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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 10 of 36
Sunday, April 27, 2003 at California Speedway, Fontana, CA
250 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:34:07
Average Speed: 140.111 mph
Pole Speed: 186.838 mph

Cautions: 8 for 34 laps
Margin of Victory: 2.294 sec
Attendance: 120,000
Lead changes: 19

Glossary 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 2003 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	16	97	Kurt Busch	Rubbermaid (Jack Roush)	Ford	250	213,150	running	27	180
2	19	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	250	172,708	running	11	175
3	7	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Dodge	250	146,917	running	54	170
4	2	9	Bill Elliott	Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	250	148,683	running	12	165
5	25	42	Jamie McMurray	Havoline (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	250	101,575	running	41	160
6	8	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Budweiser (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	250	120,217	running	0	150
7	27	15	Michael Waltrip	NAPA (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	250	95,025	running	0	146
8	13	43	John Andretti	Cheerios (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	250	117,003	running	0	142
9	23	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt Power Tools (Jack Roush)	Ford	250	95,425	running	2	143
10	30	40	Sterling Marlin	Coors Light (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	250	121,125	running	0	134
11	14	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	250	120,628	running	0	130
12	21	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's / got milk? (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	250	102,806	running	0	127
13	18	77	Dave Blaney	Jasper Engines & Transmissions (Doug Bawel)	Ford	250	101,350	running	2	129
14	6	01	Jerry Nadeau	U.S. Army (Nelson Bowers)	Pontiac	250	89,925	running	0	121
15	15	32	Ricky Craven	Tide (Cal Wells)	Pontiac	250	96,575	running	1	123
16	20	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	250	89,025	running	0	115
17	22	6	Mark Martin	Viagra (Jack Roush)	Ford	249	107,358	running	0	112
18	29	16	Greg Biffle	Grainger (Jack Roush)	Ford	249	69,225	running	0	109
19	10	99	Jeff Burton	Citgo (Jack Roush)	Ford	249	102,442	running	0	106
20	28	4	Mike Skinner	Kodak (Larry McClure)	Pontiac	249	85,625	running	0	103
21	39	22	Ward Burton	Caterpillar (Bill Davis)	Dodge	249	104,681	running	0	100
22	31	23	Kenny Wallace	Stacker 2 (Bill Davis)	Dodge	249	80,614	running	0	97
23	5	38	Elliott Sadler	Pedigree (Yates Racing)	Ford	249	107,075	running	0	94
24	35	21	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft (Wood Brothers)	Ford	249	79,600	running	0	91
25	34	54	Todd Bodine	National Guard (Travis Carter)	Ford	249	71,700	running	0	88
26	40	30	Jeff Green	America Online (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	249	79,000	running	0	85
27	26	31	Robby Gordon	Cingular Wireless (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	249	95,837	running	0	82
28	36	45	Kyle Petty	Georgia-Pacific (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	249	78,350	running	0	79
29	37	29	Kevin Harvick	GM Goodwrench (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	248	105,828	running	0	76
30	41	49	Ken Schrader	1-800-Call-ATT (Beth Ann Morgenthau)	Dodge	248	67,210	running	0	73
31	33	74	Tony Raines	BACE Motorsports (Bill Baumgardner)	Chevrolet	248	66,525	running	0	70
32	9	25	Joe Nemechek	UAW-Delphi (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	248	69,325	running	0	67
33	24	7	Jimmy Spencer	Sirius Satellite Radio (Jim Smith)	Dodge	247	70,025	running	0	64
34	17	41	Casey Mears	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	247	76,425	running	0	61
35	11	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	233	73,750	crash	0	58
36	32	10	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Valvoline (James Rocco)	Pontiac	229	92,425	crash	0	55
37	38	88	Dale Jarrett	UPS (Yates Racing)	Ford	228	111,253	crash	0	52
38	42	14	Larry Foyt	Harrah's (A.J. Foyt)	Dodge	226	65,300	crash	0	49
39	12	0	Jack Sprague	NetZero (Gene Haas)	Pontiac	199	65,255	crash	0	46
40	1	1	Steve Park	Pennzoil (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	138	100,367	crash	0	43
41	3	20	Tony Stewart	Home Depot (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	128	117,708	engine	100	50
42	4	12	Ryan Newman	Alltel (Roger Penske)	Dodge	34	94,960	crash	0	37
43	43	37	Derrike Cope	GBROnline.com (Derrike Cope)	Chevrolet	9	65,281	engine	0	34

Failed to qualify: Hideo Fukuyama (#66), Kerry Earnhardt (#83)

To the back: Johnny Benson, Jr. (#10) backup car, Sterling Marlin (#40) backup car, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (#8) engine change, Jeff Green (#30) engine change, Jerry Nadeau (#01) engine change, Derrike Cope (#37) engine change, Ward Burton (#22) engine change

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	1	1
	2	4	3	#1,12 accident backstretch
	5	8	4
	9	11	3	#0 accident turn 4
	12	40	29
	41	44	4	#16 accident turn 4
	45	129	85
	130	134	5	oil on track
	135	155	21
	156	159	4	debris frontstretch
	160	209	50
	210	213	4	#01,32 spun turn 4
	214	219	6
	220	223	4	#01 spun turn 2
	224	230	7
	231	237	7	#88,10,19,14,31,25,41 accident turn 3
	238	250	13
Percent of race run under caution: 13.6% Average green flag run: 24.0 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bill Elliott	1	12	12
Tony Stewart	13	92	80
Ricky Craven	93	93	1
Dave Blaney	94	95	2
Tony Stewart	96	114	19
Jamie McMurray	115	115	1
Tony Stewart	116	116	1
Jamie McMurray	117	130	14
Kurt Busch	131	145	15
Jamie McMurray	146	156	11
Rusty Wallace	157	201	45
Jamie McMurray	202	204	3
Matt Kenseth	205	206	2
Rusty Wallace	207	215	9
Bobby Labonte	216	216	1
Jamie McMurray	217	217	1
Bobby Labonte	218	227	10
Jamie McMurray	228	238	11
Kurt Busch	239	250	12

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Matt Kenseth	1473
2	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	1429	-44
3	Jeff Gordon	1321	-152
4	Kurt Busch	1305	-168
5	Jimmie Johnson	1266	-207
6	Michael Waltrip	1234	-239
7	Ricky Craven	1205	-268
8	Bobby Labonte	1201	-272
9	Kevin Harvick	1173	-300
10	Elliott Sadler	1149	-324
11	Tony Stewart	1142	-331
12	Rusty Wallace	1140	-333
13	Sterling Marlin	1135	-338
14	Mark Martin	1082	-391
15	Jeff Burton	1064	-409
16	Robby Gordon	1053	-420
17	Dale Jarrett	1039	-434
18	Terry Labonte	1038	-435
19	Ricky Rudd	1038	-435
20	Joe Nemechek	1026	-447

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