The 2013 Quaker State 400 presented by Advance Auto Parts was a
NASCAR
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Sprint Cup Series
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stock car
race
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scheduled to be held on June 29, 2013, at
Kentucky Speedway in
Sparta
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,
Kentucky
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,
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, but was postponed to June 30 because of persistent rain. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km)
tri-oval
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, it was the seventeenth race of the
2013 Sprint Cup Series championship.
Matt Kenseth
Matthew Roy Kenseth (born March 10, 1972) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He drives the No. 8 car in the Superstar Racing Experience. (SRX)
Kenseth started racing on several short tracks in Wisconsin and won track cha ...
of
Joe Gibbs Racing
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won the race, his fourth win of the 2013 season, while
Jamie McMurray
James Christopher McMurray (born June 3, 1976), nicknamed Jamie Mac, is an American former professional stock car racing driver and currently an analyst for '' Fox NASCAR''. He raced in the NASCAR Cup Series on a full-time basis from 2003 to 2018 ...
finished second.
Clint Bowyer
Clinton Edward Bowyer (born May 30, 1979) is an American former professional stock car racing driver and commentator for ''NASCAR on Fox''.
He competed in the NASCAR Cup Series from 2005 to 2020, driving for Richard Childress Racing for eight yea ...
,
Joey Logano
Joseph Thomas Logano (born May 24, 1990), is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 22 Ford Mustang for Team Penske, and part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Ser ...
, and
Kyle Busch
Kyle Thomas Busch (born May 2, 1985) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 8 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Richard Childress Racing and part-time ...
rounded out the top five.
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.
During the first practice session,
Kevin Harvick
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Harvick is the 2014 Cup Series champion, ...
, for the
Richard Childress Racing team, was quickest ahead of
Jimmie Johnson
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in second and
Brad Keselowski
Bradley Aaron Keselowski (; born February 12, 1984) is an American professional stock car racing driver, team owner, and entrepreneur. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 6 Ford Mustang for RFK Racing, a team he also ...
in third.
Kurt Busch was scored fourth, and
Jeff Gordon
Jeffery Michael Gordon (born August 4, 1971) is an American former professional stock car racing driver, who is the Vice Chairman for Hendrick Motorsports. He raced full-time from 1993 to 2015, driving the No. 24 Chevrolet for Hendrick M ...
managed fifth.
Kyle Busch
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,
Brian Vickers
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,
Juan Pablo Montoya
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He won the International F3000 championship in 1998, the CART FedEx Championship Series in 1999 in his debut year in the series, and the IMSA WeatherTech ...
,
Paul Menard
John Paul Christian Menard (born August 21, 1980) is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver who last competed part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 66 Toyota Tundra for ThorSport Racing.
M ...
, and
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. rounded out the top ten quickest drivers in the session.
In the final practice session for the race, Johnson was quickest with a time of 29.819 seconds.
Carl Edwards
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followed in second, ahead of Kyle Busch and Gordon in third and fourth.
Jeff Burton
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, who was twelfth quickest in second practice,
managed fifth.
During qualifying,
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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clinched his twelfth career
pole position,
with a record lap time of 29.406 seconds and a speed of .
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."
He was joined on the front row of the
grid
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by Edwards.
Johnson qualified third, Kyle Busch took fourth, and
Marcos Ambrose
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In 2006, Ambrose relocated to the Un ...
started fifth.
Denny Hamlin
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,
Ryan Newman, Keselowski, Vickers, and Montoya completed the first ten positions on the grid.
Race
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
Carl Michael Edwards II (born August 15, 1979) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He last competed in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, driving the No. 19 Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing. Prior to that, he drove the No. ...
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
Bradley Aaron Keselowski (; born February 12, 1984) is an American professional stock car racing driver, team owner, and entrepreneur. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 6 Ford Mustang for RFK Racing, a team he also ...
,
Greg Biffle,
Kurt Busch and others were involved in the incident, it started with
Brad Keselowski
Bradley Aaron Keselowski (; born February 12, 1984) is an American professional stock car racing driver, team owner, and entrepreneur. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 6 Ford Mustang for RFK Racing, a team he also ...
spinning in the grass, and took out multiple cars, The red flag was displayed with
Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Kenneth Johnson (born September 17, 1975) is an American professional auto racing driver. A seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, he competes part-time in the series driving for Petty GMS Motorsports. Johnson's seven Cup championships, ...
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
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blew a tire and brought out the fifth caution,
Kasey Kahne
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won the free pass, The race restarted on lap 94. The fifth caution of the race came out on lap 149,
Jeff Gordon
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won the free pass under caution. The race restarted on lap 154,
Jimmie Johnson
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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
Matthew Roy Kenseth (born March 10, 1972) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He drives the No. 8 car in the Superstar Racing Experience. (SRX)
Kenseth started racing on several short tracks in Wisconsin and won track cha ...
won his first race at Kentucky.
Results
Qualifying
Race results
![Matt-kenseth-bristol-2009](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Matt-kenseth-bristol-2009.jpg)
;Notes:
:1. Points include 3
Chase for the Sprint Cup
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points for winning, 1 point for leading a lap, and 1 point for most laps led.
:2. Ineligible for driver's championship points.
:3. Post entry, driver and owner did not score 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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Quaker State 400
The Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart, commonly known as simply the Quaker State 400, was a annual NASCAR Cup Series race held at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky. The inaugural event was held on July 9, 2011 and was won by Kyle Bus ...
Quaker State 400
The Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart, commonly known as simply the Quaker State 400, was a annual NASCAR Cup Series race held at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky. The inaugural event was held on July 9, 2011 and was won by Kyle Bus ...
Quaker State 400
The Quaker State 400 presented by Walmart, commonly known as simply the Quaker State 400, was a annual NASCAR Cup Series race held at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Kentucky. The inaugural event was held on July 9, 2011 and was won by Kyle Bus ...
NASCAR races at Kentucky Speedway