Date: May 17, 2014
Event: NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race (non-points event)
Series: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Location: Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway (1.5-mile oval)
Winner: Jamie McMurray of Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates (Chevrolet)
SHR Finish:
Kevin Harvick (Started 3rd, Finished 2nd / Running, completed 90 of 90 laps)
Kurt Busch (Started 18th, Finished 11th / Running, completed 90 of 90 laps)
Tony Stewart (Started 15th, Finished 12th / Running, completed 90 of 90 laps)
Kevin Harvick led the way for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) Saturday night at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway by finishing second in the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race.
The 30th annual non-points race features drivers who have met one of the following requirements:
· Won a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race in 2013 or 2014.
· Is a past All-Star Race winner.
· Is a Sprint Cup champion from the past 10 years.
· Won Friday night’s Sprint Showdown.
· Was the runner-up in the Sprint Showdown.
· Won the Sprint Fan Vote.
The 90-lap race around the 1.5-mile oval was broken up into five segments of 20 laps, 20 laps, 20 laps, 20 laps and 10 laps and featured a 22-driver field.
Harvick, driver of the No. 4 Hunt Brothers Pizza Chevrolet for SHR, led once for five laps en route to scoring his third top-five in 14 career All-Star Races.
Kurt Busch, driver of the No. 41 Haas Automation Chevrolet for SHR, finished 11th.
Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Chevrolet SS for SHR, finished 12th.
Jamie McMurray won the All-Star Race. It was his first victory in eight All-Star Races. Harvick finished .696 of a second behind McMurray in the runner-up spot, while Matt Kenseth, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Carl Edwards rounded out the top-five. Jimmie Johnson, Clint Bowyer, Brian Vickers, Denny Hamlin and Brad Keselowski comprised the remainder of the top-10.
The Sprint Cup Series returns to points-paying racing on Sunday, May 25 with the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte. The longest race on the Sprint Cup schedule gets underway at 6 p.m. EDT with live coverage provided by FOX beginning at 5:30 p.m.
