April 14, 2018 – Ryan Preece won the NASCAR Xfinity Series Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway to take home the $100,000 Dash 4 Cash bonus. Preece passed Brandon Jones for the top spot after a restart with 10 laps to go and went on to take the checkered flag.
April 14, 2013 – Kyle Larson held off a fast-closing Joey Logano in the final laps of the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 to notch his first career victory in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series. The win halted Johnny Sauter’s early-season winning streak at two. Logano’s Brad Keselowski Racing team saved a set of sticker tires for the end of the race and the strategy nearly paid off with a win. But Larson, driving the No. 30 Chevrolet for Turner Scott Motorsports, was able to hold him off in a green-white-checkered finish. The margin of victory was 0.177 seconds.
April 14, 2012 – Greg Biffle outran Jimmie Johnson to win the Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway for his first victory since October of 2010. Biffle got past Johnson on Lap 304 and never looked back on his way to his 17th (of 19) career win. The race set a pair of track records. There were only two caution flags over the 334-lap event and Biffle’s average speed of 160.575 mph set a new mark.
April 14, 2007 – Matt Kenseth overcame a spin on Lap 54 of 200 in the NASCAR Xfinity (Busch) Series O’Reilly 300 to claim victory at Texas Motor Speedway. Kenseth, driver of the No. 17 Ford, completed his turnaround on Lap 192 of 200 when he overtook Denny Hamlin for the lead, marking his first time at the head of the field. Although Hamlin stayed close, he was unable to pass Kenseth, who scored his 23rd (of 29) career series victory and second at Texas.
April 14, 2002 – Bobby Labonte scored his first NASCAR Cup Series short-track win in the Virginia 500 at Martinsville Speedway. Matt Kenseth fought a winning battle with Dale Jarrett and Tony Stewart for second place, with Stewart third and Jarrett fourth. Labonte took the lead from Stewart on Lap 446 when Stewart pitted under the 11th of 14 cautions. Stewart restarted 13th as he was one of two cars on the lead lap that pitted.
April 14, 2001 – Greg Biffle scored his first career NASCAR Xfinity (Busch) Series win in the inaugural Pepsi 300 at Nashville Superspeedway. Biffle, who won in his 10th series start, took the lead from Jason Keller on Lap 187 and cruised to a comfortable victory after leading 133 laps.
April 14, 1996 – Terry Labonte led 167 laps en route to the win in the First Union 400 at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Labonte carried a special silver paint scheme on his No. 5 Chevrolet in the race to commemorate him tying Richard Petty’s consecutive start streak at 513, which at the time was a record. Labonte took the lead with 27 laps to go when a caution/red flag was displayed for a multi-car crash that saw leader Rusty Wallace get caught up in. Labonte won the race off pit road over Jeff Gordon under the caution. When the race went back to green with 14 to go, Labonte went on to take the checkered flag by 0.239 seconds over Gordon. Labonte would go on to extend his streak to 655 and four drivers since then have eclipsed that mark with Gordon currently holding the record of 797.
April 14, 1991 – Rusty Wallace held off Ernie Irvan to win the Valleydale Meats 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Wallace battled back from two laps down to take the win from the pole after leading 104 laps. The finish was an exciting one that saw Irvan try to make a move on the final lap in a side-by-side battle. During the race Sterling Marlin was involved in a fiery crash in Turn 1 on Lap 421.
April 14, 1985 – Bill Elliott won the TranSouth 500 for his first of five Darlington Raceway wins. Elliott led 146 laps, including the final 36, and took the win 1.9 seconds ahead of Darrell Waltrip. Dale Earnhardt led 130 laps but fell out of contention while leading with an engine issue.
Other Winners on this Date: 1984 – Ron Bouchard (Darlington, Busch Grand National); 1964 – Ned Jarrett (Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds); 1963 – Richard Petty (South Boston); Fireball Roberts (Langhorne Speedway)
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