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2013 Coke Zero 400
The 2013 Coke Zero 400 powered by Coca-Cola was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on July 6, 2013, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Contested over 161 laps, it was the eighteenth race of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Jimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports won the race, his fourth win of the season and his first Coke Zero 400 win, rendering him the first driver since Bobby Allison in 1982 to sweep the Daytona 500 and Coke Zero 400 in the same year. Tony Stewart finished second while Kevin Harvick, Clint Bowyer, and Michael Waltrip rounded out the top five.
Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees. The backstretch, which has a length of 3,000 feet, has minimal banking that is used for drainage. Tony Stewart was the defending race winner.
Before the race, Jimmie Johnson was leading the Drivers' Championship with 610 points, while Carl Edwards stood in second with 572 points. Bowyer followed in the third with 569, twenty-five points ahead of Kevin Harvick and forty-one ahead of Matt Kenseth in fourth and fifth. Dale Earnhardt Jr., with 512, was in sixth; twelve ahead of Kyle Busch, who was scored seventh. Eighth-placed Martin Truex Jr. was one point ahead of Greg Biffle and eleven ahead of Joey Logano in ninth and tenth. Kasey Kahne was eleventh with 478, while Jeff Gordon completed the first twelve positions with 477 points. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with 119 points, nine points ahead of Toyota. Ford was third with 87 points.
(R) - Denotes rookie driver.
(i) - Denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Two practice sessions were held on July 4, 2013, in preparation for the race. The first session lasted for 80 minutes, while second session was 85 minutes long. Prior to the first practice session, NASCAR officials discovered illegal roof flaps in 16 cars. Every Joe Gibbs Racing, Roush Fenway Racing, Michael Waltrip Racing and Penske Racing cars were involved, along with Jamie McMurray, Marcos Ambrose, Casey Mears, Aric Almirola and Trevor Bayne.
During the first practice session, A.J. Allmendinger, for the Phoenix Racing team, was quickest ahead of Bowyer in second and Edwards in third. Juan Pablo Montoya was scored fourth, and Earnhardt Jr. managed fifth. Paul Menard, Danica Patrick, Denny Hamlin, Ambrose, and Johnson rounded out the top ten quickest drivers in the session. In the final practice session for the race, David Reutimann was the quickest of the seventeen drivers who participated. David Ragan followed in second, ahead of Ambrose and Jeff Gordon in third and fourth. Michael Waltrip, who was thirty-sixth quickest in second practice, managed fifth.
During qualifying, Kyle Busch clinched his thirteenth career pole position with a lap time of 46.458 seconds and a speed of 193.723 mph (311.767 km/h). After his qualifying run, Kyle Busch said, "I've not had many opportunities for me to win poles at restrictor-plate races, so I've got to thank the team, all the guys at Joe Gibbs Racing that did such a good job building a slick race car. It's a team effort coming to these places and having great race cars. I'm really excited to be starting up front, especially with my teammate Matt Kenseth on the front row with us." He was joined on the front row of the grid by Kenseth. Bowyer qualified third, Kahne took fourth, and Truex Jr. started fifth. Menard, Waltrip, Johnson, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., and Biffle completed the first ten positions on the grid.
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2013 Coke Zero 400
The 2013 Coke Zero 400 powered by Coca-Cola was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on July 6, 2013, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Contested over 161 laps, it was the eighteenth race of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Jimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports won the race, his fourth win of the season and his first Coke Zero 400 win, rendering him the first driver since Bobby Allison in 1982 to sweep the Daytona 500 and Coke Zero 400 in the same year. Tony Stewart finished second while Kevin Harvick, Clint Bowyer, and Michael Waltrip rounded out the top five.
Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees. The backstretch, which has a length of 3,000 feet, has minimal banking that is used for drainage. Tony Stewart was the defending race winner.
Before the race, Jimmie Johnson was leading the Drivers' Championship with 610 points, while Carl Edwards stood in second with 572 points. Bowyer followed in the third with 569, twenty-five points ahead of Kevin Harvick and forty-one ahead of Matt Kenseth in fourth and fifth. Dale Earnhardt Jr., with 512, was in sixth; twelve ahead of Kyle Busch, who was scored seventh. Eighth-placed Martin Truex Jr. was one point ahead of Greg Biffle and eleven ahead of Joey Logano in ninth and tenth. Kasey Kahne was eleventh with 478, while Jeff Gordon completed the first twelve positions with 477 points. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with 119 points, nine points ahead of Toyota. Ford was third with 87 points.
(R) - Denotes rookie driver.
(i) - Denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
Two practice sessions were held on July 4, 2013, in preparation for the race. The first session lasted for 80 minutes, while second session was 85 minutes long. Prior to the first practice session, NASCAR officials discovered illegal roof flaps in 16 cars. Every Joe Gibbs Racing, Roush Fenway Racing, Michael Waltrip Racing and Penske Racing cars were involved, along with Jamie McMurray, Marcos Ambrose, Casey Mears, Aric Almirola and Trevor Bayne.
During the first practice session, A.J. Allmendinger, for the Phoenix Racing team, was quickest ahead of Bowyer in second and Edwards in third. Juan Pablo Montoya was scored fourth, and Earnhardt Jr. managed fifth. Paul Menard, Danica Patrick, Denny Hamlin, Ambrose, and Johnson rounded out the top ten quickest drivers in the session. In the final practice session for the race, David Reutimann was the quickest of the seventeen drivers who participated. David Ragan followed in second, ahead of Ambrose and Jeff Gordon in third and fourth. Michael Waltrip, who was thirty-sixth quickest in second practice, managed fifth.
During qualifying, Kyle Busch clinched his thirteenth career pole position with a lap time of 46.458 seconds and a speed of 193.723 mph (311.767 km/h). After his qualifying run, Kyle Busch said, "I've not had many opportunities for me to win poles at restrictor-plate races, so I've got to thank the team, all the guys at Joe Gibbs Racing that did such a good job building a slick race car. It's a team effort coming to these places and having great race cars. I'm really excited to be starting up front, especially with my teammate Matt Kenseth on the front row with us." He was joined on the front row of the grid by Kenseth. Bowyer qualified third, Kahne took fourth, and Truex Jr. started fifth. Menard, Waltrip, Johnson, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., and Biffle completed the first ten positions on the grid.