The 2014 FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on June 1, 2014, at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. Contested over 400 laps on the oval, it was the 13th race of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Jimmie Johnson won the race, his second of the season and ninth at Dover, while Brad Keselowski finished second. Matt Kenseth, Clint Bowyer, and Denny Hamlin rounded out the top five. The top rookies of the race were Kyle Larson (11th), Austin Dillon (20th), and Brett Moffitt (22nd).
Report
Entry list The entry list for the FedEx 400 was released on Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at 9:37 a.m. Eastern time. Forty-three drivers were entered which meant no one failed to qualify.
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 Blake Koch (i) Go FAS Racing Ford 33 David Stremme Circle Sport 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) Circle Sport Chevrolet 41 Kurt Busch (PC4) Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 42 Kyle Larson (R) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 44 J. J. Yeley (i) Xxxtreme Motorsports Chevrolet 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 Brett Moffitt Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 77 Dave Blaney Randy Humphrey Racing Ford 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 83 Ryan Truex (R) BK Racing Toyota 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Chevrolet 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing FordOfficial entry list Key Meaning (R) Rookie (i) Ineligible for points (PC#) Past champions provisional
Practice
First practice Kyle Busch was the fastest in first practice with a time of 21.648 and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21.648 166.297 2 14 Tony Stewart Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 21.738 165.609 3 42 Kyle Larson (R) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 21.794 165.183Official first practice results
Qualifying
Brad Keselowski won the pole with a new track record time of 21.892 and a speed of . After the session, Keselowski stated that his team "gave me a great car here", as he entered the weekend looking for a second win of 2014.
Qualifying results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 1 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 21.991 21.892 2 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21.898 21.980 3 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 21.973 21.993 4 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.958 22.037 5 42 Kyle Larson (R) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 22.048 22.075 6 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21.985 22.077 7 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 21.983 22.077 8 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 22.052 22.154 9 55 Brian Vickers Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 22.046 22.166 10 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 22.073 22.189 11 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 22.093 22.201 12 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 22.082 22.361 13 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 22.095 — 14 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 22.099 — 15 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 22.101 — 16 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 22.107 — 17 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 22.128 — 18 66 Brett Moffitt Identity Ventures Racing Toyota 22.140 — 19 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 22.143 — 20 14 Tony Stewart Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 22.147 — 21 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 22.149 — 22 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 22.188 — 23 3 Austin Dillon (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 22.201 — 24 41 Kurt Busch Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 22.221 — 25 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 22.256 — 26 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 22.257 — 27 9 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 22.260 — 28 10 Danica Patrick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 22.274 — 29 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 22.281 — 30 51 Justin Allgaier (R) HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 22.376 — 31 26 Cole Whitt (R) BK Racing Toyota 22.417 — 32 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 22.439 — 33 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Chevrolet 22.471 — 34 34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 22.582 — 35 23 Alex Bowman (R) BK Racing Toyota 22.586 — 36 40 Landon Cassill Circle Sport Chevrolet 22.613 — 37 44 J. J. Yeley Xxxtreme Motorsports Chevrolet 22.630 — 38 36 Reed Sorenson Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 22.635 — 39 7 Michael Annett (R) Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 22.637 — 40 33 David Stremme Circle Sport Chevrolet 22.703 — 41 83 Ryan Truex (R) BK Racing Toyota 22.767 — 42 77 Dave Blaney Randy Humphrey Racing Ford 22.840 — 43 32 Blake Koch Go FAS Racing Ford 23.024 —Qualifying Results
Practice (post-qualifying)
Second practice Brad Keselowski was also the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 22.542 and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 22.542 159.702 2 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 22.593 159.431 3 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 22.662 158.856Official second practice results
Final practice Jimmie Johnson was the fastest in final practice with a time of 22.661 and a speed of .
Pos Driver Team Manufacturer Time 1 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 22.661 158.863 2 2 Brad Keselowski Team Penske Ford 22.746 158.270 3 31 Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 22.747 158.263Official final practice results
Race
First half
Start
The race began at 1:18 p.m local time. Kyle Larson had to start from the rear of the field due to an engine change. Kyle Busch led his 10,000th lap in Sprint Cup Series competition on lap 29, becoming the 15th driver to reach the milestone. Alex Bowman brushed the wall and brought out the first caution on lap 65. Following the pit stops, Denny Hamlin and David Ragan were both caught speeding on pit road. Kyle Busch led the first 81 laps but was passed by Jimmie Johnson for the lead. Coming off turn four, Clint Bowyer squeezed Busch into the wall on lap 124; Busch hit the wall in turn one and brought out the second caution of the race. He attempted to get back at Bowyer but his crew chief told him it was not Bowyer's fault. Bowyer later regarded the race as a "frustrating day", compromising his own race and Busch's race.
Trouble in turn two Coming off turn two, A. J. Allmendinger came across Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and got loose. He collected Greg Biffle and both got loose. Biffle went into the wall tail-first, hit Stenhouse, and sent him into the outside wall and head first into the inside one on the backstretch. Landon Cassill and Ryan Truex also spun out in Turn 1. This brought out the third caution of the race. The race was then red-flagged, while Justin Allgaier also took damage when he was clipped in the side by Allmendinger. Kevin Harvick took the lead from Johnson on the restart while on lap 157, Jamie McMurray hit a piece on concrete in Turn 2, hit the wall in Turn 3 and brought out the fourth caution. This happened in a similar fashion to Jeff Gordon at Martinsville Speedway in 2004. NASCAR was forced to red flag the race for a second time to fix a hole in the track, while the concrete also damaged the glass covering the crossover bridge that crosses over the top of Turn 2. The race was suspended for 22 minutes, with Harvick holding the lead at the restart. However, just after the restart, Harvick had a tire go down and Matt Kenseth took the lead.
Second half
Johnson retook the lead on lap 178, and upon completing lap 215, he became the all-time leader in laps led at Dover. Bowman hit the wall for a third time in turn 1 and brought out the fifth caution on lap 222. J. J. Yeley brought out the sixth caution on lap 240 after blowing his engine, while debris brought out the seventh caution with forty laps to go. Casey Mears' right-rear tire came apart and the inner-liner rubber that came off the tire brought out the eighth caution with eight laps to go. Johnson held off a four lap charge by Brad Keselowski to take his second win of the season – successively, for the 13th time in his career – and 68th of his career. "It is incredible," Johnson said. "This race car was awesome. I just have so much to be thankful for. Chad (crew chief Knaus) told me I'd love the car, and sure enough, from the time we unloaded the car, he was right." Keselowski described his day as "up and down" and that his car did not progress as much as he had liked until the halfway mark of the race.
Race results