2014 Daytona 500

The 2014 Daytona 500 was the first race of the then Pennzoil Cup Series. The Race was won by Ryan Dunn driving for Checkered Flag Motorsports. The race saw an early wreck when Richard Thomas clipped Michael Craft, Sending the 00 into the path of Kyle Singer. A total of 7 cars were involved. The race saw only 1 Caution.

Qualifying
Jack Newman won the pole driving for National Racing, beating out Derek Pittre and Jacob Tube to take the first pole in a point-paying event in ASCA history.

The Race
Newman lead the field to the green flag. An early scare occurred when Zach Cars ran into the frontstretch grass before suffering from an overheating problem. Matt Hotchkiss lead the field coming for pitstops when the race's only caution flew for a multi-car wreck. Entering the tri-oval, Richard Thomas tagged the 31 of Michael Craft. Thomas's car than shot up the track into the path of Kyle Singer and Kyle Collins. Jacob Tube hit Singer's car, while Craft swept down the track and clipped the 07 of Robin Shannon into Jay Barker. All cars were able to continue.

After a second round of pitstops, Hotchkiss's car overheated and the engine erupted, ending his day. Ryan Dunn would pass Addison Steinbach on the final lap to take the win. Steinbach, Jake Booker, Nick Pericles, and Bryan Boone rounded out the top 5.

Results

 * 1) 32 Ryan Dunn
 * 2) 33 Addison Steinbach
 * 3) 5 Jake Booker
 * 4) 16 Nick Pericles
 * 5) 70 Bryan Boone
 * 6) 52 A.J. Davidson
 * 7) 47 Michael Jones
 * 8) 53 Derek Pittre
 * 9) 83 Kyle Collins
 * 10) 77 Cody Russell
 * 11) 2 Jay Barker
 * 12) 12 Webster Zyguarde
 * 13) 07 Robin Shannon
 * 14) 22 Brian Lehning
 * 15) 31 Michael Craft
 * 16) 43 Jay Durrel
 * 17) 08 Alex Tanker
 * 18) 42 Jacob Tube
 * 19) 7 Jack Newman
 * 20) 11 Kyle Singer
 * 21) 00 Richard Thomas
 * 22) 9 Zach Cars
 * 23) 55 Matt Hotchkiss (OUT)