The 2014 Coca-Cola 600, the 55th running of the event, was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on May 25, 2014, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.

Contested over 400 laps on the 1.5 miles (2.4 km) oval, it was the twelfth race of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

Jimmie Johnson won the race, his first of the season and fourth overall Coca-Cola 600 win, while Kevin Harvick finished second and Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards and Jamie McMurray rounded out the top five.

Two weeks prior at Kansas Speedway, Jeff Gordon held off a last lap charge by Kevin Harvick to win the 5-hour Energy 400.

The first night Cup race at Kansas Speedway was delayed about 30 minutes by rain, saw a bank of backstretch lights go out and featured two multi-car crashes.

"I don't know what it is about this team, this '24' car and us here at Kansas on inaugural days, but I love this place," Gordon said.

Kevin Harvick had one of the strongest cars and was leading before he made his final pit stop but exited behind Gordon and couldn't get around him the rest of the race, finishing second.

We’re hitting on some things that should help us run faster longer.’’[14] Matt Kenseth and Kevin Harvick didn't get a lap in before time expired in the final round and started eleventh and twelfth as a result.

[14] “We had a big miscommunication tonight and didn’t get @KevinHarvick off of pit road in time to run a lap in the final qualifying session,’’ Childers tweeted.

The car has plenty of speed in it, so I’m not concerned about the race.’’[14] The two drivers who failed to qualify were Dave Blaney and J. J. Yeley.

In his first run Busch radioed that the backup was "not even close to the other one," but by the end the driver was turning competitive laps that would keep him in contention.

"[15] Points leader Jeff Gordon sat out the final practice session due to back spasms.

Gordon had a similar problem before the 2009 Coca-Cola 600, where he underwent a facet block procedure a few days before the event.

Nationwide Series championship leader Regan Smith was on standby if Gordon was not able to run the entire race.

During the cycle, Marcos Ambrose had to serve a pass-through penalty after an uncontrolled tire left his pit box.

The third caution of the race flew on lap 164 when David Gilliland cut down his right-front tire and slammed the wall in turn 1.

Teammate Kyle Larson cut down his right-front tire but made it to pit road without any hiccups.

McMurray gave up the lead to pit on lap 216 and Kevin Harvick cycled back to the front.

The fifth caution of the race flew on lap 235 when Marcos Ambrose cut down his right-rear tire and spun out exiting turn 4.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. stopped during the caution period and Jamie McMurray moved to the head of the line.

The sixth caution of the race flew on lap 274 when Kurt Busch, who had been dealing with dropped cylinders, blew an engine on the backstretch.

The seventh caution of the race flew on lap 286 when Danica Patrick, who was dealing with the same ailments that plagued her teammate Kurt Busch, blew an engine exiting turn 4 and slammed the wall.

Almirola ducked onto pit road with 56 laps to go and the lead cycled back to Jimmie Johnson.

Johnson made his final pit stop with 27 laps to go and handed the lead to his teammate Jeff Gordon.

The eighth caution of the race flew with 22 laps to go after Alex Bowman slammed the wall in turn 3.

The race restarted with 17 laps to go and Jeff Gordon on two new tires couldn't hold off Matt Kenseth with four.