2014 Federated Auto Parts 400
| Race details | |||
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| Race 26 of 36 in the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
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| Date | September 6, 2014 | ||
| Location |
Richmond International Raceway Richmond, Virginia |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility 0.75 mi (1.2 km) |
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| Distance | 400 laps, 300 mi (482.803 km) | ||
| Weather | Partly cloudy with a temperature of 88 °F (31 °C); wind out of the WSW at 6 miles per hour (9.7 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 104.702 mph (168.502 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Team Penske | ||
| Time | 21.324 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | |
| Laps | 383 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 2 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ABC & MRN | ||
| Announcers |
Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree (Television) Joe Moore and Jeff Striegle (Booth) Dave Moody (Backstretch) (Radio) |
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| Nielsen Ratings | 3.0/5 (Final) 2.8/5 (Overnight) 4.92 Million viewers |
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The 2014 Federated Auto Parts 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race that was held on September 6, 2014, at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. Contested over 400 laps, it was the 26th race of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and the final race prior to the Chase for the Sprint Cup, to decide the series champion. Brad Keselowski finished first after he dominated the race, leading 383 of the race's 400 laps. Jeff Gordon finished second while Clint Bowyer, Jamie McMurray, and Kevin Harvick rounded out the top five. The top rookies of the race were Kyle Larson (11th), Austin Dillon (20th), and Justin Allgaier (28th).
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, at the Oral-B USA 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Kahne felt that his car was "all over the place during the race but the guys stayed with me and worked hard", but felt proud that they had sealed his place in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Kenseth described the last two laps as "really intense", but also felt that "things are looking up" for the Joe Gibbs Racing driver. His team mate Denny Hamlin finished third, but felt he "couldn't capitalize, couldn't get the restarts and couldn't accelerate", while third was the best he could have imagined for the race.
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