2014 Daytona 500
Pos Grid No Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Led
1 11 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 60 Running 23
2 4 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 60 Running 0
3 14 41 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 60 Running 0
4 5 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 60 Running 0
5 6 33 Brian Scott Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 60 Running 0
6 13 21 Trevor Bayne Wood Brothers Racing Ford 60 Running 0
7 12 42 Kyle Larson ( R ) Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 60 Running 0
8 1 78 Martin Truex , Jr Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 60 Running 1
9 16 40 Landon Cassill Hillman-Circle Sport LLC Chevrolet 60 Running 0
10 10 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 60 Running 0
11 19 1 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 60 Running 0
12 21 32 Terry Labonte Go FAS Racing Ford 60 Running 0
13 22 52 Bobby Labonte HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 60 Running 0
14 8 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Chevrolet 60 Running 1
15 2 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 60 Running 0
16 7 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 59 Accident 0
17 20 34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 59 Accident 0
18 17 66 Michael Waltrip Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 59 Accident 0
19 23 83 Ryan Truex ( R ) BK Racing Toyota 59 Running 0
20 15 51 Justin Allgaier ( R ) HScott Motorsports Chevrolet 59 Running 0
Budweiser Duels -- Race Two
Martin Truex , Jr. led the field to the green flag at 8:40 p.m. , and Brad Keselowski took the lead on lap 3 . Keselowski held the race lead for the next portion of the race , holding it until his pit stop on lap 35 , which handed the lead to Casey Mears . On his pit stop , Keselowski was deemed to have been speeding while exiting , and had to serve a pass-through penalty . Denny Hamlin took the lead with 22 laps to go , and maintained the race lead until the end of the race , winning under caution . [ 28 ] Coming through turn four on the final lap , Jimmie Johnson ran out of gas , got loose after being tapped in the left corner panel , overcorrected and hit the wall collecting Jamie McMurray in the process . Truex , Jr. had no way to avoid the wreck and rear-ended McMurray . While slowing to avoid the wreck , Clint Bowyer got rear-ended by Ryan Truex , slid to the runoff area taking David Ragan with him . Bowyer flipped over in the air and landed on all four wheels with the only damage being a destroyed drive-train . Ragan and Michael Waltrip were also caught in the wreck and both hit the inside wall head-on . Carl Edwards was caught by McMurray , but sustained minimal damage . McMurray made contact with Johnson again as they continued on into the grass , destroying the front ends of their cars . [ 28 ] Bobby Labonte and Terry Labonte , who were both 30 seconds behind the leader on the final lap , raced their way into the Daytona 500 , at the expense of Eric McClure , Morgan Shepherd and Ryan Truex . [ 28 ] Hamlin 's team owner , Joe Gibbs , stated Hamlin had `` worked extremely hard '' for the result , and he thought his team was `` all hungry when the year started '' . [ 28 ]
The 2014 Daytona 500, the 56th running of the event, was held on February 23, 2014 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Contested over 200 laps and 500 miles (800 km) on the 2.5 miles (4.0 km) asphalt tri-oval, it was the first race of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. Dale Earnhardt, Jr., driving for Hendrick Motorsports, won the race, making this his second Daytona 500 victory breaking a 55-race winless streak. Denny Hamlin finished 2nd, while Brad Keselowski, Jeff Gordon, and Jimmie Johnson rounded out the Top 5. This race had seven cautions and 42 lead changes among 18 different drivers. The top rookies of this race were polesitter Austin Dillon (9th), Alex Bowman (23rd), and Brian Scott (25th).