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2003 Samsung / Radio Shack 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 7 of 36
Sunday, March 30, 2003 at Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX
334 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:43:28
Average speed: 134.517 mph
Pole speed: 193.514 mph

Cautions: 10 for 52 laps
Margin of victory: 3.405 sec
Attendance: 215000
Lead changes: 19

Glossary 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 2003 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	12	Ryan Newman	Alltel (Roger Penske)	Dodge	334	406500	running	77	180
2	11	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Budweiser (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	334	299667	running	35	175
3	7	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	334	249753	running	16	170
4	5	01	Jerry Nadeau	U.S. Army (Nelson Bowers)	Pontiac	334	187725	running	0	160
5	32	6	Mark Martin	Viagra (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	173058	running	0	155
6	17	17	Matt Kenseth	Smirnoff Ice / DeWalt Power Tools (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	142950	running	65	155
7	14	30	Jeff Green	America Online (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	334	118575	running	2	151
8	4	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	334	119575	running	0	142
9	30	97	Kurt Busch	Rubbermaid (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	133150	running	0	138
10	24	42	Jamie McMurray	Havoline (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	334	101150	running	0	134
11	19	54	Todd Bodine	National Guard (Travis Carter)	Ford	334	111750	running	0	130
12	33	22	Ward Burton	Caterpillar (Bill Davis)	Dodge	334	127906	running	0	127
13	23	88	Dale Jarrett	UPS (Yates Racing)	Ford	334	136528	running	1	129
14	10	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Dodge	333	126692	running	0	121
15	8	29	Kevin Harvick	GM Goodwrench (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	333	128128	running	0	118
16	12	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's / got milk? (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	333	115656	running	0	115
17	37	15	Michael Waltrip	NAPA (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	333	102500	running	0	112
18	21	31	Robby Gordon	Cingular Wireless (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	333	112387	running	0	109
19	43	43	John Andretti	Cheerios (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	333	121753	running	0	106
20	29	99	Jeff Burton	Citgo (Jack Roush)	Ford	333	120492	running	0	103
21	38	32	Ricky Craven	Tide (Cal Wells)	Pontiac	333	102075	running	2	105
22	31	0	Jack Sprague	NetZero (Gene Haas)	Pontiac	333	78975	running	0	97
23	40	23	Kenny Wallace	Stacker 2 (Bill Davis)	Dodge	333	90164	running	0	94
24	42	49	Ken Schrader	1-800-Call-ATT (Beth Ann Morgenthau)	Dodge	333	75975	running	0	91
25	27	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	332	85525	running	0	88
26	16	21	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft (Wood Brothers)	Ford	332	84175	running	0	85
27	26	41	Casey Mears	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	331	82475	running	0	82
28	20	16	Greg Biffle	Grainger (Jack Roush)	Ford	330	68975	running	0	79
29	36	40	Sterling Marlin	Coors Light (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	328	111475	running	0	76
30	35	14	Larry Foyt	Harrah's (A.J. Foyt)	Dodge	326	69185	running	0	73
31	25	11	Brett Bodine	Hooters (Brett Bodine)	Ford	325	67775	running	0	70
32	13	10	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Valvoline (James Rocco)	Pontiac	322	92450	engine	0	67
33	18	7	Jimmy Spencer	Sirius Satellite Radio (Jim Smith)	Dodge	294	63075	crash	1	69
34	22	20	Tony Stewart	Home Depot (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	293	113728	engine	0	61
35	9	25	Joe Nemechek	UAW-Delphi (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	279	60125	crash	0	58
36	39	77	Dave Blaney	Jasper Engines & Transmissions (Doug Bawel)	Ford	268	67075	engine	0	55
37	1	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	260	117108	crash	0	52
38	28	45	Christian Fittipaldi	Georgia-Pacific (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	240	64950	crash	0	49
39	15	1	Steve Park	Pennzoil (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	234	82087	crash	1	51
40	41	4	Mike Skinner	Kodak (Larry McClure)	Pontiac	233	56850	crash	0	43
41	2	38	Elliott Sadler	M&M's (Yates Racing)	Ford	167	92060	crash	91	50
42	34	74	Tony Raines	BACE Motorsports (Bill Baumgardner)	Chevrolet	152	56765	engine	0	37
43	6	9	Bill Elliott	Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	46	100781	engine	43	39

Name	Nbr	Reason
To the back:
Sterling Marlin	40	engine change
Christian Fittipaldi	45	driver change
Jimmie Johnson	48	engine change
Todd Bodine	54	engine change

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
44	Kerry Earnhardt	83	Aaron's	Armando Fitz	Chevrolet
45	David Starr	75	Team Texas	Mike Starr	Chevrolet
DC	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia-Pacific	Petty Enterprises	Dodge

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	13	13
	14	17	4	oil on track
	18	42	25
	43	46	4	#1 spun turn 4
	47	47	1
	48	50	3	oil on track
	51	156	106
	157	160	4	debris frontstretch
	161	168	8
	169	178	10	#38 accident backstretch
	179	226	48
	227	232	6	#7,21 accident frontstretch
	233	235	3
	236	240	5	#0,1,4,40 accident backstretch
	241	242	2
	243	249	7	#45,88 accident turn 4
	250	251	2
	252	254	3	#18 accident backstretch
	255	282	28
	283	288	6	#25 accident turn 3
	289	334	46
Percent of race run under caution: 15.6% Average green flag run: 25.6 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Elliott Sadler	1	3	3
Bill Elliott	4	46	43
Elliott Sadler	47	88	42
Jeff Gordon	89	102	14
Matt Kenseth	103	103	1
Ryan Newman	104	105	2
Jeff Green	106	107	2
Jimmy Spencer	108	108	1
Steve Park	109	109	1
Ricky Craven	110	111	2
Elliott Sadler	112	157	46
Matt Kenseth	158	220	63
Jeff Gordon	221	222	2
Matt Kenseth	223	223	1
Ryan Newman	224	285	62
Dale Jarrett	286	286	1
Ryan Newman	287	288	2
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	289	323	35
Ryan Newman	324	334	11

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Matt Kenseth	1090
2	Kurt Busch	935	-155
3	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	924	-166
4	Michael Waltrip	898	-192
5	Jimmie Johnson	885	-205
6	Jeff Gordon	864	-226
7	Tony Stewart	849	-241
8	Ryan Newman	848	-242
9	Ricky Craven	840	-250
10	Kevin Harvick	802	-288
11	Bobby Labonte	784	-306
12	Ricky Rudd	780	-310
13	Mark Martin	773	-317
14	Rusty Wallace	771	-319
15	Dale Jarrett	752	-338
16	Johnny Benson, Jr.	748	-342
17	Joe Nemechek	741	-349
18	Jeff Burton	740	-350
19	Robby Gordon	737	-353
20	Elliott Sadler	725	-365
21	Jamie McMurray	708	-382