Race Lineup
The official 2014 Auto Club 400 NASCAR CUP Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Auto Club Speedway.
Auto Club 400
Sunday, March 23rd, 2014
Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA
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- Drivers Entered: 45 (5 drivers will not make the race)
- Laps Scheduled: 200
- Laps Actual: 206 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
- Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
- Time of Race: N/A
- Average Speed: 132.987
- Cautions: 9 for 42 laps
- Lead Changes: 35
- Green Flag Passes: 3,926 (23.9 passes per green flag lap)
| ST | # | DRIVER | MAKE | SPD | TIME | BHND | SPONSOR | TEAM | CREW CHIEF |
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| 1 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | Toyota | 187.315 | 38.438 | 0.000 | Dollar General | Joe Gibbs Racing | Jason Ratcliff |
| 2 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Ford | 187.105 | 38.481 | 0.043 | Wurth | Team Penske | Paul Wolfe |
| 3 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | 186.935 | 38.516 | 0.078 | Lowe's | Jeff Gordon | Chad Knaus |
| 4 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | 186.901 | 38.523 | 0.085 | Jimmy John's | Stewart-haas Racing | Rodney Childers |
| 5 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Toyota | 186.461 | 38.614 | 0.176 | Peak | Michael Waltrip Racing | Brian Pattie |
| 6 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | 186.384 | 38.630 | 0.192 | Drive to End Hunger | Hendrick Motorsports | Alan Gustafson |
| 7 | 22 | Joey Logano | Ford | 186.273 | 38.653 | 0.215 | AAA | Walter Czarnecki | Todd Gordon |
| 8 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Ford | 186.013 | 38.707 | 0.269 | DeWalt | Richard Petty Motorsports | Drew Blickensderfer |
| 9 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | 185.878 | 38.735 | 0.297 | Subway | Jack Roush | Jimmy Fennig |
| 10 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | 185.792 | 38.753 | 0.315 | Rush Truck Center/Mobil 1 | Stewart-haas Racing | Chad Johnston |
| 11 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chevrolet | 185.773 | 38.757 | 0.319 | Target | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chris Heroy |
| 12 | 78 | Martin Truex Jr | Chevrolet | 185.725 | 38.767 | 0.329 | Furniture Row | Barney Visser | Todd Berrier |
| 13 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 185.323 | 38.851 | 0.413 | FedEx Express | Joe Gibbs Racing | Darian Grubb |
| 14 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 185.314 | 38.853 | 0.415 | Interstate Batteries | Joe Gibbs Racing | Dave Rogers |
| 15 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr | Chevrolet | 185.290 | 38.858 | 0.420 | National Guard | Hendrick Motorsports | Steve Letarte |
| 16 | 31 | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet | 185.209 | 38.875 | 0.437 | Caterpillar | Richard Childress Racing | Luke Lambert |
| 17 | 41 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | 185.166 | 38.884 | 0.446 | Haas Automation | Stewart-haas Racing | Daniel Knost |
| 18 | 47 | AJ Allmendinger | Chevrolet | 184.715 | 38.979 | 0.541 | Charter | Tad Geschickter | Brian Burns |
| 19 | 55 | Brian Vickers | Toyota | 184.521 | 39.020 | 0.582 | Aaron's Dream Machine | Michael Waltrip Racing | Billy Scott |
| 20 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet | 183.960 | 39.139 | 0.701 | Cheerios | Richard Childress Racing | Gil Martin |
| 21 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Ford | 183.955 | 39.140 | 0.702 | Farmland | Richard Petty Motorsports | Trent Owens |
| 22 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | Ford | 183.861 | 39.160 | 0.722 | Ford Ecoboost | John Henry | Mike Kelley |
| 23 | 7 | Michael Annett | Chevrolet | 183.491 | 39.239 | 0.801 | Pilot / Flying J | Tommy Baldwin, Jr | Bono Manion |
| 24 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | 185.095 | 38.899 | 0.461 | 3M Aerospace | Jack Roush | Matt Puccia |
| 25 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | 184.525 | 39.019 | 0.581 | McDonalds | Felix Sabates | Keith Rodden |
| 26 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Chevrolet | 184.322 | 39.062 | 0.624 | Time Warner Cable | Linda Hendrick | Kenny Francis |
| 27 | 10 | Danica Patrick | Chevrolet | 184.299 | 39.067 | 0.629 | GoDaddy | Stewart-haas Racing | Tony Gibson |
| 28 | 51 | Justin Allgaier | Chevrolet | 183.983 | 39.134 | 0.696 | Brandt | Hscott Motorsports | Steve Addington |
| 29 | 38 | David Gilliland | Ford | 183.922 | 39.147 | 0.709 | Love's Travel Stops | Front Row Motorsports | Frank Kerr |
| 30 | 27 | Paul Menard | Chevrolet | 183.641 | 39.207 | 0.769 | Menards | Richard Childress Racing | Slugger Labbe |
| 31 | 13 | Casey Mears | Chevrolet | 183.580 | 39.220 | 0.782 | GEICO | Germain Racing | Bootie Barker |
| 32 | 30 | Parker Kligerman | Toyota | 182.918 | 39.362 | 0.924 | Swan Energy | Brandon Davis | Steve Lane |
| 33 | 35 | David Reutimann | Ford | 182.219 | 39.513 | 1.075 | MDS Transport | Jerry Freeze | Todd Anderson |
| 34 | 26 | Cole Whitt | Toyota | 181.525 | 39.664 | 1.226 | Swan Energy | Anthony Marlowe | Randy Cox |
| 35 | 32 | Travis Kvapil | Ford | 181.507 | 39.668 | 1.230 | SK Hand Tools | Frank Stoddard, Jr | Dan Stillman |
| 36 | 36 | Reed Sorenson | Chevrolet | 181.365 | 39.699 | 1.261 | Unsponsored | Allan Heinke | Todd Parrott |
| 37 | 33 | Brian Scott | Chevrolet | 181.246 | 39.725 | 1.287 | Whitetail | Joe Falk | Nick Harrison |
| 38 | 98 | Josh Wise | Chevrolet | 181.059 | 39.766 | 1.328 | Trench Shoring Company | Mike Curb | Gene Nead |
| 39 | 83 | Ryan Truex | Toyota | 180.659 | 39.854 | 1.416 | Borla Exhaust | Ron Devine | Dale Ferguson |
| 40 | 23 | Alex Bowman | Toyota | 180.619 | 39.863 | 1.425 | Dr.Pepper | Ron Devine | Dave Winston |
| 41 | 34 | David Ragan | Ford | 180.284 | 39.937 | 1.499 | Taco Bell | Front Row Motorsports | Jay Guy |
| 42 | 66 | Joe Nemechek | Toyota | 180.009 | 39.998 | 1.560 | Unsponsored | Jay Robinson | Scott Eggleston |
| 43 | 40 | Landon Cassill | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 38.438 | Square HD | Mike Hillman, Sr. | Mike Abner |