2013 AdvoCare 500 (Atlanta)
| Race details | |||
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| Race 25 of 36 in the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
Atlanta Motor Speedway track layout
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| Date | September 1, 2013 | ||
| Location |
Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Georgia, United States |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.54 mi (2.48 km) |
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| Distance | 325 laps, 500.5 mi (805.476 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures up to 90 °F (32 °C); wind speeds up to 14 miles per hour (23 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 135.128 mph (217.467 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Roush Fenway Racing | ||
| Time | 29.227 seconds | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Joey Logano | Penske Racing | |
| Laps | 77 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 18 | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ESPN | ||
| Announcers | Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett, and Andy Petree | ||
| Nielsen Ratings | 3.2 (5.323 million viewers) | ||
The 2013 AdvoCare 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race that was held on September 1, 2013, at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. Contested over 325 laps on the 1.54-mile (2.48 km) quad-oval, it was the twenty-fifth race of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Kyle Busch of Joe Gibbs Racing won the race, his fourth win of the season, while Joey Logano finished second. Martin Truex, Jr., Kurt Busch, and Ryan Newman rounded out the top five.
Atlanta Motor Speedway is a four-turn quad-oval track that is 1.54 miles (2.48 km) long. The track's turns are banked at twenty-four degrees, while the 2,332-foot (711 m) front stretch, the location of the finish line, and the 1,800-foot (550 m) back stretch are banked at five. The track's racing surface width varies from 55 feet to 60 feet.Denny Hamlin was the race's defending winner after winning the event in 2012.
Before the race, Jimmie Johnson was leading the Drivers' Championship with 821 points, while Clint Bowyer stood in second with 803 points.Carl Edwards followed in the third with 768, eight points ahead of Kevin Harvick and twenty-nine ahead of Kyle Busch in fourth and fifth.Matt Kenseth, with 730, was in sixth; twenty-two ahead of Dale Earnhardt, Jr., who was scored seventh. Eighth-placed Kasey Kahne was three points ahead of Greg Biffle and sixteen ahead of Joey Logano in ninth and tenth. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with 168 points, eleven points ahead of Toyota.Ford was third with 124 points.
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