2014 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race

by Backmarker Mon May 12, 2014 3:25 pm

The annual NASCAR All-Star race has returned, and will once again see rule changes. The Sprint Showdown qualifying race will be run first, and as usual, the top two finishers in the event and the winner of the Sprint Fan Vote will transfer to the main event. The Showdown will then be followed by qualifying for the main event; a three-lap session, with a mandatory four-tire pit stop with no pit speed limit.

The following drivers have already qualified for the main event:

The Current UNOFFICIAL 2014 Field
Race winners (drivers) in 2013 and 2014
1	#48-Jimmie Johnson	February 2013 Daytona won event in 2003, 2006, 2012, 2013 2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2013 champ
2	#99-Carl Edwards	March 2013 Phoenix, March 2014 Bristol won event 2011
3	#20-Matt Kenseth	March 2013 Las Vegas won event 2004 2003 champ
4	#5-Kasey Kahne	March 2013 Bristol won event in 2008
5	#18-Kyle Busch	March 2013 Auto Club, March 2014 Auto Club
6	#4-Kevin Harvick	April 2013 Richmond, March 2014 Phoenix won event 2007
7	#34-David Ragan	May 2013 Talladega
8	#14-Tony Stewart	June 2013 Dover won event 2009 2002, 2005, 2011 champ
9	#16-Greg Biffle	June 2013 Michigan
10	#78-Martin Truex Jr	June 2013 Sonoma
11	#55-Brian Vickers	July 2013 New Hampshire
12	#31-Ryan Newman	July 2013 Indianapolis won event 2002
13	#22-Joey Logano	August 2013 Michigan
14	#2-Brad Keselowski	October 2013 Charlotte, March 2014 Las Vegas 2012 champ
15	#1-Jamie McMurray	October 2013 Talladega
16	#24-Jeff Gordon	October 2013 Martinsville won event 1995,1997,2001 1995,1997,1998,2001 champ
17	#11-Denny Hamlin	November 2013 Homestead
18	#88-Dale Earnhardt Jr.	February 2014 Daytona 500 won event 2000
19	#41-Kurt Busch	2004 champ won event 2010 March 2014 Martinsville

Showdown Entry List:
1 3 Austin Dillon Chevy Dow Richard Childress
2 7 Michael Annett Chevy Pilot Flying J Tommy Baldwin
3 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford DeWalt Richard Petty
4 10 Danica Patrick Chevy GoDaddy Cares Tony Stewart
5 13 Casey Mears Chevy GEICO Bob Germain
6 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota Charter Rob Kauffman
7 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford Building For America's Bravest John Henry
8 23 Alex Bowman Toyota Dr. Pepper Toyota Camry Ron Devine
9 26 Cole Whitt Toyota TBA Anthony Marlowe
10 27 Paul Menard Chevy Serta / Menards Richard Childress
11 32 Blake Koch(i) Ford TBA Frank Stoddard Jr
12 33 David Stremme Chevy Little Joe's Autos Joe Falk
13 36 Reed Sorenson Chevy Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet Allan Heinke
14 38 David Gilliland Ford Love's Brad Jenkins
15 40 Landon Cassill(i) Chevy Hillman Racing Michael Hillman
16 42 Kyle Larson Chevy Target Chip Ganassi
17 43 Aric Almirola Ford Smithfield Richard Petty
18 44 J J Yeley(i) Chevy Phoenix Warehouse John Cohen
19 47 A J Allmendinger Chevy Freightliner-Miller Welders Tad Geschickter
20 66 Joe Nemechek(i) Toyota Land Castle Title Jay Robinson
21 77 Dave Blaney Ford TBA Randy Humphrey
22 83 Ryan Truex Toyota TBA Ron Devine
23 98 Josh Wise Chevy dogecoin-reddit.com Mike Curb

The current top ten in the Fan Vote: (Alphabetical order)
AJ Allmendinger
Aric Almirola
Marcos Ambrose
Clint Bowyer
Austin Dillon
Kyle Larson
Casey Mears
Danica Patrick
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
Josh Wise

Miss Sprint Cup tweeted out these neat promo images.

Vote here.

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by f1fan12 Mon May 12, 2014 3:32 pm

by Backmarker Mon May 12, 2014 3:39 pm

f1fan12 wrote:

The 600 is next week. Razz

by Lucstar88 Mon May 12, 2014 3:56 pm

NASCAR has been producing some great racing this year. There was some meh races, but none were complete bad, so I have kinda good hopes for Charlotte Razz

by jacobc62 Mon May 12, 2014 3:57 pm

Shouldn't Joey Lagono's 2014 wins at Texas and Richmond be indcluded in the list as well?

Also, that's intresting that the Showdown is being run BEFORE the main event qualifying......

by Backmarker Mon May 12, 2014 6:06 pm

Forgot to mention that the Showdown will be run on Friday, before the Truck race.

by FlashRod4 Mon May 12, 2014 7:20 pm

My guess is Bowyer and Larson to transfer. The Lady in Green wins the fan vote.(DUH)

by navycook75 Mon May 12, 2014 7:28 pm

I'm alternating between Allmendinger and Wise, and knowing the internet, Wise is going to be a contender for the fan vote.

by Cardinals5 Mon May 12, 2014 11:42 pm

/r/dogecoin have been holding 24 hour voting marathons to vote for Wise; he's got as good a chance as anyone else

by racingfreak1999 Mon May 12, 2014 11:45 pm

Cardinals5 wrote:/r/dogecoin have been holding 24 hour voting marathons to vote for Wise; he's got as good a chance as anyone else

And then they can watch him finish last. Laughing

by Sparkz47 Mon May 12, 2014 11:46 pm

Cardinals5 wrote:/r/dogecoin have been holding 24 hour voting marathons to vote for Wise; he's got as good a chance as anyone else

*raises hand*

PROUD PARTICIPANT

by navycook75 Tue May 13, 2014 12:07 am

racingfreak1999 wrote:
Cardinals5 wrote:/r/dogecoin have been holding 24 hour voting marathons to vote for Wise; he's got as good a chance as anyone else
And then they can watch him finish last.

Regardless, think of the tv time they'll get when they get in.

by **crl** Tue May 13, 2014 1:12 am

Lucstar88 wrote:NASCAR has been producing some great racing this year. There was some meh races, but none were complete bad, so I have kinda good hopes for Charlotte

The All-Star Race has become a glorified test session with special paint schemes. It's like anyone hardly tries anymore. They need to get rid of the segments and make it a 100-lap race straight up, or, bring back elimination. Screw whether or not a big name fails to advance.

by f1fan12 Tue May 13, 2014 10:21 am

NASCAR may be producing great racing this year, but I have no hope for Charlotte!

by Sparkz47 Tue May 13, 2014 5:13 pm

crl wrote:
Lucstar88 wrote:NASCAR has been producing some great racing this year. There was some meh races, but none were complete bad, so I have kinda good hopes for Charlotte
The All-Star Race has become a glorified test session with special paint schemes. It's like anyone hardly tries anymore. They need to get rid of the segments and make it a 100-lap race straight up, or, bring back elimination. Screw whether or not a big name fails to advance.

Brian France laughs at your pitiful notions of legitimacy.

by RACECAR Fri May 16, 2014 8:08 pm

So for anyone that doesn't know:

Clint Bowyer won the showdown race with AJ Allmendinger coming 2nd, both transferring to the All star race.

And the winner of the 2014 Sprint Fan vote is....

:

by Michael29Shell Fri May 16, 2014 8:28 pm

RACECAR wrote:So for anyone that doesn't know:

Clint Bowyer won the showdown race with AJ Allmendinger coming 2nd, both transferring to the All star race.

And the winner of the 2014 Sprint Fan vote is....

:

by Alta Fri May 16, 2014 8:42 pm

Good to see Dinger make the show. AJ seems to make underfunded cars work and work well

I'm not a fan of the sponsor but that's pretty cool to see Wise get into the show.

by conrail1990 Fri May 16, 2014 8:44 pm

Did I miss anything in the heat races?

by Sparkz47 Fri May 16, 2014 8:59 pm

conrail1990 wrote:Did I miss anything in the heat races?

A pretty cool save by Ambrose and some good racing up front.

And of course...

2014 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race Tumblr_inline_n0k4q0hKVB1rlrz24

DOGE INTENSIFIES

by Electric Wolf Fri May 16, 2014 9:10 pm

Sparkz47 wrote:

DOGE INTENSIFIES

YES

by navycook75 Fri May 16, 2014 9:57 pm

Fun fact: Both of the drivers I voted for are in (Allmendinger and Wise)

This is going to be fun.

by **Cynon** Sat May 17, 2014 12:08 am

Apparently, one guy voted 87,000 times for Josh Wise.

I want to take that guy out for a beer.

by 24batista24 Sat May 17, 2014 12:10 am

Cynon wrote:Apparently, one guy voted 87,000 times for Josh Wise.

I want to take that guy out for a beer.

Hey asshole I said that to you 5 minutes ago on ts. You cant say that! Mad

by **Cynon** Sat May 17, 2014 12:10 am

24batista24 wrote:
Cynon wrote:Apparently, one guy voted 87,000 times for Josh Wise.

I want to take that guy out for a beer.

Hey asshole I said that to you 5 minutes ago on ts. You cant say that!

by **crl** Sat May 17, 2014 12:34 am

Cynon wrote:Apparently, one guy voted 87,000 times for Josh Wise.

I want to take that guy out for a beer.

Man, that guy has less of a life than I do.

And that's hard.

by day500champ1 Sat May 17, 2014 1:03 am

As happy as I am for Phil Parson's team, they will be lucky to finish on the lead lap let alone finish better than the last couple of spots.

by Sparkz47 Sat May 17, 2014 3:16 am

day500champ1 wrote:As happy as I am for Phil Parson's team, they will be lucky to finish on the lead lap let alone finish better than the last couple of spots.

That's not the point. The point is that beating Danica in this fan vote is great publicity for both Dogecoin and PPR/Josh Wise. Dogecoin has been number one on /r/all for the past hour, and Wise and his crew have been getting much more coverage than usual, which is great for attracting other potential sponsors.

Not to mention that an entry into the All-Star Race guarantees him a cool $70,000 at the very least.

by day500champ1 Sat May 17, 2014 10:38 am

Sparkz47 wrote:
day500champ1 wrote:As happy as I am for Phil Parson's team, they will be lucky to finish on the lead lap let alone finish better than the last couple of spots.

That's not the point. The point is that beating Danica in this fan vote is great publicity for both Dogecoin and PPR/Josh Wise. Dogecoin has been number one on /r/all for the past hour, and Wise and his crew have been getting much more coverage than usual, which is great for attracting other potential sponsors.

Not to mention that an entry into the All-Star Race guarantees him a cool $70,000 at the very least.

I never said that the team didn't deserve the press. It just seems to me that it's a mute point, because I think they'd get more press if they were competitive.

by Magus978 Sat May 17, 2014 10:55 am

Cynon wrote:Apparently, one guy voted 87,000 times for Josh Wise.

I want to take that guy out for a beer.

Two beers. He deserve it for wasting all that time voting, unless he came up with some sort of auto-vote mechanism. In that case, three beers!

by Cardinals5 Sat May 17, 2014 1:04 pm

day500champ1 wrote:
Sparkz47 wrote:
day500champ1 wrote:As happy as I am for Phil Parson's team, they will be lucky to finish on the lead lap let alone finish better than the last couple of spots.

That's not the point. The point is that beating Danica in this fan vote is great publicity for both Dogecoin and PPR/Josh Wise. Dogecoin has been number one on /r/all for the past hour, and Wise and his crew have been getting much more coverage than usual, which is great for attracting other potential sponsors.

Not to mention that an entry into the All-Star Race guarantees him a cool $70,000 at the very least.

I never said that the team didn't deserve the press. It just seems to me that it's a mute point, because I think they'd get more press if they were competitive.

Unless the point makes no sound, I think you mean moot point. Razz

by Spannerhead29 (Nelson) Sat May 17, 2014 6:18 pm

Magus978 wrote:
Cynon wrote:Apparently, one guy voted 87,000 times for Josh Wise.

I want to take that guy out for a beer.

Two beers. He deserve it for wasting all that time voting, unless he came up with some sort of auto-vote mechanism. In that case, three beers!

He actually did do that, that's why after a couple of weeks NASCAR put in Captcha's on the vote page.

by day500champ1 Sat May 17, 2014 8:27 pm

Cardinals5 wrote:
day500champ1 wrote:
Sparkz47 wrote:
day500champ1 wrote:As happy as I am for Phil Parson's team, they will be lucky to finish on the lead lap let alone finish better than the last couple of spots.

That's not the point. The point is that beating Danica in this fan vote is great publicity for both Dogecoin and PPR/Josh Wise. Dogecoin has been number one on /r/all for the past hour, and Wise and his crew have been getting much more coverage than usual, which is great for attracting other potential sponsors.

Not to mention that an entry into the All-Star Race guarantees him a cool $70,000 at the very least.

I never said that the team didn't deserve the press. It just seems to me that it's a mute point, because I think they'd get more press if they were competitive.

Unless the point makes no sound, I think you mean moot point.

Well, excuse my purfect spelling. Razz

by day500champ1 Sat May 17, 2014 8:28 pm

Qualifying has been crazy, hell they need to do this all the time.

by RealRacer4 Sat May 17, 2014 11:22 pm

It might not have been the most exciting race, but that move Jamie Mac pulled on Carl Edwards...holy crap. Surprised

by Alta Sat May 17, 2014 11:25 pm

Alright race.

Good win McMurray...Nice move on Edwards.

by bigdc48 Sat May 17, 2014 11:25 pm

Hell Yeah Jamie Mac!!!

by PackerMan71 Sat May 17, 2014 11:25 pm

From what I've seen, the racing was okay, although after McMurray took the lead, the end of the race was kind of meh. But it was an improvement over previous All-Star races for sure.

I just hope the 600 sees the same amount of improvement, because the 600 has been terrible the last couple of years.

by navycook75 Sat May 17, 2014 11:26 pm

McMurray was really unexpected, good win nonetheless.

Now Ben doesn't have to worry about him winning for the next ten years.

by **crl** Sat May 17, 2014 11:33 pm

Jamie McMurray has now won the Daytona 500, Brickyard 400, and the All-Star Race. He only needs to tick the 600 and Southern 500 off the checklist, and he'll have won all the big races in Sprint Cup.