Contested over 400 laps on the 0.75 miles (1.21 km) D-shaped short track, it was the ninth race of the 2014 Sprint Cup Series championship.

Jeff Gordon finished second, while Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski, and Matt Kenseth rounded out the top five.

The top rookies of the race were Kyle Larson (16th), Justin Allgaier (21st), and Austin Dillon (27th).

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

I'm happy with (crew chief) Chad's (Knaus) decision to go with two, and there were enough cars that took two that it gave us a little bit of a cushion, maybe enough of a cushion to make it four or five laps there.”[12] Richmond International Raceway is a four-turn short track that is 0.75 miles (1.21 km) long.

26 and 30 teams will be in good hands, and will continue to compete for the remainder of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season," Davis said in a statement.

"Most importantly, most of the team members have the opportunity to continue their employment in the sport and to support their families.

"[17] The entry list for the Toyota Owners 400 was released on Thursday, April 24, 2014 at 4:16 p.m. Eastern time.

Ryan Newman was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 21.733 and a speed of 124.235 mph (199.937 km/h).

[18] “We came here and tested last year for Goodyear and had a good baseline and was pretty confident with our qualifying trim without getting used to the car yet,’’ Larson said.

[18] Kyle Larson led the field to the green at 7:14 p.m., but the field didn't make it to turn 1 before the caution flew on the first lap when Larson drifted down in front of Clint Bowyer before he cleared him and got turned around.

To make matters worse, Larson caught the tail end of the field exiting pit road and hit the rear of Landon Cassill but only suffered a minor denting in of the faux grill.

Cole Whitt had a right-front tire failure on lap 157 and chunks of burning rubber from his car scattered onto the racing surface past the exit of pit road.

Clint Bowyer had a similar tire failure that caught fire and melted the right-front fender of the car.

The fifth caution of the race flew on lap 226 after Reed Sorenson cut down his right-front tire and missed the entrance to pit road.

The sixth caution of the race flew on lap 296 after Ricky Stenhouse Jr. had a right-front tire failure that caught fire after hitting the wall in turn 4.

The ninth caution of the race flew with 16 laps to go after J. J. Yeley blew his engine in turn 1.

Matt Kenseth couldn't stave off the two car challenge for the lead with Jeff Gordon and Brad Keselowski.

[20] “Yeah it was a wild finish,” said Keselowski, who confronted Kenseth on pit road after the race.

“It just came down to really a four way battle between the 2 (Keselowski), the 20 (Kenseth), the 24 (Gordon) and 22 (Logano) and we had a great car for the short runs and we got up there challenging for the lead.