2013 Fred's 250

The 2013 Fred's 250 Powered by Coca-Cola was a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race that was held at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Alabama. It was the 18th race of the 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season. Truck Series rookie Jeb Burton won the pole position but it was Johnny Sauter who won the race after a chaotic and spectacular last lap crash that saw a truck flip on the last lap.

Background
The track, Talladega Superspeedway, is one of six superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the others being Daytona International Speedway, Auto Club Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Pocono Raceway and Michigan International Speedway. The standard track at the speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.66 mi long. The track's turns are banked at thirty-three degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 16.5 degrees. The back stretch has a two-degree banking. Talladega Superspeedway can seat up to 143,231 people.

Entry List

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

Qualifying
Jeb Burton won the pole with a time of 54.353 and a speed of 176.182.

* – Chris Cockrum and Mike Harmon made the field via owners points.

** – Chris Cockrum, Timothy Peters, and Matt Crafton had to go to the rear of the field for unapproved adjustments.

Race
Pole sitter Jeb Burton lead the first lap of the race but lost the lead on the next lap to James Buescher. The first caution flew on lap 8 after Mason Mingus' engine blew and laid fluid on the racetrack. The race restarted on lap 14. Chris Fontaine took the lead from James Buescher on lap 15. Buescher would take it back on lap 18 of the race. The second caution flew on lap 20 when Chris Cockrum's left front tire blew and laid debris on the front stretch. Kyle Busch won the race off of pit road after going for a fuel only stop and lead the field to the restart on lap 24. Ty Dillon took the lead from Busch on the restart with a push by James Buescher. On lap 31, Ross Chastain took the lead with a push from Ryan Blaney but Dillon took it back the next lap. On lap 35, Joey Coulter took the lead with a push by Parker Kligerman but Dillon took the lead back again the next lap. Parker Kligerman took the lead from Dillon on lap 38 of the race. On lap 42, Ty Dillon would take the lead back.

Final Laps
With 42 laps to go, Parker Kligerman took the lead back from Dillon as green flag pitstops began. During pitstops with 40 laps to go, Sean Corr was coming in to pit but got bumped from behind by Ty Dillon and spun through the infield grass bringing out the third caution of the race. Kligerman was coming in to pit when the Caution flew and Johnny Sauter took the lead. Rookie Bubba Wallace was the new race leader and lead them to the restart with 34 laps to go. With 31 to go, Ty Dillon took the lead from Wallace. With 29 laps to go, the 4th caution flew for a 6 truck wreck in turn 3. It started when Caleb Holman tried to go in front of Jeb Burton but was not clear and spun down into Timothy Peters and the two trucks went up the track and collected Chris Cockrum, Sean Corr, and rookies Brennan Newberry and Germán Quiroga. With 28 to go, Parker Kligerman took the lead. The race restarted with 21 laps to go. On the restart, rookie Ryan Blaney took the lead from Kligerman with a push by Johnny Sauter. Kligerman took it back with 20 to go. With 19 to go, Ty Dillon took the lead. Johnny Sauter took the lead from Dillon two laps later. On the next lap, Ross Chastain took the lead. With 15 laps to go, the 5th caution flew for a 5 truck crash on the backstretch. It started when Ron Hornaday made contact with James Buescher and Hornaday got squeezed in nearly four wide between Justin Lofton and Buescher and Hornaday turned Lofton and Buescher spun up and got t-boned in the right side by Joey Coulter while Jeff Agnew spun to avoid the wreck and hit the inside wall. The race restarted with 10 laps to go. Chastain took the lead and held on to it. Unfortunetly for Chastain, the 6th caution flew with 7 to go for a 3 truck crash down the backstretch involving Ron Hornaday, Ryan Blaney, and Scott Stenzel. The wreck would set up and three lap shootout. On the restart, Trucks began to form into tandems. Chastain was tandemed with Parker Kligerman and took the lead. With 3 to go, the ThorSport tandem in Johnny Sauter and Matt Crafton attempted to pass Chastain and Kligerman. Behind them, another tandem in Dakoda Armstrong and Kyle Busch peaked to the outside and attempted to make it three wide for the lead. Chastain lead when they took the white flag. Down the backstretch, the three tandems were evenly three wide for the lead. But in turn four, the Armstrong–Busch tandem lost momentum and it was a side by side battle between Sauter and Chastain as the trucks began to overheat. Coming towards the tri-oval, chaos ensued. Jeb Burton got turned by Miguel Paludo and Burton spun up into Kyle Busch and the two spun down. The two collected Bubba Wallace while Kyle Busch clipped Paludo's truck and sent Paludo upside down. The wreck also collected Timmy Hill, Clay Greenfield, Justin Lofton, John Wes Townley, and Chris Fontaine. While they were wrecking, the five trucks in Sauter, Crafton, Chastain, Armstrong, and Kligerman broke away. But Chastain got hooked by Kligerman and took out Crafton and Armstrong leaving only Johnny Sauter. The 7th and final caution flew before Sauter crossed the finish line and Sauter was declared the winner. Another truck made it out of the wreck unscathed and that was David Starr and Starr finished in second. Trucks came by the start-finish line still crashing everywhere. Kyle Busch ended up hitting the inside wall at the end of pit road very hard. Miguel Paludo was still upside down while he was getting hit by many other trucks. The truck would flip back up on all fours but short of the start-finish line. A total of 13 trucks were caught in the wreck. Everyone was ok including Kyle Busch who took a seat at the front stretch wall. This would be Sauter's 3rd and final win of 2013. Ross Chastain, Parker Kligerman, and Dakoda Armstrong rounded out the top 5 while Timmy Hill, John Wes Townley, Max Gresham, Matt Crafton, and Kyle Busch rounded out the top 10.