2014 Coca-Cola 600
| Race details | |||
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| Race 12 of 36 in the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
Layout of Charlotte Motor Speedway
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| Date | May 25, 2014 | ||
| Location | Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km) |
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| Distance | 400 laps, 600 mi (965.606 km) | ||
| Weather | Partly cloudy with a high temperature around 78 °F (26 °C); wind out of the southwest at 7 mph (11 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 145.484 mph (234.134 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Hendrick Motorsports | ||
| Time | 27.705 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Laps | 164 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| 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 (1 & 2) and Wendy Venturini (3 & 4) (Turns) (Radio) |
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| Nielsen Ratings | 4.1/9 (Final) 3.8/8 (Overnight) 6.956 Million viewers |
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The 2014 Coca-Cola 600, the 55th running of the event, was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on May 25, 2014, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 400 laps on the 1.5 miles (2.4 km) oval, it was the twelfth race of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Jimmie Johnson won the race, his first of the season and fourth overall Coca-Cola 600 win, while Kevin Harvick finished second and Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards and Jamie McMurray rounded out the top five. The top rookies of the race were Austin Dillon (16th), Kyle Larson (18th) and Cole Whitt (27th).
Two weeks prior at Kansas Speedway, Jeff Gordon held off a last lap charge by Kevin Harvick to win the 5-hour Energy 400. The first night Cup race at Kansas Speedway was delayed about 30 minutes by rain, saw a bank of backstretch lights go out and featured two multi-car crashes. It ended with Gordon, the points leader, scoring his 89th career Sprint Cup victory. "I don't know what it is about this team, this '24' car and us here at Kansas on inaugural days, but I love this place," Gordon said. "What an incredible job ... by this race team. They have been giving me the best racecars all year long. I'm going to be 43 year this, but I feel like I'm 25." Kevin Harvick had one of the strongest cars and was leading before he made his final pit stop but exited behind Gordon and couldn’t get around him the rest of the race, finishing second. "What put us in second is I just didn't get down pit road very good. I was paying attention to the fuel pressure gauge instead of the pit lights."
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