Chris Eggleston scored two wins en route to his first NASCAR K&N Pro Series West championship in 2015. Photo by Getty Images via NASCAR
Chris Eggleston emerged as the 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West champion after battling for the top spot all season long.
The 26-year-old from Erie, Colorado, collected the trophy at Arizona’s Phoenix International Raceway, after a season-long battle in which he held the top spot in the series’ standings seven different times. Eggleston earned his first NASCAR championship trophy after recording two wins, nine top-five and 11 top-10 finishes in his first full season competing in the K&N Pro West.
But Eggleston wasn’t the only star to emerge this season.
Jefferson Pitts Racing teammates, Noah Gragson and Gracin Raz, burst into the series with strong rookie campaigns and that saw their first NASCAR victories. Ryan Partridge was also a force to be reckoned with earning his first K&N Pro West victory in his transition from the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series.
Twenty different drivers earned a top-five finish and 15 of those finishes were produced by rookies.
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Chris Eggleston: Eggleston had an impressive debut in 2014, winning his first NASCAR victory at his home track, Colorado National Speedway, which propelled him into a full-time ride with Bill McAnally Racing this season. Eggleston had a great start to his season with a fifth-place finish at the season opener at California’s Kern County Raceway Park. He kept his groove going and in just his second start of the season, at Irwindale Speedway, he earned his first victory of the season. In his first five starts of the season, Eggleston registered two wins, four top fives and five top 10s. By the time the season reach its halfway mark, Eggleston was in a back-and-forth battle for first place with Noah Gragson. For the season, Eggleston lead a total of 135 laps and was also the only driver in the series to complete all 1,902 laps. Eggleston plans to return to BMR in 2016 to defend his title.
Noah Gragson (Honorable Mention): The 17-year-old from Las Vegas, Nevada, led the 2015 Sunoco Rookie of the Year battle all season long and came up seven points shy of the championship title. Gragson had a fantastic series debut at Kern with a third place finish and two starts later, he earned his first NASCAR victory at Arizona’s Tucson Speedway after leading 23 laps. Gragson earned his second win of the year at Idaho’s Meridian Speedway were he lead 176 out of 208 laps. Between his two victories, he recorded four top-five finishes. Gragson finished the season with two victories, seven top fives and 11 top 10s as well as one 21 Means 21 Pole Award presented by Coors Light.
Top Team
Jefferson Pitts Racing: In their inaugural season, Jefferson Pitts Racing fielded three full-time cars that finished runner-up and fourth in the series standings and a fourth place finish in the final owner standings. The collected a total of four wins, 20 top fives and 31 top 10s in 13 starts. Their most impressive showing of the year was when Noah Gragson, Gracin Raz and Dustin Ash finished 1-2-3 at Tucson. The team formed last season, when veteran driver Greg Pursley retired. Jeff Jefferson and Jerry Pitts, two veteran crew chiefs in the K&N West, bought Pursley’s Gene Price Motorsports equipment to form their breakout team. The Jefferson Pitts Racing team will be back will return in 2016, with Gragson and Raz, piloting two of their cars to contend for the 2016 championship title.
Bill McAnally Racing (Honorable Mention): In their 25th season in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, Bill McAnally Racing had quite the run. BMR earned five victories 16 top fives and 23 top 10s and the most important win of all: the championship title. Chris Eggleston brought home the title and victories at Irwindale and California’s Shasta Speedway. While, Brandon McReynolds became the first driver to earn sweep and earn multiple wins at Iowa Speedway and Todd Gilliland became the youngest winner in series’ history with his victory at Phoenix. BMR recently announced Eggleston will return to defend his title in 2016, along with newcomers Gilliland and Riley Herbst.
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