2013 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen

Race details
Race 22 of 36 in the2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Date	August 11, 2013
Location	Watkins Glen International,Watkins Glen, New York
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	2.454 miles (5.43 km)
Distance	90 laps, 220.5 mi (354.9 km)
Weather	Temperatures up to 78.1 °F (25.6 °C); wind speeds up to 8.9 miles per hour (14.3 km/h)[1]
Average speed	87.001 mph (140.015 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Marcos Ambrose	Richard Petty Motorsports
Time	68.777 seconds
Most laps led
Driver	Marcos Ambrose	Richard Petty Motorsports
Laps	51
Winner
No. 18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Allen Bestwick,Dale Jarrett andAndy Petree
Nielsen ratings	2.7 (4.171 million viewers)

The2013 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen was aNASCARSprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on August 11 atWatkins Glen International inWatkins Glen,New York. Contested over 90 laps on the 2.45-mile (4.023  km) road course, it was the twenty-second race of the2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.Kyle Busch ofJoe Gibbs Racing won the race, his third of the season, whileBrad Keselowski finished second.Martin Truex Jr.,Carl Edwards andJuan Pablo Montoya rounded out the top five.

This was the first NASCAR race since the1998 NAPA 500 without 5-Time Watkins Glen winnerTony Stewart on the grid.

Watkins Glen International is one of two road courses to holdNASCAR races, the other beingSonoma Raceway.^[2] The standard short road course at Watkins Glen International is a 7-turn course that is 2.45 miles (3.94 km) long;^[3] the track was modified in 1992, addingthe Inner Loop, which lengthened the long course to 3.4 miles (5.5 km) and the short course to the current length of 2.45 miles (3.94 km).^[4]Marcos Ambrose was the defending race winner after winning the race in2011 and2012.^[5]

On August 6, it was announced thatTony Stewart would not be participating after breaking both bones in his right leg in a Sprint car accident at Southern Iowa Speedway inOskaloosa, Iowa, on the night of August 5.^[6][7] Instead, road racing veteranMax Papis would step in and replace Stewart for the Watkins Glen event, with future drivers to be decided for the next four or five oval races.^[8] This marked the first race since his debut in the1999 Daytona 500 that a Sprint Cup race did not have Stewart in the field, ending a streak of 521 straight starts for Stewart.

(R) - Denotes rookie driver.

(i) - Denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

Source:^[9]

The race was scheduled to start at 1:18 p.m. EDT,Marcos Ambrose led the field to the green flag on lap 1.

The first caution came out on lap 15 for a crash byJeff Gordon in the back straightaway, the race restarted on lap 19, a couple of laps later, the second caution came out for a multi-car crash in the straightaway, by lap 41, the race was red flagged for seven minutes for cleanup on the track, the race restarted on lap 43.

The third caution came out whenKyle Busch spun into the tires, and was out of gas, the race restarted on lap 63, A couple of laps later, the fourth caution came out for a wreck again on lap 80, some cars were involved in the crash, the race restarted on lap 86, and the fifth caution came out on lap 85 for a crash byMarcos Ambrose, The race restarted on lap 88, andKyle Busch won his race at Watkins-Glen.

Notes

1. ^1 Points include 3Chase for the Sprint Cup points for winning, 1 point for leading a lap, and 1 point for most laps led.
2. ^abcd Ineligible for drivers' championship points.

Drivers' championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Jimmie Johnson 808 2 Clint Bowyer 733 (-75) 3 Carl Edwards 728 (-80) 4 Kevin Harvick 707 (-101) 1 5 Kyle Busch 693 (-115)

Manufacturers' championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 156 2 Toyota 144 (-12) 3 Ford 111 (-45) Note: Only the first ten positions are included for the driver standings.

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