2013 Dollar General 300 (Charlotte)

The 2013 Dollar General 300 was the 30th stock car race of the 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series and the 32nd iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, October 11, 2013, in Concord, North Carolina at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent quad-oval. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. At race's end, Kyle Busch, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would complete a late-race pass on eventual third-place driver, Penske Racing's Sam Hornish Jr., to win his 62nd career NASCAR Nationwide Series win and his 11th win of the season.^[1] To fill out the podium, Austin Dillon of Richard Childress Racing would finish third.

The race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway, located in Concord, North Carolina. The speedway complex includes a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) quad-oval track that was utilized for the race, as well as a dragstrip and a dirt track. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams based in the Charlotte metropolitan area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith serving as track president.

• (R) denotes rookie driver.
• (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

The first practice session was held on Thursday, October 10, at 2:00 PM EST, and would last for an hour and 20 minutes. Alex Bowman of RAB Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.594 and an average speed of 182.469 miles per hour (293.655 km/h).^[2]

The second and final practice session, sometimes known as Happy Hour, was held on Thursday, October 10, at 6:10 PM EST, and would last for 50 minutes. Austin Dillon of Richard Childress Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.606 and an average speed of 182.395 miles per hour (293.536 km/h).^[2]

Qualifying was held on Friday, October 11, at 4:05 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]

Kyle Busch of Joe Gibbs Racing would win the pole, setting a time of 29.446 and an average speed of 183.387 miles per hour (295.133 km/h).^[3]

Six drivers would fail to qualify: Josh Wise, Joey Gase, J. J. Yeley, Dexter Stacey, Danny Efland, and Derrike Cope.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Austin Dillon 1,067 2 Sam Hornish Jr. 1,059 (-8) 3 Regan Smith 1,015 (-52) 4 Justin Allgaier 997 (–70) 5 Elliott Sadler 989 (–78) 6 Trevor Bayne 976 (–91) 7 Brian Scott 974 (–93) 8 Brian Vickers 970 (–97) 9 Kyle Larson 910 (–157) 10 Parker Kligerman 893 (–174) Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.