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| Race 9 of 36 in the2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
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| Date | April 27, 2013 (2013-04-27) | ||
| Location | Richmond International Raceway inRichmond, Virginia,U.S. | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 0.75 miles (1.20 km) | ||
| Distance | 406 laps, 305 mi (483 km) | ||
| Weather | Overcast with a high around 73 °F (23 °C); wind out of the SE at 5 miles per hour (8.0 km/h). | ||
| Average speed | 92.141 mph (148.287 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Joe Gibbs Racing | ||
| Time | 20.716 seconds | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Matt Kenseth | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Laps | 140 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 29 | Kevin Harvick | Richard Childress Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Fox | ||
| Announcers | Mike Joy,Darrell Waltrip,Larry McReynolds | ||
| Nielsen ratings | 3.7/7 (6.067 million viewers) | ||
The2013 Toyota Owners 400 was aNASCARSprint Cup Series stock carrace that was held on April 27, 2013, atRichmond International Raceway inRichmond, Virginia,United States. Contested over 406 laps—extended from 400 laps due to aGreen-white-checker finish on the 0.75-mile (1.20 km) D-shaped oval, it was the ninth race of the2013 Sprint Cup Series championship.Kevin Harvick ofRichard Childress Racing won the race, his first win of the 2013 season, whileClint Bowyer finished second.Joey Logano,Juan Pablo Montoya, andJeff Burton rounded out the top five.
Richmond International Raceway is a four-turn D-shaped oval track that is 0.75 miles (1.21 km) long.[3] The track's turns arebanked at fourteendegrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is eight degrees. The back stretch, opposite of the front, is at only two degrees.[3] The racetrack has a seating capacity for 94,063 spectators.[3]Kyle Busch was the defending race winner after winning the event four consecutive times, most recently in2012.[4]
Before the race,Jimmie Johnson was leading theDrivers' Championship with 311 points, whileKasey Kahne stood in second with 274 points.Brad Keselowski followed in the third position, nine points ahead ofGreg Biffle and ten ahead ofDale Earnhardt Jr. in fourth and fifth.Carl Edwards, with 262, was in sixth, five points ahead of Kyle Busch,Clint Bowyer was seven points ahead ofPaul Menard and twenty ahead ofJamie McMurray in ninth and tenth, and 23 ahead ofKevin Harvick in eleventh.Aric Almirola completed the first twelve positions with 222 points.[5]
(R) - Denotes rookie driver.
(i) - Denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Two practice sessions were held in preparation for the race; both on Friday, April 26, 2013. The first session lasted for 120 minutes, while second session was 60 minutes long.[6] During the first practice session,Mark Martin, for theMichael Waltrip Racing team, was quickest ahead of Keselowski in second and Kyle Busch in third.[7]Matt Kenseth was scored fourth, andBrian Vickers managed fifth.[7] Harvick, Edwards,Kurt Busch, Bowyer, andJuan Pablo Montoya rounded out the top ten quickest drivers in the session.[7]
Jeff Gordon was quickest in the second and final practice session, ahead of Montoya in second and Vickers in third.[8] Menard was fourth quickest, and McMurray took fifth.[8]A. J. Allmendinger,Martin Truex Jr.,Jeff Burton, Earnhardt Jr., and Edwards followed in the top ten.[8]
During qualifying, forty-three cars were entered.[9] Kenseth clinched his secondpole position of the season, with a time of 20.716 seconds.[10] After his qualifying run, Kenseth commented, “It feels great. It’s a great race track. I felt like we were off a little in practice today, and (crew chief) Jason Ratcliff and that whole group there did the things they do for me every week and just made great adjustments. I thought we hit it pretty good there in that lap, had great speed. Thanks to Dollar General, Husky, Home Depot (Kenseth’s sponsors) for sticking with us through all this stuff this week. We’ll get through this ... glad to be on the pole, and looking forward to tomorrow night.”[11] He was joined on the front row of thegrid by Vickers.[10] Gordon qualified third, Kahne took fourth, and Bowyer started fifth.[10] Montoya,Joey Logano, Kyle Busch, Truex Jr., andMark Martin completed the first ten positions on the grid.[10]
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