2013 GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma

2013 Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma

Race details
15th round of the 2013 IndyCar Series season
Date	August 25, 2013
Official name	GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma
Location	Sonoma Raceway
Course	Road course 2.303 mi / 3.706 km
Distance	85 laps 195.755 mi / 315.010 km
Pole position
Driver	Dario Franchitti (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time	1:17.5271
Podium
First	Will Power (Team Penske)
Second	Justin Wilson (Dale Coyne Racing)
Third	Dario Franchitti (Chip Ganassi Racing)

The 2013 GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma was an IndyCar Series race held on August 25, 2013 at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California. The race was the fifteenth of the 2013 IndyCar Series season, and was won by Will Power of Team Penske.

The previous race of the season, the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, was won by Charlie Kimball. The 2012 edition of Sonoma race was won by Ryan Briscoe.

Entering the race, James Hinchcliffe and Scott Dixon were tied for the most wins with three. In the points race, Helio Castroneves held the lead with 453 points, followed by Dixon (422), Ryan Hunter-Reay (388), Marco Andretti (377) and Simon Pagenaud (350) rounded out the top five.

Dario Franchitti won his 33rd career pole position, his fourth of 2013 and third at the track, with a lap time of 1:17.5271. Teammate Scott Dixon started second with a time of 1:17.7196,Team Penske teammates Will Power and Helio Castroneves were in third and fourth, respectively. Ryan Hunter-Reay closed out the top five starting spots. Charlie Kimball, Justin Wilson, Graham Rahal, James Hinchcliffe and Simon Pagenaud rounded out the starting top ten.JR Hildebrand, making his return to IndyCar since the Indianapolis 500, started 18th, while Ryan Briscoe, running his final race of the season, started 22nd.Lucas Luhr started his IndyCar debut in 25th. The race was also Tony Kanaan's 311th, tying him with Jimmy Vasser for most consecutive IndyCar starts.

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