NASCAR at Kansas 2014: Winners and Losers from the 5-Hour Energy 400

Kansas Speedway’s first night race was highlighted by a final-lap thriller, an unusually high number of wrecks and a long overdue win by a fan favorite. Jeff Gordon and Co. were finally able to close the deal, capturing their first win of the 2014 Sprint Cup season. It wasn’t an easy win for Gordon, whose team had to overcome adversity in the first half of the race. “We had a lot of things in the first half of the race that did not go our way,” said Gordon in a post-race interview. “We knew we had a fast race car. We weren’t sure if we had as good of a race car as Kevin (Harvick), but I thought if we got in front of him we could hold him off.” On the final pit stop, Harvick made an unchara...

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