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 RowInsideOutside 112 Will Power25 Marco Andretti 21 Ryan Hunter-Reay10 Dario Franchitti 35 E. J. Viso3 Hélio Castroneves 4 67 Josef Newgarden83 Charlie Kimball 5 20 Ed Carpenter 16 James Jakes 69 Scott Dixon 27 James Hinchcliffe 711 Tony Kanaan 98 Alex Tagliani 87 Sébastien Bourdais4 Oriol Servia 915 Graham Rahal6 Sebastián Saavedra 1018 Pippa Mann19 Justin Wilson 11 14 Takuma Sato 78 Simona de Silvestro † 12 77 Simon Pagenaud † 55 Tristan Vautier (R) † Sources:
Race results
Pos No. Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired Pit Stops Grid Laps Led Points13 Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Chevrolet2281:52:17.4594361325321 Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Chevrolet228+ 4.6919433541311 Tony Kanaan KV Racing Technology Chevrolet228+ 11.608841335420 Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet228+ 17.69304932525 Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Chevrolet228+ 19.5078425731610 Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing Honda227+ 1 lap3428712 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet227+ 1 lap31428867 Josef Newgarden Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Honda227+ 1 lap4724927 James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport Chevrolet227+ 1 lap41222105 E. J. Viso Andretti Autosport Chevrolet227+ 1 lap45201114 Takuma Sato A. J. Foyt Enterprises Honda227+ 1 lap421191216 James Jakes Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda227+ 1 lap410181377 Simon Pagenaud Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports Honda226+ 2 laps52317146 Sebastián Saavedra Dragon Racing Chevrolet226+ 2 laps518161519 Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing Honda226+ 2 laps3201516 78 Simona de Silvestro KV Racing Technology Chevrolet226+ 2 laps422141783 Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Honda226+ 2 laps48131855 Tristan Vautier Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda225+ 3 laps32412194 Oriol Servià Panther Racing Chevrolet 225 + 3 laps 4 16 11207 Sebastian Bourdais Dragon Racing Chevrolet224+ 4 laps515102115 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda223+ 5 laps62392298 Alex Tagliani Barracuda Racing Honda223+ 5 laps6148239 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda61Mechanical211724 18 Pippa Mann Dale Coyne Racing Honda 2 Mechanical 0 19 6
Notes 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.
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