2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (All Cried Out)

The 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season is the 65th season of professional stock car racing in the United States. The season began on February 10, 2013 at Riverside International Raceway, with the Sprint Unlimited, followed by the Southern California 500 on February 24. The season will end with the Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles Championship 400 at Auto Club on November 17.

The 2013 season was the first season using the Generation 6 race car, the Car of tomorrow's successor, and marked the return to the qualifying procedure that was used before the 2005 season. However, at the two road courses on the schedule drivers will qualify groups instead of single laps. In September 2012, NASCAR removed a ban introduced in the 2008 season on testing at tracks that were on any of the premier series' schedules, replacing it with a testing limit.

Chevrolet entered the season as the reigning Manufacturer's Champions, while Brad Keselowski is the defending Driver's Champion. However, because Keselowski failed to make the Chase, he will be unable to defend his title.

Schedule
The final calendar was released on September 25, 2012, containing 40 races, with the addition of two exhibition races

Race Schedule

February 17 - Southern California 500 (Riverside International Raceway - Riverside, CA)

February 24 - Daytona 500 (Daytona International Speedway - Daytona, FL)

March 3 - Subway Fresh Fit 500 (Phoenix International Raceway - Avondale, AZ)

March 10 - Kobalt Tools 400 (Las Vegas Motor Speedway - Las Vegas, NV)

March 17 - Food City 500 (Bristol Motor Speedway - Bristol, TN)

March 24 - AdvoCare 500 (Atlanta Motor Speedway - Hampton, GA)

March 31 - Pepsi 400 (Nashville SuperSpeedway - Nashville, TN)

April 7 - STP Gas Booster 500 (Martinsville Speedway - Martinsville, VA)

April 13 - NRA 500 (Texas Motor Speedway - Fort Worth, TX)

April 20 - G-Oil 500 (Stockton 99 Speedway - Stockton, CA)

April 27 - Toyota Owners 400 (Richmond International Raceway - Richmond, VA)

May 5 - Aaron's 499 (Talladega Superspeedway - Talladega, AL)

May 12 - Wachovia 400 (North Wilkesboro Speedway - North Wilkesboro, NC)

May 18 - Sprint Showdown & Sprint All-Star Race (Charlotte Motor Speedway - Charlotte, NC)

May 26 - Coca-Cola 600 (Charlotte Motor Speedway - Concord, NC)

June 2 - FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks (Dover International Speedway - Dover, DE)

June 9 - Hawkeye 400 (Iowa Speedway - Newton, IA)

June 16 - Union City 500 (Union City Speedway - Union City, CA) 

June 23 - Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Sonoma Raceway - Sonoma, CA)

June 29 - Quaker State 400 (Kentucky Speedway - Sparta, KY)

July 6 - Coke Zero Firecracker 400 (Daytona International Speedway - Daytona Beach, FL)

July 14 - Pinole Valley 500 (Pinole Valley Speedway - Pinole, CA)

July 21 - Central Coast 300 (Laguna Seca Raceway - Monterey, CA)

July 28 - Brickyard 400 (Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Indianapolis, IN)

August 4 - GoBowling.com 400 (Pocono Raceway - Long Pond, PA)

August 11 - Cheez-It 355 at the Glen (Watkins Glen International Raceway - Watkins Glen, NY)

August 18 - South Bay 300 (Sunnyvale Raceway Park - Sunnyvale, CA)

August 24 - Irwin Tools Night Race (Bristol Motor Speedway - Bristol, TN)

September 1 - Bojangles' Southern 500 (Darlington Raceway - Darlington, SC)

September 8 - Karl's Superstores 400 (Richmond International Speedway - Richmond, CA) 

September 15 - Geico 400 (Chicagoland Speedway - Joliet, IL)

CHASE FOR THE SPRINT CUP

September 22 - Fry's Electronics 400 (Warrior Stadium - Campbell, CA)

September 29 - NAPA Auto Parts 300 (Circuit Gilles Villeneuve - Montreal, QU)

October 6 - Hollywood Casino 400 (Kansas Speedway - Kansas City, KS)

October 12 - Bank of America 500 (Charlotte Motor Speedway - Charlotte, NC)

October 20 - Taco Bell 400 (Mesa Marin Raceway - Bakersfield, CA)

October 27 - Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500 (Martinsville Speedway - Martinsville, VA)

November 3 - AC Delco 500 (Rockingham Speedway - Rockingham, NC)

November 10 - Advocare 500k (Phoenix International Raceway - Avondale, AZ)

November 17 - Ford Ecoboost 400 (Homestead-Miami Speedway - Homestead, FL

November 24 - Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles Championship 400 (Auto Club Speedway - Fontana, CA)