The 2014 Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on October 26, 2014, at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia.

Jeff Gordon finished second, while Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart, and Joey Logano rounded out the Top 5.

The top rookies in the race were Austin Dillon (12th), Justin Allgaier (17th), and Cole Whitt (18th).

Brad Keselowski held off hard charging Ryan Newman and Matt Kenseth to win the GEICO 500.

To be able to win here is really a privilege, it really is.”[13] Kyle Busch, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kasey Kahne and Jimmie Johnson were the four drivers who were eliminated.

At 0.526 miles (0.847 km) in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

Jeff Gordon was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 19.079 and a speed of 99.251 mph (159.729 km/h).

Keith (Rodden, crew chief) and Josh (Sell, Engineer) just did a really good job adjusting on the car.

[18] Jimmie Johnson was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 19.318 and a speed of 98.023 mph (157.753 km/h).

[19] Kevin Harvick was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 19.457 and a speed of 97.322 mph (156.625 km/h).

[20] The race was scheduled to begin at 1:43 PM Eastern time, but it started at 1:48 p.m. with Jamie McMurray leading the field to the green.

The first caution flag came out on lap 4 when Alex Bowman hopped the curb in turn 2 and spun around.

On lap 16, the second caution flag wave when Josh Wise tapped the corner of Travis Kvapil in turn 1 and sent him spinning.

On lap 101, Jimmie Johnson was running third when he made an unscheduled stop to repair a loose wheel.

The fourth caution of the race flew on lap 160 after Kasey Kahne tapped Brian Vickers and spun him around in turn 4 in front of the leader.

“He just hooked us in the bumper and just wrecked us, I don’t know why.”[21] This would be the first of three incidents where the two cars made contact.

Two laps after the restart, the sixth caution came out when David Ragan got clipped by Alex Bowman and spun in turn 4.

The race restarted on lap 214 and Earnhardt Jr. lost the lead to Joey Logano.

“Everybody was so worried about us starting in the back (because of a poor qualifying effort) and we wrecked at the front.”[23] “He won’t win this championship,’‘ Harvick said of Kenseth.

The ninth caution came out on lap 255 when a plastic Ford grille plate was spotted in turn 1.

The tenth caution flag flew on lap 277 for the third case of contact between Kahne and Vickers.

NASCAR issued a warning to the crew chiefs of both drivers to cease the antics.

The eleventh caution flag came out on lap 294 when Martin Truex Jr. clipped Danica Patrick going into turn 2.

The twelfth caution flag came out on lap 387 when Reed Sorenson blew a right-front tire and slammed the wall in turn 1.

A group of cars including Kasey Kahne, Martin Truex Jr., Danica Patrick and Carl Edwards was collected.

Caution flew for the 15th time with twelve laps to go after Kyle Larson made contact with Marcos Ambrose trying to take the spot.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. took the lead from Stewart with four laps to go and held off a hard charging Jeff Gordon to score his first career win at Martinsville Speedway.

This team on pit road was great and Steve (Letarte, crew chief) and the guys did a real good job all day.