2013 Bank of America 500 explained

Type:	NAS
Race Name:	Bank of America 500
Fulldate:	October 12, 2013
Year:	2013
Race No:	31
Season No:	36
Location:	Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina
Course Mi:	1.5
Course Km:	2.4
Distance Laps:	334
Distance Mi:	501
Distance Km:	806.281
Weather:	Temperatures reaching a high around 84F; wind speeds approaching a maximum of 11.1mph^[1]
Pole Driver:	Jeff Gordon
Pole Team:	Hendrick Motorsports
Pole Time:	27.791 seconds
Most Driver:	Kasey Kahne
Most Team:	Hendrick Motorsports
Car:	2
First Driver:	Brad Keselowski
First Team:	Team Penske
Network:	ABC
Announcers:	Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree

The 2013 Bank of America 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on October 12, 2013, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Contested over 334 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) asphalt quad-oval, it was the thirty-first race of the 2013 Sprint Cup Series season, as well as the fifth race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season. Brad Keselowski won the race, his first of the season, while Kasey Kahne finished second and Matt Kenseth finished third. This was the first time since October 2011 that a Chase race was "spoiled" by a non-Chase driver.

This race also marked the first Cup Series start for 2021 champion, Kyle Larson.

Entry list

(R) - Denotes rookie driver.

(i) - Denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Sponsor
1	Jamie McMurray	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	McDonald's
2	Brad Keselowski	Penske Racing	Ford	Miller Lite
5	Kasey Kahne	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Quaker State
7	Dave Blaney	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	Breast Cancer Awareness
9	Marcos Ambrose	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	Bostitch
10	Danica Patrick (R)	Stewart–Haas Racing	Chevrolet	GoDaddy Breast Cancer Awareness
11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	FedEx Ground
13	Casey Mears	Germain Racing	Ford	GEICO
14	Mark Martin	Stewart–Haas Racing	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops / Mobil 1
15	Clint Bowyer	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	Raspberry 5-hour Energy
16	Greg Biffle	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	3M
17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (R)	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	My Best Buy
18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	M&M's
20	Matt Kenseth	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	Dollar General
22	Joey Logano	Penske Racing	Ford	Shell / Pennzoil / Hertz
24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Axalta
27	Paul Menard	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	Duracell / Menards
29	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	Jimmy John's
30	Cole Whitt (i)	Swan Racing	Toyota	Swan Energy
31	Jeff Burton	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	Caterpillar
32	Timmy Hill (R)	FAS Lane Racing	Ford	U.S. Chrome
33	Brian Scott (i)	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	Shore Lodge
34	David Ragan	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	Taco Bell
35	Josh Wise (i)	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	MDS Transport
36	J. J. Yeley	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	United Mining Equipment
38	David Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	Long John Silver's
39	Ryan Newman	Stewart–Haas Racing	Chevrolet	Quicken Loans
40	Landon Cassill (i)	Circle Sport	Chevrolet	Moonshire Attitude Attire
42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	Target
43	Aric Almirola	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	Smithfield
47	Bobby Labonte	JTG Daugherty Racing	Toyota	Scott Products
48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Lowe's Dover White
51	Kyle Larson (i)	HScott Motorsports	Chevrolet	Target
55	Brian Vickers (i)	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	Aaron's Dream Machine
56	Martin Truex Jr.	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	NAPA Auto Parts
78	Kurt Busch	Furniture Row Racing	Chevrolet	Furniture Row / Denver Mattress
83	David Reutimann	BK Racing	Toyota	Burger King / Dr Pepper
87	Joe Nemechek (i)	NEMCO-Jay Robinson Racing	Toyota	NEMCO-Jay Robinson Racing
88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Time Warner Cable
93	Travis Kvapil	BK Racing	Toyota	Dr Pepper
95	Blake Koch (i)	Leavine Family Racing	Ford	SupportMilitary.org
98	Michael McDowell	Phil Parsons Racing	Ford	Phil Parsons Racing
99	Carl Edwards	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	Fastenal
Official entry list

Final Practice Results

Pos ! No.	Driver ! Team	Manufacturer ! Time
1	78		28.308
2	29		28.479
3	2		28.511
4	15		28.531
5	18		28.548
6	27		28.549
7	99		28.575
8	48		28.579
9	22		28.602
10	24		28.624
11	39		28.629
12	56		28.633
13	5		28.636
14	43		28.653
15	42		28.657
16	88		28.715
17	14		28.763
18	55	Brian Vickers (i)	28.778
19	31		28.792
20	11		28.794
21	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (R)	28.805
22	16		28.812
23	20		28.821
24	33	Brian Scott (i)	28.844
25	9		28.906
26	47		28.963
27	51	Kyle Larson (i)	28.981
28	38		29.004
29	10	Danica Patrick (R)	29.020
30	1		29.028
31	30	Cole Whitt (i)	29.080
32	13		29.131
33	7		29.157
34	83		29.273
35	40		29.322
36	93		29.344
37	34		29.361
38	35	Josh Wise (i)	29.392
39	36		29.533
40	98		29.635
41	32		29.698
42	95	Blake Koch (i)	29.714
Final practice results

Qualifying results

Pos ! No.	Driver ! Team
1	24	27.791
2	29	27.806
3	16	27.841
4	48	27.865
5	5	27.879
6	88	27.902
7	39	27.913
8	42	27.919
9	18	27.921
10	78	27.963
11	43	27.980
12	22	27.983
13	27	28.015
14	15	28.020
15	99	28.041
16	17	28.072
17	56	28.091
18	11	28.107
19	33	28.122
20	20	28.126
21	51	28.131
22	14	28.157
23	2	28.162
24	47	28.179
25	1	28.189
26	31	28.203
27	55	28.278
28	13	28.333
29	9	28.339
30	34	28.369
31	30	28.370
32	40	28.470
33	35	28.542
34	38	28.561
35	10	28.583
36	83	28.631
37	98	28.659
38	87	28.741
39	7	28.746
40	32	28.823
41	93	28.924
42	36	29.049
43	95	29.905

Race summary

Dale Earnhardt Jr. helped to enhance fuel injection research for NASCAR as he was leading lap 34 out of 334. His contribution to the fledgling technology came in the form of driving the one-millionth mile with an electronic fuel injection system.^[2]

Race results

Fin^[3] ^[4]	St		Driver	Make	Team	Laps	Led	Status	Pts	Winnings
1	23	2	Brad Keselowski	Ford	Penske Racing	334	11	running	47	$314,441
2	5	5	Kasey Kahne	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	334	138	running	44	$224,810
3	20	20	Matt Kenseth	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	334	1	running	42	$199,426
4	4	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	334	130	running	41	$192,721
5	9	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	334	4	running	40	$163,568
6	2	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	334	0	running	38	$157,346
7	1	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	334	26	running	38	$171,571
8	7	39	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas Racing	334	2	running	37	$129,343
9	18	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	Joe Gibbs Racing	334	0	running	35	$107,160
10	15	99	Carl Edwards	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing	334	1	running	35	$126,310
11	14	15	Clint Bowyer	Toyota	Michael Waltrip Racing	334	1	running	34	$127,493
12	8	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chevrolet	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	334	0	running	32	$114,949
13	16	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing	334	0	running	31	$131,121
14	10	78	Kurt Busch	Chevrolet	Furniture Row Racing	333	0	running	30	$110,280
15	6	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	Hendrick Motorsports	333	19	running	30	$99,435
16	3	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	Roush Fenway Racing	333	0	running	28	$104,660
17	29	9	Marcos Ambrose	Ford	Richard Petty Motorsports	333	0	running	27	$107,874
18	12	22	Joey Logano	Ford	Penske Racing	332	0	running	26	$108,018
19	25	1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	332	0	running	25	$105,955
20	35	10	Danica Patrick	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas Racing	332	0	running	24	$80,310
21	26	31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	332	0	running	23	$86,685
22	17	56	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	Michael Waltrip Racing	331	0	running	22	$110,335
23	11	43	Aric Almirola	Ford	Richard Petty Motorsports	331	0	running	21	$114,796
24	13	27	Paul Menard	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	331	0	running	20	$107,501
25	27	55	Brian Vickers	Toyota	Michael Waltrip Racing	330	0	running	0	$85,735
26	36	83	David Reutimann	Toyota	BK Racing	330	0	running	18	$95,043
27	19	33	Brian Scott	Chevrolet	Richard Childress Racing	330	0	running	0	$92,718
28	24	47	Bobby Labonte	Toyota	JTG Daugherty Racing	329	0	running	16	$98,418
29	34	38	David Gilliland	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	328	1	running	16	$87,693
30	30	34	David Ragan	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	328	0	running	14	$94,347
31	28	13	Casey Mears	Ford	Germain Racing	328	0	running	13	$80,585
32	39	7	Dave Blaney	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin Racing	327	0	running	12	$72,360
33	32	40	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	Circle Sport Racing	327	0	running	0	$72,235
34	31	30	Cole Whitt	Toyota	Swan Racing Company	327	0	running	0	$72,110
35	41	93	Travis Kvapil	Toyota	BK Racing	326	0	running	9	$79,960
36	40	32	Timmy Hill	Ford	FAS Lane Racing	324	0	running	8	$71,780
37	21	51	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	HScott Motorsports	247	0	engine	0	$79,650
38	43	95	Blake Koch	Ford	Leavine Family Racing	216	0	vibration	0	$66,550
39	38	87	Joe Nemechek	Toyota	NEMCO-Jay Robinson Racing	149	0	electrical	0	$62,550
40	37	98	Michael McDowell	Ford	Phil Parsons Racing	83	0	vibration	4	$58,550
41	33	35	Josh Wise	Ford	Front Row Motorsports	81	0	brakes	0	$54,550
42	22	14	Mark Martin	Chevrolet	Stewart-Haas Racing	80	0	engine	2	$97,375
43	42	36	J. J. Yeley	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin Racing	23	0	crash	1	$47,050

Notes and References

Web site: 2013 Bank of America 500 weather information . The Old Farmers' Almanac . 2014-02-28.
Web site: Electronic fuel injection hits milestone in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Auto Week. 2014-02-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20140304014642/http://www.autoweek.com/article/20131017/nascar01/131019813. 2014-03-04. dead.
Web site: 2013 Bank of America 500 - The Third Turn. 2021-07-09. thethirdturn.com. en.
Web site: 2013 Bank of America 500 race results. live. Racing-Reference. https://web.archive.org/web/20210428021923/https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2013_Bank_of_America_500/W/ . 2021-04-28 .