Contested over 160 laps on the 2.5–mile (4 km) triangular superspeedway, it was the fourteenth race of the 2013 Sprint Cup Series championship.

Jimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports won the race, his third win of the 2013 season, while Greg Biffle finished second.

This was the final NASCAR race for Jason Leffler before his death in a sprint car crash on June 12, 2013.

[12] However, wet weather soaked the track, therefore canceling the session and making the owner's points championship determine the qualifying grid.

[14] In the Saturday morning session, Johnson was quickest, ahead of Edwards and Kurt Busch in second and third.

[15] Kyle Busch, Tony Stewart, Earnhardt Jr., Keselowski, and Juan Pablo Montoya rounded out the first ten positions.

[15] In the final practice session for the race, Kurt Busch was quickest with a time of 51.331 seconds.