It was the seventeenth and penultimate race of the 2014 IndyCar Series season.

[3] A 6.0 earthquake hit the area in the early morning of the race; it did not damage the track, and officials deemed its infrastructure safe from collapse, allowing the race to proceed as scheduled.

[4] The win was the 35th of Dixon's career, tying him with Bobby Unser for the fifth-most of all-time.

[5][6] Will Power maintained his lead in the series championship points standings after taking pole position in qualifying[7] and scoring a ninth-place finish,[8] building a 51-point advantage over his Team Penske teammate Hélio Castroneves.

That season he was sharing a car with Ed Carpenter, who was doing the ovals.