page_title: 2014 5-hour Energy 400
section_title: Background
hierarchical_section_title: 2014 5-hour Energy 400 / Report / Background
caption_attribution_description: The front stretch of Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas
context_page_description: The 2014 5-hour Energy 400 Benefiting Special Operations Warrior Foundation was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on May 10, 2014, at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 miles tri-oval, it was the eleventh race of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Jeff Gordon won the race, his first win of the season and 89th overall, while Kevin Harvick finished second. Kasey Kahne, Joey Logano, and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. rounded out the top five. The top rookies of the race were Kyle Larson, Austin Dillon, and Michael Annett.
  This was the first time a Sprint Cup race had been held at night at Kansas Speedway. The previous three spring Kansas races had been held as midday races.
context_section_description: The track, Kansas Speedway, is a four-turn tri-oval track that is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long. The track's turns are banked from seventeen to twenty degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is nine to eleven degrees. The back stretch, opposite of the front, is at only five degrees. The racetrack has a seating capacity for more than 72,000 spectators. Matt Kenseth was the defending race winner after winning the event in 2013.
caption: Kansas Speedway, the race track where the race was held.
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