2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

American motorsport season April 2025 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2014 2013 2015 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champions Seasons thumb|Kevin Harvick, the 2014 Sprint Cup Series champion thumb|Ryan Newman finished 1 point behind Harvick in second place thumb|Denny Hamlin finished 6 points behind Harvick in third place thumb|Joey Logano finished 15 points behind Harvick in fourth place thumb|Kyle Larson, the 2014 NASCAR Rookie of the Year. thumb|Chevrolet won the Manufacturer's championship with 20 wins & 1572 points. The 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series was the 66th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 43rd modern-era Cup season. The season began at Daytona International Speedway, with the Sprint Unlimited, followed by the Daytona 500. The season ended with the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. This season was the final year of broadcasting for both the ESPN family of networks and Turner Sports. ESPN had covered the second half of the Sprint Cup season since 2007 while Turner Sports ended a thirty-one year relationship with NASCAR on TBS and later TNT. For 2015, their portions of the season were divided between Fox Sports and NBC. Kevin Harvick and Stewart–Haas Racing claimed the drivers' championship and owners' championship, while Chevrolet won the manufacturer's championship. In one of the largest rookie classes in recent history, future Cup Series champion Kyle Larson was named Rookie of the Year. Teams and drivers Complete schedule There were 41 full-time teams in 2014. ManufacturerTeamNo. Car numberRace DriverCrew ChiefChevroletChip Ganassi Racing1Jamie McMurrayPockrass Bob Jamie McMurray gets contract extension from Earnhardt Ganassi http://www.sportingnews.com/nascar/story/2013-08-30/jamie-mcmurray-contract-extension-earnhardt-ganassi-2014 October 15, 2013 SportingNews August 30, 2013 November 24, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131124191036/http://www.sportingnews.com/nascar/story/2013-08-30/jamie-mcmurray-contract-extension-earnhardt-ganassi-2014 deadKeith Roddenhttp://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/jamie-mcmurray-earnhardt-ganassi-racing-sprint-cup-crew-chief-keith-rodden-kevin-manion-111813 Rodden named McMurray's crew chief Spencer Lee November 18, 2013 Fox Sports November 18, 201342Kyle Larson (R)Bianchi Jordan Kyle Larson named driver of No. 42 Cup car for Earnhardt Ganassi Racing https://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2013/8/30/4677326/2013-nascar-atlanta-motor-speedway-kyle-larson-earnhardt-ganassi-racing-juan-pablo-montoya October 15, 2013 SBNation August 30, 2013Chris HeroyFurniture Row Racing78Martin Truex Jr.Spencer Lee Truex to join Furniture Row team http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/martin-truex-jr-agrees-join-furniture-row-racing-team-2014-leaves-michael-waltrip-racing-101613 Fox Sports November 11, 2013Todd BerrierGermain RacingPearce Al Germain Racing switches to Chevrolet http://www.autoweek.com/article/20131011/nascar01/131019948 October 15, 2013 October 11, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131012090125/http://www.autoweek.com/article/20131011/nascar01/131019948 October 12, 2013 dead13Casey Mearshttp://www.caseymearsracing.com/news/2012/091312.html BUSY WEEK FOR MEARS AND COMPANY: GEICO 400 AND SPONSORSHIP EXTENSION GEICO Racing caseymearsracing.com September 13, 2012 September 13, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20131019000214/http://www.caseymearsracing.com/news/2012/091312.html October 19, 2013 dead mdy-all Bootie BarkerHendrick Motorsports5Kasey Kahnehttps://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/cup/news/story?id=5082269 Kahne signs deal with Hendrick Motorsports ESPN April 14, 2012 July 22, 2012 Smith, MartyKenny Francis24Jeff Gordonhttps://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/cup/news/story?id=4674262 Gordon not retiring any time soon ESPN November 20, 2009 July 22, 2012 Newton, DavidAlan Gustafsonhttps://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/cup/news/story?id=5150854 Hendrick re-signs Gustafson, Knaus ESPN April 30, 2010 July 22, 2012 Associated Press48Jimmie Johnsonhttp://www.nascar.com/2009/news/headlines/cup/11/20/jjohnson.lowes.hendrick.extension/index.html Johnson, Lowe's sign extension with Hendrick Turner Sports NASCAR November 20, 2009 July 22, 2012 Aumann, Mark https://web.archive.org/web/20100212010251/http://www.nascar.com/2009/news/headlines/cup/11/20/jjohnson.lowes.hendrick.extension/index.html February 12, 2010Chad Knaus88Dale Earnhardt Jr.https://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/nascar/story/2011-09-01/NASCARs-Dale-Earnhardt-Jr-signs-with-Hendrick-through-2017/50217628/1 NASCAR's Dale Earnhardt Jr. signs with Hendrick through 2017 USA Today September 1, 2011 July 22, 2012 Ryan, NateSteve LetarteHScott Motorsports 51 Justin Allgaier (R)http://www.yardbarker.com/nascar/articles/allgaier_to_make_sprint_cup_series_debut_full_time_ride_in_2014/14399975 Allgaier To Make Sprint Cup Series Debut; Full Time Ride in 2014 August 29, 2013 Yardbarker Fox Sports November 18, 2013 Steve AddingtonFryer Jenna https://sports.yahoo.com/news/steve-addington-lead-phoenix-racing-205542437--nascar.html Steve Addington to lead Phoenix Racing Yahoo! Sports November 21, 2013 November 21, 2013 November 25, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131125024918/http://sports.yahoo.com/news/steve-addington-lead-phoenix-racing-205542437--nascar.html deadJTG Daugherty Racinghttp://jtgdaughertyracing.com/2013/news/general-news/item/148-jtg-daugherty-racing-forms-technical-alliance-with-richard-childress-racing-in-the-nascar-sprint-cup-series-beginning-in-2014.html November 25, 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131202020108/http://jtgdaughertyracing.com/2013/news/general-news/item/148-jtg-daugherty-racing-forms-technical-alliance-with-richard-childress-racing-in-the-nascar-sprint-cup-series-beginning-in-2014.html JTG Daugherty Racing forms technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series beginning in 2014 December 2, 2013 47A. J. AllmendingerPeltz Jim A. J Allmendinger to drive full-time in Sprint Cup in 2014 http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-nascar-aj-allmendinger-20130831,0,5760303.story October 15, 2013 August 31, 2013 Los Angeles TimesBrian BurnsRichard Childress Racing3Austin Dillon (R)Racing RCR http://www.rcrracing.com/news/index.cfm?cid=52150 RCR announces lineup for 2014 Richard Childress Racing December 11, 2013 December 11, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131211202905/http://www.rcrracing.com/news/index.cfm?cid=52150 December 11, 2013 dead mdy-allGil Martin27Paul MenardGluck Jeff https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2013/05/24/paul-menard-richard-childress-racing/2358615/ Paul Menard re-signs with Richard Childress Racing USA Today May 24, 2013 October 15, 2013Slugger Labbe 31 1–31Justin Alexander 5 32–36RCR Announces Personnel Changes to their No. 27 Cup Team http://www.rcrracing.com/news/index.cfm?cid=52406 Richard Childress Racing October 1, 2014 October 22, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141023030619/http://www.rcrracing.com/news/index.cfm?cid=52406 October 23, 2014 dead mdy-all31Ryan NewmanSpencer Lee Ryan Newman will drive for Richard Childress Racing in 2014 http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/ryan-newman-richard-childress-racing-2014-sprint-cup-series-090913#!lyVFN Fox Sports October 15, 2013Luke Lambert33 Ran as No. 90 at Richmond in September in honor of Junie DonlaveyBrian Scott 6 1–2, 5, 10, 12, 36Nick Harrison 7 1–2, 5, 10, 25, 32, 35Mark Hillman 15 3-4, 6-9, 11-19Mike Hillman Jr. 14 20–24, 26–31, 33–34, 36Ty Dillon 2 25, 35Estrada Chris http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com/2014/07/15/report-ty-dillon-to-make-sprint-cup-debut-next-month-at-atlanta/ Report: Ty Dillon to make Sprint Cup debut next month at Atlanta NBC Sports July 15, 2014 July 15, 2014Hillman-Circle Sport LLCTimmy Hill 6 3–4, 11, 30–31, 34David Stremme 12 6–9, 13, 15, 17, 20, 24, 26, 28–29Alex Kennedy 5 14, 16, 21–23http://www.circle-sport.com/2014/alex-kennedy-joins-circle-sports-nascar-sprint-cup-series-driver-lineup/ Alex Kennedy Joins Circle Sport's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Driver Lineup Circle Sport June 3, 2014 June 4, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140607000628/http://www.circle-sport.com/2014/alex-kennedy-joins-circle-sports-nascar-sprint-cup-series-driver-lineup/ June 7, 2014 deadBobby Labonte 1 18Morgan Shepherd 1 19Travis Kvapil 3 27, 32–3340Landon CassillMike Abner 19 1-19Mark Hillman 17 20-36 Stewart–Haas Racing4Kevin HarvickNewton David Kevin Harvick moving to Stewart–Haas Racing to rejuvenate career July 12, 2013 https://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/cup/story/_/id/9473087/kevin-harvick-moving-stewart-haas-racing-rejuvenate-career October 15, 2013 ESPNRodney Childers10Danica PatrickTony Gibson 33 1-33Daniel Knost 3 34-36October 22, 2014 Stewart–Haas Racing Announces Personnel Swap Between Nos. 10 and 41 Teams http://www.stewarthaasracing.com/media/index.php?fromNews=1&article=1716 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141025021018/http://www.stewarthaasracing.com/media/index.php?fromNews=1&article=1716 October 25, 2014 October 22, 2014 Stewart–Haas Racing mdy-all14Tony Stewart 33 1–21, 25–36Chad JohnstonStewart-Haas, Roush Fenway, make changes to teams for 2014 http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=nascar/news/news.aspx?id=4641342 November 19, 2013 November 19, 2013 https://archive.today/20131119234858/http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=nascar/news/news.aspx%3Fid=4641342 November 19, 2013 dead mdy-allRegan Smith 1 22Gluck Jeff https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2014/08/10/tony-stewart-watkins-glen-nascar-sprint-cup/13857187/ Team: Tony Stewart will not race; Regan Smith will sub USA Today August 10, 2014 August 10, 2014Jeff Burton 2 23–24Jensen Tom http://www.foxsports.com/nascar/story/kevin-ward-jr-aftermath-tony-stewart-will-not-race-pure-michigan-400-081414 Tony Stewart will not race this weekend in aftermath of Ward Jr. death Foxsports.com August 14, 2014 August 14, 2014http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/8/20/tony-stewart-out-for-bristol-jeff-burton-in.html TONY STEWART OUT FOR BRISTOL RACE NASCAR August 20, 2014 August 20, 2014 August 21, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140821072033/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/8/20/tony-stewart-out-for-bristol-jeff-burton-in.html dead41Kurt BuschDaniel Knost 33 1-33Tony Gibson 3 34-36 Tommy Baldwin Racing7Michael Annett (R)http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/11/15/3755261/michael-annett-lands-sprint-cup.html CORNELIUS, N.C.: Michael Annett lands Sprint Cup ride with TBR - Motor Sports - MiamiHerald.com www.miamiherald.com 26 January 2022 https://archive.today/20131115184443/http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/11/15/3755261/michael-annett-lands-sprint-cup.html 15 November 2013 deadKevin Manion36Reed SorensonTodd ParrottFordFront Row Motorsports34David Raganhttp://teamfrm.com/?p=1939 Ragan and Gilliland to Build on Front Row Motorsports' Successes in 2014 Front Row Motorsports October 16, 2013 October 16, 2013Jay Guy 30 1-30 Derrick Finley 6 31-3638David GillilandFrank Kerr 30 1–30Jay Guy 6 31–36 Go FAS Racing 32 Terry Labonte 4 1, 10, 18, 32 Dan Stillman 11 1–11Ben Leslie 19 12–30Clinton Cram 6 31–36 Travis Kvapil 16 2–9, 11, 14–15, 17, 20–21, 23, 26 Blake Koch 4 12–13, 31, 36 Boris Said 2 16, 22 Eddie MacDonald 1 19http://hometracks.nascar.com/team-release_062614_Eddie-MacDonald_To_Make_Sprint_Cup_Series_Debut MacDonald To Make Sprint Cup Series Debut NASCAR Home Tracks June 26, 2014 June 26, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140701202703/http://hometracks.nascar.com/team-release_062614_Eddie-MacDonald_To_Make_Sprint_Cup_Series_Debut July 1, 2014 dead mdy-allJ. 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Yeley 3 24–25, 29Joey Gase 4 27, 30, 34–35Caldwell Clayton http://www.sportsmedia101.com/motorsports/2014/08/27/joey-gase-to-make-nascar-sprint-cup-series-debut-at-chicagoland-speedway-for-go-fas-racing/ Joey Gase to Make NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Debut at Chicagoland Speedway for Go Fas Racing Sports Media 101 August 27, 2014 August 27, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140903080429/http://www.sportsmedia101.com/motorsports/2014/08/27/joey-gase-to-make-nascar-sprint-cup-series-debut-at-chicagoland-speedway-for-go-fas-racing/ September 3, 2014 dead mdy-allTimmy Hill 1 28Kyle Fowler 1 33Richard Petty Motorsports9Marcos AmbroseDrew Blickensderfer43Aric AlmirolaTrent Owenshttp://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com/2013/12/02/trent-owens-in-as-almirolas-crew-chief-at-petty/ Trent Owens in as Almirola's crew chief at Petty Estrada Chris December 2, 2013 NBC Sports 2013-12-02Roush Fenway Racing16Greg BiffleMatt Puccia17Ricky Stenhouse Jr.Mike Kelley99Carl EdwardsJimmy FennigTeam Penske2Brad KeselowskiPenske Racing inks Brad Keselowski, Miller Lite, until 2017 https://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/cup/story/_/id/9759084/penske-racing-inks-brad-keselowski-miller-lite-2017 Associated PressPaul Wolfe 35 1, 3–36Greg Erwin 1 2Bonkowski Jerry http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com/2014/03/02/brad-keselowskis-crew-chief-paul-wolfe-returns-to-north-carolina-for-birth-of-child/ Updated: Brad Keselowski will be without crew chief Paul Wolfe for Sunday's Sprint Cup race in Phoenix NBC Sports March 2, 2014 March 2, 201422Joey LoganoTodd GordonToyotaBK Racing23Alex Bowman (R)Dave Winston26 Cole Whitt (R)https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2014/04/23/swan-racing-sells-2-cars-keeps-kligerman-in-fold Swan Racing sells 2 cars, keeps Kligerman in fold usatoday.com April 23, 2014 April 23, 2014 Randy Cox 83Ryan Truex (R) 26 1–22, 24–27Dale Ferguson 8 1–8Doug Richert 6 9–14Joe Williams 22 15–36J. 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Yeley 8 23, 30–36Travis Kvapil 2 28–29Identity Ventures Racing 30 2, 4–9, 11–14, 16–18, 20–31, 33–36 Michael Waltrip Racing 6 1, 3, 10, 15, 19, 3266Michael Waltrip 4 1, 10, 18, 32http://www.kwch.com/sports/jeff-burton-will-drive-parttime-for-mwr-in-2013/-/21054560/23249386/-/iwmrhnz/-/index.html Jeff Burton will drive part-time for MWR in 2014 Williams Heather December 2, 2013 KWCH December 2, 2013 Wichita, KS dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131203034251/http://www.kwch.com/sports/jeff-burton-will-drive-parttime-for-mwr-in-2013/-/21054560/23249386/-/iwmrhnz/-/index.html December 3, 2013 Chad Walter 6 1, 3, 10, 15, 19, 32Scott Eggleston 30 2, 4–9, 11–14, 16–18, 20–31, 33–36Joe Nemechek 15 2, 4–9, 11–12, 17, 21–23, 26–27Jeff Burton 2 3, 19Brett Moffitt 8 13, 15, 20, 24–25, 31, 34, 36http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/5/27/brett-moffitt-sprint-cup-debut-dover-international-speedway.html Brett Moffitt to make Sprint Cup debut at Dover NASCAR.com May 27, 2014 May 27, 2014Timmy Hill 1 14Tomy Drissi 1 16Mike Wallace 5 28–30, 33, 35Joe Gibbs Racing 11Denny Hamlin 35 1–4, 6–36https://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/cup/story/_/id/8117510/denny-hamlin-signs-extension-joe-gibbs-racing Hamlin inks extension with JGR ESPN June 30, 2012 July 22, 2012 Blount, Terry Darian Grubb 30 1–20, 27–36Mike Wheeler 6 21–26 Sam Hornish Jr. 1 5Bromberg Nick https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/denny-hamlin-to-miss-race-at-auto-club-because-of-sinus-infection--sam-hornish-jr--to-fill-in-185710096.html Denny Hamlin to miss race at Auto Club, Sam Hornish Jr. to fill in Yahoo! Sports March 23, 2014 March 23, 201418Kyle Buschhttps://www.orlandosentinel.com/2010/01/19/joe-gibbs-racing-signs-kyle-busch-to-multi-year-contract-extension/ Joe Gibbs Racing signs Kyle Busch to multi-year contract extension Orlando Sentinel January 19, 2010 September 1, 2012 Ganguli, Tania Concord, North Carolina March 5, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140305115308/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2010-01-19/sports/os-nascar-media-tour-notes-0119-20100118_1_nationwide-race-kyle-busch-hutchens live Dave Rogers20Matt Kensethhttp://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/48897541/ns/sports-motor_sports/ Kenseth makes move to Gibbs official NBC Sports September 4, 2012 September 4, 2012 Fryer, Jenna https://web.archive.org/web/20120906045622/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/48897541/ns/sports-motor_sports/ September 6, 2012 dead Jason Ratcliffhttp://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-matt-kenseth-joins-joe-gibbs-racing/ CUP: Kenseth Joins Joe Gibbs Racing Speedtv.com September 4, 2012 September 5, 2012 Hembree, Mike https://web.archive.org/web/20120905172111/http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-matt-kenseth-joins-joe-gibbs-racing September 5, 2012 dead mdy-all Michael Waltrip Racing15Clint Bowyerhttp://www.sportingnews.com/nascar/story/2013-09-27/clint-bowyer-sponsor-back-5-hour-energy-nascar-controversy-richmond-2014 5-Hour Energy returning as Clint Bowyer, MWR sponsor in 2014 Pockrass Bob September 27, 2013 Sporting News November 11, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20141209074004/http://www.sportingnews.com/nascar/story/2013-09-27/clint-bowyer-sponsor-back-5-hour-energy-nascar-controversy-richmond-2014 December 9, 2014 deadBrian Pattie55Brian Vickershttp://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/michael-waltrip-racings-brian-vickers-intent-on-racing-at-start-of-2014-sprint-cup-season-102813 Vickers intent on Cup racing in '14 October 28, 2013 Fox Sports November 11, 2013Billy Scott Ford 5 1, 10, 14, 18, 32 Chevrolet 31 2-9, 11-13, 15-17, 19-31, 33-36Phil Parsons Racing98 Josh Wisehttp://www.jayski.com/cupnews.htm#20131204e Wise to drive for Phil Parsons Spire Sports and Entertainment Jayski December 4, 2013 December 4, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131116074512/http://www.jayski.com/cupnews.htm#20131204e November 16, 2013 deadGene Nead Limited schedule ManufacturerTeamNo. Car numberRace DriverCrew ChiefRound(s)ChevroletBeard Motorsports 75 Clay Rogers Darren Shaw 2 26, 35HScott Motorsports52http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/1/7/sprint-cup-series-drivers-teams-at-2014-preseason-thunder.html SPRINT CUP DRIVER ROSTER FOR PRESEASON THUNDER NASCAR January 7, 2014 January 8, 2014Bobby Labontehttps://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2013/12/17/daytona-500-2014-bobby-labonte-phoenix-racing/4055161/ 2014 Daytona 500: Bobby Labonte to drive for Phoenix Racing Gluck Jeff December 17, 2013 USA Today December 17, 2013 McLean, VAJimmy Elledge1 1Team XTREME Racing44 The team used No. 30 for Richmond due to NASCAR rules regarding ownership transfers, but switched back to the No. 44 thereafterJ. J. Yeleyhttp://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/2/13/jj-yeley-nascar-sprint-cup-series-ride-xxxtreme-motorsport.html J.J. Yeley lands Sprint Cup Series ride NASCAR February 13, 2014 February 13, 2014Walter Giles 1 3Joe Lax 1 7Steve Lane 8 9–1610 3, 7, 9–16Timmy HillPeter Sospenzo2 29, 33Tommy Baldwin Racing37Bobby LabonteTommy Baldwin Jr.1 20Dave Blaneyhttp://www.jayski.com/news/stats/2014/story/_/page/21-Pocono-2014-Entry-List Pocono Entry List Jayski's Silly Season Site July 29, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141013060659/http://www.jayski.com/news/stats/2014/story/_/page/21-Pocono-2014-Entry-List October 13, 2014 dead Zach McGowan 3 21, 23–24Mike Bliss6 25–27, 29–30, 35FordFront Row Motorsports35Eric McClurehttps://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/eric-mcclure-shot-run-daytona-500-22286534 Eric McClure Wants 1 Shot to Run the Daytona 500 January 29, 2014 ABC News January 29, 2014Todd Anderson 8 1–8Derrick Finley 2 9–102 1, 10Blake Koch2 2–3David Reutimann6 4–9Leavine Family Racing95Michael McDowellDiZinno Tony http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/28/nascar-notes-mcdowell-switches-teams-schrader-to-retire-from-cup/ NASCAR notes: McDowell switches teams, Schrader to retire from Cup NBC Sports October 28, 2013 October 28, 2013Wally Rogers22 1–4, 6–7, 9–10, 12, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24–25, 27, 30–32, 34–36http://mmcdowell.com/schedule The Official Website of Michael McDowell Racing Schedule Mmcdowell.com 2014-04-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20140305201144/http://mmcdowell.com/schedule/ March 5, 2014 dead Randy Humphrey Racing77Dave Blaneyhttp://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/dave-blaney-reviving-no-77-ford-team-owner-randy-humphrey-sprint-cup-series-peter-sospenzo-010814 Dave Blaney reviving No. 77 Ford for Sprint Cup team owner Humphrey Spencer Lee January 8, 2014 Fox Sports January 8, 2014Peter Sospenzo12 1–4, 7–14Nelson Piquet Jr. Steve Lane1 22Joe Nemechek1 25Corey LaJoie2 28, 31Roush Fenway Racing6Trevor Baynehttp://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/10/6/trevor-bayne-no-6-car-roush-fenway-racing-fielding-fourth-car-at-charlotte.html ROUSH, BAYNE BRINGING BACK NO. 6 CAR FOR CHARLOTTE NASCAR October 6, 2014 October 6, 2014Bob Osborne1 31Team Penske12Ryan Blaneyhttps://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/story/_/id/10372526/ryan-blaney-increased-role-team-penske Ryan Blaney to start 2 Cup races January 29, 2014 ESPN 2014-02-18Jeremy Bullins2 11, 32Juan Pablo MontoyaGreg Erwin2 15, 20Wood Brothers Racing21Trevor BayneDonnie Wingo12 1, 3, 7, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 23, 32, 34, 36ToyotaBK Racing93Morgan Shepherdhttps://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/cup/story/_/id/10407838/morgan-shepherd-attempt-make-daytona-500-72 Shepherd in for Daytona qualifying February 5, 2014 ESPN 2014-02-05Rick Ren 1 1Mike BlissDoug Richert2 17, 19Johnny Sauter1 21J. J. Yeley1 26Clay Rogers2 28, 33Identity Ventures Racing 49Mike Wallace Scott Eggleston1 3287Joe Nemechek 3 1, 3, 10Morgan Shepherd1 2Timmy Hill 1 19RAB Racing 29Joe Nemechek Chris Rice 2 18, 20Matt Lucas 1 32 2 18, 32 Matt Craftonhttp://www.jayski.com/news/stats/2014/story/_/page/20-Indianapolis-2014-Entry-List Indianapolis Entry List Jayski's Silly Season Site July 21, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141103060112/http://www.jayski.com/news/stats/2014/story/_/page/20-Indianapolis-2014-Entry-List November 3, 2014 dead 1 20Swan Racing 30 Parker Kligerman Steve Lane 8 1–8 Changes Teams Stewart–Haas Racing expanded to a four-car team with the addition of Kurt Busch in the No. 41. Busch previously drove the No. 78 Chevrolet for Furniture Row Racing in 2013. Michael Waltrip Racing downsized from a three to two car team for 2014, when sponsor NAPA Auto Parts decided to terminate their 3-year deal after the race fixing incident at the 2013 Richmond September race, shutting down the No. 56 Toyota Camry of Martin Truex Jr. With the No. 56 shut down, Michael Waltrip entered a partnership with the 2013 No. 87 NEMCO Motorsports team, to the new formed Identity Ventures Racing in the No. 66 with Waltrip running the restrictor plate races and Joe Nemechek and various drivers running the remainder of the races. Front Row Motorsports downsized from three full-time teams to two-full-time teams with the No. 35 moving to part-time. The team attempted 10 races in 2014. Hillman-Circle Sport LLC expanded to two full-time teams with Landon Cassill running the full season in the new No. 40, after running part-time for the team in 2013. Swan Racing expanded to a two-car team with the addition of Cole Whitt in the No. 26, who previously ran 7 races in Swan Racing's No. 30 in 2013. Parker Kligerman took over in the No. 30 for Swan Racing, previously running 2 races in the car in 2013. Sponsorship troubles later forced Swan Racing to sell both their cars to other teams in April 2014. The No. 26 of Whitt was sold to BK Racing, who continued to run full-time, while the No. 30 assets were sold to Xxxtreme Motorsport, shutting down the No. 30 and releasing Kligerman. Drivers Kevin Harvick replaced Ryan Newman in the Stewart–Haas Racing No. 39, which was renumbered to No. 4. Harvick previously drove for Richard Childress Racing in the No. 29 the previous 12 years. Austin Dillon moved up to the Sprint Cup Series full-time to replace Kevin Harvick in the Richard Childress Racing No. 29, renumbered to No. 3. Announced December 11, 2013, this would make the first appearance of No. 3 in the Sprint Cup Series since the 2001 Daytona 500 and the death of Dale Earnhardt. Dillon had built a strong early career in a Childress-blessed No. 3, first in the Camping World Truck Series, then in the Nationwide Series. Childress had polled fans at the beginning of 2013 about Dillon taking No. 3, to the Sprint Cup series, which received 90% positive feedback. "That told me it was time, and if Austin wanted to it was his choice."http://www.rcrracing.com/about/index.cfm?cid=45940 Richard Childress Racing - About Us www.rcrracing.com 2016-03-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20160312075337/http://www.rcrracing.com/about/index.cfm?cid=45940 March 12, 2016 dead mdy-allhttps://www.newspapers.com/image/116240998 12 Dec 2013, Page C6 - at Newspapers.com Newspapers.com 2016-03-24 Ryan Newman replaced Jeff Burton in the Richard Childress Racing No. 31. Newman drove the No. 39 for Stewart–Haas Racing in 2013. Martin Truex Jr. replaced Kurt Busch in the Furniture Row Racing No. 78. Truex drove the No. 56 for Michael Waltrip Racing in 2013. Brian Vickers became the full-time driver of the No. 55 for Michael Waltrip Racing, after running 14 races in the car in 2013. Kyle Larson replaced Juan Pablo Montoya in the Earnhardt Ganassi Racing No. 42. Montoya left to drive in the IndyCar Series. Larson ran full-time for Turner Scott Motorsports in the No. 32 in the Nationwide Series in 2013. A. J. Allmendinger replaced Bobby Labonte in the JTG Daugherty Racing No. 47 car. Allmendinger ran part-time for Daughtery and Phoenix Racing in 2013. Justin Allgaier replaced multiple drivers in the HScott Motorsports No. 51 car. Allgaier ran full-time for Turner Scott Motorsports in the No. 31 in the Nationwide Series in 2013. Michael Annett replaced Dave Blaney in the Tommy Baldwin Racing No. 7 car. Annett ran in the Nationwide Series for Richard Petty Motorsports in the No. 43 in 2013. Reed Sorenson replaced J. J. Yeley in the Tommy Baldwin Racing No. 36 car. Sorenson ran part-time for various Sprint Cup and Nationwide teams in 2013. Josh Wise replaced Michael McDowell in the Phil Parsons Racing No. 98. Wise drove for Front Row Motorsports in the No. 35 in 2013. Travis Kvapil and various drivers join Go FAS Racing, a team consisting of Go Green Racing and Frank Stoddard's FAS Lane Racing, for races that are not road courses (Boris Said) or restrictor plate superspeedways (Terry Labonte). Alex Bowman replaced Travis Kvapil in the BK Racing No. 93 car, which was renumbered to No. 23. Bowman drove for RAB Racing in the No. 99 in the Nationwide Series in 2013. Ryan Truex replaced David Reutimann in the BK Racing No. 83 car. Truex left after the Chicagoland race in September and was replaced by J. J. Yeley and Travis Kvapil. Michael McDowell replaced Scott Speed and various drivers in the part-time Leavine Family Racing No. 95 car. McDowell drove the Phil Parsons Racing No. 98 in 2013. J. J. Yeley replaced Scott Riggs for Xxxtreme Motorsport in the part-time No. 44. Manufacturers Germain Racing switched its manufacturer to Chevrolet after being with Ford since 2012. The team's original manufacturer was Toyota. Changes In contrast to previous seasons, NASCAR imposed several new rules changes that drastically altered how the circuit operates. Rules changes Beginning this year, NASCAR eliminated traditional single car qualifying in its top 3 series for all races except the Daytona 500, 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 as well as road courses, 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. The rule was modified slightly for restrictor plate races (other than the Daytona 500, which maintains its single car pole qualifying and Budweiser Duel qualifying races) beginning at Talladega in the October race. During sessions at restrictor plate tracks, such as at Talladega's spring race, drivers had either ridden around the track at slow speeds or stopped on pit road for several minutes to avoid aiding others in the draft. In an effort to avoid this, a new procedure was implemented:http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/9/4/sprint-cup-camping-world-truck-talladega-superspeedway-qualifying-format-revised.html NASCAR revises qualifying format at Talladega NASCAR news release September 4, 2014 NASCAR.com October 21, 2014 NASCAR will randomly split the field into two groups for session 1. Each group will get 5 minutes of track time. The fastest 24 cars from either group will advance to session 2. These 24 cars will get 5 minutes of track time for session 2. The fastest 12 cars in session 2 will advance to session 3. Session 3 remains unchanged: 12 cars competing for overall pole in a 5-minute session. Statically set car at race ride height—eliminate pre- and post-race front height rules and inspection. The use of a front splitter with a square leading edge. Skirts at 4-inch minimum ground clearance on both the left and right sides. Rear fascia trimmed 1.375 inches higher in current scallop region. The use of a .750-inch higher 8-inch high rear spoiler except at Daytona and Talladega. The use of a 43-inch wide by 13-inch long radiator pan. New Chase format On January 30, 2014, NASCAR announced radical changes to the format for the season-ending Chase for the Sprint Cup.http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/1/30/chase-for-the-nascar-sprint-cup-championship-format-changes.html NASCAR Announces Chase for the Sprint Cup Format Change NASCAR January 30, 2014 January 30, 2014 August 13, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140813113713/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/1/30/chase-for-the-nascar-sprint-cup-championship-format-changes.html dead 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. 15 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 8 drivers, each with 4,000 points. NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship (final race) The last 4 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 among the first fifteen races. The dates for the spring races at Darlington Raceway and Kansas Speedway (Bojangles' Southern 500 and 5-hour Energy 400 respectively) were swapped, giving Kansas its first primetime Sprint Cup race, Texas Motor Speedway's spring race was changed from a Saturday night to a Sunday afternoon race for this year only due to conflicts with the NCAA basketball finals, it and Martinsville Speedway's 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.http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2013/10/15/2014-nascar-sprint-cup-series-schedule-released-air-titan.html 2014 NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED NASCAR October 15, 2013 October 24, 2013 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.http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/02/NASCAR-Enhances-Penalty-Structure.aspx NASCAR Enhances Penalty Structure Dustin Long February 4, 2014 April 21, 2014 MRN.com Motor Racing Network https://web.archive.org/web/20140423041431/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/02/NASCAR-Enhances-Penalty-Structure.aspx April 23, 2014 dead 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. In addition, starting in 2014, drivers have a winner's decal placed behind the driver's name on the side of the car for each race victory they earn during the season. Schedule The final calendar was released on October 15, 2013,http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/110664 NASCAR opts for largely-unchanged 2014 Sprint Cup calendar Autosport October 15, 2013 October 15, 2013 Glendenning Mark comprising 36 races, as well as two exhibition races. The schedule also includes two Budweiser Duels, which are the qualifying races for the Daytona 500. No.Race titleTrackDateTime (ET)Sprint UnlimitedDaytona International Speedway, Daytona BeachFebruary 15 8:00 PMBudweiser DuelsFebruary 20 7:00 PM1Daytona 500February 23 1:00 PM2The Profit on CNBC 500Phoenix International Raceway, AvondaleMarch 2 3:00 PM3Kobalt 400Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las VegasMarch 9 3:00 PM4Food City 500Bristol Motor Speedway, BristolMarch 16 1:00 PM5Auto Club 400Auto Club Speedway, FontanaMarch 23 3:00 PM6STP 500Martinsville Speedway, RidgewayMarch 30 1:00 PM7Duck Commander 500Texas Motor Speedway, Fort WorthApril 7† 12:00 PM8Bojangles' Southern 500Darlington Raceway, DarlingtonApril 12 6:30 PM9Toyota Owners 400Richmond International Raceway, RichmondApril 26 7:00 PM10Aaron's 499Talladega Superspeedway, TalladegaMay 4 1:00 PM115-hour Energy 400Kansas Speedway, Kansas CityMay 10 7:30 PMSprint ShowdownCharlotte Motor Speedway, ConcordMay 16 7:00 PMNASCAR Sprint All-Star RaceMay 17 9:10 PM12Coca-Cola 600May 25 6:00 PM13FedEx 400Dover International Speedway, DoverJune 1 1:00 PM14Pocono 400Pocono Raceway, Long PondJune 8 1:00 PM15Quicken Loans 400Michigan International Speedway, BrooklynJune 15 1:00 PM16Toyota/Save Mart 350Sonoma Raceway, SonomaJune 22 3:00 PM17Quaker State 400Kentucky Speedway, SpartaJune 28 7:30 PM18Coke Zero 400http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/07/Rain-Postpones-Daytona-Race.aspx Daytona Race Postponed Long Dustin Motor Racing Network July 5, 2014 MRN.com July 5, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140709161413/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/07/Rain-Postpones-Daytona-Race.aspx July 9, 2014 deadDaytona International Speedway, Daytona BeachJuly 6† 11:00 AM19Camping World RV Sales 301New Hampshire Motor Speedway, LoudonJuly 13 1:00 PM20Crown Royal presents the John Wayne Walding 400Indianapolis Motor Speedway, SpeedwayJuly 27 1:00 PM21Gobowling.com 400Pocono Raceway, Long PondAugust 3 1:00 PM22Cheez-It 355 at The GlenWatkins Glen International, Watkins GlenAugust 10 1:00 PM23Pure Michigan 400Michigan International Speedway, BrooklynAugust 17 1:00 PM24Irwin Tools Night RaceBristol Motor Speedway, BristolAugust 23 7:30 PM25Oral-B USA 500Atlanta Motor Speedway, HamptonAugust 31 7:30 PM26Federated Auto Parts 400Richmond International Raceway, RichmondSeptember 6 7:30 PMChase for the Sprint CupRound of 1627MyAFibStory.com 400Chicagoland Speedway, JolietSeptember 14 2:00 PM28Sylvania 300New Hampshire Motor Speedway, LoudonSeptember 21 2:00 PM29AAA 400Dover International Speedway, DoverSeptember 28 2:00 PMRound of 1230Hollywood Casino 400Kansas Speedway, Kansas CityOctober 5 2:00 PM31Bank of America 500Charlotte Motor Speedway, ConcordOctober 11 7:30 PM32GEICO 500Talladega Superspeedway, TalladegaOctober 19 2:00 PMRound of 833Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500Martinsville Speedway, RidgewayOctober 26 1:30 PM34AAA Texas 500Texas Motor Speedway, Fort WorthNovember 2 3:00 PM35Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500Phoenix International Raceway, AvondaleNovember 9 3:00 PMChampionship 436Ford EcoBoost 400Homestead-Miami Speedway, HomesteadNovember 16 3:00 PM†: The Duck Commander 500 and Coke Zero 400 were postponed a day because of persistent rain. Season summary Grammar issues and long summaries that need to be trimmed down. September 2025 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. Top ten results (Sprint Unlimited): #11 - Denny Hamlin #2 - Brad Keselowski #18 - Kyle Busch #22 - Joey Logano #4 - Kevin Harvick #1 - Jamie McMurray #9 - Marcos Ambrose #31 - Ryan Newman #88 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. #20 - Matt Kenseth Qualifying for the front row took place the next day, with rookie Austin Dillon, fielding the famed No. 3 car, appearing for the first time since the 2001 Daytona 500, winning the pole. Martin Truex Jr. won the outside pole. During the first practice session on Wednesday, a five-car wreck happened and ended with rookie Parker Kligerman on his roof; several teams had to use back-up cars. The wreck brought out a red flag that prematurely ended the session. The second session was run without major incident.Owens Jeff http://www.sportingnews.com/nascar/story/2014-02-19/parker-kligerman-crash-daytona-500-practice-budweiser-duels-matt-kenseth-joey-logano-fence Parker Kligerman takes wild ride in big crash in practice at Daytona Sporting News February 20, 2014 February 20, 2014 February 25, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140225084923/http://www.sportingnews.com/nascar/story/2014-02-19/parker-kligerman-crash-daytona-500-practice-budweiser-duels-matt-kenseth-joey-logano-fence dead The 2014 Budweiser Duels were fairly uneventful, with Matt Kenseth winning the first race that ran caution-free, and Denny Hamlin winning the second that had only one caution–a large wreck on the last lap that started when Jimmie Johnson ran out of fuel. Jamie McMurray, Martin Truex Jr., and Michael Waltrip, among others, were involved. Clint Bowyer flipped his car during the accident. This was the first night race in The Duels. Top ten results (Duel 1): #20 - Matt Kenseth #5 - Kasey Kahne #9 - Marcos Ambrose #88 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. #98 - Josh Wise #43 - Aric Almirola #47 - A. J. Allmendinger #38 - David Gilliland #31 - Ryan Newman #14 - Tony Stewart Top ten results (Duel 2): #11 - Denny Hamlin #24 - Jeff Gordon #41 - Kurt Busch #27 - Paul Menard #33 - Brian Scott #21 - Trevor Bayne #42 - Kyle Larson #78 - Martin Truex Jr. #40 - Landon Cassill #15 - Clint Bowyer Round 1: Daytona 500 Austin Dillon started on pole, but led only the first lap. The first 35 laps featured Denny Hamlin and Kurt Busch taking turns leading, and Kyle Larson struggling with two flat tires. During the second caution for an engine problem on Martin Truex Jr.'s car, it began to rain, and by lap 39, the red flag was displayed with Kyle Busch as the leader. The red flag lasted over six hours as track-drying was delayed due to ongoing rain showers.Pistone Pete http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/02/Earnhardt-Wins-56th-Daytona-500.aspx NASCAR Sprint Cup Series News: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Wins 56th Daytona 500 MRN.com 2014-02-23 2014-04-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20140228231550/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/02/Earnhardt-Wins-56th-Daytona-500.aspx February 28, 2014 dead The race went back green under the lights, and 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. Top ten results: #88 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. #11 - Denny Hamlin #2 - Brad Keselowski #24 - Jeff Gordon #48 - Jimmie Johnson #20 - Matt Kenseth #17 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr. #16 - Greg Biffle #3 - Austin Dillon #13 - Casey Mears Round 2: The Profit on CNBC 500 Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano took the front row for Team Penske, but Kevin Harvick dominated most of the race. Harvick would hang on to win the race, his first for with his new team, Stewart–Haas Racing. Daytona 500 winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished in second. Top ten results: #4 - Kevin Harvick #88 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. #2 - Brad Keselowski #22 - Joey Logano #24 - Jeff Gordon #48 - Jimmie Johnson #31 - Ryan Newman #99 - Carl Edwards #18 - Kyle Busch #1 - Jamie McMurray Round 3: Kobalt 400 Joey Logano took the pole, and after a race with several different strategies and leaders, 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. Top ten results: #2 - Brad Keselowski #88 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. #27 - Paul Menard #22 - Joey Logano #99 - Carl Edwards #48 - Jimmie Johnson #31 - Ryan Newman #5 - Kasey Kahne #24 - Jeff Gordon #20 - Matt Kenseth 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). Top ten results: #99 - Carl Edwards #17 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr. #43 - Aric Almirola #14 - Tony Stewart #9 - Marcos Ambrose #11 - Denny Hamlin #24 - Jeff Gordon #5 - Kasey Kahne #55 - Brian Vickers #42 - Kyle Larson 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 less than three laps 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. Top ten results: #18 - Kyle Busch #42 - Kyle Larson #41 - Kurt Busch #20 - Matt Kenseth #14 - Tony Stewart #1 - Jamie McMurray #55 - Brian Vickers #47 - A. J. Allmendinger #27 - Paul Menard #99 - Carl Edwards Round 6: STP 500 Kyle Busch started on pole. Kurt Busch took the lead on lap 490 (the 33rd lead change) and held off Jimmie 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. Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished third, Joey Logano fourth, and Marcos Ambrose fifth. Top ten results: #41 - Kurt Busch #48 - Jimmie Johnson #88 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. #22 - Joey Logano #9 - Marcos Ambrose #20 - Matt Kenseth #4 - Kevin Harvick #43 - Aric Almirola #15 - Clint Bowyer #27 - Paul Menard 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.Hawkins Stephen https://sports.yahoo.com/news/rain-postpones-nascar-race-texas-232108182--nascar.html Rain postpones NASCAR race at Texas Motor Speedway Yahoo! Sports April 6, 2014 April 6, 2014 April 8, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140408023527/http://sports.yahoo.com/news/rain-postpones-nascar-race-texas-232108182--nascar.html dead The race started under green-yellow conditions to allow track workers to dry the track from the rain while green flag laps were counted under yellow flag conditions. Dale Earnhardt Jr. brought out the first yellow of the race two laps after it officially went green on Lap 11 when he clipped the wet infield grass on the front stretch, causing the splitter to dig in and damage the front end of his car before it caught fire. Teammate Jimmie Johnson received some damage from the dirt dug up by Earnhardt Jr. Joey Logano made a last lap pass on Jeff Gordon to win the race. Top ten results: #22 - Joey Logano #24 - Jeff Gordon #18 - Kyle Busch #55 - Brian Vickers #42 - Kyle Larson #16 - Greg Biffle #20 - Matt Kenseth #15 - Clint Bowyer #27 - Paul Menard #14 - Tony Stewart Round 8: Bojangles' Southern 500 Kevin Harvick started on the pole, led the most laps, and passed Dale Earnhardt Jr. with two laps to go to win his second race of the year at Darlington Raceway. Top ten results: #4 - Kevin Harvick #88 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. #48 - Jimmie Johnson #20 - Matt Kenseth #16 - Greg Biffle #18 - Kyle Busch #24 - Jeff Gordon #42 - Kyle Larson #14 - Tony Stewart #31 - Ryan Newman Round 9: Toyota Owners 400 Joey Logano scored his second win of the season after a nine lap battle for the win. Top ten results: #22 - Joey Logano #24 - Jeff Gordon #18 - Kyle Busch #2 - Brad Keselowski #20 - Matt Kenseth #47 - A. J. Allmendinger #88 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. #31 - Ryan Newman #99 - Carl Edwards #78 - Martin Truex Jr. Round 10: Aaron's 499 Denny Hamlin scored his first victory of the season, and first career win at Talladega Superspeedway, after taking the lead from Kevin Harvick with two laps to go. Top ten results: #11 - Denny Hamlin #16 - Greg Biffle #15 - Clint Bowyer #55 - Brian Vickers #47 - A. J. Allmendinger #27 - Paul Menard #4 - Kevin Harvick #5 - Kasey Kahne #42 - Kyle Larson #17 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Round 11: 5-hour Energy 400 Jeff Gordon took the lead with eight laps to go and held off a last lap charge by Kevin Harvick for his 89th career win. Top ten results: #24 - Jeff Gordon #4 - Kevin Harvick #5 - Kasey Kahne #22 - Joey Logano #88 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. #99 - Carl Edwards #10 - Danica Patrick #43 - Aric Almirola #48 - Jimmie Johnson #20 - Matt Kenseth Exhibition: NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race For the first time, the Sprint Showdown was held the day before the All-Star Race, with Clint Bowyer winning and A. J. Allmendinger finishing second to advance to the All-Star Race. Josh Wise was the winner of the fan vote to be the third driver to advance. Top ten results (Showdown): #15 - Clint Bowyer #47 - A. J. Allmendinger #13 - Casey Mears #9 - Marcos Ambrose #43 - Aric Almirola #42 - Kyle Larson #17 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr. #3 - Austin Dillon #27 - Paul Menard #10 - Danica Patrick For the main race, Carl Edwards took the pole in a unique qualifying session, but Kyle Busch won the first 20-lap segment. However, he and Joey Logano crashed in the second segment, followed soon after by Allmendinger. Kasey Kahne won the second and third segments, but faded in the fourth after hitting the wall, along with Ryan Newman. Kevin Harvick would later win the fourth segment. On the restart for the last segment, which was ten laps, Jamie McMurray passed Edwards and held off Harvick to win his first All-Star race. Top ten results: #1 - Jamie McMurray #4 - Kevin Harvick #20 - Matt Kenseth #88 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. #99 - Carl Edwards #48 - Jimmie Johnson #15 - Clint Bowyer #55 - Brian Vickers #11 - Denny Hamlin #2 - Brad Keselowski Round 12: Coca-Cola 600 Jimmie Johnson won the pole, led the most laps, and won the race ahead of Kevin Harvick, after the latter was slowed down by pit difficulties late and could not recover in time. Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards, and Jamie McMurray rounded out the top five. Kurt Busch and Danica Patrick both suffered blown engines in the race, with Busch's engine failure ending his chance of completing all 1,100 mi km of the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600, an act known as "Double Duty". Top ten results: #48 - Jimmie Johnson #4 - Kevin Harvick #20 - Matt Kenseth #99 - Carl Edwards #1 - Jamie McMurray #55 - Brian Vickers #24 - Jeff Gordon #27 - Paul Menard #18 - Kyle Busch #2 - Brad Keselowski Round 13: FedEx 400 thumb|Kyle Busch leads the FedEx 400 following the restart from the first caution Brad Keselowski started on pole, but Kyle Busch led the early part of the race. Jimmie Johnson eventually passed Kyle Busch for the lead. Clint Bowyer got into Kyle Busch, who wound up hitting the wall and ending his day. Greg Biffle and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. collided on the backstretch, also involving Landon Cassill, Ryan Truex, and Justin Allgaier. The race was red flagged in order to clean up. After the race resumed, Kevin Harvick took the lead from Johnson. Jamie McMurray hit a piece of concrete in turn two, which resulted in a second red flag in order to repair the hole in the track. The concrete ended up causing damage to the bridge over the track in that location. Harvick continued to lead after the red flag until having to pit for a flat tire, yielding the lead to Matt Kenseth. Johnson took the lead from Kenseth and dominated the remainder of the race, winning his second consecutive race and his ninth win at Dover. Despite the damage from the earlier incident, Greg Biffle reentered the race and finished 38th, his 85th consecutive race without a DNF, breaking the NASCAR record previously held by Herman Beam. Top ten results: #48 - Jimmie Johnson #2 - Brad Keselowski #20 - Matt Kenseth #15 - Clint Bowyer #11 - Denny Hamlin #78 - Martin Truex Jr. #14 - Tony Stewart #22 - Joey Logano #88 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. #27 - Paul Menard Round 14: Pocono 400 Denny Hamlin took the pole with a new track record, but Brad Keselowski led the most laps. Jimmie Johnson started 20th and worked up to 5th; however, his progress was stunted by a pit-road collision with Marcos Ambrose. Other contenders Tony Stewart and Kevin Harvick were done in by a pit road speeding penalty and a flat tire, respectively. Kasey Kahne was then taken out after being forced up into the wall by Kyle Busch, causing a crash that also involved Carl Edwards. After the final restart, Keselowski picked up a large piece of debris on his grill and got passed by Dale Earnhardt Jr. while trying to pull up behind the slower Danica Patrick to remove the debris. Earnhardt would continue to lead and pick up his first career victory at Pocono. The win was the fourth in a row for Hendrick Motorsports in 2014, and the fourth in a row for Hendrick at Pocono with four different drivers.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 10, 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 Top ten results: #88 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. #2 - Brad Keselowski #41 - Kurt Busch #11 - Denny Hamlin #42 - Kyle Larson #48 - Jimmie Johnson #31 - Ryan Newman #24 - Jeff Gordon #78 - Martin Truex Jr. #1 - Jamie McMurray Round 15: Quicken Loans 400 thumb|Racing action after a restart at the 2014 Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Jimmie Johnson took the lead with ten laps remaining to take his first win at Michigan International Speedway. This was his first career win at Michigan, after numerous unsuccessful attempts that ended with crashes, engine failures, or running out of fuel.https://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/cup/story/_/id/11088713/nascar-jimmie-johnson-winning-formula-michigan Johnson, Knaus hit right strategy Oreovicz John ESPN Internet Ventures June 15, 2014 ESPN.com June 19, 2014 Top ten results: #48 - Jimmie Johnson #4 - Kevin Harvick #2 - Brad Keselowski #27 - Paul Menard #5 - Kasey Kahne #24 - Jeff Gordon #88 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. #42 - Kyle Larson #22 - Joey Logano #15 - Clint Bowyer Round 16: Toyota/Save Mart 350 Carl Edwards held off a last lap charge from Jeff Gordon to win the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway.http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/06/Edwards-Sonoma-Road-Warrior.aspx Edwards Sonoma Road Warrior Pistone Pete Motor Racing Network June 22, 2014 MRN.com June 23, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140627003448/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/06/Edwards-Sonoma-Road-Warrior.aspx June 27, 2014 dead Top ten results: #99 - Carl Edwards #24 - Jeff Gordon #88 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. #1 - Jamie McMurray #27 - Paul Menard #5 - Kasey Kahne #48 - Jimmie Johnson #9 - Marcos Ambrose #16 - Greg Biffle #15 - Clint Bowyer Round 17: Quaker State 400 In a dominant performance from Team Penske, Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski combined to lead 236 of the 267 laps and Keselowski led 199 laps to win the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway. He described his car as "awesome" and that his crew did a "great job."http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/6/28/quaker-state-400-race-recap-results-kentucky.html Keselowski conquers Kentucky again Knight Chris NASCAR Wire Service June 28, 2014 NASCAR.com June 29, 2014 Top ten results: #2 - Brad Keselowski #18 - Kyle Busch #31 - Ryan Newman #20 - Matt Kenseth #88 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. #24 - Jeff Gordon #4 - Kevin Harvick #5 - Kasey Kahne #22 - Joey Logano #48 - Jimmie Johnson Round 18: Coke Zero 400 Aric Almirola scored his first career victory in the rain-shortened Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway. He said he could not "dream" of a better place to get his first win.http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/07/Aric-Almirola-Reigns-at-Daytona.aspx Almirola Scores First Win Long Dustin Motor Racing Network July 6, 2014 MRN.com July 8, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140712004345/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/07/Aric-Almirola-Reigns-at-Daytona.aspx July 12, 2014 dead Kurt Busch was penalized 10 points for a technical infraction following post-race inspection.http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/7/8/official-nascar-release-kurt-busch-infraction-daytona-penalty.html No. 41 team penalized for Daytona infraction Official NASCAR release July 8, 2014 NASCAR.com July 8, 2014 Top ten results: #43 - Aric Almirola #55 - Brian Vickers #41 - Kurt Busch #13 - Casey Mears #3 - Austin Dillon #11 - Denny Hamlin #95 - Michael McDowell #10 - Danica Patrick #15 - Clint Bowyer #9 - Marcos Ambrose Round 19: Camping World RV Sales 301 Brad Keselowski staved off a green-white-checker charge by Kyle Busch to win.http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/07/Keselowski-Sweeps-New-Hampshire.aspx Keselowski Sweeps New Hampshire Pistone Pete Motor Racing Network July 13, 2014 MRN.com July 14, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140714193358/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/07/Keselowski-Sweeps-New-Hampshire.aspx July 14, 2014 dead Top ten results: #2 - Brad Keselowski #18 - Kyle Busch #42 - Kyle Larson #20 - Matt Kenseth #31 - Ryan Newman #15 - Clint Bowyer #14 - Tony Stewart #11 - Denny Hamlin #17 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr. #88 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. Round 20: Brickyard 400 Jeff Gordon scored his record 5th win in the Brickyard 400 after passing Kasey Kahne on a restart with 17 laps to go. The race was dominated by a variety of pit strategies. Kasey Kahne led the most laps in the race with 70 as Hendrick powered cars led 127 of the 160 laps.http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/07/Indy-High-Five-for-Gordon.aspx Indy High Five for Gordon Pistone Pete Motor Racing Network July 27, 2014 MRN.com July 29, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140808215804/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/07/Indy-High-Five-for-Gordon.aspx August 8, 2014 dead Top ten results: #24 - Jeff Gordon #18 - Kyle Busch #11 - Denny Hamlin #20 - Matt Kenseth #22 - Joey Logano #5 - Kasey Kahne #42 - Kyle Larson #4 - Kevin Harvick #88 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. #3 - Austin Dillon Round 21: Gobowling.com 400 Despite having Kevin Harvick filling his rearview mirror, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was able to maintain the lead to complete the first Pocono sweep since Denny Hamlin did it in 2006.http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/08/Dale-Earnhardt-Jr-Sweeps-Pocono.aspx Earnhardt Jr. Sweeps Pocono Pistone Pete Motor Racing Network August 3, 2014 MRN.com August 3, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140805113245/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/08/Dale-Earnhardt-Jr-Sweeps-Pocono.aspx August 5, 2014 dead mdy-all Top ten results: #88 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. #4 - Kevin Harvick #22 - Joey Logano #15 - Clint Bowyer #16 - Greg Biffle #24 - Jeff Gordon #1 - Jamie McMurray #31 - Ryan Newman #11 - Denny Hamlin #5 - Kasey Kahne Round 22: Cheez-It 355 at The Glen A. J. Allmendinger held off a hard charging Marcos Ambrose with two laps remaining to score his first career Sprint Cup Series victory, and the first Cup Series victory for JTG Daugherty Racing.http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/08/AJ-Allmendinger-Wins-at-Watkins-Glen.aspx Allmendinger Breaks Through Pistone Pete Motor Racing Network August 10, 2014 MRN.com August 10, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20170620020240/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/08/AJ-Allmendinger-Wins-at-Watkins-Glen.aspx June 20, 2017 dead mdy-all Top ten results: #47 - A. J. Allmendinger #9 - Marcos Ambrose #41 - Kurt Busch #42 - Kyle Larson #99 - Carl Edwards #22 - Joey Logano #4 - Kevin Harvick #16 - Greg Biffle #20 - Matt Kenseth #55 - Brian Vickers Round 23: Pure Michigan 400 Jeff Gordon took the lead from Joey Logano on the final restart and sailed to victory lane for the 91st time in his career.http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/08/Jeff-Gordon-Wins-At-Michigan.aspx Gordon Triumphs At Michigan Long Dustin Motor Racing Network August 17, 2014 MRN.com August 17, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140819104311/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/08/Jeff-Gordon-Wins-At-Michigan.aspx August 19, 2014 dead Top ten results: #24 - Jeff Gordon #4 - Kevin Harvick #22 - Joey Logano #27 - Paul Menard #88 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. #15 - Clint Bowyer #11 - Denny Hamlin #2 - Brad Keselowski #48 - Jimmie Johnson #16 - Greg Biffle Round 24: Irwin Tools Night Race thumb|The start of the Irwin Tools Night Race. Joey Logano took the lead with 45 laps to go and had to hold off a late race charge by Brad Keselowski to score his third win of the 2014 season.http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/08/Joey-Logano-Wins-Bristol-Battle.aspx Logano Wins Bristol Battle Pistone Pete Motor Racing Network August 23, 2014 MRN.com August 24, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140826050333/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/08/Joey-Logano-Wins-Bristol-Battle.aspx August 26, 2014 dead Top ten results: #22 - Joey Logano #2 - Brad Keselowski #20 - Matt Kenseth #48 - Jimmie Johnson #41 - Kurt Busch #17 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr. #99 - Carl Edwards #1 - Jamie McMurray #27 - Paul Menard #16 - Greg Biffle Round 25: Oral-B USA 500 Kasey Kahne took the lead on the second Green-White-Checker attempt and held off Matt Kenseth to score his first win of the season.http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/08/Kahne-Cashes-in-at-Atlanta.aspx Kahne Clinches with Atlanta Win Pistone Pete Motor Racing Network September 1, 2014 MRN.com September 1, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140903130842/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/08/Kahne-Cashes-in-at-Atlanta.aspx September 3, 2014 dead Top ten results: #5 - Kasey Kahne #20 - Matt Kenseth #11 - Denny Hamlin #48 - Jimmie Johnson #99 - Carl Edwards #10 - Danica Patrick #31 - Ryan Newman #42 - Kyle Larson #43 - Aric Almirola #16 - Greg Biffle Round 26: Federated Auto Parts 400 Brad Keselowski would dominate, leading 383 laps on his way to his fourth win of the season.http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/09/Brad-Keselowski-Wins-At-Richmond.aspx Keselowski Grabs No. 1 Seed Pistone Pete Motor Racing Network September 6, 2014 MRN.com September 7, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140907075420/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/09/Brad-Keselowski-Wins-At-Richmond.aspx September 7, 2014 dead Top ten results: #2 - Brad Keselowski #24 - Jeff Gordon #15 - Clint Bowyer #1 - Jamie McMurray #4 - Kevin Harvick #22 - Joey Logano #41 - Kurt Busch #48 - Jimmie Johnson #31 - Ryan Newman #43 - Aric Almirola Round 27: MyAFibStory.com 400 The Chase-Opening race at Chicagoland Speedway started with qualifying being rained-out and Kyle Busch starting on Pole for being the fastest in first practice, and Chase Seed #1 Brad Keselowski wound up starting 25th for the 267 lap event. Busch led 46 laps early on, but the race saw comers and goers as it saw only a few cautions for the first 3/4 of the event. Jeff Gordon, Jamie McMurray, Keselowski, and Kevin Harvick (who led a race-high 79 laps) took turns at the front over the course of 100 laps of green. Keselowski and Harvick both suffered loose wheels and had to start at the tail-end of the lead lap. Chase driver Aric Almirola was leading on series of green flag pit stops with 37 to go when his engine blew and was forced to retire. Rookie Kyle Larson wound up taking the lead in the late going with a superior machine, battling Harvick, Gordon, and Keselowski in the late going with Keselowski making a three-wide move in between Larson and Harvick, taking the lead for good. With 10 laps to go, the final caution came out after Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Danica Patrick got together in Turn 4. On the final restart, Keselowski got away easy, Harvick fell to 5th, and Keselowski the #1 seed scored his 5th win of the season and second at Chicagoland. Gordon beat Larson for 2nd, and Joey Logano blew up out of Turn 4, but streaked across the finish line up in smoke to finish 4th.http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/09/Brad-Keselowski-Wins-At-Chicago.aspx Keselowski Strikes First Long Dustin Motor Racing Network September 14, 2014 MRN.com September 15, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140915024912/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/09/Brad-Keselowski-Wins-At-Chicago.aspx September 15, 2014 dead mdy-all Top ten results: #2 - Brad Keselowski #24 - Jeff Gordon #42 - Kyle Larson #22 - Joey Logano #4 - Kevin Harvick #11 - Denny Hamlin #18 - Kyle Busch #41 - Kurt Busch #1 - Jamie McMurray #20 - Matt Kenseth Round 28: Sylvania 300 Joey Logano took off on the first Green-White-Checker attempt to score his fourth victory of the season.http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/09/Joey-Logano-Scores-New-Hampshire-Victory.aspx Logano Triumphs at New Hampshire Long Dustin Motor Racing Network September 21, 2014 MRN.com September 23, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140922113707/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/09/Joey-Logano-Scores-New-Hampshire-Victory.aspx September 22, 2014 dead Top ten results: #22 - Joey Logano #42 - Kyle Larson #4 - Kevin Harvick #1 - Jamie McMurray #48 - Jimmie Johnson #43 - Aric Almirola #2 - Brad Keselowski #18 - Kyle Busch #88 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. #55 - Brian Vickers Round 29: AAA 400 thumb|right|The AAA 400 from turn 3 Kevin Harvick started on pole and dominated most of the first half of the race. Cautions flew for debris on lap 62, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. brushing the wall on lap 75, and debris again on lap 125. Brad Keselowski took the lead from Harvick on lap 148. After a caution for J. J. Yeley scraping the wall on lap 171, Harvick regained the lead. After a round of green flag pit stops, Harvick cut a tire and brought out the caution on lap 254. Keselowski took over the race lead. Jeff Gordon took the lead from Keselowski on lap 305 and continued on for the win, the 92nd of his career. Following this race, A. J. Allmendinger, Kurt Busch, Greg Biffle, and Aric Almirola were eliminated from the Chase.http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/09/Jeff-Gordon-Back-at-Dover.aspx Gordon Back at Dover Pistone Pete Motor Racing Network September 28, 2014 MRN.com September 29, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141001152611/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/09/Jeff-Gordon-Back-at-Dover.aspx October 1, 2014 dead Top ten results: #24 - Jeff Gordon #2 - Brad Keselowski #48 - Jimmie Johnson #22 - Joey Logano #20 - Matt Kenseth #42 - Kyle Larson #78 - Martin Truex Jr. #31 - Ryan Newman #15 - Clint Bowyer #18 - Kyle Busch Round 30: Hollywood Casino 400 On the final restart with 28 laps to go, Ryan Newman lost the lead to Joey Logano and he held off a hard-charging Kyle Larson to score his fifth win of the season.http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/logano-wins-his-way-into-next-round-after-late-race-duel-with-larson Logano wins his way into next round after late-race duel with Larson Spencer Lee Motorsport.com, Inc. October 5, 2014 Motorsport.com October 5, 2014 Top ten results: #22 - Joey Logano #42 - Kyle Larson #18 - Kyle Busch #78 - Martin Truex Jr. #99 - Carl Edwards #31 - Ryan Newman #11 - Denny Hamlin #3 - Austin Dillon #27 - Paul Menard #55 - Brian Vickers Round 31: Bank of America 500 Kevin Harvick shot ahead of Jeff Gordon on the final restart with two laps remaining to win the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/10/Charlotte-Win-for-Harvick.aspx Harvick Advances with Charlotte Win Pistone Pete Motor Racing Network October 11, 2014 MRN.com October 15, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141014212828/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/10/Charlotte-Win-for-Harvick.aspx October 14, 2014 dead Top ten results: #4 - Kevin Harvick #24 - Jeff Gordon #1 - Jamie McMurray #22 - Joey Logano #18 - Kyle Busch #42 - Kyle Larson #31 - Ryan Newman #99 - Carl Edwards #11 - Denny Hamlin #5 - Kasey Kahne Round 32: GEICO 500 Brad Keselowski held off hard-charging Ryan Newman and Matt Kenseth to win the GEICO 500.https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nascar-auto-racing/thatsracin/article9203804.html Brad Keselowski wins GEICO 500 at Talladega to advance in Chase Utter Jim The Charlotte Observer October 19, 2014 ThatsRacin.com October 19, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141019234613/http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/10/19/5252972/brad-keselowski-wins-geico-500.html October 19, 2014 livehttp://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/10/Brad-Keselowski-Scores-Must-Win.aspx Keselowski Scores Must Win Pistone Pete Motor Racing Network October 19, 2014 MRN.com October 19, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163429/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/10/Brad-Keselowski-Scores-Must-Win.aspx October 21, 2014 dead mdy-all Kyle Busch, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kasey Kahne and Jimmie Johnson were the four drivers who were eliminated.http://racing.ap.org/article/keselowski-keeps-title-hopes-alive-talladega Keselowski keeps title hopes alive at Talladega Fryer Jenna The Associated Press October 19, 2014 racing.ap.org October 19, 2014 https://archive.today/20141019220107/http://racing.ap.org/article/keselowski-keeps-title-hopes-alive-talladega October 19, 2014 dead mdy-allhttps://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2014/10/19/brad-keselowski-wins-geico-500-talladega-earnhardt-johnson-kahne-busch-eliminated/17573499/ Keseloskwi wins at Talladega; Earnhardt, Johnson out of Chase Ryan Nate Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc. October 19, 2014 usatoday.com October 19, 2014 Top ten results: #2 - Brad Keselowski #20 - Matt Kenseth #15 - Clint Bowyer #40 - Landon Cassill #31 - Ryan Newman #33 - Travis Kvapil #41 - Kurt Busch #9 - Marcos Ambrose #4 - Kevin Harvick #13 - Casey Mears Round 33: Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500 Dale Earnhardt Jr. took the lead from Tony Stewart with four laps to go and held off a hard charging Jeff Gordon to score his first career win at Martinsville Speedway.http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/10/Earnhardt-Masters-Martinsville.aspx Earnhardt Jr. Masters Martinsville Pistone Pete Motor Racing Network October 26, 2014 MRN.com October 26, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141027005417/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/10/Earnhardt-Masters-Martinsville.aspx October 27, 2014 deadhttp://racing.ap.org/article/earnhardt-wins-martinsville-speedway Earnhardt wins at Martinsville Speedway Fryer Jenna The Associated Press October 26, 2014 racing.ap.org October 26, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141027011121/http://racing.ap.org/article/earnhardt-wins-martinsville-speedway October 27, 2014 dead mdy-allhttps://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2014/10/26/dale-earnhardt-jr-wins-martinsville/17963263/ Dale Earnhardt Jr. wins at Martinsville Ryan Nate Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc. October 26, 2014 usatoday.com October 26, 2014 Top ten results: #88 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. #24 - Jeff Gordon #31 - Ryan Newman #14 - Tony Stewart #22 - Joey Logano #20 - Matt Kenseth #15 - Clint Bowyer #11 - Denny Hamlin #47 - A. J. Allmendinger #34 - David Ragan Round 34: AAA Texas 500 Jimmie Johnson held off Brad Keselowski and Kevin Harvick to score his 70th career win.http://racing.ap.org/article/johnson-wins-texas-gordon-irate-keselowski-0 Johnson wins at Texas, Gordon irate at Keselowski Fryer Jenna The Associated Press November 2, 2014 racing.ap.org November 3, 2014 https://archive.today/20141103005041/http://racing.ap.org/article/johnson-wins-texas-gordon-irate-keselowski-0 November 3, 2014 dead mdy-allhttp://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/11/Jimmie-Johnson-Takes-Texas.aspx Johnson Takes Texas Thriller Pistone Pete Motor Racing Network November 2, 2014 MRN.com November 3, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141103035421/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/11/Jimmie-Johnson-Takes-Texas.aspx November 3, 2014 dead This race is also known for a late-race incident between Harvick, Brad Keselowski, and Jeff Gordon, which resulted in a post-race brawl on pit road. Robin Pemberton, NASCAR's senior vice president of competition, said that series officials will review what took place to determine what, if any, penalties will be issued.http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/11/Jeff-Gordon-Angry-With-Brad-Keselowski.aspx Gordon, Keselowski Scrap After Race Long Dustin Motor Racing Network November 2, 2014 MRN.com November 3, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141103045119/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/11/Jeff-Gordon-Angry-With-Brad-Keselowski.aspx November 3, 2014 deadhttp://motorsports-soapbox.blogspot.com/2014/11/commentary-few-random-tongue-in-cheek.html COMMENTARY: A Few Random, Tongue-In-Cheek Thoughts In The Aftermath Of Last Night's AAA 500 Moody Dave Godfather Motorsports November 3, 2014 GodfatherMotorsports.com November 3, 2014 Top ten results: #48 - Jimmie Johnson #4 - Kevin Harvick #2 - Brad Keselowski #18 - Kyle Busch #1 - Jamie McMurray #88 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. #42 - Kyle Larson #41 - Kurt Busch #99 - Carl Edwards #11 - Denny Hamlin Round 35: Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500 Kevin Harvick dominated the race to score the victory.http://racing.ap.org/article/newmans-late-pass-dooms-gordon-phoenix-0 Newman's late pass dooms Gordon at Phoenix Fryer Jenna The Associated Press November 9, 2014 racing.ap.org November 11, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141124012030/http://racing.ap.org/article/newmans-late-pass-dooms-gordon-phoenix-0 November 24, 2014 deadhttps://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2014/11/09/kevin-harvick-wins-at-phoenix-harvick-logano-newman-hamlin-advance-to-title/18767789/ Harvick, Logano, Newman, Hamlin advance to race for NASCAR title Ryan Nate Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc. November 9, 2014 usatoday.com November 11, 2014 In the final turn, Ryan Newman sent Kyle Larson into the wall to secure his place in the championship race.http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-nascar-phoenix-chase-20141109-story.html Kevin Harvick advances to NASCAR Chase final with win in Phoenix Peltz Jim November 9, 2014 Los Angeles Times November 11, 2014http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/11/Clutch-Win-by-Harvick-in-Phoenix.aspx Clutch Phoenix Win by Harvick Pistone Pete Motor Racing Network November 9, 2014 MRN.com November 11, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141110022554/http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2014/11/Clutch-Win-by-Harvick-in-Phoenix.aspx November 10, 2014 deadhttp://motorsports-soapbox.blogspot.com/2014/11/larson-on-newman-i-completely.html Larson On Newman: "I Completely Understand The Situation He Was In" Moody Dave Godfather Motorsports November 10, 2014 GodfatherMotorsports.com November 11, 2014 Kevin Harvick (with the much-needed win), Joey Logano, Denny Hamlin, and Ryan Newman were the four drivers who will race for the championship, which also meant that NASCAR will be having a new Sprint Cup Series champion. Jeff Gordon, Carl Edwards, Brad Keselowski, and Matt Kenseth were the four drivers eliminated. Top ten results: #4 - Kevin Harvick #24 - Jeff Gordon #20 - Matt Kenseth #2 - Brad Keselowski #11 - Denny Hamlin #22 - Joey Logano #41 - Kurt Busch #88 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. #16 - Greg Biffle #9 - Marcos Ambrose This was Jeff Gordon's final Second place finish. Round 36: Ford EcoBoost 400 Jeff Gordon won the pole for the race and dominated. Kevin Harvick took the lead from Denny Hamlin with 8 laps to go, but a late caution forced the race to have a 3 lap shootout. Harvick and Ryan Newman, who were the top of the 4 championship contenders, restarted on the front row. Harvick held off Newman to score his fifth win of the season and take the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup title. Top ten results: #4 - Kevin Harvick #31 - Ryan Newman #2 - Brad Keselowski #27 - Paul Menard #1 - Jamie McMurray #20 - Matt Kenseth #11 - Denny Hamlin #15 - Clint Bowyer #48 - Jimmie Johnson #24 - Jeff Gordon Results and standings Races No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer Winning manufacturer Report Sprint Unlimited at Daytona Denny Hamlin Denny Hamlin Denny Hamlin Toyota Report Budweiser Duel 1 Austin Dillon Matt Kenseth Matt Kenseth ToyotaReport 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 Greg Biffle Denny Hamlin Toyota Report 11 5-hour Energy 400 Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Report NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race Carl Edwards Jamie McMurray Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Report 12 Coca-Cola 600 Jimmie Johnson Jimmie Johnson Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Report 13 FedEx 400 Brad Keselowski Jimmie Johnson Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Report 14 Pocono 400 Denny Hamlin Brad Keselowski Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Report 15 Quicken Loans 400 Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Report 16 Toyota/Save Mart 350 Jamie McMurray A. J. Allmendinger Carl Edwards Ford Report 17 Quaker State 400 Brad Keselowski Brad Keselowski Brad Keselowski Ford Report 18 Coke Zero 400 David Gilliland Kurt Busch Aric Almirola Ford Report 19 Camping World RV Sales 301 Kyle Busch Brad Keselowski Brad Keselowski Ford Report 20 Brickyard 400 Kevin Harvick Kasey Kahne Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Report 21 Gobowling.com 400 Kyle Larson Jeff Gordon Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Report 22 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen Jeff Gordon A. J. AllmendingerJeff Gordon A. J. Allmendinger Chevrolet Report 23 Pure Michigan 400 Jeff Gordon Joey Logano Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Report 24 Irwin Tools Night Race Kevin Harvick Jamie McMurray Joey Logano Ford Report 25 Oral-B USA 500 Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Kasey Kahne Chevrolet Report 26 Federated Auto Parts 400 Brad Keselowski Brad Keselowski Brad Keselowski Ford ReportChase for the Sprint CupChallenger Round 27 MyAFibStory.com 400 Kyle Busch Kevin Harvick Brad Keselowski Ford Report 28 Sylvania 300 Brad Keselowski Kevin Harvick Joey Logano Ford Report 29 AAA 400 Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Jeff Gordon Chevrolet ReportContender Round 30 Hollywood Casino 400 Kevin Harvick Joey Logano Joey Logano Ford Report 31 Bank of America 500 Kyle Busch Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Report 32 GEICO 500 Brian Vickers Jimmie Johnson Brad Keselowski Ford ReportEliminator Round 33 Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500 Jamie McMurray Jeff Gordon Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Report 34 AAA Texas 500 Matt Kenseth Jimmie Johnson Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Report 35 Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500 Denny Hamlin Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Chevrolet ReportChampionship 36 Ford EcoBoost 400 Jeff Gordon Jeff Gordon Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Report Drivers' championship List of NASCAR points scoring systems (key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or owner's points. * – Most laps led. . – Eliminated after Challenger Round . – Eliminated after Contender Round . – Eliminated after Eliminator Round Pos. Position 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. Points scored 1 Kevin Harvick 13 1* 41 39 36 7 42 1* 11 7 2* 2 17 14 2* 20 7 39 30 8 2 7 2 11 19* 5 5* 3* 13* 12 1* 9 33 2 1* 1 5043 2 Ryan Newman 22 7 7 16 20 20 16 10 8 18 11 15 31 7 15 11 3 24 5 11 8 41 11 13 7 9 15 18 8 6 7 5 3 15 11 2 5042 3 Denny Hamlin 2 19 12 6 INQ 19 13 19 22 1 18 22 5 4 29 26 42 6 8 3 9 24 7 40 3 21 6 37 12 7 9 18 8 10 5 7 5037 4 Joey Logano 11 4 4 20 39 4 1* 35 1 32 4 12 8 40 9 16 9 17 40 5 3 6 3* 1 14 6 4 1 4 1* 4 11 5 12 6 16 5028 Chase for the Sprint Cup cut-off Pos. Position 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. Points scored 5 Brad Keselowski 3 3 1* 14 26 38 15 17 4 38 13 10 2 2* 3 22 1* 18 1* 12 23 35 8 2 39 1* 1 7 2 36 16 1 31 3 4 3 2361 6 Jeff Gordon 4 5 9 7 13 12 2 7 2* 39 1 7 15 8 6 2 6 12 26 1 6* 34* 1 16 17 2 2 26 1 14 2 26 2* 29 2 10* 2348 7 Matt Kenseth 6 12 10 13* 4 6 7 4 5 37 10 3 3 25 14 42 4 20 4 4 38 9 38 3 2 41 10 21 5 13 19 2 6 25 3 6 2334 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1* 2 2 24 12 3 43 2 7 26 5 19 9 1 7 3 5 14 10 9 1 11 5 39 11 12 11 9 17 39 20 31 1 6 8 14 2301 9 Carl Edwards 17 8 5 1 10 13 14 13 9 30 6 4 14 41 23 1 17 37 13 15 29 5 23 7 5 22 20 17 11 5 8 21 20 9 15 34 2288 10 Kyle Busch 19 9 11 29 1 14 3 6 3 12 15 9 42 12 41 25 2 28 2 2 42 40 39 36 16 14 7 8 10 3 5 40 11 4 34 39 2285 11 Jimmie Johnson 5 6 6 19 24* 2* 25 3 32 23 9 1* 1* 6 1 7 10 42 42 14 39 28 9 4 4 8 12 5 3 40 17 24* 32 1* 39 9 2274 12 Kurt Busch 21 39 26 35 3 1 39 31 23 33 29 40 18 3 13 12 12 3* 17 28 13 3 31 5 13 7 8 36 18 42 11 7 36 8 7 11 2263 13 A. J. Allmendinger 26 26 18 25 8 11 23 15 6 5 30 23 21 21 22 37* 22 43 18 18 34 1* 13 14 40 23 22 13 23 11 12 23 9 14 16 40 2260 14 Greg Biffle 8 17 22 12 40 18 6 5 15 2* 16 21 38 16 20 9 14 29 15 13 5 8 10 10 10 19 23 16 21 15 18 25 13 13 9 41 2247 15 Kasey Kahne 31 11 8 8 41 22 11 37 14 8 3 14 19 42 5 6 8 27 11 6* 10 12 16 35 1 17 13 23 20 22 10 12 40 38 21 12 2234 16 Aric Almirola 39 15 25 3 43 8 12 24 17 13 8 11 12 22 31 23 39 1 23 21 35 18 20 41 9 10 41 6 28 31 22 39 21 24 18 19 2195 17 Kyle Larson (R) 38 20 19 10 2 27 5 8 16 9 12 18 11 5 8 28 40 36 3 7 11 4 43 12 8 11 3 2 6 2 6 17 30 7 13 13 1080 18 Jamie McMurray 14 10 15 38 6 42 17 16 13 29 39 5 13 10 12 4 37 30 16 20 7 14 14 8* 12 4 9 4 22 25 3 35 16 5 14 5 1014 19 Clint Bowyer 42 13 23 15 16 9 8 12 43 3 23 17 4 11 10 10 23 9 6 16 4 27 6 17 38 3 39 14 9 18 43 3 7 28 40 8 979 20 Austin Dillon (R) 9 24 16 11 11 15 21 11 27 15 19 16 20 17 30 17 16 5 14 10 15 16 22 28 24 20 16 11 24 8 13 13 12 21 38 25 958 21 Paul Menard 32 23 3 21 9 10 9 41 24 6 17 8 10 26 4 5 15 16 19 34 33 32 4 9 18 18 21 15 16 9 42 36 14 17 23 4 944 22 Brian Vickers 30 25 13 9 7 16 4 26 12 4 14 6 43 19 42 14 26 2 21 19 37 10 19 21 15 13 24 10 15 10 37 20 27 16 19 23 921 23 Marcos Ambrose 18 21 24 5 30 5 20 14 18 19 24 29 16 24 25 8 13 10 27 22 14 2 12 34 42 27 25 24 26 20 25 8 23 27 10 27 870 24 Martin Truex Jr. 43 22 14 36 23 21 18 27 10 17 21 25 6 9 37 15 19 15 12 25 32 13 36 20 23 25 14 12 7 4 14 27 38 19 12 17 857 25 Tony Stewart 35 16 33 4 5 17 10 9 25 43 20 13 7 13 11 19 11 40 7 17 36 QL 41 15 18 30 14 17 21 34 4 11 20 43 799 26 Casey Mears 10 14 28 27 15 24 28 18 19 14 26 24 25 23 24 13 20 4 38 33 12 15 17 26 22 31 26 22 27 28 31 10 37 18 35 20 782 27 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 7 18 27 2 34 40 26 20 38 10 22 26 41 15 27 31 25 41 9 24 18 20 15 6 20 26 17 39 19 19 24 DNQ 15 23 17 22 757 28 Danica Patrick 40 36 21 18 14 32 27 22 34 22 7 39 23 37 17 18 21 8 22 42 30 21 18 27 6 16 19 19 25 16 26 19 34 36 22 18 735 29 Justin Allgaier (R) 27 30 31 17 28 23 24 23 21 27 36 37 26 27 16 33 24 25 37 27 16 17 42 19 26 28 27 20 29 41 15 DNQ 17 20 37 15 636 30 David Gilliland 36 29 30 22 38 26 22 28 20 40 37 43 29 28 26 21 30 35 24 36 17 22 21 25 28 29 34 27 33 30 32 29 22 34 24 31 554 31 Cole Whitt (R) 28 27 36 40 18 29 31 38 41 21 28 27 27 30 28 27 28 34 28 32 21 43 25 30 30 30 30 38 30 23 28 15 18 26 42 26 532 32 David Ragan 34 28 32 31 27 28 35 32 30 35 38 31 36 18 38 36 31 22 25 35 19 19 24 23 27 33 31 42 31 27 34 30 10 32 25 30 531 33 Michael Annett (R) 37 34 29 26 19 31 29 42 33 16 25 28 35 20 21 30 18 21 32 31 22 31 40 38 21 37 40 29 41 24 33 37 24 22 26 35 531 34 Reed Sorenson 16 31 34 28 21 34 33 39 42 34 32 42 24 34 32 32 27 33 33 38 27 23 27 24 29 24 29 31 32 26 27 14 35 33 28 24 516 35 Alex Bowman (R) 23 41 37 32 22 36 32 29 28 28 35 33 40 31 40 29 36 13 31 40 31 36 26 32 35 38 35 28 34 32 30 43 29 42 32 33 412 36 Josh Wise 24 DNQ 42 23 37 35 36 21 39 20 33 41 28 35 33 40 29 23 29 29 24 38 28 29 33 32 33 33 42 38 41 28 25 41 41 32 405 37 Michael McDowell DNQ 33 43 37 37 30 DNQ 36 30 24 7 26 42 18 DNQ 32 35 29 41 30 31 21 255 38 Travis Kvapil 38 39 33 33 33 37 33 36 34 29 43 34 39 25 32 39 38 32 38 6 41 214 39 Ryan Truex (R) DNQ 35 35 42 31 30 DNQ 40 31 31 43 38 32 32 DNQ 41 33 32 36 41 20 39 INQ 37 36 42 42 193 40 Terry Labonte 20 24 11 33 88 41 Jeff Burton 17 20 37 15 87 42 Michael Waltrip 41 25 19 16 76 43 David Stremme 39 DNQ 36 35 37 39 35 DNQ 31 36 40 37 75 44 Timmy Hill 38 43 40 36 QL 41 35 43 33 36 42 35 62 45 Brett Moffitt 22 34 DNQ 42 34 40 40 36 60 46 Bobby Labonte 15 26 37 54 47 Parker Kligerman (R) 29 42 40 34 42 41 40 30 54 48 Juan Pablo Montoya 18 23 47 49 Alex Kennedy 39 39 28 33 34 47 50 Dave Blaney Wth DNQ DNQ DNQ Wth Wth 41 43 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 33 43 Wth 26 33 43 46 51 David Reutimann DNQ 29 DNQ 38 DNQ 29 37 52 Boris Said 35 25 28 53 Nelson Piquet Jr. 26 18 54 Eddie MacDonald 35 9 55 Tomy Drissi 38 6 56 Clay Rogers DNQ 43 43 DNQ 2 David Mayhew QL 0 Ineligible for Sprint Cup driver points Pos. Position 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. Points scored Landon Cassill 12 DNQ DNQ 30 25 25 34 25 26 11 42 36 34 33 35 43 32 31 34 30 41 29 29 22 31 34 28 25 35 21 23 4 19 43 29 29 Sam Hornish Jr. 17 Trevor Bayne 33 20 19 41 20 19 38 43 41 DNQ 32 39 42 Ryan Blaney 27 QL 22 Ty Dillon 25 27 Brian Scott 25 32 35 42 32 28 Mike Wallace 34 40 34 38 26 36 Kyle Fowler 28 J. J. Yeley DNQ DNQ 40 DNQ 41 DNQ 39 38 36 34 30 33 32 43 39 29 38 42 39 31 30 37 Joe Nemechek DNQ 40 DNQ 41 32 43 DNQ 34 37 DNQ 31 34 38 DNQ 40 30 35 37 40 36 DNQ Blake Koch 37 DNQ 35 30 39 38 Joey Gase 37 37 37 33 Mike Bliss 41 43 43 35 43 36 43 43 Corey LaJoie 41 35 Regan Smith 37 Morgan Shepherd DNQ 43 39 Johnny Sauter 43 Eric McClure DNQ DNQ Matt Crafton QL DNQ QL Pos. Position 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. Points scored Manufacturers' championship Pos Manufacturer Wins Points 1Chevrolet 20 1572 2Ford 14 1530 3Toyota 2 1406 See also Sports 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West 2014 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour 2014 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour 2014 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series 2014 NASCAR Toyota Series 2014 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series References 30em Category:NASCAR Cup Series seasons