2013 Bojangles' Southern 500

February 2025 NAS Bojangles' Southern 500 https://www.espn.com/racing/schedule/_/year/2013 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Schedule ESPN 2013-05-07http://www.rotoworld.com/articles/nas/43223/229/the-bojangles-500 The Bojangles' 500 NBC Sports Rotoworld.com 2013-05-08 2013-05-10 Brown, Brian 2013 05 11 2013 11 36 Darlington Raceway 2024.svg Darlington Raceway, Darlington, South Carolina, U.S. 1.366 2.198 367 501.322 806.799 Clear with a temperature around 82 F; wind out of the SW at 13 mph. 141.383 mph km/h on Kurt Busch Furniture Row Racing 27.032 seconds Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing 265 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Fox Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, Larry McReynolds 3.8/7(5.9 million viewers) The 2013 Bojangles' Southern 500, the 64th running of the event, was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on May 11, 2013, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina, United States. The race was contested over 367 laps on the 1.366–mile (2.198 km) oval, it was the eleventh race of the 2013 Sprint Cup Series championship. Matt Kenseth of Joe Gibbs Racing won the race, his third win of the 2013 season, while his teammate Denny Hamlin finished second. Jeff Gordon grabbed his 300th top 5 finish in his 700th Sprint Cup start, while Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick rounded out the top five. There were five cautions for 25 laps and nine lead changes between four different drivers throughout the course of the race. The result moved Kenseth to the third position in the Drivers' Championship, 59 points behind Jimmie Johnson in first and five ahead of Dale Earnhardt Jr. in fourth. Chevrolet maintained its lead in the Manufacturers' Championship, two points ahead of Toyota and 18 ahead of Ford, with 25 races remaining in the season. Report Background thumb|left|Darlington Raceway, the race track where the race was held. Darlington Raceway is a four-turn 1.366 smi km on oval.http://www.cbssports.com/nascar/tracks/page/darlington/darlington-raceway Darlington Raceway CBS Sports 2013-05-07 The track's first two turns are banked at twenty-five degrees, while the final two turns are banked two degrees lower at twenty-three degrees. The front stretch (the location of the finish line) and the back stretch is banked at six degrees. Darlington Raceway can seat up to 60,000 people. Jimmie Johnson was the defending race winner after winning the event during the 2012 race.http://racing-reference.info/race/2012_Bojangles_Southern_500/W 2012 Bojangles' Southern 500 USA Today Sports Media Group Racing-Reference.info 2013-05-07 Before the race, Johnson was leading the Drivers' Championship with 383 points, while Carl Edwards stood in second with 342 points. Dale Earnhardt Jr. followed in the third with 324, seven ahead of Matt Kenseth in fourth, and eight ahead of Clint Bowyer in fifth. Brad Keselowski, with 314, was in sixth; fifteen points ahead of Kasey Kahne. Eighth-placed Aric Almirola was three points ahead of Paul Menard and eight ahead of Kyle Busch in ninth and tenth. Greg Biffle was eleventh with 280, while Kevin Harvick completed the first twelve positions with 279 points.http://www.jayski.com/stats/2013/pdfs/10tss2013points.pdf Pre-race Driver's Championship Classification ESPN Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site 2013-05-05 2013-05-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20130512193009/http://www.jayski.com/stats/2013/pdfs/10tss2013points.pdf 2013-05-12 dead In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with 68 points, five points ahead of Toyota. Ford was third after recording only 52 points during the first ten races.http://www.jayski.com/news/stats/2013/story/_/page/2013-NASCAR-Sprint-Cup-Manufacturer-Standings Manufacturer's Championship Classification ESPN Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site 2013-05-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20130416153525/http://www.jayski.com/news/stats/2013/story/_/page/2013-NASCAR-Sprint-Cup-Manufacturer-Standings 2013-04-16 dead Entry list (R) - Denotes rookie driver. (i) - Denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points. No. Car numberDriverTeamManufacturer1Jamie McMurrayEarnhardt Ganassi RacingChevrolet2Brad KeselowskiPenske RacingFord5Kasey KahneHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet7Dave BlaneyTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet9Marcos AmbroseRichard Petty MotorsportsFord10Danica Patrick (R)Stewart–Haas RacingChevrolet11Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs RacingToyota13Casey MearsGermain RacingFord14Tony StewartStewart–Haas RacingChevrolet15Clint BowyerMichael Waltrip RacingToyota16Greg BiffleRoush Fenway RacingFord17Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (R)Roush Fenway RacingFord18Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota19Mike Bliss (i)Humphrey Smith RacingToyota20Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota22Joey LoganoPenske RacingFord24Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet27Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet29Kevin HarvickRichard Childress RacingChevrolet30David StremmeSwan RacingToyota31Jeff BurtonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet32Timmy Hill (R)FAS Lane RacingFord33Landon CassillCircle SportChevrolet34David RaganFront Row MotorsportsFord35Josh Wise (i)Front Row MotorsportsFord36J. J. YeleyTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet38David GillilandFront Row MotorsportsFord39Ryan NewmanStewart–Haas RacingChevrolet42Juan Pablo MontoyaEarnhardt Ganassi RacingChevrolet43Aric AlmirolaRichard Petty MotorsportsFord47Bobby LabonteJTG Daugherty RacingToyota48Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet51Regan Smith (i)Phoenix RacingChevrolet55Mark MartinMichael Waltrip RacingToyota56Martin Truex Jr.Michael Waltrip RacingToyota78Kurt BuschFurniture Row RacingChevrolet83David ReutimannBK RacingToyota87Joe Nemechek (i)NEMCO-Jay Robinson RacingToyota88Dale Earnhardt Jr.Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet93Travis KvapilBK RacingToyota95Scott SpeedLeavine Family RacingFord98Michael McDowellPhil Parsons RacingFord99Carl EdwardsRoush Fenway RacingFordOfficial entry list Practice and qualifying thumb|200px|right|Kurt Busch (shown here in 2012) won his sixteenth career pole position. Two practice sessions were held in preparation for the race; both on Friday, May 10, 2013. The first session lasted for 120 minutes, while second session was 45 minutes long.http://www.jayski.com/news/races/2013/story/_/page/11-Darlington-2013-NASCAR-Race-Info 2013 Bojangles' Southern 500 Race Information ESPN Jayski's Silly Season Site 2013-05-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20130510111456/http://www.jayski.com/news/races/2013/story/_/page/11-Darlington-2013-NASCAR-Race-Info 2013-05-10 dead During the first practice session, Menard, for the Richard Childress Racing team, was quickest ahead of Bowyer in second and McMurray in third.Bojangles' Southern 500 1st Practice Speeds http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2013/05/Bojangles-Southern-500-1st-Practice-Speeds.aspx Motor Racing Network 2013-05-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042035/http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2013/05/Bojangles-Southern-500-1st-Practice-Speeds.aspx 2013-06-07 dead Earnhardt Jr. was scored fourth, and Edwards managed fifth. Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr., Juan Pablo Montoya, Kenseth, and Biffle rounded out the top ten quickest drivers in the session. Montoya was quickest in the second and final practice session, ahead of Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in second and Edwards in third.Bojangles Southern 500 Final Practice Speeds http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2013/05/Bojangles-Southern-500-Final-Practice-Speeds.aspx Motor Racing Network 2013-05-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20130607042041/http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2013/05/Bojangles-Southern-500-Final-Practice-Speeds.aspx 2013-06-07 dead Jeff Burton was fourth quickest, and Kurt Busch took fifth. Biffle, Kenseth, Jeff Gordon, Truex Jr., and Kyle Busch followed in the top ten. During qualifying, forty-three cars were entered.http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&YearID=42&RaceID=6029&StatType=Entry+List 2013 Bojangles' Southern 500 Entry List Motor Racing Network 2013-05-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20130510093857/http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&YearID=42&RaceID=6029&StatType=Entry+List 2013-05-10 dead Kurt Busch clinched his first pole position of the season, with a record time of 27.032 seconds.http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&YearID=42&RaceID=6029&StatType=Qualifying https://archive.today/20130629051559/http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&YearID=42&RaceID=6029&StatType=Qualifying dead June 29, 2013 Bojangles' Southern 500 Starting Grid Motor Racing Network 2013-05-12 After his qualifying run, Kurt Busch commented, "Wow, what an incredible lap. The way the team gave me the confidence right when we first unloaded, the team deserves all the credit. This gives me a great shot to stay ahead of the field and win by two-thousandths of a second this time."https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2013/05/10/darlington-southern-500-lineup-starting-grid-qualifying-results/2151629/ Kurt Busch wins Darlington pole with record run USA Today 2013-05-10 2013-05-12 Gluck, Jeff He was joined on the front row of the grid by Johnson. Kyle Busch qualified third, Kahne took fourth, and Truex Jr. started fifth. Denny Hamlin, Kenseth, Gordon, Biffle, and Harvick completed the first ten positions on the grid. Race Kurt Busch started on Pole in the #78 Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet and would lead the early laps until his younger brother Kyle Busch took the lead from him. In a rather dominate effort, Kyle would lead a majority of the race until around 50 to go Kasey Kahne would challenge him. While racing for the lead Kahne would make contact with the wall ending his chances at victory with 20 to go. After Kahne’s misfortune it appeared to be Kyle Busch’s race to lose until his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Matt Kenseth started charging hard in the last 20 laps. Kenseth would catch Busch and quickly pass him going onto win his 3rd race of the 2013 season, his first season with Joe Gibbs Racing. Results Qualifying Grid No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Time Time in seconds Speed Speed in MPH 1 78 Kurt Busch Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 27.032 181.918 2 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 27.173 180.974 3 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 27.181 180.920 4 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 27.208 180.741 5 56 Martin Truex Jr. Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 27.277 180.284 6 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 27.296 180.158 7 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 27.303 180.112 8 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 27.304 180.105 9 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 27.320 180.000 10 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 27.355 179.770 11 31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 27.368 179.684 12 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 27.376 179.632 13 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 27.381 179.599 14 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 27.394 179.514 15 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 27.401 179.468 16 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 27.410 179.409 17 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 27.472 179.004 18 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 27.500 178.822 19 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Ford 27.501 178.815 20 14 Tony Stewart Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 27.511 178.750 21 39 Ryan Newman Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 27.550 178.497 22 55 Mark Martin Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 27.578 178.316 23 47 Bobby Labonte JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota 27.593 178.219 24 9 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 27.630 177.980 25 1 Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 27.631 177.974 26 2 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Ford 27.633 177.961 27 51 Regan Smith Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 27.635 177.948 28 93 Travis Kvapil BK Racing Toyota 27.669 177.730 29 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 27.676 177.685 30 22 Joey Logano Penske Racing Ford 27.681 177.653 31 34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 27.682 177.646 32 33 Landon Cassill Circle Sport Chevrolet 27.736 177.300 33 83 David Reutimann BK Racing Toyota 27.775 177.051 34 35 Josh Wise Front Row Motorsports Ford 27.835 176.670 35 98 Michael McDowell Phil Parsons Racing Ford 27.837 176.657 36 95 Scott Speed Leavine Family Racing Ford 27.884 176.359 37 7 Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 27.954 175.918 38 19 Mike Bliss Humphrey Smith Motorsports Toyota 27.961 175.874 39 30 David Stremme Swan Racing Toyota 27.981 175.748 40 10 Danica Patrick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 28.014 175.541 41 32 Timmy Hill FAS Lane Racing Ford 28.080 175.128 42 36 J. J. Yeley Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 28.083 175.109 43 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO-Jay Robinson Racing Toyota 28.315 173.675Source: Race results thumb|Matt Kenseth won the race. Pos Car Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points 1 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 36747 2 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 36742 3 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 36742 4 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 36740 5 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 36739 6 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 36740 7 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 36737 8 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 36736 9 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 36735 10 39 Ryan Newman Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 36734 11 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 36733 12 56 Martin Truex Jr. Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 36732 13 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 36731 14 78 Kurt Busch Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 36731 15 14 Tony Stewart Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 36729 16 1 Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 36728 17 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 36727 18 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 36626 19 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 36625 20 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 36624 21 31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 36523 22 22 Joey Logano Penske Racing Ford 36522 23 93 Travis Kvapil BK Racing Toyota 36421 24 51 Regan Smith Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 363– 25 55 Mark Martin Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 36319 26 47 Bobby Labonte JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota363 18 27 7 Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 36217 28 10 Danica Patrick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 36216 29 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 36215 30 33 Landon Cassill Circle Sport Chevrolet 36014 31 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO-Jay Robinson Racing Toyota 359– 32 2 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Ford 35812 33 32 Timmy Hill FAS Lane Racing Ford 35811 34 9 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 35810 35 36 J. J. Yeley Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 3549 36 83 David Reutimann BK Racing Toyota327 8 37 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Ford327 7 38 35 Josh Wise Front Row Motorsports Ford 326– 39 34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 3185 40 30 David Stremme Swan Racing Toyota 2304 41 95 Scott Speed Leavine Family Racing Ford 773 42 98 Michael McDowell Phil Parsons Racing Ford 582 43 19 Mike Bliss Humphrey Smith Motorsports Toyota 18–Source:2013 Bojangles' Southern 500 Race Results http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&YearID=42&RaceID=6029&StatType=Race+Results dead https://archive.today/20130629215806/http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&YearID=42&RaceID=6029&StatType=Race+Results June 29, 2013 2013-05-12 Motor Racing Network Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Jimmie Johnson 423 10px 2 Carl Edwards 379 (–44) 10px 1 3 Matt Kenseth 364 (–59) 10px 1 4 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 359 (–64) 10px 5 Clint Bowyer 349 (–74) Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 10px 1 Chevrolet 74 10px 2 Toyota 72 (–2) 10px 3 Ford 56 (–18) Note: Only the first twelve positions are included for the driver standings. References Sprint Cup Series 2013 2013 Aaron's 499 2013 Coca-Cola 600 collapsed Bojangles' Southern 500 Bojangles' Southern 500 Bojangles' Southern 500 Category:NASCAR races at Darlington Raceway