TEAM: Joe Gibbs Racing
POINTS: 5th
WINS: 0
Top 5s: 8
TOP 10s: 12
LAPS LED: 83
POLES: 3 (Daytona II, Iowa I, Kentucky II)
WHAT WENT RIGHT: Recorded only one DNF, in the season opener at Daytona ... Eight top-five finishes, include three in the top three ... Finished third in his first start at Darlington Raceway and second in his first race at Bristol Motor Speedway.
WHAT WENT WRONG: Was leading at Darlington with three laps left thanks to pit strategy when Denny Hamlin caught him, before finishing third ... Finished off the lead lap nine times.
WHAT TO EXPECT IN 2016: Returns to the No. 18 for Joe Gibbs Racing in the Xfinity Series and will seek his first win in a NASCAR national series.