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2003 Food City 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 6 of 36 Sunday, March 23, 2003 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles) Time of race: 3:29:53 Average speed: 76.185 mph Pole speed: 128.709 mph Cautions: 17 for 121 laps Margin of victory: .39 sec Attendance: 160000 Lead changes: 11 Glossary    2003 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   2003 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 9 97   Kurt Busch Metallic Silver Sharpie / Rubbermaid   (Jack Roush) Ford 500 162790 running 116 180 2 37 17   Matt Kenseth DeWalt Power Tools   (Jack Roush) Ford 500 118870 running 25 175 3 12 18   Bobby Labonte Advair   (Joe Gibbs) Chevrolet 500 126558 running 26 170 4 34 21   Ricky Rudd Motorcraft   (Wood Brothers) Ford 500 103475 running 0 160 5 15 16   Greg Biffle Grainger   (Jack Roush) Ford 500 71120 running 0 155 6 16 40   Sterling Marlin Coors Light   (Chip Ganassi) Dodge 500 110795 running 0 150 7 27 29   Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 499 104448 running 15 151 8 23 48   Jimmie Johnson Lowe's   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 499 82570 running 0 142 9 2 24   Jeff Gordon DuPont   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 499 115643 running 174 148 10 40 23   Kenny Wallace Stacker 2   (Bill Davis) Dodge 499 86615 running 0 134 11 26 42   Jamie McMurray Havoline   (Chip Ganassi) Dodge 499 63245 running 0 130 12 7 7   Jimmy Spencer Sirius Satellite Radio   (Jim Smith) Dodge 498 88865 running 139 132 13 29 99   Jeff Burton Citgo   (Jack Roush) Ford 498 99807 running 0 124 14 4 2   Rusty Wallace Miller Lite   (Roger Penske) Dodge 498 99882 running 5 126 15 14 32   Ricky Craven Tide   (Cal Wells) Pontiac 498 84815 running 0 118 16 8 8   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Budweiser   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 498 101407 running 0 115 17 36 31   Robby Gordon Cingular Wireless   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 498 89527 running 0 112 18 5 9   Bill Elliott Dodge Dealers / UAW   (Ray Evernham) Dodge 497 99023 running 0 109 19 20 10   Johnny Benson, Jr. Valvoline   (James Rocco) Pontiac 497 90630 running 0 106 20 21 30   Jeff Green America Online   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 497 73575 running 0 103 21 30 38   Elliott Sadler M&M's   (Yates Racing) Ford 497 97565 running 0 100 22 1 12   Ryan Newman Alltel   (Roger Penske) Dodge 496 97940 running 0 97 23 18 19   Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers / UAW   (Ray Evernham) Dodge 494 72045 running 0 94 24 33 11   Brett Bodine Hooters "We race in their memory"   (Brett Bodine) Ford 494 62515 running 0 91 25 28 15   Michael Waltrip NAPA   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 488 77470 running 0 88 26 10 20   Tony Stewart Home Depot   (Joe Gibbs) Chevrolet 487 111518 crash 0 85 27 25 25   Joe Nemechek UAW-Delphi   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 469 62005 crash 0 82 28 13 01   Jerry Nadeau U.S. Army   (Nelson Bowers) Pontiac 456 70139 running 0 79 29 19 6   Mark Martin Viagra   (Jack Roush) Ford 451 95368 running 0 76 30 35 1   Steve Park Pennzoil   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 446 83872 running 0 73 31 43 43   John Andretti Cheerios   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 440 96168 running 0 70 32 39 41   Casey Mears Target   (Chip Ganassi) Dodge 423 67845 running 0 67 33 11 22   Ward Burton Caterpillar   (Bill Davis) Dodge 422 94256 crash 0 64 34 32 45   Kyle Petty Georgia-Pacific   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 422 65235 crash 0 61 35 42 0   Jack Sprague NetZero   (Gene Haas) Pontiac 409 57190 running 0 58 36 38 88   Dale Jarrett UPS   (Yates Racing) Ford 397 102923 running 0 55 37 3 49   Ken Schrader 1-800-Call-ATT   (Beth Ann Morgenthau) Dodge 385 57410 crash 0 52 38 31 77   Dave Blaney Jasper Engines & Transmissions   (Doug Bawel) Ford 371 65065 running 0 49 39 17 5   Terry Labonte Cheez-It / Kellogg's   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 349 83086 running 0 46 40 41 54   Todd Bodine National Guard   (Travis Carter) Ford 342 56965 crash 0 43 41 6 4   Mike Skinner Kodak   (Larry McClure) Pontiac 310 56915 running 0 40 42 22 74   Tony Raines BACE Motorsports   (Bill Baumgardner) Chevrolet 52 56860 engine 0 37 43 24 37   Derrike Cope Friendly's Ice Cream   (Derrike Cope) Chevrolet 31 56178 engine 0 34

To the back: Name Nbr Reason Jamie McMurray 42 engine change Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 44 Larry Foyt 14 Harrah's A.J. Foyt Dodge 45 Hermie Sadler 02 Virginia Tech Hermie Sadler Pontiac Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 3 3     4 6 3   #45 spun turn 1   7 14 8     15 19 5   #15,41,77,88 accident turn 2   20 20 1     21 28 8   #41,43,54 accident turn 3   29 55 27     56 63 8   #74 accident turn 2   64 68 5     69 73 5   #12 spun turn 1   74 135 62     136 141 6   #4 accident turn 2   142 149 8     150 153 4   #0,10 accident turn 2   154 181 28     182 186 5   #0 accident turn 2   187 199 13     200 204 5   #6 accident frontstretch   205 218 14     219 222 4   #01 accident frontstretch   223 226 4     227 240 14   #18,97 spun turn 2   241 243 3     244 249 6   #5,11,23,31,45,49 accident turn 2   250 256 7     257 262 6   #20,21,42 accident backstretch   263 389 127     390 403 14   #88 accident turn 2   404 406 3     407 411 5   #45 spun turn 4   412 424 13     425 438 14   #22,45 accident turn 1   439 472 34     473 481 9   #20,25 accident turn 1   482 500 19       Percent of race run under caution: 24.2%             Average green flag run: 21.1 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Jeff Gordon 1 28 28   Rusty Wallace 29 33 5   Jeff Gordon 34 160 127   Jimmy Spencer 161 182 22   Jeff Gordon 183 201 19   Kevin Harvick 202 216 15   Jimmy Spencer 217 333 117   Matt Kenseth 334 358 25   Kurt Busch 359 377 19   Bobby Labonte 378 403 26   Kurt Busch 404 500 97 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Matt Kenseth 935     2   Kurt Busch 797   -138   3   Tony Stewart 788   -147   4   Michael Waltrip 786   -149   5   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 749   -186   6   Jimmie Johnson 743   -192   7   Ricky Craven 735   -200   8   Bobby Labonte 732   -203   9   Ricky Rudd 695   -240   10   Jeff Gordon 694   -241   11   Kevin Harvick 684   -251   12   Joe Nemechek 683   -252   13   Johnny Benson, Jr. 681   -254   14   Elliott Sadler 675   -260   15   Ryan Newman 668   -267   16   Dave Blaney 652   -283   17   Rusty Wallace 650   -285   18   Jeff Burton 637   -298   19   Robby Gordon 628   -307   20   Dale Jarrett 623   -312   21   Jimmy Spencer 622   -313