2013 Firestone 550


The 2013 Firestone 550 was twenty-third running of the Firestone 550 and the eighth round of the 2013 IndyCar Series season. It took place on Saturday, June 8. The race was contested over 228 laps at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, and was televised by ABC in the United States.

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Background

Before coming to Texas Motor Speedway, IndyCar completed the first doubleheader of the season at Belle Isle in the Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit, where Mike Conway earned his first victory of the season in the first race, while Simon Pagenaud won his first IndyCar series race in the second part of the doubleheader. Entering the Firestone 550, both Marco Andretti and Hélio Castroneves were tied atop the IndyCar drivers point championship, each with 206 point, though both did not have any victories on the season. Justin Wilson entered the race as the defending champion having won the previous year's race.

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Classification

Starting grid

PosNo.DriverTeamEngineLapsTime/RetiredPit StopsGridLaps LedPoints
13 Hélio CastronevesTeam PenskeChevrolet2281:52:17.45943613253
21 Ryan Hunter-ReayAndretti AutosportChevrolet228+ 4.6919433541
311 Tony KanaanKV Racing TechnologyChevrolet228+ 11.608841335
420 Ed CarpenterEd Carpenter RacingChevrolet228+ 17.69304932
525 Marco AndrettiAndretti AutosportChevrolet228+ 19.5078425731
610 Dario FranchittiChip Ganassi RacingHonda227+ 1 lap3428
712 Will PowerTeam PenskeChevrolet227+ 1 lap31428
867 Josef NewgardenSarah Fisher Hartman RacingHonda227+ 1 lap4724
927 James HinchcliffeAndretti AutosportChevrolet227+ 1 lap41222
105 E. J. VisoAndretti AutosportChevrolet227+ 1 lap4520
1114 Takuma SatoA. J. Foyt EnterprisesHonda227+ 1 lap42119
1216 James JakesRahal Letterman Lanigan RacingHonda227+ 1 lap41018
1377 Simon PagenaudSchmidt Hamilton MotorsportsHonda226+ 2 laps52317
146 Sebastián SaavedraDragon RacingChevrolet226+ 2 laps51816
1519 Justin WilsonDale Coyne RacingHonda226+ 2 laps32015
1678 Simona de SilvestroKV Racing TechnologyChevrolet226+ 2 laps42214
1783 Charlie KimballChip Ganassi RacingHonda226+ 2 laps4813
1855 Tristan VautierSchmidt Peterson MotorsportsHonda225+ 3 laps32412
194 Oriol ServiàPanther RacingChevrolet225+ 3 laps41611
207 Sebastian BourdaisDragon RacingChevrolet224+ 4 laps51510
2115 Graham RahalRahal Letterman Lanigan RacingHonda223+ 5 laps6239
2298 Alex TaglianiBarracuda RacingHonda223+ 5 laps6148
239 Scott DixonChip Ganassi RacingHonda61Mechanical2117
2418 Pippa MannDale Coyne RacingHonda2Mechanical0196

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Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.

Standings after the race