Date: June 15, 2014
Event: Quicken Loans 400 (Round 15 of 36)
Series: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Location: Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn (2-mile oval)
Winner: Jimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports (Chevrolet)
SHR Finish:
Kevin Harvick (Started 1st, Finished 2nd / Running, completed 200 of 200 laps)
Tony Stewart (Started 26th, Finished 11th / Running, completed 200 of 200 laps)
Kurt Busch (Started 8th, Finished 13th / Running, completed 200 of 200 laps)
Danica Patrick (Started 27th, Finished 17th / Running, completed 200 of 200 laps)
SHR Points:
Kevin Harvick (9th with 447 points, 90 out of first)
Tony Stewart (16th with 402 points, 135 out of first)
Kurt Busch (26th with 315 points, 222 out of first)
Danica Patrick (28th with 273 points, 264 out of first)
Kevin Harvick, driver of the No. 4 Budweiser Chevrolet SS, led the four-car Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) contingent Sunday at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn by finishing second in the Quicken Loans 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.
Harvick started first and led a race-high six times for 63 laps en route to his fifth top-five this season and his sixth top-five in 27 career Sprint Cup starts at Michigan. It was also his 105th top-five in 481 career Sprint Cup starts.
Tony Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevrolet SS for SHR, started 26th, led one lap and finished 11th.
Kurt Busch, driver of the No. 41 Haas Automation Chevrolet SS for SHR, started eighth, led once for 16 laps and finished 13th.
Danica Patrick, driver of the No. 10 GoDaddy Chevrolet SS for SHR, started 27th and finished 17th.
Jimmie Johnson won the Quicken Loans 400 to score his 69th career Sprint Cup victory, his third of the season and his first at Michigan in his 25th start at the 2-mile oval.
Harvick finished 1.214 seconds behind Johnson in the runner-up spot, while Brad Keselowski, Paul Menard and Kasey Kahne rounded out the top-five. Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kyle Larson, Joey Logano and Clint Bowyer comprised the remainder of the top-10.
There were eight caution periods for 36 laps, with two drivers failing to finish the 200-lap race.
With round 15 of 36 complete, Harvick leads the SHR contingent in the championship point standings. He is ninth with 447 points, 90 behind series leader Gordon. Stewart is 16th with 402 points, 135 out of first. Busch is 26th with 315 points, 222 out of first. Patrick is 28th with 273 points, 264 out of first.
The next event on the Sprint Cup schedule is the Save Mart 350 on Sunday, June 22 at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway. The race starts at 3 p.m. EDT, with live coverage provided by TNT beginning with its prerace show at 2 p.m.
