2014 Toyota/Save Mart 350

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Race 16 of 36 in the2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
2014 Toyota/Save Mart 350 program cover
Date	June 22, 2014 (2014-06-22)
Location	Sonoma Raceway,Sonoma,California
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	1.99 miles (3.2 km)
Distance	110 laps, 218.9 mi (352.3 km)
Weather	Sunny with a high temperature around 79 °F (26 °C); wind out of the SW at 11 miles per hour (18 km/h).
Average speed	76.583 mph (123.248 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Jamie McMurray	Chip Ganassi Racing
Time	74.354
Most laps led
Driver	A. J. Allmendinger	JTG Daugherty Racing
Laps	47
Winner
No. 99	Carl Edwards	Roush Fenway Racing
Television in the United States
Network	TNT &PRN
Announcers	Adam Alexander,Wally Dallenbach Jr. andKyle Petty (Television) Doug Rice and Mark Garrow (Booth) Rob Albright (2, 3, 3a),Wendy Venturini (4a, 7, 7a), Brad Gillie (8, 8a, 9, 10) (Turns) (Radio)
Nielsen ratings	2.8/7 4.676 Million viewers[10][11]

The2014 Toyota/Save Mart 350 was aNASCARSprint Cup Series stock carrace that was held on June 22, 2014, atSonoma Raceway inSonoma,California. Contested over 110 laps on the 1.99-mile (3.20 km)road course, it was the 16th race of the2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and the first of two road course competitions on the schedule.Carl Edwards won the race, his second win of the season and first on a road course in Sprint Cup competition.Jeff Gordon finished second, whileDale Earnhardt Jr.,Jamie McMurray, andPaul Menard rounded out the top five. The top rookies of the race wereAustin Dillon (17th),Cole Whitt (27th), andKyle Larson (28th).

The entry list for the Toyota/Save Mart 350 was released on Monday, June 15, 2014, at 1:03 p.m. Eastern time. Forty-three drivers were entered for the race.

Kurt Busch was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 75.039 and a speed of 95.470 mph (153.644 km/h).

Clint Bowyer was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 74.634 and a speed of 95.988 mph (154.478 km/h).

Jamie McMurray won the pole with a new track record time of 74.354 and a speed of 96.350 mph (155.060 km/h). "This race is about having good strategy and having a little bit of luck," McMurray said. "It's about not getting run into in Turn 4 or Turn 7 on a restart. I've run enough races here that I've had every issue you could have with running out of gas ... to getting wrecked in Turn 7 on a restart because someone from 15th dive-bombed me into the corner with no chance of making it." "Well that wasn't what we expected," Bowyer said. "We were fast all day (Friday), just didn't have enough grip and missed Turn 4. We will just have to pass a few more cars (Sunday)."^[12]

The race was scheduled to start at 3:15 p.m. Eastern time, but started seven minutes later, withJamie McMurray leading the field to the green.A. J. Allmendinger put pressure on him for the first few laps but was unable to take the lead. Defending race winnerMartin Truex Jr. made an unscheduled stop on lap seven for a vibration, while Allmendinger wrested the lead from McMurray on lap nine.Kyle Busch nickedBrad Keselowski in turn 11, which forced Keselowski down the order by 8 spots. While describing his car as "bad", Keselowski reckoned he "deserved to get spun out".Kevin Harvick took the lead from Allmendinger on lap 22, before the first caution of the race came out on lap 31 afterLandon Cassill blew an engine. During pit stops under the caution, Allmendinger retook the lead. Allmendinger led the field to the green on the restart on lap 35.Casey Mears got boxed in at turn 7a and sustained heavy damage that forced him to make an unscheduled pit stop the next lap, whileKasey Kahne also sustained damage.

McMurray retook the lead from Allmendinger on lap 54, before he pulled off to pit and handed the lead toJeff Gordon. Harvick was able to take the lead from Gordon, when Gordon pitted on lap 58. The second caution of the race occurred on lap 61, asRyan Truex stalled in the esses. Most of the cars on the lead lap stayed out, with Harvick leading the field to the restart on lap 65.Jimmie Johnson took the lead from Harvick exiting turn 4, before the third caution of the race came out on lap 71 for debris.Joey Logano stayed out during the cycle of pit stops under caution to take the lead. The race restarted on lap 75 withClint Bowyer taking the lead from Logano, going into turn 7a. The fourth caution flew for a hard wreck in the esses.Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s car hopped over a curb and collided withMatt Kenseth and sent him head on into the tire barriers. He was able to extricate himself from his wrecked car.

The race restarted on lap 80 with Bowyer leading the field but he surrendered the lead toMarcos Ambrose in turn 1. Johnson also passed Bowyer for second, going into turn 11. Bowyer was then turned around by McMurray and was then hit by Harvick. Harvick's stranded car forced the race to go under caution for the fifth time. The race restarted with 25 laps to go with Ambrose leading the way, but he lost the lead toCarl Edwards. Earnhardt Jr. pinned Allmendinger into the wall coming to the line, causing substantial damage to Allmendinger's car.Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was hit byBrian Vickers to bring out the sixth caution, with 20 laps to go.

The race was restarted 16 laps to go, and Edwards held off a last lap charge by Gordon to win for the first time on a road course, in NASCAR. He later described his race as "real tough", and his victory as "very special".^[13] Gordon stated that he had been "overdriving" his car, and he wished he "had just stayed smooth and stuck with it", while chasing Edwards towards the end.^[14] The victory would be the one and only road course victory Edwards would win in the NASCAR Cup Series.

• Lead changes: 11 among different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 6 for 19
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 2 hours, 51 minutes and 30 seconds
• Average speed: 76.583 miles per hour (123.248 km/h)

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Jeff Gordon 580 2 Jimmie Johnson 560 (−20) 3 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 555 (−25) 4 Matt Kenseth 515 (−65) 5 Brad Keselowski 512 (−68) 6 Carl Edwards 509 (−71) 7 Joey Logano 483 (−97) 3 8 Ryan Newman 473 (−107) 9 Kevin Harvick 472 (−108) 2 10 Kyle Larson(R) 470 (−110) 1 11 Kyle Busch 465 (−115) 1 12 Paul Menard 459 (−121) 1 13 Denny Hamlin 453 (−127) 14 Clint Bowyer 452 (−128) 15 Greg Biffle 444 (−136) 3 16 Kasey Kahne 429 (−151)

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 722 2 Ford 691 (−31) 3 Toyota 638 (−84) Note: Only the first sixteen positions are included for the driver standings.

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