2013 AAA Texas 500
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{{Infobox NASCAR race report
| Type = NAS
| Race Name = AAA Texas 500
| Details ref = {{cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/racing/schedule/_/year/2013 | title=2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Schedule | publisher=ESPN | access-date=November 3, 2013}}{{cite web | url=http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2013/11/01/coors-light-pole-award-texas-motor-speedway.html | title=Edwards wins Coors Light pole at Texas | publisher=NASCAR | date=November 1, 2013 | access-date=November 3, 2013 | author=Spencer, Reid}}{{cite web|title=Weather information for the 2013 AAA Texas 500|url=http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/TX/Fort%20Worth/2013-11-03|publisher=The Old Farmers' Almanac|access-date=November 12, 2013}}
| Fulldate = {{Start date|2013|11|03}}
| Year =
| Race_No = 34
| Season_No = 36
| Image = TexasMotorSpeedway.svg
| image-size = 200px
| image-alt =
| Caption = Simple line diagram of Texas Motor Speedway track layout
| Location = Texas Motor Speedway
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
| Course_mi = 1.5
| Course_km = 2.4
| Distance_laps = 334
| Distance_mi = 501
| Distance_km = 806.3
| Weather = Temperatures reaching up to {{convert|71.1|F|C}}; wind speeds up to {{convert|13|mph|km/h}}
| Avg =
| Pole_Driver = Carl Edwards
| Pole_Team = Roush Fenway Racing
| Pole_Time = 27.535 seconds (196.114 mph)
| Most_Driver = Jimmie Johnson
| Most_Team = Hendrick Motorsports
| Most_laps = 255
| Car = 48
| First_Driver = Jimmie Johnson
| First_Team = Hendrick Motorsports
| Network = ESPN
| Announcers = Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree
| Ratings =
}}
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.
Report
= Entry list =
(R) - Denotes rookie driver.
(i) - Denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
!{{Tooltip|No.|Car number}} !Driver !Team !Manufacturer !Sponsor |
| 1 |
| 2
|Ford |
| 5 |
| 7 |
| 9
|Ford |
| 10
|Danica Patrick (R) |
| 11 |
| 13
|Ford |
| 14 |
| 15 |
| 16
|Ford |
| 17
|Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (R) |Ford |
| 18 |
| 20
|The Home Depot "Let's Do This" |
| 21
|Trevor Bayne (i) |Ford |Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center |
| 22
|Ford |AAA |
| 24 |
| 27 |
| 29 |
| 30
|Parker Kligerman (i) |Swan Energy / Lean1 |
| 31 |
| 32
|Timmy Hill (R) |Ford |U.S. Chrome |
| 33
|Austin Dillon (i) |
| 34
|Ford |[https://safercar.gov SaferCar.gov] |
| 35
|Josh Wise (i) |Ford |MDS Transport |
| 36
|Accell Construction |
| 38
|Ford |
| 39 |
| 40
|Landon Cassill (i) |Pirate Oilfield Services |
| 42 |
| 43
|Ford |
| 47 |
| 48 |
| 51
|Kyle Larson (i) |Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau |
| 55
|Elliott Sadler (i) |
| 56 |
| 78
|Furniture Row / Denver Mattress |
| 83 |
| 87
|Joe Nemechek (i) |
| 88 |
| 93 |
| 98
|Ford |
| 99
|Ford |
| colspan="5" |[https://web.archive.org/web/20131102074302/http://www.jayski.com/stats/2013/pdfs/34tms2013entry.pdf 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.{{cite web|title=Texas Storylines: 2013 AAA Texas 500|url=http://robertsnascarnotes.blogspot.ca/2013/10/texas-storylines-2013-aaa-texas-500.html|publisher=Blogspot|access-date=January 27, 2015}}
=Top ten finishers=
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| Pos{{cite web|title=Finishers' information for the 2013 AAA Texas 500|url=http://racing-reference.info/race/2013_AAA_Texas_500/W|publisher=Racing Reference|access-date=January 27, 2015}}
! Grid ! {{Tooltip|No.|Car number}} ! Driver ! Manufacturer ! {{Tooltip|Laps|Number of laps completed}} ! {{Tooltip|Laps led|Number of laps led}} |
|---|
| 1
| 3 || 48 || Jimmie Johnson || Chevrolet || 334 || 255 |
| 2
| 7 || 88 || Dale Earnhardt Jr. || Chevrolet || 334 || 0 |
| 3
| 12 || 22 || Joey Logano || Ford || 334 || 1 |
| 4
| 6 || 20 || Matt Kenseth || Toyota || 334 || 3 |
| 5
| 11 || 5 || Kasey Kahne || Chevrolet || 334 || 0 |
| 6
| 2 || 2 || Brad Keselowski || Ford || 334 || 30 |
| 7
| 14 || 11 || Denny Hamlin || Toyota || 334 || 0 |
| 8
| 19 || 29 || Kevin Harvick || Chevrolet || 334 || 0 |
| 9
| 13 || 39 || Ryan Newman || Chevrolet || 334 || 2 |
| 10
| 26 || 15 || Clint Bowyer || Toyota || 334 || 0 |
References
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| Season = 2013
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