2013 Quicken Loans 400
| Race details | |||
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| Race 15 of 36 in the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series | |||
Michigan International Speedway
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| Date | June 16, 2013 | ||
| Location | Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan, U.S. | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 2 mi (3.2 km) |
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| Distance | 200 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km) | ||
| Weather | Overcast with a temperature around 78 °F (26 °C); wind out of the SW at 8 miles per hour (13 km/h). | ||
| Average speed | 139.278 mph (224.146 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Roush Fenway Racing | ||
| Time | 35.564 seconds | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Greg Biffle | Roush Fenway Racing | |
| Laps | 48 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 16 | Greg Biffle | Roush Fenway Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | TNT | ||
| Announcers | Adam Alexander, Wally Dallenbach, Jr. and Kyle Petty | ||
| Nielsen Ratings | 2.8 (4.533 million viewers) | ||
The 2013 Quicken Loans 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on June 16, 2013, at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan, United States. Contested over 200 laps on the two–mile (3.2 km) superspeedway, it was the fifteenth race of the 2013 Sprint Cup Series championship. Greg Biffle of Roush Fenway Racing won the race, his first win of the 2013 season, while Kevin Harvick finished second. Martin Truex, Jr., Kyle Busch, and Tony Stewart rounded out the top five.
Michigan International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2 miles (3.2 km) long. Opened in 1968, the track's turns are banked at eighteen degrees, while the 3,600-foot-long front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at twelve degrees. The back stretch, has a five degree banking and is 2,242 feet long. Michigan International Speedway has a grandstand seating capacity of 71,000 people, with 13,000 seats having been removed from turns 3 and 4 since the race weekend in August 2012.Dale Earnhardt, Jr. was the defending race winner, having won the event in 2012.
Before the race, Jimmie Johnson was leading the Drivers' Championship with 521 points, while Carl Edwards stood in second with 470 points.Clint Bowyer followed in the third with 452, thirteen points ahead of fourth-placed Earnhardt, Jr. and eighteen ahead of fifth-placed Kevin Harvick.Matt Kenseth, with 418, was in sixth; six ahead of Kyle Busch, who was scored seventh. Eighth-placed Kasey Kahne was two points ahead of ninth-placed Brad Keselowski and five ahead of Greg Biffle, who rounded out the top ten.Jeff Gordon was eleventh with 393, while Paul Menard completed the first twelve positions with 385 points. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with 101 points, thirteen points ahead of Toyota.Ford was third after recording only 70 points before the race.
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