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of A. J. Foyt Enterprises.

Report

Background

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. The defending race winner was Will Power.

Qualifying

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won his first

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of 2013 after posting a qualifying lap speed of and a time of 1:07.2379. Ryan Hunter-Reay started in second with a speed of , while Will Power and

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was penalized for interference, and did not advance, starting in 26th.

Starting grid

Race

Pole-sitter

dominated the first 28 laps before falling behind Will Power. Power led until lap 30, in which he pitted, giving the lead to

, who did not relinquish the lead for the rest of the race to win his first career race in 52 starts, becoming the first Japanese driver to win an IndyCar Series race. The win was A. J. Foyt Enterprises' first victory since Airton Daré won the Ameristar Casino Indy 200 at Kansas in

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. Graham Rahal finished second, Justin Wilson and Franchitti finished third and fourth, respectively.

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and Hélio Castroneves rounded out the top ten.

Results

Takuma Sato (Long Beach Grand Prix 2013)

;Notes: Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.

Standings after the race

* Note: Only the top ten positions are included.

References

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