2013 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen

The 2013 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on August 11 at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York. Contested over 90 laps on the 2.45-mile (4.023  km) road course, it was the twenty-second race of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Kyle Busch of Joe Gibbs Racing won the race, his third of the season, while Brad Keselowski finished second. Martin Truex Jr., Carl Edwards and Juan Pablo Montoya rounded out the top five.

2013 Cheez-It 355 at The Glen

Race details
Race 22 of 36 in the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Date	August 11, 2013
Location	Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, New York
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.454 mi (5.43 km)
Distance	90 laps, 220.5 mi (354.9 km)
Weather	Temperatures up to 78.1 °F (25.6 °C); wind speeds up to 8.9 miles per hour (14.3 km/h)[1]
Average speed	87.001 mph (140.015 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Marcos Ambrose	Richard Petty Motorsports
Time	68.777 seconds
Most laps led
Driver	Marcos Ambrose	Richard Petty Motorsports
Laps	51
Winner
No. 18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree
Nielsen Ratings	2.7 (4.171 million viewers)

This was the first NASCAR race since the 1998 NAPA 500 without 5-Time Watkins Glen winner Tony Stewart on the grid.

Report

Background

The layout of Watkins Glen International NASCAR uses.

Watkins Glen International is one of two road courses to hold NASCAR races, the other being Sonoma Raceway.^[2] The standard short road course at Watkins Glen International is a 7-turn course that is 2.45 miles (3.94 km) long;^[3] the track was modified in 1992, adding the Inner Loop, which lengthened the long course to 3.4 miles (5.5 km) and the short course to the current length of 2.45 miles (3.94 km).^[4] Marcos Ambrose was the defending race winner after winning the race in 2011 and 2012.^[5]

On August 6, it was announced that Tony Stewart would not be participating after breaking both bones in his right leg in a Sprint car accident at Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa, on the night of August 5.^[6][7] Instead, road racing veteran Max Papis would step in and replace Stewart for the Watkins Glen event, with future drivers to be decided for the next four or five oval races.^[8] This marked the first race since his debut in the 1999 Daytona 500 that a Sprint Cup race did not have Stewart in the field, ending a streak of 521 straight starts for Stewart.

Entry list

(R) - Denotes rookie driver.

(i) - Denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Sponsor
1	Jamie McMurray	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	McDonald's Monopoly
2	Brad Keselowski	Penske Racing	Ford	Miller Lite
5	Kasey Kahne	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Farmers Insurance
7	Dave Blaney	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	Tommy Baldwin Racing
9	Marcos Ambrose	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	Stanley Tools / DeWalt / CTC Jumpstart
10	Danica Patrick (R)	Stewart–Haas Racing	Chevrolet	GoDaddy.com
11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	FedEx Ground
13	Casey Mears	Germain Racing	Ford	GEICO
14	Max Papis (i)	Stewart–Haas Racing	Chevrolet	Rush Truck Centers / Mobil 1
15	Clint Bowyer	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	Peak / Duck Dynasty
16	Greg Biffle	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	3M / 811
17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (R)	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	Best Buy
18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	M&M's
19	Alex Kennedy	Humphrey Smith Racing	Toyota	MediaMaster
20	Matt Kenseth	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	The Home Depot / Husky Tools
22	Joey Logano	Penske Racing	Ford	Shell / Pennzoil
24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Drive to End Hunger
27	Paul Menard	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	Splash / Menards
29	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	Budweiser
30	David Stremme	Swan Racing	Toyota	Genny Light
31	Jeff Burton	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	Caterpillar
32	Boris Said	FAS Lane Racing	Ford	U.S. Chrome
33	Ron Fellows	Circle Sport	Chevrolet	Canadian Tire
34	David Ragan	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	Taco Bell
35	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	Dockside Logistics
36	Victor Gonzalez Jr.	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	IMCA / Mobil 1
38	David Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	Long John Silver's
39	Ryan Newman	Stewart–Haas Racing	Chevrolet	Haas Automation 30th Anniversary
40	Landon Cassill (i)	Circle Sport	Chevrolet	Interstate Moving Services
42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	Target
43	Aric Almirola	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	Smithfield
47	A. J. Allmendinger	JTG Daugherty Racing	Toyota	Scott Products
48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	Lowe's
51	Owen Kelly (i)	Phoenix Racing	Chevrolet	Phoenix Construction
52	Brian Keselowski	Brian Keselowski Motorsports	Toyota	Star Coach Race Tours
55	Brian Vickers (i)	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	Toyota Camry 30th Anniversary
56	Martin Truex Jr.	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	NAPA Auto Parts
78	Kurt Busch	Furniture Row Racing	Chevrolet	Furniture Row / Denver Mattress
83	David Reutimann	BK Racing	Toyota	Burger King / Dr Pepper
87	Tomy Drissi	NEMCO-Jay Robinson Racing	Toyota	The Counselor
88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	National Guard
93	Travis Kvapil	BK Racing	Toyota	Burger King / Dr Pepper
99	Carl Edwards	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	Kellogg's / Cheez-It
Official entry list

Practice and qualifying

Qualifying order

Source:^[9]

Group 1 No. Driver Team Manufacturer 36 Victor Gonzalez Jr. Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevy 7 Dave Blaney Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevy 19 Alex Kennedy Humphrey Smith Motorsports Toyota 40 Landon Cassill Circle Sport Chevy 87 Tomy Drissi NEMCO-Jay Robinson Racing Toyota 52 Brian Keselowski Brian Keselowski Motorsports Toyota Group 2 No. Driver Team Manufacturer 38 David Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 83 David Reutimann BK Racing Toyota 10 Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing Chevy 93 Travis Kvapil BK Racing Toyota 51 Owen Kelly Phoenix Racing Chevy 30 David Stremme Swan Racing Company Toyota Group 3 No. Driver Team Manufacturer 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 14 Max Papis Stewart-Haas Racing Chevy 39 Ryan Newman Stewart-Haas Racing Chevy 34 David Ragan Front Row Motorsports Ford 55 Brian Vickers Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 20 Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Group 4 No. Driver Team Manufacturer 1 Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevy 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevy 43 Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 32 Boris Said FAS Lane Racing Ford 33 Ron Fellows Circle Sport Chevy

Group 5 No. Driver Team Manufacturer 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevy 27 Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing Chevy 22 Joey Logano Penske Racing Ford 31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevy 5 Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports Chevy Group 6 No. Driver Team Manufacturer 78 Kurt Busch Furniture Row Racing Chevy 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports Chevy 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevy 35 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports Ford 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford Group 7 No. Driver Team Manufacturer 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 47 A. J. Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing Toyota 15 Clint Bowyer Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 2 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Ford 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Group 8 No. Driver Team Manufacturer 56 Martin Truex Jr. Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota 9 Marcos Ambrose Richard Petty Motorsports Ford 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevy 13 Casey Mears Germain Racing Ford

Race

Start

The race was scheduled to start at 1:18 p.m. EDT, Marcos Ambrose led the field to the green flag on lap 1.

1st caution, restart and wreck

The first caution came out on lap 15 for a crash by Jeff Gordon in the back straightaway, the race restarted on lap 19, a couple of laps later, the second caution came out for a multi-car crash in the straightaway, by lap 41, the race was red flagged for seven minutes for cleanup on the track, the race restarted on lap 43.

Quarter mark

The third caution came out when Kyle Busch spun into the tires, and was out of gas, the race restarted on lap 63, A couple of laps later, the fourth caution came out for a wreck again on lap 80, some cars were involved in the crash, the race restarted on lap 86, and the fifth caution came out on lap 85 for a crash by Marcos Ambrose, The race restarted on lap 88, and Kyle Busch won his race at Watkins-Glen.

Results

Qualifying

Marcos Ambrose scored the pole position.

Grid	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time	Speed
1	9	Marcos Ambrose	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	68.777	128.241
2	15	Clint Bowyer	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	68.929	127.958
3	56	Martin Truex Jr.	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	69.197	127.462
4	47	A. J. Allmendinger	JTG Daugherty Racing	Toyota	69.213	127.433
5	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	69.231	127.400
6	1	Jamie McMurray	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	69.245	127.374
7	27	Paul Menard	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	69.369	127.146
8	2	Brad Keselowski	Penske Racing	Ford	69.372	127.141
9	22	Joey Logano	Penske Racing	Ford	69.388	127.111
10	20	Matt Kenseth	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	69.428	127.038
11	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	69.486	126.932
12	35	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	69.546	126.823
13	78	Kurt Busch	Furniture Row Racing	Chevrolet	69.551	126.813
14	39	Ryan Newman	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	69.577	126.766
15	55	Brian Vickers	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	69.715	126.515
16	99	Carl Edwards	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	69.743	126.464
17	16	Greg Biffle	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	69.791	126.377
18	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	69.802	126.357
19	5	Kasey Kahne	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	69.822	126.321
20	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	69.884	126.209
21	38	David Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	69.931	126.124
22	31	Jeff Burton	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	69.952	126.086
23	51	Owen Kelly	Phoenix Racing	Chevrolet	69.994	126.011
24	33	Ron Fellows	Circle Sport	Chevrolet	70.042	125.924
25	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	70.069	125.876
26	29	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	70.161	125.711
27	32	Boris Said	FAS Lane Racing	Ford	70.163	125.707
28	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	70.228	125.591
29	14	Max Papis	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	70.229	125.589
30	13	Casey Mears	Germain Racing	Ford	70.622	124.890
31	34	David Ragan	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	70.646	124.848
32	43	Aric Almirola	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	70.677	124.793
33	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	70.800	124.576
34	36	Victor Gonzalez Jr.	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	71.199	123.878
35	10	Danica Patrick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	71.273	123.750
36	83	David Reutimann	BK Racing	Toyota	71.297	123.708
37	19	Alex Kennedy	Humphrey Smith Racing	Toyota	71.309	123.687
38	93	Travis Kvapil	BK Racing	Toyota	71.338	123.637
39	30	David Stremme	Swan Racing	Toyota	71.616	123.157
40	7	Dave Blaney	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	71.652	123.095
41	40	Landon Cassill	Circle Sport	Chevrolet	72.293	122.004
42	87	Tomy Drissi	NEMCO-Jay Robinson Racing	Toyota	73.320	120.295
43	52	Brian Keselowski	Brian Keselowski Motorsports	Toyota	74.165	118.924
Source:"http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/Statistics/Season-Stats/Statistics.aspx?SubSeriesID=1&YearID=42&RaceID=6048&StatType=Qualifying

Race results

Kyle Busch won the race.

Pos	Grid	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Led	Points1
1	5	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	90	21	47
2	8	2	Brad Keselowski	Penske Racing	Ford	90	0	42
3	3	56	Martin Truex Jr.	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	90	0	41
4	16	99	Carl Edwards	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	90	0	40
5	11	42	Juan Pablo Montoya	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	90	1	40
6	2	15	Clint Bowyer	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	90	0	38
7	9	22	Joey Logano	Penske Racing	Ford	90	0	37
8	18	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	90	0	36
9	13	78	Kurt Busch	Furniture Row Racing	Chevrolet	90	0	35
10	4	47	A. J. Allmendinger	JTG Daugherty Racing	Toyota	90	0	34
11	6	1	Jamie McMurray	Earnhardt Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	90	1	34
12	30	13	Casey Mears	Germain Racing	Ford	90	0	32
13	26	29	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	90	8	32
14	14	39	Ryan Newman	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	90	0	30
15	29	14	Max Papis	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	90	0	0[2]
16	17	16	Greg Biffle	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	90	0	28
17	7	27	Paul Menard	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	90	0	27
18	33	17	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	90	0	26
19	20	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	90	0	25
20	35	10	Danica Patrick	Stewart-Haas Racing	Chevrolet	90	0	24
21	31	34	David Ragan	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	90	0	23
22	27	32	Boris Said	FAS Lane Racing	Ford	90	0	22
23	10	20	Matt Kenseth	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	90	0	21
24	23	51	Owen Kelly	Phoenix Racing	Chevrolet	90	0	0[2]
25	21	38	David Gilliland	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	90	0	19
26	22	31	Jeff Burton	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	90	0	18
27	40	7	Dave Blaney	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	90	0	17
28	41	40	Landon Cassill	Circle Sport	Chevrolet	90	0	0[2]
29	37	19	Alex Kennedy	Humphrey Smith Racing	Toyota	90	0	15
30	25	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	85	0	14
31	1	9	Marcos Ambrose	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	84	51	15
32	15	55	Brian Vickers	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	84	0	0[2]
33	39	30	David Stremme	Swan Racing	Toyota	83	0	11
34	19	5	Kasey Kahne	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	82	0	10
35	24	33	Ron Fellows	Circle Sport	Chevrolet	74	0	9
36	28	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	65	0	8
37	32	43	Aric Almirola	Richard Petty Motorsports	Ford	58	0	7
38	12	35	Michael McDowell	Front Row Motorsports	Ford	58	0	6
39	43	52	Brian Keselowski	Brian Keselowski Motorsports	Toyota	47	0	5
40	38	93	Travis Kvapil	BK Racing	Toyota	41	0	4
41	34	36	Victor Gonzalez Jr.	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Chevrolet	39	0	3
42	42	87	Tomy Drissi	NEMCO-Jay Robinson Racing	Toyota	39	0	2
43	36	83	David Reutimann	BK Racing	Toyota	4	0	1

Notes

1. ^1 Points include 3 Chase for the Sprint Cup points for winning, 1 point for leading a lap, and 1 point for most laps led.
2. ^{a b c d} Ineligible for drivers' championship points.

Standings after the race

Drivers' championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Jimmie Johnson 808 2 Clint Bowyer 733 (-75) 3 Carl Edwards 728 (-80) 4 Kevin Harvick 707 (-101) 1 5 Kyle Busch 693 (-115) 1 6 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 670 (-138) 7 Matt Kenseth 659 (-149) 4 8 Brad Keselowski 634 (-174) 1 9 Greg Biffle 627 (-181) 4 10 Martin Truex Jr. 625 (-183)

Manufacturers' championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 156 2 Toyota 144 (-12) 3 Ford 111 (-45) Note: Only the first ten positions are included for the driver standings.

References

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