The 2015 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race (XXXI) was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on May 16, 2015, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.

Contested over 110 laps, it was the second exhibition race of the 2015 Sprint Cup Series season.

"These updates were made to ensure that our fans have every opportunity to see the best drivers in one of our crown jewel events and give them even more on-track action," said Steve O’Donnell, NASCAR executive vice president and chief racing development officer.

"Expanding this field and adding laps delivers that to our fans, raising the competition level and ensuring that this race continues to be the biggest all-star event in all of sports."

Busch had been injured in a support series race in February and had missed the entire season up to that point.

[11] The entry list for the Sprint Showdown was released on Tuesday, May 12 at 10:04 a.m. Eastern time.

Austin Dillon was the fastest in the lone Sprint Showdown practice session with a time of 28.528 and a speed of 189.288 mph (304.630 km/h).

"[14] Paul Menard won the pole for the Sprint Showdown with a time of 28.470 and a speed of 189.673 mph (305.249 km/h).

He saved it, but brought the car down pit with eight laps to go and ending his chance of advancing to the All-Star Race.

[16] Danica Patrick won the fan vote to advance to the All-Star Race.

"[17] Denny Hamlin won the pole for the All-Star Race with a cumulative time of 1:51.227 and a speed of 145.648 mph (234.398 km/h).

[18] Like the Kansas race the previous week, the qualifying session started on Fox News Channel, due to a Major League Baseball game running long, the qualifying session went on Fox Sports 1 13 minutes later.

To add to Biffle's woes, he was tagged for speeding on pit road and restarted the race from the tail-end of the field.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. spun the tires on the restart and just dropped like a rock down the running order.

Greg Biffle, Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin were all tagged for speeding on pit road and restarted the race from the tail-end of the field.

Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski were tagged for speeding on pit road and restarted the race from the tail-end of the field.

While Hamlin was unable to pull away from the field as had been the norm in the last few years, he was able to hold off a hard charging Kevin Harvick to score the victory in the Sprint All-Star Race.

But the pit crew knocked it out of the park – a primetime, under-pressure performance that won us the race.

[28] Kyle Busch finished sixth in his first Sprint Cup Series race since Homestead last November.

"[29] After restarting the race from the tail-end of the field, Brad Keselowski worked his way to a ninth-place finish.

Jamie Little, Chris Neville and Matt Yocum handled the pit road duties for the television side.

Alex Hayden, Winston Kelley and Steve Post worked pit road for MRN.