Pennsylvania 400 2013 Results: Reaction, Leaders and Post-Race Analysis

In another amazing race from the world-famous Pocono Speedway, it was Kasey Kahne and the No. 5 car that took the checkered flag and won the 2013 GoBowling.com 400.   

It is Kahne’s 16th career victory and second of the season, and it helps his case for being one of the top contenders heading toward the final Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.

The win at Pocono was a great showing by Hendrick Motorsports across the board. Jeff Gordon finished second, Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished fifth and Jimmie Johnson finished 13th after dominating much of the race before a tire issue cost him the chance at a victory.

Kurt Busch managed a very respectable third place, and Indianapolis 400 winner Ryan Newman followed his victory up with a fourth-place finish.

Full GoBowling.com 400 Results

Pos	Driver	Car #	Make	Started
1	Kasey Kahne	5	Chevrolet	18
2	Jeff Gordon	24	Chevrolet	22
3	Kurt Busch	78	Chevrolet	5
4	Ryan Newman	39	Chevrolet	4
5	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	88	Chevrolet	25
6	Brad Keselowski	2	Ford	11
7	Joey Logano	22	Ford	6
8	Kyle Busch	18	Toyota	2
9	Tony Stewart	14	Chevrolet	20
10	Greg Biffle	16	Ford	7
11	Carl Edwards	99	Ford	3
12	Marcos Ambrose	9	Ford	8
13	Jimmie Johnson	48	Chevrolet	1
14	Clint Bowyer	15	Toyota	16
15	Martin Truex Jr.	56	Toyota	26
16	Jamie McMurray	1	Chevrolet	12
17	Kevin Harvick	29	Chevrolet	14
18	Mark Martin	55	Toyota	28
19	Bobby Labonte	47	Toyota	33
20	Aric Almirola	43	Ford	10
21	David Ragan	34	Ford	30
22	Matt Kenseth	20	Toyota	24
23	Dave Blaney	7	Chevrolet	32
24	Casey Mears	13	Ford	29
25	J.J. Yeley	36	Chevrolet	36
26	Travis Kvapil	93	Toyota	23
27	Timmy Hill	32	Ford	41
28	Juan Pablo Montoya	42	Chevrolet	19
29	Landon Cassill	40	Chevrolet	38
30	David Stremme	30	Toyota	31
31	David Reutimann	83	Toyota	35
32	Paul Menard	27	Chevrolet	21
33	AJ Allemdinger	51	Chevrolet	15
34	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	17	Ford	17
35	Danica Patrick	10	Chevrolet	34
36	Jeff Burton	31	Chevrolet	13
37	Joe Nemechek	87	Toyota	39
38	Tony Raines	33	Chevrolet	43
39	David Gilliland	38	Ford	37
40	Michael McDowell	98	Ford	27
41	Josh Wise	35	Ford	40
42	Alex Kennedy	19	Toyota	42
43	Denny Hamlin	11	Toyota	9

*Visit NASCAR.com for results and race times.

Johnson carried his momentum from Indianapolis into Pocono by winning the pole, but it didn’t take long for the race to get interesting. In the first turn of Lap 1, Juan Pablo Montoya wrecked Ricky Stenhouse Jr. into the wall, bringing out the race’s first caution.

It was a wild start to what would be a wild race.

After going green once again, Denny Hamlin and the No. 11 car lost control and smashed into the wall on Lap 15. This accident brought out the second yellow of the day.

The Pocono event stayed clean for a long stretch and forced teams to pit under the green flag. After the field shuffled around and the strategies were hashed out, Johnson was once again in first place.

A tire failure with David Gilliland and his No. 38 brought out the third caution flag of the day on Lap 53. After another round of pit stops, Brad Keselowski and the No. 2 car took the lead after staying out.

Johnson was running the fastest laps of the day until he blew out a right-front tire on Lap 76 and brought out the caution. The damage sustained in the accident forced him and his team out of contention.

Keselowski and Kahne raced for the lead, but ultimately, the No. 5 car took the top spot on the scoring chart until yet another caution came out when David Stremme blew out his right-front tire and drove into the wall on Lap 95.

The green flag was only out for a short time before the No. 43 car and Aric Almirola brought out the sixth caution of the day.

While Pocono Speedway is usually known for the long periods of clean racing, the seventh caution was brought out just two laps into the run when Jeff Burton, Danica Patrick, Travis Kvapil and Paul Menard were involved in a multi-car wreck.

Kahne once again took the lead, and with 30 laps remaining in the event, the last round of green-flag pit stops commenced and he once again shuffled out to the lead.

With the penultimate restart coming in the last 10 laps after a debris caution, Gordon took the late lead, but another yellow flag forced one last restart. Kahne saw his opportunity to shine and capitalized on it.

2013 Sprint Cup Standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Behind	Starts	Wins	Top 5	Top 10	DNF	Laps	Laps Led
1	Jimmie Johnson	772	-	21	4	9	14	0	5860	1136
2	Clint Bowyer	695	77	21	0	7	11	1	5851	115
3	Carl Edwards	688	84	21	1	6	10	0	5827	214
4	Kevin Harvick	675	97	21	2	5	11	2	5571	36
5	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	656	116	21	0	5	12	2	5650	94
6	Kyle Busch	646	126	21	2	9	13	3	5457	1037
7	Matt Kenseth	638	134	21	4	5	11	3	5458	995
8	Kasey Kahne	612	160	21	2	7	9	3	5543	466
9	Jeff Gordon	602	170	21	0	5	9	5	5496	151
10	Greg Biffle	599	173	21	1	3	8	0	5621	87
11	Tony Stewart	594	178	21	1	5	8	0	5744	114
12	Brad Keselowski	592	180	21	0	6	10	1	5655	153

*Complete standings found at ESPN.com.

After another wild race, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series moves toward the Chase for the Sprint Cup as it travels to Watkins Glen International for the Cheez-It 355 at The Glen. The next race will take place Aug. 11 at 1:19 p.m. ET and will be televised on ESPN.

Marcos Ambrose was the 2012 race champion.