2014 5-hour Energy 400
| Race details | |||
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| Race 11 of 36 in the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
| Date | May 10, 2014 | ||
| Location | Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kansas | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km) |
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| Distance | 267 laps, 400.5 mi (644.5 km) | ||
| Weather | Scattered thunder storms with a temperature around 82 °F (28 °C); wind out of the SSW at 20 mph (32 km/h). | ||
| Average speed | 128.149 mph (206.236 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Stewart-Haas Racing | ||
| Time | 27.799 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Kevin Harvick | Stewart-Haas Racing | |
| Laps | 119 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Fox & MRN | ||
| Announcers |
Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds (Television) Joe Moore and Jeff Striegle (Booth) Dave Moody (1 & 2) and Mike Bagley (3 & 4) (Turns) (Radio) |
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| Nielsen Ratings | 3.5/7 (Final) 3.3/6 (Overnight) 5.8 Million viewers |
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The 2014 5-hour Energy 400 Benefiting Special Operations Warrior Foundation was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on May 10, 2014, at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 miles (2.4 km) tri-oval, it was the eleventh race of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Jeff Gordon won the race, his first win of the season and 89th overall, while Kevin Harvick finished second. Kasey Kahne, Joey Logano, and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. rounded out the top five. The top rookies of the race were Kyle Larson (12th), Austin Dillon (19th), and Michael Annett (25th).
This was the first time a Sprint Cup race had been held at night at Kansas Speedway. The previous three spring Kansas races had been held as midday races.
As the field was coming to the white flag, Alex Bowman got hit from behind by Ryan Newman and turned down into Jimmie Johnson. He then turned head on into the wall just in front of the start/finish line. Also, Justin Allgaier got turned by Cole Whitt and slid through a small section of the infield grass that destroyed the nose of his car. A big piece of it detached from the car and landed in the middle of the track just a few feet from the start/finish line. With the field halfway down the backstretch, the caution was thrown and Denny Hamlin scored the victory in the Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway. “We really just want to win races regardless of the implications this means for the Chase,” Hamlin said. “It feels good to be back in Victory Lane. I’m just proud of our day today. We’ve come a long way. We couldn’t finish 22nd at the superspeedway races for a long time. It feels good to come to this type of racetrack and know you can win.” "It's frustrating because the simple fact is that we both felt we had the opportunity to pounce," Clint Bowyer said of the finish he’d hoped for teaming up with Greg Biffle to catch the leader. "But NASCAR did the right thing. You can't put people in danger."
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