2014 AAA 400

2014 AAA 400

Race details [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Race 29 of 36 in the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Layout of Dover International Speedway
Date	September 28, 2014 (2014-09-28)
Location	Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware
Course	Permanent racing facility 1 mi (1.6 km)
Distance	400 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km)
Weather	Mostly sunny with a temperature of 76 °F (24 °C); wind out of the southeast at 5 miles per hour (8.0 km/h)
Average speed	130.541 mph (210.085 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing
Time	22.095
Most laps led
Driver	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing
Laps	223
Winner
No. 24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	ESPN & MRN
Announcers	Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree (Television) Joe Moore and Jeff Striegle (Booth) Mike Bagley (Backstretch) (Radio)
Nielsen Ratings	2.3/5 (Final) 2.1/5 (Overnight) 3.786 Million viewers [11]

The 2014 AAA 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race that was held on September 28, 2014, at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. Contested over 400 laps, it was the 29th race of the 36 race 2014 Sprint Cup Series championship, and the third race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Jeff Gordon won the race, his fourth win of the season and first at Dover since 2001. Brad Keselowski finished second while Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano and Matt Kenseth rounded out the top five. The top rookies of the race were Kyle Larson (6th), Austin Dillon (24th), and Justin Allgaier (29th).

Previous week's race

Joey Logano took off on the first Green-White-Checker attempt to score his fourth victory of the season. “It feels good to go into the next one,” Logano said. “We’ve got to keep doing what we’re doing though. We’ve got to keep our eye on the prize and think about the big trophy at the end.” ^[12]

Report

Background

The track, Dover International Speedway, is a four-turn short track oval that is 1 mile (1.6 km) long. ^[13] The track's turns are banked at twenty-four degrees. The front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at nine degrees with the backstretch. ^[13] The racetrack has seats for 113,000 spectators. ^[13] Jimmie Johnson was the defending race winner from 2013.

Despite his name being on the entry list for this weekend's race, Ryan Truex was released from BK Racing on September 23. Sources within the team stated the change stemmed from unhappiness with the amount of feedback from the rookie driver. Travis Kvapil is expected to drive the car for the rest of the season. ^[14]

Eight days after sending the case to a grand jury, Ontario County district attorney Michael Tantillo announced on September 24 that Tony Stewart would not be charged in the death of Kevin Ward Jr. The grand jury could not find sufficient reason to indict Stewart on any charges. ^[15] “This has been the toughest and most emotional experience of my life, and it will stay with me forever," Stewart said in the statement. "I'm very grateful for all the support I’ve received and continue to receive. I respect everything the District Attorney and Sheriff’s Office did to thoroughly investigate this tragic accident. While the process was long and emotionally difficult, it allowed for all the facts of the accident to be identified and known. While much of the attention has been on me, it's important to remember a young man lost his life. Kevin Ward Jr.’s family and friends will always be in my thoughts and prayers.” ^[16] NASCAR's Chief Communications Officer Brett Jewkes also released a statement. “There are no winners in tragedy,” it said. “Our thoughts and prayers remain with the Kevin Ward Jr. family and Tony Stewart as they all cope with this tragic incident.” ^[17]

Entry list

The entry list for the AAA 400 was released on Monday, September 22, 2014, at 8:48 a.m. Eastern time. Forty-three drivers were entered for the race.

No. Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 2 Brad Keselowski (PC2) Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 7 Michael Annett (R) Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 9 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 10 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 14 Tony Stewart (PC3) Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 16 Greg Biffle Roush-Fenway Racing Ford 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush-Fenway Racing Ford 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Matt Kenseth (PC5) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 23 Alex Bowman (R) BK Racing Toyota 24 Jeff Gordon (PC6) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 26 Cole Whitt (R) BK Racing Toyota 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 32 J. J. Yeley (i) Go FAS Racing Ford 33 David Stremme Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 36 Reed Sorenson Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 37 Mike Bliss (i) Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 40 Landon Cassill (i) Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 41 Kurt Busch (PC4) Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 42 Kyle Larson (R) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 44 Timmy Hill Team XTREME Racing Chevrolet 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 48 Jimmie Johnson (PC1) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 51 Justin Allgaier (R) HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 55 Brian Vickers Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 66 Mike Wallace (i) Identity Ventures Racing Toyota 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 83 Travis Kvapil BK Racing Toyota 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Chevrolet 99 Carl Edwards Roush-Fenway Racing Ford Official entry list

Key Meaning (R) Rookie (i) Ineligible for points (PC#) Past champions provisional

Practice

First practice

Kevin Harvick was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 21.971 and a speed of 163.852 mph (263.694 km/h). ^[18] Landon Cassill blew an engine in the first practice session.

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time	Speed
1	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	21.971	163.852
2	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	21.988	163.726
3	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	22.010	163.562
Official first practice results

Qualifying

Qualifying for the race

Harvick won the pole with a time of 22.095 and a speed of 162.933 mph (262.215 km/h). "It’s been an amazing year for everybody," Harvick said of his team. "They do a great job in preparing the racecars and put a lot of effort into qualifying, and it’s translated into a lot of good finishes." "This is the most important race of my career," Hamlin said. "This is the most important race now because it's in the present. If we’re going to live to race another day, we’ve got to get past this weekend. If not, we become somewhat irrelevant." ^[19] Forty-three cars were entered so no one failed to qualify.

Qualifying results

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	R1	R2
1	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	22.129	22.095
2	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	22.278	22.167
3	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	22.266	22.188
4	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	22.220	22.203
5	1	Jamie McMurray	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	22.314	22.231
6	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	22.248	22.281
7	42	Kyle Larson (R)	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	22.295	22.297
8	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	22.250	22.319
9	15	Clint Bowyer	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	22.317	22.410
10	3	Austin Dillon (R)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	22.331	22.429
11	55	Brian Vickers	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	22.183	22.431
12	5	Kasey Kahne	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	22.321	22.473
13	10	Danica Patrick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	22.333	—
14	20	Matt Kenseth	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	22.342	—
15	14	Tony Stewart	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	22.358	—
16	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	22.377	—
17	9	Marcos Ambrose	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	22.387	—
18	99	Carl Edwards	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	22.401	—
19	27	Paul Menard	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	22.411	—
20	31	Ryan Newman	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	22.413	—
21	43	Aric Almirola	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	22.418	—
22	41	Kurt Busch	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	22.426	—
23	51	Justin Allgaier (R)	HScott Motorsports	Chevrolet	22.437	—
24	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	22.441	—
25	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	22.444	—
26	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Furniture Row Racing	Chevrolet	22.480	—
27	16	Greg Biffle	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	22.510	—
28	47	A. J. Allmendinger	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	22.519	—
29	26	Cole Whitt (R)	BK Racing	Toyota	22.540	—
30	13	Casey Mears	Germain Racing	Chevrolet	22.613	—
31	38	David Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	22.624	—
32	98	Josh Wise	Phil Parsons Racing	Chevrolet	22.749	—
33	36	Reed Sorenson	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	22.760	—
34	23	Alex Bowman (R)	BK Racing	Toyota	22.772	—
35	7	Michael Annett (R)	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	22.789	—
36	40	Landon Cassill	Hillman-Circle Sport LLC	Chevrolet	22.910	—
37	34	David Ragan	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	22.922	—
38	33	David Stremme	Hillman-Circle Sport LLC	Chevrolet	23.024	—
39	32	J. J. Yeley	Go FAS Racing	Ford	23.052	—
40	37	Mike Bliss	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	23.071	—
41	66	Mike Wallace	Identity Ventures Racing	Toyota	23.074	—
42	83	Travis Kvapil	BK Racing	Toyota	23.456	—
43	44	Timmy Hill	Team XTREME Racing	Chevrolet	23.629	—
Official qualifying results

Practice (post-qualifying)

Second practice

Matt Kenseth was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 23.129 and a speed of 155.649 mph (250.493 km/h). ^[20]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time	Speed
1	20	Matt Kenseth	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	23.129	155.649
2	47	A. J. Allmendinger	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	23.255	154.805
3	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	23.405	153.813
Official second practice results

Final practice

Kevin Harvick was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 22.917 and a speed of 157.089 mph (252.810 km/h). ^[21]

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time	Speed
1	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	22.917	157.089
2	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	23.021	156.379
3	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	23.084	155.952
Official final practice results

Race

The race viewed from turn 3

The race was scheduled to begin at 2:15 p.m. Eastern time but started at 2:19 p.m. when Kevin Harvick led the field to the green. Debris in turn four brought out the first caution of the race on lap 62. The race restarted on lap 68. Caution flew for the second time on lap 75 after Ricky Stenhouse Jr. made contact with the wall in turn 2. The race restarted on lap 80. Debris on the backstretch brought out the third caution of the race on lap 125. The race restarted on lap 130.

After leading the first 147 laps, Harvick surrendered the lead to Brad Keselowski on lap 148. He was dealing with a problem with the left-front suspension. ^[22]

J. J. Yeley brought out the fourth caution on lap 171 after brushing the wall in turn 2. Keselowski traded the lead with Harvick on pit road thanks to pitting before the start/finish line. Harvick retained the lead off pit road. ^[23]

The race restarted on lap 176. Kevin Harvick ducked onto pit road on lap 249 and handed the lead to Matt Kenseth. Kenseth made his stop the next lap and handed the lead to Clint Bowyer. Bowyer made his stop the next lap and handed the lead to Jamie McMurray.

Harvick cut his left front tire and brought out the fifth caution of the race on lap 254. Keselowski assumed the lead as a result. ^[24]

The race restarted on lap 261. Jeff Gordon took the lead on lap 305. Gordon made his final pit stop on lap 328 and handed the lead to Matt Kenseth. Kenseth made his final stop on lap 329 and handed the lead to Carl Edwards. Edwards made his final stop on lap 330.

Jeff Gordon cycled back to the lead and kept it to score his 92nd career win. “I knew we could compete with the 2 car [Keselowski],” Gordon said. “The 2 was really good on short runs but we could run them down. He made us work for it there at the end... He got to me and I was really, really tight in traffic there at the end, so I didn't know if we were gonna pull it off.” Kevin Harvick, who led a race high 223 laps before cutting a left-front tire, finished 13th one lap down. "I don't know what happened to Kevin Harvick," Gordon said. "That was unfortunate for him. He was the class of the field. ... I was really tight in traffic there at the end. I didn't know if we were going to pull it off." "We can beat every car on the race track. We just need some good luck," Harvick adds. "We'll win races and have a shot at the championship." ^[25] Kasey Kahne secured the twelfth and final spot in the points to advance to the Contender Round. “I had to push hard,” Kahne said. “I'm glad NASCAR just let us go and let us race for it. It was pretty interesting, but I'm glad we made it. We had to fight hard, and I think we had a Top-2 or 3 car today – just didn't get to show it.” With this being the final race of the Challenger Round, A. J. Allmendinger, Kurt Busch, Greg Biffle and Aric Almirola were the bottom four drivers in points that were eliminated. ^[26]

Race results

Pos	Grid	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	6	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	47
2	4	2	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	400	43
3	8	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	41
4	16	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	400	40
5	14	20	Matt Kenseth	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	400	40
6	7	42	Kyle Larson (R)	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	400	38
7	26	78	Martin Truex Jr.	Furniture Row Racing	Chevrolet	400	37
8	20	31	Ryan Newman	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	400	36
9	9	15	Clint Bowyer	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	400	36
10	2	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	400	34
11	18	99	Carl Edwards	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	400	34
12	3	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	400	32
13	1	4	Kevin Harvick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	399	33
14	15	14	Tony Stewart	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	399	30
15	11	55	Brian Vickers	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	399	29
16	19	27	Paul Menard	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	399	28
17	25	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	399	27
18	22	41	Kurt Busch	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	399	26
19	24	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	399	25
20	12	5	Kasey Kahne	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	399	24
21	27	16	Greg Biffle	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	399	23
22	5	1	Jamie McMurray	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	398	23
23	28	47	A. J. Allmendinger	JTG Daugherty Racing	Chevrolet	398	21
24	10	3	Austin Dillon (R)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	398	20
25	13	10	Danica Patrick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	398	19
26	17	9	Marcos Ambrose	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	398	18
27	30	13	Casey Mears	Germain Racing	Chevrolet	397	17
28	21	43	Aric Almirola	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	397	16
29	23	51	Justin Allgaier (R)	HScott Motorsports	Chevrolet	395	15
30	29	26	Cole Whitt (R)	BK Racing	Toyota	395	14
31	37	34	David Ragan	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	395	13
32	33	36	Reed Sorenson	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	394	12
33	31	38	David Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	393	11
34	34	23	Alex Bowman (R)	BK Racing	Toyota	391	10
35	36	40	Landon Cassill	Hillman-Circle Sport LLC	Chevrolet	391	0
36	40	37	Mike Bliss	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	391	0
37	38	33	David Stremme	Hillman-Circle Sport LLC	Chevrolet	389	7
38	42	83	Travis Kvapil	BK Racing	Toyota	389	6
39	39	32	J. J. Yeley	Go FAS Racing	Ford	387	0
40	41	66	Mike Wallace	Identity Ventures Racing	Toyota	384	0
41	35	7	Michael Annett (R)	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	361	3
42	32	98	Josh Wise	Phil Parsons Racing	Chevrolet	197	2
43	43	44	Timmy Hill	Team XTREME Racing	Chevrolet	11	1

Race statistics

• 10 lead changes among different drivers
• 5 cautions for 23 laps
• Time of race: 3:03:51
• Jeff Gordon won his fourth race in 2014

Media

Television

ESPN
Booth announcers	Pit reporters
Lap-by-lap: Allen Bestwick Color-commentator: Dale Jarrett Color commentator: Andy Petree	Jerry Punch Dave Burns Vince Welch Jamie Little

Radio

MRN Radio
Booth announcers	Turn announcers	Pit reporters
Lead announcer: Joe Moore Announcer: Jeff Striegle	Backstretch: Mike Bagley	Winston Kelley Steve Post Alex Hayden Woody Cain

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Brad Keselowski 3,000 2 Joey Logano 3,000 (-0) 3 Kevin Harvick 3,000 (-0) 4 Jimmie Johnson 3,000 (-0) 2 5 Jeff Gordon 3,000 (-0) 1 6 Kyle Busch 3,000 (-0) 1 7 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 3,000 (-0) 8 Matt Kenseth 3,000 (-0) 3 9 Ryan Newman 3,000 (-0) 1 10 Carl Edwards 3,000 (-0) 2 11 Denny Hamlin 3,000 (-0) 1 12 Kasey Kahne 3,000 (-0) 3 13 A. J. Allmendinger 2,077 (-923) 1 14 Kurt Busch 2,073 (-927) 1 15 Greg Biffle 2,072 (-928) 16 Aric Almirola 2,061 (-939)

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 1,298 2 Ford 1,273 (-25) 3 Toyota 1,161 (-137) Note: Only the first sixteen positions are included for the driver standings.

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