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]

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

Background

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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

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  • (R) denotes rookie driver
  • (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points
# Driver Team Make
1 Timmy Hill (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet
3 Ty Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
4 Jeb Burton (R) Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet
6 Justin Lofton Sharp Gallagher Racing Chevrolet
07 Chris Cockrum SS-Green Light Racing Toyota
7 John Wes Townley Red Horse Racing Toyota
8 Max Gresham Sharp Gallagher Racing Chevrolet
9 Ron Hornaday Jr. NTS Motorsports Chevrolet
10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Ram
17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota
18 Joey Coulter Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota
19 Ross Chastain Brad Keselowski Racing Ford
20 Parker Kligerman (i) BRG Motorsports Toyota
24 Brennan Newberry (R) NTS Motorsports Chevrolet
27 Jeff Agnew Hillman Racing Chevrolet
29 Ryan Blaney (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford
31 James Buescher Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet
32 Miguel Paludo Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet
35 Mason Mingus Win-Tron Racing Chevrolet
39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet
50 Danny Efland (i) MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet
51 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota
54 Bubba Wallace (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota
57 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet
60 Dakoda Armstrong Turn One Racing Chevrolet
62 Brendan Gaughan Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
63 Scott Stenzel MB Motorsports Ford
68 Clay Greenfield Clay Greenfield Motorsports Ram
75 Caleb Holman Henderson Motorsports Chevrolet
77 Germán Quiroga (R) Red Horse Racing Toyota
81 David Starr SS-Green Light Racing Toyota
82 Sean Corr Empire Racing Ford
83 Chris Fontaine Glenden Enterprises Toyota
84 Mike Harmon (i) Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet
88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota
93 Chris Jones RSS Racing Chevrolet
98 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Toyota
99 Bryan Silas T3R2 Racing Ford
Official Entry List

Qualifying

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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
1 4 Jeb Burton (R) Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet 54.454 176.182
2 8 Max Gresham Sharp Gallagher Racing Chevrolet 54.403 176.020
3 51 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 54.437 175.910
4 31 James Buescher Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet 54.440 175.900
5 3 Ty Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 54.452 175.861
6 9 Ron Hornaday Jr. NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 54.570 175.481
7 19 Ross Chastain Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 54.640 175.256
8 62 Brendan Gaughan Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 54.808 174.719
9 18 Joey Coulter Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 54.808 174.719
10 54 Bubba Wallace (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 54.816 174.694
11 32 Miguel Paludo Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet 54.849 174.588
12 35 Mason Mingus Win-Tron Racing Chevrolet 54.864 174.541
13 29 Ryan Blaney (R) Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 54.991 174.138
14 60 Dakoda Armstrong Turn One Racing Chevrolet 54.998 174.115
15 24 Brennan Newberry (R) NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 55.023 174.036
16 6 Justin Lofton Sharp Gallagher Racing Chevrolet 55.034 174.002
17 83 Chris Fontaine Glenden Enterprises Toyota 55.109 173.765
18 20 Parker Kligerman (i) BRG Motorsports Toyota 55.133 173.689
19 7 John Wes Townley Red Horse Racing Toyota 55.222 173.409
20 77 Germán Quiroga (R) Red Horse Racing Toyota 55.247 173.331
21 68 Clay Greenfield Clay Greenfield Motorsports Ram 55.266 173.271
22 82 Sean Corr Empire Racing Ford 55.449 172.699
23 88 Matt Crafton** ThorSport Racing Toyota 55.519 172.481
24 98 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Toyota 55.583 172.283
25 81 David Starr SS-Green Light Racing Toyota 55.633 172.128
26 99 Bryan Silas T3R2 Racing Ford 55.696 171.933
27 1 Timmy Hill (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 55.810 171.582
28 75 Caleb Holman Henderson Motorsports Chevrolet 56.030 170.908
29 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 56.036 170.890
30 93 Chris Jones RSS Racing Chevrolet 56.159 170.516
31 17 Timothy Peters** Red Horse Racing Toyota 56.174 170.470
32 27 Jeff Agnew Hillman Racing Chevrolet 56.197 170.401
33 57 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 56.209 170.364
34 07 Chris Cockrum* ** SS-Green Light Racing Toyota 56.462 169.601
35 84 Mike Harmon(i)* Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 59.168 161.844
36 63 Scott Stenzel MB Motorsports Ford 56.228 170.307
Failed to Qualify, driver changes, or withdrew
37 50 Danny Efland MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 56.314 170.047
38 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing Ram 57.077 167.773
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

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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

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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

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Pos Car Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Run Laps Led Status Points
1 98 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Toyota 94 5 running 47
2 81 David Starr SS-Green Light Racing Toyota 94 0 running 42
3 19 Ross Chastain Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 94 14 running 42
4 20 Parker Kligerman (i) BRG Motorsports Toyota 94 16 running 0
5 60 Dakoda Armstrong Turn One Racing Chevrolet 94 0 running 39
6 1 Timmy Hill (i) Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 94 0 running 0
7 7 John Wes Townley Red Horse Racing Toyota 94 0 running 37
8 8 Max Gresham Sharp Gallagher Racing Chevrolet 94 0 running 36
9 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 94 1 running 36
10 51 Kyle Busch (i) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 94 5 running 0
11 62 Brendan Gaughan Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 94 0 running 33
12 57 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 94 0 running 32
13 68 Clay Greenfield Clay Greenfield Racing Ram 94 0 running 31
14 3 Ty Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 94 26 running 32
15 83 Chris Fontaine Glenden Enterprises Toyota 94 3 running 30
16 99 Bryan Silas T3R2 Racing Ford 94 0 running 28
17 54 Bubba Wallace (R) Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 94 4 running 28
18 4 Jeb Burton (R) Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet 93 1 running 27
19 32 Miguel Paludo Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet 93 0 running 25
20 6 Justin Lofton Sharp Gallagher Racing Chevrolet 93 0 running 24
21 29 Ryan Blaney (R) Brad Keselowski Ford 92 1 running 24
22 84 Mike Harmon (i) Mike Harmon Racing Chevrolet 91 0 running 0
23 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 87 0 crash 21
24 9 Ron Hornaday Jr. NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 87 0 crash 20
25 63 Scott Stenzel MB Motorsports Ford 87 0 crash 19
26 31 James Buescher Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet 79 16 crash 19
27 18 Joey Coulter Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 79 1 crash 18
28 27 Jeff Agnew Hillman Racing Chevrolet 79 0 crash 16
29 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 65 0 crash 15
30 75 Caleb Holman Henderson Motorsports Chevrolet 65 0 crash 14
31 77 Germán Quiroga (R) Red Horse Racing Toyota 65 0 crash 13
32 24 Brennan Newberry (R) NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 65 0 crash 12
33 82 Sean Corr Empire Racing Ford 65 0 crash 11
34 07 Chris Cockrum SS-Green Light Racing Toyota 65 0 crash 10
35 93 Chris Jones RSS Racing Chevrolet 27 1 overheating 10
36 35 Mason Mingus Win-Tron Racing Chevrolet 5 0 oil leak 8
Official Race results

References

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  1. ^ "2013 Fred's 250". Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  2. ^ "Johnny Sauter wins out in front of big wreck at Talladega". Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  3. ^ "NASCAR Race Tracks". NASCAR. Archived from the original on February 7, 2011. Retrieved April 29, 2012.
  4. ^ a b "NASCAR Tracks — The Talladega Superspeedway". Talladega Superspeedway. Archived from the original on August 27, 2009. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
  5. ^ "Talladega". NASCAR. Archived from the original on November 15, 2010. Retrieved April 29, 2012.
  6. ^ "No surprise: Jeb Burton on pole of Saturday's fred's 250 Powered by Coca-Cola". Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  7. ^ "Johnny Sauter wins Talladega truck race punctuated by ugly crash (gallery)". Retrieved October 19, 2013.


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