2014 Daytona 500 Official Race Results and Notes

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 1
56TH ANNUAL DAYTONA "500"
DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY

Daytona Beach, FL - February 23, 2014
2.5-Mile Oval; 200 Laps - 500 Miles Purse: $19,784,864

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Race Comments: Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the 56th running of the Daytona 500, his 20th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Prior to the green flag to start the event, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reason indicated: #10, 14, 52 (Unapproved Engine Change), #48, 78, 15, 1, 66, 34 (Back-Up Car).

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Fans had to endure a long day of racing, both at the track and on the couch, but we endured.  Fans at the track had a more exciting time as they were asked to evacuate the stands as weather warnings were issued for the red flag.  I saw pics online where someone snapped a pic of a funnel a few miles beyond the far side of track.  One person tweeted that they were instructed to get in their cars and put their seat belts on.  Zoinks.

Beyond the storm, we had a different kind of development on the track.  Martin Truex in his first 2014 season points race on his new team went out early, then other name-drivers started getting caught up in situations.

When Danica went out, well, Richard was probably muttering something to himself about other drivers on the track.  Then Tony Stewart went out, and I was starting to worry about the other drivers.

We had a few "exciting" accidents there were replayed liberally by Fox, but in the end, Jr Nation was finally vindicated as Dale Earnhardt Jr. won his second Daytona 500.

You realize that he now stepped out from under his father's shadow by winning his second 500?

And those final laps were nerve racking.  Even though ever since the Gen-6 car came along and Cup plate races have had very little race-ending drama.  But this one, with that last lap restart, had more drama than the last few races.

That being said, conspiracy theorists be damned, check out some official stats and details from the 2014 Daytona 500:

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Fin				Leader
Pos	Driver	Laps	Status	Times	Laps
1	Dale Earnhardt Jr	200	Running	6	54
2	Denny Hamlin	200	Running	3	16
3	Brad Keselowski	200	Running	4	13
4	Jeff Gordon	200	Running
5	Jimmie Johnson	200	Running	2	15
6	Matt Kenseth	200	Running
7	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	200	Running
8	Greg Biffle	200	Running	3	8
9	Austin Dillon #	200	Running	1	1
10	Casey Mears	200	Running
11	Joey Logano	200	Running	1	2
12	Landon Cassill	200	Running
13	Kevin Harvick	200	Running
14	Jamie McMurray	200	Running
15	Bobby Labonte	200	Running
16	Reed Sorenson	200	Running
17	Carl Edwards	200	Running	3	8
18	Marcos Ambrose	200	Running
19	Kyle Busch	200	Running	5	19
20	Terry Labonte	200	Running
21	Kurt Busch	199	Running	1	15
22	Ryan Newman	199	Running
23	Alex Bowman #	198	Running
24	Josh Wise	196	Running
25	Brian Scott	196	Running
26	AJ Allmendinger	194	Running	1	1
27	Justin Allgaier #	193	Accident	3	4
28	Cole Whitt #	193	Accident
29	Parker Kligerman #	193	Accident
30	Brian Vickers	192	Running
31	Kasey Kahne	192	Running	2	2
32	Paul Menard	184	Running	3	29
33	Trevor Bayne	183	Accident	1	2
34	David Ragan	176	Running
35	Tony Stewart	174	Running
36	David Gilliland	171	Running
37	Michael Annett #	161	Accident
38	Kyle Larson #	160	Accident
39	Aric Almirola	146	Accident	1	5
40	Danica Patrick	145	Accident	1	2
41	Michael Waltrip	144	Accident	2	4
42	Clint Bowyer	127	Engine
43	Martin Truex Jr	30	Engine

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Failed to qualify: (6) #83 Ryan Truex; #95 Michael McDowell; #87 Joe Nemechek; #93 Morgan Shepherd; #35 Eric McClure; #77 Dave Blaney

TIME OF RACE:  3 hours, 26 minutes, 29 seconds       AVERAGE SPEED:  145.29 mph      MARGIN OF VICTORY:  Under Caution

COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD:  Austin Dillon (196.019 mph. 45.914 secs.)

3M LAP LEADER:  Dale Earnhardt Jr (54 Laps)

SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE:  Austin Dillon

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Caution Flags: 7 cautions for 39 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets]
24-26 (Car #42 Spin Turn 2 [16]);
33-46 (Fluid On The Track From #78/ Weather [Red Flag 6 Hr 21 Min 40 Sec] [42]);
146-153 (Car #10, 30, 27, 66, 43, 38, 3, 33, 5, 9, 51, 98, 4 Accident Frontstretch [18]);
163-168 (Car #42, 5, 9, 7, 55, 3, 13, 1, 31, 33 Accident Turn 4 [13]);
185-187 (Car #21 Accident Backstretch [52]);
195-198 (Car #51, 33, 30, 32, 26, 3, 31 Accident Turn 3 [9]);
200 (Car #36, 99, 47, 18, 1, 4 Accident Frontstretch [None]).

Lap Leaders:  42 lead changes among 18 drivers.
Dillon 1, Hamlin 2-10, Ku. Busch 11-25, Menard 26-30, Hamlin 31, Ky. Busch 32-45,
Kahne 46, Ky. Busch 47, Kahne 48, Ky. Busch 49, Hamlin 50-55, Ky. Busch 56,
Keselowski 57, Ky. Busch 58-59, Keselowski 60-63, Menard 64-70, Logano 71-72, Keselowski 73-75,
Bayne 76-77, Almirola 78-82, Allmendinger 83, Allgaier 84, Patrick 85-86, Allgaier 87,
Waltrip 88-89, Menard 90-106, Johnson 107-115, Keselowski 116-120, Johnson 121-126,
Allgaier 127-128, Waltrip 129-130, Earnhardt Jr 131-143, Edwards 144, Earnhardt Jr 145-150,
Biffle 151-153, Earnhardt Jr 154-155, Biffle 156-158, Earnhardt Jr 159-172, Biffle 173-174,
Edwards 175-177, Earnhardt Jr 178, Edwards 179-182, Earnhardt Jr 183-200.

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SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

Driver / Points

Austin Dillon 13
Alex Bowman 10
Justin Allgaier 9
Cole Whitt 8
Parker Kligerman 7
Michael Annett 6
Kyle Larson 5
Ryan Truex 1

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MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP       
Manufacturer    Points    Wins
Chevrolet    48    1
Toyota    43    0
Ford    42    0

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