2014 Kobalt 400
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| Race 3 of 36 in the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
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| Date | March 9, 2014 | ||
| Location | Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km) |
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| Distance | 267 laps, 400.5 mi (644.542 km) | ||
| Average speed | 154.633 mph (248.858 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Team Penske | ||
| Time | 27.939 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | |
| Laps | 53 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 2 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | |
| 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 | 4.5/9 (Final) 4.2/8 (Overnight) 7.2 Million viewers |
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The 2014 Kobalt 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on March 9, 2014, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 miles (2.4 km) asphalt tri-oval, it was the third race of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Brad Keselowski won the race, his first win of the season, after Dale Earnhardt, Jr. ran out of fuel half a lap from the finish. Earnhardt, Jr. still finished second, while Paul Menard, Joey Logano, and Carl Edwards rounded out the top five. The top rookies of the race were Austin Dillon (16th), Kyle Larson (19th), and Michael Annett (29th).
Kevin Harvick held off Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in the final nine laps to score the victory in the The Profit on CNBC 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. Harvick praised his Stewart-Haas Racing team for the efforts in the early part of the season, since his move from Richard Childress Racing, stating "to add an extra team, bring in a bunch of new guys, new driver, Rodney Childers has just done a phenomenal job of putting this team together. These guys all want to win that is why they came here". He added that he was "really happy" with the engine that had been provided by Hendrick Motorsports. Earnhardt, Jr. was disappointed to miss out on the victory, stating that he "would have loved to have won the race, am a little disappointed to have come that close", but like Harvick, praised his team for their performances, adding that they have "a lot of great chemistry and good communication going back and forth. Everybody's confidence is very high. Everybody's mood and morale is really high".
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