Car 18 Kyle Busch Interstate Batteries Toyota wins NASCAR Sprint Cup Auto Club 400 for his 1st and 2nd top-10 finish in 2014. He’s the 5th winner in the 5 race of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series now in the chase. This race ended in a green-white-checkered, so it was no ‘cake walk’ for anyone, with 35 lead changes among 15 drivers & 9 cautions for 42 laps.
2nd place Car 42 Kyle Larson Target Chevrolet was having a great weekend having winning the 16th Annual TreatMyClot.com 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race the day before.
3rd place Car 41 Kurt Busch Haas Automation Chevrolet, 4th place Car 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota, 5th place Car 14 Tony Stewart Rush Truck Centers/Mobil 1 Chevrolet, 6th place Car 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald’s Chevrolet, 7th place Car 55 Brian Vickers TreatMyClot.com/Aaron’s Toyota, 8th place Car 47 AJ Allmendinger Charter Chevrolet, 9th place Car 27 Paul Menard Duracell/Menards Chevrolet & 10th place Car 99 Carl Edwards Subway Ford.
Tires became an issue as contenders were taken out position due to tires.
Sunoco Rookie of the Race Leader: Car 42 Kyle Larson Target Chevrolet
Race Comments: Kyle Busch won the Auto Club 400 his 29th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Prior to the green flag to start the event, the following car(s) will drop to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: #78, 22 – back-up car; #27, 11 – driver change.
Failed to Qualify: N/A Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 05 Mins, 53 Secs. Average Speed: 132.987 MPH Margin of Victory: 0.214 Seconds Caution Flags: 9 for 42 laps:
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race Number 5
Unofficial Race Results for the 18Th Annual Auto Club 400 – Sunday, March 23, 2014
Auto Club Speedway – Fontana, CA – 2 Mile Paved Total Race Length – 206 Laps – 412 Miles
Auto Club 400
Position Car Driver Team Status
1. Car 18 Kyle Busch Interstate Batteries Toyota Running
2. Car 42 Kyle Larson Target Chevrolet Running
3. Car 41 Kurt Busch Haas Automation Chevrolet Running
4. Car 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota Running
5. Car 14 Tony Stewart Rush Truck Centers/Mobil 1 Chevrolet Running
6. Car 1 Jamie McMurray McDonald’s Chevrolet Running
7. Car 55 Brian Vickers TreatMyClot.com/Aaron’s Toyota Running
8. Car 47 AJ Allmendinger Charter Chevrolet Running
9. Car 27 Paul Menard Duracell/Menards Chevrolet Running
10. Car 99 Carl Edwards Subway Ford Running
11. Car 3 Austin Dillon Cheerios Chevrolet Running
12. Car 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard Chevrolet Running
13. Car 24 Jeff Gordon Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet Running
14. Car 10 Danica Patrick GoDaddy/Get Found Chevrolet Running
15. Car 13 Casey Mears GEICO Chevrolet Running
16. Car 15 Clint Bowyer PEAK Toyota Running
17. Car 11 Sam Hornish Jr. FedEx Express Toyota Running
18. Car 26 Cole Whitt Swan Energy Toyota Running
19. Car 7 Michael Annett Pilot/Flying J Chevrolet Running
20. Car 31 Ryan Newman Caterpillar Chevrolet Running
21. Car 36 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet Running
22. Car 23 Alex Bowman Dr.Pepper Toyota Running
23. Car 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Chevrolet Running
24. Car 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Spring is Calling Chevrolet Running
25. Car 40 Landon Cassill CRC Brakleen/FiberLock Chevrolet Running
26. Car 2 Brad Keselowski Wurth Ford Running
27. Car 34 David Ragan Taco Bell Ford Running
28. Car 51 Justin Allgaier Brandt Professional Agriculture Chevrolet Running
29. Car 35 David Reutimann MDS Transport Ford Running
30. Car 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford Running
31. Car 83 Ryan Truex Borla Exhaust Toyota Running
32. Car 66 Joe Nemechek Land Castle Title Toyota Running
33. Car 32 Travis Kvapil SK Hand Tools Ford Running
34. Car 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford EcoBoost Ford Running
35. Car 33 Brian Scott Whitetail Chevrolet Running
36. Car 4 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John’s Chevrolet Running
37. Car 98 Josh Wise Trench Shoring Company Chevrolet Running
38. Car 38 David Gilliland Love’s Travel Stops Ford Running
39. Car 22 Joey Logano AAA Southern California Ford Running
40. Car 16 Greg Biffle 3M Aerospace Ford Running
41. Car 5 Kasey Kahne Time Warner Cable Chevrolet Running
42. Car 30 Parker Kligerman Swan Energy Toyota Accident
43. Car 43 Aric Almirola Farmland Ford Accident