Jimmie Johnson won his sixth NASCAR Sprint Cup Series title. Johnson’s status as 2013 series champion was never in doubt this weekend as the driver of the No. 48 Chevrolet took it easy and coasted to a ninth place finish. Johnson simply needed to finish 23rd in order to win the title.
Matt Kenseth finished second in the Ford EcoBoost 400 to teammate Denny Hamlin. Kenseth was also a distant second in the title chase entering the 1.5-mile oval Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Kenseth did his best winning the pole and setting the pace in practice but in the end Johnson won it all again.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championship Standings
RK | DRIVER | POINTS | BEHIND | WINS | POLES | TOP 5 | TOP 10 |
1 | Jimmie Johnson | 2419 | — | 6 | 3 | 16 | 24 |
2 | Matt Kenseth | 2400 | -19 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 20 |
3 | Kevin Harvick | 2385 | -34 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 21 |
4 | Kyle Busch | 2364 | -55 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 22 |
5 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 2363 | -56 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 22 |
6 | Jeff Gordon | 2337 | -82 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
7 | Clint Bowyer | 2336 | -83 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 19 |
8 | Joey Logano | 2323 | -96 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 19 |
9 | Greg Biffle | 2321 | -98 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
10 | Kurt Busch | 2309 | -110 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 16 |
11 | Ryan Newman | 2286 | -133 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 18 |
12 | Kasey Kahne | 2283 | -136 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 14 |
13 | Carl Edwards | 2282 | -137 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 16 |
14 | Brad Keselowski | 1041 | -1378 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 16 |
15 | Jamie McMurray | 1007 | -1412 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
16 | Martin Truex Jr. | 998 | -1421 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 15 |
17 | Paul Menard | 949 | -1470 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
18 | Aric Almirola | 913 | -1506 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
19 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 910 | -1509 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
20 | Jeff Burton | 906 | -1513 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
21 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 894 | -1525 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
22 | Marcos Ambrose | 872 | -1547 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
23 | Denny Hamlin | 753 | -1666 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
24 | Casey Mears | 719 | -1700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
25 | Mark Martin | 649 | -1770 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
26 | David Gilliland | 648 | -1771 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
27 | Danica Patrick | 646 | -1773 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
28 | David Ragan | 633 | -1786 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
29 | Tony Stewart | 594 | -1825 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
30 | Dave Blaney | 526 | -1893 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 | Travis Kvapil | 496 | -1923 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32 | J.J. Yeley | 472 | -1947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
33 | David Reutimann | 465 | -1954 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
34 | Bobby Labonte | 412 | -2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
35 | AJ Allmendinger | 410 | -2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
36 | David Stremme | 362 | -2057 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
37 | Michael McDowell | 210 | -2209 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
38 | Timmy Hill | 190 | -2229 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
39 | Ken Schrader | 118 | -2301 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Michael Waltrip | 114 | -2305 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
41 | Scott Speed | 99 | -2320 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
42 | Terry Labonte | 87 | -2332 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
43 | Boris Said | 48 | -2371 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
44 | Ron Fellows | 31 | -2388 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
45 | Alex Kennedy | 21 | -2398 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
46 | Justin Marks | 14 | -2405 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
47 | Scott Riggs | 11 | -2408 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
48 | Victor Gonzalez Jr. | 10 | -2409 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
49 | Brian Keselowski | 9 | -2410 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
50 | Tomy Drissi | 8 | -2411 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |