Date: Sept. 14, 2014
Event: MyAFibStory.com 400 (Round 27 of 36)
Series: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Location: Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois (1.5-mile oval)
Winner: Brad Keselowski of Team Penske (Ford)
SHR Finish:
Kevin Harvick (Started 12th, Finished 5th / Running, completed 267 of 267 laps)
Kurt Busch (Started 14th, Finished 8th / Running, completed 267 of 267 laps)
Tony Stewart (Started 22nd, Finished 18th / Running, completed 267 of 267 laps)
Danica Patrick (Started 18th, Finished 19th / Running, completed 267 of 267 laps)
SHR Points:
Kevin Harvick (4th with 2,047 points, 12 out of first)
Kurt Busch (9th with 2,039 points, 20 out of first)
Tony Stewart (26th with 595 points)
Danica Patrick (28th with 553 points)
Kevin Harvick, driver of the No. 4 Jimmy John’s Chevrolet SS, led the four-car Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) contingent Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois, by finishing fifth in the MyAFibStory.com 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. Harvick led three times for a race-high 79 laps en route to his ninth top-five of 2014 and his eighth top-five in 14 career Sprint Cup starts at the 1.5-mile oval.
Kurt Busch, driver of the No. 41 Haas Automation Chevrolet for SHR, finished eighth to score his eighth top-10 of 2014 and his eighth top-10 in 14 career Sprint Cup starts at Chicagoland.
Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Mobil 1/Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet SS for SHR, finished 18th.
Danica Patrick, driver of the No. 10 GoDaddy Chevrolet SS for SHR, finished 19th. It was Patrick’s 73rd career Sprint Cup start and her third at Chicagoland.
Brad Keselowski won the MyAFibStory.com 400 to score his 15th career Sprint Cup victory, his series-leading fifth of the season and his second at Chicagoland.
Jeff Gordon finished 1.759 seconds behind Keselowski in the runner-up spot, while Kyle Larson, Joey Logano and Harvick rounded out the top-five. Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch, Kurt Busch, Jamie McMurray and Matt Kenseth comprised the remainder of the top-10.
There were six caution periods for 28 laps, with four drivers failing to finish the 267-lap race.
Harvick and Kurt Busch are representing SHR in this year’s Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, and they entered the first race of the 10-race Chase seeded sixth and 10th, respectively, among the 16 Chase drivers. Harvick leaves Chicagoland in fourth, 12 points behind Chase leader Keselowski. Kurt Busch leaves Chicagoland in ninth, 20 points out of first.
With nine races remaining before a champion is crowned after the season finale Nov. 16 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, the top-16 drivers competing for the title rank as follows:
1. Brad Keselowski (2,059 points) +/-0 positions
2. Jeff Gordon (2,052 points, -7) +/-0
3. Joey Logano (2,049 points, -10) +2
4. Kevin Harvick (2,047 points, -12) +2
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2,042 points, -17) -2
6. Denny Hamlin (2,041 points, -18) +1
7. Kyle Busch (2,041 points, -18) +1
8. Jimmie Johnson (2,041 points, -18) -2
9. Kurt Busch (2,039 points, -20) +1
10. Matt Kenseth (2,034 points, -25) +3
11. Kasey Kahne (2,034 points, -25) +1
12. Carl Edwards (2,030 points, -29) -5
13. Ryan Newman (2,029 points, -30) +3
14. AJ Allmendinger (2,025 points, -34) -1
15. Greg Biffle (2,021 points, -38) +/-0
16. Aric Almirola (2,007 points, -52) -4
The next event on the Sprint Cup schedule – the second race of the 10-race Chase – is the Sylvania 300 on Sept. 21 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon. The race begins at 2 p.m. EDT, with live coverage provided by ESPN beginning with a prerace show at 1 p.m.
