2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series

In addition to Sadler, Brian Vickers, after running a partial Cup schedule, return to the Nationwide Series full-time for the first time since his championship season in 2003.

Kasey Kahne and his USAC driver Brad Sweet also moved from Turner Motorsports to JRM, sharing the No.

TriStar Motorsports fielded a car for Louisiana native Hal Martin, running for Rookie of the Year.

Following a big crash with 14 laps to go that resulted in a red flag, Regan Smith took the lead, attempting to take his second consecutive win.

While Kenseth and Vickers had separate incidents taking them out of contention, Busch rallied from an early speeding penalty and drove to his first Nationwide win since 2011.

With Cup contenders Keselowski and Dale Earnhardt Jr. having multiple issues throughout the day, Nationwide regular Sam Hornish Jr. pulled away from Kyle Busch in the closing laps to capture his first win of the season.

The following week at Richmond International Raceway, the race would be dominated by Cup regulars Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, and polesitter Brad Keselowski.

Pole winner Kyle Busch dominated the race, leading 107 laps and holding off teammates Elliott Sadler and Brian Vickers to take his 5th win of the season.

Austin Dillon started on pole for the History 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, but Kyle Busch once again dominated.

Polesitter Austin Dillon dominated the race that had been pushed back from Saturday to Sunday and interrupted due to rain.

The following week at Kentucky Speedway, the race would be dominated by Cup regulars Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski.

However, Sprint Cup regular Matt Kenseth, with help from James Buescher, worked his way to the front and held off the field for the win.

At Loudon, Kyle Busch would once again dominate the race, but would have to survive a late red flag, as well as three green-white-checkered finishes to return to victory lane.

However, on the final restart, Scott spun his tires, handing the lead over to Brad Keselowski who held him and Regan Smith off for the win, as well as the 19th consecutive time that Cup regulars had won at Richmond.

The series then returned to Chicagoland Speedway, where Kyle Busch led 195 of 200 laps to take his tenth win of the season.

Truck series regular Ryan Blaney would dominate the field, easily taking his first career win.

Kyle Busch, who was taken out of contention due to pit strategy, decided to max out his cars fuel mileage to lap 86.

Logano would take back the lead from Busch on lap 142 and would win his fourth consecutive Dover Nationwide race.

The series made the final Midwestern stop at Kansas Speedway, where the race would be dominated by Regan Smith, hoping to put himself back in the championship hunt.

However, Matt Kenseth's team would make a late call to pit for two tires, forcing him to conserve fuel.

However, contact between Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski, whose respective cars were fighting for the owner's championship, late in the race caused a caution.

At the season finale at Homestead, Sam Hornish Jr won the pole and was trailing Austin Dillon by 8 points.