2014 Coca-Cola 600

2014 Coca-Cola 600 Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Race 12 of 36 in the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

The 2014 Coca-Cola 600 program cover, with artwork by Sam Bass. "Lights, Camera, Action!"

Date|  May 25, 2014 (2014-05-25)
Location|  Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina
Course|  Permanent racing facility
1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance|  400 laps, 600 mi (965.606 km)
Weather|  Partly cloudy with a high temperature around 78 °F (26 °C); wind out of the southwest at 7 mph (11 km/h)
Average speed|  145.484 mph (234.134 km/h)
Pole position
Driver|

* Jimmie Johnson

|  Hendrick Motorsports
Time|  27.705
Most laps led
Driver|  Jimmie Johnson|  Hendrick Motorsports
Laps|  164
Winner
No. 48|  Jimmie Johnson|  Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network|  Fox & PRN
Announcers|  Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds (Television)
Doug Rice and Mark Garrow (Booth)
Rob Albright (1 & 2) and Wendy Venturini (3 & 4) (Turns) (Radio)
Nielsen Ratings|  4.1/9 (Final)
3.8/8 (Overnight)
6.956 Million viewers[11]

Motor car race

The 2014 Coca-Cola 600, the 55th running of the event, was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on May 25, 2014, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 400 laps on the 1.5 miles (2.4 km) oval, it was the twelfth race of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Jimmie Johnson won the race, his first of the season and fourth overall Coca-Cola 600 win, while Kevin Harvick finished second and Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards and Jamie McMurray rounded out the top five. The top rookies of the race were Austin Dillon (16th), Kyle Larson (18th) and Cole Whitt (27th).

## Previous race[edit]

Two weeks prior at Kansas Speedway, Jeff Gordon held off a last lap charge by Kevin Harvick to win the 5-hour Energy 400. The first night Cup race at Kansas Speedway was delayed about 30 minutes by rain, saw a bank of backstretch lights go out and featured two multi-car crashes. It ended with Gordon, the points leader, scoring his 89th career Sprint Cup victory. "I don't know what it is about this team, this '24' car and us here at Kansas on inaugural days, but I love this place," Gordon said. "What an incredible job ... by this race team. They have been giving me the best racecars all year long. I'm going to be 43 year this, but I feel like I'm 25." Kevin Harvick had one of the strongest cars and was leading before he made his final pit stop but exited behind Gordon and couldn't get around him the rest of the race, finishing second. "What put us in second is I just didn't get down pit road very good. I was paying attention to the fuel pressure gauge instead of the pit lights."[12]

## Report[edit]

### Background[edit]

Charlotte Motor Speedway, the race track where the race was held. The layout of Charlotte Motor Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

The track, Charlotte Motor Speedway, is a four-turn quad-oval track that is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long.[13] The track's turns are banked at twenty-four degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is five degrees. The back stretch, opposite of the front, also had a five degree banking.[13] The racetrack has seats for 134,000 spectators.[13] The defending race winner from 2013 was Kevin Harvick.

Kurt Busch ran the Indianapolis 500 on the same day as the Coca-Cola 600 and started the race in the number 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet. In the event Busch could not arrive at the track in time, the team had Parker Kligerman ready to race in Busch's stead. This was the first time a driver attempted the Memorial Day weekend double since Robby Gordon did so in 2004.

### Entry list[edit]

The entry list for the Coca-Cola 600 was released on Monday, May 19, 2014 at 11:37 a.m. Eastern time. Forty-five drivers were entered for the race.

| No. | Driver  | Team  | Manufacturer  | Starts | Best finish

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1 | Jamie McMurray | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 11 | 2nd
2 | Brad Keselowski (PC2) | Team Penske | Ford | 4 | 5th
3 | Austin Dillon (R) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 0 | —
4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 13 | 1st
5 | Kasey Kahne | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 10 | 1st
7 | Michael Annett (R) | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | 0 | —
9 | Marcos Ambrose | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 5 | 6th
10 | Danica Patrick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 2 | 35th
11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 8 | 2nd
12 | Ryan Blaney (i) | Team Penske | Ford | 0 | —
13 | Casey Mears | Germain Racing | Chevrolet | 11 | 1st
14 | Tony Stewart (PC3) | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 15 | 3rd
15 | Clint Bowyer | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 8 | 7th
16 | Greg Biffle | Roush-Fenway Racing | Ford | 11 | 2nd
17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Roush-Fenway Racing | Ford | 2 | 11th
18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 10 | 3rd
20 | Matt Kenseth (PC5) | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 14 | 1st
21 | Trevor Bayne (i) | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 2 | 16th
22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 5 | 3rd
23 | Alex Bowman (R) | BK Racing | Toyota | 0 | —
24 | Jeff Gordon (PC6) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 21 | 1st
26 | Cole Whitt (R) | BK Racing | Toyota | 0 | —
27 | Paul Menard | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 7 | 8th
31 | Ryan Newman | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 13 | 2nd
32 | Blake Koch (i) | Go FAS Racing | Ford | 0 | —
33 | Brian Scott (i) | Circle Sport | Chevrolet | 0 | —
34 | David Ragan | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 7 | 2nd
36 | Reed Sorenson | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | 4 | 4th
38 | David Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 7 | 20th
40 | Landon Cassill (i) | Circle Sport | Chevrolet | 3 | 18th
41 | Kurt Busch (PC4) | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 13 | 1st
42 | Kyle Larson (R) | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 0 | —
43 | Aric Almirola | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 2 | 16th
44 | J. J. Yeley (i) | Xxxtreme Motorsports | Chevrolet | 6 | 2nd
47 | A. J. Allmendinger | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 6 | 5th
48 | Jimmie Johnson (PC1) | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 12 | 1st
51 | Justin Allgaier (R) | HScott Motorsports | Chevrolet | 0 | —
55 | Brian Vickers | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 6 | 5th
66 | Joe Nemechek (i) | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 19 | 6th
77 | Dave Blaney | Randy Humphrey Racing | Ford | 14 | 14th
78 | Martin Truex Jr. | Furniture Row Racing | Chevrolet | 7 | 9th
83 | Ryan Truex (R) | BK Racing | Toyota | 0 | —
88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 16 | 4th
95 | Michael McDowell | Leavine Family Racing | Ford | 5 | 32nd
98 | Josh Wise | Phil Parsons Racing | Chevrolet | 2 | 26th
99 | Carl Edwards | Roush-Fenway Racing | Ford | 9 | 3rd
Official entry list
| Key  | Meaning

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

## Practice[edit]

### First practice results[edit]

Dale Earnhardt Jr. was the fastest in first practice with a time of 27.941 and a speed of 193.264 mph (311.028 km/h).

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

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1  | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 27.941 | 193.264
2  | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 28.101 | 192.164
3  | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 28.123 | 192.014
Official first practice results

## Qualifying[edit]

Jimmie Johnson won the pole with a time of 27.705 and a speed of 194.911 mph (313.679 km/h).[14] “We’ve watched other cars get faster through qualifying sessions,’’ Johnson said. “That’s something the (Hendrick Motorsports) cars really haven’t had a lot. We did that tonight. We’re hitting on some things that should help us run faster longer.’’[14] Matt Kenseth and Kevin Harvick didn't get a lap in before time expired in the final round and started eleventh and twelfth as a result.[14] “We had a big miscommunication tonight and didn’t get @KevinHarvick off of pit road in time to run a lap in the final qualifying session,’’ Childers tweeted. “Apologies to all of the sponsors and fans. We will make sure it doesn’t happen again.’’[14] While three of the Hendrick cars made it to the final round of qualifying, Jeff Gordon didn't make it out of the first round.[14] “It just disappoints us,’’ Gordon said of his qualifying performance. “We know our car is much better than this. These are about as challenging conditions as you can have when you have a really hot day like this and the sun goes down and it’s a total guessing game. We guessed wrong. We just missed the setup. The car has plenty of speed in it, so I’m not concerned about the race.’’[14] The two drivers who failed to qualify were Dave Blaney and J. J. Yeley.

### Qualifying results[edit]

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

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1  | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 28.171 | 27.899 | 27.705
2  | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | Ford | 28.294 | 27.969 | 27.754
3  | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 28.165 | 27.958 | 27.890
4  | 10 | Danica Patrick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 28.118 | 27.750 | 27.931
5  | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 28.260 | 27.973 | 27.944
6  | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 28.171 | 27.823 | 27.962
7  | 18 | Kyle Busch[N 1] | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 28.127 | 27.762 | 27.966
8  | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 28.172 | 28.020 | 28.056
9  | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 28.133 | 28.005 | 28.173
10  | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 28.183 | 28.014 | 28.232
11  | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 27.845 | 27.841 | 0.000
12  | 20 | Matt Kenseth | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 28.222 | 27.994 | 0.000
13  | 43 | Aric Almirola | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 28.176 | 28.024 | —
14  | 21 | Trevor Bayne | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 28.187 | 28.054 | —
15  | 78 | Martin Truex Jr. | Furniture Row Racing | Chevrolet | 28.063 | 28.061 | —
16  | 55 | Brian Vickers | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 28.047 | 28.121 | —
17  | 51 | Justin Allgaier (R) | HScott Motorsports | Chevrolet | 28.056 | 28.133 | —
18  | 14 | Tony Stewart | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 28.092 | 28.136 | —
19  | 33 | Brian Scott (R) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 28.156 | 28.142 | —
20  | 47 | A. J. Allmendinger | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 28.164 | 28.150 | —
21  | 27 | Paul Menard | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 28.292 | 28.168 | —
22  | 99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 28.247 | 28.424 | —
23  | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 28.185 | 28.540 | —
24  | 16 | Greg Biffle | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 28.245 | 29.293 | —
25  | 42 | Kyle Larson (R) | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 28.296 | — | —
26  | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 28.383 | — | —
27  | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 28.470 | — | —
28  | 41 | Kurt Busch[N 2] | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 28.488 | — | —
29  | 23 | Alex Bowman (R) | BK Racing | Toyota | 28.494 | — | —
30  | 95 | Michael McDowell | Leavine Family Racing | Ford | 28.549 | — | —
31  | 26 | Cole Whitt (R) | BK Racing | Toyota | 28.554 | — | —
32  | 3 | Austin Dillon (R) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 28.562 | — | —
33  | 38 | David Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 28.612 | — | —
34  | 13 | Casey Mears | Germain Racing | Chevrolet | 28.642 | — | —
35  | 34 | David Ragan | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 28.654 | — | —
36  | 83 | Ryan Truex (R) | BK Racing | Toyota | 28.659 | — | —
37  | 98 | Josh Wise | Phil Parsons Racing | Chevrolet | 28.684 | — | —
38  | 66 | Joe Nemechek | Identity Ventures Racing | Toyota | 28.729 | — | —
39  | 7 | Michael Annett (R) | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | 28.753 | — | —
40  | 40 | Landon Cassill | Circle Sport | Chevrolet | 28.791 | — | —
41  | 36 | Reed Sorenson | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | 28.845 | — | —
42  | 31 | Ryan Newman | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 28.894 | — | —
43  | 32 | Blake Koch | Go FAS Racing | Ford | 29.043 | — | —
Did not qualify
44  | 44 | J. J. Yeley | Team XTREME Racing | Chevrolet | 28.714 | — | —
45  | 77 | Dave Blaney | Randy Humphrey Racing | Ford | 28.855 | — | —
Official qualifying results

## Practice (post-qualifying)[edit]

### Second practice[edit]

Carl Edwards was the fastest in second practice with a time of 28.008 and a speed of 192.802 mph (310.285 km/h).

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

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1  | 99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 28.008 | 192.802
2  | 47 | A. J. Allmendinger | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 28.069 | 192.383
3  | 78 | Martin Truex Jr. | Furniture Row Racing | Chevrolet | 28.084 | 192.280
Official second practice results

### Final practice[edit]

Kyle Busch was the fastest in final practice with a time of 28.626 and a speed of 188.640 mph (303.587 km/h) in the final practice session. However, he had to start at the back of the field, after crashing during the session, which necessitated a change to a backup car. Joe Gibbs Racing were able to get Busch's backup onto the track for the final 20 minutes of final practice. In his first run Busch radioed that the backup was "not even close to the other one," but by the end the driver was turning competitive laps that would keep him in contention. "We got the backup on the race track, and he ran some decent laps. They were competitive," Jimmy Makar said. "I think it's a good race car, so I think we should be in OK shape there. There were a couple of really fast cars in practice today that you'll have to contend with. But we'll have something he can race with, for sure."[15]

Points leader Jeff Gordon sat out the final practice session due to back spasms. In fact, he only ran 11 laps in the second session before getting out of the car. "It doesn't do me any good to be out there in the car right now especially when the car is as good as it is," Gordon told Fox Sports 1. "It's really about getting prepared for 600 miles. I have no doubts that I can be in this car and be competitive if I take it easy over the next 24 hours." Gordon had a similar problem before the 2009 Coca-Cola 600, where he underwent a facet block procedure a few days before the event. Gordon suffered back spasms Thursday during qualifying. With no track activity Friday, Gordon rested his back but was still in pain Saturday. "I know he'll do everything he can to get in there and go," crew chief Alan Gustafson said about Gordon driving in the race. Nationwide Series championship leader Regan Smith was on standby if Gordon was not able to run the entire race. "We've tested a lot with Regan and have a really good baseline," Gustafson said, noting Smith drove Gordon's car at the NASCAR test at Charlotte in December. "We're real confident knowing what he'll need as far as the car drives."[16]

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

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1  | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 28.626 | 188.640
2  | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 28.683 | 188.265
3  | 10 | Danica Patrick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 28.747 | 187.846
Official final practice results

## Race[edit]

Jimmie Johnson won the race from the pole position.

The Coca-Cola 600 was scheduled to start at 6:18 p.m. but started five minutes late with Jimmie Johnson leading the field to the green flag.

Johnson surrendered the lead on lap 48 to make his first stop of the race. Brad Keselowski assumed the lead.

Keselowski ducked onto pit road on lap 49 and the lead cycled back to Johnson. During the cycle, Marcos Ambrose had to serve a pass-through penalty after an uncontrolled tire left his pit box.

Kevin Harvick took the lead on lap 76.

Harvick hit pit road on lap 96 and handed the lead back to Jimmie Johnson.

Johnson stopped the next lap and the lead cycled back to Kevin.

After going caution-free for the first 108 laps, debris in turn 3 brought out the first caution of the race. Kevin Harvick swapped the lead with Jimmie Johnson, with the former being pitted behind the start/finish line, but exited pit road with the lead.

The race restarted on lap 114.

Debris on the backstretch brought out the second caution of the race on lap 148. As it was the previous caution, Harvick swapped the lead with Johnson. Only this time, Jimmie exited with the lead.

The race restarted on lap 154.

The third caution of the race flew on lap 164 when David Gilliland cut down his right-front tire and slammed the wall in turn 1. Brad Keselowski opted not to pit when the leaders did and moved back to the lead.

The race restarted on lap 170.

Kevin Harvick took back the lead on lap 192.

Harvick hit pit road on lap 213 and handed the lead to Jeff Gordon.

Gordon dove onto pit road on lap 214 and handed the lead to teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Earnhardt Jr. pitted the next lap and the lead went to Jamie McMurray. Teammate Kyle Larson cut down his right-front tire but made it to pit road without any hiccups.

McMurray gave up the lead to pit on lap 216 and Kevin Harvick cycled back to the front.

Debris on the backstretch brought out the fourth caution of the race on lap 223. Dale Earnhardt Jr. didn't pit with the leaders and assumed the lead.

The race restarted on lap 228.

The fifth caution of the race flew on lap 235 when Marcos Ambrose cut down his right-rear tire and spun out exiting turn 4. Landon Cassill got turned by Josh Wise trying to avoid Ambrose. Brian Scott, trying to avoid the spinning Ambrose as well, tagged the wall, bounced into Danica Patrick, hooked her and sent her into the wall. She didn't suffer any damage tagging the wall, but she tore up the left-rear corner panel. Dale Earnhardt Jr. stopped during the caution period and Jamie McMurray moved to the head of the line.

The race restarted on lap 242.

McMurray hit pit road on lap 271 and handed the lead to Matt Kenseth.

The sixth caution of the race flew on lap 274 when Kurt Busch, who had been dealing with dropped cylinders, blew an engine on the backstretch. Busch, who finished sixth in the Indianapolis 500, would finish a disappointing 40th.[17] "It acted like it swallowed three cylinders all at once," he said. "It's kind of a shame. It symbolizes how tough it has been for (my NASCAR) team. I thought it was great racing in traffic. The feel of the stock car right after driving the IndyCar is a feeling I'll never forget."[17] Kurt ended completing 907 of the 1,100 combined miles that make up the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600.[17] Kenseth and Jeff Gordon swapped the lead on pit road, with the former pitted behind the start/finish line, but Jimmie Johnson found himself back in the lead.

The race restarted on lap 283.

The seventh caution of the race flew on lap 286 when Danica Patrick, who was dealing with the same ailments that plagued her teammate Kurt Busch, blew an engine exiting turn 4 and slammed the wall.

The race restarted on lap 294 and Matt Kenseth made his way to the lead.

Jimmie Johnson passed Kenseth in turn 1 to take back the lead on lap 312.

Johnson surrendered the lead to pit on lap 331 and handed the lead to Brad Keselowski.

Keselowski pitted with 57 laps to go and Aric Almirola assumed the lead.

Almirola ducked onto pit road with 56 laps to go and the lead cycled back to Jimmie Johnson.

Johnson made his final pit stop with 27 laps to go and handed the lead to his teammate Jeff Gordon.

Gordon pitted the next lap and handed the lead to Carl Edwards.

The eighth caution of the race flew with 22 laps to go after Alex Bowman slammed the wall in turn 3. Edwards pitted and handed the lead back to Gordon.

The race restarted with 17 laps to go and Jeff Gordon on two new tires couldn't hold off Matt Kenseth with four.

Jimmie Johnson took the lead with nine laps to go and pulled away from Kevin Harvick to score his first win of the season and first points win at Charlotte Motor Speedway since 2009.[18] In the process, he broke a tie with Bobby Allison for the most wins at Charlotte.[18] “There are more people fretting about things than myself,” said Johnson. “I mean what 12 races? Give me a break. Obviously it’s great to win and we are very happy to win here especially in the backyard of Hendrick Motorsports, Lowe’s headquarters is just up the road as well. I was happy to get by the No. 24 (Jeff Gordon) and then the No. 20 (Kenseth). I wasn't sure I was going to get by both of them, but I did and brought this baby home."[18] “Yeah. We had a fast car all night,” said Harvick. “Just kind of fumbled again on pit road. Got behind, got a lap down. We needed a 700 mile race to get back to where we needed to be.”[18] “Got a good restart, got out front,” said Kenseth. “Unfortunately didn't have enough speed to hold off Jimmie and Kevin and hang on to win.”[18]

### Race results[edit]

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

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1  | 1 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 400 | 48
2  | 11 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 400 | 43
3  | 12 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 400 | 42
4  | 22 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 400 | 41
5  | 26 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 400 | 40
6  | 16 | 55 | Brian Vickers | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 400 | 38
7  | 27 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 400 | 38
8  | 21 | 27 | Paul Menard | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 400 | 36
9  | 7 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 400 | 35
10  | 2 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | Ford | 400 | 35
11  | 13 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Richard Petty Motorsports | Toyota | 400 | 34
12  | 8 | 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | Ford | 400 | 32
13  | 18 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 400 | 31
14  | 3 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 399 | 30
15  | 42 | 31 | Ryan Newman | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 399 | 29
16  | 32 | 3 | Austin Dillon (R) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 399 | 28
17  | 5 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 399 | 27
18  | 25 | 42 | Kyle Larson (R) | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 398 | 26
19  | 10 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 398 | 26
20  | 14 | 21 | Trevor Bayne | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 398 | 0
21  | 24 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 398 | 23
22  | 6 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 398 | 22
23  | 20 | 47 | A. J. Allmendinger | JTG Daugherty Racing | Chevrolet | 398 | 21
24  | 34 | 13 | Casey Mears | Germain Racing | Chevrolet | 398 | 20
25  | 15 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr. | Furniture Row Racing | Chevrolet | 398 | 19
26  | 23 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 397 | 18
27  | 31 | 26 | Cole Whitt (R) | BK Racing | Toyota | 397 | 17
28  | 39 | 7 | Michael Annett (R) | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | 396 | 16
29  | 7 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 396 | 15
30  | 30 | 95 | Michael McDowell | Leavine Family Racing | Ford | 396 | 14
31  | 35 | 34 | David Ragan | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 395 | 13
32  | 33 | 32 | Brian Scott | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 395 | 0
33  | 29 | 23 | Alex Bowman (R) | BK Racing | Toyota | 392 | 11
34  | 38 | 66 | Joe Nemechek | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 390 | 0
35  | 43 | 32 | Blake Koch | Go FAS Racing | Ford | 390 | 0
36  | 40 | 40 | Landon Cassill | Circle Sport | Chevrolet | 382 | 0
37  | 17 | 51 | Justin Allgaier (R) | HScott Motorsports | Chevrolet | 378 | 7
38  | 36 | 83 | Ryan Truex (R) | BK Racing | Toyota | 303 | 6
39  | 4 | 10 | Danica Patrick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 281 | 5
40  | 28 | 41 | Kurt Busch | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 271 | 4
41  | 37 | 98 | Josh Wise | Phil Parsons Racing | Chevrolet | 229 | 3
42  | 41 | 36 | Reed Sorenson | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | 162 | 2
43  | 33 | 38 | David Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 160 | 1

### Race statistics[edit]

* Lead changes: 34 among different drivers
* Cautions/Laps: 8 for 44
* Red flags: 0
* Time of race: 4 hours, 7 minutes and 27 seconds
* Average speed: 145.484 miles per hour (234.134 km/h)

## Media[edit]

### Television[edit]

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[edit]

PRN Radio

Booth announcers | Turn announcers | Pit reporters
Lead announcer: Doug Rice
Announcer: Mark Garrow | Turns 1 & 2: Rob Albright
Turns 3 & 4: Wendy Venturini | Brett McMillan
Steve Richards
Jim Noble
Pat Patterson

## Standings after the race[edit]

Drivers' Championship standings
|  | Pos  | Driver  | Points

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| 1  | Jeff Gordon | 432
| 2  | Matt Kenseth | 421 (−11)
| 3  | Kyle Busch | 408 (−24)
1  | 4  | Carl Edwards | 408 (−24)
1  | 5  | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 394 (−38)
1  | 6  | Jimmie Johnson | 388 (−44)
1  | 7  | Joey Logano | 378 (−54)
2  | 8  | Brian Vickers | 365 (−67)
2  | 9  | Brad Keselowski | 361 (−71)
2  | 10  | Ryan Newman | 361 (−71)
2  | 11  | Greg Biffle | 351 (−81)
3  | 12  | Kevin Harvick | 345 (−87)
| 13  | Kyle Larson (R) | 344 (−88)
2  | 14  | Denny Hamlin | 340 (−92)
1  | 15  | Austin Dillon (R) | 334 (−98)
2  | 16  | Paul Menard | 328 (−104)

Manufacturers' Championship standings
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| 1  | Chevrolet | 537
| 2  | Ford | 515 (−22)
| 3  | Toyota | 486 (−51)

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

## Note[edit]

1. ^ Kyle Busch started from the rear after crashing his primary car in the final practice session.
2. ^ Kurt Busch was unable to make it to Charlotte in time for the mandatory drivers meeting, as he was competing in the Indianapolis 500.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
2. ^ "Charlotte Motor Speedway". NASCAR.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
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