2013 GEICO 400

February 2025 NAS GEICO 400 https://www.espn.com/racing/schedule/_/year/2013 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Schedule ESPN September 8, 2013 2013 09 15 2013 27 36 Chicagoland Speedway.PNG Chicagoland Speedway track layout Chicagoland SpeedwayJoliet, Illinois, United States 1.500 2.414 267 400.5 644.5 Temperatures up to 70.5 F C; wind speeds up to 6 mph km/h2013 GEICO 400 weather information http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/IL/Joliet/2013-09-15 The Old Farmers' Almanac October 9, 2013 Joey Logano Penske Racing 28.509 seconds Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing 89 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing ESPN Allen Bestwick, Andy Petree and Dale Jarrett The 2013 GEICO 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on September 15, 2013, at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois, United States. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.500 mi km on tri-oval, it was the twenty-seventh in the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, as well as the first race in the ten-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, which ends the season. Matt Kenseth of Joe Gibbs Racing won the race, his career best sixth of the season, teammate Kyle Busch finished second, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, and Jimmie Johnson rounded out the top five. Report Background Chicagoland Speedway is a four-turn tri-oval track that is 1.500 mi km long.Chicagoland Speedway Track Facts http://www.chicagolandspeedway.com/About/Track-Facts.aspx Chicagoland Speedway 8 September 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130901024146/http://www.chicagolandspeedway.com/About/Track-Facts.aspx 1 September 2013 dead The track's turns are each banked at 18 degrees and have a turn width of 55 ft. The racetrack has a grandstand capacity of 75,000 spectators, and has a 11,050 sqft on garage area. Brad Keselowski was the race's defending champion.2012 GEICO 400 http://www.racing-reference.info/race/2012_GEICO_400/W Racing-reference.info USA Today Sports Media Group 8 September 2013 Before the race, Matt Kenseth led the Drivers' Championship with 2,015 points, with Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Busch tied for second place with 2,012. Kevin Harvick and Carl Edwards had a total of 2,006 points, while Joey Logano and Greg Biffle were sixth and seventh with 2,003. Clint Bowyer, and Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kurt Busch, Kasey Kahne, Ryan Newman, and Jeff Gordon rounded out the Chase field with 2,000 points each. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with 178 points, ten points ahead of Toyota. Ford, with 141 points, was in the third position.Manufacturers' Championship Classification http://www.jayski.com/news/stats/2013/story/_/page/2013-NASCAR-Sprint-Cup-Manufacturer-Standings Jayski's Silly Season Site ESPN 8 September 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130416153525/http://www.jayski.com/news/stats/2013/story/_/page/2013-NASCAR-Sprint-Cup-Manufacturer-Standings 16 April 2013 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 RacingFord14Mark MartinStewart–Haas RacingChevrolet15Clint BowyerMichael Waltrip RacingToyota16Greg BiffleRoush Fenway RacingFord17Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (R)Roush Fenway RacingFord18Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota20Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota22Joey LoganoPenske RacingFord24Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet27Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet29Kevin HarvickRichard Childress RacingChevrolet30Cole Whitt (i)Swan RacingToyota31Jeff BurtonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet32Timmy Hill (R)FAS Lane RacingFord33Tony Raines (i)Circle SportChevrolet34David RaganFront Row MotorsportsFord35Josh Wise (i)Front Row MotorsportsFord36J. J. YeleyTommy Baldwin RacingChevrolet38David GillilandFront Row MotorsportsFord39Ryan NewmanStewart–Haas RacingChevrolet40Landon Cassill (i)Circle SportChevrolet42Juan Pablo MontoyaEarnhardt Ganassi RacingChevrolet43Aric AlmirolaRichard Petty MotorsportsFord47A. J. AllmendingerJTG Daugherty RacingToyota48Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet51Justin Allgaier (i)HScott MotorsportsChevrolet55Brian Vickers (i)Michael Waltrip RacingToyota56Martin Truex Jr.Michael Waltrip RacingToyota78Kurt BuschFurniture Row RacingChevrolet83David ReutimannBK RacingToyota87Joe Nemechek (i)NEMCO-Jay Robinson RacingToyota88Dale Earnhardt Jr.Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet93Travis KvapilBK RacingToyota95Reed Sorenson (i)Leavine Family RacingFord98Michael McDowellPhil Parsons RacingFord99Carl EdwardsRoush Fenway RacingFordOfficial entry list Practice and qualifying Three practice sessions were held before the race. The first session, scheduled on September 13, 2013, was 90 minutes long. The second and third, held a day later on September 14, 2013, were 55 and 50 minutes long.http://www.jayski.com/news/races/2013/story/_/page/27-Chicago-2013-NASCAR-Race-Info#prac GEICO 400 Practice/Qualifying Times ESPN Jayski's Silly Season Site 8 September 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130912051849/http://www.jayski.com/news/races/2013/story/_/page/27-Chicago-2013-NASCAR-Race-Info#prac 12 September 2013 dead In the first practice session, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was the quickest with a best lap time of 28.774 seconds.http://www.jayski.com/stats/2013/pdfs/27chi2013prac1.pdf GEICO 400 1st Practice Speeds Jayski's Silly Season Site NASCAR Statistics September 14, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131008061748/http://www.jayski.com/stats/2013/pdfs/27chi2013prac1.pdf October 8, 2013 dead Kurt Busch followed in second, ahead of Edwards and Johnson in third and fourth. Juan Pablo Montoya was scored fifth quickest with a best lap time of 28.853, seven-tenths slower than Stenhouse. Logano, Biffle, Aric Almirola, Brad Keselowski, and Bowyer completed the top-ten. After the first practice session, NASCAR discussed the second half of what became known as Spingate, the race fixing scandal that took place during the last ten laps of the previous week's race in Richmond, which was still under investigation. NASCAR had uncovered radio chatter between two Roush Fenway Racing affiliated teams (Penske and Front Row). At 2:55 PM CT, NASCAR held a press conference to discuss the results and placed both Ford teams in question on probation for the rest of 2013. Furthermore, after discussions that took place because of the first part of the rule where which Michael Waltrip Racing ordered Brian Vickers to pit in order to help Martin Truex Jr. get into the Chase, and later disqualifying the #56 of Truex from the Chase while reinstating the #39 of Ryan Newman, NASCAR had no choice but to add Jeff Gordon, who was the victim of both manipulations, to the Chase as the 13th team. Chairman Brian France has always had the power to expand the Chase field in exceptional circumstances, and decided to invoke this power in order to add Gordon to the Chase. According to France, "There were too many things that went on Saturday night that provided a clear disadvantage (to the #24 team)" for him not to take this action.http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2013/09/13/jeff-gordon-chase-drivers-13-drivers-joey-logano-richmond.html Gordon Added to Chase as 13th Driver NASCAR NASCAR.com 13 September 2013 8 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151208110027/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2013/09/13/jeff-gordon-chase-drivers-13-drivers-joey-logano-richmond.html dead Ironically, Joey Logano, one of the drivers involved in the controversy, set a new track qualifying record, qualifying on pole with a time of 28.509 seconds, and speed of 189.414 mph. Race September 2025 Results Qualifying Grid No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Time Time in seconds Speed Speed in MPH 1 22 Joey Logano Penske Racing Ford 28.509 189.414 2 2 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Ford 28.534 189.248 3 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 28.562 189.062 4 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.604 188.785 5 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford28.606 188.772 6 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.641 188.541 7 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford28.645 188.515 8 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 28.669 188.357 9 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.677 188.304 10 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.678 188.298 11 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.678 188.298 12 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 28.679 188.291 13 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota 28.681 188.278 14 56 Martin Truex Jr. Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 28.684 188.258 15 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 28.704 188.127 16 78 Kurt Busch Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 28.712 188.075 17 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 28.730 187.957 18 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 28.742 187.878 19 34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford28.798 187.513 20 39 Ryan Newman Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 28.845 187.207 21 31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet28.892 186.903 2211 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota28.906 186.812 23 10 Danica Patrick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 28.912 186.774 24 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota28.915 186.754 25 55 Brian Vickers Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota28.963 186.445 26 9 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports Ford29.019 186.085 27 1 Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet29.051 185.880 28 30 Cole Whitt Swan Racing Toyota29.067 185.778 29 14 Mark Martin Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet29.069 185.765 30 36 J. J. Yeley Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 29.124 185.414 31 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Ford 29.277 184.445 32 40 Landon Cassill Circle Sport Chevrolet 29.283 184.407 33 83 David Reutimann BK Racing Toyota 29.288 184.376 34 35 Josh Wise Front Row Motorsports Ford29.293 184.344 35 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 29.331 184.106 36 51 Justin Allgaier Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 29.335 184.080 37 93 Travis Kvapil BK Racing Toyota 29.380 183.799 38 98 Michael McDowell Phil Parsons Racing Ford 29.455 183.331 39 32 Timmy Hill FAS Lane Racing Ford 29.458 183.312 40 95 Reed Sorenson Leavine Family Racing Ford29.657 182.082 41 7 Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet29.682 181.928 42 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO-Jay Robinson Racing Toyota 29.875 180.753 43 33 Tony Raines Circle Sport Chevrolet 30.213 178.731Qualifying Results Race results Pos Car Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Laps completed Led Laps led Pointsrace1 1 1 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 89 48 2 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 267 67 43 3 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 267 2 42 4 78 Kurt Busch Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 267 0 40 5 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 40 40 6 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 22 39 7 2 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Ford 267 2 38 8 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush-Fenway Racing Ford 267 0 36 9 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 267 0 35 10 39 Ryan Newman Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 267 1 35 11 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 267 1 34 12 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 267 0 32 13 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 267 1 32 14 31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 267 0 30 15 9 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 267 0 29 16 16 Greg Biffle Roush-Fenway Racing Ford 267 2 29 17 14 Mark Martin Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 267 0 27 18 56 Martin Truex Jr. Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 267 0 26 19 1 Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 267 2 26 20 10 Danica Patrick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 267 0 24 21 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota 267 0 23 22 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 267 0 22 23 7 Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 267 0 21 24 93 Travis Kvapil BK Racing Toyota 266 0 20 25 36 J. J. Yeley Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 266 2 20 26 34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 266 1 19 27 51 Justin Allgaier Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 266 0 0 28 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 266 0 16 29 40 Landon Cassill Circle Sport Chevrolet 266 1 0 30 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Ford 266 0 14 31 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO-Jay Robinson Racing Toyota 266 0 0 32 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 261 0 12 33 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 247 0 11 34 32 Timmy Hill FAS Lane Racing Ford 225 0 10 35 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 224 2 10 36 83 David Reutimann BK Racing Toyota 195 0 8 37 22 Joey Logano Penske Racing Ford 175 32 8 38 55 Brian Vickers Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 161 0 0 39 30 Cole Whitt Swan Racing Toyota 151 0 0 40 33 Tony Raines Circle Sport Chevrolet 87 0 0 41 35 Josh Wise Front Row Motorsports Ford 84 0 0 42 95 Reed Sorenson Leavine Family Racing Ford 68 0 0 43 98 Michael McDowell Phil Parsons Racing Ford 29 0 1Race Results Notes race1 1 Points include 3 Chase for the Sprint Cup points for winning, 1 point for leading a lap, and 1 point for most laps led. Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Matt Kenseth2063 10px 1 2 Kyle Busch2055 (-8) 10px 1 3 Jimmie Johnson2052 (-11) 10px 4 Kevin Harvick2048 (-15) 10px 5 Carl Edwards2040 (-23) Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 10px 1 Chevrolet184 10px 2 Toyota179 (-5) 10px 3 Ford143 (-41) Note: Only the first thirteen positions are included for the driver standings. References Sprint Cup Series 2013 2013 Federated Auto Parts 400 2013 Sylvania 300 collapsed GEICO 400 GEICO 400 GEICO 400 Category:NASCAR races at Chicagoland Speedway