Lucky Dog Racing: Cup Series Archives: 2014 Season

2014 Season

The league celebrated 10 seasons of Lucky Dog Racing and now looked ahead to start their next 10. On February 7th, 2014 the league officially celebrated it's 10th birthday and began it's second decade. With it's new beginning, the league saw some changes to begin the season. NASCAR began their new eliminator Chase and Lucky Dog Racing would change theirs as well. The council decided not to follow the Chase the same as NASCAR but rather split the Chase in half with the top 8 of 16 Chase members moving on to the Championship round. The eliminated members would battle it out for 9th place and those members would also be eliminated from the Chaser Eraser as well.

The Nationwide series saw a change as well, leaving the ten spot gamble after just one season and starting the Nationwide bonus which would allow members to use any driver in the race as a bonus driver. It was also the 10th season for the Nationwide series which was a nice accomplishment. The Truck series kept the same rules with no change.

There was a new game started in the Facebook group called the Manufacturer Challenge. Each week members would pick three drivers from the three manufacturers in a schedule that switched between the Cup, Nationwide and Truck series. 22 members played during the season but only half would remain consistent all season long.

Prior to the start of the season, two members would be inducted into the hall of fame. After the voting was concluded, those two members were Stephen DiCaprio and Jordan Hunt who would become the 5th and 6th inductees.

Three rookies would start their Cup careers in 2014. Starting at Daytona, Joe Tenpenny, Fred Sanchez and Dione Baker were in the field for the first time. Later on Shane Burton and Kelly Wolfe would join bringing the total amount of rookies to five. Two new multi-car teams would start as well. Jose Rodriguez founded El Diablo & The Magic Men Motorsports and added Greg Miller who left Coast To Coast Racing, Ron Blackman and Will Riney who shut down his former team, Southern Style Racing. Another new team was 5:16 Racing which consisted of the husband wife team of Leon and Dione Baker.

Before the first official race of the season, the Sprint Unlimited took place with those members who picked enough polesitters in 2013. Terry Howell won for the first time and ensured that he would also make all future races as well.

The Daytona 500 finally kicked off the 2014 season and was won by the same winner of the Unlimited, Terry Howell. That was the first time in history that would happen. Despite the same driver winning the Unlimited and Daytona 500, nobody dominated in the wins department. The first repeat winner was rookie Fred Sanchez who won the 6th and 11th race of the year. No driver would win more than 2 races though. Leon Baker unofficially did since he won two races and the all-star race.

The points standings was led by a few different drivers but it was Ryan Smith who led the final seven weeks leading up to the Chase. The 16 members who ended up making the Chase was Fred Sanchez, Gary Wheat, John Wilson, Ryan Smith, Randy Cook, Charquillia Addison,Ed Blackman, Joe Tenpenny, Robby Stone, Ron Blackman, Stephen DiCaprio, Dean Higley, Jose Rodriguez, Jordan Hunt and making it in the final race, Lou Demian and Kevin Sullivan.

It was an interesting chase for Kevin Sullivan since he just barely made it in but but up some great finishes during the Chase and in the final week was just 9 points behind rookie Joe Tenpenny for the Championship. Kevin was able to finish enough positions in front of Joe to win the championship for the first time in his career. Kevin won by just 2 points over Joe making it the second closest race in history. Joe finished in 2nd place and won rookie of the year and last year's champion, Lou Demian finished in 3rd place.

Racing Traditions, Inc. won their 4th championship but first with their new lineup and with Stephen DiCaprio as owner.

In the Nationwide series, Jose Rodriguez won giving him both a Nationwide and Truck championship. Curt Manning won the rookie of the year. It was a good year for Shane Burton who finally got into the Cup series and won the Truck series championship too. Terry Smith won Truck rookie of the year.

In the LROC series, Lucky Dog Racing put together another strong season and won their fourth championsip over The Cool Pool and P10 Select. LDR's owner won the LROC championship for the first time and now has won championships in each of the four series.

Other winners for the year were Ray Perrotta who won his first streak to the finish championship and Don Hardison who won a close race over Marvin Jones in the first season of the Manufacturer Challenge. Dean Higley won a narrow battle in the Chaser Eraser while Kelly Wolfe won for the first time in the Yahoo group.

Another successful season came to an end as the new decade for the league began. Next season the Cup series will celebrate its 400th race and the Truck series is 200th which will be another big milestone for both leagues. The Nationwide series will also be changing its name to the Xfinity series which will also begin a new era.

2014 Season Drivers

Drivers are listed alphabetically
Click on each driver to see their 2014 league stats

Driver	Team	#	Sponsor	First Race	Last Race	Starts	Finish
Charquillia Addison	Gopher Broke Racing	#99	Taco Bell	5/20/04	Current	36	8th
Chip Anglin	Anglin Motorsports	#67	B.R.A.K.E.S.	2/27/12	7/6/14	18	44th
Dione Baker	5:16 Racing	#10	NOTW	2/23/14	Current	36	40th
Leon Baker	5:16 Racing	#27	Ford Racing	2/14/10	Current	36	29th
Ed Blackman	Coast To Coast Racing	#6	Fox Barrel Cider	2/20/05	Current	36	16th
Ron Blackman	El Diablo & The Magic Men Motorsports	#48	Lowe's	9/18/11	Current	36	13th
Brian Blair	South Mountain Motorsports	#71	Klassic Kollectibles	2/24/13	Current	36	23rd
Shane Burton	Jim Beam Racing	#87	Levi Garrett	6/8/14	Current	22	42nd
Randy Cook	Randy Cook Racing	#29	Budweiser	2/18/07	Current	36	10th
Gwen Demian	Intimidator Racing, Inc.	#04	OBX.org	4/4/04	Current	36	39th
Lou Demian	Intimidator Racing, Inc.	#1	Blue Moon	4/4/04	Current	36	3rd
Stephen DiCaprio	Racing Traditions, Inc.	#83	Xbox 360	10/30/05	Current	36	5th
Bob Douce	Northeast Ohio Motorsports	#08	Play It Again Sports	7/23/06	Current	36	20th
Greg Eichele	Slingshot Motorsports	#2	Crown Royal	2/20/11	Current	36	25th
Dean Higley	Racing Traditions, Inc.	#84	Coca-Cola	2/18/07	Current	36	4th
Terry Howell	Randy Cook Racing	#59	Amp Energy	2/17/08	Current	36	35th
Jordan Hunt	Northeast Ohio Motorsports	#07	AARP: Drive To End Hunger	11/5/06	Current	36	7th
Harry Jeffery	Coast To Coast Racing	#21	Martin Luther College	2/20/05	Current	36	28th
Teeder Jenkins	PFQ Racing	#14	Sunoco	2/20/11	Current	36	34th
Joe Levis	Joe Motors	#77	Gibson Guitar	11/4/10	6/1/14	13	45th
John Magee	Randy Cook Racing	#60	Dr. Pepper	2/14/10	Current	36	32nd
Mark Mason	Slingshot Motorsports	#23	Skyline Chili	2/20/05	Current	36	33rd
Greg Miller	El Diablo & The Magic Men Motorsports	#12	Target	2/9/05	Current	36	24th
Matt Minnich	South Mountain Motorsports	#52	Alka-Seltzer	2/24/13	Current	36	26th
Frank Page	Gopher Broke Racing	#16	Jack Daniel's	2/20/05	Current	36	17th
Ron Parlacoski, Jr.	KrazyRacing3	#33	Goodwrench Service	2/14/10	Current	36	36th
Ray Perrotta	Slingshot Motorsports	#31	Caterpillar	2/20/05	Current	36	38th
Will Riney	El Diablo & The Magic Men Motorsports	#64	NOS Energy	2/19/06	Current	36	37th
Fred Sanchez	Happy Pappy	#55	Under Armour	2/23/14	Current	36	11th
Jose Rodriguez	El Diablo & The Magic Men Motorsports	#47	Kroger	7/7/12	Current	36	14th
Paul Scannell	Racing Traditions, Inc.	#02	U.S. Marines	2/27/12	Current	36	27th
Larry Scroggins	Intimidator Racing, Inc.	#43	Pabst Blue Ribbon	2/20/05	Current	36	19th
Hurricane Sidwell	Sunday Money	#00	Jim Beam	4/25/10	Current	36	41st
Dave Smith	Draftpack 3 88	#56	Captain Morgan	2/27/12	Current	36	22nd
Ryan Smith	Randy Cook Racing	#51	Guinness Beer	2/20/05	Current	36	12th
Jay Smogolski	Stormdevil Racing	#66	Fat Tire	6/2/13	Current	25	18th
Robby Stone	Northeast Ohio Motorsports	#15	Bass Pro Shops	2/15/09	Current	36	9th
Kevin Sullivan	Coast To Coast Racing	#78	NC State University	2/18/07	Current	36	1st
Joe Tenpenny	JJs Dimes	#72	Candian Club Whiskey	2/23/14	Current	36	2nd
Jack Thesier	Coast To Coast Racing	#71	Disney	5/26/13	Current	36	30th
Jessy Turgeon	Racing Traditions, Inc.	#91	Gatorade	2/20/11	Current	36	21st
Gary Wheat	Northeast Ohio Motorsports	#09	World Vision	2/18/07	Current	36	6th
Troy Wiggins	Intimidator Racing, Inc.	#03	Asics	2/20/05	Current	36	31st
John Wilson	Texas Motorsports	#79	Chevrolet	2/20/05	Current	36	16th
Kelly Wolfe	Wolferacing	#54	DANA	7/13/14	Current	17	43rd

These are the drivers that left us after the 2013 season.

Driver	Team Name	#	Sponsor	Starts
Mitch McCown	Southern Style Racing	#05	Mountain Dew	75

2014 Information

Cup Series Driver Standings

Cup Series Team Standings

League Statistics & Records

Rookie of the Year Race

Money Pit Standings: Segment One

Money Pit Standings: Segment Two

Money Pit Standings: Segment Three

Money Pit Standings: Segment Four

2014 Race Results
Click on the race to see the results

Race #	Date	Race	Track	NASCAR Winner	League Winner
Exhb.	2/15 Sat.	The Sprint Unlimited	Daytona Intl. Speedway	Denny Hamlin 2014 Winner	Terry Howell 2014 Winner
1.	2/23	Daytona 500	Daytona Intl. Speedway	Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2014 Winner	Terry Howell 2014 Winner
2.	3/2	The Profit on CNBC 500	Phoenix Intl. Raceway	Kevin Harvick 2014 Winner	Mark Mason 2014 Winner
3.	3/9	Kobalt 400	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	Brad Keselowski 2014 Winner	Leon Baker 2014 Winner
Salary Re-Alignment: 2014 owner points now in effect
4.	3/16	Food City 500	Bristol Motor Speedway	Carl Edwards 2014 Winner	Randy Cook 2014 Winner
5.	3/23	Auto Club 400	Auto Club Speedway	Kyle Busch 2014 Winner	Gary Wheat 2014 Winner
6.	3/30	STP 500	Martinsville Speedway	Kurt Busch 2014 Winner	Fred Sanchez 2014 Winner
7.	4/7	Duck Commander 500	Texas Motor Speedway	Joey Logano 2014 Winner	Joe Levis 2014 Winner
8.	4/12 Sat. night	Bojangles Southern 500	Darlington Raceway	Kevin Harvick 2014 Winner	Ryan Smith 2014 Winner
	4/20	Off Weekend #1
9.	4/26 Sat. night	Toyota Owners 400	Richmond Intl. Raceway	Joey Logano 2014 Winner	Joe Tenpenny 2014 Winner
End of Money Pit Segment #1
10.	5/4	Aaron's 499	Talladega Superspeedway	Denny Hamlin 2014 Winner	Robby Stone 2014 Winner
Salary Re-Alignment
11.	5/10	5-Hour Energy 400	Kansas Speedway	Jeff Gordon 2014 Winner	Fred Sanchez 2014 Winner
Exhb.	5/17 Sat. night	Sprint All-Star Race	Charlotte Motor Speedway	Jamie McMurray 2014 Winner	Leon Baker 2014 Winner
12.	5/25	Coca-Cola 600	Charlotte Motor Speedway	Jimmie Johnson 2014 Winner	Troy Wiggins 2014 Winner
13.	6/1	FedEx 400	Dover Intl. Speedway	Jimmie Johnson 2014 Winner	John Wilson 2014 Winner
14.	6/8	Pocono 400	Pocono Raceway	Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2014 Winner	Ron Blackman 2014 Winner
15.	6/15	Quicken Loans 400	Michigan Intl. Speedway	Jimmie Johnson 2014 Winner	Teeder Jenkins 2014 Winner
16.	6/22	Toyota/SaveMart 350	Sonoma Raceway	Carl Edwards 2014 Winner	Charquillia Addison 2014 Winner
Salary Re-Alignment Race To The Chase Begins
17.	6/28 Sat. night	Quaker State 400	Kentucky Speedway	Brad Keselowski 2014 Winner	Shane Burton 2014 Winner
18.	7/5 Sat. night	Coke Zero 400	Daytona Intl. Speedway	Aric Almirola 2014 Winner	John Magee 2014 Winner
End of Money Pit Segment #2
19.	7/13	Camping World RV Sales 301	New Hampshire Motor Speedway	Brad Keselowski 2014 Winner	Mark Mason 2014 Winner
	7/20	Off Weekend #2
20.	7/27	John Wayne Walding 400 at The Brickyard	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Jeff Gordon 2014 Winner	Ed Blackman 2014 Winner
21.	8/3	GoBowling.com 400	Pocono Raceway	Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2014 Winner	Harry Jeffery 2014 Winner
Salary Re-Alignment
22.	8/10	Cheez-It 355 at The Glen	Watkins Glen International	A.J. Allmendinger 2014 Winner	John Wilson 2014 Winner
23.	8/17	Pure Michigan 400	Michigan Intl. Speedway	Jeff Gordon 2014 Winner	Teeder Jenkins 2014 Winner
24.	8/23 Sat. night	Irwin Tools Night Race	Bristol Motor Speedway	Joey Logano 2014 Winner	Gary Wheat 2014 Winner
25.	8/31	Oral-B USA 500	Atlanta Motor Speedway	Kasey Kahne 2014 Winner	Will Riney 2014 Winner
26.	9/6 Sat. night	Federated Auto Parts 400	Richmond Intl. Raceway	Brad Keselowski 2014 Winner	John Magee 2014 Winner
Salary Re-Alignment Chase For The Championship: Challenger Round Begins
27.	9/14	MyAFibStory.com 400	Chicagoland Speedway	Brad Keselowski 2014 Winner	Dean Higley 2014 Winner
End of Money Pit Segment #3
28.	9/21	Sylvania 300	New Hampshire Motor Speedway	Joey Logano 2014 Winner	Lou Demian 2014 Winner
29.	9/28	AAA 400	Dover Intl. Speedway	Jeff Gordon 2014 Winner	Greg Miller 2014 Winner
30.	10/5	Hollywood Casino 400	Kansas Speedway	Joey Logano 2014 Winner	Leon Baker 2014 Winner
31.	10/11 Sat. night	Bank of America 500	Charlotte Motor Speedway	Kevin Harvick 2014 Winner	Stephen DiCaprio 2014 Winner
Final Salary Re-Alignment Chase For The Championship: Championship Round Begins
32.	10/19	Geico 500	Talladega Superspeedway	Brad Keselowski 2014 Winner	Kelly Wolfe 2014 Winner
33.	10/26	Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500	Martinsville Speedway	Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2014 Winner	Matt Minnich 2013 Winner
34.	11/2	AAA Texas 500	Texas Motor Speedway	Jimmie Johnson 2014 Winner	Jessy Turgeon 2013 Winner
35.	11/9	Quicken Loans Race For Heroes 500	Phoenix Intl. Raceway	Kevin Harvick 2014 Winner	Joe Tenpenny 2014 Winner
36.	11/16	Ford EcoBoost 400	Homestead-Miami Speedway	Kevin Harvick 2014 Winner	Harry Jeffery 2014 Winner
End of Money Pit Segment #4