2013 Quaker State 400

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2013 Quaker State 400
Race details [1] [2]
Race 17 of 36 in the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
2013 Quaker State 400 program cover.jpeg
The 2013 Quaker State 400 program cover, with artwork by Sam Bass. The painting is called "Kentucky Moonlight".
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)
The race logo for the 2013 Quaker State 400. Quaker State 400 logo.jpg
The race logo for the 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.

Contents

Report

Entry list

(R) - Denotes rookie driver.

(i) - Denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

No.DriverTeamManufacturerSponsor
1 Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet Hellmann's
2 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Ford Miller Lite
5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Quaker State
7 Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet SANY
9 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports Ford Mac Tools
10 Danica Patrick (R) Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet GoDaddy.com
11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota FedEx Office
13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Ford Valvoline NextGen
14 Tony Stewart Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops
15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota Camry 30th Anniversary
16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 3M / National Fallen Firefighters Memorial
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (R) Roush Fenway Racing Ford Fifth Third Bank
18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Doublemint
19 Mike Bliss (i) Humphrey Smith Racing Toyota Plinker Tactical
20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Dollar General
22 Joey Logano Penske Racing Ford Shell / Pennzoil
24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Drive to End Hunger
27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Sylvania / Menards
29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Budweiser
30 David Stremme Swan Racing Toyota Lean1
31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Caterpillar
32 Ken Schrader FAS Lane Racing Ford Federated Auto Parts
33 Landon Cassill (i) Circle Sport Chevrolet Little Joe's Autos
34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford Taco Bell
35 Josh Wise (i) Front Row Motorsports Ford MDS Transport
36 J. J. Yeley Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet United Mining Equipment
38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford Long John Silver's
39 Ryan Newman Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet Quicken Loans
42 Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet Target
43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford Eckrich
44 Scott Riggs Xxxtreme Motorsports Ford No Label Watches
47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota Scott Products
48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Lowe's Dover White
51 Austin Dillon (i) Phoenix Racing Chevrolet Alsco
55 Brian Vickers (i) Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota Aaron's / University of Louisville
56 Martin Truex Jr. Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota NAPA Auto Parts
78 Kurt Busch Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet Furniture Row / Sealy
83 David Reutimann BK Racing Toyota Burger King / Dr Pepper
87 Joe Nemechek (i) NEMCO-Jay Robinson Racing Toyota NEMCO-Jay Robinson Racing
88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet National Guard Youth Foundation
93 Travis Kvapil BK Racing Toyota Burger King / Dr Pepper
98 Michael McDowell Phil Parsons Racing Ford Phil Parsons Racing
99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford UPS
Official entry list

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. Turn 1 at Kentucky.jpg
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. Trouble in turn 1.jpg
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. Red flag at Kentucky (Take Two).jpg
Jeff Gordon, Carl Edwards, and the field are stopped on the front stretch because of a crash in turn 1.

Start

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.[ cleanup needed ]

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. Dale Jr - Pocono 400 2012.jpg
Dale Earnhardt Jr. won his first pole position of the year, setting a new qualifying speed record of 183.636 mph.
GridNo.DriverTeamManufacturerTimeSpeed
188 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.406183.636
299 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 29.459183.306
348 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.485183.144
418 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.574182.593
59 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 29.575182.587
611 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.615182.340
739 Ryan Newman Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 29.629182.254
82 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Ford 29.639182.192
955 Brian Vickers Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 29.683181.922
1042 Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 29.716181.720
1122 Joey Logano Penske Racing Ford 29.718181.708
1224 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.727181.653
1317 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 29.770181.391
1431 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Ford 29.775181.360
1515 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 29.808181.159
1620 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 29.816181.111
1747 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota 29.852180.892
1843 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 29.856180.868
1956 Martin Truex Jr. Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 29.862180.832
2016 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 29.873180.765
215 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29.894180.638
2229 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29.904180.578
231 Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 29.926180.445
2427 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.005179.970
2514 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 30.006179.964
2651 Austin Dillon Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 30.033179.802
2778 Kurt Busch Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 30.102179.390
2830 David Stremme Swan Racing Toyota 30.155179.075
2910 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 30.177178.944
3033 Landon Cassill Circle Sport Chevrolet 30.292178.265
3113 Casey Mears Germain Racing Ford 30.297178.235
327 Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 30.340177.983
3398 Michael McDowell Phil Parsons Racing Ford 30.386177.713
3438 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.425177.486
3536 J. J. Yeley Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 30.571176.638
3683 David Reutimann BK Racing Toyota 30.597176.488
3735 Josh Wise Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.615176.384
3834 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 30.622176.344
3919 Mike Bliss Humphrey Smith Racing Toyota 30.714175.816
4093 Travis Kvapil BK Racing Toyota 30.733175.707
4187 Joe Nemechek NEMCO-Jay Robinson Racing Toyota 30.816175.234
4244 Scott Riggs Xxxtreme Motorsports Ford 30.832175.143
4332 Ken Schrader FAS Lane Racing Ford 31.216172.988
Source: [7]

Race results

Matt Kenseth took his fourth race victory of the 2013 season. Matt-kenseth-bristol-2009.jpg
Matt Kenseth took his fourth race victory of the 2013 season.
PosGridNo.DriverTeamManufacturerLapsLedPoints 1
11620 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 2673847
2231 Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 267042
31515 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 267041
41122 Joey Logano Penske Racing Ford 267040
5418 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267039
62778 Kurt Busch Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 267038
71956 Martin Truex Jr. Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 267037
81224 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267036
9348 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 26718237
102229 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 267034
11215 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267033
12188 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 2671033
1359 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 267031
14739 Ryan Newman Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 267030
151843 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 267029
161042 Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 267028
171317 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 267027
183113 Casey Mears Germain Racing Ford 267127
191431 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 267025
202514 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 267024
21299 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 2673524
221747 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota 267022
232910 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet 267021
242651 Austin Dillon Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 26700 [2]
252830 David Stremme Swan Racing Toyota 267019
263834 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 265018
273683 David Reutimann BK Racing Toyota 263017
283438 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 262117
294232 Ken Schrader FAS Lane Racing Ford 262015
302427 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 259014
31955 Brian Vickers Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 24000 [2]
323536 J. J. Yeley Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 165012
3382 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Ford 153011
342016 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 151010
35611 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 14709
363033 Landon Cassill Circle Sport Chevrolet 10400 [2]
374187 Joe Nemechek NEMCO-Jay Robinson Racing Toyota 9500 [2]
383398 Michael McDowell Phil Parsons Racing Ford 8406
393735 Josh Wise Front Row Motorsports Ford 7700 [2]
40327 Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 6204
413919 Mike Bliss Humphrey Smith Racing Toyota 5700 [2]
424093 Travis Kvapil BK Racing Toyota 4702
434344 Scott Riggs Xxxtreme Motorsports Ford 600 3
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

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