Official Race Report from Darlington - Bojangles' Southern 500

Kevin Harvick won the Bojangles Southern 500, his 25th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory.

TIME OF RACE:3 hours, 53 minutes, 37 seconds       AVERAGE SPEED:131.211 mph      MARGIN OF VICTORY:0.558 second(s)

FASTEST QUALIFIER:  Kevin Harvick (183.479 mph. 26.802 secs.)

3M LAP LEADER:  Kevin Harvick (238 Laps)

SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE:  Kyle Larson

Caution Flags: 11 cautions for 50 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets]
42-46 (Car #83 Accident Turn 3 [17]);
60-63 (Car #32 Accident Turn 3 [10]);
94-99 (Car #7 Accident Turn 2 [36]);
126-130 (Car #26 Accident Turn 1 [36]);
202-207 (Car #27 Accident Turn 1 [None]);
223-226 (Car #43 Spin Turn 2 [1]);
248-251 (Debris [47]); 273-278 (Debris [99]);
359-362 (Fluid On Track [3]);
366-368 (Debris [17]);
370-372 (Car #41, #15 Accident Backstretch [10]).

Lap Leaders:  22 lead changes among 12 drivers.
Harvick-pole, Logano 1-37, J. Gordon 38-42, Ragan 43, J. Gordon 44-45,
Harvick 46-60, Hamlin 61-63, Kenseth 64-75, Harvick 76-179, Keselowski 180-183,
Kahne 184-201, Harvick 202, Kahne 203-207, Harvick 208-223, Vickers 224-247,
J. Gordon 248, Vickers 249-254, Harvick 255-273, Biffle 274-278, Harvick 279-359,
Johnson 360-367, Earnhardt Jr 368-372, Harvick 373-374.

The NEXT EVENT: April 26, 2014 - 60th Annual Toyota Owners 400, Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, VA (300 Miles) (400 Laps)
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Fin				Series	Bonus
Pos		Driver	Laps	Points	Points	Status	Laps Led
1	-	Kevin Harvick	374	48	5	Running	238
2	-	Dale Earnhardt Jr	374	43	1	Running	5
3	-	Jimmie Johnson	374	42	1	Running	8
4	-	Matt Kenseth	374	41	1	Running	12
5	-	Greg Biffle	374	40	1	Running	5
6	-	Kyle Busch	374	38	0	Running
7	-	Jeff Gordon	374	38	1	Running	8
8	-	Kyle Larson #	374	36	0	Running
9	-	Tony Stewart	374	35	0	Running
10	-	Ryan Newman	374	34	0	Running
11	-	Austin Dillon #	374	33	0	Running
12	-	Clint Bowyer	374	32	0	Running
13	-	Carl Edwards	374	31	0	Running
14	-	Marcos Ambrose	374	30	0	Running
15	-	AJ Allmendinger	374	29	0	Running
16	-	Jamie McMurray	374	28	0	Running
17	-	Brad Keselowski	374	28	1	Running	4
18	-	Casey Mears	374	26	0	Running
19	-	Denny Hamlin	374	26	1	Running	3
20	-	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	374	24	0	Running
21	-	Josh Wise	374	23	0	Running
22	-	Danica Patrick	374	22	0	Running
23	-	Justin Allgaier #	372	21	0	Running
24	-	Aric Almirola	372	20	0	Running
25	-	Landon Cassill	372	0	0	Running
26	-	Brian Vickers	371	19	1	Running	30
27	-	Martin Truex Jr	371	17	0	Running
28	-	David Gilliland	370	16	0	Running
29	-	Alex Bowman #	369	15	0	Running
30	-	Parker Kligerman #	369	14	0	Running
31	-	Kurt Busch	368	13	0	Accident
32	-	David Ragan	367	13	1	Running	1
33	-	Travis Kvapil	367	11	0	Running
34	-	Joe Nemechek	366	0	0	Running
35	-	Joey Logano	359	10	1	Front Hub	37
36	-	David Stremme	326	8	0	Brakes
37	-	Kasey Kahne	323	8	1	Accident	23
38	-	Cole Whitt #	301	6	0	Running
39	-	Reed Sorenson	289	5	0	Overheating
40	-	Ryan Truex #	274	4	0	Running
41	-	Paul Menard	270	3	0	Running
42	-	Michael Annett #	101	2	0	Accident
43	-	Dave Blaney	65	1	0	Brakes

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