2013 Firestone 550
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1.5 mi / 2.4 km
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| 8th round of the 2013 IndyCar Series season | |
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| 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.
Background
Before coming to Texas Motor Speedway, IndyCar completed the first doubleheader of the season at Belle Isle in the Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit, where Mike Conway earned his first victory of the season in the first race, while Simon Pagenaud won his first IndyCar series race in the second part of the doubleheader. Entering the Firestone 550, both Marco Andretti and Hélio Castroneves were tied atop the IndyCar drivers point championship, each with 206 point, though both did not have any victories on the season. Justin Wilson entered the race as the defending champion having won the previous year's race.
