# 2013 Coke Zero 400

The 2013 Coke Zero 400 powered by Coca-Cola was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on July 6, 2013, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Contested over 161 laps, it was the eighteenth race of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Jimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports won the race, his fourth win of the season and his first Coke Zero 400 win, rendering him the first driver since Bobby Allison in 1982 to sweep the Daytona 500 and Coke Zero 400 in the same year. Tony Stewart finished second while Kevin Harvick, Clint Bowyer, and Michael Waltrip rounded out the top five.

## Report
### Background

Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees. The backstretch, which has a length of 3,000 feet, has minimal banking that is used for drainage. Tony Stewart was the defending race winner.
Before the race, Jimmie Johnson was leading the Drivers' Championship with 610 points, while Carl Edwards stood in second with 572 points. Bowyer followed in the third with 569, twenty-five points ahead of Kevin Harvick and forty-one ahead of Matt Kenseth in fourth and fifth. Dale Earnhardt Jr., with 512, was in sixth; twelve ahead of Kyle Busch, who was scored seventh. Eighth-placed Martin Truex Jr. was one point ahead of Greg Biffle and eleven ahead of Joey Logano in ninth and tenth. Kasey Kahne was eleventh with 478, while Jeff Gordon completed the first twelve positions with 477 points. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with 119 points, nine points ahead of Toyota. Ford was third with 87 points.

### Entry list

(R) - Denotes rookie driver.
(i) - Denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
| No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Sponsor |
| 1 | Jamie McMurray | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | Cessna |
| 2 | Brad Keselowski | Penske Racing | Ford | Miller Lite |
| 5 | Kasey Kahne | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | HendrickCars.com |
| 7 | Dave Blaney | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | Florida Lottery |
| 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | Stanley Tools / DeWalt |
| 10 | Danica Patrick (R) | Stewart–Haas Racing | Chevrolet | GoDaddy.com |
| 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | FedEx Ground |
| 13 | Casey Mears | Germain Racing | Ford | GEICO |
| 14 | Tony Stewart | Stewart–Haas Racing | Chevrolet | Bass Pro Shops / Ducks Unlimited |
| 15 | Clint Bowyer | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | Blue DEF Diesel Exhaust Fluid |
| 16 | Greg Biffle | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 3M |
| 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (R) | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | Fifth Third Bank |
| 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | Interstate Batteries |
| 20 | Matt Kenseth | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | The Home Depot / Husky Tools |
| 21 | Trevor Bayne (i) | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center |
| 22 | Joey Logano | Penske Racing | Ford | Shell / Pennzoil |
| 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | Axalta |
| 27 | Paul Menard | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | Rheem / Menards |
| 29 | Kevin Harvick | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | Budweiser / Folds of Honor |
| 30 | David Stremme | Swan Racing | Toyota | Lean1 |
| 31 | Jeff Burton | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | Kwikset |
| 32 | Terry Labonte | FAS Lane Racing | Ford | C&J Energy Services |
| 33 | Landon Cassill (i) | Circle Sport | Chevrolet | Little Joe's Autos |
| 34 | David Ragan | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | Peanut Patch Boiled Peanuts |
| 35 | Josh Wise (i) | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | MDS Transport |
| 36 | J. J. Yeley | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | Golden Corral |
| 38 | David Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | Long John Silver's |
| 39 | Ryan Newman | Stewart–Haas Racing | Chevrolet | Outback Steakhouse |
| 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | Target |
| 43 | Aric Almirola | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | U. S. Air Force |
| 47 | Bobby Labonte | JTG Daugherty Racing | Toyota | Scott Products |
| 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | Lowe's Dover White |
| 51 | A. J. Allmendinger | Phoenix Racing | Chevrolet | Phoenix Construction |
| 55 | Michael Waltrip | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | Aaron's Dream Machine |
| 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | NAPA Batteries |
| 78 | Kurt Busch | Furniture Row Racing | Chevrolet | Furniture Row / Sealy |
| 83 | David Reutimann | BK Racing | Toyota | Burger King / Dr Pepper |
| 87 | Joe Nemechek (i) | NEMCO-Jay Robinson Racing | Toyota | RoyalTeakCollection.com |
| 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | National Guard |
| 93 | Travis Kvapil | BK Racing | Toyota | Burger King / Dr Pepper |
| 95 | Scott Speed | Leavine Family Racing | Ford | Leavine Family Racing |
| 98 | Michael McDowell | Phil Parsons Racing | Ford | Phil Parsons Racing |
| 99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | Subway |
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### Practice and qualifying

Two practice sessions were held on July 4, 2013, in preparation for the race. The first session lasted for 80 minutes, while second session was 85 minutes long. Prior to the first practice session, NASCAR officials discovered illegal roof flaps in 16 cars. Every Joe Gibbs Racing, Roush Fenway Racing, Michael Waltrip Racing and Penske Racing cars were involved, along with Jamie McMurray, Marcos Ambrose, Casey Mears, Aric Almirola and Trevor Bayne.
During the first practice session, A.J. Allmendinger, for the Phoenix Racing team, was quickest ahead of Bowyer in second and Edwards in third. Juan Pablo Montoya was scored fourth, and Earnhardt Jr. managed fifth. Paul Menard, Danica Patrick, Denny Hamlin, Ambrose, and Johnson rounded out the top ten quickest drivers in the session. In the final practice session for the race, David Reutimann was the quickest of the seventeen drivers who participated. David Ragan followed in second, ahead of Ambrose and Jeff Gordon in third and fourth. Michael Waltrip, who was thirty-sixth quickest in second practice, managed fifth.
During qualifying, Kyle Busch clinched his thirteenth career pole position with a lap time of 46.458 seconds and a speed of 193.723 mph (311.767 km/h). After his qualifying run, Kyle Busch said, "I've not had many opportunities for me to win poles at restrictor-plate races, so I've got to thank the team, all the guys at Joe Gibbs Racing that did such a good job building a slick race car. It's a team effort coming to these places and having great race cars. I'm really excited to be starting up front, especially with my teammate Matt Kenseth on the front row with us." He was joined on the front row of the grid by Kenseth. Bowyer qualified third, Kahne took fourth, and Truex Jr. started fifth. Menard, Waltrip, Johnson, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., and Biffle completed the first ten positions on the grid.

### Race

Kyle Busch started on pole, but Matt Kenseth led the first lap. Busch would then re-take the lead and lead the next 30 laps. The first caution waved on lap 24 when Paul Menard blew an engine. Jimmie Johnson took the lead on the restart at lap 32, as Busch started to drift back in the outside line. Johnson led until lap 70 when the caution came out as Joey Logano hit the wall in the middle of a round of green-flag pit stops. Johnson had not yet pitted and would have to restart 17th behind the cars that had already made pit stops, giving the lead to Denny Hamlin.
Nonetheless, Johnson would draft back up to the front and push Jamie McMurray past Hamlin to take the lead on lap 94. The third caution waved on lap 101 as Martin Truex Jr. got sideways and collected Hamlin and Juan Pablo Montoya, also giving Busch some significant front damage. Truex would be the only one to retire following the crash. Johnson took the lead on the restart and held it all the way until the fourth caution waved on lap 126 for a crash involving David Stremme, Aric Almirola, Greg Biffle, and A. J. Allmendinger in the tri-oval. Both Stremme and Almirola would retire from the race. Following the lap 133 restart, Johnson held the lead and was joined at the front by teammate Kasey Kahne (who was subsequently passed by both Kevin Harvick and Tony Stewart).
On lap 148, the fifth caution of the race came out for a large crash in the tri-oval. It started when Denny Hamlin lost control near the entrance of pit road and turned up the track. He went head-on into the wall and was hit by A.J. Allmendinger and Dave Blaney, almost causing Hamlin to flip. Matt Kenseth, who swerved while trying to avoid Hamlin, cut down and collected Jeff Gordon and David Reutimann, totalling six cars in all. The red flag was displayed for nine minutes to allow for cleanup and the race restarted on lap 154, with Johnson and Kahne jumping ahead of Harvick and Stewart. As they began lap 156, Johnson moved up to block a fast-approaching Marcos Ambrose and nearly lost the lead. However, Johnson blocked Ambrose out of turn two, which caused Ambrose to swerve and knock Kahne into the inside wall, bringing out another caution. Ambrose would subsequently have to pit for repairs as Johnson held the lead.
The race restarted on lap 160 (going past the scheduled distance of 160 laps and eventually ending after 161 laps) for a green-white-checker attempt with Johnson and Stewart holding the lead over Harvick and Clint Bowyer. As the field worked through turn one, Carl Edwards was turned around by Scott Speed in turn one, collecting Marcos Ambrose, Bobby Labonte, Joe Nemechek, and Landon Cassill. No caution was thrown for this wreck, which happened behind the leaders, and the field continued racing. Approaching the tri-oval, as Johnson held off Stewart to win his fourth race of the season, Danica Patrick cut down the track and was turned by David Gilliland, collecting Ryan Newman, Kyle Busch, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Casey Mears, Greg Biffle, Jeff Burton, Terry Labonte, and more. Harvick, Bowyer, and Michael Waltrip rounded out the top five.
Of note, by winning this race, Johnson became the first driver in 31 years (since Bobby Allison in 1982) to win the Daytona 500 and the Coke Zero 400 in the same year.

## Results
### Qualifying

| Grid | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Time | Speed |
| 1 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 46.458 | 193.723 |
| 2 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 46.560 | 193.299 |
| 3 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 46.594 | 193.158 |
| 4 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 46.595 | 193.154 |
| 5 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 46.601 | 193.129 |
| 6 | 27 | Paul Menard | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 46.614 | 193.075 |
| 7 | 55 | Michael Waltrip | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 46.618 | 193.058 |
| 8 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 46.630 | 193.009 |
| 9 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 46.636 | 192.984 |
| 10 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 46.645 | 192.947 |
| 11 | 10 | Danica Patrick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 46.649 | 192.930 |
| 12 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 46.656 | 192.901 |
| 13 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 46.662 | 192.876 |
| 14 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 46.665 | 192.864 |
| 15 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Penske Racing | Ford | 46.680 | 192.802 |
| 16 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 46.681 | 192.798 |
| 17 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 46.699 | 192.724 |
| 18 | 22 | Joey Logano | Penske Racing | Ford | 46.701 | 192.715 |
| 19 | 13 | Casey Mears | Germain Racing | Ford | 46.701 | 192.715 |
| 20 | 21 | Trevor Bayne | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 46.733 | 192.583 |
| 21 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 46.748 | 192.522 |
| 22 | 78 | Kurt Busch | Furniture Row Racing | Chevrolet | 46.756 | 192.489 |
| 23 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 46.766 | 192.448 |
| 24 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 46.768 | 192.439 |
| 25 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 46.827 | 192.197 |
| 26 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 46.838 | 192.152 |
| 27 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 46.905 | 191.877 |
| 28 | 38 | David Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 46.935 | 191.755 |
| 29 | 7 | Dave Blaney | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | 46.986 | 191.546 |
| 30 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 47.045 | 191.306 |
| 31 | 98 | Michael McDowell | Phil Parsons Racing | Ford | 47.171 | 190.795 |
| 32 | 36 | J. J. Yeley | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | 47.186 | 190.735 |
| 33 | 51 | A. J. Allmendinger | Phoenix Racing | Chevrolet | 47.188 | 190.726 |
| 34 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | JTG Daugherty Racing | Toyota | 47.275 | 190.375 |
| 35 | 30 | David Stremme | Swan Racing | Toyota | 47.318 | 190.202 |
| 36 | 95 | Scott Speed | Leavine Family Racing | Ford | 47.405 | 189.853 |
| 37 | 35 | Josh Wise | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 47.412 | 189.825 |
| 38 | 34 | David Ragan | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 47.419 | 189.797 |
| 39 | 32 | Terry Labonte | FAS Lane Racing | Ford | 47.460 | 189.633 |
| 40 | 93 | Travis Kvapil | BK Racing | Toyota | 47.620 | 188.996 |
| 41 | 83 | David Reutimann | BK Racing | Toyota | 47.687 | 188.731 |
| 42 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO-Jay Robinson Racing | Toyota | 47.689 | 188.723 |
| 43 | 33 | Landon Cassill | Circle Sport | Chevrolet | 47.840 | 188.127 |
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### Race results

| Pos | Grid | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Led | Points |
| 1 | 8 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 161 | 94 | 48 |
| 2 | 13 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 161 | 0 | 42 |
| 3 | 26 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 161 | 0 | 41 |
| 4 | 3 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 161 | 0 | 40 |
| 5 | 7 | 55 | Michael Waltrip | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 161 | 0 | 39 |
| 6 | 22 | 78 | Kurt Busch | Furniture Row Racing | Chevrolet | 161 | 0 | 38 |
| 7 | 27 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 161 | 10 | 38 |
| 8 | 16 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 161 | 0 | 36 |
| 9 | 19 | 13 | Casey Mears | Germain Racing | Ford | 161 | 0 | 35 |
| 10 | 21 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 161 | 0 | 34 |
| 11 | 9 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 161 | 0 | 33 |
| 12 | 1 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 161 | 29 | 33 |
| 13 | 32 | 36 | J. J. Yeley | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | 161 | 2 | 32 |
| 14 | 11 | 10 | Danica Patrick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 161 | 0 | 30 |
| 15 | 28 | 38 | David Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 161 | 1 | 30 |
| 16 | 17 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 161 | 1 | 29 |
| 17 | 10 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 161 | 0 | 27 |
| 18 | 40 | 93 | Travis Kvapil | BK Racing | Toyota | 161 | 1 | 27 |
| 19 | 39 | 32 | Terry Labonte | FAS Lane Racing | Ford | 161 | 0 | 25 |
| 20 | 20 | 21 | Trevor Bayne | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 161 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | 15 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Penske Racing | Ford | 161 | 0 | 23 |
| 22 | 38 | 34 | David Ragan | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 161 | 1 | 23 |
| 23 | 34 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | JTG Daugherty Racing | Toyota | 161 | 0 | 21 |
| 24 | 43 | 33 | Landon Cassill | Circle Sport | Chevrolet | 161 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | 37 | 35 | Josh Wise | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 161 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | 25 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 161 | 0 | 18 |
| 27 | 42 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO-Jay Robinson Racing | Toyota | 161 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | 36 | 95 | Scott Speed | Leavine Family Racing | Ford | 161 | 0 | 16 |
| 29 | 12 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 161 | 0 | 15 |
| 30 | 41 | 83 | David Reutimann | BK Racing | Toyota | 159 | 0 | 14 |
| 31 | 29 | 7 | Dave Blaney | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | 157 | 0 | 13 |
| 32 | 4 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 155 | 0 | 12 |
| 33 | 2 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 154 | 1 | 12 |
| 34 | 23 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 151 | 0 | 10 |
| 35 | 33 | 51 | A. J. Allmendinger | Phoenix Racing | Chevrolet | 149 | 0 | 9 |
| 36 | 24 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 149 | 20 | 9 |
| 37 | 35 | 30 | David Stremme | Swan Racing | Toyota | 127 | 0 | 7 |
| 38 | 30 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 127 | 0 | 6 |
| 39 | 14 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 126 | 0 | 5 |
| 40 | 18 | 22 | Joey Logano | Penske Racing | Ford | 105 | 0 | 4 |
| 41 | 5 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 97 | 0 | 3 |
| 42 | 31 | 98 | Michael McDowell | Phil Parsons Racing | Ford | 33 | 0 | 2 |
| 43 | 6 | 27 | Paul Menard | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 23 | 0 | 1 |
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#### Notes

   * ^1 Points include 3 Chase for the Sprint Cup points for winning, 1 point for leading a lap, and 1 point for most laps led.
   * $^a$ $^b$ $^c$ $^d$ Ineligible for driver's championship points.

## Standings after the race

| | Pos | Driver | Points |
| | 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 658 |
| 1 | 2 | Clint Bowyer | 609 (–49) |
| 1 | 3 | Carl Edwards | 587 (–71) |
| | 4 | Kevin Harvick | 585 (–73) |
| 1 | 5 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 548 (–110) |
| 1 | 6 | Matt Kenseth | 540 (–118) |
| | 7 | Kyle Busch | 533 (–125) |
| 1 | 8 | Greg Biffle | 516 (–142) |
| 5 | 9 | Kurt Busch | 501 (–157) |
| 6 | 10 | Tony Stewart | 499 (–159) |
| Pos | Manufacturer | Points |
| 1 | Chevrolet | 127 |
| 2 | Toyota | 116 (–11) |
| 3 | Ford | 91 (–36) |