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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 6 65TH ANNUAL STP 500 MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY Ridgeway, VA - March 30, 2014 .526-Mile Oval 500 Laps - 263 Miles Purse: $5,083,289 TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 38 minutes, 38 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 72.176 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.263 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 22 41 Kurt Busch Haas Automation Chevrolet 500 47 4 115.8 $158,410 Running 3 23 2 4 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 500 44 2 140.9 188,546 Running 1 296 3 26 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Diet Mountain Dew Chevrolet 500 42 1 116.8 115,710 Running 31 25 4 3 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 500 41 1 121.2 137,476 Running 2 39 5 17 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford 500 40 1 110.2 127,965 Running 1 22 6 6 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota 500 39 1 95.8 142,856 Running 5 36 7 18 4 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevrolet 500 38 1 98.9 127,053 Running 1 1 8 20 43 Aric Almirola STP Ford 500 36 93.8 126,106 Running 9 12 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota 500 36 1 108.5 123,461 Running 3 16 10 21 27 Paul Menard Pittsburgh Paints / Menards Chevrolet 500 34 83.3 116,384 Running 11 15 47 AJ Allmendinger Bush's Beans Chevrolet 500 34 1 90.0 105,458 Running 1 1 12 5 24 Jeff Gordon Axalta Chevrolet 500 32 82.0 129,811 Running 13 8 99 Carl Edwards Fastenal Ford 500 31 98.1 101,975 Running 14 1 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Toyota 500 31 1 79.2 136,491 Running 2 22 15 34 3 Austin Dillon # Dow Chevrolet 500 29 72.0 133,461 Running 16 13 55 Brian Vickers Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 500 28 90.9 117,900 Running 17 7 14 Tony Stewart Code 3 Associates / Mobil 1 Chevrolet 500 27 72.4 120,158 Running 18 11 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 500 27 1 82.7 125,450 Running 1 18 19 2 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight Toyota 500 25 81.0 94,475 Running 20 16 31 Ryan Newman Quicken Loans Chevrolet 500 24 78.5 93,325 Running 21 31 78 Martin Truex Jr Furniture Row Chevrolet 500 23 60.6 111,708 Running 22 27 5 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevrolet 500 22 70.4 99,375 Running 23 25 51 Justin Allgaier # AccuDoc Solutions Chevrolet 500 21 57.1 107,433 Running 24 23 13 Casey Mears GEICO Chevrolet 500 20 63.4 105,133 Running 25 36 40 Landon Cassill (i) CRC Brakleen / FiberLock Chevrolet 500 0 56.2 79,950 Running 26 39 38 David Gilliland Long John Silver's Ford 499 18 49.5 102,058 Running 27 28 42 Kyle Larson # Target Chevrolet 498 17 62.7 108,420 Running 28 24 34 David Ragan Taco Bell Ford 497 16 50.7 99,322 Running 29 35 26 Cole Whitt # Swan Energy Toyota 497 15 38.4 78,500 Running 30 38 83 Ryan Truex # Borla Exhaust Toyota 496 14 43.9 82,875 Running 31 40 7 Michael Annett # Pilot / Flying J Chevrolet 495 13 38.5 81,225 Running 32 10 10 Danica Patrick GoDaddy - Get Found Chevrolet 494 12 52.4 88,575 Running 33 29 32 Travis Kvapil Keen Parts / SK Tools Ford 493 12 1 35.8 77,850 Running 1 1 34 42 36 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 492 10 36.1 77,725 Running 35 33 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Chevrolet 492 9 34.7 77,675 Running 36 19 23 Alex Bowman # Dr Pepper Toyota 488 8 46.3 77,625 Running 37 32 95 Michael McDowell Triangle Office Equipment Ford 474 7 35.9 77,527 Brakes 38 14 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Ford 469 6 46.6 118,508 Running 39 37 33 David Stremme Mace Brands Chevrolet 440 5 29.1 69,100 Running 40 30 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford EcoBoost Ford 409 4 49.8 100,925 Running 41 41 30 Parker Kligerman # Swan Energy Toyota 408 3 25.1 61,100 Running 42 9 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald's Chevrolet 396 2 80.9 94,314 Running 43 43 66 Joe Nemechek (i) Land Castle Title Toyota 310 0 26.4 61,600 Accident # 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: (1) #35 David Reutimann Race Comments: Kurt Busch won the STP 500 his 25th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Caution Flags: 14 cautions for 92 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 3-10 (Car #30 Accident Turn 3 [None]); 42-47 (Competition [7]); 104-109 (Car #17 Accident Turn 2 [83]); 115-119 (Car #7, 32, 38 Accident Turn 3 [78]); 171-178 (Car #13 Spin Turn 2 [83]); 201-207 (Car #1, 88 Accident Turn 2 [23]); 220-225 (Car #23 Accident Turn 4 [17]); 232- 237 (Debris In Turn 1 [5]); 251-257 (Car #83 Accident Turn 4 [13]); 316-322 (Car #66 Accident Turn 4 [14]); 341-346 (Car #42 Spin Turn 2 [20]); 350-357 (Debris On Backstretch [83]); 412-417 (Car #78 Accident Turn 2 [51]); 460-465 (Car #99 Spin Turn 2 [38]). Lap Leaders: 33 lead changes among 12 drivers. Ky. Busch 1-16, Kenseth 17-20, Johnson 21-43, Kvapil 44, Johnson 45-55, Kenseth 56-58, Ky. Busch 59-64, Logano 65- 81, Johnson 82-105, Kenseth 106-110, Logano 111-132, Johnson 133-154, Biffle 155-172, Ambrose 173-194, Kenseth 195-212, Johnson 213-221, Earnhardt Jr 222-236, Allmendinger 237, Earnhardt Jr 238-242, Ku. Busch 243-244, Johnson 245-252, Harvick 253, Kenseth 254-259, Earnhardt Jr 260-264, Johnson 265-283, Bowyer 284-287, Johnson 288-346, Bowyer 347, Johnson 348-449, Bowyer 450-460, Johnson 461-472, Ku. Busch 473-482, Johnson 483-489, Ku. Busch 490-500. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Kyle Busch (99.674 mph. 18.998 secs.) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Kurt Busch 3M LAP LEADER: Jimmie Johnson (296 Laps) MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE: Kurt AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Jimmie Johnson Busch (crew chief Daniel Knost, 0.153 seconds) DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Jimmie Johnson NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner: rolls over to $70,000 at next FREESCALE "WIDE OPEN": Marcos Ambrose event++ MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Hendrick Engines (#48) SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD: Matt Kenseth SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Austin Dillon ++Rollover money awarded at year's end, amount not included in race winnings. NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TOP 16 (Wins) AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD 1 - Dale Earnhardt Jr 227 (1) AWARD Clint Bowyer (#15) 2 2 - Matt Kenseth 218 (0) Jimmie Johnson (#48) 3 Matt Kenseth (#20) 1 3 - Carl Edwards 217 (1) Matt Kenseth (#20) 1 Carl Edwards (#99) 1 4 - Jeff Gordon 216 (0) Ricky Stenhouse Jr (#17) 1 5 - Jimmie Johnson 209 (0) DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" 6 - Kyle Busch 189 (1) AWARD COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 7 - Brad Keselowski 188 (1) Matt Kenseth 1 Joey Logano (#22) 3 8 - Joey Logano 187 (0) Kyle Busch 1 9 - Austin Dillon 179 (0) Jimmie Johnson (#48) 1 Brad Keselowski 1 10 - Ryan Newman 174 (0) Brad Keselowski (#2) 1 Joey Logano 1 11 - Paul Menard 168 (0) FREESCALE "WIDE OPEN" Austin Dillon # 1 12 - Denny Hamlin 165 (0) Joey Logano (#22) 13 Denny Hamlin 1 13 - Brian Vickers 165 (0) Marcos Ambrose (#9) 10 SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 14 - Marcos Ambrose 162 (0) Brad Keselowski (#2) 9 Kyle Larson 67 15 - Tony Stewart 154 (0) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER 16 - AJ Allmendinger 152 (0) Austin Dillon 65 Hendrick (#88) 65 Justin Allgaier 50 MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP Roush/Yates (#2) 62 Cole Whitt 45 Pts Wins TRD (#20) 59 Michael Annett 44 Chevrolet 268 (3) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE Alex Bowman 39 Ford 254 (2) Ryan Truex 30 Toyota 238 (1) Carl Edwards (#99) 2 Kyle Busch (#18) 1 Parker Kligerman 29 3M LAP LEADER Denny Hamlin (#11) 1 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM Dale Earnhardt Jr (#88) 1 SOLVER OF THE RACE Matt Kenseth (#20) 1 Jimmy Fennig (#99) 2 Daniel Knost (#41) 2 Alan Gustafson (#24) 1 NEXT EVENT: April 6, 2014 - 18th Annual Duck Commander 500, Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX (501 Miles) (334 Laps) NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. 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Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2014 NASCAR NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #6: 65TH ANNUAL STP "500" Race Date: 03/30/2014 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 227 6 1 4 4 $2,312,248 2 MATT KENSETH 218 6 0 1 4 1,354,312 3 CARL EDWARDS 217 6 1 2 4 1,124,248 4 JEFF GORDON 216 6 0 2 4 1,514,044 5 JIMMIE JOHNSON 209 6 0 2 4 1,451,694 6 KYLE BUSCH 189 6 1 1 2 1,322,659 7 BRAD KESELOWSKI 188 6 1 3 3 1,973,196 8 JOEY LOGANO 187 6 0 3 3 1,197,184 9 AUSTIN DILLON 179 6 0 0 1 1,128,719 10 RYAN NEWMAN 174 6 0 0 2 918,093 11 PAUL MENARD 168 6 0 1 3 1,268,337 12 DENNY HAMLIN 165 5 0 1 2 1,769,320 13 BRIAN VICKERS 165 6 0 0 2 999,163 14 MARCOS AMBROSE 162 6 0 2 2 1,021,933 15 TONY STEWART 154 6 0 2 2 1,056,736 16 A J ALLMENDINGER 152 6 0 0 1 883,503 17 CLINT BOWYER 150 6 0 0 1 959,859 18 GREG BIFFLE 149 6 0 0 1 1,061,183 19 KYLE LARSON 148 6 0 1 2 1,020,483 20 KURT BUSCH 146 6 1 2 2 950,163 21 CASEY MEARS 146 6 0 0 1 948,790 22 KASEY KAHNE 145 6 0 0 2 891,693 23 JAMIE MCMURRAY 140 6 0 0 2 1,039,417 24 RICKY STENHOUSE JR.