The 2013 5-hour Energy 200 Benefiting Living Beyond Breast Cancer was the 28th stock car race of the 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series and the 28th iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, September 28, 2013, in Dover, Delaware at Dover International Speedway, a 1 mile (1.6 km) permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. At race's end, Joey Logano, driving for Penske Racing, would dominate the race to win his 21st career NASCAR Nationwide Series win and his third and final win of the season.^[1] To fill out the podium, Kyle Larson of Turner Scott Motorsports and Kevin Harvick of Richard Childress Racing would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

The layout of Dover International Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

Dover International Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Dover Motorsports.

The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats.

Practice

The only two-hour and 10-minute practice session took place on Friday, September 27, at 12:40 PM EST.^[2] Regan Smith of JR Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 23.363 and an average speed of 154.090 miles per hour (247.984 km/h).^[3]

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Saturday, September 28, at 12:05 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]

Joey Logano of Penske Racing would win the pole, setting a time of 23.200 and an average speed of 155.172 miles per hour (249.725 km/h).^[4]

No drivers would fail to qualify.

Race results

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Sam Hornish Jr. 989 2 Austin Dillon 985 (-4) 3 Elliott Sadler 947 (-42) 4 Regan Smith 946 (–43) 5 Brian Vickers 942 (–47) 6 Justin Allgaier 919 (–70) 7 Brian Scott 916 (–73) 8 Trevor Bayne 903 (–86) 9 Kyle Larson 864 (–125) 10 Parker Kligerman 820 (–169) Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

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