2014 AAA Texas 500

2014 AAA Texas 500
Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Race 34 of 36 in the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Date November 2, 2014 (2014-11-02)
Location Texas Motor Speedway
Fort Worth, Texas
Course Permanent racing facility
1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance 341 laps, 511.5 mi (823.179 km)
Scheduled Distance 334 laps, 501 mi (806.281 km)
Weather Partly cloudy with a temperature of 71 °F (22 °C); wind out of the SSE at 14 miles per hour (23 km/h)
Average speed 132.239 mph (212.818 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Joe Gibbs Racing
Time 27.095
Most laps led
Driver Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports
Laps 191
Winner
No. 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network ESPN & PRN
Announcers Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree (Television)
Doug Rice and Mark Garrow (Booth)
Rob Albright (1 & 2) and Brad Gillie (3 & 4) (Turns) (Radio)
Nielsen Ratings 2.8/6 (Final)
2.6/6 (Overnight)
4.749 Million viewers[11]

The 2014 AAA Texas 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on November 2, 2014, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 341 laps (extended from the scheduled distance of 334 laps due to two green-white-checkered attempts), it was the 34th race of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season and eighth race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Jimmie Johnson won the race, his fourth win of the season and third straight win in the fall Texas race, while Kevin Harvick finished second. Brad Keselowski, Kyle Busch, and Jamie McMurray rounded out the top five. The top rookies of the race were Kyle Larson (7th), Justin Allgaier (20th), and Austin Dillon (21st).

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