2013 Virginia 529 College Savings 250

2013 Virginia 529 College Savings 250

Race details
Race 25 of 33 of the 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series
Date	September 6, 2013
Official name	32nd Annual Virginia 529 College Savings 250
Location	Richmond, Virginia, Richmond Raceway
Course	Permanent racing facility 0.75 mi (1.21 km)
Distance	250 laps, 187.5 mi (301.752 km)
Scheduled Distance	250 laps, 187.5 mi (301.752 km)
Average speed	97.304 miles per hour (156.596 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Brian Scott	Richard Childress Racing
Time	21.717
Most laps led
Driver	Brian Scott	Richard Childress Racing
Laps	239
Winner
No. 22	Brad Keselowski	Penske Racing
Television in the United States
Network	ESPN2
Announcers	Marty Reid, Dale Jarrett, Andy Petree
Radio in the United States
Radio	Motor Racing Network

The 2013 Virginia 529 College Savings 250 was the 25th stock car race of the 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series and the 32nd iteration of the event. The race was held on Friday, September 6, 2013, in Richmond, Virginia, at Richmond International Raceway, a 0.75 miles (1.21 km) D-shaped oval. The race took the scheduled 250 laps to complete. At race's end, Brad Keselowski, driving for Penske Racing, would pass eventual second-place finisher, Richard Childress Racing driver Brian Scott late in the race to win his 25th career NASCAR Nationwide Series win and his fifth win of the season.^[1] To fill out the podium, Regan Smith of JR Motorsports finished third.

Background

Richmond International Raceway (RIR) is a 3/4-mile (1.2 km), D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County. It hosts the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series. Known as "America's premier short track", it formerly hosted a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race, an IndyCar Series race, and two USAC sprint car races.

Entry list

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

Practice

The only two-hour and 30-minute practice session took place on Friday, September 6, at 9:00 AM EST.^[2] Parker Kligerman of Kyle Busch Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 21.636 and an average speed of 124.792 miles per hour (200.833 km/h).^[3]

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Friday, September 6, 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]

Brian Scott of Richard Childress Racing would win the pole, setting a time of 21.717 and an average speed of 124.327 miles per hour (200.085 km/h).^[4]

Five drivers would fail to qualify: Danny Efland, Carl Long, Morgan Shepherd, Derrike Cope, and Brett Butler.

Full qualifying results

Race results

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Sam Hornish Jr. 880 2 Austin Dillon 864 (-16) 3 Regan Smith 854 (-26) 4 Elliott Sadler 852 (–28) 5 Justin Allgaier 828 (–52) 6 Brian Vickers 827 (–53) 7 Kyle Larson 819 (–61) 8 Brian Scott 810 (–70) 9 Trevor Bayne 799 (–81) 10 Parker Kligerman 732 (–148) Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

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