 Johnson wins Coca Cola 600: #48-Jimmie Johnson won the Coca Cola 600 Sprint Cup
Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway for his 1st win of 2014, 7th win at Charlotte and his
67th career win.
#4-Harvick finished 2nd followed by #20-Kenseth, #99-Edwards, #1-McMurray, #55Vickers, #24-Gordon, #27-Menard, #18-Busch and #2-Keselowski.
#48-Johnson, who won the pole, won from the pole for his 14th time in 33 poles.
#24-Gordon, who came into the race as the points leader, finished 7th and still leads the
points by 11 over #20-Kenseth.
#22-Logano leads the Chase Seeding with two wins. #4-Harvick is second, also with 2 wins,
but lower in points. They are followed by #24-Gordon, #18-Busch and #99-Edwards.
There were 34 lead changes among 9 drivers and there were 8 cautions for 44 yellow flag
laps.
The average speed was 145.484
 Race Fast Facts - Charlotte Motor Speedway:
#48-Jimmie Johnson won the 55th Annual COCA-COLA 600, his 67th victory in 447
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. Johnson ranks eighth on the all-time series wins list.
This is his first victory and seventh top-10 finish in 2014. With the win, Johnson is virtually
locked into the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
This is his seventh victory and 17th top-10 finish in 26 races at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Johnson is now the all-time series points wins leader at Charlotte Motor Speedway, breaking
a tie with NASCAR Hall of Famers Bobby Allison and Darrell Waltrip.
This is Johnson's fourth win in the Coca-Cola 600. Only Darrell Waltrip (five) has more wins
in the 600.
Johnson has now won at least one race in 13 consecutive seasons, which is tied for the ninth
longest streak all-time with NASCAR Hall of Famers Lee Petty and Cale Yarborough.
#4-Kevin Harvick (second) posted his 10th top-10 finish in 27 races at Charlotte Motor
Speedway. It is his sixth top-10 finish in 2014.
#20-Matt Kenseth (third) posted his 16th top-10 finish in 30 races at Charlotte Motor
Speedway.
#24-Jeff Gordon leads the point standings by 11 points over #20-Matt Kenseth
 2014 Sprint Cup Driver Chase Championship Points Standings:
[after Charlotte, race 12 of 36]
1) #24-Jeff Gordon [1 win], 432
2) #20-Matt Kenseth, 421, -11
3) #18-Kyle Busch [1 win], 408, -24
4) #99-Carl Edwards [1 win], 408, -24
5) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. [1 win], 394, -38
6) #48-Jimmie Johnson [1 win], 388, -44
7) #22-Joey Logano [2 wins], 378, -54
8) #55-Brian Vickers, 365, -67
9) #2-Brad Keselowski [1 win], 361, -71
10) #31-Ryan Newman, 361, -71
Other drivers with at least one win, likely will make the Chase:
12) #4-Kevin Harvick [2 wins], 345, -87
14) #11-Denny Hamlin [1 win], 340, -92
28) #41-Kurt Busch [1 win], 215, -217 (51 pts ahead of 31st)
 Current 2014 Sprint Cup Driver Chase Seedings:
[after Charlotte, race 12 of 36 if Chase seeding started after this race]
1) #22-Joey Logano, 2 wins, 7th in points
2) #4-Kevin Harvick, 2 wins, 12th
3) #24-Jeff Gordon, 1 win, 1st
4) #18-Kyle Busch, 1 win, 3rd
5) #99-Carl Edwards, 1 win, 4th
6) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 1 win, 5th
7) #48-Jimmie Johnson, 6th
8) #2-Brad Keselowski, 1 win, 9th
9) #11-Denny Hamlin, 1 win, 14th
10) #41-Kurt Busch, 1 win, 28th
(no wins, in by points)
11) #20-Matt Kenseth, 2nd
12) #55-Brian Vickers, 8th
13) #31-Ryan Newman, 10th
14) #16-Greg Biffle, 11th
15) #42-Kyle Larson, 13th
16) #3-Austin Dillon, 15th
 Charlotte Rookie of the Year Race Results & Points:
#3-Dillon, finished 16th, 11 rookie points
#42-Larson, 18th, 10
#26-Whitt, 27th, 9
#7-Annett, 28th, 8
#23-Bowman, 33rd, 7
#51-Allgaier, 37th, 6
#83-Truex, 38th, 5
Kligerman, Did Not Race
 Kurt Busch's double starts well, ends bad: #41-Kurt Busch was in position to do what
only his team co-owner Tony Stewart had accomplished before: complete all 1,100 miles of
the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte. Unfortunately, it just wasn't meant
to be. Busch became just the fourth driver to compete in the Indianapolis 500 and the CocaCola 600 on the same day, joining Stewart, John Andretti and Robby Gordon. Busch's sixthplace finish at the Indianapolis 500 earlier in the day had him on track for the historic feat.
The open-wheel result was the best by any rookie in Sunday's race and tied him with
teammate Stewart for the best finish by a driver attempting The Double. Stewart finished
sixth in the 2001 Indianapolis 500. Per the NASCAR rulebook, Busch was forced to start the
Coca-Cola 600, the second race of his Double attempt, from the rear of the field due to the
fact he could not make the trip back from Indianapolis to Charlotte in time for the Sprint Cup
Series driver meeting. Busch arrived by helicopter on the Charlotte Motor Speedway
frontstretch approximately 20 minutes before the start of driver introductions. The #41 Haas
Automation Chevrolet methodically worked its way forward in the beginning laps of
NASCAR's longest event. By the halfway point of the race, Busch and the #41 team
remained on the lead lap in 13th position. During the pit cycle on lap 216, Busch raced as
high as fifth before coming to pit road for adjustments. When Busch came to pit road for
routine service on lap 217, the #41 was hit by the #17 car as it exited its pit stall. The incident
caused damage to the left rear of the Haas Automation machine. Shortly after the pit-road
incident, on lap 225 Busch told the team that he dropped a cylinder. One lap later he told the
crew over the radio that he lost a second cylinder. Busch did his best to nurse the engine for
the remainder of the race, but the #41 suffered a complete engine malfunction on lap 271,
ending his night in 40th position, 129 laps short of the full-race distance.
"The motor blew," Busch said. "It acted like it swallowed three cylinders all at once, and so it
was really slow. It's kind of a shame, you know. It almost symbolizes how tough it has been
this year on the Haas Automation team. We gave it our all, and the way we were clawing it
up there and got a lucky break with the caution one time. I thought we were making good
gains on the car, and it was great to race in traffic. To feel the stock car right after driving the
Indy car was a day I'll never forget. I can't let the mood here with the car dampen what
happened up at Indy today. That was very special. It takes a big team - it takes a team
everywhere. Andretti Autosport gave me a top-five car to try and win the 500 with, and these
Stewart-Haas guys gave me a good car tonight. The motor just went, sometimes that happens.
All in all I gave it my all. I tried hard. I had a lot of people helping me out. I want to say
thanks to Gene Haas, Tony Stewart, Michael Andretti and this whole group. Everyone
worked hard on this on both sides