# 2013 Brickyard 400

The 2013 Crown Royal Presents the Samuel Deeds 400 at the Brickyard, the 20th running of the event, was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on July 28, 2013, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. Contested over 160 laps, it was the twentieth race of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Ryan Newman of Stewart-Haas Racing won the race, his first of the season, while Jimmie Johnson finished second. Kasey Kahne, Tony Stewart, and Matt Kenseth rounded out the top five.

## Report
### Background

Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a four-turn rectangular-oval track that is 2.5 miles (4.023 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 9 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, has no banking. The back stretch, opposite of the front, also has a zero degree banking. The track's front and back straightaway are both 3,300 ft (1,000 m), while the short straightaways between turn one and two, as well as between turn three and four are 660 feet (200 m) long. The racetrack has seats for more than 250,000 spectators.
Before the race, Jimmie Johnson was leading the Drivers' Championship with 696 points, while Clint Bowyer stood in second with 640 points. Carl Edwards followed in third with 623, one point ahead of Kevin Harvick and forty-five ahead of Dale Earnhardt Jr. in fourth and fifth. Matt Kenseth, with 576, was in sixth; tied with Kyle Busch, who was scored seventh. Eighth-placed Greg Biffle was sixteen points ahead of Brad Keselowski and twenty-two ahead of Kasey Kahne in ninth and tenth. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with 134 points, nine points ahead of Toyota. Ford was third with 95 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 | Great Clips |
| 7 | Dave Blaney | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | Tommy Baldwin Racing |
| 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | DeWalt / Stanley Tools |
| 10 | Danica Patrick (R) | Stewart–Haas Racing | Chevrolet | GoDaddy.com |
| 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | FedEx Express |
| 13 | Casey Mears | Germain Racing | Ford | GEICO |
| 14 | Tony Stewart | Stewart–Haas Racing | Chevrolet | Mobil 1 / Bass Pro Shops |
| 15 | Clint Bowyer | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | RK Motors Charlotte |
| 16 | Greg Biffle | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 3M Satety |
| 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (R) | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | Ford EcoBoost |
| 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | M&M's Red, White, Blue |
| 19 | Mike Bliss (i) | Humphrey Smith Racing | Toyota | Plinker Tactical / Value Place |
| 20 | Matt Kenseth | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | Dollar General |
| 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 | Pepsi Max |
| 27 | Paul Menard | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | Duracell / Menards |
| 29 | Kevin Harvick | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | Jimmy John's |
| 30 | David Stremme | Swan Racing | Toyota | Widow Wax / Lean1 |
| 31 | Jeff Burton | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | Caterpillar |
| 32 | Timmy Hill (R) | FAS Lane Racing | Ford | OXY Water |
| 33 | Austin Dillon (i) | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | Mycogen Seeds |
| 34 | David Ragan | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | CSX "Play It Safe" |
| 35 | Josh Wise (i) | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | MDS Transport |
| 36 | J. J. Yeley | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | Tommy Baldwin Racing |
| 38 | David Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | Long John Silver's |
| 39 | Ryan Newman | Stewart–Haas Racing | Chevrolet | Quicken Loans / The Smurfs |
| 40 | Landon Cassill (i) | Circle Sport | Chevrolet | Interstate Moving Services |
| 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | Target |
| 43 | Aric Almirola | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | Eckrich |
| 47 | Bobby Labonte | JTG Daugherty Racing | Toyota | Scott Products |
| 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | Lowe's / Kobalt Tools |
| 51 | A. J. Allmendinger | Phoenix Racing | Chevrolet | Phoenix Construction |
| 55 | Mark Martin | 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 / Beautyrest |
| 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 | 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 | K-Love / Curb Records |
| 99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | Fastenal |
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### Practice and qualifying

Two practice sessions are scheduled to be held in preparation for the race. The first session, held on July 26, 2013, was 85 minutes long, while second session was held on the following day and was 120 minutes long.
During the first practice session, Juan Pablo Montoya, for the Earnhardt Ganassi Racing team, was quickest ahead of Kurt Busch in second and Austin Dillon in third. Paul Menard was scored fourth, and Kahne managed fifth. Joey Logano, Harvick, Martin Truex Jr., Kenseth, and Earnhardt Jr. rounded out the top ten quickest drivers in the session. In the final practice session for the race, Kurt Busch was the quickest of the forty-five drivers who participated. Kahne followed in second, ahead of Montoya and Johnson in third and fourth. Marcos Ambrose, who was twenty-second quickest in second practice, managed fifth. Kahne had the best ten–lap consecutive average with a speed of 182.419 miles per hour (293.575 km/h).
During qualifying, forty-five cars were entered, meaning two cars were bumped from the race because of NASCAR's qualifying procedure. Ryan Newman clinched his fiftieth career pole position, with a record speed of 187.531 miles per hour (301.802 km/h). After the qualifying session ended, Newman said, "I'll admit I was emotional, for me. Especially because it was the Brickyard and I hadn't won a pole here before, and I've won so many poles. It's been so long since I've won a pole people ask me if I've run out of fuel for the rockets." He was joined on the front row of the grid by Johnson. Edwards qualified third, Denny Hamlin took fourth, and Tony Stewart started fifth. Kurt Busch, Kahne, Montoya, Jeff Gordon, and Ambrose completed the first ten positions on the grid. The two drivers who failed to qualify for the race were Mike Bliss and Scott Speed.

### Race
## Results
### Qualifying

| Grid | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Time | Speed |
| 1 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 47.992 | 187.531 |
| 2 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 48.016 | 187.438 |
| 3 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 48.088 | 187.157 |
| 4 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 48.097 | 187.122 |
| 5 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 48.173 | 186.827 |
| 6 | 78 | Kurt Busch | Furniture Row Racing | Chevrolet | 48.200 | 186.722 |
| 7 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 48.223 | 186.633 |
| 8 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 48.248 | 186.536 |
| 9 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 48.264 | 186.474 |
| 10 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 48.314 | 186.281 |
| 11 | 22 | Joey Logano | Penske Racing | Ford | 48.399 | 185.954 |
| 12 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Penske Racing | Ford | 48.408 | 185.920 |
| 13 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 48.442 | 185.789 |
| 14 | 51 | A. J. Allmendinger | Phoenix Racing | Chevrolet | 48.477 | 185.655 |
| 15 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 48.486 | 185.621 |
| 16 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 48.531 | 185.448 |
| 17 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 48.534 | 185.437 |
| 18 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 48.601 | 185.181 |
| 19 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 48.622 | 185.101 |
| 20 | 33 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 48.659 | 184.961 |
| 21 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 48.703 | 184.794 |
| 22 | 93 | Travis Kvapil | BK Racing | Toyota | 48.734 | 184.676 |
| 23 | 27 | Paul Menard | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 48.742 | 184.646 |
| 24 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 48.756 | 184.593 |
| 25 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 48.771 | 184.536 |
| 26 | 55 | Mark Martin | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 48.832 | 184.305 |
| 27 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 48.901 | 184.045 |
| 28 | 21 | Trevor Bayne | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 48.938 | 183.906 |
| 29 | 40 | Landon Cassill | Circle Sport | Chevrolet | 48.962 | 183.816 |
| 30 | 13 | Casey Mears | Germain Racing | Ford | 48.979 | 183.752 |
| 31 | 83 | David Reutimann | BK Racing | Toyota | 49.092 | 183.329 |
| 32 | 35 | Josh Wise | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 49.168 | 183.046 |
| 33 | 10 | Danica Patrick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 49.197 | 182.938 |
| 34 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | JTG Daugherty Racing | Toyota | 49.227 | 182.826 |
| 35 | 98 | Michael McDowell | Phil Parsons Racing | Ford | 49.229 | 182.819 |
| 36 | 34 | David Ragan | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 49.329 | 182.448 |
| 37 | 30 | David Stremme | Swan Racing | Toyota | 49.539 | 181.675 |
| 38 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 49.577 | 181.536 |
| 39 | 36 | J. J. Yeley | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | 49.658 | 181.240 |
| 40 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO-Jay Robinson Racing | Toyota | 49.772 | 180.825 |
| 41 | 7 | Dave Blaney | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | 50.034 | 179.878 |
| 42 | 38 | David Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 50.126 | 179.548 |
| 43 | 32 | Timmy Hill | FAS Lane Racing | Ford | 50.344 | 178.770 |
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| | 19 | Mike Bliss | Humphrey Smith Racing | Toyota | 49.483 | 181.881 |
| | 95 | Scott Speed | Leavine Family Racing | Ford | 50.780 | 177.235 |
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### Race results

| Pos | Grid | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Led | Points |
| 1 | 1 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 160 | 45 | 47 |
| 2 | 2 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 160 | 73 | 44 |
| 3 | 7 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 160 | 0 | 41 |
| 4 | 5 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 160 | 0 | 40 |
| 5 | 13 | 20 | Matt Kenseth | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 160 | 0 | 39 |
| 6 | 15 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 160 | 0 | 38 |
| 7 | 9 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 160 | 11 | 38 |
| 8 | 11 | 22 | Joey Logano | Penske Racing | Ford | 160 | 11 | 37 |
| 9 | 8 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 160 | 1 | 36 |
| 10 | 19 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 160 | 0 | 34 |
| 11 | 38 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 160 | 0 | 33 |
| 12 | 23 | 27 | Paul Menard | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 160 | 1 | 33 |
| 13 | 3 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 160 | 1 | 32 |
| 14 | 6 | 78 | Kurt Busch | Furniture Row Racing | Chevrolet | 160 | 0 | 30 |
| 15 | 18 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Earnhardt Ganassi Racing | Chevrolet | 160 | 5 | 30 |
| 16 | 10 | 9 | Marcos Ambrose | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 160 | 0 | 28 |
| 17 | 21 | 43 | Aric Almirola | Richard Petty Motorsports | Ford | 160 | 0 | 27 |
| 18 | 4 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 160 | 4 | 27 |
| 19 | 24 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 160 | 2 | 26 |
| 20 | 17 | 15 | Clint Bowyer | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 160 | 1 | 25 |
| 21 | 12 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Penske Racing | Ford | 160 | 5 | 24 |
| 22 | 14 | 51 | A. J. Allmendinger | Phoenix Racing | Chevrolet | 160 | 0 | 22 |
| 23 | 26 | 55 | Mark Martin | Michael Waltrip Racing | Toyota | 160 | 0 | 21 |
| 24 | 27 | 16 | Greg Biffle | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 159 | 0 | 20 |
| 25 | 25 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Roush Fenway Racing | Ford | 159 | 0 | 19 |
| 26 | 20 | 33 | Austin Dillon | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 159 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | 30 | 13 | Casey Mears | Germain Racing | Ford | 159 | 0 | 17 |
| 28 | 28 | 21 | Trevor Bayne | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 159 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | 31 | 83 | David Reutimann | BK Racing | Toyota | 158 | 0 | 15 |
| 30 | 33 | 10 | Danica Patrick | Stewart-Haas Racing | Chevrolet | 158 | 0 | 14 |
| 31 | 22 | 93 | Travis Kvapil | BK Racing | Toyota | 158 | 0 | 13 |
| 32 | 35 | 98 | Michael McDowell | Phil Parsons Racing | Ford | 157 | 0 | 12 |
| 33 | 29 | 40 | Landon Cassill | Circle Sport | Chevrolet | 157 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | 36 | 34 | David Ragan | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 157 | 0 | 10 |
| 35 | 42 | 38 | David Gilliland | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 157 | 0 | 9 |
| 36 | 34 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | JTG Daugherty Racing | Toyota | 157 | 0 | 8 |
| 37 | 41 | 7 | Dave Blaney | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | 156 | 0 | 7 |
| 38 | 32 | 35 | Josh Wise | Front Row Motorsports | Ford | 156 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | 39 | 36 | J. J. Yeley | Tommy Baldwin Racing | Chevrolet | 156 | 0 | 5 |
| 40 | 37 | 30 | David Stremme | Swan Racing | Toyota | 151 | 0 | 4 |
| 41 | 40 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO-Jay Robinson Racing | Toyota | 146 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | 43 | 32 | Timmy Hill | FAS Lane Racing | Ford | 121 | 0 | 2 |
| 43 | 16 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 110 | 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.
* $^a$ $^b$ $^c$ $^d$ $^e$ Ineligible for driver's championship points.

## Standings after the race

| | Pos | Driver | Points |
| | 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 740 |
| | 2 | Clint Bowyer | 665 (–75) |
| | 3 | Carl Edwards | 655 (–85) |
| | 4 | Kevin Harvick | 648 (–92) |
| | 5 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 616 (–124) |
| | 6 | Matt Kenseth | 615 (–125) |
| | 7 | Kyle Busch | 610 (–130) |
| | 8 | Greg Biffle | 565 (–175) |
| 1 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | 564 (–176) |
| 2 | 10 | Jeff Gordon | 559 (–181) |
| Pos | Manufacturer | Points |
| 1 | Chevrolet | 143 |
| 2 | Toyota | 131 (–12) |
| 3 | Ford | 99 (–44) |