2013 AAA Texas 500

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AAA Texas 500
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Race 34 of 36 in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
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Simple line diagram of Texas Motor Speedway track layout
Date November 3, 2013 (2013-11-03)
Location Texas Motor Speedway
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Course Permanent racing facility
1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance 334 laps, 501 mi (806.3 km)
Weather Temperatures reaching up to 71.1 °F (21.7 °C); wind speeds up to 13 miles per hour (21 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Roush Fenway Racing
Time 27.535 seconds (196.114 mph)
Most laps led
Driver Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports
Laps 255
Winner
No. 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network ESPN
Announcers Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree

The 2013 AAA Texas 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on November 3, 2013, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, United States.

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 McDonald's
2 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Ford Miller Lite
5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Time Warner Cable
7 Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet Tommy Baldwin Racing
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 GEICO
14 Mark Martin Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Mobil 1
15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota Sour Apple Extra Strength 5-hour Energy
16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 3M Hire Our Heroes
17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (R) Roush Fenway Racing Ford Ford EcoBoost
18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Snickers
20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota The Home Depot "Let's Do This"
21 Trevor Bayne (i) Wood Brothers Racing Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center
22 Joey Logano Penske Racing Ford AAA
24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Drive to End Hunger
27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Quaker State / Menards
29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Budweiser
30 Parker Kligerman (i) Swan Racing Toyota Swan Energy / Lean1
31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Caterpillar
32 Timmy Hill (R) FAS Lane Racing Ford U.S. Chrome
33 Austin Dillon (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Boot Barn
34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford SaferCar.gov
35 Josh Wise (i) Front Row Motorsports Ford MDS Transport
36 J. J. Yeley Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet Accell Construction
38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford Long John Silver's
39 Ryan Newman Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet Outback Steakhouse
40 Landon Cassill (i) Circle Sport Chevrolet Pirate Oilfield Services
42 Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet Target
43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford Farmland
47 Bobby Labonte JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota Clorox
48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Lowe's
51 Kyle Larson (i) HScott Motorsports Chevrolet Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau
55 Elliott Sadler (i) Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine
56 Martin Truex Jr. Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota NAPA Auto Parts
78 Kurt Busch Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet Furniture Row / Denver Mattress
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 AMP Energy Gold / 7-Eleven
93 Travis Kvapil BK Racing Toyota Dr Pepper / Burger King
98 Michael McDowell Phil Parsons Racing Ford Phil Parsons Racing
99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford Aflac
Official entry list

Summary

Contested over 334 laps, it was the thirty-fourth, and the eighth race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup during the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Jimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports won the race, his sixth win of the season, while Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished second and Joey Logano finished third.

Kyle Busch, Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth were considered the most likely to win this race according to the pundits while Brad Keselowski, Elliott Sadler and Juan Pablo Montoya were considered the extreme underdogs. Some of the racing experts predicted that Jeff Gordon, Denny Hamlin and Greg Biffle would initially make great lap times during the race but would ultimately falter in the end.

Before the race, the championship lead would be split between Kenseth and Johnson. With three racing remaining, it looked like a tiebreaker would have been needed if the stalemate had carried over into Homestead-Miami. [4]

Top ten finishers

Pos [5] GridNo.DriverManufacturerLapsLaps led
1348 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 334255
2788 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 3340
31222 Joey Logano Ford 3341
4620 Matt Kenseth Toyota 3343
5115 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 3340
622 Brad Keselowski Ford 33430
71411 Denny Hamlin Toyota 3340
81929 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 3340
91339 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 3342
102615 Clint Bowyer Toyota 3340

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