2013 MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships

March 2026 February 2025 USA MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships Auto Club Speedway (formerly California Speedway) - Speedway.svg October 19 2013 MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships Presented By Lucas Oil 19 19 IndyCar Series Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, California Permanent racing facility 2.000 3.219 250 500.000 804.672 Will Power Team Penske 220.775 mph on AUS Will Power Team Penske AUS Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing USA Tony Kanaan KV Racing Technology BRA The 2013 MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships was the 19th and final race of the 2013 IndyCar Series season. The event took place on October 19, at the 2.000 mi km on Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. It was the final race for Izod as the series' main sponsor, as Verizon Communications took over as title sponsor from 2014. This was the first race without Dario Franchitti In the field since the 2008 Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 Report Will Power, who won the pole position in qualifying, won the race leading 103 laps.https://www.espn.com/racing/raceresults?series=indycar&raceId=201310190769 2013 MAVTV 500 Results ESPN August 30, 2014 Scott Dixon, who finished 5th, won the championship, defeating Hélio Castroneves by 27 points. A. J. Allmendinger returned to Team Penske, driving the #2 car. J. R. Hildebrand drove the #98 Honda for Barracuda Racing. Will Power, from the pole, quickly lost the lead to a faster Sébastien Bourdais who dominated the first quarter of the race. Meanwhile, Castroneves rises from 10th to 5th place and watched the battle for the lead between Kanaan, Hunter-Reay, Bourdais and a fast Carlos Muñoz while Dixon keep the pace in 15th place. At lap 111, Justin Wilson lost the rear of his car and was avoided by Josef Newgarden who collected Oriol Servià on the process. Then Wilson was hit by Tristan Vautier involving also James Jakes and Simona de Silvestro on the accident. Wilson was sent to the local hospital with minor fractures. At the checkered flag Will Power finally grabbed the win at Fontana, followed by Ed Carpenter and Tony Kanaan. Dixon finished at 5th place, which was enough to give him the season title, while Castroneves had a tough night and finished 6th. Dixon become the new three time Indycar Series Champion, winning previously in 2003 and 2008. Top 10 results Pos No. Car number Driver Team Engine 1 12 AUS Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 2 20 USA Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 3 11 BRA Tony Kanaan KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 4 27 CAN James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 5 9 NZL Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 6 3 BRA Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Chevrolet 7 25 USA Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 8 78 SWI Simona de Silvestro KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 9 1 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 10 83 USA Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Honda Points standings after the race Pos Driver Points 1 NZL Scott Dixon 577 2 BRA Hélio Castroneves 550 3 FRA Simon Pagenaud 508 4 AUS Will Power 498 5 USA Marco Andretti 484 References MAVTV 500 2013 2013 Shell-Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston None 2012 MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships 2014 MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships MAVTV Category:MAVTV 500 MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships