2014 Daytona 500
Practice (post-qualifying)
Practice (post\-qualifying)
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### Third practice February 19

[A. J. Allmendinger](/wiki/A._J._Allmendinger "A. J. Allmendinger") was the fastest in the third practice session on February 19 with a time of 45\.096 and a speed of . During the session, [Joey Logano](/wiki/Joey_Logano "Joey Logano") and [Matt Kenseth](/wiki/Matt_Kenseth "Matt Kenseth") made contact, which sent rookie [Parker Kligerman](/wiki/Parker_Kligerman "Parker Kligerman") into the catchfence and caused his car to land on its roof. As a result, Logano, Kligerman, Menard and [Ryan Truex](/wiki/Ryan_Truex "Ryan Truex") had to switch to backup cars for the [Budweiser Duels](/wiki/2014_Budweiser_Duels "2014 Budweiser Duels"). [Dave Blaney](/wiki/Dave_Blaney "Dave Blaney") withdrew from the race after his team was unable to secure another car.

Kligerman stated that it was the first flip of his career, and that he "assumed it would be rougher. It was pretty soft. I was up in the fence floating along. Then it just slid over softly". Logano stated that Kenseth had "started making a move to go down" and that he "was making the run, and I was going to fill that hole. He started to come back up and I was there".

|  |  | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Time |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 47 | [A. J. Allmendinger](/wiki/A._J._Allmendinger "A. J. Allmendinger") | [JTG Daugherty Racing](/wiki/JTG_Daugherty_Racing "JTG Daugherty Racing") | [Chevrolet](/wiki/Chevrolet "Chevrolet") | 45\.096 | 199\.574 |
| 2 | 55 | [Brian Vickers](/wiki/Brian_Vickers "Brian Vickers") | [Michael Waltrip Racing](/wiki/Michael_Waltrip_Racing "Michael Waltrip Racing") | [Toyota](/wiki/Toyota "Toyota") | 45\.152 | 199\.327 |
| 3 | 22 | [Joey Logano](/wiki/Joey_Logano "Joey Logano") | [Team Penske](/wiki/Team_Penske "Team Penske") | [Ford](/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company "Ford Motor Company") | 45\.350 | 198\.456 |
|[Official third practice results](https://web.archive.org/web/20150314101755/http://www.jayski.com/stats/2014/pdfs/01dis2014prac3.pdf)


Why do drivers sometimes make contact with each other on the track?