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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 24 54TH ANNUAL IRWIN TOOLS NIGHT RACE Bristol, TN - August 23, 2014 .533-Mile Concrete Oval 500 Laps - 266.5 Miles Purse: $6,367,971 TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 52 minutes, 0 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 92.965 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.39 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 5 22 Shell Ford 500 47 4 133.8 $363,331 Running 4 76 2 9 2 Wurth Ford 500 43 1 122.8 241,438 Running 1 46 3 16 20 Dollar General 500 42 1 115.1 227,116 Running 2 62 4 6 48 Lowe's 500 40 106.8 198,916 Running 5 7 41 Haas Automation Chevrolet 500 39 107.1 136,605 Running 6 21 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Fifth Third/Ford EcoBoost Ford 500 38 80.1 161,120 Running 7 3 99 Fastenal Ford 500 37 100.4 135,995 Running 8 18 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald's Chevrolet 500 38 2 116.8 161,609 Running 3 148 9 17 27 Serta/ Chevrolet 500 35 85.3 142,484 Running 10 8 16 3M Hire Our Heroes Ford 500 34 89.4 155,070 Running 11 1 4 Jimmy John's Chevrolet 500 34 1 116.3 154,368 Running 3 75 12 40 42 # Target Chevrolet 500 32 78.6 139,880 Running 13 11 31 Ryan Newman Caterpillar Chevrolet 500 31 92.0 119,285 Running 14 22 47 AJ Allmendinger Bush's Beans Chevrolet 500 30 82.1 128,643 Running 15 25 14 /Mobil 1 Chevrolet 499 29 80.0 145,693 Running 16 2 24 Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet 499 29 1 87.9 157,546 Running 1 17 17 14 15 5-hour Energy Toyota 498 27 66.7 143,351 Running 18 28 95 Michael McDowell Thrivent Financial Ford 498 26 63.7 103,785 Running 19 19 51 # Brandt Professional Agriculture Chevrolet 497 25 71.9 131,218 Running 20 23 78 Martin Truex Jr Furniture Row Chevrolet 497 24 68.4 134,318 Running 21 15 55 Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 497 23 71.0 138,935 Running 22 39 40 (i) CRC 1-Tank Power Renew Chevrolet 497 0 57.9 105,010 Running 23 29 34 Dockside Logistics Ford 496 21 52.9 126,493 Running 24 36 36 Chevrolet 496 20 52.2 115,318 Running 25 32 38 MDS Ford 495 19 49.0 121,182 Running 26 43 13 GEICO Chevrolet 495 18 44.6 110,010 Running 27 24 10 GoDaddy Chevrolet 493 17 45.2 109,390 Running 28 26 3 # Dow Great Stuff Chevrolet 493 16 35.6 146,616 Running 29 30 98 Provident Metals Chevrolet 492 15 42.8 100,770 Running 30 34 26 # Speed Stick Gear Toyota 492 14 38.1 101,635 Running 31 41 33 Little Joe's Autos Chevrolet 491 13 33.5 97,525 Running 32 27 23 # Dr.Pepper Toyota 489 12 53.9 97,415 Running 33 37 32 J.J. Yeley (i) Corvetteparts.net/Red Buck Premium Cigars Ford 489 0 37.4 97,305 Running 34 10 9 DeWalt Ford 480 10 53.8 123,490 Running 35 12 5 Great Clips Chevrolet 477 10 1 79.6 116,410 Running 1 40 36 4 18 Doublemint Toyota 442 9 1 68.4 144,866 Accident 1 8 37 33 83 # Burger King Toyota 338 7 38.0 96,784 Engine 38 38 7 # Pilot/Flying J Chevrolet 243 6 29.9 91,165 Accident 39 20 88 Jr Diet Mountain Dew Chevrolet 176 5 68.6 95,165 Accident 40 13 11 FedEx Ground Toyota 160 5 1 79.5 96,565 Accident 1 28 41 42 43 STP Ford 123 3 43.7 116,101 Accident 42 31 66 Land Castle Title Toyota 78 2 30.8 83,165 Engine 43 35 37 Accell Constuction Inc. Chevrolet 37 1 24.8 71,665 Overheating # Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender. (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series Bonus points: includes winner (3), lap leader (1) & most laps led (1) points Failed to qualify: n/a Race Comments: Joey Logano won the Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway, his sixth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Prior to the start of the race, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: No. 26, No. 42, and No. 43 (backup cars). Caution Flags: 9 cautions for 64 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 62-67 (Competition [42]); 70-76 (Car #32, 66, 83, 98 Accident Turn 2 [23]); 126-136 (Car # 15, 18, 42, 43, 55 Accident Turn 3 [95]); 162-172 (Car #4, 11, 88 Accident Frontstretch [36]); 196-200 (Car #7 Accident Turn 4 [34]); 265-269 (Car #10, 23 Accident Turn 2 [95]); 360-366 (Debris [55]); 376-381 (Car #9 Accident Frontstretch [27]); 432-437 (Debris [24]). Lap Leaders: 16 lead changes among 9 drivers. Harvick 1-37, J. Gordon 38-54, Ky. Busch 55-62, Harvick 63, Kenseth 64-103, Logano 104-132, Hamlin 133-160, Harvick 161-197, Kahne 198-237, McMurray 238-265, Keselowski 266-311, McMurray 312-360, Logano 361, McMurray 362-432, Logano 433, Kenseth 434-455, Logano 456-500. FASTEST QUALIFIER: Kevin Harvick (131.362 mph. 14.607 secs.) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Matt Kenseth 3M LAP LEADER: Jamie McMurray (148 Laps) MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE: Jamie GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Kevin Harvick McMurray (crew chief , 0.017 seconds) DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Jeff Gordon NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner: rolls over to $20,000 at next FREESCALE "WIDE OPEN": Joey Logano event++ MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Roush-Yates Engines (#22) SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD: Denny Hamlin SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Kyle Larson ++Rollover money awarded at year's end, amount not included in race winnings.

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TOP 16 (Wins) DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" 1 - Jeff Gordon 845 (3) AWARD 2 - Dale Earnhardt Jr 818 (3) Joey Logano (#22) 5 3 - Brad Keselowski 776 (3) Jeff Gordon (#24) 4 4 - Joey Logano 761 (3) Brad Keselowski (#2) 4 5 - Matt Kenseth 751 (0) FREESCALE "WIDE OPEN" 6 - Jimmie Johnson 726 (3) COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 7 - Kevin Harvick 721 (2) Matt Kenseth (#20) 36 Brad Keselowski 3 8 - Carl Edwards 716 (2) Dale Earnhardt Jr (#88) 33 Jeff Gordon 2 9 - Ryan Newman 710 (0) Joey Logano (#22) 32 Kyle Busch 2 10 - Clint Bowyer 699 (0) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER Denny Hamlin 2 11 - Greg Biffle 694 (0) Hendrick (#24) 227 Joey Logano 1 12 - Kyle Larson 668 (0) Roush/Yates (#2) 217 Matt Kenseth 1 13 - Kasey Kahne 661 (0) Roush/Yates (#22) 212 Jimmie Johnson 1 14 - Austin Dillon 654 (0) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE Kyle Larson # 1 15 - Paul Menard 649 (0) Austin Dillon # 1 Kevin Harvick (#4) 7 16 - Jamie McMurray 634 (0) Jamie McMurray 1 Kyle Busch (#18) 6 MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP 1 Carl Edwards (#99) 3 Pts Wins David Gilliland 1 MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM 1 Chevrolet 1,077 (13) SOLVER OF THE RACE Ford 1,049 (9) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR (#88) 3 Toyota 963 (2) Kyle Larson 242 Jimmy Fennig (#99) 3 Austin Dillon 194 3M LAP LEADER (#22) 2 Justin Allgaier 160 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 4 SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD Kevin Harvick (#4) 4 Michael Annett 148 Jeff Gordon (#24) 3 Clint Bowyer (#15) 4 Cole Whitt 148 Carl Edwards (#99) 3 Alex Bowman 134 AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART Jamie McMurray (#1) 3 Ryan Truex 111 AWARD 41 Brad Keselowski (#2) 5 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 5 Kevin Harvick (#4) 5

NEXT EVENT: August 31, 2014 - 55th Annual Oral-B USA 500, , Hampton, GA (500.5 Miles) (325 Laps) NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (8/25/2014) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2014 NASCAR NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #24: 54TH ANNUAL IRWIN TOOLS NIGHT RACE Race Date: 08/23/2014 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 JEFF GORDON 845 24 3 8 16 $5,037,828 2 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 818 24 3 11 16 4,766,154 3 BRAD KESELOWSKI 776 24 3 10 12 5,267,406 4 JOEY LOGANO 761 24 3 10 14 4,675,343 5 MATT KENSETH 751 24 0 9 15 4,544,862 6 JIMMIE JOHNSON 726 24 3 7 14 4,851,268 7 KEVIN HARVICK 721 24 2 7 12 4,552,761 8 CARL EDWARDS 716 24 2 5 10 3,607,607 9 RYAN NEWMAN 710 24 0 2 8 3,008,404 10 CLINT BOWYER 699 24 0 3 10 3,703,055 11 GREG BIFFLE 694 24 0 3 9 3,870,549 12 KYLE LARSON 668 24 0 5 10 3,497,810 13 KASEY KAHNE 661 24 0 2 9 3,168,714 14 AUSTIN DILLON 654 24 0 1 3 3,780,439 15 PAUL MENARD 649 24 0 4 11 3,633,596 16 JAMIE MCMURRAY 634 24 0 2 7 4,576,055 17 KYLE BUSCH 629 24 1 6 9 4,410,980 18 MARCOS AMBROSE 626 24 0 3 5 3,372,265 19 BRIAN VICKERS 621 24 0 3 7 3,626,448 20 DENNY HAMLIN 594 23 1 5 10 4,175,431 21 A J ALLMENDINGER 586 24 1 2 4 3,129,789 22 KURT BUSCH 582 24 1 6 6 2,935,319 23 CASEY MEARS 561 24 0 1 2 3,121,410 24 ARIC ALMIROLA 559 24 1 2 4 3,607,304 25 MARTIN TRUEX JR. 540 24 0 0 3 3,231,496 26 TONY STEWART 537 21 0 2 6 3,178,572 27 RICKY STENHOUSE JR. 514 24 0 1 5 3,478,115 28 DANICA PATRICK 462 24 0 0 2 2,657,089 29 JUSTIN ALLGAIER 425 24 0 0 0 2,817,288 30 DAVID GILLILAND 376 24 0 0 0 2,789,526 31 MICHAEL ANNETT 370 24 0 0 0 2,584,817 32 DAVID RAGAN 353 24 0 0 0 2,784,904 33 COLE WHITT 339 24 0 0 0 2,333,860 34 REED SORENSON 320 24 0 0 0 2,426,464 35 JOSH WISE 296 23 0 0 0 2,329,520 36 ALEX BOWMAN 295 24 0 0 0 2,425,333 37 RYAN TRUEX 181 20 0 0 0 1,697,106 38 MICHAEL MCDOWELL 166 12 0 0 1 1,136,874 39 144 15 0 0 0 1,252,316 40 JEFF BURTON 87 4 0 0 0 471,643 41 77 3 0 0 0 608,387 42 DAVID STREMME 56 7 0 0 0 590,563 43 54 3 0 0 0 569,036 44 PARKER KLIGERMAN 54 8 0 0 0 829,833 45 48 3 0 0 0 497,773 46 47 2 0 0 0 238,595 47 ALEX KENNEDY 47 5 0 0 0 364,775 48 DAVE BLANEY 46 7 0 0 0 523,972 49 37 3 0 0 0 255,665 50 BRETT MOFFITT 34 3 0 0 0 276,765 51 28 2 0 0 0 159,995 52 22 5 0 0 0 359,145 53 NELSON PIQUET JR. 18 1 0 0 0 72,640 54 EDDIE MACDONALD 9 1 0 0 0 79,165 55 TOMY DRISSI 6 1 0 0 0 85,850 56 LANDON CASSILL(i) 0 22 0 0 0 2,167,700 57 SAM HORNISH JR.(i) 0 1 0 0 0 107,410 58 (i) 0 9 0 0 0 1,071,523 59 BRIAN SCOTT(i) 0 5 0 0 0 682,322 60 (i) 0 1 0 0 0 80,815 61 (i) 0 12 0 0 0 1,050,136 62 J J YELEY(i) 0 8 0 0 0 615,010 63 (i) 0 3 0 0 0 285,773 64 (i) 0 1 0 0 0 104,983 65 (i) 0 2 0 0 0 143,348 66 (i) 0 2 0 0 0 115,835 67 (i) 0 1 0 0 0 48,530 68 ERIC MCCLURE(i) 0 0 0 0 0 24,763 69 (i) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OWNER LEADERS Race #24: 54TH ANNUAL IRWIN TOOLS NIGHT RACE Race Date: 08/23/2014 POS Car # OWNER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Attempts 1 24 845 24 3 8 16 24 2 88 RICK HENDRICK 818 24 3 11 16 24 3 2 776 24 3 10 12 24 4 22 WALTER CZARNECKI 761 24 3 10 14 24 5 20 751 24 0 9 15 24 6 48 JEFF GORDON 726 24 3 7 14 24 7 4 TONY STEWART 721 24 2 7 12 24 8 99 JACK ROUSH 716 24 2 5 10 24 9 31 710 24 0 2 8 24 10 15 ROB KAUFFMAN 699 24 0 3 10 24 11 16 JACK ROUSH 694 24 0 3 9 24 12 42 668 24 0 5 10 24 13 5 LINDA HENDRICK 661 24 0 2 9 24 14 3 RICHARD CHILDRESS 654 24 0 1 3 24 15 27 RICHARD CHILDRESS 649 24 0 4 11 24 16 1 634 24 0 2 7 24 17 18 JOE GIBBS 629 24 1 6 9 24 18 9 626 24 0 3 5 24 19 11 J D GIBBS 621 24 1 5 10 24 20 55 MICHAEL WALTRIP 621 24 0 3 7 24 21 47 TAD GESCHICKTER 586 24 1 2 4 24 22 41 582 24 1 6 6 24 23 14 MARGARET HAAS 580 24 0 2 6 24 24 13 BOB GERMAIN 561 24 0 1 2 24 25 43 RICHARD PETTY 559 24 1 2 4 24 26 78 BARNEY VISSER 540 24 0 0 3 24 27 17 JOHN HENRY 514 24 0 1 5 24 28 10 TONY STEWART 462 24 0 0 2 24 29 51 HARRY SCOTT JR. 425 24 0 0 0 24 30 38 BRAD JENKINS 376 24 0 0 0 24 31 7 TOMMY BALDWIN 370 24 0 0 0 24 32 34 BOB JENKINS 353 24 0 0 0 24 33 26 ANTHONY MARLOWE 339 24 0 0 0 24 34 36 ALLAN HEINKE 320 24 0 0 0 24 35 40 MICHAEL HILLMAN 313 22 0 0 0 24 36 98 296 23 0 0 0 24 37 23 RON DEVINE 295 24 0 0 0 24 38 32 FRANK STODDARD JR. 292 24 0 0 0 24 39 66 JAY ROBINSON 241 22 0 0 0 24 40 83 RON DEVINE 195 21 0 0 0 24 41 33 JOE FALK 191 22 0 0 0 24 42 95 BOB LEAVINE 166 12 0 0 1 14 43 21 124 9 0 0 0 9 44 144 JOHN COHEN 90 14 0 0 0 16 45 12 ROGER PENSKE 64 3 0 0 0 3 46 35 JERRY FREEZE 44 4 0 0 0 10 47 37 TOMMY BALDWIN 37 4 0 0 0 4 48 77 RANDY HUMPHREY 34 5 0 0 0 13 49 52 29 1 0 0 0 1 50 87 JAY ROBINSON 4 2 0 0 0 5 51 93 WAYNE PRESS 0 3 0 0 0 4 52 129 0 0 0 0 0 2 53 130 JOHN COHEN 0 0 0 0 0 2