2013 Great Clips/Grit Chips 300

The 2013 Great Clips/Grit Chips 300 was the 24th stock car race of the 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series and the 22nd iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, August 31, 2013, in Hampton, Georgia at Atlanta Motor Speedway, a 1.54 miles (2.48 km) permanent asphalt quad-oval intermediate speedway. The race took the scheduled 195 laps to complete. At race's end, Kevin Harvick, driving for Richard Childress Racing, would manage to hold off eventual second-place finisher, Joe Gibbs Racing driver Kyle Busch, to win his 40th career NASCAR Nationwide Series win and his first and only win of the season.[1] To fill out the podium, Sam Hornish Jr. of Penske Racing would finish third.

2013 Great Clips/Grit Chips 300
Race details
Race 24 of 33 of the 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series
Date August 31, 2013
Official name 22nd Annual Great Clips/Grit Chips 300
Location Hampton, Georgia, Atlanta Motor Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
1.54 mi (2.48 km)
Distance 195 laps, 300.3 mi (483.286 km)
Scheduled Distance 195 laps, 300.3 mi (483.286 km)
Average speed 140.747 miles per hour (226.510 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Joe Gibbs Racing
Time 30.704
Most laps led
Driver Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing
Laps 132
Winner
No. 33 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing
Television in the United States
Network ESPN2
Announcers Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree
Radio in the United States
Radio Performance Racing Network

Background

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The layout of Atlanta Motor Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

Atlanta Motor Speedway (formerly Atlanta International Raceway) is a track in Hampton, Georgia, 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta. It is a 1.54-mile (2.48 km) quad-oval track with a seating capacity of 111,000. It opened in 1960 as a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) standard oval. In 1994, 46 condominiums were built over the northeastern side of the track. In 1997, to standardize the track with Speedway Motorsports' other two 1.5-mile (2.4 km) ovals, the entire track was almost completely rebuilt. The frontstretch and backstretch were swapped, and the configuration of the track was changed from oval to quad-oval. The project made the track one of the fastest on the NASCAR circuit.

Entry list

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  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
  • (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.
# Driver Team Make Sponsor
00 Blake Koch SR² Motorsports Toyota SupportMilitary.org, M&W Transportation
01 Mike Wallace JD Motorsports Chevrolet G&K Services
2 Brian Scott Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Armour Vienna Sausage
3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet AdvoCare Spark
4 Landon Cassill JD Motorsports Chevrolet Line-K
5 Kasey Kahne (i) JR Motorsports Chevrolet Great Clips
6 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford Sam's Club Angus Beef
7 Regan Smith JR Motorsports Chevrolet TaxSlayer
10 Chase Miller TriStar Motorsports Toyota TriStar Motorsports
11 Elliott Sadler Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota OneMain Financial
12 Sam Hornish Jr. Penske Racing Ford Alliance Truck Parts
14 Jeff Green TriStar Motorsports Toyota Reynolds Wrap, Hefty
16 Chris Buescher Roush Fenway Racing Ford Roush Fenway Racing Driven
17 Tanner Berryhill* Vision Racing Dodge National Cash Lenders
19 Mike Bliss TriStar Motorsports Toyota Reliable Heating & Air
20 Brian Vickers Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Dollar General
22 Brad Keselowski (i) Penske Racing Ford Discount Tire
23 Robert Richardson Jr. R3 Motorsports Chevrolet North Texas Pipe
24 Ken Butler III SR² Motorsports Toyota RE/MAX of Georgia
30 Nelson Piquet Jr. (R) Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet Worx Yard Tools
31 Justin Allgaier Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet Wolfpack Energy Services
32 Kyle Larson (R) Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet Cessna
33 Kevin Harvick (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Bad Boy Buggies
37 Matt DiBenedetto Vision Racing Dodge National Cash Lenders
39 Ryan Sieg* RSS Racing Chevrolet Pull-A-Part
40 Reed Sorenson The Motorsports Group Chevrolet "Happy Birthday Mom, We Will Miss You!"
42 Josh Wise The Motorsports Group Chevrolet The Motorsports Group
43 Michael Annett Richard Petty Motorsports Ford Pilot Flying J
44 Cole Whitt TriStar Motorsports Toyota Takagi Tankless Water Heaters
50 Danny Efland MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet Defiant Whiskey
51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet All South Electric, Value Lighting
52 Joey Gase Jimmy Means Racing Toyota Donate Life
54 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Monster Energy
55 Jamie Dick Viva Motorsports Chevrolet Viva Motorsports
60 Travis Pastrana Roush Fenway Racing Ford Roush Fenway Racing
70 Tony Raines ML Motorsports Toyota ML Motorsports
74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Dodge Mike Harmon Racing
77 Parker Kligerman Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Toyota
79 Kyle Fowler Go Green Racing Ford Pull-A-Part, Techniweld
87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota Wood Pellet Grills
89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet King's Tire, Racing with Jesus
99 Alex Bowman (R) RAB Racing Toyota ToyotaCare
Official entry list

*Withdrew.[2]

Practice

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First practice

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The first practice session was held on Friday, August 30, at 5:00 PM EST, and would last for an hour and 30 minutes. Trevor Bayne of Roush Fenway Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 31.029 and an average speed of 178.672 miles per hour (287.545 km/h).[2]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 6 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 31.029 178.672
2 22 Joey Logano (i) Penske Racing Ford 31.248 177.419
3 33 Kevin Harvick (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 31.319 177.017
Full first practice results

Second and final practice

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The second and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Saturday, August 31, at 10:30 AM EST, and would last for one hour.[2] Austin Dillon of Richard Childress Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 31.029 and an average speed of 178.672 miles per hour (287.545 km/h).[3]

Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.626 181.023
2 20 Brian Vickers Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.791 180.053
3 22 Joey Logano (i) Penske Racing Ford 30.794 180.035
Full Happy Hour practice results

Qualifying

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Qualifying was held on Saturday, August 31, at 4:05 PM EST. Each driver would have two laps to set a fastest time; the fastest of the two would count as their official qualifying lap.[2]

Kyle Busch of Joe Gibbs Racing would win the pole, setting a time of 30.704 and an average speed of 180.563 miles per hour (290.588 km/h).[4]

No drivers would fail to qualify.

Full qualifying results

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 54 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 30.704 180.563
2 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30.724 180.445
3 6 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 30.943 179.168
4 5 Kasey Kahne (i) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 30.985 178.925
5 7 Regan Smith JR Motorsports Chevrolet 31.006 178.804
6 12 Sam Hornish Jr. Penske Racing Ford 31.058 178.505
7 11 Elliott Sadler Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 31.065 178.465
8 43 Michael Annett Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 31.085 178.350
9 20 Brian Vickers Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 31.114 178.183
10 30 Nelson Piquet Jr. (R) Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet 31.115 178.178
11 60 Travis Pastrana Roush Fenway Racing Ford 31.133 178.075
12 2 Brian Scott Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 31.166 177.886
13 32 Kyle Larson (R) Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet 31.189 177.755
14 31 Justin Allgaier Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet 31.198 177.704
15 19 Mike Bliss TriStar Motorsports Toyota 31.220 177.578
16 22 Joey Logano (i) Penske Racing Ford 31.225 177.550
17 77 Parker Kligerman Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 31.304 177.102
18 99 Alex Bowman (R) RAB Racing Toyota 31.324 176.989
19 16 Chris Buescher Roush Fenway Racing Ford 31.359 176.791
20 33 Kevin Harvick (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 31.430 176.392
21 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota 31.669 175.061
22 4 Landon Cassill JD Motorsports Chevrolet 31.709 174.840
23 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 31.746 174.636
24 44 Cole Whitt TriStar Motorsports Toyota 31.779 174.455
25 40 Reed Sorenson The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 31.898 173.804
26 14 Jeff Green TriStar Motorsports Toyota 31.971 173.407
27 01 Mike Wallace JD Motorsports Chevrolet 32.164 172.367
28 55 Jamie Dick Viva Motorsports Chevrolet 32.173 172.318
29 42 Josh Wise The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 32.333 171.466
30 79 Kyle Fowler Go Green Racing Ford 32.344 171.407
31 24 Ken Butler III SR² Motorsports Toyota 32.406 171.079
32 00 Blake Koch SR² Motorsports Toyota 32.466 170.763
33 23 Robert Richardson Jr. R3 Motorsports Chevrolet 32.744 169.313
34 50 Danny Efland MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 32.841 168.813
35 10 Chase Miller TriStar Motorsports Toyota 32.970 168.153
36 70 Tony Raines ML Motorsports Toyota 33.387 166.053
37 52 Joey Gase Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 33.706 164.481
38 37 Matt DiBenedetto Vision Racing Dodge 33.810 163.975
39 89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 33.812 163.965
40 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 34.807 159.278
Withdrew
WD 17 Tanner Berryhill Vision Racing Dodge
WD 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Fin[5] St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings
1 20 33 Kevin Harvick (i) Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 195 132 running 0 $50,190
2 1 54 Kyle Busch (i) Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 195 57 running 0 $36,475
3 6 12 Sam Hornish Jr. Penske Racing Ford 195 0 running 41 $30,975
4 4 5 Kasey Kahne (i) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 195 0 running 0 $22,300
5 13 32 Kyle Larson (R) Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet 195 1 running 34 $27,525
6 16 22 Joey Logano (i) Penske Racing Ford 195 0 running 0 $16,575
7 3 6 Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing Ford 195 0 running 37 $22,310
8 2 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 195 1 running 37 $23,920
9 5 7 Regan Smith JR Motorsports Chevrolet 195 1 running 36 $21,025
10 12 2 Brian Scott Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 195 0 running 34 $21,350
11 14 31 Justin Allgaier Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet 195 0 running 33 $19,575
12 10 30 Nelson Piquet Jr. (R) Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet 195 0 running 32 $19,300
13 19 16 Chris Buescher Roush Fenway Racing Ford 195 0 running 31 $18,500
14 8 43 Michael Annett Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 195 2 running 31 $17,950
15 9 20 Brian Vickers Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 195 0 running 29 $18,450
16 17 77 Parker Kligerman Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 195 0 running 28 $18,200
17 11 60 Travis Pastrana Roush Fenway Racing Ford 195 0 running 27 $17,625
18 7 11 Elliott Sadler Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 195 0 running 26 $18,525
19 22 4 Landon Cassill JD Motorsports Chevrolet 194 0 running 25 $17,450
20 24 44 Cole Whitt TriStar Motorsports Toyota 193 0 running 24 $18,025
21 25 40 Reed Sorenson The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 193 0 running 23 $17,275
22 15 19 Mike Bliss TriStar Motorsports Toyota 193 0 running 22 $17,200
23 23 51 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet 192 1 running 22 $17,125
24 21 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Toyota 190 0 running 20 $17,050
25 33 23 Robert Richardson Jr. R3 Motorsports Chevrolet 189 0 running 19 $17,475
26 30 79 Kyle Fowler Go Green Racing Ford 189 0 running 18 $16,950
27 27 01 Mike Wallace JD Motorsports Chevrolet 188 0 running 17 $16,900
28 31 24 Ken Butler III SR² Motorsports Toyota 186 0 running 16 $16,825
29 26 14 Jeff Green TriStar Motorsports Toyota 176 0 crash 15 $16,775
30 36 70 Tony Raines ML Motorsports Toyota 102 0 vibration 14 $16,975
31 37 52 Joey Gase Jimmy Means Racing Chevrolet 95 0 overheating 13 $16,625
32 28 55 Jamie Dick Viva Motorsports Chevrolet 90 0 ignition 12 $16,580
33 38 37 Matt DiBenedetto Vision Racing Dodge 38 0 handling 11 $16,510
34 18 99 Alex Bowman (R) RAB Racing Toyota 32 0 engine 10 $16,465
35 34 50 Danny Efland MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 27 0 vibration 9 $10,413
36 39 89 Morgan Shepherd Shepherd Racing Ventures Chevrolet 18 0 overheating 8 $9,750
37 40 74 Mike Harmon Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 8 0 rear gear 7 $9,715
38 35 10 Chase Miller TriStar Motorsports Toyota 8 0 vibration 6 $9,661
39 29 42 Josh Wise The Motorsports Group Chevrolet 7 0 transmission 5 $9,545
40 32 00 Blake Koch SR² Motorsports Toyota 5 0 ignition 4 $9,480
Withdrew
WD 17 Tanner Berryhill Vision Racing Dodge
WD 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet
Official race results

Standings after the race

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References

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  1. ^ Henry, George (2013-09-01). "Kevin Harvick wins Atlanta Nationwide race". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  2. ^ a b c d "Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site - Race Info Page". Jayski's NASCAR Silly Season Site. Archived from the original on 2016-12-09. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  3. ^ "Austin Dillon paces final Nationwide practice". Official Site Of NASCAR. 2013-08-31. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  4. ^ Vincent, Amanda (2013-08-31). "Kyle Busch claims seventh Nationwide pole of 2013 at Atlanta". Beyond the Flag. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  5. ^ "2013 Great Clips/Grit Chips 300 - The Third Turn". www.thethirdturn.com. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
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