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2003 Pontiac Excitement 400

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 11 of 36
Saturday, May 3, 2003 at Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, VA
400 laps* on a .750 mile paved track (300.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:23:47
Average Speed: 86.783 mph
Pole Speed: 126.511 mph

Cautions: 15 for 91 laps
Margin of Victory: under caution
Attendance: 110,000
Lead changes: 20

Glossary 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 2003 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
29	14	23	Kenny Wallace	Stacker 2 (Bill Davis)	Dodge	390	50,250	crash	0	76
34	27	21	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft (Wood Brothers)	Ford	378	57,075	crash	0	61
35	26	4	Mike Skinner	Kodak (Larry McClure)	Pontiac	378	47,425	crash	0	58
36	40	88	Dale Jarrett	UPS (Yates Racing)	Ford	363	92,253	crash	0	55
38	38	32	Ricky Craven	Tide (Cal Wells)	Pontiac	287	54,375	crash	0	49
40	41	30	Jeff Green	America Online (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	267	54,230	crash	0	43
41	9	20	Tony Stewart	Home Depot (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	223	98,748	crash	0	40
42	25	7	Jimmy Spencer	Sirius Satellite Radio (Jim Smith)	Dodge	139	46,110	crash	0	37
43	23	1	Steve Park	Pennzoil (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	42	71,502	crash	0	34
1	2	25	Joe Nemechek	UAW-Delphi (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	393	159,375	running	156	185
2	4	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	393	157,758	running	62	175
3	3	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Budweiser (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	393	121,867	running	5	170
4	32	31	Robby Gordon	Cingular Wireless (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	393	101,212	running	29	165
5	30	6	Mark Martin	Viagra (Jack Roush)	Ford	393	102,533	running	10	160
6	36	29	Kevin Harvick	GM Goodwrench (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	393	100,928	running	12	155
7	18	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt Power Tools (Jack Roush)	Ford	393	72,675	running	0	146
8	7	97	Kurt Busch	Rubbermaid (Jack Roush)	Ford	393	89,925	running	17	147
9	16	99	Jeff Burton	Citgo (Jack Roush)	Ford	393	90,342	running	0	138
10	17	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Dodge	393	91,942	running	0	134
11	20	22	Ward Burton	Caterpillar (Bill Davis)	Dodge	393	90,781	running	0	130
12	37	15	Michael Waltrip	NAPA (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	393	69,910	running	0	127
13	21	40	Sterling Marlin	Coors Light (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	393	95,425	running	0	124
14	35	74	Tony Raines	Special Olympics Virginia / Logo Capital (Bill Baumgardner)	Chevrolet	393	51,325	running	0	121
15	13	10	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Eagle One / Valvoline (James Rocco)	Pontiac	393	82,435	running	0	118
16	6	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	393	97,228	running	42	120
17	15	16	Greg Biffle	Grainger (Jack Roush)	Ford	393	49,150	running	0	112
18	31	77	Dave Blaney	Jasper Engines & Transmissions (Doug Bawel)	Ford	393	76,000	running	0	109
19	10	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	393	68,275	running	0	106
20	28	9	Bill Elliott	Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	393	89,058	running	6	108
21	1	5	Terry Labonte	Ahh, the Power of Cheese / Kellogg's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	393	83,456	running	30	105
22	22	42	Jamie McMurray	Havoline (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	393	47,975	running	0	97
23	34	54	Todd Bodine	National Guard (Travis Carter)	Ford	393	65,375	running	0	94
24	33	49	Ken Schrader	BAM Racing (Beth Ann Morgenthau)	Dodge	392	58,100	running	0	91
25	19	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	392	59,050	running	0	88
26	29	0	Jack Sprague	NetZero (Gene Haas)	Pontiac	392	47,725	running	0	85
27	8	45	Kyle Petty	Georgia-Pacific (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	391	58,700	running	0	82
28	11	41	Casey Mears	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	391	66,864	running	0	79
30	24	43	John Andretti	Cheerios (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	390	86,253	running	0	73
31	43	11	Brett Bodine	Hooters (Brett Bodine)	Ford	389	49,825	running	0	70
32	12	01	Jason Keller	U.S. Army (Nelson Bowers)	Pontiac	388	49,675	running	0	67
33	42	14	Larry Foyt	Harrah's (A.J. Foyt)	Dodge	387	49,625	running	0	64
37	39	38	Elliott Sadler	M&M's (Yates Racing)	Ford	338	80,675	running	0	52
39	5	12	Ryan Newman	Alltel (Roger Penske)	Dodge	277	76,185	running	24	51

* Race shortened to 393 laps due to rain.

Failed to qualify: Derrike Cope (#37), Hermie Sadler (#02), Hideo Fukuyama (#66)

To the back: Jason Keller (#01) driver change, Bill Elliott (#9) engine change

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	44	44
	45	53	9	#1 accident turn 2
	54	63	10
	64	67	4	#0,11 accident frontstretch
	68	141	74
	142	157	16	#7 accident turn 3
	158	210	53
	211	218	8	rain
	219	224	6
	225	230	6	#20,38 accident turn 2
	231	231	1
	232	235	4	#41 accident turn 3
	236	250	15
	251	254	4	#14 accident frontstretch
	255	261	7
	262	265	4	#32 accident turn 2
	266	268	3
	269	277	9	#01,2,12,30 accident turn 2
	278	299	22
	300	303	4	#0 spun turn 4
	304	317	14
	318	321	4	#43 spun turn 2
	322	363	42
	364	367	4	#88 accident backstretch
	368	370	3
	371	374	4	#48,54 accident backstretch
	375	380	6
	381	388	8	#4,21 accident turn 4
	389	390	2
	391	393	3	#0,23 accident frontstretch
Percent of race run under caution: 23.2% Average green flag run: 20.1 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Joe Nemechek	1	2	2
Terry Labonte	3	3	1
Joe Nemechek	4	45	42
Terry Labonte	46	74	29
Ryan Newman	75	98	24
Joe Nemechek	99	120	22
Kurt Busch	121	127	7
Joe Nemechek	128	129	2
Kurt Busch	130	139	10
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	140	144	5
Bobby Labonte	145	204	60
Joe Nemechek	205	228	24
Jeff Gordon	229	260	32
Mark Martin	261	270	10
Jeff Gordon	271	280	10
Bill Elliott	281	286	6
Kevin Harvick	287	298	12
Bobby Labonte	299	300	2
Robby Gordon	301	329	29
Joe Nemechek	330	393	64

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Matt Kenseth	1619
2	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	1599	-20
3	Kurt Busch	1452	-167
4	Jeff Gordon	1441	-178
5	Bobby Labonte	1376	-243
6	Jimmie Johnson	1372	-247
7	Michael Waltrip	1361	-258
8	Kevin Harvick	1328	-291
9	Rusty Wallace	1274	-345
10	Sterling Marlin	1259	-360
11	Ricky Craven	1254	-365
12	Mark Martin	1242	-377
13	Robby Gordon	1218	-401
14	Joe Nemechek	1211	-408
15	Jeff Burton	1202	-417
16	Elliott Sadler	1201	-418
17	Tony Stewart	1182	-437
18	Terry Labonte	1143	-476
19	Bill Elliott	1113	-506
20	Greg Biffle	1109	-510

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