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Race details | |
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8th round of the 2013 IndyCar Series season | |
Date | June 8, 2013 |
Official name | Firestone 550 |
Location | Texas Motor Speedway |
Course | Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi / 2.4 km |
Distance | 228 laps 342 mi / 550 km |
Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 90 °F (32 °C); wind speeds up to 14 miles per hour (23 km/h)[1] |
Pole position | |
Driver | Will Power (Team Penske) |
Time | 0:47.7960 |
Fastest lap | |
Driver | Tony Kanaan (KV Racing Technology) |
Time | 24.2769 (on lap 51 of 228) |
Podium | |
First | Hélio Castroneves (Team Penske) |
Second | Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti Autosport) |
Third | Tony Kanaan (KV Racing Technology) |
The 2013 Firestone 550 was twenty-third running of the Firestone 550 and the eighth round of the 2013 IndyCar Series season. It took place on Saturday, June 8. The race was contested over 228 laps at the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, and was televised by ABC in the United States.