# 2013 Firestone 550

The 2013 Firestone 550 was twenty-third running of the Firestone 550 and the eighth round of the 2013 IndyCar Series season. It took place on Saturday, June 8. The race was contested over 228 laps at the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, and was televised by ABC in the United States.

## Report
### Background

Before coming to Texas Motor Speedway, IndyCar completed the first doubleheader of the season at Belle Isle in the Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit, where Mike Conway earned his first victory of the season in the first race, while Simon Pagenaud won his first IndyCar series race in the second part of the doubleheader. Entering the Firestone 550, both Marco Andretti and Hélio Castroneves were tied atop the IndyCar drivers point championship, each with 206 point, though both did not have any victories on the season. Justin Wilson entered the race as the defending champion having won the previous year's race.

### Report
## Classification
### Starting grid

| Row | Inside | Inside | Outside | Outside |
| 1 | 12 | Will Power | 25 | Marco Andretti |
| 2 | 1 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 10 | Dario Franchitti |
| 3 | 5 | E. J. Viso | 3 | Hélio Castroneves |
| 4 | 67 | Josef Newgarden | 83 | Charlie Kimball |
| 5 | 20 | Ed Carpenter | 16 | James Jakes |
| 6 | 9 | Scott Dixon | 27 | James Hinchcliffe |
| 7 | 11 | Tony Kanaan | 98 | Alex Tagliani |
| 8 | 7 | Sébastien Bourdais | 4 | Oriol Servia |
| 9 | 15 | Graham Rahal | 6 | Sebastián Saavedra |
| 10 | 18 | Pippa Mann | 19 | Justin Wilson |
| 11 | 14 | Takuma Sato | 78 | Simona de Silvestro $^†$ |
| 12 | 77 | Simon Pagenaud $^†$ | 55 | Tristan Vautier (R) $^†$ |
| $^†$ de Silvestro, Pagenaud and Vautier penalised 10 places for changing engine |||||
* Sources:

### Race results

| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Laps | Time/Retired | Pit Stops | Grid | Laps Led | Points |
| 1 | 3 | Hélio Castroneves | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 228 | 1:52:17.4594 | 3 | 6 | 132 | 53 |
| 2 | 1 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Andretti Autosport | Chevrolet | 228 | + 4.6919 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 41 |
| 3 | 11 | Tony Kanaan | KV Racing Technology | Chevrolet | 228 | + 11.6088 | 4 | 13 | | 35 |
| 4 | 20 | Ed Carpenter | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 228 | + 17.6930 | 4 | 9 | | 32 |
| 5 | 25 | Marco Andretti | Andretti Autosport | Chevrolet | 228 | + 19.5078 | 4 | 2 | 57 | 31 |
| 6 | 10 | Dario Franchitti | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 227 | + 1 lap | 3 | 4 | | 28 |
| 7 | 12 | Will Power | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 227 | + 1 lap | 3 | 1 | 4 | 28 |
| 8 | 67 | Josef Newgarden | Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing | Honda | 227 | + 1 lap | 4 | 7 | | 24 |
| 9 | 27 | James Hinchcliffe | Andretti Autosport | Chevrolet | 227 | + 1 lap | 4 | 12 | | 22 |
| 10 | 5 | E. J. Viso | Andretti Autosport | Chevrolet | 227 | + 1 lap | 4 | 5 | | 20 |
| 11 | 14 | Takuma Sato | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Honda | 227 | + 1 lap | 4 | 21 | | 19 |
| 12 | 16 | James Jakes | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 227 | + 1 lap | 4 | 10 | | 18 |
| 13 | 77 | Simon Pagenaud | Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports | Honda | 226 | + 2 laps | 5 | 23 | | 17 |
| 14 | 6 | Sebastián Saavedra | Dragon Racing | Chevrolet | 226 | + 2 laps | 5 | 18 | | 16 |
| 15 | 19 | Justin Wilson | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 226 | + 2 laps | 3 | 20 | | 15 |
| 16 | 78 | Simona de Silvestro | KV Racing Technology | Chevrolet | 226 | + 2 laps | 4 | 22 | | 14 |
| 17 | 83 | Charlie Kimball | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 226 | + 2 laps | 4 | 8 | | 13 |
| 18 | 55 | Tristan Vautier | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 225 | + 3 laps | 3 | 24 | | 12 |
| 19 | 4 | Oriol Servià | Panther Racing | Chevrolet | 225 | + 3 laps | 4 | 16 | | 11 |
| 20 | 7 | Sebastian Bourdais | Dragon Racing | Chevrolet | 224 | + 4 laps | 5 | 15 | | 10 |
| 21 | 15 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 223 | + 5 laps | 6 | 23 | | 9 |
| 22 | 98 | Alex Tagliani | Barracuda Racing | Honda | 223 | + 5 laps | 6 | 14 | | 8 |
| 23 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 61 | Mechanical | 2 | 11 | | 7 |
| 24 | 18 | Pippa Mann | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 2 | Mechanical | 0 | 19 | | 6 |

#### 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.