2014 Auto Club 400

2014 Auto Club 400 Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Race 5 of 36 in the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

Track map of the speedway at Auto Club Speedway AKA California Speedway

Date|  March 23, 2014 (2014-03-23)
Location|  Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, California
Course|  Permanent racing facility
2.000 mi (3.219 km)
Distance|  206 laps, 412 mi (663.050 km)
Scheduled Distance|  200 laps, 400 mi (643.738 km)
Weather|  Clear with a temperature around 73 °F (23 °C); wind out of the SW at 9 miles per hour (14 km/h).
Average speed|  132.987 mph (214.022 km/h)
Pole position
Driver|

* Matt Kenseth

|  Joe Gibbs Racing
Time|  38.438 seconds
Most laps led
Driver|  Jimmie Johnson|  Hendrick Motorsports
Laps|  104
Winner
No. 18|  Kyle Busch|  Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network|  Fox & MRN
Announcers|  Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds (Television)
Joe Moore and Jeff Striegle (Booth)
Dave Moody (1 & 2) and Dan Hubbard (3 & 4) (Turns) (Radio)
Nielsen Ratings|  4.4/10 (Final)
4.2/9 (Overnight)
7.1 Million viewers[11]

Motor car race

The 2014 Auto Club 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on March 23, 2014, at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. Contested over 206 laps on the 2 miles (3.2 km) asphalt D-shaped oval – extended from 200 laps due to a green–white–checker finish – it was the fifth race of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Kyle Busch won the race, his first win of the season, while Kyle Larson finished as the highest rookie in second, while Kurt Busch, Matt Kenseth, and Tony Stewart rounded out the top five. Behind Larson, the top rookies in the race were Austin Dillon in 11th, and Cole Whitt in 18th.

## Previous week's race

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Just as the field was being lined up to restart the Food City 500, rain started to fall once again. After 503 laps, a two-hour delay to start the race, a three-hour delay at the quarter mark and multiple rain showers, NASCAR called the end of the race and Carl Edwards took the victory at Bristol Motor Speedway.[12] Edwards described his race as "awesome", after troubles on the previous day, stating that his car was "terrible on Saturday, so I'm just glad we turned it around".[12] Ricky Stenhouse Jr. scored his best career finish with a runner up spot,[12] stating that he had "a lot of fun" and that his team was "just slowly working and getting better and better", as he continued to improve results in his first full season in the Sprint Cup.[12] Aric Almirola also scored his best career finish, at the time of the race, in third place.[12]

## Report

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### Background

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Auto Club Speedway, the race track where the race was held.

The track, Auto Club Speedway, was a four-turn superspeedway that was 2 miles (3.2 km) long.[13] The track's turns were banked from fourteen degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, was banked at eleven degrees. Unlike the front stretch, the backstraightaway was banked at three degrees.[13] The track had a seating capacity of 92,100 people.[13] The race consisted of 200 laps, equivalent to a race distance of 400 miles (640 km).[13] The defending race winner was Kyle Busch.

### Entry list

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The entry list for the Auto Club 400 was released on Tuesday, March 18 at 1:49 p.m. Eastern time. Forty-three cars were entered for the race which meant no one would fail to qualify.

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1 | Jamie McMurray | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet
2 | Brad Keselowski (PC2) | Team Penske | Ford
3 | Austin Dillon (R) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet
4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet
5 | Kasey Kahne | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet
7 | Michael Annett (R) | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet
9 | Marcos Ambrose | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford
10 | Danica Patrick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet
11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota
13 | Casey Mears | Germain Racing | Chevrolet
14 | Tony Stewart (PC3) | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet
15 | Clint Bowyer | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota
16 | Greg Biffle | Roush-Fenway Racing | Ford
17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Roush-Fenway Racing | Ford
18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota
20 | Matt Kenseth (PC5) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota
22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford
23 | Alex Bowman (R) | BK Racing | Toyota
24 | Jeff Gordon (PC6) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet
26 | Cole Whitt (R) | Swan Racing | Toyota
27 | Paul Menard | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet
30 | Parker Kligerman (R) | Swan Racing | Toyota
31 | Ryan Newman | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet
32 | Travis Kvapil | Go FAS Racing | Ford
33 | Brian Scott (i) | Circle Sport | Chevrolet
34 | David Ragan | Front Row Motorsports | Ford
35 | David Reutimann | Front Row Motorsports | Ford
36 | Reed Sorenson | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet
38 | David Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford
40 | Landon Cassill (i) | Circle Sport | Chevrolet
41 | Kurt Busch (PC4) | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet
42 | Kyle Larson (R) | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet
43 | Aric Almirola | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford
47 | A. J. Allmendinger | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet
48 | Jimmie Johnson (PC1) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet
51 | Justin Allgaier (R) | HScott Motorsports | Chevrolet
55 | Brian Vickers | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota
66 | Joe Nemechek (i) | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota
78 | Martin Truex Jr. | Furniture Row Racing | Chevrolet
83 | Ryan Truex (R) | BK Racing | Toyota
88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet
98 | Josh Wise | Phil Parsons Racing | Chevrolet
99 | Carl Edwards | Roush-Fenway Racing | Ford
Official entry list
| Key  | Meaning

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(R) | Rookie
(i) | Ineligible for points
(PC#) | Past champions provisional

## Practice

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### First practice

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Jimmie Johnson was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 38.163 and a speed of 188.664 mph (303.625 km/h). Landon Cassill wrecked his primary car during the session and was forced to roll out the backup car. Because this change took place prior to qualifying, he did not have to start from the rear of the field.

Pos  | No. | Driver  | Team  | Manufacturer  | Time  | Speed

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1  | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 38.163 | 188.664
2  | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 38.194 | 188.511
3  | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 38.344 | 187.774
Official first practice results

## Qualifying

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Matt Kenseth scored the pole position.

Matt Kenseth won the pole with a time of 38.438 and a speed of 187.315 mph (301.454 km/h).[14] Kenseth praised the performance of his Joe Gibbs Racing team and their qualifying setup, stating that "they gave me the car and really all I did was not mess it up".[14] Joining Kenseth on the front row was Brad Keselowski, who noted a change in tire performance compared to qualifying sessions earlier in the season. He stated that Auto Club Speedway was "probably the first qualifying effort where the cars have gone slower in the last round with the tire fall off playing a factor in that. So, each week is different as far as what it is going to take to make it through all three rounds. I think that is part of the interest and the challenge for us as teams and drivers". He also noted a potential for unpredictability, stating that there was an "infinite amount of variables and teams that can dial that in the best are the ones that will be up front. So far we have been able to do that which I think is a strong statement for our team".[14] Jeff Gordon, who qualified sixth, stated that the tires were unpredictable, adding that "you're having to keep the same set of tires on the car and guess which direction it is going to go".[14]

### Qualifying results

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Pos  | No. | Driver  | Team  | Manufacturer  | R1 | R2 | R3

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1  | 20 | Matt Kenseth | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 38.418 | 38.423 | 38.438
2  | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | Ford | 38.913 | 38.725 | 38.481
3  | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 38.306 | 38.618 | 38.516
4  | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 38.303 | 38.701 | 38.523
5  | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 38.568 | 38.625 | 38.614
6  | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 38.426 | 38.397 | 38.630
7  | 22 | Joey Logano[A 1] | Team Penske | Ford | 38.913 | 38.725 | 38.681
8  | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 38.824 | 38.768 | 38.707
9  | 99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 38.773 | 38.643 | 38.735
10  | 14 | Tony Stewart | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 38.739 | 38.723 | 38.753
11  | 42 | Kyle Larson (R) | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 38.839 | 38.559 | 38.757
12  | 78 | Martin Truex Jr.[A 1] | Furniture Row Racing | Chevrolet | 38.602 | 38.808 | 38.767
13  | 11 | Denny Hamlin[A 2] | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 38.825 | 38.851 | –
14  | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 39.012 | 38.853 | –
15  | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 38.943 | 38.858 | –
16  | 31 | Ryan Newman | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 38.868 | 38.875 | –
17  | 41 | Kurt Busch | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 38.685 | 38.884 | –
18  | 47 | A. J. Allmendinger | JTG Daugherty Racing | Toyota | 38.862 | 38.979 | –
19  | 55 | Brian Vickers | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 38.739 | 39.020 | –
20  | 3 | Austin Dillon (R) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 39.001 | 39.139 | –
21  | 43 | Aric Almirola | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 38.992 | 39.140 | –
22  | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 38.978 | 39.160 | –
23  | 7 | Michael Annett (R) | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | 38.944 | 39.239 | –
24  | 16 | Greg Biffle | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 38.899 | 0.000[A 3] | –
25  | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 39.019 | – | –
26  | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 39.062 | – | –
27  | 10 | Danica Patrick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 39.067 | – | –
28  | 51 | Justin Allgaier (R) | HScott Motorsports | Chevrolet | 39.134 | – | –
29  | 38 | David Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 39.147 | – | –
30  | 27 | Matt Crafton[A 4] | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 39.207 | – | –
31  | 13 | Casey Mears | Germain Racing | Chevrolet | 39.220 | – | –
32  | 30 | Parker Kligerman (R) | Swan Racing | Toyota | 39.362 | – | –
33  | 35 | David Reutimann | Front Row Motorsports | Toyota | 39.513 | – | –
34  | 26 | Cole Whitt (R) | Swan Racing | Toyota | 39.664 | – | –
35  | 32 | Travis Kvapil | Go FAS Racing | Ford | 39.668 | – | –
36  | 36 | Reed Sorenson | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | 39.699 | – | –
37  | 33 | Brian Scott | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 39.725 | – | –
38  | 98 | Josh Wise | Phil Parsons Racing | Chevrolet | 39.766 | – | –
39  | 83 | Ryan Truex (R) | BK Racing | Toyota | 39.854 | – | –
40  | 23 | Alex Bowman (R) | BK Racing | Toyota | 39.854 | – | –
41  | 34 | David Ragan | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 39.937 | – | –
42  | 66 | Joe Nemechek | Identity Ventures Racing | Toyota | 39.998 | – | –
43  | 40 | Landon Cassill | Circle Sport | Chevrolet | 0.000[A 5] | – | –
Official qualifying results

## Practice (post-qualifying)

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### Second practice

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Kevin Harvick was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 38.706 and a speed of 186.018 mph (299.367 km/h). Martin Truex Jr. hit the wall in turn 1 after his car cut down the left-rear tire, and this necessitated the rolling out of his backup car. Because this was a post-qualifying change, he was forced to start from the rear.[15]

Pos  | No. | Driver  | Team  | Manufacturer  | Time  | Speed

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1  | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 38.706 | 186.018
2  | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 38.777 | 185.677
3  | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 38.789 | 185.620
Official second practice results

### Final practice

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Brian Vickers was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 38.725 and a speed of 185.926 mph (299.219 km/h). Joey Logano hit the wall in turn 2 after cutting down the left-rear tire. Like Truex, he was forced to start at the rear.[15] Logano put the issue down to a combination of air pressure and car setup.[15]

Pos  | No. | Driver  | Team  | Manufacturer  | Time  | Speed

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1  | 55 | Brian Vickers | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 38.725 | 185.926
2  | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 38.743 | 185.840
3  | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 38.965 | 184.781
Official final practice results

## Race

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### Driver change

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The night before the race, Denny Hamlin went to the infield care center at Auto Club Speedway due to an irritation in his eye. The irritation continued overnight, and it was reported at the time that he had a sinus infection. After being referred to a local hospital, the cause of the irritation was discovered to be a small piece of metal in his eye.[16] J. D. Gibbs, president of Joe Gibbs Racing announced that Hamlin would not start the race less than an hour before the start.[17] Sam Hornish Jr., who was on standby for Matt Kenseth in the previous day's Nationwide Series race, drove the No. 11 car in his place.[17]

### First half

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#### Start

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The race started at 3:16 p.m. Eastern time with Kenseth leading the field to the green flag. He was passed by Brad Keselowski on the first lap. The first caution of the race flew on lap 19 after Kevin Harvick cut down his right-rear tire on the front stretch. Jeff Gordon exited pit road third, but was caught speeding and had to restart from the rear. David Ragan stayed out when Keselowski pitted to lead a lap before pitting. The race restarted on lap 24 with Keselowski leading the way, but Kyle Busch soon passed him for the lead. Keselowski retook the lead on lap 27, and held the lead until the second caution of the race flew on lap 43 after Dale Earnhardt Jr. cut down the left-front tire and scraped the wall in Turn 1. Jimmie Johnson exited pit road first and assumed the lead for the restart on lap 48.

The third caution of the race flew on lap 57 after Tony Stewart spun out exiting turn 2. Clint Bowyer stayed out when Johnson pitted, believing that the light at the entrance to pit road to be red. Gordon and Keselowski did likewise, but Bowyer and Gordon pitted the following lap. The race restarted on lap 61 and Johnson had no trouble passing Keselowski for the lead with four new tires. The fourth caution of the race flew on lap 70 after Brian Scott got into Aric Almirola and sent them both spinning into the infield grass just past the entrance of pit road. Almirola had to back off the throttle when his forward progress was interrupted by Hornish. Scott was moving to the top of the race track and was caught by surprise. Upon being released from the infield care center, Almirola frankly stated that Scott was "out there having fun because his daddy gets to pay for it". Ryan Newman stayed out and took the lead.

### Second half

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#### Halfway

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Kyle Busch won the race.

The race restarted on lap 75 and just like the previous restart, Kenseth had no trouble passing Newman with four new tires. Johnson retook the lead on lap 84, just before the fifth caution of the race flew on lap 86 after Parker Kligerman got loose and backed into the Turn 3 wall. Johnson and Kenseth swapped the lead on pit road, and Kenseth exited the leader. The race restarted on lap 91 and Johnson did not take long to pass Kenseth for the lead. Gordon took the race lead for the first time on lap 106, holding the lead to the sixth caution of the race, which flew on lap 118 after Carl Edwards cut down his left-rear tire and spun out in turn 2. Kenseth won the race off pit road and assumed the lead for the restart on lap 123. Johnson took back the lead on lap 127. Harvick was running third when he had another cut tire, this time the left-rear, with 63 laps to go.

#### Tire blowouts

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Debris in turn 3 brought out the seventh caution of the race with 60 laps to go; Johnson and Gordon swapped the lead on pit road, but Johnson exited first, and the led the field to the restart, with 52 laps to go. The eighth caution of the race flew with 34 laps to go after David Gilliland rear-ended the wall in turn 4. Just like the previous pit cycle, Johnson and Gordon swapped the lead on pit road, and Johnson once again led off pit road, for the restart with 27 laps to go. With seven laps to go, Johnson cut down his left-front tire and Gordon took the lead. A number of cars started cutting down their tires including points leader Keselowski (right-rear), Marcos Ambrose (left-rear) and Bowyer who cut down his right-front tire; Bowyer spun out and brought out the ninth caution of the race with three laps to go, to cause a green–white–checker finish. Landon Cassill stayed out when Gordon pitted to assume the lead.

#### Finish

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The race required only one attempt for the green–white–checker finish. Cassill did not put up a fight and Kurt Busch moved to the front. On the final lap, Kyle Busch passed his brother and held off a hard charging Kyle Larson to win the race.[18] Upon exiting his car, Kyle Busch stated that the finish was exciting, and that "what do you expect when you have a green-white-checkered finish and everyone comes down pit road to put on four tires", believing the finish to be like something out of the movie Days of Thunder.[18] After winning his first Nationwide Series race the previous day, Larson stated that it had "been a really good weekend" and that he had been battling "probably a 12th place car for most of the day".[18]

### Race results

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Pos  | Grid  | No. | Driver  | Team  | Manufacturer  | Laps | Points

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1  | 14 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 206 | 47
2  | 11 | 42 | Kyle Larson (R) | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 206 | 42
3  | 17 | 41 | Kurt Busch | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 206 | 42
4  | 1 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 206 | 41
5  | 10 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 206 | 39
6  | 25 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 206 | 38
7  | 19 | 55 | Brian Vickers | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 206 | 38
8  | 18 | 47 | A. J. Allmendinger | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 206 | 36
9  | 30 | 27 | Paul Menard | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 206 | 35
10  | 9 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 206 | 34
11  | 20 | 3 | Austin Dillon (R) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 206 | 33
12  | 15 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 206 | 32
13  | 6 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 206 | 32
14  | 27 | 10 | Danica Patrick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 206 | 30
15  | 31 | 13 | Casey Mears | Germain Racing | Chevrolet | 206 | 29
16  | 5 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 206 | 29
17  | 13 | 11 | Sam Hornish Jr.[A 2] | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 206 | 0
18  | 34 | 26 | Cole Whitt (R) | Swan Racing | Toyota | 206 | 26
19  | 23 | 7 | Michael Annett (R) | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | 206 | 25
20  | 16 | 31 | Ryan Newman | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 206 | 25
21  | 36 | 36 | Reed Sorenson | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | 206 | 24
22  | 40 | 23 | Alex Bowman (R) | BK Racing | Toyota | 206 | 22
23  | 12 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr. | Furniture Row Racing | Chevrolet | 206 | 21
24  | 3 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 206 | 22
25  | 43 | 40 | Landon Cassill | Circle Sport | Chevrolet | 205 | 0
26  | 2 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | Ford | 205 | 19
27  | 41 | 34 | David Ragan | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 205 | 18
28  | 28 | 51 | Justin Allgaier (R) | HScott Motorsports | Chevrolet | 205 | 16
29  | 33 | 35 | David Reutimann | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 205 | 16
30  | 8 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 205 | 14
31  | 39 | 83 | Ryan Truex (R) | BK Racing | Toyota | 205 | 13
32  | 42 | 66 | Joe Nemechek | Identity Ventures Racing | Toyota | 205 | 0
33  | 35 | 32 | Travis Kvapil | Go FAS Racing | Ford | 205 | 11
34  | 22 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 204 | 10
35  | 37 | 33 | Brian Scott | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 204 | 0
36  | 4 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 204 | 8
37  | 38 | 98 | Josh Wise | Phil Parsons Racing | Chevrolet | 204 | 7
38  | 29 | 38 | David Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 202 | 7
39  | 7 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 195 | 5
40  | 24 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 193 | 4
41  | 26 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 180 | 3
42  | 32 | 30 | Parker Kligerman (R) | Swan Racing | Toyota | 85 | 2
43  | 21 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 68 | 1

### Race summary

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* Lead changes: 35 among different drivers
* Cautions/Laps: 8 for 38
* Red flags: 0
* Time of race: 3 hours, 5 minutes and 53 seconds
* Average speed: 132.937 miles per hour (213.941 km/h)

## Media

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### Television

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Fox Sports

Booth announcers | Pit reporters
Lap-by-lap: Mike Joy
Color-commentator: Larry McReynolds
Color commentator: Darrell Waltrip | Matt Yocum
Steve Byrnes
Krista Voda
Jeff Hammond

### Radio

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MRN Radio

Booth announcers | Turn announcers | Pit reporters
Lead announcer: Joe Moore
Announcer: Jeff Striegle | Turns 1 & 2: Dave Moody
Turns 3 & 4: Dan Hubbard | Winston Kelly
Steve Post
Alex Hayden
Woody Cain

## Standings after the race

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Drivers' Championship standings
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2  | 1  | Carl Edwards | 186
| 2  | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 185 (−1)
1  | 3  | Jeff Gordon | 184 (−2)
3  | 4  | Brad Keselowski | 182(−4)
3  | 5  | Matt Kenseth | 179 (−7)
1  | 6  | Jimmie Johnson | 165 (−21)
7  | 7  | Kyle Busch | 158 (−28)
1  | 8  | Ryan Newman | 150 (−36)
4  | 9  | Austin Dillon (R) | 150 (−36)
4  | 10  | Joey Logano | 146 (−40)
4  | 11  | Denny Hamlin | 140 (−46)
4  | 12  | Jamie McMurray | 138 (−48)
5  | 13  | Brian Vickers | 137 (−49)
3  | 14  | Paul Menard | 134 (−52)
5  | 15  | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 132 (−54)
6  | 16  | Kyle Larson (R) | 131 (−55)

Manufacturers' Championship standings
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| 1  | Chevrolet | 221
| 2  | Ford | 213 (−8)
| 3  | Toyota | 199 (−22)

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

## Notes

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1. ^ a b Joey Logano and Martin Truex Jr. started from the rear after both drivers switched to a backup car post-qualifying.
2. ^ a b Denny Hamlin had qualified the car and was scheduled to compete as such. However, before the race, Hamlin was not medically cleared to drive due to a sinus infection. Sam Hornish Jr. drove in his place, and started from the rear of the field.
3. ^ Greg Biffle did not complete a lap in round 2 so he started 24th.
4. ^ Matt Crafton qualified for Paul Menard, who was on paternity leave. Menard returned for the race on the Sunday, and started from the rear of the field.
5. ^ Landon Cassill did not complete a lap in round 1 so he started 43rd.

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* Duck Commander 500
* Bojangles' Southern 500
* Toyota Owners 400
* Aaron's 499
* 5-hour Energy 400
* Coca-Cola 600
* FedEx 400
* Pocono 400
* Quicken Loans 400
* Toyota/Save Mart 350
* Quaker State 400
* Coke Zero 400
* Camping World RV Sales 301
* Brickyard 400
* Gobowling.com 400
* Cheez-It 355 at The Glen
* Pure Michigan 400
* Irwin Tools Night Race
* Oral-B USA 500
* Federated Auto Parts 400

Chase for the Sprint Cup|

* MyAFibStory.com 400
* Sylvania 300
* AAA 400
* Hollywood Casino 400
* Bank of America 500
* GEICO 500
* Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500
* AAA Texas 500
* Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500
* Ford EcoBoost 400

Exhibition races|

* Sprint Unlimited
* Budweiser Duels
* All-Star Race

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