2014 Bojangles' Southern 500

February 2025 NAS Bojangles' Southern 500 http://www.nascar.com/en_us/sprint-cup-series/schedule/tracks/darlington-raceway.html Darlington Raceway (NASCAR) NASCAR Media Group, LLC. January 3, 2013 NASCAR.com April 10, 2014http://www.jayski.com/stats/2014/pdfs/08dar2014entry.pdf Entry List NASCAR Statistics April 8, 2014 jayski.com January 4, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150104184455/http://www.jayski.com/stats/2014/pdfs/08dar2014entry.pdf January 4, 2015 deadhttp://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2014/03/Bojangles-Southern-500-1st-Practice-Speeds.aspx First Practice Results Motor Racing Network April 11, 2014 MRN.com April 11, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140413220533/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2014/03/Bojangles-Southern-500-1st-Practice-Speeds.aspx April 13, 2014 deadhttp://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2014/04/Bojangles-Southern-500-Final-Practice-Speeds.aspx Final Practice Results Motor Racing Network April 11, 2014 MRN.com April 11, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140413124637/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2014/04/Bojangles-Southern-500-Final-Practice-Speeds.aspx April 13, 2014 deadhttp://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2014/04/Bojangles-Southern-500-Qualifying-Results.aspx Qualifying Results Motor Racing Network April 11, 2014 MRN.com January 4, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150104182733/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2014/04/Bojangles-Southern-500-Qualifying-Results.aspx January 4, 2015 deadhttp://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&YearID=43&RaceID=6447&StatType=Race+Results Bojangles' Southern 500 Results Motor Racing Network April 12, 2014 MRN.com January 4, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150128180910/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&YearID=43&RaceID=6447&StatType=Race+Results January 28, 2015 deadhttp://www.jayski.com/stats/2014/pdfs/08dar2014points.pdf Points Standings NASCAR Statistics April 12, 2014 MRN.com January 4, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150314152543/http://www.jayski.com/stats/2014/pdfs/08dar2014points.pdf March 14, 2015 deadhttp://www.jayski.com/stats/2014/pdfs/08dar2014racereport.pdf Manufacturer Standings NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications April 12, 2014 jayski.com January 4, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141031022804/http://www.jayski.com/stats/2014/pdfs/08dar2014racereport.pdf October 31, 2014 dead 2014 04 12 2014 8 36 Darlington Raceway 2024.svg Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina 1.366 2.198 374 510.884 822.188 367 501.322 806.800 Clear skies with a temperature of 81 F C; wind out of the southwest at 10 mph km/h on 131.211 mph km/h on Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing 26.802 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing 238 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Fox & MRN Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds (Television)Joe Moore, Barney Hall and Jeff Striegle (Booth)Dave Moody (1 & 2) and Mike Bagley (3 & 4) (Turns) (Radio) 3.6/7 (Final)3.2/5 (Overnight)5.921 Million viewershttp://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2014/04/sprint-cup-tv-ratings-darlington-rating-hits-low-but-viewership-hits-high/ Sprint Cup TV Ratings: Darlington Rating Hits Low, But Viewership Hits High Paulsen Sports Media Watch April 19, 2014 SportsMediaWatch.com April 20, 2014 The 2014 Bojangles' Southern 500, the 65th running of the event, was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on April 12, 2014, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. The race was contested over 374 laps – extended from 367 laps due to two attempts at a green–white–checker finish – on the 1.366 mi km oval, it was the eighth race of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Kevin Harvick of Stewart–Haas Racing won the race, his second win of the season and first at Darlington, while Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished second. Jimmie Johnson, Matt Kenseth, and Greg Biffle rounded out the top five. The race was also the first Darlington race won by a polesitter since Dale Jarrett, in the 1997 Rebel (then a 400-mile race). The top rookies of the race were Kyle Larson (8th), Austin Dillon (11th), and Justin Allgaier (23rd). It was the longest race in Darlington Raceway history. Previous week's race Joey Logano passed Jeff Gordon on the final lap to score the victory in the Duck Commander 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/04/Joey-Logano-Lone-Star-Winner.aspx Logano Lone Star Winner Pistone Pete Motor Racing Network April 7, 2014 MRN.com January 3, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150104021449/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/04/Joey-Logano-Lone-Star-Winner.aspx January 4, 2015 dead "Talk about a lot of emotion," Logano said. "You feel like you are about to win the race and then the caution comes out when you come to take the white and you’re like, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me.'" “That was a great battle,” said Gordon. “At one point I thought we had a shot at it. We got a pretty good restart. Joey was right on me and I was pretty loose in one and two, and I wish I had gone a little bit higher in three and four. But, he got that run off of four and he got in the back of me, and I thought I was going to wreck, so at that point I was like second would be good." Report Background thumb|left|Darlington Raceway, the race track where the race was held. Darlington Raceway is a four-turn 1.366 mi km oval.http://www.cbssports.com/nascar/tracks/page/darlington/darlington-raceway Darlington Raceway CBS Sports 2013-05-07 The track's first two turns are banked at twenty-five degrees, while the final two turns are banked two degrees lower at twenty-three degrees. The front stretch (the location of the finish line) and the back stretch is banked at six degrees. Darlington Raceway can seat up to 60,000 people. Matt Kenseth was the defending race winner after winning the 2013 race. Entry list The entry list for the Bojangles' Southern 500 was released on Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at 9:07 a.m. Eastern time. Forty-four drivers were entered for the race. No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Starts Number of prior Bojangles' Southern 500 starts Best Finish Best prior Bojangles' Southern 500 finish 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 11 2nd 2 Brad Keselowski (PC2) Team Penske Ford 5 3rd 3 Austin Dillon (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 0 — 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 13 2nd 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 10 3rd 7 Michael Annett (R) Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 0 — 9 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 5 9th 10 Danica Patrick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 2 28th 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 8 1st 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 10 17th 14 Tony Stewart (PC3) Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 15 3rd 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 8 9th 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 11 1st 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 1 18th 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 9 1st 20 Matt Kenseth (PC5) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 15 1st 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 5 9th 23 Alex Bowman (R) BK Racing Toyota 0 — 24 Jeff Gordon (PC6) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21 1st 26 Cole Whitt (R) Swan Racing Toyota 0 — 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 7 13th 30 Parker Kligerman (R) Swan Racing Toyota 0 — 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 12 2nd 32 Travis Kvapil Go FAS Racing Ford 7 8th 33 David Stremme Circle Sport Chevrolet 7 24th 34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 7 11th 35 David Reutimann Front Row Motorsports Ford 7 11th 36 Reed Sorenson Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 7 11th 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 7 20th 40 Landon Cassill (i) Circle Sport Chevrolet 3 26th 41 Kurt Busch (PC4) Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 13 3rd 42 Kyle Larson (R) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 0 — 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 2 19th 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 6 17th 48 Jimmie Johnson (PC1) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 12 1st 51 Justin Allgaier (R) HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 0 — 55 Brian Vickers Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 8 10th 66 Joe Nemechek (i) Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 18 6th 77 Dave Blaney Randy Humphrey Racing Ford 13 9th 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 8 5th 83 Ryan Truex (R) BK Racing Toyota 0 — 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 14 4th 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Chevrolet 2 38th 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 10 2ndOfficial entry list Key Meaning (R) Rookie (i) Ineligible for driver points (PC#) Past champions provisional Practice First practice Kevin Harvick was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 27.679 and a speed of 177.665 mph km/h on. Kyle Larson was forced to go to a backup car after hitting the wall in turn 1. Pos No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed MPH 1 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 27.679 177.665 2 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 27.823 176.746 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 27.835 176.670Official first practice results Second practice Ryan Newman was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 27.447 and a speed of 179.167 mph km/h on. Pos No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed MPH 1 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 27.447 179.167 2 9 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 27.476 178.978 3 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 27.487 178.906Official second practice results Qualifying Kevin Harvick won the pole with a time of 26.802 and a speed of 183.479 mph km/h on.http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/04/Harvick-Wins-Darlington-Pole.aspx Harvick Wins Darlington Pole Long Dustin Motor Racing Network April 11, 2014 MRN.com January 4, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150104182721/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/04/Harvick-Wins-Darlington-Pole.aspx January 4, 2015 dead “I was on the bottom all day in practice and Rodney felt like in order to get the pole you were going to need to run the top after we ran our first run,’’ Harvick said. “That is the driver in him that is why he is good to have sitting there watching because he knows what is going on and he can relay. Also having Tim Fedewa up on top as a former driver knowing what is going on to relay what you need to do. We moved up and picked up in the second (session), felt like I didn't roll through there fast enough. In the last (session), felt like I rolled through there pretty good. It all worked out. Knockout qualifying paid off for us today. We were able to save the best for last.” Harvick's car had to go through tech inspection three times before he could take his car onto the track for qualifying. “It just seemed like the machine was a little bit off there for qualifying,’’ Rodney Childers said of NASCAR’s measuring device. “A lot of people had left-rear toe issues. We rolled through the first time and saw what it was and did what we always do to fix that amount, and we rolled back through again and it read the same thing again, which it shouldn't have. It's part of the process. It's up to the teams to get it right. Different teams have different tools in order to know whether they're going to be good or not. We haven't got the right tools developed yet to know that. It's something we’ve got to work on at (Stewart–Haas Racing). NASCAR works hard every week to try to get their machine closer and closer and more consistent. It's a two-way street. We’ve got to do a better job.’’ The only driver that failed to qualify was David Reutimann. 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 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 26.951 26.883 26.802 2 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 26.902 26.745 26.865 3 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 26.789 26.705 26.880 4 9 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 26.849 26.891 26.948 5 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 26.947 26.927 27.011 6 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 26.767 26.879 27.017 7 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 26.817 26.947 27.017 8 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 26.916 26.969 27.055 9 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 26.846 26.960 27.056 10 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 26.766 26.961 27.087 11 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 26.734 26.924 27.097 12 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 26.982 26.969 27.139 13 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 26.816 26.993 — 14 55 Brian Vickers Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 26.962 27.022 — 15 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 26.993 27.066 — 16 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 27.000 27.132 — 17 42 Kyle Larson (R) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 27.004 27.140 — 18 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 26.954 27.150 — 19 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 26.932 27.177 — 20 3 Austin Dillon (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 26.933 27.182 — 21 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 26.894 27.184 — 22 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 26.945 27.201 — 23 14 Tony Stewart Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 26.973 27.292 — 24 51 Justin Allgaier (R) HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 26.979 27.479 — 25 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 27.011 — — 26 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 27.033 — — 27 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 27.087 — — 28 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 27.110 — — 29 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Chevrolet 27.237 — — 30 7 Michael Annett (R) Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 27.270 — — 31 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 27.273 — — 32 34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 27.289 — — 33 10 Danica Patrick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 27.296 — — 34 23 Alex Bowman (R) BK Racing Toyota 27.321 — — 35 40 Landon Cassill Circle Sport Chevrolet 27.363 — — 36 77 Dave Blaney Humphrey Racing Ford 27.380 — — 37 33 David Stremme Circle Sport Chevrolet 27.469 — — 38 30 Parker Kligerman (R) Swan Racing Toyota 27.543 — — 39 83 Ryan Truex (R) BK Racing Toyota 27.565 — — 40 36 Reed Sorenson Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 27.633 — — 41 32 Travis Kvapil Go FAS Racing Ford 27.663 — — 42 26 Cole Whitt (R) Swan Racing Toyota 27.680 — — 43 66 Joe Nemechek Identity Ventures Racing Toyota 27.757 — —Failed to qualify 44 35 David Reutimann Front Row Motorsports Ford 27.551 — —Official qualifying results Race thumb|Kevin Harvick won the race from the pole position. The race began at 6:45 p.m. Eastern time with Kevin Harvick leading the field to the green flag. He didn't hold the lead for long as Joey Logano passed him to take the top spot. Jeff Gordon took the lead on lap 38. The first caution of the race flew on lap 41 after rookie Ryan Truex slammed the wall in turn 3. David Ragan stayed out to lead a lap when Gordon pitted. Ragan made his stop the next lap and Gordon assumed the lead. The race restarted on lap 47 and Kevin Harvick took the lead for the first time on the restart. The second caution of the race flew on lap 59 after Travis Kvapil slammed the wall in turn 3. Denny Hamlin exited pit road with the lead by taking just two tires while Harvick took four. The race restarted on lap 64 and Matt Kenseth took over the lead from his teammate. Kevin Harvick retook the lead on lap 76. The third caution of the race flew on lap 93 after rookie Michael Annett slammed the wall in turn 2. The race restarted on lap 100. The fourth caution of the race flew on lap 125 after rookie Cole Whitt slammed the wall in turn 1. David Ragan also slammed the wall in turn 2. The race restarted on lap 131. Kevin Harvick surrendered the lead on lap 180 to make his pit stop. Brad Keselowski took over the lead. Keselowski ducked onto pit road on lap 183. Kasey Kahne assumed the lead. The fifth caution of the race flew on lap 201 after Paul Menard slammed the wall in turn 1. Kahne swapped the lead with Kevin Harvick on pit road with the former stall being behind the start/finish line, but he exited as the leader. The race restarted on lap 208 and Harvick took over the lead. Austin Dillon and A. J. Allmendinger rubbed together in turn 2. Allmendinger's left-rear tire began rubbing real bad. He was saved by the sixth caution of the race on lap 222 after Aric Almirola clipped Danica Patrick and spun out in turn 2. Brian Vickers exited pit road with the lead thanks to taking two tires. The race restarted on lap 227. Debris in turn 2 brought out the seventh caution of the race on lap 247. Vickers swapped the lead with Jeff Gordon with the former pitting at the entrance of pit road. He exited pit road as the leader. The race restarted on lap 252. Kevin Harvick took back the lead on lap 255. The eighth caution of the race flew with 96 laps to go for debris on the backstretch after Paul Menard slammed the wall exiting turn 2. Greg Biffle exited pit road as the leader thanks to taking just two tires. The race restarted with 89 laps to go and Kevin Harvick took the lead. While trying to enter pit road with 49 laps to go, Brian Vickers spun out and about blocked the entrance. He was almost rammed by Marcos Ambrose trying to get his car facing the right direction. He did get it going the right direction, but had to come back down pit road to serve a drive-through penalty not passing to the inside of the pit road commitment line. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. assumed the lead when Harvick made his stop with 46 laps to go, but he missed the entrance to pit road and did not lead a lap. With 44 laps to go, Kasey Kahne took his car to the garage after slamming the wall in turn 2. The ninth caution of the race flew with ten laps to go after Joey Logano's engine expired. Jimmie Johnson exited pit road as the leader by taking just two tires. Denny Hamlin was busted for speeding and had to drop to the tail end of the field. The race restarted with five laps to go. Debris in turn 3 that came from the No. 32 of Travis Kvapil brought out the tenth caution of the race with three laps to go. With the caution falling this close to the end, the race went into overtime. Even though the inside line had been the preferred line all night, Johnson chose to restart on the outside. The race restarted with two laps to go on the first green-white-checker attempt and Dale Earnhardt Jr. took the lead from his teammate. They only made it half a lap before the caution flew for the eleventh time after Kurt Busch lost his momentum exiting turn 2, got turned by Clint Bowyer and slammed the inside wall head on. The race restarted with two laps to go on the second green-white-checker attempt. Earnhardt got an excellent start to get ahead of Harvick, but Kevin with four tires passed Dale on two and took the victory.http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/04/Harvick-Doubles-Up-at-Darlington.aspx Harvick Doubles Up at Darlington Pistone Pete Motor Racing Network April 12, 2014 MRN.com January 4, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150128120317/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/04/Harvick-Doubles-Up-at-Darlington.aspx January 28, 2015 dead “This is the one race I told Rodney (Childers, crew chief) I wanted to win,” said Harvick. “We were able to put it all together, but this is the Southern 500, this is as big as it gets in NASCAR racing. It feels great. It's allowed us with the way the points system is to go for wins and not have to worry about the bad weeks too much,” he said. “Really proud for these guys and looking forward to the last 10." “It's a little disappointing to come that close because I know I don't really run that well here and the opportunities to win are going to be very few compared to other tracks,” said Earnhardt Jr. “It hurts a little bit to come that close because we worked so hard to try to win races. Running second is great but nobody is going to really remember that. But we're proud of it.” “Yeah, just very happy to finish there in the top three,” said Johnson. “I thought we had a shot at a win. I think if things stayed green after our last pit stop, we had a good chance at it, good shot at it. I'm happy with (crew chief) Chad's (Knaus) decision to go with two, and there were enough cars that took two that it gave us a little bit of a cushion, maybe enough of a cushion to make it four or five laps there.” Race results Pos No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Laps completed Points 1 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 374 48 2 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 374 43 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 374 42 4 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 374 41 5 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 374 40 6 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 374 38 7 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 374 38 8 42 Kyle Larson (R) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 374 36 9 14 Tony Stewart Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 374 35 10 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 374 34 11 3 Austin Dillon (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 374 33 12 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 374 32 13 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 374 31 14 9 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 374 30 15 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 374 29 16 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 374 28 17 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 374 28 18 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 374 26 19 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 374 26 20 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 374 24 21 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Chevrolet 374 23 22 10 Danica Patrick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 374 22 23 51 Justin Allgaier (R) HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 372 21 24 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 372 20 25 40 Landon Cassill Circle Sport Chevrolet 372 0 26 55 Brian Vickers Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 371 19 27 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 371 17 28 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 370 16 29 23 Alex Bowman (R) BK Racing Toyota 369 15 30 30 Parker Kligerman (R) Swan Racing Toyota 369 14 31 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 368 13 32 34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 367 13 33 32 Travis Kvapil Go FAS Racing Ford 367 11 34 66 Joe Nemechek Identity Ventures Racing Toyota 366 0 35 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 359 10 36 33 David Stremme Circle Sport Chevrolet 326 8 37 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 323 8 38 26 Cole Whitt (R) Swan Racing Toyota 301 6 39 36 Reed Sorenson Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 289 5 40 83 Ryan Truex (R) BK Racing Toyota 274 4 41 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 270 3 42 7 Michael Annett (R) Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 101 2 43 77 Dave Blaney Randy Humphrey Racing Ford 65 1Race Results Race statistics Lead changes: 22 among different drivers Cautions/Laps: 11 for 50 Red flags: 0 Time of race: 3 hours, 53 minutes and 37 seconds Average speed: 131.211 mph km/h Media Television Fox SportsBooth announcersPit reporters Lap-by-lap: Mike JoyColor-commentator: Larry McReynoldsColor commentator: Darrell Waltrip Matt YocumSteve ByrnesKrista VodaJeff Hammond Radio MRN RadioBooth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters Lead announcer: Joe MooreAnnouncer: Barney HallAnnouncer: Jeff Striegle Turns 1 & 2: Dave MoodyTurns 3 & 4: Mike Bagley Winston KellySteve PostAlex HaydenWoody Cain Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Jeff Gordon 297 10px 2 Matt Kenseth 296 (−1) 10px 3 Carl Edwards 278 (−19) 10px 2 4 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 271 (−26) 10px 2 5 Jimmie Johnson 270 (−27) 10px 1 6 Kyle Busch 269 (−28) 10px 1 7 Brad Keselowski 246 (−51) 10px 4 8 Joey Logano 245 (−52) 10px 2 9 Ryan Newman 236 (−61) 10px 2 10 Austin Dillon (R) 235 (−62) 10px 5 11 Greg Biffle 227 (−70) 10px 2 12 Tony Stewart 224 (−73) 10px 4 13 Brian Vickers 224 (−73) 10px 1 14 Kyle Larson (R) 223 (−74) 10px 2 15 Denny Hamlin 223 (−74) 10px 1 16 Clint Bowyer 219 (−78) Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 10px 1 Chevrolet 359 10px 2 Ford 342 (−17) 10px 3 Toyota 321 (−38) Note: Only the first sixteen positions are included for the driver standings. References Sprint Cup Series 2014 2014 Duck Commander 500 2014 Toyota Owners 400 Bojangles' Southern 500 Bojangles' Southern 500 Bojangles' Southern 500 Category:NASCAR races at Darlington Raceway