Regan Smith won the NASCAR Nationwide Series event at Talladega Superspeedway. The race was delayed by three hours due to rain and later cut by ten laps due to concerns about darkness. At the end of the race Smith was declared the winner after a caution came out as the cars approached the start finish line.
Travis Pastrana sat on the pole for the event and led his first Nationwide Series laps aided by the bump draft of Trevor Bayne. On lap 14 Danica Patrick was spun by Turner Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson bringing out the first caution of the race. The accident would send Patrick to the garage while Larson headed there on lap 32 after busting a left rear tire.
On lap 73 Reed Sorenson was tapped by Brian Scott. Sorenson would come across the track into the path of Pastrana ending the pole sitters day.
Sam Hornish who entered the day as the series points leader was part of a 11 car wreck on lap 94 when he attempted to cut down the track in front of Johanna Long.
STANDINGS: Smith takes point lead
After the wreck NASCAR announced that the race would be cut 10 laps down to 107 laps due to concerns about darkness. On lap 106 Justin Allgaier turned Joey Coulter into the wall setting up one attempt for a green white checkered finish.
On the ensuing green-white checkered another wreck occurred giving Regan Smith the win after NASCAR reviewed its video data with the time the caution came out.
VIDEO: Relive the last lap at Talladega
Kahne who was the first car to cross the start-finish line expressed his displeasure with the decision of NASCAR to throw a caution.
Unofficial Results for the Aarons 312
| May 4, 2013 | Talladega Superspeedway – Talladega, Alabama | 311.2 mi | |||||||||
| Pos | Driver | Car # | Make | Started | Laps | Led | Points | Driver Rating | |
| 1 | Regan Smith | 7 | Chevrolet | 20 | 110 | 7 | 47 | 112.6 | |
| 2 | Joey Logano | 22 | Ford | 12 | 110 | 35 | 0 | 132.9 | |
| 3 | Kasey Kahne | 5 | Chevrolet | 11 | 110 | 16 | 0 | 121.9 | |
| 4 | Kurt Busch | 1 | Chevrolet | 9 | 110 | 19 | 0 | 103.2 | |
| 5 | Justin Allgaier | 31 | Chevrolet | 5 | 110 | 4 | 40 | 99.5 | |
| 6 | Parker Kligerman | 77 | Toyota | 18 | 110 | 4 | 39 | 94.7 | |
| 7 | Mike Wallace | 01 | Chevrolet | 38 | 110 | 0 | 37 | 70.3 | |
| 8 | Jason White | 24 | Toyota | 31 | 110 | 0 | 36 | 61.7 | |
| 9 | Jeremy Clements | 51 | Chevrolet | 37 | 110 | 0 | 35 | 69.0 | |
| 10 | Austin Dillon | 3 | Chevrolet | 2 | 110 | 5 | 35 | 72.2 | |
| 11 | Elliott Sadler | 11 | Toyota | 7 | 110 | 5 | 34 | 97.5 | |
| 12 | Jamie Dick | 55 | Chevrolet | 29 | 110 | 0 | 32 | 59.3 | |
| 13 | Alex Bowman | 99 | Toyota | 14 | 110 | 0 | 31 | 88.1 | |
| 14 | Mike Bliss | 19 | Toyota | 24 | 110 | 0 | 30 | 73.7 | |
| 15 | Brian Vickers | 20 | Toyota | 21 | 110 | 1 | 30 | 105.5 | |
| 16 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | 79 | Ford | 27 | 110 | 0 | 28 | 48.9 | |
| 17 | Landon Cassill | 4 | Chevrolet | 22 | 109 | 1 | 0 | 70.0 | |
| 18 | Josh Wise | 40 | Chevrolet | 39 | 109 | 0 | 26 | 53.3 | |
| 19 | Donnie Neuenberger | 52 | Chevrolet | 36 | 108 | 0 | 25 | 37.5 | |
| 20 | Robert Richardson Jr. | 23 | Chevrolet | 33 | 107 | 0 | 24 | 49.6 | |
| 21 | Joey Coulter | 54 | Toyota | 10 | 104 | 3 | 0 | 72.9 | |
| 22 | Reed Sorenson | 43 | Ford | 15 | 103 | 1 | 23 | 84.6 | |
| 23 | Eric McClure | 14 | Toyota | 23 | 94 | 0 | 21 | 62.5 | |
| 24 | Ty Dillon | 33 | Chevrolet | 17 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 74.4 | |
| 25 | Sam Hornish Jr. | 12 | Ford | 6 | 93 | 0 | 19 | 99.9 | |
| 26 | Johanna Long | 70 | Chevrolet | 25 | 92 | 0 | 18 | 52.7 | |
| 27 | Brian Scott | 2 | Chevrolet | 8 | 92 | 2 | 18 | 79.7 | |
| 28 | Trevor Bayne | 6 | Ford | 3 | 92 | 2 | 17 | 95.3 | |
| 29 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | 30 | Chevrolet | 16 | 92 | 0 | 15 | 71.9 | |
| 30 | Tim Andrews | 92 | Ford | 40 | 91 | 0 | 14 | 37.6 | |
| 31 | Bobby Gerhart | 85 | Chevrolet | 26 | 91 | 0 | 13 | 33.1 | |
| 32 | Mike Harmon | 74 | Dodge | 28 | 91 | 0 | 12 | 29.7 | |
| 33 | Blake Koch | 00 | Toyota | 34 | 87 | 0 | 11 | 53.7 | |
| 34 | Hal Martin | 44 | Toyota | 32 | 84 | 0 | 10 | 31.4 | |
| 35 | Morgan Shepherd | 89 | Dodge | 35 | 72 | 0 | 9 | 38.4 | |
| 36 | Travis Pastrana | 60 | Ford | 1 | 71 | 4 | 9 | 74.7 | |
| 37 | Joe Nemechek | 87 | Toyota | 30 | 64 | 0 | 7 | 53.1 | |
| 38 | Kyle Larson | 32 | Chevrolet | 19 | 52 | 0 | 6 | 53.6 | |
| 39 | Danica Patrick | 34 | Chevrolet | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 40.4 | |
| 40 | Jeff Green | 10 | Toyota | 13 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 25.4 | |
