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[[Kevin Harvick]] started on the pole, led the most laps, and passed [[Dale Earnhardt, Jr.]] and [[Jimmie Johnson]] with two laps to go to win his second race of the year at [[Darlington Raceway]].
[[Kevin Harvick]] started on the pole, led the most laps, and passed [[Dale Earnhardt, Jr.]] and [[Jimmie Johnson]] with two laps to go to win his second race of the year at [[Darlington Raceway]].

'''Round 9: [[2014 Toyota Owners 400|Toyota Owners 400]]'''

'''Round 10: [[2014 Aaron's 499|Aaron's 499]] ''May 4''


==Results and standings==
==Results and standings==

Revision as of 02:21, 4 May 2014

Jeff Gordon, the current Sprint Cup points leader.

The 2014

Homestead-Miami Speedway. Chevrolet entered the season as the reigning Manufacturers' Champions, while Jimmie Johnson is the defending Drivers' Champion. This season is the final year of broadcasting for both ESPN and TNT
.

Teams and Drivers

Complete schedule

Manufacturer Team No. Race Driver Crew Chief
Chevrolet Chip Ganassi Racing 1 Jamie McMurray[1] Keith Rodden[2]
42 Kyle Larson (R)[3] Chris Heroy
Furniture Row Racing 78
Martin Truex, Jr.[4]
 Todd Berrier
Germain Racing[5] 13 Casey Mears[6] Bootie Barker
Hendrick Motorsports 5 Kasey Kahne[7] Kenny Francis
24 Jeff Gordon[8] Alan Gustafson[9]
48 Jimmie Johnson[10] Chad Knaus[9]
88
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.[11]
 Steve Letarte
HScott Motorsports 51 Justin Allgaier (R)[12] Steve Addington[13]
JTG Daugherty Racing[14] 47 A. J. Allmendinger[15] Brian Burns
Phil Parsons Racing[16] 98 Josh Wise[16] Gene Nead
Richard Childress Racing 3[17] Austin Dillon (R)[18] Gil Martin
27 Paul Menard[19] Slugger Labbe
31 Ryan Newman[20] Luke Lambert[20]
33 Brian Scott 5 Nick Harrison
Circle Sport
 		Timmy Hill 2 John Rahlf
David Stremme 3
Hillman-Circle Sport LLC
 		40 Landon Cassill Mike Abner
Stewart-Haas Racing
 		4 Kevin Harvick[21] Rodney Childers
10 Danica Patrick Tony Gibson
14 Tony Stewart Chad Johnston[22]
41[23] Kurt Busch Daniel Knost[22]
Tommy Baldwin Racing 7 Michael Annett (R)[24] Kevin Manion
36 Reed Sorenson Todd Parrott
Ford Front Row Motorsports 34 David Ragan[25] Jay Guy
35 Eric McClure 2[26] Todd Anderson
Derrick Finley
Blake Koch 2
David Reutimann 6
38 David Gilliland[25] Frankie Kerr
Go FAS Racing
 		32 Terry Labonte 4 Dan Stillman
Travis Kvapil 30
Boris Said 2
Richard Petty Motorsports 9 Marcos Ambrose Drew Blickensderfer
43 Aric Almirola Trent Owens[27]
Roush Fenway Racing
 		16 Greg Biffle Matt Puccia
17
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
 Mike Kelley[22]
99 Carl Edwards Jimmy Fennig
Team Penske 2 Brad Keselowski[28] Paul Wolfe35
Greg Erwin1[29]
22 Joey Logano Todd Gordon
Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 11 Denny Hamlin 35[30] Darian Grubb
Sam Hornish, Jr. 1[31]
18 Kyle Busch[32] Dave Rogers
20 Matt Kenseth[33] Jason Ratcliff[34]
Michael Waltrip Racing 15 Clint Bowyer[35] Brian Pattie
55 Brian Vickers[36] Billy Scott
66 Michael Waltrip2[37] Chad Walter
Jeff Burton 6–8[37]
Identity Ventures Racing
 		Joe Nemechek 26–28 Scott Eggleston
BK Racing 23 Alex Bowman (R) Dave Winston
26 Cole Whitt (R)[38] Randy Cox
83 Ryan Truex (R) Dale Ferguson

Limited schedule

Manufacturer Team No. Race Driver Crew Chief Round(s)
Chevrolet HScott Motorsports 52[39] Bobby Labonte[40] Jimmy Elledge 1
Xxxtreme Motorsport
 		44 J. J. Yeley[41] Walter Giles 29
30 1
Ford Leavine Family Racing 95 Michael McDowell[42] Wally Rogers 20[43]
Brian Keselowski Motorsports
 		92 Brian Keselowski[44] Bob Keselowski TBA
Team Penske 12 Ryan Blaney[45] Greg Erwin 2
Juan Pablo Montoya 2
Wood Brothers Racing 21 Trevor Bayne Donnie Wingo 12
Randy Humphrey Racing 77 Dave Blaney[46] Peter Sospenzo 34
Toyota BK Racing 93 Morgan Shepherd[47] Rick Ren 1
Identity Ventures Racing
 		87 Joe Nemechek Scott Eggleston 3
Morgan Shepherd 1
Swan Racing 30 Parker Kligerman Steven Lane 8

Driver changes

Several drivers have switched teams between the 2013 and 2014 Sprint Cup seasons.

Schedule

The final calendar was released on October 15, 2013,

Budweiser Duels, which are the qualifying races for the Daytona 500
.

No. Race Title
Track
 Date
Sprint Unlimited
 Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach February 15
Budweiser Duels
 February 20
1 Daytona 500 February 23
2
The Profit on CNBC 500
Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale
 March 2
3
Kobalt 400
 Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas March 9
4 Food City 500 Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol March 16
5
Auto Club 400
 Auto Club Speedway, Fontana March 23
6
STP 500
 Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway March 30
7
Duck Commander 500
 Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth April 7†
8
Bojangles' Southern 500
 Darlington Raceway, Darlington April 12
9 Toyota Owners 400
Richmond International Raceway, Richmond
 April 26
10
Aaron's 499
 Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega May 4
11
5-hour Energy 400
 Kansas Speedway, Kansas City May 10
NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race
 Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord May 17
12 Coca-Cola 600 May 25
13
FedEx 400
Dover International Speedway, Dover
 June 1
14
Pocono 400
 Pocono Raceway, Long Pond June 8
15
Quicken Loans 400
 Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn June 15
16 Toyota/Save Mart 350 Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma June 22
17
Quaker State 400
 Kentucky Speedway, Sparta June 28
18
Coke Zero 400
 Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach July 5
19
Camping World RV Sales 301
 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon July 13
20 Crown Royal 400 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway July 27
21
Gobowling.com 400
 Pocono Raceway, Long Pond August 3
22
Cheez-It 355 at The Glen
 Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen August 10
23
Pure Michigan 400
 Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn August 17
24
Irwin Tools Night Race
 Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol August 23
25
AdvoCare 500
 Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton August 31
26
Federated Auto Parts 400
Richmond International Raceway, Richmond
 September 6
Chase for the Sprint Cup
27
GEICO 400
 Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet September 14
28
Osram Sylvania 300
 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon September 21
29
AAA 400
Dover International Speedway, Dover
 September 28
30 Hollywood Casino 400 Kansas Speedway, Kansas City October 5
31
Bank of America 500
 Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord October 11
32 GEICO 500 Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega October 19
33
Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500
 Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway October 26
34
AAA Texas 500
 Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth November 2
35
Quicken Loans 500
Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale
 November 9
36
Ford EcoBoost 400
Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead
 November 16
†: The Duck Commander 500 was postponed a day because of persistent rain.[50]

Changes

Rules changes

Beginning this year, NASCAR eliminated traditional single car qualifying in its top 3 series for all races except the

Mudsummer Classic, and non-points events. Qualifying will now be done in a Formula One-style knockout qualifying. For all tracks larger than 1.25 miles in length, qualifying will consist of all entered cars on track for 25 minutes. The fastest 24 move onto a 10 minute session, while the final 12 drivers compete for the overall pole in a 5 minute session. For tracks shorter than 1.25 miles, all entered cars will qualify in a 30 minute session, while the 12 fastest will compete in a final 10 minute session. A similar system involving groups of cars being released at five-second intervals was used at Sonoma Raceway and Watkins Glen International
in 2013.

New Chase format

On January 30, 2014, NASCAR announced radical changes to the format for the season-ending

Chase for the Sprint Cup.[51]

  • The group of drivers in the Chase will now officially be called the NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase Grid.
  • The number of drivers qualifying for the Chase Grid will expand from 12 to 16.
  • Fifteen of the 16 slots in the Chase Grid are reserved for the drivers with the most race wins over the first 26 races, provided that said drivers are in the top 30 in series points and have attempted to qualify for each race (with rare exceptions). The remaining spot is reserved for the points leader after 26 races, if that driver does not have a victory. If fewer than 16 drivers have wins in the first 26 races, the remaining Chase Grid spots are filled by winless drivers in order of season points. As in the recent past, all drivers on the Chase Grid have their driver points reset to 2,000 prior to the Chase, with a 3-point bonus for each win in the first 26 races.
  • The Chase will be divided into four rounds. After each of the first three rounds, the four Chase Grid drivers with the fewest season points are eliminated from the Grid and championship contention. Any driver on the Chase Grid who wins a race in the first three rounds automatically advances to the next round. Also, all drivers eliminated from the Chase have their points readjusted to the regular-season points scheme.
    • Challenger Round (races 27–29)
      • Begins with 16 drivers, each with 2,000 points plus a 3-point bonus for each win in the first 26 races.
    • Contender Round (races 30–32)
      • Begins with 12 drivers, each with 3,000 points.
    • Eliminator Round (races 33–35)
      • Begins with eight drivers, each with 4,000 points.
    • NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship (final race)
      • The last four drivers in contention for the season title start the race at 5,000 points, with the highest finisher in the race winning the Cup Series title.

2014 NASCAR realignment

The 2014 schedule had a few changes from the 2013 schedule, all of them inside the first fifteen races. The dates for the spring races at

STP 500 were moved up a week, the new Darlington date moved to Texas's original spot on the schedule, and the spring off-weekend moved to Kansas' original date, to coincide with Easter.[52]

Other changes

NASCAR restructured the penalties and appeals system allowing penalties to be more consistent. The appeals process also makes NASCAR's basis for issuing the penalty public at the first appeal instead of the last.[53] Minor changes were made to the Gen-6 race car. Rules on ride height were loosened, and the top of the rear spoiler is now made of clear material to give drivers more visibility. After a six-hour delay at the first Chase race in 2013 at Chicagoland, NASCAR will now make the Air Titan available at all Sprint Cup Series races and accompanying races at no extra charge. The Air Titan has also been improved to Air Titan 2.0 shortening track drying time even further.

Season summary

Race reports

Speedweeks 2014

Speedweeks 2014 kicked off with the 2014 Sprint Unlimited. Denny Hamlin started on pole and won all three segments in a bizarre race that featured 10 of the 18 cars crashing out, along with three more being damaged, and the pace car catching on fire. Hamlin led 27 of the 75 laps and won the race ahead of Brad Keselowski, Kyle Busch, and Joey Logano.

Qualifying for the front row took place the next day, with rookie

Martin Truex, Jr.
won the outside pole.

During the first practice session on Wednesday, a five-car wreck broke out that ended with rookie Parker Kligerman on his roof, and several teams having to go to back-up cars. The wreck brought out a red flag that prematurely ended the session. The second session was run without major incident.[54]

The

Martin Truex, Jr., and Michael Waltrip, among others, were involved. Clint Bowyer
flipped his car during the accident.

Round 1: Daytona 500

Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
dominated the final part of the race. Several minor "big ones" broke out late in the race, but Earnhardt held on to win his second career Daytona 500.

Round 2: The Profit on CNBC 500

Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
finished in second.

Round 3: Kobalt 400

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. found himself in the lead trying to make it to the finish on fuel mileage. However, Earnhardt ran out of fuel with just over half a lap to go, and Brad Keselowski
took advantage to win the race. Since they had a sizable lead on the rest of the field, Earnhardt would get back going with what little fuel he had left and finish in second position.

Round 4: Food City 500

The race started on time, but, just like the Daytona 500, rain delayed the race in the early going. The race finally got restarted under the lights several hours later. After many of the frontrunners, including Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch, Matt Kenseth, and Jimmie Johnson, suffered from numerous problems, Carl Edwards found himself up front late in the race. Edwards held on as rain caused the race to end under caution after 503 laps (a caution had waved with two to go and the race had not yet been restarted for the green-white-checker).

Round 5: Auto Club 400

Matt Kenseth started on pole, but gave way to Brad Keselowski, who started on the front row and had the fastest car at the beginning. After he led 38 laps. Jimmie Johnson would take over the lead, leading 104 of the race's 200 laps. Many cautions waved during the race because of drivers repeatedly cutting down left side tires. Kenseth had the first pit box and would take advantage of it a few times, coming out in the lead. Kenseth would lead three or four laps after the restarts, then Johnson would pass him as Kenseth's car faded back. With seven laps remaining, Johnson had a left-front tire go down, giving the lead to his teammate Jeff Gordon. Keselowski suffered his third left-rear tire failure a lap later but stayed out of harm’s way. The same fate befell Marcos Ambrose on the same lap. Gordon, who had a large lead, slowed his pace and almost made it to the finish, but Clint Bowyer spun with a lap and a half to go, thanks to a flat left-rear tire. The caution waved to set up the green-white-checker finish. On the restart, Gordon got shuffled back to finish in 13th. Kyle Busch passed Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch (both of whom only took two tires during pit stops), bringing rookie Kyle Larson with him. Kyle Busch held off Larson to win his first race of the year. Larson finished second and Kurt Busch finished third. Kenseth also passed Stewart on the last lap to finish in fourth. Stewart came home fifth.

Round 6: STP 500

Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
. After the restart, Kenseth would lose the lead to Johnson, then fade back to tenth after getting stuck on the outside.

Caution number seven waved around lap 220, after

Martin Truex, Jr. in turn two, and on the ensuing pit stops, an exiting Edwards hit an entering Matt Kenseth, spinning Kenseth around backwards into his pit stall. Johnson retained the lead on the restart, ahead of Bowyer and Edwards. Kurt Busch would then move up second and challenge Johnson but fell back and was passed by Bowyer. Bowyer then chased Johnson down, and, after a slip by Johnson, took the lead on lap 449. On lap 459, Carl Edwards spun to bring out the 14th caution, and Bowyer fell back to tenth during pit stops, allowing Johnson to retake the lead ahead of Joey Logano. Johnson barely retained the lead on the lap 465 restart, but began to pull away as Kurt Busch slipped into second. Busch would then run down and pass Johnson in about five laps, but Johnson would once again retake the lead on lap 482, with that pass setting a new track record with 32 lead changes. Busch retook the lead on lap 488 (the 33rd lead change) and held off Johnson to break a winless drought dating back to the 2011 AAA 400
, ironically another race that Johnson led the most laps in but was beaten late by Busch. Earnhardt finished third, Joey Logano fourth, Marcos Ambrose fifth, and Matt Kenseth sixth.

Round 7: Duck Commander 500

The race's start was delayed due to rain, marking the third time in seven race weekends in 2014 that weather affected a race. Eventually, NASCAR announced that the race would be postponed to Monday, April 7, and started at 12 p.m., marking the season's first rainout.[50] Joey Logano made a last lap pass on Jeff Gordon to win the race.

Round 8: Bojangles' Southern 500

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Jimmie Johnson with two laps to go to win his second race of the year at Darlington Raceway
.

Results and standings

Races

No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer Report
Sprint Unlimited at Daytona
 Denny Hamlin Denny Hamlin Denny Hamlin Toyota Report
Budweiser Duel 1
 Austin Dillon Matt Kenseth Matt Kenseth Toyota Report
Budweiser Duel 2
Martin Truex, Jr.
 Brad Keselowski Denny Hamlin Toyota
1 Daytona 500 Austin Dillon
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
 Chevrolet Report
2
The Profit on CNBC 500
 Brad Keselowski Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Report
3
Kobalt 400
 Joey Logano Brad Keselowski Brad Keselowski Ford Report
4 Food City 500 Denny Hamlin Matt Kenseth Carl Edwards Ford Report
5
Auto Club 400
 Matt Kenseth Jimmie Johnson Kyle Busch Toyota Report
6
STP 500
 Kyle Busch Jimmie Johnson Kurt Busch Chevrolet Report
7
Duck Commander 500
 Tony Stewart Joey Logano Joey Logano Ford Report
8
Bojangles' Southern 500
 Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Report
9 Toyota Owners 400 Kyle Larson Jeff Gordon Joey Logano Ford Report
10
Aaron's 499
 Brian Scott Report

Drivers' championship

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or 2013 Owner's points. * – Most laps led.

Pos. Driver DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL MAR TEX DAR RCH TAL KAN CLT DOV POC MCH SON KEN DAY NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH CHI
NHA
 DOV KAN CLT TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM Pts
1 Jeff Gordon 4 5 9 7 13 12 2 7 2* 341
2 Matt Kenseth 6 12 10 13* 4 6 7 4 5 336
3 Carl Edwards 17 8 5 1 10 13 14 13 9 313
4 Kyle Busch 19 9 11 29 1 14 3 6 3 310
5
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
 1* 2 2 24 12 3 43 2 7 309
6 Joey Logano 11 4 4 20 39 4 1* 35 1 292
7 Brad Keselowski 3 3 1* 14 26 38 15 17 4 287
8 Jimmie Johnson 5 6 6 19 24* 2* 25 3 32 282
9 Ryan Newman 22 7 7 16 20 20 16 10 8 272
10 Brian Vickers 30 25 13 9 7 16 4 26 12 256
11 Greg Biffle 8 17 22 12 40 18 6 5 15 256
12 Austin Dillon (R) 9 24 16 11 11 15 21 11 27 252
13 Kyle Larson (R) 38 20 19 10 2 27 5 8 16 251
14 Denny Hamlin 2 19 12 6 INQ 19 13 19 22 245
15 Tony Stewart 35 16 33 4 5 17 10 9 25 243
16 Marcos Ambrose 18 21 24 5 30 5 20 14 18 242
17 A. J. Allmendinger 26 26 18 25 8 11 23 15 6 240
18 Paul Menard 32 23 3 21 9 10 9 41 24 226
19 Jamie McMurray 14 10 15 38 6 42 17 16 13 226
20 Kevin Harvick 13 1* 41 39 36 7 42 1* 11 220
21 Clint Bowyer 42 13 23 15 16 9 8 12 43 220
22 Kasey Kahne 31 11 8 8 41 22 11 37 14 216
23 Casey Mears 10 14 28 27 15 24 28 18 19 213
24 Aric Almirola 39 15 25 3 43 8 12 24 17 211
25 Kurt Busch 21 39 26 35 3 1 39 31 23 185
26
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
 7 18 27 2 34 40 26 20 38 184
27
Martin Truex, Jr.
 43 22 14 36 23 21 18 27 10 182
28 Justin Allgaier (R) 27 30 31 17 28 23 24 23 21 173
29 Danica Patrick 40 36 21 18 14 32 27 22 34 153
30 David Gilliland 36 29 30 22 38 26 22 28 20 147
31 David Ragan 34 28 32 31 27 28 35 32 30 121
32 Reed Sorenson 16 31 34 28 21 34 33 39 42 120
33 Michael Annett (R) 37 34 29 26 19 31 29 42 33 116
34 Alex Bowman (R) 23 41 37 32 22 36 32 29 28 116
35 Cole Whitt (R) 28 27 36 40 18 29 31 38 41 108
36 Josh Wise 24 DNQ 42 23 37 35 36 21 39 95
37 Travis Kvapil 38 39 33 33 33 37 33 36 72
38 Ryan Truex (R) DNQ 35 35 42 31 30 DNQ 40 31 64
39 Parker Kligerman (R) 29 42 40 34 42 41 40 30 54
40 Michael McDowell DNQ 33 43 37 37 30 DNQ 40
41 David Reutimann DNQ 29 DNQ 38 DNQ 29 37
42 Bobby Labonte 15 29
43 Jeff Burton 17 27
44 Terry Labonte 20 24
45 David Stremme 39 DNQ 36 35 22
46 Timmy Hill 38 43 7
47 Dave Blaney Wth DNQ DNQ DNQ 41 43 DNQ DNQ 4
48 Michael Waltrip 41 4
Ineligible for Sprint Cup driver points
Pos. Driver DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL MAR TEX DAR RCH TAL KAN CLT DOV POC MCH SON KEN DAY NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH CHI
NHA
 DOV KAN CLT TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM Pts
Landon Cassill 12 DNQ DNQ 30 25 25 34 25 26
Sam Hornish, Jr.
 17
Trevor Bayne 33 20 19
Brian Scott 25 32 35 P
Joe Nemechek DNQ 40 DNQ 41 32 43 DNQ 34 37 DNQ
Blake Koch 37 DNQ
J. J. Yeley DNQ DNQ 40 DNQ
Morgan Shepherd DNQ 43
Eric McClure DNQ DNQ
Matt Crafton QL
Pos. Driver DAY PHO LSV BRI CAL MAR TEX DAR RIC TAL KAN CHA DOV POC MIC SON KTY DY2 NHA IND PO2 GLN MI2 BR2 ATL RI2 CHI
NH2
 DV2 KN2 CH2 TL2 MA2 TX2 PH2 HOM Pts

Manufacturers' championship

Pos Manufacturer Wins Points
1 Chevrolet 4 403
2 Ford 4 389
3 Toyota 1 362

See also

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