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13 Facts about Car No. 13 in NASCAR for Friday the 13th
By Steve Luvender | Published: April 12, 2018 13
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70 drivers have driven the No. 13 car in NASCAR. Casey Mears’ 227 races in the No. 13 is more than five times as many races as any other driver.
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The No. 13 has only ever started in 13th position twice: Robby Gordon in at Bristol 2000 and Casey Mears at Texas in 2016.
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The No. 13 has only won one Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race, when Johnny Rutherford won a 40-lap Daytona 500 qualifying race in 1963 driving Smokey Yunick’s Chevrolet.
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Johnny Rutherford’s win in the No. 13 was his only NASCAR victory, and it happened in his first-ever start — a feat that hasn’t been matched since.
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The No. 13 has only once completed just 13 laps of the race, when Jerry Nadeau crashed out of the race at Sonoma in 1998, after starting the race from the front row (and it was quite a thrilling opening lap).
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The No. 13 has never finished in the top five in an Xfinity Series race. Its best finish was when the late Ted Christopher drove his Chevrolet to an eighth-place finish at Nazareth Speedway in 1999.
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Speaking of the No. 13 in the Xfinity Series, no driver has ever started a race in 13th place driving a car No. 13. Hey, you, reading this — you could be the first!
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In Max Papis’ tenure driving the No. 13 car for Germain Racing during the late 2000s, he failed to finish 13 races. Talk about bad luck.
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Current driver No. 13 Ty Dillon’s most recent finish was a 13th-place effort at Texas Motor Speedway.
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Ty Dillon’s 13th-place finish wasn’t the only P13 for a No. 13 heading into a Friday the 13th. Peck Peckham finished 13th driving William Meyer's No. 13 Ford at New Bradford Speedway on Thursday, June 12, 1958 — the day before Friday, June 13.
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The next time the No. 13 car finishes in 13th place, it’ll be the 13th time that’s happened in Monster Energy Series history. Make it happen, Ty Dillon.
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The ultimate No. 13 stat? In 1953, Pop McGinnis raced 13 times in the No. 13 Hudson. He led 13 laps. This impressive feat will likely never be topped.