2013 Bojangles' Southern 500
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 11 of 36 in the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
| Date | May 11, 2013 | ||
| Location | Darlington Raceway, Darlington, South Carolina, U.S. | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.366 mi (2.198 km) |
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| Distance | 367 laps, 501.322 mi (806.799 km) | ||
| Weather | Clear with a temperature around 82 °F (28 °C); wind out of the SW at 13 miles per hour (21 km/h). | ||
| Average speed | 141.383 mph (227.534 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Furniture Row Racing | ||
| Time | 27.032 seconds | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Kyle Busch | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Laps | 265 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 20 | Matt Kenseth | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Fox | ||
| Announcers | Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, Larry McReynolds | ||
| Nielsen Ratings | 3.8/7 (5.9 million viewers) |
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The 2013 Bojangles' Southern 500, the 64th running of the event, was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on May 11, 2013, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina, United States. The race was contested over 367 laps on the 1.366–mile (2.198 km) oval, it was the eleventh race of the 2013 Sprint Cup Series championship. Matt Kenseth of Joe Gibbs Racing won the race, his third win of the 2013 season, while his teammate Denny Hamlin finished second. Jeff Gordon grabbed his 300th top 5 finish in his 700th Sprint Cup start, while Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick rounded out the top five.
There were five cautions for 25 laps and nine lead changes between four different drivers throughout the course of the race. The result moved Kenseth to the third position in the Drivers' Championship, 59 points behind Jimmie Johnson in first and five ahead of Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in fourth. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, two points ahead of Toyota and 18 ahead of Ford, with 25 races remaining in the season.
Darlington Raceway is a four-turn 1.366 mi (2.198 km) oval. The track's first two turns are banked at twenty-five degrees, while the final two turns are banked two degrees lower at twenty-three degrees. The front stretch (the location of the finish line) and the back stretch is banked at six degrees. Darlington Raceway can seat up to 60,000 people.Jimmie Johnson was the defending race winner after winning the event during the 2012 race.
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