The 2014 Hollywood Casino 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race that was held on October 5, 2014, at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5–mile (2.4 km) oval, it was the 30th race of the 2014 Sprint Cup Series championship, and the fourth race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Joey Logano scored his fifth win of the season. Kyle Larson finished second while Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr. and Carl Edwards rounded out the top five. The top rookies of the race were Kyle Larson (2nd), Austin Dillon (8th), and Cole Whitt (23rd).

Entry list Forty-three drivers were entered for the race.

Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 2 Brad Keselowski (PC2) (CC) Team Penske Ford 3 Austin Dillon (R) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Kevin Harvick (CC) Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 5 Kasey Kahne (CC) 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 (CC) 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 (CC) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 Matt Kenseth (PC5) (CC) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 22 Joey Logano (CC) Team Penske Ford 23 Alex Bowman (R) BK Racing Toyota 24 Jeff Gordon (PC6) (CC) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 26 Cole Whitt (R) BK Racing Toyota 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 31 Ryan Newman (CC) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 32 Joey Gase (i) Go FAS Racing Ford 33 Timmy Hill Hillman–Circle Sport Chevrolet 34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 36 Reed Sorenson Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 37 Mike Bliss (i) Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 40 Landon Cassill (i) Hillman–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 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 48 Jimmie Johnson (PC1) (CC) 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 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 83 J. J. Yeley BK Racing Toyota 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (CC) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 95 Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing Ford 98 Josh Wise Phil Parsons Racing Chevrolet 99 Carl Edwards (CC) Roush Fenway Racing FordOfficial entry list Key Meaning (R) Rookie (i) Ineligible for points (PC#) Past champions provisional (CC) Chase Contender

Practice and qualifying Jeff Gordon was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 27.515 and a speed of . Kevin Harvick won the pole with a time of 27.325 and a speed of . “I’m just really proud of everybody on our Budweiser team,” said Harvick. “We’ve been dealt some bad luck throughout the year, but it hasn’t fazed them in continuing to work on the cars and the speed. The first three weeks we have led a bunch of laps and qualified well. Last week had them covered and a valve stem got knocked off by a lug nut. Keep doing the things that you are doing and that luck will all come full circle and as long as the cars continue to be fast that stuff all comes back to you. Hopefully it peaks at the right time.” "I'm pretty happy to be in the top five, that's better than where we started in May," said Gordon. “Sixth isn't bad; we were 17th in practice, but we have to keep working on it,” said Keselowski. “This is probably our weakest track in Chase." Marcos Ambrose was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 28.176 and a speed of . Kyle Larson was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 28.377 and a speed of . Kurt Busch spun his car exiting turn 4 and got stuck in the grass. He was forced to go to a backup car and will start last. Alex Bowman will also start last after tagging the wall in turn 4 and rolling out the backup car.

Qualifying Results PosDriverTeamManufacturer14Kevin HarvickStewart–Haas RacingChevrolet27.58027.30427.325255Brian VickersMichael Waltrip RacingToyota27.72027.61627.508343Aric AlmirolaRichard Petty MotorsportsFord27.67027.58127.530422Joey LoganoTeam PenskeFord27.63027.52527.544524Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet27.66027.55727.54462Brad KeselowskiTeam PenskeFord27.56027.54227.548718Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota27.87027.54427.555888Dale Earnhardt Jr.Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet27.66027.61527.593914Tony StewartStewart–Haas RacingChevrolet27.67027.61927.619105Kasey KahneHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet27.75027.63827.6411116Greg BiffleRoush Fenway RacingFord27.69027.48627.6961299Carl EdwardsRoush Fenway RacingFord27.60027.62327.7321327Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet27.80027.654—141Jamie McMurrayChip Ganassi RacingChevrolet27.79027.669—1578Martin Truex Jr.Furniture Row RacingChevrolet27.79027.681—163Austin Dillon (R)Richard Childress RacingChevrolet27.78027.684—1731Ryan NewmanRichard Childress RacingChevrolet27.87027.690—1842Kyle Larson (R)Chip Ganassi RacingChevrolet27.83027.704—1915Clint BowyerMichael Waltrip RacingToyota27.87027.711—2047A. J. AllmendingerJTG Daugherty RacingChevrolet27.75027.711—2151Justin Allgaier (R)HScott MotorsportsChevrolet27.86027.738—229Marcos AmbroseRichard Petty MotorsportsFord27.81027.748—2317Ricky Stenhouse Jr.Roush Fenway RacingFord27.82027.798—2441Kurt BuschStewart–Haas RacingChevrolet27.87027.873—2511Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota27.873——2613Casey MearsGermain RacingChevrolet27.873——2720Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota27.891——2895Michael McDowellLeavine Family RacingFord28.026——2910Danica PatrickStewart–Haas RacingChevrolet28.111——3036Reed SorensonTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet28.126——3138David GillilandFront Row MotorsportsFord28.243——3248Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet28.254——3323Alex Bowman (R)BK RacingToyota28.274——3498Josh WisePhil Parsons RacingChevrolet28.296——3540Landon CassillHillman–Circle SportChevrolet28.302——367Michael Annett (R)Tommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet28.313——3734David RaganFront Row MotorsportsFord28.325——3883J. J. YeleyBK RacingToyota28.436——3926Cole Whitt (R)BK RacingToyota28.584——4033Timmy HillTeam XTREME RacingChevrolet28.640——4137Mike BlissTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet28.660——4232Joey GaseGo FAS RacingFord28.913——4366Mike WallaceIdentity Ventures RacingToyota29.499——

Race

The race was scheduled to begin at 2:16 PM Eastern time, but it started six minutes late when Kevin Harvick led the field to the green.

Jamie McMurray took the lead from Harvick on lap 44.

McMurray surrendered the lead on lap 47 to pit and handed the lead to Jeff Gordon.

Gordon surrendered the lead the next lap to pit. Brad Keselowski assumed the lead.

Keselowski pitted on lap 49 and McMurray cycled back to the lead on lap 50.

Caution flew for the first time on lap 71 for debris in turn 4. Jamie McMurray and Kevin Harvick traded the lead on pit road with the No.1 car pitting before the start/finish line. He took the lead back from Harvick.

The race restarted on lap 76. Greg Biffle about spun the car out exiting turn 2, but managed to save it. Dale Earnhardt Jr. took the lead.

Caution flew for the second time on lap 79 when Kurt Busch slammed the wall in turn 4.

The race restarted on lap 84. McMurray tapped the right rear corner panel of Jeff Gordon and he kissed the wall exiting turn 4.

A multi-car crash on the backstretch brought out the third caution of the race on lap 85. It started when Greg Biffle rear-ended Jimmie Johnson, who clipped Justin Allgaier in the process, and sent him into the inside wall. Allgaier continued down and collected Josh Wise. "Obviously a big hit in Chase points," Johnson said. "Puts a lot of pressure on us next week and the week after. We've got to be on our game at Charlotte and Talladega."

The race restarted on lap 91.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. was leading the race when the right-front tire blew and sent him into the wall exiting turn 4 bringing out the fourth caution of the race on lap 122. "The tire came apart going through the corner," said Earnhardt Jr., who was shooting for his third straight top 10 at Kansas. "We were running along there. I really wasn't pushing the car that hard and I had a real big lead so I was just backing the corner up and letting the car turn. Going into (Turn) 3 the tread of the tire came all the way off." Joey Logano took the lead as a result.

The race restarted on lap 128 and Kevin Harvick retook the lead.

Logano took the lead back from Harvick on lap 135.

Caution flew for the fifth time on lap 160 when Brad Keselowski blew a right-front and slammed the wall in turn 2. Kasey Kahne took just two tires and exited pit road first.

The race restarted on lap 165 and Kahne promptly lost the lead to Joey Logano.

Kevin Harvick retook the lead on lap 167 and Logano took it right back the next lap.

Caution flew for the sixth time on lap 190 after Joey Gase rear-ended the wall in turn 3. Harvick exited pit road as the leader.

The race restarted on lap 196.

Joey Logano retook the lead on lap 198.

Caution flew for the seventh time with 38 laps to go after Greg Biffle slammed the wall in turn 4. Ryan Newman took only two tires and won the race off pit road.

The race restarted with 33 laps to go.

The eighth caution flew with 32 laps to go after Kasey Kahne hit the wall in turn 2. "Something happened to my tire," Kahne said. "I was just about ready to crash and got it to pit road before it blew. Then we got back out and I lost the back of it and clipped the wall. We had a top three car before that. We really did."

The race restarted with 28 laps to go, Newman lost the lead to Joey Logano and he held off a hard-charging Kyle Larson to score his fifth win of the season. “It was a crazy race, and I had such a fast Pennzoil Ford," said Logano. It is awesome to be back in victory lane. When the top opened up, the car just took off. Me and the No. 42 (Kyle Larson) were the only ones that seemed to be able to run up there. We had a cat and mouse (with Larson) during portions of the late run. I just had to be able to work the traffic and keep my momentum up. We just have to keep capitalizing going forward.” “The easiest approach is to go to Charlotte and win,’’ Keselowski said. “The bad side of this Chase is we took a big points lead in here and gave it all back to zero. The good side of it is that you can still win your way out of it, and we have two really good tracks for us ahead. If we can just win at one of them, we will be fine. Maybe if we have two really good finishes we will be fine. That is the good side.”

Race results