2014 Pocono 400

February 2025 NAS Pocono 400 https://www.espn.com/racing/schedule/_/year/2014 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Schedule ESPN 2014-06-03http://www.rotoworld.com/articles/nas/43417/229/the-pocono-party-400 The Pocono Party 400 NBC Sports Rotoworld.com 2013-06-05 2013-06-05 Brown, Brian https://web.archive.org/web/20130608134352/http://www.rotoworld.com/articles/nas/43417/229/the-pocono-party-400 2013-06-08 dead http://www.nascar.com/en_us/sprint-cup-series/schedule/tracks/pocono-raceway.html Pocono Raceway NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013 NASCAR.com June 2, 2014http://www.nascar.com/en_us/sprint-cup-series/standings/results/2014/pocono-400.raceResults.entryList.html Entry List NASCAR Media Group, LLC. June 4, 2014 NASCAR.com June 4, 2014http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2014/06/Pocono-400-1st-Practice-Speeds.aspx First Practice Results Motor Racing Network June 6, 2014 MRN.com June 6, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140612000127/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2014/06/Pocono-400-1st-Practice-Speeds.aspx June 12, 2014 deadhttp://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&YearID=43&RaceID=6436&StatType=Qualifying+Results Qualifying Results Motor Racing Network June 6, 2014 MRN.com June 7, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140714210334/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&YearID=43&RaceID=6436&StatType=Qualifying+Results July 14, 2014 deadhttp://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2014/06/Pocono-400-2nd-Practice-Speeds.aspx Second Practice Results Motor Racing Network June 7, 2014 MRN.com June 7, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140612000132/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2014/06/Pocono-400-2nd-Practice-Speeds.aspx June 12, 2014 deadhttp://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2014/06/Pocono-400-Final-Practice-Speeds.aspx Final Practice Results Motor Racing Network June 7, 2014 MRN.com June 7, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140612012340/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2014/06/Pocono-400-Final-Practice-Speeds.aspx June 12, 2014 deadhttp://www.nascar.com/en_us/sprint-cup-series/standings/results/2014/pocono-400.raceResults.results.html Pocono 400 Results NASCAR Media Group, LLC. June 8, 2014 NASCAR.com June 9, 2014http://www.nascar.com/en_us/sprint-cup-series/standings.html Points Standings NASCAR Media Group, LLC. June 8, 2014 NASCAR.com June 9, 2014http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/nascar-sprint-cup-series-manufacturer-standings.html Manufacturer Standings Staff Report NASCAR Media Group, LLC. June 8, 2014 NASCAR.com June 9, 2014 2014 06 08 2014 14 36 Pocono Raceway 2024.svg Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania 2.5 4 160 400 643.737 Sunny with a temperature around 76 F; wind out of the south at 8 mph. 139.440 mph km/h on Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing 49.610 Brad Keselowski Team Penske 95 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports TNT & MRN Adam Alexander, Wally Dallenbach Jr. and Kyle Petty (Television)Joe Moore, Barney Hall and Jeff Striegle (Booth)Dave Moody (1), Mike Bagley (2) and Buddy Long (3) (Turns) (Radio) 3.0/84.5 Million viewershttps://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2014/06/sprint-cup-tv-ratings-tnt-starts-final-run-with-seasons-first-increase/ Sprint Cup TV Ratings: TNT Starts Final Run With Season's First Increase Paulsen Sports Media Watch June 11, 2014 sportsmediawatch.com June 12, 2014 The 2014 Pocono 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on June 8, 2014, at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Contested over 160 laps on the 2.5 mi km triangular superspeedway, it was the 14th race of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the race, his second of the season and his first at Pocono. Brad Keselowski finished second, while Kurt Busch, Denny Hamlin, and Kyle Larson (who placed as the highest finishing rookie) rounded out the Top 5. Behind Larson, the other top rookies in the race were Austin Dillon (17th) and Michael Annett (20th). Earnhardt Jr. was the fourth straight different driver from Hendrick Motorsports to win at Pocono, following Jeff Gordon's rain-shortened win in August 2012 and Jimmie Johnson and Kasey Kahne in the June and August 2013 (respectively) races. Report Entry list The entry list for the Pocono 400 was released on Tuesday, June 3, 2014, at 11:09 a.m. Eastern time. Forty-three drivers were entered for the race which meant no one failed to make the race. No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer 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) BK Racing Toyota 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 32 Travis Kvapil Go FAS Racing Ford 33 David Stremme Circle Sport Chevrolet 34 David Ragan 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 44 J. J. Yeley (i) Xxxtreme Motorsports Chevrolet 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 Timmy Hill Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 77 Dave Blaney Randy Humphrey Racing Ford 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 Ford 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing FordOfficial entry list Key Meaning (R) Rookie (i) Ineligible for points (PC#) Past champions provisional Practice First practice Brian Vickers was the fastest in first practice with a time of 49.764 and a speed of 180.854 mph km/h on. Pos No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed MPH 1 55 Brian Vickers Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 49.764 180.854 2 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 49.938 180.223 3 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 50.052 179.813Official first practice results Qualifying thumb|Denny Hamlin won the pole position, setting a new track record. Denny Hamlin won the pole for the race with a time of 49.610 – a new track record – and a speed of 181.415 mph km/h on. "It's a tough balance, but we really just made the car a lot better," Hamlin said. "Each session our balance got a little bit better and we were able to get a little bit more speed out of it. That's kind of what you want to do, play it enough in the first few rounds to get to the final round where you go all out. Good job by our FedEx Ground Toyota team. We didn't test up here, we're one of the only teams that didn't test, but it's good to at least have a good Friday."http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/06/Hamlin-Powers-to-Pocono-Pole.aspx Hamlin Powers to Pocono Pole Long Dustin Motor Racing Network June 6, 2014 MRN.com June 6, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140612022446/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/06/Hamlin-Powers-to-Pocono-Pole.aspx June 12, 2014 dead Qualifying results Pos No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer R1 Best Time in Round 1 R2 Best Time in Round 2 R3 Best Time in Round 3 1 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50.360 50.010 49.610 2 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 50.104 49.700 49.612 3 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 50.430 49.798 49.637 4 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 50.193 50.001 49.770 5 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 50.123 50.085 49.858 6 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50.418 49.904 49.873 7 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 50.255 50.089 50.048 8 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 50.507 50.174 50.121 9 55 Brian Vickers Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 49.992 49.999 50.126 10 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 50.481 50.110 50.172 11 3 Austin Dillon (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 50.428 50.201 50.188 12 14 Tony Stewart Stewart–Haas Racing Toyota 50.209 50.014 50.244 13 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 50.370 50.207 — 14 42 Kyle Larson (R) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 50.536 50.215 — 15 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 50.294 50.259 — 16 10 Danica Patrick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 50.233 50.265 — 17 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 50.485 50.286 — 18 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 50.348 50.302 — 19 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 50.479 50.342 — 20 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 50.158 50.370 — 21 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 50.279 50.480 — 22 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 50.494 50.521 — 23 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 50.521 50.553 — 24 51 Justin Allgaier (R) HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 50.529 50.765 — 25 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 50.549 — — 26 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50.571 — — 27 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 50.588 — — 28 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 50.610 — — 29 9 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 50.801 — — 30 7 Michael Annett (R) Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 51.047 — — 31 40 Landon Cassill Circle Sport Chevrolet 51.129 — — 32 34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 51.159 — — 33 32 Travis Kvapil Go FAS Racing Ford 51.175 — — 34 23 Alex Bowman (R) BK Racing Toyota 51.231 — — 35 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 51.249 — — 36 36 Reed Sorenson Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 51.441 — — 37 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Ford 51.503 — — 38 44 J. J. Yeley Xxxtreme Motorsports Chevrolet 51.733 — — 39 66 Timmy Hill Identity Ventures Racing Toyota 51.945 — — 40 26 Cole Whitt (R) BK Racing Toyota 52.081 — — 41 83 Ryan Truex (R) BK Racing Toyota 52.188 — — 42 33 Alex Kennedy Circle Sport Chevrolet 53.037 — — 43 77 Dave Blaney Randy Humphrey Racing Ford 0.000 — —Qualifying Results Practice (post-qualifying) Second practice Kevin Harvick was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 50.764 and a speed of 177.291 mph km/h on. Pos No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed MPH 1 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 50.764 177.291 2 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 50.787 177.211 3 55 Brian Vickers Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 50.823 177.085Official second practice results Final practice Harvick was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 51.251 and a speed of 175.606 mph km/h on. Aric Almirola had to change his transmission after fluid started leaking out of it with 15 minutes left in practice. It was initially thought that he lost an engine.http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/6/7/sprint-cup-series-pocono-400-practice-recap-results.html Harvick tops both Saturday Cup practices at Pocono Staff Report NASCAR Media Group, LLC. June 7, 2014 NASCAR.com June 7, 2014 Pos No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed MPH 1 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 51.251 175.606 2 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 51.269 175.545 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51.296 175.452Official final practice results Race First half thumb|Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the race. Start Denny Hamlin led the field to the green flag at 1:20 p.m. but Brad Keselowski took the lead from him to lead lap one. The first caution of the day came out at lap 32 for a fire in the inside wall in turn 3. The fire apparently was in the area where pyrotechnics were launched during the pre-race ceremonies. After getting into the rear of Jamie McMurray and damaging the front of the car on the ensuing restart, points leader Matt Kenseth wound up going a lap down on lap 50. Keselowski led the first 56 laps until he came in to pit and Jeff Gordon took the lead for one lap before handing it to Tony Stewart. The second caution of the race came out on lap 60 for debris in turn three in the middle of green flag stops. Debris on the back stretch, from J. J. Yeley's car, brought out the third caution of the race on lap 72. Stewart took the lead from Keselowski on the restart. A spin in turn 1 by Dave Blaney brought out the fourth caution on lap 80. Kurt Busch took the lead from Stewart on lap 84, before Stewart regained the lead from Busch five laps later. Rookie Kyle Larson led his first ever lap in Sprint Cup competition on lap 102, before Jimmie Johnson found his way to the lead for the first time at lap 109; he pitted not long after, ceding the lead to another rookie, Michael Annett. Second half Stewart re-took the lead on lap 112 after the green flag stops cycled through, while team-mate Kevin Harvick had a flat tire four laps later. The fifth caution of the race came out on lap 118 for fluid on the race track. Stewart was too fast entering pit road and had to serve a drive-through penalty, handing the lead to Keselowski. Justin Allgaier led his first ever lap on lap 134, before Danica Patrick brought out the sixth caution, by crashing at turn three. The seventh caution of the race came out with 18 laps to go. Kasey Kahne, Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle were involved. Finish Dale Earnhardt Jr. took the lead from Brad Keselowski with five laps to go and took the checkered flag.http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/6/8/dale-earnhardt-jr-wins-pocono-race-recap-results-pocono-400.html Earnhardt Jr. gets first win at Pocono Livingstone Seth NASCAR Media Group, LLC. June 8, 2014 NASCAR.com June 8, 2014 He inherited the lead after Keselowski dropped back to try to remove the piece of trash on his grill. "That's unfortunate for him," Earnhardt said. "He had me beat. I couldn't get to him. It's real hard to pass here. I've lost some in strange ways. It feels good to win one like that. Brad definitely had the better car. I'll own up to that, but we won the race." Keselowski stated that his car "was running really hot" and that he thought it "was going to blow up".http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/06/First-Pocono-Win-for-Earnhardt.aspx First Pocono Win for Earnhardt Pistone Pete Motor Racing Network June 8, 2014 MRN.com June 8, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140612214306/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/06/First-Pocono-Win-for-Earnhardt.aspx June 12, 2014 dead Race results Pos No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Laps completed Points 1 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 160 47 2 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 160 44 3 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 160 42 4 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 160 41 5 42 Kyle Larson (R) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 160 40 6 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 160 39 7 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 160 37 8 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 160 37 9 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 160 35 10 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 160 34 11 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 160 33 12 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 160 32 13 14 Tony Stewart Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 160 32 14 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 160 30 15 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 160 29 16 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 160 28 17 3 Austin Dillon (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 160 27 18 34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 160 26 19 55 Brian Vickers Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 160 26 20 7 Michael Annett (R) Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 160 24 21 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 160 23 22 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 160 22 23 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 160 21 24 9 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 160 20 25 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 160 19 26 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 160 18 27 51 Justin Allgaier (R) HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 160 18 28 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 160 16 29 32 Travis Kvapil Go FAS Racing Ford 160 15 30 26 Cole Whitt (R) BK Racing Toyota 159 14 31 23 Alex Bowman (R) BK Racing Toyota 159 13 32 83 Ryan Truex (R) BK Racing Toyota 159 12 33 40 Landon Cassill Circle Sport Chevrolet 158 0 34 36 Reed Sorenson Circle Sport Chevrolet 158 10 35 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Ford 158 9 36 66 Timmy Hill Identity Ventures Racing Toyota 158 8 37 10 Danica Patrick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 158 7 38 44 J. J. Yeley Xxxtreme Motorsports Chevrolet 157 0 39 33 Alex Kennedy Circle Sport Chevrolet 156 5 40 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 150 4 41 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 143 3 42 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 142 2 43 77 Dave Blaney Randy Humphrey Racing Ford 142 1Race Results Race statistics Lead changes: 21 among different drivers Cautions/Laps: 7 for 26 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 2 hours, 52 minutes and 7 seconds Average speed: 139.440 mph km/h Dale Earnhardt Jr. took home $198.965 in winnings Media Television TNT SportsBooth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Adam AlexanderColor-commentator: Wally Dallenbach Jr.Color commentator: Kyle Petty Matt YocumMarty SniderChris NevilleRalph Sheheen Radio MRN RadioBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Joe MooreAnnouncer: Barney HallAnnouncer: Jeff Striegle Turn 1: Dave MoodyTurn 2: Mike BagleyTurn 3: Buddy Long Winston KellySteve PostAlex HaydenWoody Cain Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 1 Jeff Gordon 498 10px 1 2 Matt Kenseth 482 (−16) 10px 2 3 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 476 (−22) 10px 4 Jimmie Johnson 475 (−23) 10px 3 5 Brad Keselowski 448 (−50) 10px 1 6 Kyle Busch 443 (−55) 10px 4 7 Carl Edwards 441 (−57) 10px 1 8 Denny Hamlin 420 (−78) 10px 3 9 Joey Logano 418 (−80) 10px 10 Kyle Larson (R) 417 (−81) 10px 11 Ryan Newman 411 (−87) 10px 12 Kevin Harvick 403 (−95) 10px 13 Brian Vickers 392 (−106) 10px 2 14 Greg Biffle 385 (−113) 10px 15 Austin Dillon (R) 385 (−113) 10px 1 16 Clint Bowyer 383 (−115) Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 10px 1 Chevrolet 632 10px 2 Ford 602 (−30) 10px 3 Toyota 569 (−63) Note: Only the first sixteen positions are included for the driver standings. References Sprint Cup Series 2014 2014 FedEx 400 2014 Quicken Loans 400 Pocono 400 Pocono 400 Pocono 400 Category:NASCAR races at Pocono Raceway