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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 29 of 36
Sunday, September 28, 2003 at Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL
188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.1 miles)

Time of race: 3:12:17
Average Speed: 156.045 mph
Pole Speed: 189.943 mph

Cautions: 5 for 23 laps
Margin of Victory: .095 sec
Attendance: 170,000
Lead changes: 41

Glossary 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 2003 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	18	15	Michael Waltrip	NAPA (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	188	157,090	running	16	180
2	38	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Budweiser (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	188	146,772	running	3	175
3	11	20	Tony Stewart	Home Depot (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	188	163,333	running	0	165
4	12	12	Ryan Newman	Alltel (Roger Penske)	Dodge	188	113,165	running	0	160
5	5	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	188	138,193	running	47	165
6	39	97	Kurt Busch	Lenox / Irwin (Jack Roush)	Ford	188	106,750	running	11	155
7	30	29	Kevin Harvick	GM Goodwrench (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	188	101,953	running	4	151
8	17	32	Ricky Craven	Tide (Cal Wells)	Pontiac	188	87,200	running	0	142
9	33	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Dodge	188	97,742	running	11	143
10	23	09	Mike Wallace	Miccosukee Resort (James Finch)	Dodge	188	61,600	running	0	134
11	10	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	188	102,998	running	2	135
12	34	31	Robby Gordon	Cingular Wireless (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	188	87,002	running	4	132
13	9	9	Bill Elliott	Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	188	98,138	running	2	129
14	20	22	Ward Burton	Caterpillar (Bill Davis)	Dodge	188	92,801	running	8	126
15	24	90	John Andretti	AOL 9.0 (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	188	57,485	running	0	118
16	2	42	Jamie McMurray	Havoline (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	188	67,425	running	20	120
17	42	77	Dave Blaney	Jasper Engines & Transmissions (Doug Bawel)	Dodge	188	81,035	running	0	112
18	13	43	Jeff Green	Cheerios / Yu-Gi-Oh! (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	188	95,498	running	0	109
19	6	88	Dale Jarrett	UPS (Yates Racing)	Ford	188	101,228	running	0	106
20	19	23	Kenny Wallace	Stacker 2 (Bill Davis)	Dodge	188	71,405	running	0	103
21	7	49	Ken Schrader	BAM Racing (Beth Ann Morgenthau)	Dodge	188	58,060	running	0	100
22	14	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's/got milk?/Winston Cup Victory Lap (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	188	83,796	running	1	102
23	15	6	Mark Martin	Viagra (Jack Roush)	Ford	188	92,103	running	0	94
24	36	16	Greg Biffle	Grainger (Jack Roush)	Ford	187	56,975	running	0	91
25	27	25	Joe Nemechek	UAW-Delphi (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	187	57,005	running	0	88
26	43	1	Jason Keller	Pennzoil (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	187	78,332	running	0	85
27	28	01	Mike Skinner	USG Sheetrock (Nelson Bowers)	Pontiac	186	64,549	running	0	82
28	26	44	Christian Fittipaldi	Bugles (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	186	52,800	running	0	79
29	25	98	Jason Jarrett	C.H.I. Overhead Doors (Yates Racing)	Ford	184	52,640	running	0	76
30	1	38	Elliott Sadler	M&M's (Yates Racing)	Ford	181	96,330	crash	23	78
31	29	74	Tony Raines	BACE Motorsports (Bill Baumgardner)	Chevrolet	179	55,395	crash	0	70
32	40	99	Jeff Burton	Citgo (Jack Roush)	Ford	168	88,727	engine	1	72
33	37	17	Matt Kenseth	Smirnoff Ice Triple Black / DeWalt (Jack Roush)	Ford	158	61,125	engine	1	69
34	3	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	157	71,930	engine	15	66
35	21	60	David Green	NetZero / Haas Automation (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	150	52,025	crash	0	58
36	32	21	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft (Wood Brothers)	Ford	138	62,475	engine	0	55
37	8	41	Casey Mears	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	113	59,925	overheating	0	52
38	22	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	104	59,875	running	0	49
39	4	40	Sterling Marlin	Coors Light (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	103	95,810	overheating	0	46
40	16	00	Buckshot Jones	Crown Fiber Communications (Michael Waltrip)	Chevrolet	88	51,730	crash	19	48
41	41	10	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Valvoline (James Rocco)	Pontiac	29	78,430	crash	0	40
42	31	7	Jimmy Spencer	Sirius Satellite Radio (Jim Smith)	Dodge	11	51,630	crash	0	37
43	35	14	Larry Foyt	Harrah's (A.J. Foyt)	Dodge	9	51,832	crash	0	34

Failed to qualify: Kyle Petty (#45), Kevin Lepage (#4), Jason Leffler (#0), Mike Bliss (#80), Steve Park (#30), Todd Bodine (#54)

To the back: Ryan Newman (#12) engine change, Jason Jarrett (#98) engine change

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason	'Lucky Dog'
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	10	10
	11	17	7	#14,19,74,60,10,7,25 accident turn 4	none
	18	90	73
	91	94	4	debris	#49
	95	143	49
	144	148	5	#48 accident turn 2	#8
	149	169	21
	170	174	5	oil on track	#12
	175	182	8
	183	184	2	#38 accident backstretch	none
	185	188	4
Percent of race run under caution: 12.2% Average green flag run: 27.5 laps

'Lucky Dog' recipients prior to 2009 were compiled by Jayski.com.

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Elliott Sadler	1	1	1
Jamie McMurray	2	13	12
Michael Waltrip	14	14	1
Terry Labonte	15	15	1
Jamie McMurray	16	22	7
Buckshot Jones	23	41	19
Michael Waltrip	42	43	2
Ward Burton	44	48	5
Jeff Gordon	49	50	2
Jimmie Johnson	51	51	1
Matt Kenseth	52	52	1
Kevin Harvick	53	53	1
Jeff Gordon	54	85	32
Rusty Wallace	86	87	2
Kevin Harvick	88	88	1
Robby Gordon	89	90	2
Jeff Gordon	91	101	11
Kevin Harvick	102	102	1
Elliott Sadler	103	104	2
Jeff Gordon	105	106	2
Kevin Harvick	107	107	1
Jimmie Johnson	108	108	1
Elliott Sadler	109	122	14
Michael Waltrip	123	123	1
Kurt Busch	124	125	2
Jeff Burton	126	126	1
Robby Gordon	127	128	2
Jimmie Johnson	129	141	13
Michael Waltrip	142	143	2
Bill Elliott	144	145	2
Jamie McMurray	146	146	1
Elliott Sadler	147	152	6
Ward Burton	153	155	3
Rusty Wallace	156	164	9
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	165	166	2
Bobby Labonte	167	167	1
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	168	168	1
Bobby Labonte	169	169	1
Kurt Busch	170	176	7
Michael Waltrip	177	177	1
Kurt Busch	178	179	2
Michael Waltrip	180	188	9

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Matt Kenseth	4227
2	Kevin Harvick	3873	-354
3	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	3843	-384
4	Jimmie Johnson	3751	-476
5	Ryan Newman	3738	-489
6	Jeff Gordon	3707	-520
7	Bobby Labonte	3528	-699
8	Kurt Busch	3527	-700
9	Tony Stewart	3456	-771
10	Terry Labonte	3396	-831
11	Michael Waltrip	3386	-841
12	Robby Gordon	3321	-906
13	Jeff Burton	3245	-982
14	Rusty Wallace	3239	-988
15	Bill Elliott	3202	-1025
16	Mark Martin	3131	-1096
17	Jamie McMurray	3089	-1138
18	Sterling Marlin	3019	-1208
19	Greg Biffle	2984	-1243
20	Elliott Sadler	2955	-1272

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