2013_Firestone_550
2013 Firestone 550
Motor car race
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 1.5-mile (2.4 km) Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, and was televised by ABC in the United States.
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| Race details | |
|---|---|
| 8th round of the 2013 IndyCar Series season | |
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| Date | June 8, 2013 |
| Official name | Firestone 550 |
| Location | Texas Motor Speedway |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi / 2.4 km |
| Distance | 228 laps 342 mi / 550 km |
| Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 90 °F (32 °C); wind speeds up to 14 miles per hour (23 km/h)[1] |
| Pole position | |
| Driver | Will Power (Team Penske) |
| Time | 0:47.7960 |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver | Tony Kanaan (KV Racing Technology) |
| Time | 24.2769 (on lap 51 of 228) |
| Podium | |
| First | Hélio Castroneves (Team Penske) |
| Second | Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti Autosport) |
| Third | Tony Kanaan (KV Racing Technology) |
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.
Report
Starting grid
| Row | Inside | Outside | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 |  Will Power |
25 |  Marco Andretti |
| 2 | 1 | Ryan Hunter-Reay |
10 |  Dario Franchitti |
| 3 | 5 |  E. J. Viso |
3 |  Hélio Castroneves |
| 4 | 67 | Josef Newgarden |
83 | Charlie Kimball |
| 5 | 20 | Ed Carpenter |
16 | James Jakes |
| 6 | 9 |  Scott Dixon |
27 |  James Hinchcliffe |
| 7 | 11 | Tony Kanaan |
98 | Alex Tagliani |
| 8 | 7 |  Sébastien Bourdais |
4 |  Oriol Servia |
| 9 | 15 | Graham Rahal |
6 |  Sebastián Saavedra |
| 10 | 18 | Pippa Mann |
19 | Justin Wilson |
| 11 | 14 |  Takuma Sato |
78 |  Simona de Silvestro † |
| 12 | 77 | Simon Pagenaud † |
55 | Tristan Vautier (R) † |
† de Silvestro, Pagenaud and Vautier penalised 10 places for changing engine | ||||
- Sources:[2]
Race results
- Notes
1 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.
- "Weather information for the 2013 Firestone 550". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Archived from the original on January 25, 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
- "Qualification Results for the Firestone 550". IndyCar.com. June 7, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
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