The 2013 Kroger 200 was a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race held on October 26, 2013 at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. Contested over 200 laps, the race was the nineteenth of the 2013 season. Bubba Wallace of Kyle Busch Motorsports won the race. Brendan Gaughan finished second and Jeb Burton finished third.

2013 Kroger 200
Race details
Race 19 of 22 in the 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season
A map showing the layout of Martinsville Speedway
A map showing the layout of Martinsville Speedway
Date October 26, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-10-26)
Location Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia
Course Permanent racing facility
0.526 mi (0.847 km)
Distance 200 laps, 105.2 mi (169.302 km)
Weather Temperatures reaching up to 57 °F (14 °C); wind speeds up to 12 miles per hour (19 km/h)[1]
Average speed 66.863 mph (107.173 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Kyle Busch Motorsports
Time 19.625 sec
Most laps led
Driver Darrell Wallace Jr. Kyle Busch Motorsports
Laps 96
Winner
No. 54 Bubba Wallace Kyle Busch Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network Fox Sports 1
Announcers Rick Allen, Phil Parsons, Michael Waltrip

Race

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Bubba Wallace led 96 laps in winning the race, becoming the first African American driver to win in the Camping World Truck Series, and the first African American driver to win in a NASCAR national touring series since Wendell Scott won a Grand National Series race, the 1964 Jacksonville 200, at Speedway Park in Jacksonville on December 1, 1963.[2]

Results

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Pos Grid No. Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Points
1 3 54 Bubba Wallace # Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 200 48
2 15 62 Brendan Gaughan Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 42
3 9 4 Jeb Burton # Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet 200 41
4 14 30 Ben Kennedy Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet 200 40
5 24 29 Ryan Blaney # Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 200 39
6 1 51 Denny Hamlin Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 200 0
7 6 77 Germán Quiroga # Red Horse Racing Toyota 200 37
8 2 98 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Toyota 200 37
9 28 92 Scott Riggs RBR Enterprises Chevrolet 200 0
10 7 31 James Buescher Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet 200 34
11 26 8 Max Gresham Sharp Gallaher Racing Chevrolet 200 33
12 22 18 Joey Coulter Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 200 32
13 17 7 John Wes Townley Red Horse Racing Toyota 200 31
14 8 19 Ross Chastain Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 200 31
15 11 27 Jeff Agnew Hillman Racing Chevrolet 200 29
16 30 22 John Hunter Nemechek SWM-NEMCO Racing Toyota 200 28
17 13 88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 200 27
18 29 60 Dakoda Armstrong Turn One Racing Chevrolet 200 26
19 23 33 Brandon Jones Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet 200 25
20 12 94 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200 24
21 20 32 Miguel Paludo Turner Scott Motorsports Chevrolet 200 23
22 5 3 Ty Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 23
23 19 75 Caleb Holman Henderson Motorsports Chevrolet 199 21
24 31 24 Brennan Newberry # NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 199 20
25 18 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 197 19
26 10 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 195 18
27 36 68 Clay Greenfield Clay Greenfield Motorsports Ram 195 0
28 4 9 Ron Hornaday Jr. NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 194 16
29 35 57 Norm Benning Norm Benning Racing Chevrolet 193 15
30 21 14 Kevin Harvick NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 189 0
31 27 81 Timmy Hill SS-Green Light Racing Chevrolet 186 0
32 16 6 Daniel Hemric Sharp Gallaher Racing Chevrolet 140 12
33 33 99 Bryan Silas T3R Motorsports Ford 137 11
34 32 84 Brad Riethmeyer Glenden Enterprises Chevrolet 52 10
35 25 93 Chris Jones RSS Racing Chevrolet 11 9
36 34 07 Jimmy Weller III SS-Green Light Racing Toyota 6 8

Standings after the race

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After the race, Matt Crafton remained in the points lead with 707.

Source:[4]

Pos Driver Points
1 Matt Crafton 707
2 James Buescher 656
3 Ty Dillon 646
4 Jeb Burton 639
5 Johnny Sauter 625
6 Ryan Blaney 615
7 Miguel Paludo 615
8 Bubba Wallace 614
9 Brendan Gaughan 595
10 Timothy Peters 592

References

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  1. ^ Weather information for the 2013 Kroger 200 at The Old Farmers' Almanac
  2. ^ Ryan, Nate (October 26, 2013). "Darrell Wallace Jr. makes NASCAR history with victory". USA Today. McLean, VA. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
  3. ^ "Kroger 200 - 2013 Results". NASCAR. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
  4. ^ "2013 Kroger 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 27, 2013.