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2003 Aaron's 499

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 8 of 36
April 6, 2003 at Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL
188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.1 miles)

Time of race: 3:27:28
Average Speed: 144.625 mph
Pole Speed: 186.489 mph

Cautions: 6 for 32 laps
Margin of Victory: .125 sec
Attendance: 190,000
Lead changes: 43

Glossary 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 2003 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	13	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Budweiser (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	188	204,367	running	34	180
2	2	29	Kevin Harvick	GM Goodwrench (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	188	179,233	running	12	175
3	3	38	Elliott Sadler	M&M's (Yates Racing)	Ford	188	162,955	running	1	170
4	15	32	Ricky Craven	Tide With Bleach (Cal Wells)	Pontiac	188	139,575	running	0	160
5	28	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's / got milk? (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	188	122,221	running	1	160
6	11	40	Sterling Marlin	Coors Light (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	188	126,380	running	2	155
7	24	22	Ward Burton	Caterpillar (Bill Davis)	Dodge	188	114,386	running	5	151
8	4	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont / Pepsi (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	188	128,458	running	24	147
9	27	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt Power Tools (Jack Roush)	Ford	188	104,730	running	9	143
10	6	31	Robby Gordon	Cingular Wireless / Special Olympics (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	188	105,367	running	0	134
11	21	45	Kyle Petty	Georgia-Pacific (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	188	84,375	running	0	130
12	18	88	Dale Jarrett	UPS (Yates Racing)	Ford	188	116,473	running	2	132
13	5	9	Bill Elliott	Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	188	109,823	running	1	129
14	40	43	John Andretti	Cheerios (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	188	109,388	running	1	126
15	7	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	188	89,930	running	65	128
16	43	74	Tony Raines	BACE Motorsports (Bill Baumgardner)	Chevrolet	188	74,640	running	0	115
17	25	23	Kenny Wallace	Stacker 2 (Bill Davis)	Dodge	188	86,825	running	0	112
18	1	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	187	84,285	running	19	114
19	26	97	Kurt Busch	Rubbermaid (Jack Roush)	Ford	186	87,195	running	1	111
20	12	1	Steve Park	Pennzoil (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	184	97,302	running	1	108
21	29	25	Joe Nemechek	UAW-Delphi (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	182	70,695	engine	0	100
22	33	16	Greg Biffle	Grainger (Jack Roush)	Ford	178	66,375	running	0	97
23	39	77	Dave Blaney	Jasper Engines & Transmissions (Doug Bawel)	Ford	178	91,565	running	0	94
24	16	15	Michael Waltrip	NAPA (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	177	83,935	running	10	96
25	19	20	Tony Stewart	Home Depot (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	156	118,708	running	0	88
26	9	6	Mark Martin	Viagra (Jack Roush)	Ford	154	102,783	running	0	85
27	14	42	Jamie McMurray	Havoline (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	154	65,395	running	0	82
28	35	54	Todd Bodine	National Guard (Travis Carter)	Ford	152	79,045	running	0	79
29	30	30	Jeff Green	America Online (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	124	76,285	running	0	76
30	36	09	Mike Wallace	Miccosukee Resort (James Finch)	Dodge	120	65,390	electrical	0	73
31	42	4	Mike Skinner	Kodak (Larry McClure)	Pontiac	120	76,214	running	0	70
32	22	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	118	109,658	running	0	67
33	41	49	Ken Schrader	1-800-Call-ATT (Beth Ann Morgenthau)	Dodge	110	65,350	running	0	64
34	20	0	Jack Sprague	NetZero (Gene Haas)	Pontiac	109	64,310	running	0	61
35	38	99	Jeff Burton	Citgo (Jack Roush)	Ford	107	97,597	running	0	58
36	23	01	Jerry Nadeau	U.S. Army (Nelson Bowers)	Pontiac	73	67,050	crash	0	55
37	31	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Dodge	12	101,567	crash	0	52
38	34	7	Jimmy Spencer	Sirius Satellite Radio (Jim Smith)	Dodge	9	66,025	crash	0	49
39	8	12	Ryan Newman	Alltel (Roger Penske)	Dodge	3	93,215	crash	0	46
40	10	41	Casey Mears	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	3	71,090	crash	0	43
41	17	10	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Valvoline (James Rocco)	Pontiac	3	89,640	crash	0	40
42	37	21	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft (Wood Brothers)	Ford	3	70,690	crash	0	37
43	32	02	Hermie Sadler	Aaron's Dream Machine (Hermie Sadler)	Chevrolet	3	62,746	crash	0	34

Failed to qualify: Brett Bodine (#11), Larry Foyt (#14), David Green (#60)

To the back: Mike Skinner (#4) engine change, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (#8) engine change, Bobby Labonte (#18) engine change, Jeff Green (#30) engine change

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	4	4
	5	13	9	#0,01,02,09,1,2,4,6,8,10,12,16,17,18,20,21,25,30,31,41,42,43,45,49,54,77,99 accident turn 2
	14	36	23
	37	40	4	debris
	41	63	23
	64	67	4	debris
	68	83	16
	84	89	6	#15,38 accident turn 3
	90	90	1
	91	94	4	#97,20,16 accident turn 4
	95	132	38
	133	137	5	debris
	138	188	51
Percent of race run under caution: 17.0% Average green flag run: 22.3 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Jeremy Mayfield	1	8	8
Kevin Harvick	9	19	11
Michael Waltrip	20	29	10
Steve Park	30	30	1
Sterling Marlin	31	32	2
Jimmie Johnson	33	36	4
Terry Labonte	37	37	1
Jimmie Johnson	38	47	10
Jeremy Mayfield	48	49	2
Jimmie Johnson	50	53	4
Jeremy Mayfield	54	57	4
Jeff Gordon	58	58	1
Jeremy Mayfield	59	63	5
Bill Elliott	64	64	1
Jimmie Johnson	65	79	15
Matt Kenseth	80	83	4
Kurt Busch	84	84	1
Jimmie Johnson	85	99	15
Matt Kenseth	100	103	4
Kevin Harvick	104	104	1
Ward Burton	105	106	2
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	107	112	6
Jeff Gordon	113	118	6
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	119	121	3
Jeff Gordon	122	125	4
John Andretti	126	126	1
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	127	128	2
Jeff Gordon	129	141	13
Ward Burton	142	143	2
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	144	154	11
Jimmie Johnson	155	156	2
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	157	160	4
Dale Jarrett	161	162	2
Elliott Sadler	163	163	1
Jimmie Johnson	164	171	8
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	172	175	4
Jimmie Johnson	176	176	1
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	177	177	1
Jimmie Johnson	178	178	1
Ward Burton	179	179	1
Jimmie Johnson	180	184	5
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	185	185	1
Matt Kenseth	186	186	1
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	187	188	2

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Matt Kenseth	1233
2	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	1104	-129
3	Kurt Busch	1046	-187
4	Jimmie Johnson	1013	-220
5	Jeff Gordon	1011	-222
6	Ricky Craven	1000	-233
7	Michael Waltrip	994	-239
8	Kevin Harvick	977	-256
9	Tony Stewart	937	-296
10	Elliott Sadler	895	-338
11	Ryan Newman	894	-339
12	Dale Jarrett	884	-349
13	Robby Gordon	871	-362
14	Mark Martin	858	-375
15	Bobby Labonte	851	-382
16	Sterling Marlin	850	-383
17	Joe Nemechek	841	-392
18	Rusty Wallace	823	-410
19	Ricky Rudd	817	-416
20	Dave Blaney	801	-432

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