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2014 Food City 500

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2014 Food City 500
Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Race 4 of 36 in the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
The 2014 Food City 500 program cover, featuring Rusty Wallace and Brad Keselowski.
The 2014 Food City 500 program cover, featuring Rusty Wallace and Brad Keselowski.
Date March 16, 2014 (2014-03-16)
Location Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee
Course Permanent racing facility
0.533 mi (0.858 km)
Distance 503 laps, 268.099 mi (431.574 km)
Scheduled Distance 500 laps, 266.5 mi (429 km)
Weather Partly cloudy with chances of rain and a temperature of 47 °F (8 °C); wind out of the southeast at 13 mph (21 km/h)
Average speed 84.051 mph (135.267 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Joe Gibbs Racing
Time 14.761 seconds
Most laps led
Driver Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps 165
Winner
No. 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing
Television in the United States
Network Fox & PRN
Announcers Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds (Television)
Doug Rice and Mark Garrow (Booth)
Rob Albright (Backstretch) (Radio)
Nielsen Ratings 4.5/9 (Final)
4.2/8 (Overnight)
7.3 Million viewers[11]

The 2014 Food City 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on March 16, 2014, at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. Contested over 503 laps – having been extended from the original distance of 500 laps in the prospect of a green–white–checker finish that ultimately did not occur due to weather – on the 0.533 miles (0.858 km) concrete oval, it was the fourth race of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Carl Edwards won the race, his first of the season, while teammate Ricky Stenhouse Jr. finished second, while Aric Almirola, Tony Stewart, and Marcos Ambrose rounded out the top five. The top rookies of the race were Kyle Larson (10th), Austin Dillon (11th), and Justin Allgaier (17th).

Previous week's race

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On the final lap of the Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Dale Earnhardt Jr. ran out of gas exiting turn 2 and Brad Keselowski passed him to take the checkered flag.[12] Keselowski praised his Team Penske organization, stating that they were "just doing everything so well right now", while also stating his pleasure with the victory and the added bonus of being a competitor in the Chase for the Sprint Cup later in the season, stating that he did not "have to hear all that crap all year long about not being in the Chase".[12] Earnhardt Jr. was disappointed with the way that his race finished, describing running out of gas as "tough", while stating that he and his team "have got a good thing going, we've got to be positive. We've got to keep trying to win races. I know my fans are disappointed, but we got to stay positive".[12]

Report

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Background

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Bristol Motor Speedway, the track where the race was held.

The track, Bristol Motor Speedway, is a four-turn short track oval that is 0.533 miles (0.858 km) long.[13] The track's turns are banked from twenty-four to thirty degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked from six to ten degrees. The back stretch also has banking from six to ten degrees.[13] The track has a seating capacity of 160,000 people.[13] The race consisted of 500 laps, equivalent to a race distance of 266.5 miles (428.9 km).[13] The 2013 winner was Kasey Kahne.

Entry list

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The entry list for the Food City 500 was released Monday, March 10 at 10:24 a.m. Eastern time. Forty-five drivers were entered for the race.

No. Driver Team Manufacturer Sponsor
1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet McDonald's
2 Brad Keselowski (PC2) Team Penske Ford Miller Lite
3 Austin Dillon (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Bad Boy Buggies, Realtree Outdoors
4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet Budweiser
5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Farmers Insurance
7 Michael Annett (R) Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet Pilot, Flying J
9 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports Ford Stanley Tools, DeWalt
10 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet GoDaddy "Get Found"
11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota FedEx Freight
13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet GEICO
14 Tony Stewart (PC3) Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops, Mobil 1
15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 5-hour Energy
16 Greg Biffle Roush-Fenway Racing Ford Meguiar's
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush-Fenway Racing Ford Nationwide
18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Skittles
20 Matt Kenseth (PC5) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota The Home Depot, Husky Tools
22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford Shell, Pennzoil
23 Alex Bowman (R) BK Racing Toyota Dr. Pepper
24 Jeff Gordon (PC6) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Axalta Coatings
26 Cole Whitt (R) Swan Racing Toyota Speed Stick Gear
27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Menards, Richmond Water Heaters
30 Parker Kligerman (R) Swan Racing Toyota Swan Energy
31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Quicken Loans Billion $ Bracket Challenge
32 Travis Kvapil Go FAS Racing Ford Michael Alden's Ask More, Get More: How to Earn More, Save More, and Live More...Just by Asking
33 Timmy Hill Circle Sport Chevrolet Little Joe's Autos
34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford Dockside Logistics
35 David Reutimann Front Row Motorsports Ford MDS Trucking
36 Reed Sorenson Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet Tommy Baldwin Racing
38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford Long John Silver's
40 Landon Cassill (i) Circle Sport Chevrolet CRC Brakleen
41 Kurt Busch (PC4) Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet Haas Automation
42 Kyle Larson (R) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet Target, Axe
43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford Smithfield
47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet Bush's Grillin' Beans
48 Jimmie Johnson (PC1) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Lowe's, Kobalt Tools
51 Justin Allgaier (R) HScott Motorsports Chevrolet SEM Products
55 Brian Vickers Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine
66 Joe Nemechek (i) Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota Land Castle Title
77 Dave Blaney Randy Humphrey Racing Ford Randy Humphrey Racing
78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet Furniture Row, Denver Mattress
83 Ryan Truex (R) BK Racing Toyota Borla Exhaust
88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet National Guard
95 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing Ford K-Love
98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Chevrolet Phil Parsons Racing
99 Carl Edwards Roush-Fenway Racing Ford Kellogg's Frosted Flakes, Cheez-It
Official entry list
Key Meaning
(R) Rookie
(i) Ineligible for points
(PC#) Past champions provisional

Practice

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First practice

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Kurt Busch was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 14.784 and a speed of 129.789 mph (208.875 km/h). His younger brother Kyle Busch was among four drivers who wrecked their primary cars during the session.[14] Danica Patrick slid, hit the wall in turn 4, ricocheted into Parker Kligerman and sent him into the wall.[14] Kyle Busch and Greg Biffle were involved in a similar situation in the same session,[14] while Justin Allgaier bounced off the turn 1 wall, having believed he had blown a right-front tire.[14]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 41 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 14.784 129.789
2 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 14.826 129.421
3 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 14.834 129.351
Official first practice results

Qualifying

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Denny Hamlin won the pole position, setting a new track record.

Denny Hamlin won the pole – the 18th of his Cup career – with a new track record time of 14.761 and a speed of 129.991 mph (209.200 km/h).[15] Hamlin stated that his lap was "faster than I ever imagined going around this track" and that "every new rule change we have just makes these cars go a little bit faster".[15] Brad Keselowski joined Hamlin on the front row, missing out on pole by 0.003 seconds. He started that "if you're fast, you're fast and it shows through", while also praising Hamlin's car as "fast".[15] Championship leader Dale Earnhardt Jr. could only qualify 14th, stating that he was "just too tight" on his opening run in qualifying, and that he also "kind of overshot the track a little bit".[15]

Qualifying results

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Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer R1 R2
1 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 14.850 14.761
2 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 14.908 14.764
3 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 14.952 14.866
4 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 14.832 14.894
5 9 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 14.936 14.906
6 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 14.842 14.962
7 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 14.880 14.972
8 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 14.932 14.997
9 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 14.864 15.014
10 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 14.941 15.027
11 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 14.892 15.063
12 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 14.867 15.100
13 41 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 14.953
14 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 14.959
15 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 14.962
16 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 14.963
17 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 14.971
18 26 Cole Whitt (R) Swan Racing Toyota 14.999
19 34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 15.002
20 42 Kyle Larson (R) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 15.015
21 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 15.028
22 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 15.032
23 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 15.037
24 95 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing Ford 15.037
25 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 15.038
26 3 Austin Dillon (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 15.046
27 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 15.056
28 27 Paul Menard[A 1] Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 15.057
29 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 15.067
30 51 Justin Allgaier (R) HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 15.068
31 40 Landon Cassill[A 2] Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 15.087
32 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Chevrolet 15.088
33 23 Alex Bowman (R) BK Racing Toyota 15.089
34 7 Michael Annett (R) Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 15.121
35 36 Reed Sorenson Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 15.151
36 10 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 15.153
37 14 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 15.163
38 55 Brian Vickers Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 15.175
39 32 Travis Kvapil Go FAS Racing Ford 15.192
40 83 Ryan Truex (R) BK Racing Toyota 15.306
41 30 Parker Kligerman (R)[A 1] Swan Racing Toyota 15.417
42 66 Joe Nemechek Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 15.659
43 33 Timmy Hill Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 15.717
Did not qualify
44 35 David Reutimann Front Row Motorsports Ford 15.154
45 77 Dave Blaney Randy Humphrey Racing Ford 15.330
Official qualifying results

Practice (post-qualifying)

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Ryan Newman was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 15.099 and a speed of 127.081 mph (204.517 km/h).

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 15.099 127.081
2 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 15.125 126.863
3 41 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 15.146 126.687
Official second practice results

Final practice

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Casey Mears was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 15.240 and a speed of 125.906 mph (202.626 km/h). Landon Cassill broke the rear-end housing and hit the wall hard during the session. He was forced to roll out his backup car and started from the rear because the change took place after qualifying.

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 15.240 125.906
2 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 15.251 125.815
3 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 15.267 125.683
Official final practice results

Race

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First half

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Start

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The race was scheduled to start at 1:13 p.m. Eastern time, but was delayed for almost two hours by heavy rain. The race finally got underway at 3:00 p.m. when Denny Hamlin led the field to the green flag. Brad Keselowski took the lead on lap two, and it did not take long before he started lapping cars in typical Bristol fashion. Joey Logano used a lapped car as a pick to get ahead of Keselowski for the lead on lap 42, shortly prior to a scheduled competition caution on lap 51 due to the earlier showers. Jimmie Johnson took just two tires and exited pit road as the leader. His teammate Jeff Gordon was exiting his stall when David Ragan was coming into his; Ragan came down across Gordon and got turned around. The race restarted on lap 58, before another caution on lap 60, due to debris in turn 2.

Rain delay

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The race restarted on lap 65 and Parker Kligerman got loose and turned sideways in turn 3 bringing out the third caution of the race. He apparently ran over a battery pack that came off a car well in front of him, while his hood pins were carrying what appeared to be toilet paper. Alex Bowman stalled on the apron in turn 1 and needed a push from one of the safety trucks to get back to pit road. It was discovered that the battery pack on the track belonged to his car. The race restarted on lap 76 with Johnson still out front. He remained at the head of proceedings until lap 98, when Matt Kenseth took the lead. The right-front tire on Johnson's car started coming apart on lap 114. Unlike other short tracks Martinsville and Richmond, the right-side tires run with an inner-liner at Bristol, to prevent spinning after a tire blowout, and allowing the car to get to pit road to change the tire. As the incident occurred in green flag conditions, Johnson lost several laps. He was somewhat saved by the fourth caution of the race on lap 118 when the rain returned. Joey Logano was the first car one lap down, but pitted several times due to a power steering issue and lost three laps under that caution. Kenseth and Kurt Busch traded the lead on pit road, but Kenseth led off pit road and retook the lead. The rain started off as a light drizzle, but then intensified and the race was red flagged on lap 125. The track was dried enough that the drivers were called back to their cars after an hour and eleven minutes. Unfortunately, the rain picked up again and delayed the race for another hour and 45 minutes.

Restart

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After the second delay, the cars started rolling back onto the track. The race restarted on lap 137, and Kurt Busch took the lead on lap 153. The fifth caution of the race flew on lap 156 when Cole Whitt came across the nose of Danica Patrick and got turned into the wall on the front stretch. Whitt's car slid down the surface in turn 1 right in front of the leaders. Timmy Hill slammed into the back of Kenseth, while trying to slow down. The race restarted on lap 167, with Jamie McMurray and Kurt Busch swapping the lead over the next three laps, before McMurray held the lead to a second competition caution, on lap 187, due to the rain delay. Clint Bowyer stayed out when the leaders pitted and he assumed the lead, while Kyle Busch won the race off pit road.

Second half

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Carl Edwards won the race.

The race restarted on lap 193, and Kyle Busch took the lead from Bowyer, on lap 195. He held the lead for the next stint of the race, until Kasey Kahne took the lead on lap 268. Two laps later, Kyle Busch made an unscheduled stop after making contact with Dale Earnhardt Jr. which he felt had caused a flat tire. The seventh caution of the race flew on lap 276 after Ryan Truex hit the wall in turn 2, after a right-front tire blowout. Kahne swapped the lead with Hamlin on pit road, but Kahne exited pit road as the leader. The race restarted on lap 285 and Kahne lost the lead to Matt Kenseth. Kenseth maintained the lead throughout the next stint, before the eighth caution of the race flew on lap 332 after Michael McDowell turned David Ragan exiting turn 4. Kenseth traded the lead with Hamlin on pit road, but left pit road as the leader.

The race restarted on lap 339, and like the previous stint, Kenseth led throughout until the next caution flag – the ninth of the race – flew on lap 394 after Kyle Busch had a left-side tire go flat and spun out in turn 4, and was just clipped by his brother Kurt, which caused a similar puncture on his car. Travis Kvapil also hit the wall trying to avoid Kyle Busch. Once again, Kenseth and Hamlin traded the lead on pit road, but on this occasion, it was Kevin Harvick who would exit as the leader for the restart with 97 laps to go. The tenth caution of the race flew with 78 laps to go after Martin Truex Jr. cut down his left-rear tire, spun through 360 degrees and came to a stop at the exit of turn 2. Carl Edwards chose not to pit and assumed the lead for the restart with 71 laps to go. The eleventh caution of the race flew with 50 laps to go after Harvick had a broken gear that sent his car into the wall hard in turn 1. Keselowski hit the back of McMurray as both were trying to avoid hitting Harvick.

Final laps

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Caution out of nowhere
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The race restarted with 39 laps to go, with Edwards still at the head of the race, and remained so until the twelfth caution of the race flew with two laps to go after the manual override switch in the flag stand was activated, which turned on the caution lights.[16] NASCAR vice-president of competition Robin Pemberton stated after the race that the organization "were scanning cars and spotters, and there's some of us in the tower that only heard it after the teams were talking about it because we were looking at other things around the racetrack".[16] He added that the situation was where NASCAR “learn a lot of lessons, and when we learn a lesson like this we'll go in and further investigate some things" and that "there's probably some things that we needed to do to better secure that area where the manual override is on the lights".[16]

Finish
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Just as the field was being lined up to restart the race, rain started to fall once again. After 503 laps, a two-hour delay to start the race, a three-hour delay at the quarter mark and multiple rain showers, NASCAR called the end of the race and Carl Edwards took the victory at Bristol Motor Speedway.[17] Edwards described his race as "awesome", after troubles on the previous day, stating that his car was "terrible on Saturday, so I'm just glad we turned it around".[17] Ricky Stenhouse Jr. scored his best career finish with a runner up spot,[17] stating that he had "a lot of fun" and that his team was "just slowly working and getting better and better", as he continued to improve results in his second full season in the Sprint Cup Series.[17] Aric Almirola also scored his best career finish, at the time of the race, in third place.[17]

Race results

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Pos Grid No. Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points
1 12 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 503 47
2 21 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 503 42
3 23 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 503 41
4 37 14 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 503 40
5 5 9 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 503 39
6 1 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 503 39
7 6 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 503 37
8 10 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 503 37
9 38 55 Brian Vickers Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 503 35
10 20 42 Kyle Larson (R) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 503 34
11 26 3 Austin Dillon (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 503 33
12 8 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 503 32
13 3 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 503 33
14 2 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 503 31
15 15 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 503 30
16 9 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 503 28
17 30 51 Justin Allgaier (R) HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 502 27
18 26 10 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 502 26
19 11 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 501 26
20 4 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 500 25
21 28 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 500 23
22 16 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 500 22
23 32 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Chevrolet 499 21
24 14 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 499 20
25 22 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 498 19
26 34 7 Michael Annett (R) Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 497 18
27 25 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 497 17
28 35 36 Reed Sorenson Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 497 16
29 7 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 496 16
30 31 40 Landon Cassill Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 496 0
31 19 34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 495 13
32 33 23 Alex Bowman (R) BK Racing Toyota 493 12
33 39 32 Travis Kvapil Go FAS Racing Ford 491 11
34 41 30 Parker Kligerman (R) Swan Racing Toyota 487 10
35 13 41 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 473 10
36 29 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 471 8
37 24 95 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing Ford 469 7
38 17 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 453 7
39 27 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 450 6
40 18 26 Cole Whitt (R) Swan Racing Toyota 430 4
41 42 66 Joe Nemechek Identity Ventures Racing Toyota 322 0
42 40 83 Ryan Truex (R) BK Racing Toyota 271 2
43 43 33 Timmy Hill Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 160 1

Race statistics

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  • Lead changes: 20 among different drivers
  • Cautions/Laps: 12 for 95
  • Red flags: 1 for 3 hours, 19 minutes and 0 seconds
  • Time of race: 3 hours, 11 minutes and 23 seconds
  • Average speed: 84.051 miles per hour (135.267 km/h)

Media

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Television

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Fox Sports
Booth announcers Pit reporters
Lap-by-lap: Mike Joy
Color-commentator: Larry McReynolds
Color commentator: Darrell Waltrip
Matt Yocum
Steve Byrnes
Krista Voda
Jeff Hammond

Radio

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PRN Radio
Booth announcers Turn announcers Pit reporters
Lead announcer: Doug Rice
Announcer: Mark Garrow
Backstretch: Rob Albright Brett McMillan
Steve Richards
Jim Noble
Wendy Venturini

Standings after the race

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Paul Menard and Parker Kligerman started from the rear, after unscheduled engine changes.
  2. ^ Landon Cassill started from the rear for switching to a backup car post-qualifying.

References

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  6. ^ "Second Practice Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. March 15, 2014. Archived from the original on December 5, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
  7. ^ "Final Practice Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. March 15, 2014. Archived from the original on December 5, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
  8. ^ "Food City 500 Results". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. March 16, 2014. Archived from the original on December 5, 2014. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  9. ^ "Points Standings" (PDF). jayski.com. NASCAR Statistics. March 16, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 14, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
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  11. ^ "Nielsen Ratings". Jayski.com. Jayski LLC. Archived from the original on April 2, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  12. ^ a b c Pistone, Pete (March 9, 2014). "Keselowski Doubles Down in Vegas". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. Archived from the original on December 5, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
  13. ^ a b c d "Bristol Motor Speedway Track Facts". Bristol Motor Speedway. Archived from the original on August 6, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
  14. ^ a b c d Long, Dustin (March 14, 2014). "Four Wreck Primary Cars". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. Archived from the original on December 5, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
  15. ^ a b c d Long, Dustin (March 14, 2014). "Hamlin Hustles to Bristol Pole". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. Archived from the original on December 5, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
  16. ^ a b c Long, Dustin (March 16, 2014). "Human Error Causes Caution Light Snafu". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. Archived from the original on December 5, 2014. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  17. ^ a b c d e Pistone, Pete (March 16, 2014). "Edwards Prevails in Bristol". MRN.com. Motor Racing Network. Archived from the original on December 5, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2014.


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