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2003 Mountain Dew Southern 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 25 of 36
Sunday, August 31, 2003 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
367 laps on a 1.366 mile paved track (501.322 miles)

Time of race: 4:09:08
Average speed: 120.733 mph
Pole speed: 169.048 mph

Cautions: 10 for 55 laps
Margin of victory: 1.651 sec
Attendance: 75000
Lead changes: 24

Glossary 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 2003 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's / got milk? (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	367	204736	running	33	180
2	18	29	Kevin Harvick	GM Goodwrench Service (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	367	149063	running	14	175
3	2	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	367	112575	running	17	170
4	17	42	Jamie McMurray	Havoline (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	367	90765	running	21	165
5	22	9	Bill Elliott	Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	367	113028	running	0	155
6	15	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge Dealers / UAW / Mountain Dew (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	367	78355	running	0	150
7	5	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	367	112568	running	0	146
8	8	32	Ricky Craven	Give Kids The World / Tide (Cal Wells)	Pontiac	367	90125	running	0	142
9	4	38	Elliott Sadler	M&M's (Yates Racing)	Ford	367	98335	running	0	138
10	9	16	Greg Biffle	Grainger (Jack Roush)	Ford	367	65980	running	70	139
11	28	99	Jeff Burton	MDA / Citgo (Jack Roush)	Ford	367	95037	running	43	135
12	20	20	Tony Stewart	Home Depot (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	367	109503	running	0	127
13	31	97	Kurt Busch	Rubbermaid (Jack Roush)	Ford	367	92135	running	0	124
14	6	17	Matt Kenseth	Smirnoff Ice / DeWalt Power Tools (Jack Roush)	Ford	367	75720	running	37	126
15	41	4	Kevin Lepage	Kodak (Larry McClure)	Pontiac	367	74780	running	9	123
16	30	21	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft (Wood Brothers)	Ford	367	77235	running	1	120
17	27	54	Todd Bodine	National Guard (Travis Carter)	Ford	366	66754	running	0	112
18	35	1	Jeff Green	Pennzoil (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	365	79577	running	0	109
19	29	22	Ward Burton	Caterpillar (Bill Davis)	Dodge	364	90166	running	0	106
20	32	30	Steve Park	America Online (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	364	67390	running	0	103
21	26	25	Joe Nemechek	UAW-Delphi (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	363	57415	running	0	100
22	38	7	Jimmy Spencer	Sirius Satellite Radio (Jim Smith)	Dodge	361	56745	running	1	102
23	1	12	Ryan Newman	Alltel (Roger Penske)	Dodge	359	101775	running	120	104
24	24	23	Kenny Wallace	Stacker 2 (Bill Davis)	Dodge	358	56925	running	0	91
25	12	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Budweiser (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	358	93932	running	0	88
26	36	0	Jason Leffler	NetZero Hi Speed (Gene Haas)	Pontiac	356	55455	running	0	85
27	40	45	Kyle Petty	Georgia-Pacific (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	345	63095	engine	1	87
28	25	31	Robby Gordon	Cingular Wireless (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	336	80072	crash	0	79
29	16	01	Mike Skinner	U.S. Army (Nelson Bowers)	Pontiac	318	54165	running	0	76
30	10	77	Dave Blaney	Jasper Engines & Transmissions (Doug Bawel)	Ford	316	60000	running	0	73
31	13	40	Sterling Marlin	Coors Light (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	315	95255	running	0	70
32	14	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	309	98443	crash	0	67
33	7	6	Mark Martin	Viagra (Jack Roush)	Ford	307	85638	running	0	64
34	19	88	Dale Jarrett	UPS (Yates Racing)	Ford	302	96543	running	0	61
35	21	41	Casey Mears	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	266	58580	running	0	58
36	34	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Dodge	258	85172	running	0	55
37	37	15	Michael Waltrip	NAPA (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	251	68325	running	0	52
38	39	49	Ken Schrader	1-800-Call-ATT (Beth Ann Morgenthau)	Dodge	184	50160	crash	0	49
39	42	37	Derrike Cope	Friendly's / SP Films (Derrike Cope)	Chevrolet	168	50125	crash	0	46
40	11	10	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Valvoline (James Rocco)	Pontiac	165	76800	crash	0	43
41	43	02	Hermie Sadler	GoTeamVA.com (Hermie Sadler)	Pontiac	61	50000	electrical	0	0
42	33	74	Tony Raines	BACE Motorsports (Bill Baumgardner)	Chevrolet	9	49950	crash	0	37
43	23	43	Christian Fittipaldi	Cheerios Heart Health (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	9	85927	crash	0	34

Name	Nbr	Reason
To the back:
Jimmy Spencer	7	backup car
Derrike Cope	37	engine change
Dale Jarrett	88	engine change

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
44	Larry Foyt	50	Harrah's	A.J. Foyt	Dodge

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	6	6
	7	13	7	#0,43,15,88,2,74 accident turn 3
	14	72	59
	73	76	4	debris turn 1
	77	99	23
	100	103	4	#01 accident turn 4
	104	147	44
	148	153	6	debris turn 1
	154	166	13
	167	175	9	#41,24,23,10,77,49 accident turn 3
	176	228	53
	229	232	4	#25 accident turn 2
	233	239	7
	240	247	8	#49 accident turn 3
	248	274	27
	275	278	4	debris turn 4
	279	310	32
	311	315	5	debris turn 2
	316	333	18
	334	337	4	#31 accident turn 1
	338	367	30
Percent of race run under caution: 15.0% Average green flag run: 28.4 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Ryan Newman	1	10	10
Jimmy Spencer	11	11	1
Ryan Newman	12	65	54
Matt Kenseth	66	72	7
Ryan Newman	73	73	1
Matt Kenseth	74	99	26
Ryan Newman	100	100	1
Jeff Burton	101	103	3
Matt Kenseth	104	107	4
Jeff Burton	108	147	40
Jimmie Johnson	148	148	1
Kevin Harvick	149	158	10
Jimmie Johnson	159	170	12
Kyle Petty	171	171	1
Jimmie Johnson	172	175	4
Ryan Newman	176	229	54
Greg Biffle	230	240	11
Kevin Lepage	241	249	9
Kevin Harvick	250	250	1
Greg Biffle	251	275	25
Kevin Harvick	276	278	3
Greg Biffle	279	312	34
Ricky Rudd	313	313	1
Jamie McMurray	314	334	21
Terry Labonte	335	367	33

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Matt Kenseth	3718
2	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	3329	-389
3	Kevin Harvick	3303	-415
4	Jimmie Johnson	3233	-485
5	Jeff Gordon	3127	-591
6	Kurt Busch	3114	-604
7	Ryan Newman	3075	-643
8	Bobby Labonte	3053	-665
9	Michael Waltrip	3012	-706
10	Tony Stewart	2936	-782
11	Terry Labonte	2935	-783
12	Robby Gordon	2914	-804
13	Jeff Burton	2844	-874
14	Bill Elliott	2735	-983
15	Mark Martin	2732	-986
16	Sterling Marlin	2666	-1052
17	Rusty Wallace	2657	-1061
18	Greg Biffle	2605	-1113
19	Elliott Sadler	2583	-1135
20	Ricky Craven	2580	-1138
21	Jamie McMurray	2579	-1139