NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 24 54TH ANNUAL IRWIN TOOLS NIGHT RACE BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY 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 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 500 47 4 133.8 $363,331 Running 4 76 2 9 2 Brad Keselowski Wurth Ford 500 43 1 122.8 241,438 Running 1 46 3 16 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota 500 42 1 115.1 227,116 Running 2 62 4 6 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 500 40 106.8 198,916 Running 5 7 41 Kurt Busch 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 Carl Edwards 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 Paul Menard Serta/Menards Chevrolet 500 35 85.3 142,484 Running 10 8 16 Greg Biffle 3M Hire Our Heroes Ford 500 34 89.4 155,070 Running 11 1 4 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John's Chevrolet 500 34 1 116.3 154,368 Running 3 75 12 40 42 Kyle Larson # 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 Jeff Burton Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevrolet 499 29 80.0 145,693 Running 16 2 24 Jeff Gordon Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet 499 29 1 87.9 157,546 Running 1 17 17 14 15 Clint Bowyer 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 Justin Allgaier # 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 Brian Vickers Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 497 23 71.0 138,935 Running 22 39 40 Landon Cassill (i) CRC 1-Tank Power Renew Chevrolet 497 0 57.9 105,010 Running 23 29 34 David Ragan Dockside Logistics Ford 496 21 52.9 126,493 Running 24 36 36 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet 496 20 52.2 115,318 Running 25 32 38 David Gilliland MDS Ford 495 19 49.0 121,182 Running 26 43 13 Casey Mears GEICO Chevrolet 495 18 44.6 110,010 Running 27 24 10 Danica Patrick GoDaddy Chevrolet 493 17 45.2 109,390 Running 28 26 3 Austin Dillon # Dow Great Stuff Chevrolet 493 16 35.6 146,616 Running 29 30 98 Josh Wise Provident Metals Chevrolet 492 15 42.8 100,770 Running 30 34 26 Cole Whitt # Speed Stick Gear Toyota 492 14 38.1 101,635 Running 31 41 33 David Stremme Little Joe's Autos Chevrolet 491 13 33.5 97,525 Running 32 27 23 Alex Bowman # 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 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford 480 10 53.8 123,490 Running 35 12 5 Kasey Kahne Great Clips Chevrolet 477 10 1 79.6 116,410 Running 1 40 36 4 18 Kyle Busch Doublemint Toyota 442 9 1 68.4 144,866 Accident 1 8 37 33 83 Ryan Truex # Burger King Toyota 338 7 38.0 96,784 Engine 38 38 7 Michael Annett # Pilot/Flying J Chevrolet 243 6 29.9 91,165 Accident 39 20 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr Diet Mountain Dew Chevrolet 176 5 68.6 95,165 Accident 40 13 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Toyota 160 5 1 79.5 96,565 Accident 1 28 41 42 43 Aric Almirola STP Ford 123 3 43.7 116,101 Accident 42 31 66 Brett Moffitt Land Castle Title Toyota 78 2 30.8 83,165 Engine 43 35 37 Dave Blaney 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 AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Kevin Harvick McMurray (crew chief Keith Rodden, 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 Tony Stewart 1 Carl Edwards (#99) 3 Pts Wins David Gilliland 1 MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM Brian Scott 1 Chevrolet 1,077 (13) SOLVER OF THE RACE Ford 1,049 (9) SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Steve Letarte (#88) 3 Toyota 963 (2) Kyle Larson 242 Jimmy Fennig (#99) 3 Austin Dillon 194 3M LAP LEADER Todd Gordon (#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 Parker Kligerman 41 Brad Keselowski (#2) 5 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 5 Kevin Harvick (#4) 5 NEXT EVENT: August 31, 2014 - 55th Annual Oral-B USA 500, Atlanta Motor Speedway, 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. 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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.