Car 4 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevrolet won the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship & final race at Homestead-Miami Speedway!

Ford EcoBoost 400

Starting from 5th place Car 4 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevrolet won the 16th Annual Ford EcoBoost 400 for his 28th win in 502 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. This is
Kevin Harvick’s 1st NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship in his 1st year with Stewart-Haas Racing for their 2nd Championship. Stewart-Haas Racing’s 1st NASCAR Sprint Cup
Championship came from Tony Stewart driving the Car 14 in 2011. This also Car 4 team crew chief Rodney Childers, also in his 1st season with SHR, won his 1st series
crown as well. This is his Kevin Harvick’s 5th win & 20th Top 10 finish in 2014. This is also his first win & 12th Top 10 finish in 14 races at Homestead-Miami
Speedway. Kevin Harvick won the Championship with a Margin of Victory: 0.500 Seconds & 1 point over Ryan Newman. Chevrolet wins the manufacturers championship in the
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

Kevin Harvick was so happy about winning his 1st championship he forgot he won the race.”I forgot we won the race—how about that?” Harvick said. “I think this Chase is
about the best thing that has happened to this sport over the last decade. This is probably going to shorten the drivers’ careers, because it’s been so stressful, but
I want to thank every single fan for sticking with this sport, and to the industry for working to get it right.”

2nd Place Car 31 Ryan Newman Caterpillar Chevrolet starting from 21st place posted his 5th Top 10 finish in 13 races at Homestead-Miami Speedway. This finish gave him
his 16th Top 10 finish in 2014. Ryan Newman also finished in 2nd place in the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship. 3rd Place Car 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Ford
starting from 4th place posted his second Top 10 finish in 7 races at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

4th Car 27 Paul Menard Richmond/Menards Chevrolet starting from 16th place followed by 5th place Car 1 Jamie McMurray Cessna Chevrolet starting from 19th place. 6th
Place Car 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota starting from 3rd place followed by 7th Car 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota starting from 8th place. Denny Hamlin
finished in 3rd place in the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship. 8th Place Car 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota starting from 6th place followed by followed by
9th place Car 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet starting from 12th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 24 Jeff Gordon Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet in 10th place
started from pole. It was a tough race for Gordon who led the most laps, but with too many restarts he pitted with 12 laps to go, that dropped him to 24th place at the
restart.

Starting from 27th place, 13th place Car 42 Kyle Larson Target Chevrolet was the highest finishing rookie & won the 2014 Sunoco Rookie of the Year. This young driver
will be a force to reckon with in the future NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

The race had lots action with 13 Cautions for 52 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 12 for Debris on the Frontstretch, 2nd Caution on lap 59 for Car 66 Brett Moffitt X8 Energy
Gum Toyota Crash on the Backstretch, 3rd Caution on lap 87 for Car 66 Brett Moffitt X8 Energy Gum Toyota Crash in Turn 2, 4th Caution on lap 117 for Car 23 Alex Bowman
Dip Your Car Toyota Crash in Turn 2, 5th Caution on lap 156 for Car 47 AJ Allmendinger Hungry Jack Chevrolet Crash in Turns 3 & 4, 6th Caution on lap 163 for Car 16
Greg Biffle 3M Ford Crash in Turn 3, 7th Caution on lap 195 for Car 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley Ford Crash on the Backstretch, 8th Caution on lap 208 for Debris in Turn
3, 9th Caution on lap 222 for Debris on the Backstretch, 10th Caution on lap 237 for Car 47 AJ Allmendinger Hungry Jack Chevrolet Crash in Turn 1, 11th Caution on lap
249 for Debris in Turn 2, 12th Caution on lap 256for Car 32 Blake Koch LeafFilter.com Ford, Car 83 JJ Yeley Dip Your Car Toyota Crash in Turn 4, 13th Caution on lap
263for Debris in Turn 1.

The race also 18 Lead Changes among 5 drivers: J. Gordon 1-12; B. Koch(i) 13; Kurt Busch 14; K. Harvick 15-25; J. Gordon 26-63; D. Hamlin 64-65; J. Gordon 66-120; K.
Harvick 121; J. Gordon 122-123; K. Harvick 124-157; J. Gordon 158-159; D. Hamlin 160; J. Gordon 161-165; D. Hamlin 166-195; J. Gordon 196-212; D. Hamlin 213-222;
J. Gordon 223-252; D. Hamlin 253-259; K. Harvick 260-267. Lap Leaders: Car 24 J. Gordon 8 times for 161 laps, Car 4 K. Harvick 4 times for 54 laps, Car 11 D.
Hamlin 5 times for 50 laps, Car 41 Kurt Busch 1 times for 1 lap.

In an exciting race Kevin Harvick, the 14 Year Series Veteran Wins the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship. With a new Chase format for the NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series Championship it was an exciting fight to the checkered flag for the final 4. NASCAR wanted to make their Championship exciting from the beginning of the season
to the last race, mission accomplished!

Harvick’s crew chief, Rodney Childers, made a critical call to bring Harvick to pit road for four tires under caution on Lap 249. With three cars staying on the track
and eight others taking right-side tires only, Harvick restarted 12th, but two quick cautions fell his way. Harvick made up six positions almost immediately and
restarted sixth after the 12th caution for an accident involving Koch and J.J. Yeley on Lap 254. “I knew I needed to get a bunch of (positions),” Harvick said. “I was
fortunate to start on the outside. The seas kind of parted there as I came off of Turn 2 and was about to get four or five of them; I don’t really know, but it was
time to go for broke at that particular point.

“When the next caution came out, we were fortunate enough again to line up on the outside (for the restart on Lap 259). That was pretty much what we needed—to get the
run on the outside down the backstretch.”

On the final restart against Harvick, Newman said he contemplated the sort of all-or-nothing move he had used a week earlier against Kyle Larson to edge Jeff Gordon by
one point for the final position in the Championship 4 Round.

Final Chase Round:
1st Place in the Championship & 1st Place in the race Car 4 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevrolet, 2nd Place in the Championship & 2nd Place in the race Car 31 Ryan Newman
Caterpillar Chevrolet, 3rd Place in the Championship & 7th Place in the race Car 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Office Toyota, 4th Place in the Championship & 16th in the race
Place Car 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford.

Top 16 Driver Points: (1) K. Harvick 5,043;(2) R. Newman 5,042;(3) D. Hamlin 5,037;(4) J. Logano 5,028;(5) B. Keselowski 2,361;(6) J. Gordon 2,348;(7) M. Kenseth
2,334;(8) D. Earnhardt Jr. 2,301;(9) C. Edwards 2,288;(10) Kyle Busch 2,285;(11) J. Johnson 2,274;(12) Kurt Busch 2,263;(13) A. Allmendinger 2,260;(14) G. Biffle
2,247;(15) K. Kahne 2,234;(16) A. Almirola 2,195.

Homestead-Miami Speedway 16th Annual Ford EcoBoost 400
UNOFFICIAL Provided by NASCAR Statistics Sunday, 11/16/2014 @ 4:56 PM Mountain UNOFFICIAL

Finishing Position Starting Position Car # Driver Team Laps Status
1. 5. Car 4 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevrolet 267 Running
2. 21. Car 31 Ryan Newman Caterpillar Chevrolet 267 Running
3. 4. Car 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Ford 267 Running
4. 16. Car 27 Paul Menard Richmond/Menards Chevrolet 267 Running
5. 19. Car 1 Jamie McMurray Cessna Chevrolet 267 Running
6. 3. Car 20 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota 267 Running
7. 8. Car 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota 267 Running
8. 6. Car 15 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota 267 Running
9. 12. Car 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet 267 Running
10. 1. Car 24 Jeff Gordon Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet 267 Running
11. 2. Car 41 Kurt Busch Haas Automation Chevrolet 267 Running
12. 23. Car 5 Kasey Kahne Great Clips Chevrolet 267 Running
13. 27. Car 42 Kyle Larson Target Chevrolet 267 Running
14. 11. Car 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard Chevrolet 267 Running
15. 14. Car 51 Justin Allgaier BRANDT Chevrolet 267 Running
16. 9. Car 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 267 Running
17. 10. Car 78 Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Chevrolet 267 Running
18. 32. Car 10 Danica Patrick Florida Lottery/GoDaddy Chevrolet 267 Running
19. 18. Car 43 Aric Almirola Smithfield Foods Ford 267 Running
20. 29. Car 13 Casey Mears GEICO Chevrolet 267 Running
21. 38. Car 95 Michael McDowell KLOVE Radio/Thrivent Financial Ford 267 Running
22. 22. Car 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Fastenal Ford 267 Running
23. 13. Car 55 Brian Vickers Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota 267 Running
24. 36. Car 36 Reed Sorenson Feed The Children/Dei Fratelli Chevrolet 267 Running
25. 24. Car 3 Austin Dillon Dow Chevrolet 267 Running
26. 42. Car 26 Cole Whitt Speed Stick Gear Toyota 267 Running
27. 17. Car 9 Marcos Ambrose Stanley Ford 267 Running
28. 30. Car 33 Brian Scott Shore Lodge Chevrolet 267 Running
29. 33. Car 40 Landon Cassill Harvey Gulf Chevrolet 267 Running
30. 31. Car 34 David Ragan The Pete Store Ford 267 Running
31. 35. Car 38 David Gilliland MDS Transport Ford 267 Running
32. 37. Car 98 Josh Wise PPR98.com Chevrolet 267 Running
33. 41. Car 23 Alex Bowman Dip Your Car Toyota 264 Running
34. 15. Car 99 Carl Edwards Fastenal Ford 263 Running
35. 39. Car 7 Michael Annett Pilot/Flying J Chevrolet 263 Running
36. 43. Car 66 Brett Moffitt X8 Energy Gum Toyota 262 Running
37. 34. Car 83 JJ Yeley Dip Your Car Toyota 254 Accident
38. 40. Car 32 Blake Koch LeafFilter.com Ford 254 Accident
39. 7. Car 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Toyota 246 Running
40. 25. Car 47 AJ Allmendinger Hungry Jack Chevrolet Accident
41. 20. Car 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 220 Running
42. 26. Car 21 Trevor Bayne Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford 204 Accident
43. 28. Car 14 Tony Stewart Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevrolet 182 Accident

Average Speed: 122.280 MPH. Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 16 Mins, 31 Secs. Margin of Victory: 0.500 Seconds. Lead Changes: 18 among 5 drivers Cautions: 13 for 52 laps.

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