Motor car race
The
2013 Pure Michigan 400
was a
NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series
stock car
race
that was held on August 18, 2013, at
Michigan International Speedway
in
Brooklyn, Michigan
. Contested over 200 laps on the 2.0-mile (3.2 km) superspeedway, it was the twenty-third race of the
2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season
.
Joey Logano
of
Penske Racing
won the race, his first of the season.
Kevin Harvick
finished second while
Kurt Busch
,
Paul Menard
, and
Clint Bowyer
rounded out the top five.
Report
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Background
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Michigan International Speedway
's front stretch and infield.
Michigan International Speedway
is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2 miles (3.2 km) long.
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Opened in 1960, the track's turns are banked at eighteen degrees, while the 3,600-foot-long front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at twelve degrees.
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The back stretch, has a five degree banking and is 2,242 feet long.
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Michigan International Speedway has a grandstand seating capacity of 84,000 people.
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Greg Biffle
was the defending race winner after winning the race in
2012
.
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Before the race,
Jimmie Johnson
was leading the
Drivers' Championship
with 808 points, while
Clint Bowyer
stood in second with 733 points.
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Carl Edwards
followed in the third with 728, twenty-one points ahead of
Kevin Harvick
and thirty-five ahead of
Kyle Busch
in fourth and fifth.
[5]
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
, with 670, was in sixth; eleven ahead of
Matt Kenseth
, who was scored seventh.
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Eighth-placed
Brad Keselowski
was seven points ahead of Biffle and nine ahead of
Martin Truex Jr.
in ninth and tenth.
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In the
Manufacturers' Championship
,
Chevrolet
was leading with 156 points, twelve points ahead of
Toyota
.
[6]
Ford
was third with 111 points.
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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 August 16, 2013, was 90 minutes long. The second and third, held a day later on August 17, 2013, were each 55 minutes long.
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The qualifying for the event was the final ever broadcast for
Speed
, when
Fox NASCAR
play-by-play announcer
Mike Joy
said the final moments of Speed Channel and
Fox NFL Sunday
host
Curt Menefee
introduced
Fox Sports 1
the following day.
Results
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Qualifying
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Race results
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Joey Logano
won the race from the pole position.
- 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.
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b
c
d
Ineligible for driver's championship points.
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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- ^
"2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Schedule"
.
ESPN
. Retrieved
August 15,
2013
.
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"2013 Pure Michigan 400 weather information"
. The Old Farmers' Almanac
. Retrieved
October 9,
2013
.
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a
b
c
d
"Michigan International Speedway"
. CBS Sports
. Retrieved
August 15,
2013
.
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"2012 Pure Michigan 400"
.
Racing-Reference
. USA Today Sports Media Group
. Retrieved
August 15,
2013
.
- ^
a
b
c
d
"2013 Cheez-It 355 at the Glen Report"
(PDF)
.
Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site
. ESPN. August 11, 2013. p. 2. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on August 18, 2013
. Retrieved
August 15,
2013
.
- ^
a
b
"Manufacturer's Championship Classification"
.
Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site
. ESPN. Archived from
the original
on April 16, 2013
. Retrieved
August 15,
2013
.
- ^
"Pure Michigan 400 Practice/Qualifying Times"
.
Jayski's Silly Season Site
. ESPN. Archived from
the original
on August 14, 2013
. Retrieved
August 15,
2013
.