2014 Sylvania 300

2014 Sylvania 300
Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Race 28 of 36 in the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season

Date September 21, 2014
Location New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Loudon, New Hampshire
Course Permanent racing facility
1.058 mi (1.703 km)
Distance 303 laps, 320.57 mi (516.1 km)
Scheduled Distance300 laps, 317.4 mi (510.8 km)
WeatherMostly cloudy with a temperature of 73 °F (23 °C); wind out of the SSE at 10 miles per hour (16 km/h)
Average speed 98.697 mph (158.837 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Brad Keselowski Team Penske
Time 27.090
Most laps led
Driver Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing
Laps 104
Winner
No. 22
Joey Logano
Team Penske
Television in the United States
Network NASCAR on ESPN & PRN
Announcers Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree (Television)
Wendy Venturini and Brad Gillie (Booth)
Rob Albright (Backstretch) (Radio)
Nielsen Ratings 2.4/5 (Final)
2.2/5 (Overnight)
3.85 Million viewers[11]

The 2014 Sylvania 300 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on September 21, 2014, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. Contested over 303 laps, it was the 28th race of the 36 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season and second race of the ten race Chase for the Sprint Cup. Joey Logano scored his seventh career victory. Kyle Larson finished second while Kevin Harvick, Jamie McMurray, and Jimmie Johnson rounded out the top five. The top rookies of the race were Kyle Larson (2nd), Austin Dillon (11th), and Justin Allgaier (20th).

Previous week's race

Brad Keselowski coasted on to victory lane on the final restart in the MyAFibStory.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway. “I am not really sure what to say,’’ Keselowski said after scoring his second consecutive victory of the season. “I don’t really know what happened. I just know we got to the lead. I saw Kyle and Kevin racing each other really hard, they were aggressively side drafting and I was waiting for an opportunity to strike and it came. The car stuck and everything came together."[12]

Report

Background

New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a 1.058-mile (1.703 km) oval speedway located in Loudon, New Hampshire which has hosted NASCAR racing annually since the early 1990s, as well as an IndyCar weekend and the oldest motorcycle race in North America, the Loudon Classic. Nicknamed "The Magic Mile", the speedway is often converted into a 1.6-mile (2.6 km) road course, which includes much of the oval.

On September 16, Ontario Country District Attorney Michael Tantillo issued a written statement stating that the findings into the investigation of the Tony Stewart incident at Canandaigua Motorsports Park on August 9 would be sent to a grand jury to determine what chargers if any will be filed against Stewart. The statement reads as follows. “Over the past several weeks, I have reviewed with members of the Ontario County Sheriff’s Department their investigation, as it progressed, in the Tony Stewart matter. Recently that office concluded its work and forwarded the complete case file to me. Upon my review of all of the information contained in the entire investigation, I have made the determination that it would be appropriate to submit the evidence to a grand jury, for their determination as to what action should be taken in this matter. Accordingly, the evidence developed in the investigation will be presented to an Ontario County grand jury in the near future. “As grand jury proceedings in New York State are strictly confidential by law, I am unable to state when the matter will be scheduled, other than to state that I intend to present the matter in the near future. Similarly, because of the confidential nature of these proceedings, I cannot state who will be called as witnesses, or what any witness’s expected testimony will be. When the presentation has been completed and a determination has been made, I will advise the public and the media at that time of the results.”[13]

Stewart said he would continue to cooperate in the grand jury proceeding. "I respect the time and effort spent by both the Ontario County District Attorney and the sheriff’s office in investigating this tragic accident," Stewart said in a statement. "I look forward to this process being completed, and I will continue to provide my full cooperation.”[14] Stewart is expected to race this weekend and NASCAR has issued a statement allowing him to do so. "We are aware of the completed investigation and the announced next steps," NASCAR spokesman Brett Jewkes said in a statement. "First, our thoughts continue to be with all who have been impacted by this tragedy. We will monitor this process and stay in close contact with Stewart-Haas Racing. It would be inappropriate for NASCAR to comment on this case so we will continue to respect the process and authorities involved."[15]

Also on September 16, BK Racing sidelined Ryan Truex and put Travis Kvapil in the No. 83 car. This was a decision made quietly and wasn't announced till Friday, September 19. No reason was given as to why this happened and the team has not announced the immediate future beyond this weekend. “I didn’t have anything going on this weekend,” Kvapil said. “We had talked about doing something with the 93. These are my guys here. I had been with them for the last two years and feel I had a hand in building this team. I don’t know what the plans are beyond this weekend, but it’s good to be back.”[16]

Entry list

The entry list for the Sylvania 300 was released on Monday, September 15, 2014 at 10:01 a.m. Eastern time. Forty-three drivers were entered for the race.

No. Driver Team Manufacturer
1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet
2 Brad Keselowski (PC2) Team Penske Ford
3 Austin Dillon (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet
5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
7 Michael Annett (R) Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet
9 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports Ford
10 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet
11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet
14 Tony Stewart (PC3) Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet
15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota
16 Greg Biffle Roush-Fenway Racing Ford
17 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. Roush-Fenway Racing Ford
18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
20 Matt Kenseth (PC5) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford
23 Alex Bowman (R) BK Racing Toyota
24 Jeff Gordon (PC6) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
26 Cole Whitt (R) BK Racing Toyota
27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
32 Timmy Hill Go FAS Racing Ford
33 David Stremme Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet
34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford
36 Reed Sorenson Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet
38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford
40 Landon Cassill (i) Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet
41 Kurt Busch (PC4) Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet
42 Kyle Larson (R) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet
43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford
47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet
48 Jimmie Johnson (PC1) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
51 Justin Allgaier (R) HScott Motorsports Chevrolet
55 Brian Vickers Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota
66 Mike Wallace (i) Identity Ventures Racing Toyota
77 Corey Lajoie (i) Randy Humphrey Racing Ford
78 Martin Truex, Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet
83 Travis Kvapil BK Racing Toyota
88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
93 Clay Rogers BK Racing Toyota
98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Chevrolet
99 Carl Edwards Roush-Fenway Racing Ford
Official entry list
Key Meaning
(R) Rookie
(i) Ineligible for points
(PC#) Past champions provisional

Practice

First practice

Brad Keselowski was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 27.516 and a speed of 138.421 mph (222.767 km/h).[17]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 27.516 138.421
2 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 27.622 137.890
3 88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 27.635 137.825
Official first practice results

Qualifying

Brad Keselowski won the pole with a new track record time of 27.090 and a speed of 140.598 mph (226.271 km/h). “Loudon’s always been one of my favorite tracks, and we’ve won a couple poles here before,” said Keselowski. “But this one is a little extra special with everything that’s going on and going through the Chase and what not. I’m ready to get running tomorrow and hopefully, we’ll get another win. I try not to get caught up in statements, I’m just trying to go out there and do our job. The Penske team has done phenomenal this season, and it’s great to keep it rolling." “I thought we had a really good car in race trim,” said Jamie McMurray who qualified second. “We ran a few laps in race trim to start today. Very similar to the same car we had here the first race. We switched over to qualifying trim we were second quick so yeah our car has been good so far. The track will change a little bit tomorrow when the rubber gets laid down, but overall it’s been a really good weekend so far.” “We qualified a lot better this time than we did the last trip here,” said Dale Earnhardt, Jr. “We saved a set of tires in practice too that will be a big benefit tomorrow in race trim. It was a good day.”[18] Forty-three drivers were entered so no one failed to make the race.

Qualifying results

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer R1 R2
1 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 27.281 27.090
2 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 27.377 27.121
3 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 27.342 27.193
4 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 27.328 27.253
5 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 27.368 27.260
6 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 27.328 27.319
7 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 27.345 27.354
8 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 27.286 27.398
9 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 27.403 27.412
10 42 Kyle Larson (R) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 27.321 27.425
11 88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 27.404 27.428
12 55 Brian Vickers Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 27.338 27.449
13 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 27.412
14 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 27.412
15 41 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 27.413
16 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 27.430
17 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 27.436
18 10 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 27.445
19 17 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 27.485
20 9 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 27.495
21 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 27.498
22 3 Austin Dillon (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 27.502
23 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 27.506
24 51 Justin Allgaier (R) HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 27.542
25 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 27.558
26 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 27.563
27 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 27.582
28 14 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 27.676
29 34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 27.684
30 40 Landon Cassill Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 27.803
31 26 Cole Whitt (R) BK Racing Toyota 27.858
32 78 Martin Truex, Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 27.863
33 93 Clay Rogers BK Racing Toyota 27.891
34 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 27.968
35 23 Alex Bowman (R) BK Racing Toyota 27.990
36 33 David Stremme Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 27.998
37 36 Reed Sorenson Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 28.042
38 7 Michael Annett (R) Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 28.067
39 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Chevrolet 28.162
40 83 Travis Kvapil BK Racing Toyota 28.208
41 77 Corey Lajoie Randy Humphrey Racing Ford 28.306
42 66 Mike Wallace Identity Ventures Racing Toyota 28.472
43 32 Timmy Hill Go FAS Racing Ford 28.614
Official qualifying results

Practice (post-qualifying)

Second practice

Brad Keselowski was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 28.084 and a speed of 135.622 mph (218.262 km/h).[19]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 28.084 135.622
2 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.230 134.920
3 55 Brian Vickers Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 28.231 134.916
Official second practice results

Final practice

Brad Keselowski was going for the "perfect weekend" (topping the charts in every practice session along with winning the pole), but he came up short as Jeff Gordon was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.139 and a speed of 135.357 mph (217.836 km/h).[20] Corey Lajoie, who was making his first Sprint Cup Series start, tagged the wall in turn 4. Greg Biffle spun out exiting turn 2. The only damage that was sustained was a flat right-rear tire. In the closing seconds of the session, Tony Stewart got loose coming off of turn 4 and spun sideways down the front stretch.[21]

Pos No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.139 135.357
2 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 28.160 135.256
3 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 28.164 135.236
Official final practice results

Race

The race was scheduled to start at 2:16 p.m. Eastern time but started three minutes early with Brad Keselowski leading the way.

Caution flew for the first time on lap 36. It was a planned competition caution due to overnight rain. Denny Hamlin took just two tires and assumed the lead after David Gilliland pitted after staying out. Keselowski took four and exited pit road 16th.

The race restarted on lap 40.

Kevin Harvick took the lead on lap 70.

Denny Hamlin was running second when he made an unscheduled stop for a fuel probe issue on lap 95.[22]

Debris brought out the second caution on lap 105. The debris was from a Z-MAX decal that was located on the backstretch wall past the exit of turn 2. A NASCAR official eventually removed the logo. Harvick and Joey Logano traded the lead on pit road because of where Harvick's pit stall was located.

The race restarted on lap 113.

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was running sixth when he made an unscheduled stop for a loose wheel.[23]

Debris in turn 3 brought out the third caution on lap 171. Harvick and Logano once again traded the lead on pit road. Only this time, Logano exited first.

The race restarted on lap 178.

Caution came out for the fourth time on lap 180 when Martin Truex, Jr. got into Cole Whitt and spun out taking David Ragan with him. Denny Hamlin slid into Ragan trying to avoid him. "Unfortunately, in this three-race deal you can't make any mistakes," Hamlin said of the new elimination format, in which four drivers will be out of contention after every third race in the 10-race run to the title. "And we didn't. But a parts failure put us down."[24] "I hate to say it, but maybe some guys get some trouble and let us back in it. Other than that, it's going to be hard for us to do it without some help."[25]

The race restarted on lap 187.

Caution flew for the fifth time on lap 188 for another multi-car crash in turn 2. Matt Kenseth got loose exiting turn 2. He pancaked the front of Kyle Busch and that accordioned into Kasey Kahne and sent Busch spinning down the backstretch.[26]

The race restarted on lap 193.

Caution flew for the sixth time on lap 194 when Brad Keselowski, racing for seventh with Kenseth, got loose and turned himself around in turn 1.[27]

The race restarted on lap 198.

Caution flew for the seventh time on lap 202 after Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. got turned by a loose Dale Earnhardt, Jr. exiting turn 4.

The race restarted on lap 206.

Caution flew for the eighth time on lap 211 for debris on the backstretch. Brian Vickers stayed out when the leaders pitted and assumed the lead.

The race restarted with 85 laps to go.

Caution flew for the ninth time with 79 laps to go after Kurt Busch slammed the wall in turn 3 following blowing the right-front tire.[28]

The race restarted with 76 laps to go.

Brad Keselowski retook the lead with 72 laps to go.

Debris on the backstretch brought out the tenth caution of the race with 54 laps to go.

The race restarted with 50 laps to go.

Caution flew for the eleventh time with 43 laps to go after Corey LaJoie spun out in turn 2.

The race restarted with 40 laps to go.

Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. slammed the wall in turn 1 to bring out the twelfth caution of the race with 37 laps to go.

The race restarted with 32 laps to go.

Kevin Harvick retook the lead with 31 laps to go. Caution came out for the 13th time after Paul Menard got loose and spun in turn 3. He collected Matt Kenseth and hit the wall in turn 4.[29]

The race restarted with 27 laps to go and Joey Logano retook the lead.

Caution flew for the 14th time with nine laps to go after Jeff Gordon slammed the wall in turn 1.[30]

The race restarted with four laps to go.

Caution flew for the 15th time with three laps to go after Tony Stewart got turned and spun exiting turn 4.

Joey Logano took off on the first Green-White-Checker attempt to score his fourth victory of the season. “It feels good to go into the next one,” Logano said. “We’ve got to keep doing what we’re doing though. We’ve got to keep our eye on the prize and think about the big trophy at the end.”[31]

Race results

Pos Grid No. Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points
1 7 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 303 47
2 10 42 Kyle Larson (R) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 303 42
3 3 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 303 43
4 2 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 303 40
5 6 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 303 39
6 21 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 303 38
7 1 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 303 38
8 5 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 303 36
9 11 88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 303 35
10 12 55 Brian Vickers Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 303 35
11 22 3 Austin Dillon (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 303 33
12 32 78 Martin Truex, Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 303 32
13 27 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 303 31
14 14 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 303 30
15 23 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 303 29
16 26 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 303 28
17 8 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 303 27
18 9 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 303 26
19 18 10 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 303 25
20 24 51 Justin Allgaier (R) HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 303 24
21 16 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 303 23
22 25 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 303 22
23 17 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 303 21
24 20 9 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 303 20
25 30 40 Landon Cassill Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 303 0
26 13 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 303 18
27 34 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 301 18
28 35 23 Alex Bowman (R) BK Racing Toyota 301 16
29 38 7 Michael Annett (R) Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 301 15
30 28 14 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 301 14
31 37 36 Reed Sorenson Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 300 13
32 40 83 Travis Kvapil BK Racing Toyota 300 12
33 39 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Chevrolet 297 11
34 42 66 Mike Wallace Identity Ventures Racing Toyota 296 0
35 43 32 Timmy Hill Go FAS Racing Ford 295 9
36 15 41 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 268 8
37 4 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 265 8
38 31 26 Cole Whitt (R) BK Racing Toyota 264 6
39 19 17 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 263 5
40 36 33 David Stremme Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 228 4
41 41 77 Corey Lajoie Randy Humphrey Racing Ford 201 3
42 29 34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 177 2
43 33 93 Clay Rogers BK Racing Toyota 33 1

Media

Television

ESPN
Booth announcersPit reporters
Lap-by-lap: Allen Bestwick
Color-commentator: Dale Jarrett
Color commentator: Andy Petree
Jerry Punch
Dave Burns
Vince Welch
Jamie Little

Radio

PRN Radio
Booth announcersTurn announcersPit reporters
Lead announcer: Wendy Venturini
Announcer: Brad Gillie
Backstretch: Rob Albright Brett McMillan
Steve Richards
Jim Noble
Pat Patterson

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 Brad Keselowski 2,097
1 2 Joey Logano 2,096 (-1)
1 3 Kevin Harvick 2,090 (-7)
4 4 Jimmie Johnson 2,080 (-17)
2 5 Kyle Busch 2,077 (-20)
1 6 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 2,077 (-20)
5 7 Jeff Gordon 2,070 (-27)
2 8 Matt Kenseth 2,057 (-40)
3 9 Carl Edwards 2,057 (-40)
4 10 A. J. Allmendinger 2,056 (-41)
11 Kasey Kahne 2,055 (-42)
1 12 Ryan Newman 2,055 (-42)
7 13 Denny Hamlin 2,049 (-48)
1 14 Greg Biffle 2,049 (-48)
15 Kurt Busch 2,047 (-50)
16 Aric Almirola 2,045 (-52)

Manufacturers' Championship standings
Pos Manufacturer Points
1 Chevrolet 1,251
2 Ford 1,230 (-21)
3 Toyota 1,121 (-130)
  • Note: Only the first sixteen positions are included for the driver standings.

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