Kevin Harvick won the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship beating out Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano and Ryan Newman for his first championship.
The driver of the No. 4 car was one of four drivers trying to win the title this year in the final race at Homestead. In the end he used a win at Phoenix and then at Homestead to win his first title at 38.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Point Standings
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| RK | DRIVER | POINTS | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 |
| 1 | Kevin Harvick | 5043 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 20 |
| 2 | Ryan Newman | 5042 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 5038 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| 4 | Joey Logano | 5026 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 22 |
| 5 | Brad Keselowski | 2361 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 20 |
| 6 | Jeff Gordon | 2349 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 23 |
| 7 | Matt Kenseth | 2333 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 22 |
| 8 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 2301 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 20 |
| 9 | Carl Edwards | 2288 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 10 | Kyle Busch | 2286 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 11 | Jimmie Johnson | 2271 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 19 |
| 12 | Kurt Busch | 2261 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 13 | AJ Allmendinger | 2260 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | Greg Biffle | 2247 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 15 | Kasey Kahne | 2236 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 16 | Aric Almirola | 2194 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 17 | Kyle Larson | 1082 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 18 | Jamie McMurray | 1014 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 19 | Clint Bowyer | 979 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 20 | Austin Dillon | 959 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 21 | Paul Menard | 944 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 22 | Brian Vickers | 919 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 23 | Marcos Ambrose | 869 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 24 | Martin Truex Jr. | 858 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 25 | Tony Stewart | 799 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 26 | Casey Mears | 783 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 27 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 762 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 28 | Danica Patrick | 732 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 29 | Justin Allgaier | 636 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | David Gilliland | 554 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Cole Whitt | 535 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | David Ragan | 531 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Michael Annett | 531 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Reed Sorenson | 514 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Alex Bowman | 412 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Josh Wise | 405 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Michael McDowell | 254 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Travis Kvapil | 214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | Ryan Truex | 193 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Terry Labonte | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Jeff Burton | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Michael Waltrip | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | David Stremme | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Timmy Hill | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Brett Moffitt | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | Bobby Labonte | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Parker Kligerman | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Alex Kennedy | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Dave Blaney | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
