2014 Irwin Tools Night Race
| Race details | |||
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| Race 24 of 36 in the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
| Date | August 23, 2014 | ||
| Location | Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 0.533 mi (0.858 km) |
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| Distance | 500 laps, 266.5 mi (428.89 km) | ||
| Weather | Partly cloudy with a temperature of 82 °F (28 °C); wind out of the NNW at 5 miles per hour (8.0 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 92.965 mph (149.613 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Stewart-Haas Racing | ||
| Time | 14.607 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Jamie McMurray | Chip Ganassi Racing | |
| Laps | 148 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 22 | Joey Logano | Team Penske | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ABC & PRN | ||
| Announcers |
Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett, and Andy Petree (Television) Doug Rice and Mark Garrow (Booth) Rob Albright (Backstretch) (Radio) |
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| Nielsen Ratings | 3.2/7 (Final) 3.0/7 (Overnight) 5.1 Million viewers |
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The 2014 Irwin Tools Night Race was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race that was held on August 23, 2014, at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. Contested over 500 laps, it was the 24th race of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Joey Logano of Team Penske took his third win of the season. Logano's team-mate Brad Keselowski finished second while Matt Kenseth, Jimmie Johnson, and Kurt Busch completed the top five placings. The top rookies of the race were Kyle Larson (12th), Justin Allgaier (19th), and Austin Dillon (28th).
Jeff Gordon took the lead from Joey Logano at the final restart and went on to win for the 91st time in his career, in the Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Gordon stated that he had "got a really good restart, and I got to his quarter panel in Turn 1 and I was able to drag him back and it allowed me to get the momentum and get by him". Logano felt he had Gordon cleared and lamented that he "should have pulled down in front of him".
Bristol Motor Speedway is a four-turn short track oval that is 0.533 miles (0.858 km) long. 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. The track has a seating capacity of 160,000 people. The race consisted of 500 laps; equivalent to a race distance of 266.5 miles (428.9 km). The defending race winner was Matt Kenseth.
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