The 2013 Pure Michigan 400 was a

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Sprint Cup Series stock car race that was held on August 18, 2013, at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. Contested over 200 laps on the superspeedway, it was the twenty-third race of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Joey Logano of Penske Racing won the race, his first of the season. Kevin Harvick finished second while Kurt Busch, Paul Menard, and Clint Bowyer rounded out the top five.

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Background

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was the defending race winner after winning the race in

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. Before the race, Jimmie Johnson was leading the Drivers' Championship with 808 points, while Clint Bowyer stood in second with 733 points. Carl Edwards followed in the third with 728, twenty-one points ahead of Kevin Harvick and thirty-five ahead of Kyle Busch in fourth and fifth. Dale Earnhardt Jr., with 670, was in sixth; eleven ahead of Matt Kenseth, who was scored seventh. Eighth-placed Brad Keselowski was seven points ahead of Biffle and nine ahead of Martin Truex Jr. in ninth and tenth. In the Manufacturers' Championship,

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was leading with 156 points, twelve points ahead of

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. Ford was third with 111 points.

Entry list

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

Practice and qualifying

Three practice sessions were held before the race. The first session, scheduled on August 16, 2013, was 90 minutes long. The second and third, held a day later on August 17, 2013, were each 55 minutes long. The qualifying for the event was the final ever broadcast for

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, when Fox NASCAR play-by-play announcer Mike Joy said the final moments of Speed Channel and

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host Curt Menefee introduced Fox Sports 1 the following day.

Results

Qualifying

Race results

;Notes: :# Points include 3 Chase for the Sprint Cup points for winning, 1 point for leading a lap, and 1 point for most laps led. :# Ineligible for driver's championship points.

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Manufacturers' Championship standings *Note: Only the first twelve positions are included for the driver standings.

References

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