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.

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!{{Tooltip|No.|Car number}}

!Driver

!Team

!Manufacturer

!Sponsor

1

|Jamie McMurray

|Earnhardt Ganassi Racing

|Chevrolet

|McDonald's

2

|Brad Keselowski

|Penske Racing

|Ford

|Miller Lite

5

|Kasey Kahne

|Hendrick Motorsports

|Chevrolet

|Time Warner Cable

7

|Dave Blaney

|Tommy Baldwin Racing

|Chevrolet

|Tommy Baldwin Racing

9

|Marcos Ambrose

|Richard Petty Motorsports

|Ford

|Mac Tools

10

|Danica Patrick (R)

|Stewart–Haas Racing

|Chevrolet

|GoDaddy.com

11

|Denny Hamlin

|Joe Gibbs Racing

|Toyota

|FedEx Office

13

|Casey Mears

|Germain Racing

|Ford

|GEICO

14

|Mark Martin

|Stewart–Haas Racing

|Chevrolet

|Bass Pro Shops / Mobil 1

15

|Clint Bowyer

|Michael Waltrip Racing

|Toyota

|Sour Apple Extra Strength 5-hour Energy

16

|Greg Biffle

|Roush Fenway Racing

|Ford

|3M Hire Our Heroes

17

|Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (R)

|Roush Fenway Racing

|Ford

|Ford EcoBoost

18

|Kyle Busch

|Joe Gibbs Racing

|Toyota

|Snickers

20

|Matt Kenseth

|Joe Gibbs Racing

|Toyota

|The Home Depot "Let's Do This"

21

|Trevor Bayne (i)

|Wood Brothers Racing

|Ford

|Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center

22

|Joey Logano

|Penske Racing

|Ford

|AAA

24

|Jeff Gordon

|Hendrick Motorsports

|Chevrolet

|Drive to End Hunger

27

|Paul Menard

|Richard Childress Racing

|Chevrolet

|Quaker State / Menards

29

|Kevin Harvick

|Richard Childress Racing

|Chevrolet

|Budweiser

30

|Parker Kligerman (i)

|Swan Racing

|Toyota

|Swan Energy / Lean1

31

|Jeff Burton

|Richard Childress Racing

|Chevrolet

|Caterpillar

32

|Timmy Hill (R)

|FAS Lane Racing

|Ford

|U.S. Chrome

33

|Austin Dillon (i)

|Richard Childress Racing

|Chevrolet

|Boot Barn

34

|David Ragan

|Front Row Motorsports

|Ford

|[https://safercar.gov SaferCar.gov]

35

|Josh Wise (i)

|Front Row Motorsports

|Ford

|MDS Transport

36

|J. J. Yeley

|Tommy Baldwin Racing

|Chevrolet

|Accell Construction

38

|David Gilliland

|Front Row Motorsports

|Ford

|Long John Silver's

39

|Ryan Newman

|Stewart–Haas Racing

|Chevrolet

|Outback Steakhouse

40

|Landon Cassill (i)

|Circle Sport

|Chevrolet

|Pirate Oilfield Services

42

|Juan Pablo Montoya

|Earnhardt Ganassi Racing

|Chevrolet

|Target

43

|Aric Almirola

|Richard Petty Motorsports

|Ford

|Farmland

47

|Bobby Labonte

|JTG Daugherty Racing

|Toyota

|Clorox

48

|Jimmie Johnson

|Hendrick Motorsports

|Chevrolet

|Lowe's

51

|Kyle Larson (i)

|HScott Motorsports

|Chevrolet

|Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau

55

|Elliott Sadler (i)

|Michael Waltrip Racing

|Toyota

|Aaron's Dream Machine

56

|Martin Truex Jr.

|Michael Waltrip Racing

|Toyota

|NAPA Auto Parts

78

|Kurt Busch

|Furniture Row Racing

|Chevrolet

|Furniture Row / Denver Mattress

83

|David Reutimann

|BK Racing

|Toyota

|Burger King / Dr Pepper

87

|Joe Nemechek (i)

|NEMCO-Jay Robinson Racing

|Toyota

|NEMCO-Jay Robinson Racing

88

|Dale Earnhardt Jr.

|Hendrick Motorsports

|Chevrolet

|AMP Energy Gold / 7-Eleven

93

|Travis Kvapil

|BK Racing

|Toyota

|Dr Pepper / Burger King

98

|Michael McDowell

|Phil Parsons Racing

|Ford

|Phil Parsons Racing

99

|Carl Edwards

|Roush Fenway Racing

|Ford

|Aflac

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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