The 2013 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen was a

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Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on August 11 at

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in Watkins Glen,

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. Contested over 90 laps on the 2.45-mile (4.023 km) road course, it was the twenty-second race of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.

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of Joe Gibbs Racing won the race, his third of the season, while Brad Keselowski finished second.

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, Carl Edwards and Juan Pablo Montoya rounded out the top five. This was the first NASCAR race since the 1998 NAPA 500 without 5-Time Watkins Glen winner

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on the grid.

Report

Background

is one of two road courses to hold

races, the other being Sonoma Raceway. The standard short road course at Watkins Glen International is a 7-turn course that is long; the track was modified in 1992, adding ''the Inner Loop'', which lengthened the long course to and the short course to the current length of . Marcos Ambrose was the defending race winner after winning the race in

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and

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. On August 6, it was announced that

would not be participating after breaking both bones in his right leg in a Sprint car accident at Southern Iowa Speedway in

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, on the night of August 5. Instead, road racing veteran

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would step in and replace Stewart for the Watkins Glen event, with future drivers to be decided for the next four or five oval races. This marked the first race since his debut in the

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that a Sprint Cup race did not have Stewart in the field, ending a streak of 521 straight starts for Stewart.

Entry list

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

Practice and qualifying

Qualifying order

''Source:'' Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8

Race

Start

The race was scheduled to start at 1:18 p.m. EDT, Marcos Ambrose led the field to the green flag on lap 1.

1st caution, restart and wreck

The first caution came out on lap 15 for a crash by

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in the back straightaway, the race restarted on lap 19, a couple of laps later, the second caution came out for a multi-car crash in the straightaway, by lap 41, the race was red flagged for seven minutes for cleanup on the track, the race restarted on lap 43.

Quarter mark

The third caution came out when

spun into the tires, and was out of gas, the race restarted on lap 63, A couple of laps later, the fourth caution came out for a wreck again on lap 80, some cars were involved in the crash, the race restarted on lap 86, and the fifth caution came out on lap 85 for a crash by Marcos Ambrose, The race restarted on lap 88, and

won his race at Watkins-Glen.

Results

Qualifying

Race results

;Notes: :# Points include 3 Chase for the Sprint Cup points for winning, 1 point for leading a lap, and 1 point for most laps led. :# Ineligible for drivers' championship points.

Standings after the race

;Drivers' championship standings ;Manufacturers' championship standings *Note: Only the first ten positions are included for the driver standings.

References

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