2010 AAA 400

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2010 AAA 400
Race details [1] [2] [3] [4]
Race 28 of 36 in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
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Car 19 pitting during the race
Date September 26, 2010 (2010-09-26)
Location Dover International Speedway, Dover, Delaware
Course Permanent racing facility
1.0 mi (1.6 km)
Distance 400 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km)
Weather Showers with a high of 73; wind out of the ENE at 14 mph. There is a 40 percent chance of precipitation on race day.
Average speed 131.543 miles per hour (211.698 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Hendrick Motorsports
Time 23.116
Most laps led
Driver Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports
Laps 191
Winner
No. 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network ESPN
Announcers Marty Reid, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree

The 2010 AAA 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on September 26, 2010, at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. The 400 lap race was the twenty-eighth in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, as well as the second race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season. The race was won by Jimmie Johnson, of the Hendrick Motorsports team. Jeff Burton finished second, and Joey Logano, who started nineteenth, clinched third.

Contents

Pole position driver Jimmie Johnson maintained his lead on the first lap to begin the race, as A. J. Allmendinger, who started in the second position on the grid, remained behind him. Fourteen laps later Allmendinger became the leader of the race. Chase for the Sprint Cup participants Clint Bowyer, and Tony Stewart were in the top ten for most of the race, but in the closing laps all of them suffered spins or other problems. Afterward, Johnson became the leader of the race, once Allmendinger made a pit stop because of a loose wheel. Johnson maintained the first position to lead the most laps of 191, and to win his sixth race of the season.

There were four cautions and eighteen lead changes among ten different drivers throughout the course of the race. It was Jimmie Johnson's sixth win in the 2010 season, and the fifty-third of his career. The result moved Johnson up to second in the Drivers' Championship, thirty-five points behind Denny Hamlin and ten ahead of Kyle Busch. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, thirty-five ahead of Toyota and eighty ahead of Ford, with eight races remaining in the season. A total of 88,000 people attended the race, while 3.966 million watched it on television.

Report

Background

Dover International Speedway, the race track where the race was held. Dover International Raceway.jpg
Dover International Speedway, the race track where the race was held.

Dover International Speedway is one of five short tracks to hold NASCAR races; the others are Bristol Motor Speedway, Richmond International Raceway, Martinsville Speedway, and Phoenix International Raceway. [5] The NASCAR race makes use of the track's standard configuration, a four-turn short track oval that is 1 mile (1.6 km) long. [6] The track's turns are banked at twenty-four degrees. The front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at nine degrees with the backstretch. [6] The racetrack has seats for 135,000 spectators. [6]

Before the race, Denny Hamlin led the Drivers' Championship with 5,230 points, and Kevin Harvick stood in second with 5,185. Kyle Busch was third in the Drivers' Championship with 5,168, thirteen ahead of Jeff Gordon and twenty-four ahead of Kurt Busch in fourth and fifth. Jimmie Johnson with 5,138 was three points ahead of Carl Edwards, as Greg Biffle with 5,122 points, was four ahead of Jeff Burton, and sixteen in front of Tony Stewart. [7] Matt Kenseth and Clint Bowyer was eleventh and twelfth with 5,094 and 5,045 points. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with 197 points, thirty-two points ahead of their rival Toyota. Ford, with 123 points, was fourteen points ahead of Dodge in the battle for third. [8] Jimmie Johnson was the race's defending champion. [9]

Practice and qualifying

Three practice sessions were held before the Sunday race—one on Friday, and two on Saturday. The first session lasted 90 minutes, while the second session lasted 45 minutes. The third and final session lasted 60 minutes. [10] During the first practice session, Ryan Newman, for the Stewart Haas Racing team, was quickest ahead of Carl Edwards in second and Kasey Kahne in the third position. [11] Clint Bowyer was scored fourth and Greg Biffle managed fifth. [11] Matt Kenseth, Kyle Busch, A. J. Allmendinger, Mark Martin, and Jeff Gordon rounded out the top ten quickest drivers in the session. [11]

Forty-five cars were entered for qualifying, but only forty-three could race because of NASCAR's qualifying procedure. [12] Jimmie Johnson clinched his twenty-fifth pole position in the Sprint Cup Series, with a time of 23.116 seconds. [13] He was joined on the front row of the grid by A. J. Allmendinger. [13] Mark Martin qualified third, Martin Truex Jr. took fourth, and Denny Hamlin started fifth. [13] Tony Stewart, one of the drivers in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, qualified twenty-sixth, while Kevin Harvick was scored thirty-fourth. [13]

Jimmie Johnson won the pole position, after having a fastest time of 23.116 seconds. Jimmie Johnson Practice.JPG
Jimmie Johnson won the pole position, after having a fastest time of 23.116 seconds.

The three drivers that failed to qualify for the race were Ted Musgrave, Josh Wise, and Jeff Green. [13] Once the qualifying session ended, Johnson said, "This is certainly a step in the right direction for momentum. Last weekend, we ran much better than where we finished. It stinks that we finished where we did, but there is nothing we can really do about it." [14] Mark Martin, who originally qualified third, started forty-second, after having his time disallowed where the right rear shock exceeded the maximum allowable gas pressure. [14]

On the next morning, David Reutimann was quickest in the second practice session, ahead of Kyle Busch and Kurt Busch in second and third. [15] Juan Pablo Montoya was fourth quickest, and Jimmie Johnson took fifth. [15] Greg Biffle, Clint Bowyer, Jamie McMurray, Jeff Burton, and Jeff Gordon followed in the top-ten. [15] Other drivers in the chase, such as Carl Edwards, was twentieth, and Kevin Harvick, who was twenty-sixth. [15] During the third, and final practice session, Joey Logano, with a fastest time of 23.802, was quickest. [16] Clint Bowyer and Jeff Burton followed in second and third with times of 23.844 and 23.851 seconds. [16] Matt Kenseth managed to be fourth fastest, ahead of Martin Truex Jr. and Marcos Ambrose. [16] Denny Hamlin was scored seventh, Jimmie Johnson took eighth, A. J. Allmendinger was ninth, and Brad Keselowski. [16]

During the third practice session, Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick collided with each other. Once they both drove to the garage, they were talking out of anger from the comments that Denny Hamlin had about Clint Bowyer's penalty after New Hampshire. Once the argument ended, Denny Hamlin stated, "There really was just a lot of cursing. That's all that was being said. There was really nothing logical being said between the two teams." [17] Richard Childress, the owner of the Bowyer's racecar, commented, "When you're talking about comments, you can't win a pissing match with a skunk. There are two things I've learned. One thing is that. The other is that you don't throw stones if you live in a glass house." [17] Afterward, Robin Pemberton commented about the collision by saying, "They just got together in practice, and that's fine. Sometimes you get together in practice like that." [17]

Race

The race, the twenty-eighth out of a total of thirty-six in the season, began at 1:00 p.m. EDT and was televised live in the United States on ESPN. [1] Prior to the race, weather conditions were partly cloudy with the air temperature around 70 °F (21 °C). [18] Dan Schafer, pastor of Calvary Assembly of God in Hightstown, New Jersey, began pre-race ceremonies, by giving the invocation. Next, Mercury recording artist Jessie James performed the national anthem, and Marke Dickinson, senior vice president of AAA Mid-Atlantic, gave the command for drivers to start their engines. [18]

Jeff Burton managed to gain twenty-five positions to finish second in the race. Jeff Burton 2008 AT&T Chevy Impala.jpg
Jeff Burton managed to gain twenty-five positions to finish second in the race.

Jimmie Johnson retained his pole position lead into the first corner, followed by A. J. Allmendinger in the second position. Denny Hamlin, who started fourth, had fallen into fifth by the second lap. One lap later, Juan Pablo Montoya moved into fourth, as Ryan Newman emerged in twelfth. After the seventh lap, Johnson remained in first, as Jeff Gordon moved into thirteenth. Allmendinger emerged in first after passing Johnson on lap 14. Mark Martin had gained the most positions, with eleven, by the eighteenth lap. On lap 23, Allmendinger remained the leader ahead of Johnson and Martin Truex Jr. Allmendinger began putting other drivers a lap behind by lap 24, with Mike Bliss. After 28 consecutive laps under the green flag, Allmendinger was 1.2 second ahead of Johnson in the second position. Joe Nemechek was put a lap down on lap 31; Bobby Labonte followed Nemechek six laps later. [18]

Allmendinger's lead of 1.2 seconds was reduced to nothing when the pace car was on track for the first caution. It was given because a cover for one of a caution light's cover had loosened. When the drivers made pit stops, Allmendinger remained the leader, but Johnson lost three positions, falling to fifth. Tony Stewart was the only team to change only two tires, which resulted him to move toward the front of the grid. However, once the race resumed he was losing positions quickly. Gordon, who started fifteenth, had gained seven positions to eighth by lap 47. The second caution followed three laps later because David Reutimann collided into the wall after contact from Newman. Reutimann's car sustained only minor damages. Kevin Harvick went to pit road under the caution, in which afterward his rear tire changer fell and hurt his wrist. Allmendinger led on the restart, ahead of Martin Truex Jr. in second. On lap 61, Montoya moved into the third position after passing Greg Biffle. [18]

Johnson followed Montoya, by passing Biffle one lap later for fourth. After the sixty-sixth lap, Allmendinger had led more laps in the race so far than his 107 previous starts. Joey Logano, after starting nineteenth had moved to twelfth by lap 68. Five laps later, Hamlin fell to the eighth position. Stewart, who chose only two tire changes on his first pit stop, had fallen to twentieth after eighty laps. By lap 85, Allmendinger had a 2.9 second lead over Martin Truex Jr. Afterward, Scott Speed was put a lap down and Kurt Busch moved to the fifth spot. On lap 93, Johnson emerged in second after passing Montoya and Truex. Five laps later, Casey Mears went a lap down after Allmendinger passed him. After 104 laps, Carl Edwards rounded out the top-ten positions. [18]

Eight laps later, Allmendinger began green flag pit stops. Truex became the new leader, followed by Logano, Reed Sorenson, and Labonte. On lap 122, Allmendinger reclaimed the first position and extended his lead to over five seconds. On lap 138, Edwards moved to ninth while Truex remained second. Montoya maintained the seventh position until 145, when Edwards passed him. After 147 laps, Hamlin was running in sixth, and Jeff Gordon was tenth. By lap 155, Allmendinger had a 4.3 lead over second place. Clint Bowyer collided with the wall three laps later, and only sustained side damage. On lap 162, Johnson claimed the second position from Truex. Ten laps later, Johnson reclaimed the lead after Allmendinger fell to 27th while making a pit stop. On lap 186, the third caution was given when Matt Kenseth gathered damage from a flat tire because of missing the entrance of pit road. Johnson maintained the first position under the pit stops, ahead of Truex and Kyle Busch. One lap later, Gordon moved into third, as Hamlin fell to sixth. [18]

On lap 202, Kyle Busch reclaimed third away from Gordon. Truex had a loose wheel after pit stops, resulting in him coming to pit road. Once his pit stop completed, his rear axle broke. Edwards, then, passed Gordon for fifth, as Jeff Burton moved into fourth. On lap 219, Gordon had fallen to sixth while his teammate Jimmie Johnson had led sixty-four laps to this point in the race. After 230 laps, there were only nineteen drivers on the same lap as Johnson. Five laps later, Edwards passed Jeff Burton to move into fourth. Afterward, Paul Menard passed Jamie McMurray for the tenth position. By the 249th lap, Johnson had a 3.21 second lead, ahead of Kyle Busch, who collided with the wall once lap later. On lap 266, another set of green flag pit stops began. Afterward, Johnson led Kyle Busch by 1.95 seconds. On lap 290, debris prompted the fourth caution of the race. Kyle Busch passed Johnson during pit stops to lead on the restart. [18]

Two laps later, Logano passed Johnson for the second position. On lap 299, Kyle Busch had a 1.36 second lead over second place. Three laps later, Paul Menard moved into the seventh position while Kurt Busch challenged Jeff Burton for fourth. Johnson then moved into second after passing Logano on lap 320. Less than five laps later, Kevin Harvick complained to his crew about his car handling problems. Allmendinger, after his unscheduled pit stop earlier in the race, had moved up to tenth by lap 330. Seven laps later, Johnson reclaimed the first position from Kyle Busch. Afterward, Jeff Burton moved into the third position. Burton, then passed Kyle Busch for second seven laps later. By the 349th lap, Johnson has a 1.23 second lead over Burton, as Harvick made a pit stop. On lap 360, more green flag pit stops began, as Hamlin and Gordon made pit stops. Three laps later, Johnson made a pit stop, giving the lead to Edwards who subsequently made a pit stop himself, returning the lead to Johnson. On lap 371, McMurray moved into eleventh after Sam Hornish Jr.'s car ignited on pit road. Johnson had a lead of 2.37 seconds over Burton after pit stops ended. Jimmie Johnson maintained the lead to win his sixth race of the 2010 season. Jeff Burton finished second, ahead of Joey Logano in third and Kurt Busch in fourth. Carl Edwards clinched the fifth position, after starting tenth. [18] [19]

Post-race

"Obviously it was the weekend we would dream of. We got the pole, led the most laps and won the race. I had a great car and everybody did their jobs today. I was very pleased with the effort and it came at a good time obviously. We’ve got eight [races] to go and we’ll see where it goes from here."

Jimmie Johnson, speaking after the race. [20]

Jimmie Johnson appeared in victory lane after his victory lap to start celebrating his sixth win of the season, in front of a crowd of 88,000 people. [20] [21] Afterward, his crew chief, Chad Knaus said, "We really had our hands full this weekend." [20] He continued with, "We came in qualifying trim, and as we unloaded, the car wasn’t reacting the way we anticipated. So we had to make some pretty significant changes, and when it came time to qualify, we had to put a setup under there that Jimmie hadn’t felt yet. For race practice, we weren’t where we needed to be then either. Honestly, we could adjust the car and make it do some different things, but we couldn’t really make the car better. The difference today was definitely the driver." [20]

"It was a mediocre day. I hate that we didn’t run better, but we got close to where we wanted to be leaving Dover. It’s frustrating that we still can’t get a grasp on this race track and didn’t run as well as we did in the spring. But if you told me I’d be taking a 35 point lead out of Dover, I’d take it," said ninth-place finisher, Denny Hamlin. [20] Next, Jeff Burton, who finished second, said:

"We thought we had a really good car coming into the race today. We took off and struggled a little bit with rear grip, and worked all day to get the grip level right. About halfway through that next to last run, my car got really happy and took off. I’m proud of us for getting the car right at the right time. About 15 laps into that next to last run, Jimmie cleared Logano and got really fast. He was just a little quicker than we were today." [20]

Hamlin maintained the Drivers' championship lead with 5,368 points. [22] Johnson stood in second, thirty five points behind Hamlin, and ten ahead of Kyle Busch. [22] Kurt Busch, after finishing fourth in the race, remained in the fourth position with 5,309 points. [22] Kevin Harvick was fifth, as Carl Edwards, Burton, Jeff Gordon, Greg Biffle, and Tony Stewart followed in the top-ten positions. [22] The final two positions available in the Chase for the Sprint Cup was occupied with Matt Kenseth in eleventh and Clint Bowyer in twelfth. [22] In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet maintained their lead with 206 points. [8] Toyota remained second with 171 points. [8] Ford followed with 126 points, thirteen points ahead of Dodge in fourth. [8] 3.966 million people watched the race on television. [23] The race took three hours, two minutes and twenty-seven seconds to complete, and the margin of victory was 2.637 seconds. [19]

Results

Qualifying

NoDriverTeamManufacturerTimeSpeedGrid
48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 23.116155.7361
43 A. J. Allmendinger Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 23.130155.6422
56 Martin Truex Jr. Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 23.173155.3533
11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 23.178155.3204
42 Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 23.218155.0525
16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 23.221155.0326
1 Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 23.221155.0327
2 Kurt Busch Penske Racing Dodge 23.252154.8258
98 Paul Menard Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 23.261154.7669
99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 23.271154.69910
18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 23.283154.61911
83 Reed Sorenson Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 23.283154.61912
39 Ryan Newman Stewart Haas Racing Chevrolet 23.287154.59313
17 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford 23.296154.53314
24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 23.298154.52015
9 Kasey Kahne Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 23.314154.41416
00 David Reutimann Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 23.321154.36717
78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 23.324154.34818
20 Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 23.342154.22819
82 Scott Speed Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 23.358154.12320
77 Sam Hornish Jr. Penske Racing Dodge 23.364154.08321
19 Elliott Sadler Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 23.371154.03722
47 Marcos Ambrose JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota 23.374154.01723
33 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 23.377153.99724
14 Tony Stewart Stewart Haas Racing Chevrolet 23.416153.74125
13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Toyota 23.419153.72126
31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 23.425153.68227
87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota 23.428153.66228
6 David Ragan Roush Fenway Racing Ford 23.429153.65629
34 Travis Kvapil Front Row Motorsports Ford 23.480153.32230
12 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Dodge 23.483153.30231
88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 23.497153.21132
29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 23.522153.04833
09 Bobby Labonte Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 23.531152.99034
38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 23.536152.95735
81 J. J. Yeley Whitney Motorsports Dodge 23.538152.94436
36 Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 23.597152.56237
55 Mike Bliss Prism Motorsports Toyota 23.617152.43338
71 Landon Cassill TRG Motorsports Chevrolet 23.629152.35539
7 Kevin Conway Robby Gordon Motorsports Toyota 23.952150.30140
37 Tony Raines Front Row Motorsports Ford 24.048149.70141
5 Mark Martin Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 23.142155.56142
46 Michael McDowell Whitney Motorsports Dodge 23.716151.79643
Failed to qualify
26 Jeff Green Latitude 43 Motorsports Ford 23.735151.675
64 Josh Wise Gunselman Motorsports Toyota 23.913150.546
66 Ted Musgrave Prism Motorsports Toyota 24.083149.483
Source: [13]

Race results

PosGridCarDriverTeamManufacturerLaps RunPoints
1148 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 4001952
22731 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 400170
31920 Joey Logano Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 4001701
482 Kurt Busch Penske Racing Dodge 4001651
51099 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 4001601
61118 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 4001551
7998 Paul Menard Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 400146
81339 Ryan Newman Stewart Haas Racing Chevrolet 400142
9411 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 400138
10243 A. J. Allmendinger Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 4001391
111524 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400130
12425 Mark Martin Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400127
1371 Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 400124
14542 Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 400121
153329 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 400118
161283 Reed Sorenson Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 4001201
172219 Elliott Sadler Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 400112
181417 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford 400109
19616 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 400106
202347 Marcos Ambrose JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota 400103
212514 Tony Stewart Stewart Haas Racing Chevrolet 398100
223112 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Dodge 39897
233288 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39794
24296 David Ragan Roush Fenway Racing Ford 39791
252433 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 39788
261878 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 39785
273409 Bobby Labonte Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 397871
28169 Kasey Kahne Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 39679
292613 Casey Mears Germain Racing Toyota 39576
303538 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 395781
314137 Tony Raines Front Row Motorsports Ford 39470
322082 Scott Speed Red Bull Racing Team Toyota 39367
333034 Travis Kvapil Front Row Motorsports Ford 38864
34356 Martin Truex Jr. Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 383661
351700 David Reutimann Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 37358
362177 Sam Hornish Jr. Penske Racing Dodge 34955
37407 Kevin Conway Robby Gordon Motorsports Toyota 12952
383971 Landon Cassill TRG Motorsports Chevrolet 12649
394346 Michael McDowell Whitney Motorsports Dodge 7146
403855 Mike Bliss Prism Motorsports Toyota 6043
412887 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota 5840
423681 J. J. Yeley Whitney Motorsports Dodge 4337
433736 Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 2934
Source: [4] [19] [24]
1 Includes five bonus points for leading a lap
2 Includes ten bonus points for leading the most laps

Standings after the race

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The 2012 Budweiser Shootout was the first exhibition stock car race of the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The 34th annual running of the Budweiser Shootout, it was held on February 18, 2012 at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, before a crowd of 82,000 people. Kyle Busch of the Joe Gibbs Racing team won the 82-lap race. It was Busch's first victory in the event; Stewart-Haas Racing driver Tony Stewart finished second with Richard Petty Motorsports racer Marcos Ambrose third.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series</span> 65th season of NASCAR stock-car racing

The 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series was the 65th season of NASCAR professional stock car racing in the United States and the 42nd modern-era Cup season. The season began on February 16, 2013, at Daytona International Speedway, with the Sprint Unlimited, followed by the Daytona 500 on February 24. The season ended with the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 17.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2013 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race</span> 29th iteration of the NASCAR All-Star Race

The 2013 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on May 18, 2013, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 90 laps, the it was the second exhibition race of the 2013 Sprint Cup Series season. Jimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports took his record fourth All-Star Race victory, while Joey Logano finished second. Kyle Busch, Kasey Kahne, and Kurt Busch rounded out the top five.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2013 Coke Zero 400</span> Motor car race

The 2013 Coke Zero 400 powered by Coca-Cola was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on July 6, 2013, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Contested over 161 laps, it was the eighteenth race of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Jimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports won the race, his fourth win of the season and his first Coke Zero 400 win, rendering him the first driver since Bobby Allison in 1982 to sweep the Daytona 500 and Coke Zero 400 in the same year. Tony Stewart finished second while Kevin Harvick, Clint Bowyer, and Michael Waltrip rounded out the top five.

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