| Race details[1][2][3] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 34 of 36 in the2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
 Simple line diagram of Texas Motor Speedway track layout | |||
| Date | November 3, 2013 (2013-11-03) | ||
| Location | Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth,Texas, United States | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) | ||
| Distance | 334 laps, 501 mi (806.3 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 71.1 °F (21.7 °C); wind speeds up to 13 miles per hour (21 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Roush Fenway Racing | ||
| Time | 27.535 seconds (196.114 mph) | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Laps | 255 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ESPN | ||
| Announcers | Allen Bestwick,Dale Jarrett andAndy Petree | ||
The2013 AAA Texas 500 was aNASCARSprint Cup Seriesstock car race held on November 3, 2013, atTexas Motor Speedway inFort Worth,Texas, United States.
(R) - Denotes rookie driver.
(i) - Denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Contested over 334 laps, it was the thirty-fourth, and the eighth race in theChase for the Sprint Cup during the2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.Jimmie Johnson ofHendrick Motorsports won the race, his sixth win of the season, whileDale Earnhardt Jr. finished second andJoey Logano finished third.
Kyle Busch,Jimmie Johnson andMatt Kenseth were considered the most likely to win this race according to the pundits whileBrad Keselowski,Elliott Sadler andJuan Pablo Montoya were considered the extreme underdogs. Some of the racing experts predicted thatJeff Gordon,Denny Hamlin andGreg 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.[4]
| Pos[5] | Grid | No. | Driver | Manufacturer | Laps | 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 |
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