2013 Food City 500

The 2013 Food City 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on March 17, 2013, at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. Contested over 500 laps on the 0.533 mile (0.858 km) concrete oval, it was the fourth race of the 2013 Sprint Cup Series championship. Kasey Kahne of Hendrick Motorsports won the race, while Kyle Busch finished second. Brad Keselowski, Kurt Busch, and Clint Bowyer rounded out the top five.

2013 Food City 500
Race details[1][2][3]
Race 4 of 36 in the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Date March 17, 2013 (2013-03-17)
Location Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee
Course Permanent racing facility
0.533 mi (0.858 km)
Distance 500 laps, 266.5 mi (428.89 km)
Weather Rain with a temperature around 66 °F (19 °C); wind out of the SW at 9 miles per hour (14 km/h)
Average speed 92.206 mph (148.391 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Joe Gibbs Racing
Time 14.813 seconds
Most laps led
Driver Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps 117
Winner
No. 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network Fox
Announcers Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, and Larry McReynolds
Nielsen Ratings 4.6/11
(7.519 million viewers)

Report

Background

Bristol Motor Speedway, the track where the race was held.

Bristol Motor Speedway, is a four-turn short track oval that is 0.533 miles (0.858 km) long.[4] The track's turns are banked from twenty-four to thirty degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked from six to ten degrees. The back stretch also has banking from six to ten degrees.[4] The track has a seating capacity of 160,000 people.[4] The race consists of 500 laps, which is equivalent to a race distance of 266.5 miles (428.9 km).[4]

Before the race, Jimmie Johnson was leading the Drivers' Championship with 129 points, while Brad Keselowski stood in second with 124 points. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. followed in the third position, seventeen points ahead of Denny Hamlin and Carl Edwards in fourth and fifth. Mark Martin, with 95, was two points ahead of Matt Kenseth and Greg Biffle, as Clint Bowyer was one point ahead of Aric Almirola in tenth, and two points ahead of Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.. Paul Menard completed the first twelve positions with 82 points.[5] The defending winner of the race was Keselowski, who won the race in 2012.[6]

Practice and qualifying

Kyle Busch won the pole position, the eleventh of his career

Three practice sessions were held before the race. The first session, held on March 15, 2013, was 90 minutes long. The second and third were held on March 16, and were both 60 minutes long.[7] During the first practice session, Keselowski was quickest with a time of 14.869, ahead of Kenseth and Kyle Busch in second and third. Bowyer followed in the fourth position, ahead of Hamlin in fifth.[8]

In the Saturday morning session, Busch was quickest, ahead of Kenseth and Hamlin in second and third. Jeff Burton and Kahne followed in the fourth and fifth positions.[9] Kevin Harvick, Jeff Gordon, Jamie McMurray, Kurt Busch, and Johnson rounded out the first ten positions.[9] Busch and Keselowski were quickest during ten consecutive laps with an average speed of 124.874 miles per hour (200.965 km/h) and 124.702 miles per hour (200.688 km/h), respectively.[9] In the final practice session for the race, Busch remained quickest with a time of 15.372 seconds.[10] Kahne followed in second, ahead of David Gilliland and Kenseth in third and fourth.[10] Hamlin, who was third quickest in second practice,[9] only managed fifth.[10]

During qualifying, forty-four cars were entered, but only forty-three were able to start because of NASCAR's qualifying procedure.[11] Busch clinched his eleventh career pole position, with a record-setting[3] time of 14.813 seconds.[12] After his qualifying run, Busch commented, “The car felt great during that lap. We’ve never really worried too much about qualifying runs. We unloaded with a really good race car and we just kept fine-tuning to make it a little bit better – and we were able to get it where it was pretty quick in practice.”[3] He was joined on the front row of the grid by Kahne.[12] Hamlin qualified third, Brian Vickers took fourth, and Paul Menard started fifth, after being scored fifteenth in the final practice session.[12] McMurray, Keselowski, Tony Stewart, Martin Truex Jr., and Joey Logano completed the first ten positions on the grid.[12] The driver that failed to qualify was Scott Riggs.[12]


Results

Qualifying

Grid No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 18Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota14.813129.535
2 5Kasey KahneHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet14.875128.995
3 11Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota14.879128.960
4 55Brian VickersMichael Waltrip RacingToyota14.929128.528
5 27Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet14.949128.356
6 1Jamie McMurrayEarnhardt Ganassi RacingChevrolet14.957128.288
7 2Brad KeselowskiPenske RacingFord14.966128.211
8 14Tony StewartStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet14.990128.005
9 56Martin Truex, Jr.Michael Waltrip RacingToyota14.997127.946
10 22Joey LoganoPenske RacingFord15.005127.877
11 24Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet15.006127.869
12 20Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota15.008127.852
13 48Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet15.010127.835
14 38David GillilandFront Row MotorsportsFord15.015127.792
15 13Casey MearsGermain RacingFord15.039127.588
16 31Jeff BurtonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet15.048127.512
17 42Juan Pablo MontoyaEarnhardt Ganassi RacingChevrolet15.053127.470
18 29Kevin HarvickRichard Childress RacingChevrolet15.055127.453
19 78Kurt BuschFurniture Row RacingChevrolet15.062127.393
20 43Aric AlmirolaRichard Petty MotorsportsFord15.064127.377
21 99Carl EdwardsRoush Fenway RacingFord15.066127.360
22 9Marcos AmbroseRichard Petty MotorsportsFord15.066127.360
23 15Clint BowyerMichael Waltrip RacingToyota15.073127.300
24 16Greg BiffleRoush Fenway RacingFord15.078127.258
25 83David ReutimannBK RacingToyota15.093127.132
26 30David StremmeSwan RacingToyota15.157126.595
27 95Scott SpeedLeavine Family RacingFord15.159126.578
28 17Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.Roush Fenway RacingFord15.165126.528
29 51A. J. AllmendingerPhoenix RacingChevrolet15.178126.420
30 34David RaganFront Row MotorsportsFord15.180126.403
31 39Ryan NewmanStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet15.200126.237
32 88Dale Earnhardt, Jr.Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet15.235125.947
33 7Dave BlaneyTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet15.247125.848
34 98Michael McDowellPhil Parsons RacingFord15.260125.740
35 36J. J. YeleyTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet15.261125.732
36 19Mike BlissHumphrey Smith RacingToyota15.264125.708
37 93Travis KvapilBK RacingToyota15.333125.142
38 87Joe NemechekNEMCO-Jay Robinson RacingToyota15.363124.897
39 47Bobby LabonteJTG Daugherty RacingToyota15.382124.743
40 35Josh WiseFront Row MotorsportsFord15.386124.711
41 10Danica PatrickStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet15.395124.638
42 33Landon CassillCircle SportChevrolet15.427124.379
43 32Terry LabonteFAS Lane RacingFord15.560123.316
Failed to Qualify
44Scott RiggsXxxtreme MotorsportFord15.418124.452
Source:[12][3]

Race results

Kasey Kahne won the race.
Pos Grid Car Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points
1 25Kasey KahneHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet50047
2 118Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota50043
3 72Brad KeselowskiPenske RacingFord50042
4 1978Kurt BuschFurniture Row RacingChevrolet50041
5 2315Clint BowyerMichael Waltrip RacingToyota50039
6 3288Dale Earnhardt, Jr.Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet50038
7 3139Ryan NewmanStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet50037
8 455Brian VickersMichael Waltrip RacingToyota500
9 527Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet50035
10 61Jamie McMurrayEarnhardt Ganassi RacingChevrolet50034
11 2416Greg BiffleRoush Fenway RacingFord50033
12 956Martin Truex, Jr.Michael Waltrip RacingToyota50032
13 2951A. J. AllmendingerPhoenix RacingChevrolet50031
14 1829Kevin HarvickRichard Childress RacingChevrolet50030
15 1513Casey MearsGermain RacingFord50029
16 2817Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.Roush Fenway RacingFord50028
17 1022Joey LoganoPenske RacingFord50028
18 2199Carl EdwardsRoush Fenway RacingFord49926
19 229Marcos AmbroseRichard Petty MotorsportsFord49925
20 2630David StremmeSwan RacingToyota49824
21 3034David RaganFront Row MotorsportsFord49824
22 1348Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet49822
23 311Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota49821
24 1438David GillilandFront Row MotorsportsFord49620
25 4332Terry LabonteFAS Lane RacingFord49619
26 4035Josh WiseFront Row MotorsportsFord496
27 3536J. J. YeleyTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet49517
28 4110Danica PatrickStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet49516
29 3887Joe NemechekNEMCO-Jay Robinson RacingToyota490
30 1742Juan Pablo MontoyaEarnhardt Ganassi RacingChevrolet48714
31 814Tony StewartStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet46413
32 1631Jeff BurtonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet45812
33 4233Landon CassillCircle SportChevrolet41011
34 1124Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet39011
35 1220Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota39010
36 337Dave BlaneyTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet3218
37 2043Aric AlmirolaRichard Petty MotorsportsFord2457
38 3793Travis KvapilBK RacingToyota2346
39 2583David ReutimannBK RacingToyota1845
40 2795Scott SpeedLeavine Family RacingFord1844
41 3947Bobby LabonteJTG Daugherty RacingToyota1593
42 3498Michael McDowellPhil Parsons RacingFord262
43 3619Mike BlissHumphrey Smith RacingToyota3
Source:

Standings after the race

References

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