2013 Quaker State 400

The 2013 Quaker State 400 presented by Advance Auto Parts was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race scheduled to be held on June 29, 2013, at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky, United States, but was postponed to June 30 because of persistent rain. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) tri-oval, it was the seventeenth race of the 2013 Sprint Cup Series championship. Matt Kenseth of Joe Gibbs Racing won the race, his fourth win of the 2013 season, while Jamie McMurray finished second. Clint Bowyer, Joey Logano, and Kyle Busch rounded out the top five.

2013 Quaker State 400
Race details[1][2]
Race 17 of 36 in the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Date June 29, 2013 (2013-06-29)
June 30, 2013 (2013-06-30) (Postponed)
Location Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, Kentucky, United States
Course Permanent racing facility
1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance 267 laps, 400.5 mi (644.542 km)
Weather Temperatures reaching up to 69.1 °F (20.6 °C); wind speeds approaching 6 miles per hour (9.7 km/h)
Average speed 131.948 mph (212.350 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Hendrick Motorsports
Time 29.406 seconds
Most laps led
Driver Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports
Laps 182
Winner
No. 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network TNT
Announcers Adam Alexander, Wally Dallenbach, Jr. and Kyle Petty
Nielsen Ratings 2.6 (3.984 million viewers)

Report

Practice and qualifying

Two practice sessions were held on June 28 in preparation for the race. The first session was 60 minutes, while second session was 90 minutes long.[3]

During the first practice session, Kevin Harvick, for the Richard Childress Racing team, was quickest ahead of Jimmie Johnson in second and Brad Keselowski in third.[4] Kurt Busch was scored fourth, and Jeff Gordon managed fifth.[4] Kyle Busch, Brian Vickers, Juan Pablo Montoya, Paul Menard, and Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. rounded out the top ten quickest drivers in the session.[4] In the final practice session for the race, Johnson was quickest with a time of 29.819 seconds.[5] Carl Edwards followed in second, ahead of Kyle Busch and Gordon in third and fourth.[5] Jeff Burton, who was twelfth quickest in second practice,[4] managed fifth.[5]

During qualifying, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. clinched his twelfth career pole position,[6] with a record lap time of 29.406 seconds and a speed of 183.636 miles per hour (295.533 km/h).[7] After his qualifying run, Earnhardt, Jr. said, "We thought we had a top-five car in practice, and we got some good cloud cover about six or seven cars in front of us before we went to qualify, and that brought the track temp down to give us a good advantage," Earnhardt said. "It gave us a good opportunity to run a bit quicker lap than maybe what the car had in it."[6] He was joined on the front row of the grid by Edwards.[7] Johnson qualified third, Kyle Busch took fourth, and Marcos Ambrose started fifth.[7] Denny Hamlin, Ryan Newman, Keselowski, Vickers, and Montoya completed the first ten positions on the grid.[7]

The early morning hours of race day.

Race

Defending race winner Brad Keselowski goes for a spin in the grass and then comes back up onto the track, into the wall and takes out multiple cars.
Jeff Gordon, Carl Edwards, and the field are stopped on the front stretch because of a crash in turn 1.

First half

The race was scheduled to start Saturday at 8:00 p.m., but pushed to Sunday afternoon due to rain, at 12:00 p.m. E.T., This prompted NASCAR to have a competition caution on Lap 30. Carl Edwards led lap 1. The race ran 29 laps before the first caution, which was the competition caution, The race restarted on lap 36, and four laps later, the second caution of the race came out for a tire blowout on lap 39, The race restarted on lap 48, and the third caution of the race flew on lap 49 for a multi-car wreck in the , Brad Keselowski, Greg Biffle, Kurt Busch and others were involved in the incident, it started with Brad Keselowski spinning in the grass, and took out multiple cars, The red flag was displayed with Jimmie Johnson the race leader, it was lifted after 18 minutes and 34 seconds The race restarted on lap 51. A couple laps later, The fourth caution came out on lap 89 for debris on the track.

Second half

David Gilliland blew a tire and brought out the fifth caution, Kasey Kahne won the free pass, The race restarted on lap 94. The fifth caution of the race came out on lap 149, Jeff Gordon won the free pass under caution. The race restarted on lap 154, Jimmie Johnson took the lead, The fifth caution then came out on lap 241 for a tire blowout.

Wreck again and finish

The race restarted on lap 243 and the sixth caution came out for a wreck again, on lap 246, the race restarted on lap 250, Matt Kenseth won his first race at Kentucky.

Results

Qualifying

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. won his first pole position of the year, setting a new qualifying speed record of 183.636 mph.
Grid No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
1 88Dale Earnhardt, Jr.Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet29.406183.636
2 99Carl EdwardsRoush Fenway RacingFord29.459183.306
3 48Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet29.485183.144
4 18Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota29.574182.593
5 9Marcos AmbroseRichard Petty MotorsportsFord29.575182.587
6 11Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota29.615182.340
7 39Ryan NewmanStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet29.629182.254
8 2Brad KeselowskiPenske RacingFord29.639182.192
9 55Brian VickersMichael Waltrip RacingToyota29.683181.922
10 42Juan Pablo MontoyaEarnhardt Ganassi RacingChevrolet29.716181.720
11 22Joey LoganoPenske RacingFord29.718181.708
12 24Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet29.727181.653
13 17Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.Roush Fenway RacingFord29.770181.391
14 31Jeff BurtonRichard Childress RacingFord29.775181.360
15 15Clint BowyerMichael Waltrip RacingToyota29.808181.159
16 20Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota29.816181.111
17 47A. J. AllmendingerJTG Daugherty RacingToyota29.852180.892
18 43Aric AlmirolaRichard Petty MotorsportsFord29.856180.868
19 56Martin Truex, Jr.Michael Waltrip RacingToyota29.862180.832
20 16Greg BiffleRoush Fenway RacingFord29.873180.765
21 5Kasey KahneHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet29.894180.638
22 29Kevin HarvickRichard Childress RacingChevrolet29.904180.578
23 1Jamie McMurrayEarnhardt Ganassi RacingChevrolet29.926180.445
24 27Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet30.005179.970
25 14Tony StewartStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet30.006179.964
26 51Austin DillonPhoenix RacingChevrolet30.033179.802
27 78Kurt BuschFurniture Row RacingChevrolet30.102179.390
28 30David StremmeSwan RacingToyota30.155179.075
29 10Danica PatrickStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet30.177178.944
30 33Landon CassillCircle SportChevrolet30.292178.265
31 13Casey MearsGermain RacingFord30.297178.235
32 7Dave BlaneyTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet30.340177.983
33 98Michael McDowellPhil Parsons RacingFord30.386177.713
34 38David GillilandFront Row MotorsportsFord30.425177.486
35 36J. J. YeleyTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet30.571176.638
36 83David ReutimannBK RacingToyota30.597176.488
37 35Josh WiseFront Row MotorsportsFord30.615176.384
38 34David RaganFront Row MotorsportsFord30.622176.344
39 19Mike BlissHumphrey Smith RacingToyota30.714175.816
40 93Travis KvapilBK RacingToyota30.733175.707
41 87Joe NemechekNEMCO-Jay Robinson RacingToyota30.816175.234
42 44Scott RiggsXxxtreme MotorsportsFord30.832175.143
43 32Ken SchraderFAS Lane RacingFord31.216172.988
Source:[7]

Race results

Matt Kenseth took his fourth race victory of the 2013 season.
Pos Grid No. Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Led Points1
1 1620Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota2673847
2 231Jamie McMurrayEarnhardt Ganassi RacingChevrolet267042
3 1515Clint BowyerMichael Waltrip RacingToyota267041
4 1122Joey LoganoPenske RacingFord267040
5 418Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota267039
6 2778Kurt BuschFurniture Row RacingChevrolet267038
7 1956Martin Truex, Jr.Michael Waltrip RacingToyota267037
8 1224Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet267036
9 348Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26718237
10 2229Kevin HarvickRichard Childress RacingChevrolet267034
11 215Kasey KahneHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet267033
12 188Dale Earnhardt, Jr.Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet2671033
13 59Marcos AmbroseRichard Petty MotorsportsFord267031
14 739Ryan NewmanStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet267030
15 1843Aric AlmirolaRichard Petty MotorsportsFord267029
16 1042Juan Pablo MontoyaEarnhardt Ganassi RacingChevrolet267028
17 1317Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.Roush Fenway RacingFord267027
18 3113Casey MearsGermain RacingFord267127
19 1431Jeff BurtonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet267025
20 2514Tony StewartStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet267024
21 299Carl EdwardsRoush Fenway RacingFord2673524
22 1747A. J. AllmendingerJTG Daugherty RacingToyota267022
23 2910Danica PatrickStewart-Haas RacingChevrolet267021
24 2651Austin DillonPhoenix RacingChevrolet26700[2]
25 2830David StremmeSwan RacingToyota267019
26 3834David RaganFront Row MotorsportsFord265018
27 3683David ReutimannBK RacingToyota263017
28 3438David GillilandFront Row MotorsportsFord262117
29 4232Ken SchraderFAS Lane RacingFord262015
30 2427Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet259014
31 955Brian VickersMichael Waltrip RacingToyota24000[2]
32 3536J. J. YeleyTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet165012
33 82Brad KeselowskiPenske RacingFord153011
34 2016Greg BiffleRoush Fenway RacingFord151010
35 611Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota14709
36 3033Landon CassillCircle SportChevrolet10400[2]
37 4187Joe NemechekNEMCO-Jay Robinson RacingToyota9500[2]
38 3398Michael McDowellPhil Parsons RacingFord8406
39 3735Josh WiseFront Row MotorsportsFord7700[2]
40 327Dave BlaneyTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet6204
41 3919Mike BlissHumphrey Smith RacingToyota5700[2]
42 4093Travis KvapilBK RacingToyota4702
43 4344Scott RiggsXxxtreme MotorsportsFord6003
Source:
Notes
1. ^ Points include 3 Chase for the Sprint Cup points for winning, 1 point for leading a lap, and 1 point for most laps led.
2. a b c d e f Ineligible for driver's championship points.
3. ^ Post entry, driver and owner did not score points.

Standings after the race

References

  1. "2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved 2013-06-27.
  2. "2013 Quaker State 400 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-07-01.
  3. "Quaker State 400 Race Information". Jayski's Silly Season Site. ESPN. Archived from the original on 2013-06-28. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
  4. "Quaker State 400 1st Practice Speeds". Motor Racing Network. Archived from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
  5. "Quaker State 400 Final Practice Speeds". Motor Racing Network. Archived from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
  6. Spencer, Reid (2013-06-28). "Dale Earnhardt Jr. takes his first pole of 2013". NASCAR. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
  7. "2013 Quaker State 400 Qualifying Results". Motor Racing Network. Archived from the original on 2013-07-04. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
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