Justin Jennings, Cody Ware, Clay Greenfield, and Jordan Anderson would fail to qualify.

Standings after the race

 * Drivers' Championship standings


 * Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.