2013 Brickyard 400
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| Race 20 of 36 in the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
Indianapolis Motor Speedway track layout
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| Date | July 28, 2013 | ||
| Location | Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana, United States | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4.023 km) |
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| Distance | 160 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures up to 78.1 °F (25.6 °C); wind speeds up to 17.1 miles per hour (27.5 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 153.485 mph (247.010 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Stewart-Haas Racing | ||
| Time | 47.992 seconds | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Jimmie Johnson | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Laps | 73 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 39 | Ryan Newman | Stewart-Haas Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ESPN | ||
| Announcers | Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree | ||
| Nielsen Ratings | 3.6 (5.460 million viewers) | ||
The 2013 Crown Royal Presents the Samuel Deeds 400 at the Brickyard, the 20th running of the event, was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race that was held on July 28, 2013, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. Contested over 160 laps, it was the twentieth race of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Ryan Newman of Stewart-Haas Racing won the race, his first of the season, while Jimmie Johnson finished second. Kasey Kahne, Tony Stewart, and Matt Kenseth rounded out the top five.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a four-turn rectangular-oval track that is 2.5 miles (4.023 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 9 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, has no banking. The back stretch, opposite of the front, also has a zero degree banking. The track's front and back straightaway are both 3,300 ft (1,000 m), while the short straightaways between turn one and two, as well as between turn three and four are 660 feet (200 m) long. The racetrack has seats for more than 250,000 spectators.
Before the race, Jimmie Johnson was leading the Drivers' Championship with 696 points, while Clint Bowyer stood in second with 640 points.Carl Edwards followed in third with 623, one point ahead of Kevin Harvick and forty-five ahead of Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in fourth and fifth.Matt Kenseth, with 576, was in sixth; tied with Kyle Busch, who was scored seventh. Eighth-placed Greg Biffle was sixteen points ahead of Brad Keselowski and twenty-two ahead of Kasey Kahne in ninth and tenth. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with 134 points, nine points ahead of Toyota.Ford was third with 95 points.
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