2013 Pocono IndyCar 400
| Race details | |
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| 11th round of the 2013 IndyCar Series season | |
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| Date | July 7, 2013 |
| Official name | Pocono IndyCar 400 |
| Location | Long Pond, Pennsylvania |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi / 4.023 km |
| Distance | 160 laps 400 mi / 643.737 km |
| Weather | Temperatures up to 91 °F (33 °C); wind speeds up to 11.1 miles per hour (17.9 km/h) |
| Pole position | |
| Driver | Marco Andretti (Andretti Autosport) |
| Podium | |
| First | Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Second | Charlie Kimball (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
| Third | Dario Franchitti (Chip Ganassi Racing) |
The 2013 Pocono IndyCar 400 fueled by Sunoco, the twentieth running of the event, was an IndyCar Series race held on July 7, 2013, at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. The race was the eleventh in the 2013 IndyCar Series season. The event made a return to the IndyCar schedule after a 23-year hiatus. Marco Andretti of Andretti Autosport won the pole position, while Chip Ganassi Racing driver Scott Dixon won the race.
Pocono Raceway held an IndyCar race from 1971–1989, though as a 500-mile race, with the event ending after Pocono owner Joseph Mattioli chose not to return, citing the rivalry between the USAC and CART as a factor. The final race at the track was won by Danny Sullivan.
On October 1, 2012, IndyCar announced that the Pocono race will make a return for 2013. However, the race was shortened by 100 miles to 400, as a request by ABC to fit the time window. The race became a part of the IndyCar Triple Crown of Motorsport, in which if a driver wins the Indianapolis 500, the Pocono IndyCar 400, and the season-ending MAVTV 500, they will win $1 million.
The first ten races of the 2013 season were split by Andretti Autosport and other teams, with Andretti drivers James Hinchcliffe winning three races and teammate Ryan Hunter-Reay winning two. The other five races were won by Takuma Sato (A. J. Foyt Enterprises),Tony Kanaan (KV Racing Technology),Mike Conway (Dale Coyne Racing),Simon Pagenaud (Sam Schmidt Motorsports) and Helio Castroneves (Team Penske).
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