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2003 Aaron's 499 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 8 of 36 Sunday, April 6, 2003 at Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL 188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 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: 190000 Lead changes: 43 Glossary    2003 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   2003 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 13 8   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Budweiser   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 188 204367 running 34 180 2 2 29   Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 188 179233 running 12 175 3 3 38   Elliott Sadler M&M's   (Yates Racing) Ford 188 162955 running 1 170 4 15 32   Ricky Craven Tide With Bleach   (Cal Wells) Pontiac 188 139575 running 0 160 5 28 5   Terry Labonte Kellogg's / got milk?   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 188 122221 running 1 160 6 11 40   Sterling Marlin Coors Light   (Chip Ganassi) Dodge 188 126380 running 2 155 7 24 22   Ward Burton Caterpillar   (Bill Davis) Dodge 188 114386 running 5 151 8 4 24   Jeff Gordon DuPont / Pepsi   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 188 128458 running 24 147 9 27 17   Matt Kenseth DeWalt Power Tools   (Jack Roush) Ford 188 104730 running 9 143 10 6 31   Robby Gordon Cingular Wireless / Special Olympics   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 188 105367 running 0 134 11 21 45   Kyle Petty Georgia-Pacific   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 188 84375 running 0 130 12 18 88   Dale Jarrett UPS New Fast Logo   (Yates Racing) Ford 188 116473 running 2 132 13 5 9   Bill Elliott Dodge Dealers / UAW   (Ray Evernham) Dodge 188 109823 running 1 129 14 40 43   John Andretti Cheerios   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 188 109388 running 1 126 15 7 48   Jimmie Johnson Lowe's   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 188 89930 running 65 128 16 43 74   Tony Raines BACE Motorsports   (Bill Baumgardner) Chevrolet 188 74640 running 0 115 17 25 23   Kenny Wallace Stacker 2   (Bill Davis) Dodge 188 86825 running 0 112 18 1 19   Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers / UAW   (Ray Evernham) Dodge 187 84285 running 19 114 19 26 97   Kurt Busch Rubbermaid   (Jack Roush) Ford 186 87195 running 1 111 20 12 1   Steve Park Pennzoil   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 184 97302 running 1 108 21 29 25   Joe Nemechek UAW-Delphi   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 182 70695 engine 0 100 22 33 16   Greg Biffle Grainger   (Jack Roush) Ford 178 66375 running 0 97 23 39 77   Dave Blaney Jasper Engines & Transmissions   (Doug Bawel) Ford 178 91565 running 0 94 24 16 15   Michael Waltrip NAPA   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 177 83935 running 10 96 25 19 20   Tony Stewart Home Depot   (Joe Gibbs) Chevrolet 156 118708 running 0 88 26 9 6   Mark Martin Viagra   (Jack Roush) Ford 154 102783 running 0 85 27 14 42   Jamie McMurray Havoline   (Chip Ganassi) Dodge 154 65395 running 0 82 28 35 54   Todd Bodine National Guard   (Travis Carter) Ford 152 79045 running 0 79 29 30 30   Jeff Green America Online   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 124 76285 running 0 76 30 36 09   Mike Wallace Miccosukee Resort   (James Finch) Dodge 120 65390 electrical 0 73 31 42 4   Mike Skinner Kodak   (Larry McClure) Pontiac 120 76214 running 0 70 32 22 18   Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries   (Joe Gibbs) Chevrolet 118 109658 running 0 67 33 41 49   Ken Schrader 1-800-Call-ATT   (Beth Ann Morgenthau) Dodge 110 65350 running 0 64 34 20 0   Jack Sprague NetZero   (Gene Haas) Pontiac 109 64310 running 0 61 35 38 99   Jeff Burton Citgo   (Jack Roush) Ford 107 97597 running 0 58 36 23 01   Jerry Nadeau U.S. Army   (Nelson Bowers) Pontiac 73 67050 crash 0 55 37 31 2   Rusty Wallace Miller Lite   (Roger Penske) Dodge 12 101567 crash 0 52 38 34 7   Jimmy Spencer Sirius Satellite Radio   (Jim Smith) Dodge 9 66025 crash 0 49 39 8 12   Ryan Newman Alltel   (Roger Penske) Dodge 3 93215 crash 0 46 40 10 41   Casey Mears Target   (Chip Ganassi) Dodge 3 71090 crash 0 43 41 17 10   Johnny Benson, Jr. Valvoline   (James Rocco) Pontiac 3 89640 crash 0 40 42 37 21   Ricky Rudd Motorcraft   (Wood Brothers) Ford 3 70690 crash 0 37 43 32 02   Hermie Sadler Aaron's Dream Machine / 1-800-4-Autism   (Hermie Sadler) Chevrolet 3 62746 crash 0 34

To the back: Name Nbr Reason Mike Skinner 4 engine change Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 8 engine change Bobby Labonte 18 engine change Jeff Green 30 engine change Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 44 Brett Bodine 11 Hooters Restaurants Brett Bodine Ford 45 Larry Foyt 14 Harrah's A.J. Foyt Dodge 46 David Green 60 Haas Automation Rick Hendrick Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 4 4     5 13 9   #0,01,02,09,1,2,4,6,7,8,10,12,16,17,18,20,21,30,41,42, 43,45,49,54,77,88,99 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 Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   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 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 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   21   Jeff Burton 798   -435