2013 Aaron's 312

The 2013 Aaron's 312 was the eighth stock car race of the 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series and the 22nd iteration of the event.

The track is a tri-oval and was constructed in the 1960s by the International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France family.

[2] Trevor Bayne of Roush Fenway Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 50.275 and an average speed of 190.472 miles per hour (306.535 km/h).

[3] The second and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Thursday, May 2, at 4:00 PM CST, and would last for 50 minutes.

[2] Ty Dillon of Richard Childress Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 49.841 and an average speed of 192.131 miles per hour (309.205 km/h).

On lap 5, Pastrana and Roush Racing teammate Trevor Bayne decided to swap tandems but fell back as the pack caught up to the 2 cars.

On lap 35, the second caution flew for a 2 car crash in turn 3 involving Kyle Larson and Jeffery Earnhardt.

The cars involved were Johanna Long, Brian Scott, Trevor Bayne, Robert Richardson Jr., Sam Hornish Jr., Bobby Gerhart, Mike Harmon, Tim Andrews, Ty Dillon, Eric McClure, Kyle Larson, Nelson Piquet Jr., and Donnie Neuenberger.

[7] During the caution period, NASCAR announced that they were gonna shorten the race to 107 laps due to the darkness that was falling.

But on the same lap, Joey Coulter crashed in the tri-oval bringing out 6th caution and setting up a green-white-checker.

Meanwhile, behind the 4 cars, Brian Vickers got turned by Elliott Sadler and collected Alex Bowman, Landon Cassill, Mike Wallace, Jamie Dick, and Josh Wise.

Kasey Kahne crossed the finish line first but Regan Smith was in front when the caution came out and NASCAR declared him the winner.

Joey Logano, Kasey Kahne, Kurt Busch, and Justin Allgaier rounded out the top 5 while Parker Kligerman, Mike Wallace, Jason White, Jeremy Clements, and Austin Dillon rounded out the top 10.