The top rookies of the race were Kyle Larson (8th), Austin Dillon (11th), and Justin Allgaier (23rd).

Joey Logano passed Jeff Gordon on the final lap to score the victory in the Duck Commander 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.

The entry list for the Bojangles' Southern 500 was released on Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at 9:07 a.m. Eastern time.

Ryan Newman was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 27.447 and a speed of 179.167 mph (288.341 km/h).

[12] The race began at 6:45 p.m. Eastern time with Kevin Harvick leading the field to the green flag.

He didn't hold the lead for long as Joey Logano passed him to take the top spot.

The first caution of the race flew on lap 41 after rookie Ryan Truex slammed the wall in turn 3.

The second caution of the race flew on lap 59 after Travis Kvapil slammed the wall in turn 3.

Denny Hamlin exited pit road with the lead by taking just two tires while Harvick took four.

The third caution of the race flew on lap 93 after rookie Michael Annett slammed the wall in turn 2.

The fourth caution of the race flew on lap 125 after rookie Cole Whitt slammed the wall in turn 1.

The fifth caution of the race flew on lap 201 after Paul Menard slammed the wall in turn 1.

Kahne swapped the lead with Kevin Harvick on pit road with the former stall being behind the start/finish line, but he exited as the leader.

He was saved by the sixth caution of the race on lap 222 after Aric Almirola clipped Danica Patrick and spun out in turn 2.

The eighth caution of the race flew with 96 laps to go for debris on the backstretch after Paul Menard slammed the wall exiting turn 2.

While trying to enter pit road with 49 laps to go, Brian Vickers spun out and about blocked the entrance.

The ninth caution of the race flew with ten laps to go after Joey Logano's engine expired.

The race restarted with two laps to go on the first green-white-checker attempt and Dale Earnhardt Jr. took the lead from his teammate.

They only made it half a lap before the caution flew for the eleventh time after Kurt Busch lost his momentum exiting turn 2, got turned by Clint Bowyer and slammed the inside wall head on.

Earnhardt got an excellent start to get ahead of Harvick, but Kevin with four tires passed Dale on two and took the victory.

[13] “This is the one race I told Rodney (Childers, crew chief) I wanted to win,” said Harvick.