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 1.5-mile (2.4 km) Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, and was televised by ABC in the United States.

United States 2013 Firestone 550
Race details
8th round of the 2013 IndyCar Series season
DateJune 8, 2013
Official nameFirestone 550
LocationTexas Motor Speedway
CoursePermanent racing facility
1.5 mi / 2.4 km
Distance228 laps
342 mi / 550 km
WeatherTemperatures reaching up to 90 °F (32 °C); wind speeds up to 14 miles per hour (23 km/h)[1]
Pole position
DriverWill Power (Team Penske)
Time0:47.7960
Fastest lap
DriverTony Kanaan (KV Racing Technology)
Time24.2769 (on lap 51 of 228)
Podium
FirstHélio Castroneves (Team Penske)
SecondRyan Hunter-Reay (Andretti Autosport)
ThirdTony Kanaan (KV Racing Technology)

Report

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.

Classification

Starting grid

Row Inside Outside
1 12 Australia Will Power 25 United States Marco Andretti
2 1 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay 10 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti
3 5 Venezuela E. J. Viso 3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves
4 67 United States Josef Newgarden 83 United States Charlie Kimball
5 20 United States Ed Carpenter 16 United Kingdom James Jakes
6 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon 27 Canada James Hinchcliffe
7 11 Brazil Tony Kanaan 98 Canada Alex Tagliani
8 7 France Sébastien Bourdais 4 Spain Oriol Servia
9 15 United States Graham Rahal 6 Colombia Sebastián Saavedra
10 18 United Kingdom Pippa Mann 19 United Kingdom Justin Wilson
11 14 Japan Takuma Sato 78 Switzerland Simona de Silvestro
12 77 France Simon Pagenaud 55 France Tristan Vautier (R)
de Silvestro, Pagenaud and Vautier penalised 10 places for changing engine

Race results

Pos No. Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired Pit Stops Grid Laps Led Points1
1 3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Chevrolet 228 1:52:17.4594 3 6 132 53
2 1 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 228 + 4.6919 4 3 35 41
3 11 Brazil Tony Kanaan KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 228 + 11.6088 4 13 35
4 20 United States Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 228 + 17.6930 4 9 32
5 25 United States Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 228 + 19.5078 4 2 57 31
6 10 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 227 + 1 lap 3 4 28
7 12 Australia Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 227 + 1 lap 3 1 4 28
8 67 United States Josef Newgarden Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Honda 227 + 1 lap 4 7 24
9 27 Canada James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 227 + 1 lap 4 12 22
10 5 Venezuela E. J. Viso Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 227 + 1 lap 4 5 20
11 14 Japan Takuma Sato A. J. Foyt Enterprises Honda 227 + 1 lap 4 21 19
12 16 United Kingdom James Jakes Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 227 + 1 lap 4 10 18
13 77 France Simon Pagenaud Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports Honda 226 + 2 laps 5 23 17
14 6 Colombia Sebastián Saavedra Dragon Racing Chevrolet 226 + 2 laps 5 18 16
15 19 United Kingdom Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing Honda 226 + 2 laps 3 20 15
16 78 Switzerland Simona de Silvestro KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 226 + 2 laps 4 22 14
17 83 United States Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 226 + 2 laps 4 8 13
18 55 France Tristan Vautier Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 225 + 3 laps 3 24 12
19 4 Spain Oriol Servià Panther Racing Chevrolet 225 + 3 laps 4 16 11
20 7 France Sebastian Bourdais Dragon Racing Chevrolet 224 + 4 laps 5 15 10
21 15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 223 + 5 laps 6 23 9
22 98 Canada Alex Tagliani Barracuda Racing Honda 223 + 5 laps 6 14 8
23 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 61 Mechanical 2 11 7
24 18 United Kingdom Pippa Mann Dale Coyne Racing Honda 2 Mechanical 0 19 6
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.

References

  1. "Weather information for the 2013 Firestone 550". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Archived from the original on January 25, 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
  2. "Qualification Results for the Firestone 550". IndyCar.com. June 7, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
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