2013 Gobowling.com 400

February 2025 NAS Gobowling.com 400 https://www.espn.com/racing/schedule/_/year/2013 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Schedule ESPN August 2, 2013 2013 08 04 2013 21 36 Pocono Raceway 2024.svg Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pennsylvania 2.5 4.023 160 400 643.737 Temperatures reaching up to 79.0 F C; average wind speeds of 13.0 mph km/h http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/PA/Long%20Pond/2013-08-04 2013 Gobowling.com 400 weather information The Old Farmers' Almanac 2013-11-12 129.009 mph km/h on Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports 49.819 seconds Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports 66 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports ESPN Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree 3.2 (5.062 million viewers) The 2013 Gobowling.com 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on August 4, 2013, at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Contested over 160 laps on the 2.5-mile (4.023 km) triangular superspeedway, it was the twenty-first race of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Kasey Kahne of Hendrick Motorsports won the race, his second win of the season, while Jeff Gordon finished second. Kurt Busch, Ryan Newman, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. rounded out the top five. The race was one of the most competitive races held at Pocono Raceway, as there were nine cautions, 14 different leaders, and 27 lead changes. Report Background Pocono Raceway is a three-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 mi km long.http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/track?trackId=8 NASCAR TRACK: POCONO RACEWAY Fox Sports August 2, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20070819143206/http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/track?trackId=8 August 19, 2007 dead mdy-all The track's turns are banked differently; the first is banked at 14°, the second turn at 8° and the final turn with 6°. However, each of the three straightaways are banked at 2°.http://scores.nbcsports.msnbc.com/racing/index.asp?page=track&series=nascar&track=8 Pocono Raceway NBC Sports August 2, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130515003027/http://scores.nbcsports.msnbc.com/racing/index.asp?page=track&series=NASCAR&track=8 May 15, 2013 dead The front stretch at Pocono Raceway is 3,740 feet long, the longest at the track. The back stretch, is 3,055 feet long, while the short stretch, which connects turn two with turn three, is only 1,780 feet long. Jeff Gordon was the defending race winner after winning the race in 2012.http://racing-reference.info/race/2012_Pennsylvania_400/W 2012 Pennsylvania 400 Racing-Reference USA Today Sports Media Group August 2, 2013 Before the race, Jimmie Johnson was leading the Drivers' Championship with 740 points, while Clint Bowyer stood in second with 665 points.http://www.jayski.com/stats/2013/pdfs/13dov2013racereport.pdf 2013 Brickyard 400 report ESPN Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site 2 June 2, 2013 August 2, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131008084914/http://www.jayski.com/stats/2013/pdfs/13dov2013racereport.pdf October 8, 2013 dead Carl Edwards followed in the third with 655, seven points ahead of Kevin Harvick and 39 ahead of Dale Earnhardt Jr. in fourth and fifth. Matt Kenseth, with 615 points, was in sixth; five ahead of Kyle Busch, who was scored seventh. Eighth-placed Greg Biffle was one point ahead of Kasey Kahne and six ahead of Gordon in ninth and tenth. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with 143 points, twelve points ahead of Toyota. Ford was third after recording only 99 points before the race.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 August 2, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130416153525/http://www.jayski.com/news/stats/2013/story/_/page/2013-NASCAR-Sprint-Cup-Manufacturer-Standings April 16, 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 RacingFord14Tony StewartStewart–Haas RacingChevrolet15Clint BowyerMichael Waltrip RacingToyota16Greg BiffleRoush Fenway RacingFord17Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (R)Roush Fenway RacingFord18Kyle BuschJoe Gibbs RacingToyota19Alex KennedyHumphrey Smith RacingToyota20Matt KensethJoe Gibbs RacingToyota22Joey LoganoPenske RacingFord24Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet27Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet29Kevin HarvickRichard Childress RacingChevrolet30David StremmeSwan 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 MotorsportsFord47Bobby LabonteJTG Daugherty RacingToyota48Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet51A. J. AllmendingerPhoenix 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 RacingToyota98Michael McDowellPhil Parsons RacingFord99Carl EdwardsRoush Fenway RacingFordOfficial entry list Practice and qualifying thumb|right|Jimmie Johnson scored his thirty-first pole position during qualifying. Three practice sessions are scheduled to be held before the race. The first session, scheduled on August 2, 2013, was 90 minutes long. The second and third, held a day later on August 3, 2013, will last 50 minutes each.http://www.jayski.com/news/races/2013/story/_/page/21-Pocono-2013-NASCAR-Race-Info#prac Gobowling.com 400 Practice/Qualifying Times ESPN Jayski's Silly Season Site August 2, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130802112953/http://www.jayski.com/news/races/2013/story/_/page/21-Pocono-2013-NASCAR-Race-Info#prac August 2, 2013 dead In the first practice session, Kurt Busch was the quickest with a best lap time of 50.600 seconds.http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2013/07/GoBowlingcom-400-1st-Practice-Speeds.aspx Gobowling.com 400 1st Practice Speeds Motor Racing Network August 2, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130806103434/http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Additional-Statistics/2013/07/GoBowlingcom-400-1st-Practice-Speeds.aspx August 6, 2013 dead Kyle Busch followed in second, ahead of Greg Biffle and Jeff Burton in third and fourth. Joey Logano was scored fifth quickest with a best lap time of 50.929, 329 thousandths of a second slower than Kurt Busch. Kahne, Marcos Ambrose, Ryan Newman, Denny Hamlin, and Edwards completed the top-ten. During the qualifying session, Johnson, whose car was late to the qualifying grid, recorded his thirty-first career pole position, and set a new track recordhttp://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2013/08/02/jimmie-johnson-pole-pocono-lineup-qualifying-speeds.html Johnson speeds to Coors Light Pole NASCAR August 2, 2013 August 3, 2013 with a lap time of 49.819 seconds and a speed of 180.654 mph km/h on.http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&YearID=42&RaceID=5931&StatType=Qualifying 2013 Gobowling.com 400 Qualifying Results Motor Racing Network August 3, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130806103514/http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&YearID=42&RaceID=5931&StatType=Qualifying August 6, 2013 dead Kyle Busch, who completed his lap in 49.823 seconds, will start alongside Johnson on the grid, in front of Edwards, Newman, and Kurt Busch. Logano, with a lap time of 50.111 seconds, was scored sixth ahead of Biffle and Ambrose in seventh and eighth. Hamlin and Aric Almirola completed the first ten grid positions with lap times of 28.162 and 28.191. After the session concluded, Johnson explained why his car was late to the qualifying grid, "We had a left rear toe (tire angle) was off by a thousandth of an inch. The system is pass-fail... a thousandth of an inch. I'm glad we got it sorted out." Race Before the race, NASCAR decided that there would be a competition caution on lap 20 because of Saturday practice being washed out. Jimmie Johnson led the field to the green flag, but the field had only gotten through the first turn when the first caution came out for a crash, as Juan Pablo Montoya washed up the track into Ricky Stenhouse Jr., causing Stenhouse to spin out. Matt Kenseth was also collected. Montoya would finish three laps down in 28th, Kenseth would finish in 22nd on the lead lap, and Stenhouse would end up in 34th place, 46 laps down. The race restarted on lap 5, with Johnson still leading. On lap 16, the second caution of the race came out when Denny Hamlin spun and hit the wall in turn 3. Hamlin would ultimately be credited with a last place finish. Due to its proximity to lap 20, NASCAR declared this to be the competition caution. On the restart, Johnson continued to lead, and led until lap 33 when he pitted for a green flag pit stop, handing the lead to Brad Keselowski. A cycle of green flag pit stops was carried out over the next fifteen laps. Due to some cars staying out on the previous caution, the lead changed several times between lap 33 and lap 48. Keselowski led one lap before pitting. Kurt Busch then led seven laps before pitting. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Matt Kenseth and Jamie McMurray then each stayed out to lead a lap before pitting, which cycled the lead back to Johnson on lap 48. On lap 53, the third caution came out when David Gilliland cut a right-front tire in the Tunnel Turn and hit the outside wall. Johnson and most of the leaders pitted under the caution. Ultimately, Johnson had a slow pit stop and ended up restarting in the middle of the pack. At the restart on lap 58, Keselowski led the field to the green flag. He led for four laps before a fast-charging Kasey Kahne managed to overtake him. Kahne led for ten laps before taking a green flag pit stop (he and Keselowski were on an off-sequence strategy). Ryan Newman held the lead for two laps before pitting, which handed the lead to Johnson. Johnson led until lap 75, when he pitted, giving the lead to Tony Stewart. On lap 78, the fourth caution flag came out when Johnson cut a right front tire coming off the first turn and slapped the outside wall. This damaged his car significantly, and he stayed at the back of the lead lap for most of the remainder of the race, until his crew discovered that a spark plug had been knocked loose. Once this problem had been fixed, he rallied back to a 13th-place finish. Kahne reassumed the lead under caution. At the restart on lap 82, Kahne and Keselowski were again at the front of the field. Over the next 13 laps, the two drivers exchanged the lead several times, until the fifth caution came out on lap 96 when David Stremme cut a right front tire in turn 1. Most of the leaders pitted under this caution, but Martin Truex Jr. stayed out and assumed the lead for the restart on lap 100. He then led the next three laps. On lap 104, the sixth caution came out when Aric Almirola cut a left rear tire and spun in turn 3 after contact with Timmy Hill. Kahne reassumed the lead under caution and continued to lead at the restart on lap 107. On lap 110, the seventh caution flag came out for a four car accident at the Tunnel Turn exit. Danica Patrick was racing Travis Kvapil for 17th place when the two made contact and both cars got loose and spun. Kvapail was able to save his car, but Danica ended up being hit by Paul Menard and Jeff Burton. The race restarted on lap 116 with Kahne still leading. Kahne continued to lead until a set of green flag pit stops on lap 130. As Kahne pitted, Kurt Busch assumed the lead for two laps before pitting, handing the lead to Almirola for lap 132. Almirola led that lap, then Dave Blaney assumed the lead for three laps before pitting on lap 135. David Ragan then held the lead for one lap before the lead cycled back to Kahne. With 15 laps to go, three of the four Hendrick Motorsports cars were leading the field, with Kahne leading Gordon and Earnhardt Jr. The top five (the three Hendrick cars, plus Newman and Kurt Busch) were Chevrolets. Kahne was able to use lapped traffic to build up a 7.5 second lead on Gordon. This continued until lap 150, when the eighth caution came out for debris, erasing Kahne's lead on Gordon. Kahne restarted on the outside lane on lap 153. Kahne held the lead until Gordon overtook him in the Tunnel Turn. Gordon appeared to be on his way to his first victory of the season, but on lap 156, his lead was erased when Matt Kenseth spun in the Tunnel Turn. On the last restart on lap 158, Gordon restarted on the inside and Kahne restarted on the outside. Gordon got a jump on the restart ahead of Kahne and Newman. Kahne caught up to Gordon and the two cars raced side by side down the Long Pond straightaway. Kahne cleared Gordon in the Tunnel Turn and assumed the lead at the white flag. He then held off Gordon and Kurt Busch over the last lap to win his second race of the season and his second Pocono race win. Newman finished fourth, and Earnhardt Jr. finished fifth. Keselowski finished sixth, the highest non-Chevrolet finisher in the field. Joey Logano finished seventh, Kyle Busch finished eighth, while Stewart and Greg Biffle rounded out the top ten.Complete Race Results: 2013 Gobowling.com 400 at Pocono Results Qualifying Grid No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Time Time in seconds Speed Speed in MPH 1 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49.819 180.654 2 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 49.823 180.639 3 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 49.950 180.180 4 39 Ryan Newman Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 49.999 180.004 5 78 Kurt Busch Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 50.085 179.695 6 22 Joey Logano Penske Racing Ford 50.111 179.601 7 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 50.130 179.533 8 9 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 50.187 179.329 9 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50.239 179.144 10 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 50.253 179.094 11 2 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Ford 50.297 178.937 12 1 Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 50.322 178.848 13 31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 50.373 178.667 14 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 50.418 178.508 15 51 A. J. Allmendinger Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 50.420 178.501 16 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 50.446 178.409 17 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 50.487 178.264 18 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 50.488 178.260 19 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 50.546 178.056 20 14 Tony Stewart Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 50.553 178.031 21 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 50.567 177.982 22 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 50.659 177.658 23 93 Travis Kvapil BK Racing Toyota 50.678 177.592 24 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 50.702 177.508 25 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 50.721 177.441 26 56 Martin Truex Jr. Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 50.779 177.239 27 98 Michael McDowell Phil Parsons Racing Ford 50.784 177.221 28 55 Mark Martin Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 50.850 176.991 29 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Ford 50.864 176.942 30 34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 50.894 176.838 31 30 David Stremme Swan Racing Toyota 50.899 176.821 32 7 Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 51.059 176.267 33 47 Bobby Labonte JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota 51.108 176.098 34 10 Danica Patrick Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 51.177 175.860 35 83 David Reutimann BK Racing Toyota 51.211 175.743 36 36 J. J. Yeley Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 51.376 175.179 37 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 51.415 175.046 38 40 Landon Cassill Circle Sport Chevrolet 51.462 174.886 39 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO-Jay Robinson Racing Toyota 51.696 174.095 40 35 Josh Wise Front Row Motorsports Ford 51.815 173.695 41 32 Timmy Hill FAS Lane Racing Ford 52.305 172.068 42 19 Alex Kennedy Humphrey Smith Racing Toyota 53.286 168.900 43 33 Tony Raines Circle Sport Chevrolet 53.960 166.790Source: Race results thumb|Kasey Kahne won the race. Pos Position No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Led Pointsrace1 1 1 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 160 66 48 2 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 160 7 43 3 78 Kurt Busch Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 160 9 42 4 39 Ryan Newman Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 160 2 41 5 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 160 2 40 6 2 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Ford 160 14 39 7 22 Joey Logano Penske Racing Ford 160 0 37 8 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 160 0 36 9 14 Tony Stewart Stewart–Haas Racing Chevrolet 160 3 36 10 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 160 0 34 11 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 160 0 33 12 9 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 160 0 32 13 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 160 43 32 14 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 160 0 30 15 56 Martin Truex Jr. Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 160 7 30 16 1 Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 160 1 29 17 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 160 0 27 18 55 Mark Martin Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 160 0 26 19 47 Bobby Labonte JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota 160 0 25 20 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 160 1 25 21 34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 160 124 22 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 160 123 23 7 Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet 160 322 24 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Ford 160 020 25 36 J. J. Yeley Tommy Baldwin Racing Ford 160 019 26 93 Travis Kvapil BK Racing Toyota 160 018 2732Timmy Hill FAS Lane Racing Ford 158017 2842Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 157016 2940Landon Cassill Circle SportChevrolet15700inelligible 2 a 3030David Stremme Swan RacingToyota151014 3183David Reutimann BK RacingToyota141013 3227Paul MenardRichard Childress RacingChevrolet127012 3351A. J. AllmendingerPhoenix RacingChevrolet122011 3417Ricky Stenhouse Jr.Roush Fenway Racing Ford 113010 3510Danica PatrickStewart–Haas RacingChevrolet11009 3631Jeff BurtonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet10908 3787Joe NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsToyota5500inelligible 2 b 3833Tony Raines Circle SportChevrolet5300inelligible 2 c 3938David GillilandFront Row Motorsports Ford 5105 4098Michael McDowellPhil Parsons Racing Ford 4404 41 35 Josh Wise Front Row Motorsports Ford 44 00inelligible 2 d 42 19 Alex Kennedy Humphrey Smith Racing Toyota 22 0 2 43 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 14 0 1Source:2013 GoBowling.com 400 Race Results https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2013_GoBowling.com_400/W 2025-09-20 Racing-Reference en-US 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. inelligible ainelligible binelligible cinelligible d Ineligible for driver's championship points. Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Jimmie Johnson 772 10px 2 Clint Bowyer 695 (–77) 10px 3 Carl Edwards 688 (–84) 10px 4 Kevin Harvick 675 (–97) 10px 5 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 656 (–116) Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 10px 1 Chevrolet 152 10px 2 Toyota 135 (–17) 10px 3 Ford 105 (–47) Note: Only the first twelve positions are included for the driver standings. References 30em Sprint Cup Series 2013 2013 Brickyard 400 2013 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen collapsed Gobowling.com 400 Gobowling.com 400 Gobowling.com 400 Category:NASCAR races at Pocono Raceway