2014 Brickyard 400
Twenty years after he won the inaugural race, Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports took the lead on the final restart and drove away from the field for his 90th career victory and a record-breaking fifth win at Indianapolis.Kyle Busch finished second, while Denny Hamlin, Matt Kenseth and Joey Logano rounded out the top five.Two weeks prior, Brad Keselowski held off a green-white-checker charge by Kyle Busch to win the Camping World RV Sales 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.Keselowski described the performance as "definitely good for when we come back here in September", but also stated that his team "have to keep working and plugging away".Walding, a former member of the Green Berets, was serving in Afghanistan when a sniper shot, in the Battle of Shok Valley, forced the amputation of his lower right leg.[21] In qualifying, Kevin Harvick won the pole with a new track record time of 47.753 and a speed of 188.470 mph (303.313 km/h); he had been quickest in each of the three segments of the session.Aric Almirola and Marcos Ambrose started at the rear of the field for switching to a backup car and a transmission change respectively.Kasey Kahne took the lead from Logano on lap 32 while Paul Menard brushed the wall in turn 3 after being bumped by Juan Pablo Montoya.The caution flag came out for the third time on lap 97 when Trevor Bayne got loose and collected the inside wall in turn 3.The infraction also violated several other Sections from the rule book: Accordingly, crew chief Darian Grubb was fined $125,000 post-race, suspended for the next six races and placed on NASCAR probation for a six-month period – until January 29, 2015 – while car chief Wesley Sherrill was also suspended six races and placed on NASCAR probation until the same date.
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