April 7, 2014
- Entry List for the Bojangles’ Southern 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway is posted, 45 teams/drivers [for 43 spots] are listed, including: #44-Yeley, #66-Nemechek, #77-Blaney, #33-Stremme, #32-Kvapil. The drivers who must qualify on speed and cannot use a provisional are: #44-Yeley & #77-Blaney.
See the full entry list the Jayski’s Darlington Entry List page - Joey Logano wins rain delayed Texas race: #22-Joey Logano won the Duck Commander 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway for his 1st win of 2014 and his 4th career win. Logano is the seventh different winner in seven races in 2014. Logano led the most laps with 108 of 334.
Logano is the youngest Sprint Cup Series race winner ever at Texas at 23 years, 10 months, and 13 days old beating the old record set by Ryan Newman in 2003 who was 25 years, 3 months, 22 days old.
The race was delayed a day due to rain. The race was scheduled to run Sunday, April 6th. The race started under green-yellow allowing the cars to warm up the track for the first ten laps. During the 10 laps #2-Keselowski got too close to one of the track dryers and it popped the hood up. Keselowski made a few pit stops and the crew taped down the hood. Other cars that came in to get the cowl flaps checked and closed included: #1-McMurray, #10-Patrick, #18-Busch, #51-Allgaier, #31-Newman, #15-Bowyer, #5-Kahne, #48-Johnson, #20-Kenseth.
Logano was leading just before the white flag when #41-Busch lost another tire and left debris on the track. All the lead lap cars made pit stops with #24-Gordon and #55-Vickers coming out 1-2 after changing only two tires. #22-Logano came out 3rd and passed Gordon at the white flag to take the lead and coasted to the win, cementing a spot in the 2014 Chase.
#24-Gordon finished 2nd followed by: #18-Busch, #55-Vickers, #42-Larson, #16-Biffle, #20-Kenseth, #15-Bowyer,#27-Menard and pole winner #14-Stewart.
On lap 12 of the Duck Commander 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway, #88-Earnhardt Jr. went low on the front stretch, getting into the grass, which was wet. The left front of the car buckled and the left front tire blew sending the #88 up the track and into the outside wall hard. The car caught fire but Earnhardt Jr. got out and was fine. The car was not and retired from the race. #48-Johnson’s car was damage when debris from the wreck hit the nose of the car and damaged thew windshield. Johnson fell 2 laps off the pace and never recovered, finishing 25th.
#42-Lason was the rookie of the race, finishing 5th.
#88-Earnhardt Jr., who came into the race as the points leader finished 43rd when he wrecked on lap 12, fell to 6th in points and #24-Gordon takes over the points lead for the first time since after Charlotte in May 2009, 4 points over #20-Kenseth.
There were 18 lead changes among 9 drivers and there were 7 cautions for 49 yellow flag laps.
The average speed was 134.191 mph.
See unofficial race results, awards, money won, laps led, cautions and more on the Unofficial Texas Race Results page (pdf) and check out the Texas Penalty Report (pdf).
See OFFICIAL race results & points standings on the Official Texas Motor Speedway Race & Points Report (pdf).(4-7-2014) - Race Fast Facts – Texas Motor Speedway:
#22-Joey Logano won the 18th Annual Duck Commander 500, his fourth victory in 190 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in 2014.
This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in 12 races at Texas Motor Speedway.
#24-Jeff Gordon (second) posted his 12th top-10 finish in 27 races at Texas Motor Speedway. It is his fifth top-10 finish in 2014.
#18-Kyle Busch (third) posted his eighth top-10 finish in 18 races at Texas Motor Speedway.
#42-Kyle Larson (fifth) was the highest-finishing Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate.
#24-Jeff Gordon leads the point standings by 4 points over #20-Matt Kenseth.
#22-Joey Logano is the youngest winner in Texas Motor Speedway history in NASCAR Sprint Cup: 23 years, 10 months, 13 days.(NASCAR Integrated Sports Marketing)(4-7-2014) - 2014 Sprint Cup Driver Chase Championship Points Standings:
[after Texas, race 7 of 36]
1) #24-Jeff Gordon, 259
2) #20-Matt Kenseth, 255, -4
3) #99-Carl Edwards [1 win], 247, -12
4) #22-Joey Logano [1 win], 235, -28
5) #18-Kyle Busch [1 win], 231, -28
6) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. [1 win], 228, -31
7) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 228, -31
8) #2-Brad Keselowski [1 win], 218, -41
9) #55-Brian Vickers, 205, -54
10) #27-Paul Menard, 203, -56
Other drivers with a win, should make the Chase:
25) #41-Kurt Busch [1 win], 151, -108
26) #4-Kevin Harvick [1 win], 138, -121
See UNOFFICIAL drivers championship points standings on the Unofficial Drivers Points Standings (pdf).
See OFFICIAL race results & points standings on the Official Texas Race & Points Report (pdf).(4-7-2014) - Current 2014 Sprint Cup Driver Chase Seeding:
[after Texas, race 7 of 36 if Chase seeding started after this race]
1) #99-Carl Edwards, 1 win, 3rd in points
2) #22-Joey Logano, 1 win, 4th
3) #18-Kyle Busch, 1 win, 5th
4) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 1 win, 6th
5) #2-Brad Keselowski, 1 win, 8th
6) #41-Kurt Busch, 1 win, 25th
7) #4-Kevin Harvick, 1 win, 26th
(no wins, in by points)
8) #24-Jeff Gordon, 1st
9) #20-Matt Kenseth, 2nd
10) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 7th
11) #55-Brian Vickers, 9th
12) #27-Paul Menard, 10th
13) ##31-Ryan Newman, 11th
14) #3-Austin Dillon, 12th
15) #11-Denny Hamlin, 13th
16) ##14-Tony Stewart, 14th
(4-7-2014) - Earnhardt Jr. comments on his lap 12 wreck at Texas: on lap 12 of the Duck Commander 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway, #88-Earnhardt Jr. went low on the front stretch, getting into the grass, which was wet. The left front of the car buckled and the left front tire blew sending the #88 up the track and into the outside wall hard. The car caught fire but Earnhardt Jr. got out and was fine. The car was not and retired from the race. Earnhardt Jr. comments via a Team Chevy transcript:
Q) ON WHAT HAPPENED:
Earnhardt Jr. “Just didn’t see the grass. Didn’t know the grass was down there. With the way the A-post is on these cars you can’t really see that good to that angle. I just didn’t have a good visual of where the apron and the grass was and got down in there pretty good. You can’t run through there they way they have these cars on the ground like that. Just a mistake on my part. I just didn’t know I was that close to the grass, and made a mistake.”
Q) WHAT HAPPENED?
Earnhardt Jr. “I drove the car down there. I didn’t know we were that close the grass and was following the #43 (Aric Almirola). I thought I was taking a decent line through the dogleg. We were going low around the No. 42 (Kyle Larson) so I was lower than normal and just misjudged it. It tears the car up pretty good when you run through the grass.”
Q) SOME DRIVERS WERE COMPLAINING OF A WET TRACK AT THE OUTSET. WAS THAT A FACTOR?
Earnhardt Jr. “It was no factor. I just made a mistake.”(Team Chevy)(4-7-2014) - Texas race starts: The Duck Commander 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway, which was scheduled for a green flag start at 3:16pm/et on Sunday April 6th, and was postponed due to rain to Monday, April 7th has started as of 12:11pm/et. The first 10 laps will be run under a green/yellow, where the first 10 laps will be run under yellow to get some heat and rubber in the track. If all is good, NASCAR will throw the green flag at lap 11 and then have a competition caution 25 laps after that with a 2nd competition caution scheduled for 35 laps later. The race is being shown on FOX and online via radio at PRN’s site goprn.com.
The air from the track dryers, caused damage to some cars, mainly blew up the hood cowl flaps. #2-Keselowski had the most damage, the crew taped down the hood. Other cars that had their cowl flaps checked: #1-McMurray, #10-Patrick, #18-Busch, #51-Allgaier, #31-Newman, #15-Bowyer, #5-Kahne, #48-Johnson, #20-Kenseth. NASCAR allowed any cars that came in to check the cowls to retain their starting spot.
The The National Weather Service forecast (updated as of 11:52am/et on 4/7/2014) for the Fort Worth, TX area on Monday is:
A 30 % chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66. West northwest wind around 5 mph.
See other links on the Texas Race Info page – weather links section.(4-5/6-2014)
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