2013 Kroger 200 Explained

Type:CUST
Description:Race 19 of 22 in the 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season
Race Name:Kroger 200
Year:2013
Race No:19
Season No:22
Image-Size:200px
Location:Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia
Course Mi:0.526
Course Km:0.847
Distance Laps:200
Distance Mi:105.2
Distance Km:169.302
Weather:Temperatures reaching up to 57F; wind speeds up to 12mph[1]
Avg:66.594mph
Pole Driver:Denny Hamlin
Pole Team:Kyle Busch Motorsports
Pole Time:19.625 sec
Most Driver:Darrell Wallace Jr.
Most Team:Kyle Busch Motorsports
Most Laps:96
Car:54
First Driver:Bubba Wallace
First Team:Kyle Busch Motorsports
Network:Fox Sports 1
Announcers:Rick Allen, Phil Parsons, Michael Waltrip

The 2013 Kroger 200 was a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race held on October 26, 2013 at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. Contested over 200 laps, the race was the nineteenth of the 2013 season. Bubba Wallace of Kyle Busch Motorsports won the race. Brendan Gaughan finished second and Jeb Burton finished third.

Race

Bubba Wallace led 96 laps in winning the race, becoming the first African American driver to win in the Camping World Truck Series, and the first African American driver to win in a NASCAR national touring series since Wendell Scott won a Grand National Series race, the 1964 Jacksonville 200, at Speedway Park in Jacksonville on December 1, 1963.[2]

Results

DriverTeamManufacturerPoints
13 54 Bubba Wallace # 200 48
215 62 200 42
39 4 Jeb Burton # 200 41
414 30 200 40
524 29 Ryan Blaney # 200 39
61 51 200 0
76 77 Germán Quiroga # 200 37
82 98 200 37
928 92 200 0
107 31 200 34
1126 8 200 33
1222 18 200 32
1317 7 200 31
148 19 200 31
1511 27 200 29
1630 22 200 28
1713 88 200 27
1829 60 200 26
1923 33 200 25
2012 94 200 24
2120 32 200 23
225 3 200 23
2319 75 199 21
2431 24 Brennan Newberry # 199 20
2518 39 197 19
2610 17 195 18
2736 68 195 0
284 9 194 16
2935 57 193 15
3021 14 189 0
3127 81 186 0
3216 6 140 12
3333 99 137 11
3432 84 52 10
3525 93 11 9
3634 07 6 8

Standings after the race

Source:[3]

PosDriverPoints
1Matt Crafton707
2James Buescher656
3Ty Dillon646
4Jeb Burton639
5Johnny Sauter625
6Ryan Blaney615
7Miguel Paludo615
8Bubba Wallace614
9Brendan Gaughan595
10Timothy Peters592

Notes and References

  1. http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/zipcode/24148/2013-10-26 Weather information for the 2013 Kroger 200
  2. Web site: Darrell Wallace Jr. makes NASCAR history with victory. Ryan. Nate. October 26, 2013. USA Today. 2013-10-26. McLean, VA.
  3. Web site: 2013 Kroger 200. Racing-Reference. October 27, 2013.