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NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 14 33RD ANNUAL POCONO 400 POCONO RACEWAY Long Pond, PA - June 8, 2014 2.5-mile Paved Triangle 160 Laps - 400 Miles Purse: $5,092,151 TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 52 minutes, 7 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 139.44 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.439 second(s) Fin Str Car Bns Driver Lead Pos Pos No Driver Team Laps Pts Pts Rating Winnings Status Tms Laps 1 8 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr National Guard Chevrolet 160 47 4 120.9 $198,965 Running 3 11 2 3 2 Brad Keselowski Redd's Ford 160 44 2 143.3 213,783 Running 4 95 3 2 41 Kurt Busch Haas Automation Chevrolet 160 42 1 118.4 148,000 Running 1 5 4 1 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Toyota 160 41 1 107.2 137,500 Running 2 4 5 14 42 Kyle Larson # Target Chevrolet 160 40 1 96.0 136,320 Running 1 7 6 20 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's/Kobalt Tools Chevrolet 160 39 1 97.8 150,851 Running 2 5 7 15 31 Ryan Newman Wix Filters Chevrolet 160 37 84.9 101,365 Running 8 5 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet 160 37 1 114.8 132,251 Running 2 2 9 17 78 Martin Truex Jr Furniture Row Chevrolet 160 35 85.9 115,973 Running 10 18 1 Jamie McMurray Cushman/Cessna Chevrolet 160 34 81.5 121,029 Running 11 19 15 Clint Bowyer RK Motors Charlotte Toyota 160 33 96.8 126,631 Running 12 6 18 Kyle Busch M&M's Peanut Butter Toyota 160 32 86.6 129,481 Running 13 12 14 Tony Stewart Mobil 1/Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet 160 32 1 105.2 124,073 Running 4 24 14 4 4 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevrolet 160 30 110.4 119,523 Running 15 28 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Zest Ford 160 29 68.0 118,815 Running 16 13 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 160 28 73.9 121,640 Running 17 11 3 Austin Dillon # Dow Chevrolet 160 27 73.7 125,601 Running 18 32 34 David Ragan Taco Bell Ford 160 26 55.8 106,523 Running 19 9 55 Brian Vickers Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 160 26 1 81.4 112,090 Running 1 1 20 30 7 Michael Annett # Pilot Flying J Chevrolet 160 24 58.6 97,048 Running 21 21 47 AJ Allmendinger Clorox Chevrolet 160 23 64.4 93,498 Running 22 22 43 Aric Almirola Nathan's Famous Ford 160 22 66.2 115,926 Running 23 25 13 Casey Mears GEICO Chevrolet 160 21 60.0 98,298 Running 24 29 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley Ford 160 20 57.5 104,760 Running 25 26 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota 160 19 52.6 124,826 Running 26 23 27 Paul Menard Moen/Menards Chevrolet 160 18 60.9 105,154 Running 27 24 51 Justin Allgaier # BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevrolet 160 18 1 65.0 95,312 Running 1 6 28 35 38 David Gilliland Long John Silver's Ford 160 16 50.2 85,115 Running 29 33 32 Travis Kvapil Corvetteparts.net Ford 160 15 44.2 74,465 Running 30 40 26 Cole Whitt # Burger King Toyota 159 14 41.2 75,815 Running 31 34 23 Alex Bowman # Dr.Pepper Toyota 159 13 41.4 74,165 Running 32 41 83 Ryan Truex # Burger King Toyota 159 12 33.5 73,990 Running 33 31 40 Landon Cassill (i) Newtown Building Supplies Inc. Chevrolet 158 0 41.6 73,790 Running 34 36 36 Reed Sorenson Theme Park Connection Chevrolet 158 10 40.1 73,590 Running 35 37 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Ford 158 9 35.3 73,440 Running 36 39 66 Timmy Hill Land Castle Title Toyota 158 8 27.8 81,190 Running 37 16 10 Danica Patrick GoDaddy Chevrolet 158 7 55.9 81,004 Running 38 38 44 J.J. Yeley (i) All City Leasing & Warehousing Chevrolet 157 0 32.0 68,030 Running 39 42 33 Alex Kennedy Dream Factory Chevrolet 156 5 28.4 64,030 Running 40 7 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 150 4 80.8 100,021 Engine 41 10 99 Carl Edwards Kelloggs/Cheez-It Ford 143 3 73.1 75,030 Accident 42 27 5 Kasey Kahne Great Clips Chevrolet 142 2 67.7 71,430 Accident 43 43 77 Dave Blaney A.FochlerVets.LawAttor.,LLC/valor4vets.com Ford 142 1 23.9 48,530 Running # 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: Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the Pocono 400, his 21st NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Prior to the start of the race, the following car dropped to the rear of the field for the reason indicated: #33 (unapproved adjustments). Caution Flags: 7 cautions for 26 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 33-35 (Attend To Infield Fire, Turn 3 [34]); 61-64 (Debris Turn 3 [18]); 73-75 (Debris Turn 1 [38]); 81-83 (Car #77 Spin Turn 1 [20]); 119-122 (Oil On The Track [34]); 138-141 (Car #10 Accident Turn 3 [4]); 144-148 (Car #5, 18, 99 Accident Turn 2 [32]). Lap Leaders: 21 lead changes among 10 drivers. Hamlin-pole, Keselowski 1-56, J. Gordon 57, Stewart 58, Hamlin 59-61, Keselowski 62-75, Stewart 76-83, Ku. Busch 84- 88, Stewart 89-95, Hamlin 96, Earnhardt Jr 97-100, Vickers 101, Larson 102-108, Johnson 109-111, Stewart 112-119, Keselowski 120-128, Earnhardt Jr 129-130, Johnson 131-132, J. Gordon 133, Allgaier 134-139, Keselowski 140-155, Earnhardt Jr 156-160. COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Denny Hamlin (181.415 mph. 49.610 secs.) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE: Kurt Busch 3M LAP LEADER: Tony Stewart (24 Laps) MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE: Dale AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Brad Keselowski Earnhardt Jr (crew chief Steve Letarte, 0.739 seconds) DURALAST BRAKES "BRAKE IN THE RACE" AWARD: Brad Keselowski NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner: rolls over to $40,000 at next FREESCALE "WIDE OPEN": Kurt Busch event++ MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Roush-Yates Engines (#2) SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD: Clint Bowyer 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 498 (1) AWARD 2 - Matt Kenseth 482 (0) Brad Keselowski (#2) 3 3 - Dale Earnhardt Jr 476 (2) Joey Logano (#22) 3 4 - Jimmie Johnson 475 (2) Jimmie Johnson (#48) 2 5 - Brad Keselowski 448 (1) FREESCALE "WIDE OPEN" 6 - Kyle Busch 443 (1) COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD 7 - Carl Edwards 441 (1) Joey Logano (#22) 23 Brad Keselowski 2 8 - Denny Hamlin 420 (1) Matt Kenseth (#20) 20 Denny Hamlin 2 9 - Joey Logano 418 (2) Kevin Harvick (#4) 19 Matt Kenseth 1 10 - Kyle Larson 417 (0) MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER Jimmie Johnson 1 11 - Ryan Newman 411 (0) Hendrick (#48) 131 Kyle Busch 1 12 - Kevin Harvick 403 (2) Roush/Yates (#2) 130 Joey Logano 1 13 - Brian Vickers 392 (0) TRD (#20) 123 Austin Dillon # 1 14 - Greg Biffle 385 (0) MOBIL 1 DRIVER OF THE RACE Tony Stewart 1 15 - Austin Dillon 385 (0) Brian Scott 1 16 - Clint Bowyer 383 (0) Kevin Harvick (#4) 4 Kyle Busch (#18) 3 SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP Carl Edwards (#99) 2 Kyle Larson 171 Pts Wins MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM Austin Dillon 145 Chevrolet 632 (8) SOLVER OF THE RACE Justin Allgaier 114 Ford 602 (4) Michael Annett 103 Steve Letarte (#88) 2 Toyota 569 (2) Cole Whitt 103 Jimmy Fennig (#99) 2 Alex Bowman 92 3M LAP LEADER Todd Gordon (#22) 2 Ryan Truex 70 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 4 SHERWIN-WILLIAMS FASTEST LAP AWARD Kevin Harvick (#4) 3 Parker Kligerman 41 Tony Stewart (#14) 2 Clint Bowyer (#15) 4 Carl Edwards (#99) 3 AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART Matt Kenseth (#20) 2 AWARD Jimmie Johnson (#48) 5 Brad Keselowski (#2) 3 Kevin Harvick (#4) 3 NEXT EVENT: June 15, 2014 - 46th Annual Quicken Loans 400, Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI (400 Miles) (200 Laps) NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (6/9/2014) NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications ● P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120-2875 © 2014 NASCAR NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES DRIVER LEADERS Race #14: 33RD ANNUAL POCONO "400" Race Date: 06/08/2014 POS DRIVER Points Starts Wins Top 5 Top 10 Money Won 1 JEFF GORDON 498 14 1 5 10 $3,156,753 2 MATT KENSETH 482 14 0 5 10 2,908,362 3 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 476 14 2 7 9 3,470,234 4 JIMMIE JOHNSON 475 14 2 5 9 3,305,108 5 BRAD KESELOWSKI 448 14 1 6 7 3,436,001 6 KYLE BUSCH 443 14 1 3 6 2,746,890 7 CARL EDWARDS 441 14 1 3 7 2,202,869 8 DENNY HAMLIN 420 13 1 4 5 2,974,866 9 JOEY LOGANO 418 14 2 6 7 2,930,398 10 KYLE LARSON 417 14 0 3 6 2,167,335 11 RYAN NEWMAN 411 14 0 0 5 1,877,509 12 KEVIN HARVICK 403 14 2 4 6 2,943,051 13 BRIAN VICKERS 392 14 0 2 5 2,246,884 14 GREG BIFFLE 385 14 0 2 4 2,423,369 15 AUSTIN DILLON 385 14 0 0 1 2,298,539 16 CLINT BOWYER 383 14 0 2 4 2,288,815 17 PAUL MENARD 380 14 0 1 7 2,333,036 18 TONY STEWART 368 14 0 2 5 2,240,751 19 ARIC ALMIROLA 366 14 0 1 3 2,094,494 20 A J ALLMENDINGER 360 14 0 1 3 1,960,305 21 KASEY KAHNE 351 14 0 1 4 1,934,244 22 MARCOS AMBROSE 351 14 0 2 2 2,030,400 23 JAMIE MCMURRAY 351 14 0 1 4 3,164,093 24 MARTIN TRUEX JR.