Motor car race
The
2013 Party in the Poconos 400
was a
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
stock car
race
held on June 9, 2013, at
Pocono Raceway
in
Long Pond, Pennsylvania
,
United States
. Contested over 160 laps on the 2.5?mile (4 km) triangular superspeedway, it was the fourteenth race of the
2013 Sprint Cup Series championship
.
Jimmie Johnson
of
Hendrick Motorsports
won the race, his third win of the 2013 season, while
Greg Biffle
finished second.
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
,
Tony Stewart
, and
Ryan Newman
rounded out the top five.
This was the final NASCAR race for
Jason Leffler
before his death in a
sprint car
crash on June 12, 2013.
Report
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Background
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Pocono Raceway
is a three-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long.
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The track's turns are banked differently; the first is banked at 14°, the second turn at 8° and the final turn with 6°.
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However, each of the three straightaways are banked at 2°.
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The front stretch at Pocono Raceway is 3,740 feet long, the longest at the track.
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The back stretch, is 3,055 feet long, while the short stretch, which connects turn two with turn three, is only 1,780 feet long.
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Joey Logano
was the defending race winner after winning the race in
2012
.
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Before the race, Johnson was leading the
Drivers' Championship
with 473 points, while
Carl Edwards
stood in second with 443 points.
Clint Bowyer
followed in the third with 423, 24 points ahead of
Matt Kenseth
and
Kevin Harvick
in fourth and fifth.
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
, with 398, was in sixth; six ahead of
Kasey Kahne
, who was scored seventh. Eighth-placed
Kyle Busch
was three points ahead of
Paul Menard
and five ahead of
Brad Keselowski
in ninth and tenth.
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Jeff Gordon
was eleventh with 361, while
Aric Almirola
completed the first twelve positions with 354 points.
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In the
Manufacturers' Championship
,
Chevrolet
was leading with 92 points, eight points ahead of
Toyota
.
Ford
was third after recording only 64 points before the race.
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Entry list
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(R)
- Denotes rookie driver.
(i)
- Denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Practice and qualifying
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Three practice sessions were held before the race. The first session, scheduled on June 7, 2013 for 90 minutes, was canceled because of rain showers.
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The second and third, held a day later on June 8, 2013, were 50 and 60 minutes long.
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Forty-three cars were entered for qualifying.
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However, wet weather soaked the track, therefore canceling the session and making the owner's points championship determine the qualifying
grid
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Johnson, whose owner was first in the owner's championship before the race, was rewarded the
pole position
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He was joined on the front row of the grid by Edwards.
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Bowyer was third, Kenseth took fourth, ahead of Earnhardt Jr. who started fifth.
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Kahne, Kyle Busch, Menard, Keselowski and Gordon rounded out the first ten positions.
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In the Saturday morning session, Johnson was quickest, ahead of Edwards and
Kurt Busch
in second and third.
Marcos Ambrose
and Harvick followed in the fourth and fifth positions.
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Kyle Busch,
Tony Stewart
, Earnhardt Jr., Keselowski, and
Juan Pablo Montoya
rounded out the first ten positions.
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In the final practice session for the race, Kurt Busch was quickest with a time of 51.331 seconds.
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Johnson followed in second, ahead of Edwards and Stewart in third and fourth.
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Ryan Newman
, who was fifteenth quickest in second practice,
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managed fifth.
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Results
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Qualifying
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Race results
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- Notes
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Points include 3
Chase for the Sprint Cup
points for winning, 1 point for leading a lap, and 1 point for most laps led.
Standings after the race
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- Drivers' Championship standings
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- Manufacturers' Championship standings
- Note
: Only the first twelve positions are included for the driver standings.
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References
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