2014 Quaker State 400
| Race details | |||
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| Race 17 of 36 in the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
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| Date | June 28, 2014 | ||
| Location | Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, Kentucky | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km) |
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| Distance | 267 laps, 400.5 mi (644.542 km) | ||
| Weather | Partly cloudy with a high temperature around 81 °F (27 °C); wind out of the ESE at 7 miles per hour (11 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 139.723 mph (224.862 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Team Penske | ||
| Time | 28.603 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | |
| Laps | 199 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 2 | Brad Keselowski | Team Penske | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | TNT & PRN | ||
| Announcers |
Adam Alexander, Wally Dallenbach, Jr. and Kyle Petty (Television) Doug Rice and Mark Garrow (Booth) Rob Albright (1 & 2) and Brad Gillie (3 & 4) (Turns) (Radio) |
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| Nielsen Ratings | 2.3/5 3.6 Million viewers |
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The 2014 Quaker State 400 presented by Advance Auto Parts was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on June 28, 2014, at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) tri-oval, it was the 17th race of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Brad Keselowski led 199 laps during the race, to take his second win of the season. Kyle Busch finished second, while Ryan Newman, Matt Kenseth, and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. rounded out the top five. The top rookies of the race were Austin Dillon (16th), Michael Annett (18th), and Justin Allgaier (24th).
Carl Edwards held off a last lap charge from Jeff Gordon to win the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway. "Real tough. That last lap was ugly. I grew up watching Jeff Gordon do well here so to have him in my mirror is special," Edwards said. "This team has been working very hard. The whole group has. It's very special to be a part of something like this."
Kentucky Speedway is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) tri-oval speedway in Sparta, Kentucky, which has hosted ARCA, NASCAR and Indy Racing League racing annually since it opened in 2000. The track is currently owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports, Inc. and Jerry Carroll, who, along with four other investors, owned Kentucky Speedway until 2008. The speedway has a grandstand capacity of 117,000. Construction of the speedway began in 1998 and was completed in mid-2000. The speedway has hosted the Camping World Truck Series, Nationwide Series, IndyCar Series, Indy Lights, and most recently, the Sprint Cup Series beginning in 2011.
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