2013 Camping World RV Sales 301
| Race details | |||
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| Race 19 of 36 in the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
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| Date | July 14, 2013 | ||
| Location | New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire, United States | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.058 mi (1.703 km) |
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| Distance | 302 laps, 319.516 mi (514.211 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 301 laps, 318.458 mi (512.508 km) | ||
| Weather | Hot with temperatures approaching 89.1 °F (31.7 °C); wind speeds up to 7 miles per hour (11 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 98.735 mph (158.899 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Penske Racing | ||
| Time | 28.022 seconds | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Kurt Busch | Furniture Row Racing | |
| Laps | 102 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 55 | Brian Vickers | Michael Waltrip Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | TNT | ||
| Announcers | Adam Alexander, Wally Dallenbach, Jr. and Kyle Petty | ||
| Nielsen Ratings | 3.2/8 (4.907 million viewers) | ||
The 2013 Camping World RV Sales 301 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on July 14, 2013, at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire, United States. Contested over 302 laps, it was the nineteenth race of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Brian Vickers of Michael Waltrip Racing won the race, his third career Sprint Cup win, while Kyle Busch finished second. Jeff Burton, Brad Keselowski, and Aric Almirola rounded out the top five.
New Hampshire Motor Speedway opened on June 5, 1990, as a four-turn oval track, 1.058 miles (1.703 km) long. The track's turns are banked at two to seven degrees, while the front stretch, the finish line, and the back stretch are banked at one degree and are 1,500 feet in length. The track has a grandstand seating capacity of 93,521 spectators.Kasey Kahne was the defending race winner.
Before the race, Jimmie Johnson was leading the Drivers' Championship with 658 points, while Clint Bowyer stood in second with 609 points.Carl Edwards followed in third with 587, two points ahead of Kevin Harvick and thirty-nine ahead of Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in fourth and fifth.Matt Kenseth, with 540, was in sixth; seven points ahead of Kyle Busch, who was scored seventh. Eighth-placed Greg Biffle was fifteen points ahead of Kurt Busch and seventeen ahead of Tony Stewart in ninth and tenth.Martin Truex, Jr. was eleventh with 493, while Kahne completed the first twelve positions with 490 points. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with 128 points, twelve points ahead of Toyota.Ford was third with 91 points.
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