2014 NextEra Energy Resources 250

August 2024 2014 NextEra Energy Resources 250 https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2014_NextEra_Energy_Resources_250/C/ 2014 NextEra Energy Resources 250 February 21, 2014 1 22 Daytona International Speedway.svg Map of Speedway 2014 02 21 2014 NextEra Energy Resources 250 Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida Tri-oval 2.5 4.023 100 250 400 Clear 142.631 mph km/h on Ben Kennedy Turner Scott Motorsports no qualifying Ben Kennedy Turner Scott Motorsports 52 51 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Motorsports Fox Sports 1 Rick Allen, Phil Parsons, Michael Waltrip The 2014 NextEra Energy Resources 250 was a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race held at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida on February 21, 2014. The race was the 15th iteration of the event and the first race of the 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Rookie Ben Kennedy won the pole for the race and led the most laps. But it was Kyle Busch who would make a last lap pass on Timothy Peters and beat Peters by .016 seconds to win his first Truck Series race at Daytona.https://www.jacksonville.com/story/sports/motorsports/2014/02/22/kyle-busch-wins-trucks-race-photo-finish/15800791007/ Kyle Busch wins trucks race in photo finish February 21, 2014 Background Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home of the Daytona 500, the most prestigious race in NASCAR as well as its season opening event. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosts races for ARCA, AMA Superbike, IMSA, SCCA, and Motocross. The track features multiple layouts including the primary 2.500 mi km 3 on high-speed tri-oval, a 3.560 mi km 3 on sports car course, a 2.950 mi km 3 on motorcycle course, and a 1320 ft m 1 on karting and motorcycle flat-track. The track's 180 acre ha 1 on infield includes the 29 acre ha 1 on Lake Lloyd, which has hosted powerboat racing. The speedway is operated by NASCAR pursuant to a lease with the City of Daytona Beach on the property that runs until 2054.Lane, Mark 5 August 2018 Little-known special district leases land under the Daytona International Speedway Times Herald-Record https://www.recordonline.com/sports/20180805/little-known-special-district-leases-land-under-daytona-international-speedway dead 11 June 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201021133243/https://www.recordonline.com/sports/20180805/little-known-special-district-leases-land-under-daytona-international-speedway October 21, 2020 Dale Earnhardt is Daytona International Speedway's all-time winningest driver, with a total of 34 career victories (12- Daytona 500 Qualifying Races) (7- NASCAR Xfinity Series Races) (6- Busch Clash Races) (6- IROC Races) (2- Pepsi 400 July Races) (1- The 1998 Daytona 500). Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points #DriverTeamMake 02 Tyler Young (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 5 John Wes Townley Wauters Motorsports Toyota 07 Michel Disdier SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 7 Brian Ickler Red Horse Racing Toyota 08 Jimmy Weller III (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 8 Joe Nemechek SWM-NEMCO Motorsports Toyota 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 13 Jeb Burton ThorSport Racing Toyota 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 19 Tyler Reddick (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 20 John King NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 21 Joey Coulter GMS Racing Chevrolet 24 Brennan Newberry NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 28 Ryan Ellis FDNY Racing Chevrolet 29 Ryan Blaney Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 30 Ron Hornaday Jr. Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet 31 Ben Kennedy (R) Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet 32 Ryan Truex (i) Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet 35 Mason Mingus (R) Win-Tron Racing Toyota 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 40 Todd Peck Peck Motorsports Chevrolet 50 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 54 Bubba Wallace Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 57 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 58 Parker Kligerman (i) BRG Motorsports Toyota 60 Charles Lewandoski Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 63 Justin Jennings MB Motorsports Chevrolet 74 Chris Cockrum Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 75 Caleb Holman Henderson Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Germán Quiroga Red Horse Racing Toyota 82 Sean Corr Empire Racing Ford 84 Chris Fontaine Glenden Enterprises Toyota 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 92 Ross Chastain RBR Enterprises Ford 93 Jason White (i) RSS Racing Chevrolet 98 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Toyota 99 Bryan Silas T3R2 ChevroletOfficial Entry list Qualifying Rookie Ben Kennedy won the pole for the race since he was the fastest in practice after qualifying was rained out. Grid No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer 1 31 Ben Kennedy (R) Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet 2 30 Ron Hornaday Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet 3 29 Ryan Blaney Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 4 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 5 21 Joey Coulter GMS Racing Chevrolet 6 5 John Wes Townley Wauters Motorsports Toyota 7 51 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 8 92 Ross Chastain RBR Enterprises Ford 9 98 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Toyota 10 19 Tyler Reddick (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 11 13 Jeb Burton ThorSport Racing Toyota 12 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 13 8 Joe Nemechek SWM-NEMCO Motorsports Toyota 14 32 Ryan Truex (i) Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet 15 58 Parker Kligerman (i) BRG Motorsports Toyota 16 54 Bubba Wallace Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 17 02 Tyler Young (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 18 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 19 20 John King NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 20 82 Sean Corr Empire Racing Ford 21 7 Brian Ickler Red Horse Racing Toyota 22 35 Mason Mingus (R) Win-Tron Racing Toyota 23 77 Germán Quiroga Red Horse Racing Toyota 24 74 Chris Cockrum Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 25 99 Bryan Silas T3R2 Chevrolet 26 24 Brennan Newberry NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 27 84 Chris Fontaine Glenden Enterprises Toyota 28 50 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 29 75 Caleb Holman Henderson Motorsports Chevrolet 30 08 Jimmy Weller III (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 31 93 Jason White (i) RSS Racing Chevrolet 32 63 Justin Jennings MB Motorsports Chevrolet 33 07 Michel Disdier SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 34 28 Ryan Ellis FDNY Racing Chevrolet 35 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 36 57 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing ChevroletFailed to Qualify, withdrew, or driver changes 37 40 Todd Peck Peck Motorsports Chevrolet WD 60 Charles Lewandoski Young's Motorsports Chevrolet WD 83 ?* Glenden Enterprises ToyotaOfficial Starting grid * – A second team from Glenden Enterprises was supposed to compete in the event along with the No 84 truck. However, no driver was announced and the team withdrew before the race with no announced driver. Race Pole sitter Ben Kennedy took the lead and led the first lap of the race. The first caution of the race flew on lap 21 for it being the competition caution. Ben Kennedy won the race off of pit road and he led the field to the restart on lap 25. On lap 51, the second caution flew when Jennifer Jo Cobb's truck stalled down the backstretch. Kyle Busch won the race off of pit road after Ben Kennedy's truck struggled to fire and Busch led the field to the restart on lap 57. On lap 58, Timothy Peters took the lead and raced side by side with Busch for several laps as Busch took it back on lap 60 and Peters on lap 63 until lap 64 when Peters got in front of Busch. Final laps With 27 laps to go on lap 74, the big one struck in turn 1 bringing out the 3rd caution. It started when Ross Chastain bumped Parker Kligerman at the wrong angle and turned Kligerman down into Mason Mingus and Mingus spun and went head on into the outside wall at almost full speed triggering the crash. The wreck collected a total of 18 trucks. The trucks involved were Sean Corr, Bubba Wallace, John King, Ross Chastain, Brian Ickler, Parker Kligerman, John Wes Townley, Mason Mingus, Brennan Newberry, Ryan Sieg, Tyler Young, Chris Fontaine, Tyler Reddick, Ben Kennedy, Joey Coulter, Caleb Holman, Joe Nemechek, and Chris Cockrum. Kyle Busch won the race off of pit road and he led the field to the restart with 18 laps to go. With 15 laps to go, the 4th and final caution would fly when Travis Kvapil's engine blew. The race would restart with 11 laps to go. With 5 laps to go, Timothy Peters took the lead from Busch. Peters was looking for his second win at Daytona. With 4 to go, Ryan Truex attempted to take the lead but failed to get in front of Peters. He tried again with 3 to go but failed again. On the final lap, Peters held the lead until off of turn 4. Off of turn 4, Kyle Busch went to Peters' outside and was already there as Peters tried to block. Both Busch and Peters drag raced to the finish line and Busch beat Peters by .016 seconds in a very close finish and Busch would win the race, his first at Daytona in Trucks while Peters finished in second. Johnny Sauter, Ryan Truex, and Ron Hornaday rounded out the top 5 while Ryan Blaney, Jeb Burton, Joe Nemechek, Jimmy Weller III, and Germán Quiroga rounded out the top 10. This would be Jimmy Weller III's first and only top 10 of his entire NASCAR career.https://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2014/2/21/5435530/2014-nextera-energy-resources-250-results-kyle-busch NextEra Energy Resources 250 results 2014: Kyle Busch wins by narrowest of margins February 21, 2014 Race results Pos Car Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Run Laps Led Status Points 1 51 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 100 25 running 0 2 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 100 20 running 43 3 98 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Toyota 100 0 running 41 4 32 Ryan Truex (i) Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet 100 0 running 0 5 30 Ron Hornaday Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet 100 0 running 39 6 29 Ryan Blaney Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 100 0 running 38 7 13 Jeb Burton ThorSport Racing Toyota 100 0 running 37 8 8 Joe Nemechek SWM-NEMCO Motorsports Toyota 100 0 running 36 9 08 Jimmy Waller III (R) SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 100 0 running 35 10 77 Germán Quiroga Red Horse Racing Toyota 100 0 running 34 11 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 100 0 running 33 12 19 Tyler Reddick (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 100 0 running 32 13 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 100 0 running 31 14 5 John Wes Townley Wauters Motorsports Toyota 100 0 running 30 15 31 Ben Kennedy (R) Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet 100 52 running 31 16 63 Justin Jennings MB Motorsports Chevrolet 100 0 running 28 17 99 Bryan Silas T3R2 Chevrolet 100 0 running 27 18 28 Ryan Ellis FDNY Racing Chevrolet 100 0 running 26 19 84 Chris Fontaine Glenden Enterprises Toyota 100 0 running 25 20 57 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 100 0 running 24 21 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Chevrolet 98 0 running 23 22 50 Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 95 3 running 23 23 20 John King NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 87 0 running 21 24 07 Michel Disdier SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 83 0 running 20 25 24 Brennan Newberry NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 81 0 running 19 26 54 Bubba Wallace Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 76 0 crash 18 27 75 Caleb Holman Henderson Motorsports Chevrolet 74 0 crash 17 28 35 Mason Mingus (R) Win-Tron Racing Toyota 73 0 crash 16 29 58 Parker Kligerman (i) BRG Motorsports Toyota 73 0 crash 0 30 92 Ross Chastain RBR Enterprises Ford 73 0 crash 14 31 82 Sean Corr Empire Racing Ford 73 0 crash 13 32 21 Joey Coulter GMS Racing Chevrolet 73 0 crash 12 33 7 Brian Ickler Red Horse Racing Toyota 73 0 crash 11 34 02 Tyler Young (R) Young's Motorsports Chevrolet 73 0 crash 10 35 74 Chris Cockrum Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 73 0 crash 9 36 93 Jason White (i) RSS Racing Chevrolet 45 0 engine 0Official Race results References 2013 Ford EcoBoost 200 2014 Kroger 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 2014 Category:2014 in sports in Florida Category:NASCAR races at Daytona International Speedway Category:February 2014 sports events in the United States