2013 Bojangles' Southern 500

The 2013 Bojangles' Southern 500, the 64th running of the event, was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on May 11, 2013, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina, United States. The race was contested over 367 laps on the 1.366–mile (2.198 km) oval, it was the eleventh race of the 2013 Sprint Cup Series championship. Matt Kenseth of Joe Gibbs Racing won the race, his third win of the 2013 season, while his teammate Denny Hamlin finished second. Jeff Gordon grabbed his 300th top 5 finish in his 700th Sprint Cup start, while Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick rounded out the top five.

2013 Bojangles' Southern 500
Race details[1][2]
Race 11 of 36 in the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Date May 11, 2013 (2013-05-11)
Location Darlington Raceway, Darlington, South Carolina, U.S.
Course Permanent racing facility
1.366 mi (2.198 km)
Distance 367 laps, 501.322 mi (806.799 km)
Weather Clear with a temperature around 82 °F (28 °C); wind out of the SW at 13 miles per hour (21 km/h).
Average speed 141.383 mph (227.534 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Furniture Row Racing
Time 27.032 seconds
Most laps led
Driver Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps 265
Winner
No. 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network Fox
Announcers Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, Larry McReynolds
Nielsen Ratings 3.8/7
(5.9 million viewers)

There were five cautions for 25 laps and nine lead changes between four different drivers throughout the course of the race. The result moved Kenseth to the third position in the Drivers' Championship, 59 points behind Jimmie Johnson in first and five ahead of Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in fourth. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, two points ahead of Toyota and 18 ahead of Ford, with 25 races remaining in the season.

Report

Background

Darlington Raceway, the race track where the race was held.

Darlington Raceway is a four-turn 1.366 mi (2.198 km) oval.[3] The track's first two turns are banked at twenty-five degrees, while the final two turns are banked two degrees lower at twenty-three degrees.[3] The front stretch (the location of the finish line) and the back stretch is banked at six degrees.[3] Darlington Raceway can seat up to 60,000 people.[3] Jimmie Johnson was the defending race winner after winning the event during the 2012 race.[4]

Before the race, Johnson was leading the Drivers' Championship with 383 points, while Carl Edwards stood in second with 342 points. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. followed in the third with 324, seven ahead of Matt Kenseth in fourth, and eight ahead of Clint Bowyer in fifth. Brad Keselowski, with 314, was in sixth; fifteen points ahead of Kasey Kahne. Eighth-placed Aric Almirola was three points ahead of Paul Menard and eight ahead of Kyle Busch in ninth and tenth. Greg Biffle was eleventh with 280, while Kevin Harvick completed the first twelve positions with 279 points.[5] In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with 68 points, five points ahead of Toyota. Ford was third after recording only 52 points during the first ten races.[6]

Practice and qualifying

Kurt Busch (shown here in 2012) won his sixteenth career pole position

Two practice sessions were held in preparation for the race; both on Friday, May 10, 2013. The first session lasted for 120 minutes, while second session was 45 minutes long.[7] During the first practice session, Menard, for the Richard Childress Racing team, was quickest ahead of Bowyer in second and McMurray in third.[8] Earnhardt, Jr. was scored fourth, and Edwards managed fifth.[8] Kyle Busch, Martin Truex, Jr., Juan Pablo Montoya, Kenseth, and Biffle rounded out the top ten quickest drivers in the session.[8]

Montoya was quickest in the second and final practice session, ahead of Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. in second and Edwards in third.[9] Jeff Burton was fourth quickest, and Kurt Busch took fifth.[9] Biffle, Kenseth, Jeff Gordon, Truex, Jr., and Kyle Busch followed in the top ten.[9]

During qualifying, forty-three cars were entered.[10] Kurt Busch clinched his first pole position of the season, with a record time of 27.032 seconds.[11] After his qualifying run, Kurt Busch commented, "Wow, what an incredible lap. The way the team gave me the confidence right when we first unloaded, the team deserves all the credit. This gives me a great shot to stay ahead of the field and win by two-thousandths of a second this time."[12] He was joined on the front row of the grid by Johnson.[11] Kyle Busch qualified third, Kahne took fourth, and Truex, Jr. started fifth.[11] Denny Hamlin, Kenseth, Gordon, Biffle, and Harvick completed the first ten positions on the grid.[11]

Results

Qualifying

Grid No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 78Kurt BuschFurniture Row RacingChevrolet27.032181.918
2 48Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet27.173180.974
3 18Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota27.181180.920
4 5Kasey KahneHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet27.208180.741
5 56Martin Truex, Jr.Michael Waltrip RacingToyota27.277180.284
6 11Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota27.296180.158
7 20Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota27.303180.112
8 24Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet27.304180.105
9 16Greg BiffleRoush Fenway RacingFord27.320180.000
10 29Kevin HarvickRichard Childress RacingChevrolet27.355179.770
11 31Jeff BurtonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet27.368179.684
12 42Juan Pablo MontoyaEarnhardt Ganassi RacingChevrolet27.376179.632
13 15Clint BowyerMichael Waltrip RacingToyota27.381179.599
14 17Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.Roush Fenway RacingFord27.394179.514
15 27Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet27.401179.468
16 88Dale Earnhardt, Jr.Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet27.410179.409
17 99Carl EdwardsRoush Fenway RacingFord27.472179.004
18 43Aric AlmirolaRichard Petty MotorsportsFord27.500178.822
19 13Casey MearsGermain RacingFord27.501178.815
20 14Tony StewartStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet27.511178.750
21 39Ryan NewmanStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet27.550178.497
22 55Mark MartinMichael Waltrip RacingToyota27.578178.316
23 47Bobby LabonteJTG Daugherty RacingToyota27.593178.219
24 9Marcos AmbroseRichard Petty MotorsportsFord27.630177.980
25 1Jamie McMurrayEarnhardt Ganassi RacingChevrolet27.631177.974
26 2Brad KeselowskiPenske RacingFord27.633177.961
27 51Regan SmithPhoenix RacingChevrolet27.635177.948
28 93Travis KvapilBK RacingToyota27.669177.730
29 38David GillilandFront Row MotorsportsFord27.676177.685
30 22Joey LoganoPenske RacingFord27.681177.653
31 34David RaganFront Row MotorsportsFord27.682177.646
32 33Landon CassillCircle SportChevrolet27.736177.300
33 83David ReutimannBK RacingToyota27.775177.051
34 35Josh WiseFront Row MotorsportsFord27.835176.670
35 98Michael McDowellPhil Parsons RacingFord27.837176.657
36 95Scott SpeedLeavine Family RacingFord27.884176.359
37 7Dave BlaneyTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet27.954175.918
38 19Mike BlissHumphrey Smith MotorsportsToyota27.961175.874
39 30David StremmeSwan RacingToyota27.981175.748
40 10Danica PatrickStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet28.014175.541
41 32Timmy HillFAS Lane RacingFord28.080175.128
42 36J. J. YeleyTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet28.083175.109
43 87Joe NemechekNEMCO-Jay Robinson RacingToyota28.315173.675
Source:[11]

Race results

[Matt Kenseth

won the race.]]

Pos Grid Car Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points
1 720Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota36747
2 611Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota36742
3 824Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet36742
4 248Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet36740
5 1029Kevin HarvickRichard Childress RacingChevrolet36739
6 318Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota36740
7 1799Carl EdwardsRoush Fenway RacingFord36737
8 1242Juan Pablo MontoyaEarnhardt Ganassi RacingChevrolet36736
9 1688Dale Earnhardt, Jr.Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet36735
10 2139Ryan NewmanStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet36734
11 1315Clint BowyerMichael Waltrip RacingToyota36733
12 556Martin Truex, Jr.Michael Waltrip RacingToyota36732
13 916Greg BiffleRoush Fenway RacingFord36731
14 178Kurt BuschFurniture Row RacingChevrolet36731
15 2014Tony StewartStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet36729
16 251Jamie McMurrayEarnhardt Ganassi RacingChevrolet36728
17 45Kasey KahneHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet36727
18 1417Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.Roush Fenway RacingFord36626
19 1527Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet36625
20 1843Aric AlmirolaRichard Petty MotorsportsFord36624
21 1131Jeff BurtonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet36523
22 3022Joey LoganoPenske RacingFord36522
23 2893Travis KvapilBK RacingToyota36421
24 2751Regan SmithPhoenix RacingChevrolet363
25 2255Mark MartinMichael Waltrip RacingToyota36319
26 2347Bobby LabonteJTG Daugherty RacingToyota36318
27 377Dave BlaneyTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet36217
28 4010Danica PatrickStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet36216
29 2938David GillilandFront Row MotorsportsFord36215
30 3233Landon CassillCircle SportChevrolet36014
31 4387Joe NemechekNEMCO-Jay Robinson RacingToyota359
32 262Brad KeselowskiPenske RacingFord35812
33 4132Timmy HillFAS Lane RacingFord35811
34 249Marcos AmbroseRichard Petty MotorsportsFord35810
35 4236J. J. YeleyTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet3549
36 3383David ReutimannBK RacingToyota3278
37 1913Casey MearsGermain RacingFord3277
38 3435Josh WiseFront Row MotorsportsFord326
39 3134David RaganFront Row MotorsportsFord3185
40 3930David StremmeSwan RacingToyota2304
41 3695Scott SpeedLeavine Family RacingFord773
42 3598Michael McDowellPhil Parsons RacingFord582
43 3819Mike BlissHumphrey Smith MotorsportsToyota18
Source:[13]

Standings after the race

References

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