2013 Fred's 250
Race details[1]
Map of the Speedway
Map of the Speedway
Date October 19, 2013 (2013-10-19)
Official name 2013 Fred's 250
Location Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama
Course Permanent Racing Facility
2.66 mi (4.28 km)
Distance 94 laps, 250 mi (402 km)
Weather Sunny
Average speed 122.819 mph (197.658 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Turner Scott Motorsports
Time 54.353
Most laps led
Driver Ty Dillon Richard Childress Racing
Laps 26
Winner
No. 98 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing
Television in the United States
Network Fox Sports 1
Announcers Rick Allen, Phil Parsons, Michael Waltrip

The 2013 Fred's 250 Powered by Coca-Cola was a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race that was held at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama. It was the 18th race of the 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season. Truck Series rookie Jeb Burton won the pole position but it was Johnny Sauter who won the race after a chaotic and spectacular last lap crash that saw a truck flip on the last lap.[2]

Background

Talladega Superspeedway, the race track where the race was held.

The track, Talladega Superspeedway, is one of six superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the others being Daytona International Speedway, Auto Club Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Pocono Raceway and Michigan International Speedway.[3] The standard track at the speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.66 miles (4.28 km) long.[4] The track's turns are banked at thirty-three degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 16.5 degrees. The back stretch has a two-degree banking.[4] Talladega Superspeedway can seat up to 143,231 people.[5]

Entry List

  • (R) denotes rookie driver
  • (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points
# Driver Team Make
1Timmy Hill (i)Rick Ware RacingChevrolet
3Ty DillonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet
4Jeb Burton (R)Turner Scott MotorsportsChevrolet
6Justin LoftonSharp Gallagher RacingChevrolet
07Chris CockrumSS-Green Light RacingToyota
7John Wes TownleyRed Horse RacingToyota
8Max GreshamSharp Gallagher RacingChevrolet
9Ron Hornaday Jr.NTS MotorsportsChevrolet
10Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingRam
17Timothy PetersRed Horse RacingToyota
18Joey CoulterKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota
19Ross ChastainBrad Keselowski RacingFord
20Parker Kligerman (i)BRG MotorsportsToyota
24Brennan Newberry (R)NTS MotorsportsChevrolet
27Jeff AgnewHillman RacingChevrolet
29Ryan Blaney (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord
31James BuescherTurner Scott MotorsportsChevrolet
32Miguel PaludoTurner Scott MotorsportsChevrolet
35Mason MingusWin-Tron RacingChevrolet
39Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet
50Danny Efland (i)MAKE MotorsportsChevrolet
51Kyle Busch (i)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota
54Bubba Wallace (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota
57Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet
60Dakoda ArmstrongTurn One RacingChevrolet
62Brendan GaughanRichard Childress RacingChevrolet
63Scott StenzelMB MotorsportsFord
68Clay GreenfieldClay Greenfield MotorsportsRam
75Caleb HolmanHenderson MotorsportsChevrolet
77Germán Quiroga (R)Red Horse RacingToyota
81David StarrSS-Green Light RacingToyota
82Sean CorrEmpire RacingFord
83Chris FontaineGlenden EnterprisesToyota
84Mike Harmon (i)Mike Harmon RacingChevrolet
88Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota
93Chris JonesRSS RacingChevrolet
98Johnny SauterThorSport RacingToyota
99Bryan SilasT3R2 RacingFord
Official Entry List

Qualifying

Jeb Burton won the pole with a time of 54.353 and a speed of 176.182.[6]

Grid No. Driver Team Manufacturer Time Speed
14Jeb Burton (R)Turner Scott MotorsportsChevrolet54.454176.182
28Max GreshamSharp Gallagher RacingChevrolet54.403176.020
351Kyle Busch (i)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota54.437175.910
431James BuescherTurner Scott MotorsportsChevrolet54.440175.900
53Ty DillonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet54.452175.861
69Ron Hornaday Jr.NTS MotorsportsChevrolet54.570175.481
719Ross ChastainBrad Keselowski RacingFord54.640175.256
862Brendan GaughanRichard Childress RacingChevrolet54.808174.719
918Joey CoulterKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota54.808174.719
1054Bubba Wallace (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota54.816174.694
1132Miguel PaludoTurner Scott MotorsportsChevrolet54.849174.588
1235Mason MingusWin-Tron RacingChevrolet54.864174.541
1329Ryan Blaney (R)Brad Keselowski RacingFord54.991174.138
1460Dakoda ArmstrongTurn One RacingChevrolet54.998174.115
1524Brennan Newberry (R)NTS MotorsportsChevrolet55.023174.036
166Justin LoftonSharp Gallagher RacingChevrolet55.034174.002
1783Chris FontaineGlenden EnterprisesToyota55.109173.765
1820Parker Kligerman (i)BRG MotorsportsToyota55.133173.689
197John Wes TownleyRed Horse RacingToyota55.222173.409
2077Germán Quiroga (R)Red Horse RacingToyota55.247173.331
2168Clay GreenfieldClay Greenfield MotorsportsRam55.266173.271
2282Sean CorrEmpire RacingFord55.449172.699
2388Matt Crafton**ThorSport RacingToyota55.519172.481
2498Johnny SauterThorSport RacingToyota55.583172.283
2581David StarrSS-Green Light RacingToyota55.633172.128
2699Bryan SilasT3R2 RacingFord55.696171.933
271Timmy Hill (i)Rick Ware RacingChevrolet55.810171.582
2875Caleb HolmanHenderson MotorsportsChevrolet56.030170.908
2939Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet56.036170.890
3093Chris JonesRSS RacingChevrolet56.159170.516
3117Timothy Peters**Red Horse RacingToyota56.174170.470
3227Jeff AgnewHillman RacingChevrolet56.197170.401
3357Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet56.209170.364
3407Chris Cockrum* **SS-Green Light RacingToyota56.462169.601
3584Mike Harmon(i)*Mike Harmon RacingChevrolet59.168161.844
3663Scott StenzelMB MotorsportsFord56.228170.307
Failed to Qualify, driver changes, or withdrew
3750Danny EflandMAKE MotorsportsChevrolet56.314170.047
3810Jennifer Jo CobbJennifer Jo Cobb RacingRam57.077167.773
Official Qualifying results

* – Chris Cockrum and Mike Harmon made the field via owners points.

** – Chris Cockrum, Timothy Peters, and Matt Crafton had to go to the rear of the field for unapproved adjustments.

Race

Pole sitter Jeb Burton lead the first lap of the race but lost the lead on the next lap to James Buescher. The first caution flew on lap 8 after Mason Mingus' engine blew and laid fluid on the racetrack. The race restarted on lap 14. Chris Fontaine took the lead from James Buescher on lap 15. Buescher would take it back on lap 18 of the race. The second caution flew on lap 20 when Chris Cockrum's left front tire blew and laid debris on the front stretch. Kyle Busch won the race off of pit road after going for a fuel only stop and lead the field to the restart on lap 24. Ty Dillon took the lead from Busch on the restart with a push by James Buescher. On lap 31, Ross Chastain took the lead with a push from Ryan Blaney but Dillon took it back the next lap. On lap 35, Joey Coulter took the lead with a push by Parker Kligerman but Dillon took the lead back again the next lap. Parker Kligerman took the lead from Dillon on lap 38 of the race. On lap 42, Ty Dillon would take the lead back.

Final Laps

With 42 laps to go, Parker Kligerman took the lead back from Dillon as green flag pitstops began. During pitstops with 40 laps to go, Sean Corr was coming in to pit but got bumped from behind by Ty Dillon and spun through the infield grass bringing out the third caution of the race. Kligerman was coming in to pit when the Caution flew and Johnny Sauter took the lead. Rookie Bubba Wallace was the new race leader and lead them to the restart with 34 laps to go. With 31 to go, Ty Dillon took the lead from Wallace. With 29 laps to go, the 4th caution flew for a 6 truck wreck in turn 3. It started when Caleb Holman tried to go in front of Jeb Burton but was not clear and spun down into Timothy Peters and the two trucks went up the track and collected Chris Cockrum, Sean Corr, and rookies Brennan Newberry and Germán Quiroga. With 28 to go, Parker Kligerman took the lead. The race restarted with 21 laps to go. On the restart, rookie Ryan Blaney took the lead from Kligerman with a push by Johnny Sauter. Kligerman took it back with 20 to go. With 19 to go, Ty Dillon took the lead. Johnny Sauter took the lead from Dillon two laps later. On the next lap, Ross Chastain took the lead. With 15 laps to go, the 5th caution flew for a 5 truck crash on the backstretch. It started when Ron Hornaday made contact with James Buescher and Hornaday got squeezed in nearly four wide between Justin Lofton and Buescher and Hornaday turned Lofton and Buescher spun up and got t-boned in the right side by Joey Coulter while Jeff Agnew spun to avoid the wreck and hit the inside wall. The race restarted with 10 laps to go. Chastain took the lead and held on to it. Unfortunetly for Chastain, the 6th caution flew with 7 to go for a 3 truck crash down the backstretch involving Ron Hornaday, Ryan Blaney, and Scott Stenzel. The wreck would set up and three lap shootout. On the restart, Trucks began to form into tandems. Chastain was tandemed with Parker Kligerman and took the lead. With 3 to go, the ThorSport tandem in Johnny Sauter and Matt Crafton attempted to pass Chastain and Kligerman. Behind them, another tandem in Dakoda Armstrong and Kyle Busch peaked to the outside and attempted to make it three wide for the lead. Chastain lead when they took the white flag. Down the backstretch, the three tandems were evenly three wide for the lead. But in turn four, the Armstrong–Busch tandem lost momentum and it was a side by side battle between Sauter and Chastain as the trucks began to overheat. Coming towards the tri-oval, chaos ensued. Jeb Burton got turned by Miguel Paludo and Burton spun up into Kyle Busch and the two spun down. The two collected Bubba Wallace while Kyle Busch clipped Paludo's truck and sent Paludo upside down. The wreck also collected Timmy Hill, Clay Greenfield, Justin Lofton, John Wes Townley, and Chris Fontaine. While they were wrecking, the five trucks in Sauter, Crafton, Chastain, Armstrong, and Kligerman broke away. But Chastain got hooked by Kligerman and took out Crafton and Armstrong leaving only Johnny Sauter. The 7th and final caution flew before Sauter crossed the finish line and Sauter was declared the winner. Another truck made it out of the wreck unscathed and that was David Starr and Starr finished in second. Trucks came by the start-finish line still crashing everywhere. Kyle Busch ended up hitting the inside wall at the end of pit road very hard. Miguel Paludo was still upside down while he was getting hit by many other trucks. The truck would flip back up on all fours but short of the start-finish line. A total of 13 trucks were caught in the wreck. Everyone was ok including Kyle Busch who took a seat at the front stretch wall. This would be Sauter's 3rd and final win of 2013. Ross Chastain, Parker Kligerman, and Dakoda Armstrong rounded out the top 5 while Timmy Hill, John Wes Townley, Max Gresham, Matt Crafton, and Kyle Busch rounded out the top 10.[7]

Race results

Pos Car Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Run Laps Led Status Points
198Johnny SauterThorSport RacingToyota945running47
281David StarrSS-Green Light RacingToyota940running42
319Ross ChastainBrad Keselowski RacingFord9414running42
420Parker Kligerman (i)BRG MotorsportsToyota9416running0
560Dakoda ArmstrongTurn One RacingChevrolet940running39
61Timmy Hill (i)Rick Ware RacingChevrolet940running0
77John Wes TownleyRed Horse RacingToyota940running37
88Max GreshamSharp Gallagher RacingChevrolet940running36
988Matt CraftonThorSport RacingToyota941running36
1051Kyle Busch (i)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota945running0
1162Brendan GaughanRichard Childress RacingChevrolet940running33
1257Norm BenningNorm Benning RacingChevrolet940running32
1368Clay GreenfieldClay Greenfield RacingRam940running31
143Ty DillonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet9426running32
1583Chris FontaineGlenden EnterprisesToyota943running30
1699Bryan SilasT3R2 RacingFord940running28
1754Bubba Wallace (R)Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota944running28
184Jeb Burton (R)Turner Scott MotorsportsChevrolet931running27
1932Miguel PaludoTurner Scott MotorsportsChevrolet930running25
206Justin LoftonSharp Gallagher RacingChevrolet930running24
2129Ryan Blaney (R)Brad KeselowskiFord921running24
2284Mike Harmon (i)Mike Harmon RacingChevrolet910running0
2339Ryan SiegRSS RacingChevrolet870crash21
249Ron Hornaday Jr.NTS MotorsportsChevrolet870crash20
2563Scott StenzelMB MotorsportsFord870crash19
2631James BuescherTurner Scott MotorsportsChevrolet7916crash19
2718Joey CoulterKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota791crash18
2827Jeff AgnewHillman RacingChevrolet790crash16
2917Timothy PetersRed Horse RacingToyota650crash15
3075Caleb HolmanHenderson MotorsportsChevrolet650crash14
3177Germán Quiroga (R)Red Horse RacingToyota650crash13
3224Brennan Newberry (R)NTS MotorsportsChevrolet650crash12
3382Sean CorrEmpire RacingFord650crash11
3407Chris CockrumSS-Green Light RacingToyota650crash10
3593Chris JonesRSS RacingChevrolet271overheating10
3635Mason MingusWin-Tron RacingChevrolet50oil leak8
Official Race results

References

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