The 2013 AAA Texas 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on November 3, 2013, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, United States.
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Entry list (R) - Denotes rookie driver.
(i) - Denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points. DriverTeamManufacturerSponsor1Jamie McMurrayEarnhardt Ganassi RacingChevroletMcDonald's2Brad KeselowskiPenske RacingFordMiller Lite5Kasey KahneHendrick MotorsportsChevroletTime Warner Cable7Dave BlaneyTommy Baldwin RacingChevroletTommy Baldwin Racing9Marcos AmbroseRichard Petty MotorsportsFordMac Tools10Danica Patrick (R)Stewart–Haas RacingChevroletGoDaddy.com11Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyotaFedEx Office13Casey MearsGermain RacingFordGEICO14Mark MartinStewart–Haas RacingChevroletBass Pro Shops / Mobil 115Clint BowyerMichael Waltrip RacingToyotaSour Apple Extra Strength 5-hour Energy16Greg BiffleRoush Fenway RacingFord3M Hire Our Heroes17Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (R)Roush Fenway RacingFordFord EcoBoost18Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyotaSnickers20Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyotaThe Home Depot "Let's Do This"21Trevor Bayne (i)Wood Brothers RacingFordMotorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center22Joey LoganoPenske RacingFordAAA24Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevroletDrive to End Hunger27Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevroletQuaker State / Menards29Kevin HarvickRichard Childress RacingChevroletBudweiser30Parker Kligerman (i)Swan RacingToyotaSwan Energy / Lean131Jeff BurtonRichard Childress RacingChevroletCaterpillar32Timmy Hill (R)FAS Lane RacingFordU.S. Chrome33Austin Dillon (i)Richard Childress RacingChevroletBoot Barn34David RaganFront Row MotorsportsFordSaferCar.gov35Josh Wise (i)Front Row MotorsportsFordMDS Transport36J. J. YeleyTommy Baldwin RacingChevroletAccell Construction38David GillilandFront Row MotorsportsFordLong John Silver's39Ryan NewmanStewart–Haas RacingChevroletOutback Steakhouse40Landon Cassill (i)Circle SportChevroletPirate Oilfield Services42Juan Pablo MontoyaEarnhardt Ganassi RacingChevroletTarget43Aric AlmirolaRichard Petty MotorsportsFordFarmland47Bobby LabonteJTG Daugherty RacingToyotaClorox48Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevroletLowe's51Kyle Larson (i)HScott MotorsportsChevroletDallas Convention & Visitors Bureau55Elliott Sadler (i)Michael Waltrip RacingToyotaAaron's Dream Machine56Martin Truex Jr.Michael Waltrip RacingToyotaNAPA Auto Parts78Kurt BuschFurniture Row RacingChevroletFurniture Row / Denver Mattress83David ReutimannBK RacingToyotaBurger King / Dr Pepper87Joe Nemechek (i)NEMCO-Jay Robinson RacingToyotaNEMCO-Jay Robinson Racing88Dale Earnhardt Jr.Hendrick MotorsportsChevroletAMP Energy Gold / 7-Eleven93Travis KvapilBK RacingToyotaDr Pepper / Burger King98Michael McDowellPhil Parsons RacingFordPhil Parsons Racing99Carl EdwardsRoush Fenway RacingFordAflacOfficial entry list
Summary Contested over 334 laps, it was the thirty-fourth, and the eighth race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup during the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Jimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports won the race, his sixth win of the season, while Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished second and Joey Logano finished third.
Kyle Busch, Jimmie Johnson and Matt Kenseth were considered the most likely to win this race according to the pundits while Brad Keselowski, Elliott Sadler and Juan Pablo Montoya were considered the extreme underdogs. Some of the racing experts predicted that Jeff Gordon, Denny Hamlin and Greg Biffle would initially make great lap times during the race but would ultimately falter in the end.
Before the race, the championship lead would be split between Kenseth and Johnson. With three racing remaining, it looked like a tiebreaker would have been needed if the stalemate had carried over into Homestead-Miami.
Top ten finishers Pos Grid Driver Manufacturer 1 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 334 255 2 7 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 334 0 3 12 22 Joey Logano Ford 334 1 4 6 20 Matt Kenseth Toyota 334 3 5 11 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet 334 0 6 2 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 334 30 7 14 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 334 0 8 19 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 334 0 9 13 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 334 2 10 26 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 334 0
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