2003 Daytona 500

Race 1 of 36

Daytona
109 laps
Time of race: 2:02:08
Average speed of winner: 133.870 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 11 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 23 laps
Fastest lap: Michael Waltrip
Lap leaders: Green pole, Waltrip 1-34, Kenseth 35-36, Stewart 37-42, Earnhardt, Jr. 43-64, Mears 65, Waltrip 66-95, Johnson 96, Bodine 97, Craven 98, Johnson 99-105, Waltrip 106-109

Race notes: Last pole for Jeff Green. Debut for Casey Mears.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	188.210	109	3	68	running	1480406	185
2	36	Kurt Busch	97	Rubbermaid	Ford	Roush	Fennig	185.219	109	0	0	running	1027101	170
3	10	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	186.575	109	2	8	running	717526	170
4	31	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	187.602	109	0	0	running	589630	160
5	26	Mark Martin	6	Pfizer/Viagra	Ford	Roush	Leslie	187.223	109	0	0	running	444609	155
6	3	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	187.750	109	0	0	running	363676	150
7	8	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	188.355	109	1	6	running	315454	151
8	20	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	184.721	109	0	0	running	245026	142
9	18	Mike Wallace	09	Miccosukee Resort	Dodge	Finch	Reno	186.474	109	0	0	running	220051	138
10	11	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Brad Parrott	187.884	109	0	0	running	245320	134
11	9	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO	Ford	Roush	Andrews	185.536	109	0	0	running	235187	130
12	13	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	188.387	109	0	0	running	238648	127
13	30	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia Pacific	Dodge	Petty	Lane	186.939	109	0	0	running	198176	124
14	24	Jack Sprague	0	NetZero	Chevrolet	Haas	Conner	187.672	109	0	0	running	184901	121
15	5	Ricky Rudd	21	Motorcraft	Ford	Wood Brothers	Tryson	185.981	109	0	0	running	220595	118
16	21	Kenny Wallace	23	Stacker 2	Dodge	Bill Davis	Lopez	185.536	109	0	0	running	184420	115
17	7	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	187.200	109	0	0	running	227662	112
18	6	Todd Bodine	54	National Guard	Ford	Carter	Derrick Finley	188.162	109	1	1	running	195051	114
19	40	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Valvoline	Pontiac	MB2	Ince	187.071	109	0	0	running	208620	106
20	35	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	186.193	109	1	2	running	200345	108
21	27	Greg Biffle	16	Grainger	Ford	Roush	Goss	186.598	109	0	0	running	177495	100
22	15	Joe Nemechek	25	UAW-Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Sospenzo	185.456	109	0	0	running	180595	97
23	16	Elliott Sadler	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Raymond Fox	186.127	109	0	0	running	189651	94
24	39	Dave Blaney	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Barker	184.911	109	0	0	running	200676	91
25	38	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Wilburn	187.095	109	0	0	running	190275	88
26	25	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Pontiac	PPI	Scott Miller	186.478	109	1	1	running	185870	90
27	29	Casey Mears	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	184.676	109	1	1	running	194920	87
28	42	Jerry Nadeau	01	U.S. Army	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	182.567	109	0	0	running	184915	79
29	32	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Gibson	187.176	109	0	0	running	196645	76
30	41	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's/got milk?	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	184.158	109	0	0	running	203353	73
31	19	Jamie McMurray	42	Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	184.057	109	0	0	running	171195	70
32	14	Bill Elliott	9	Dodge Dealers	Dodge	Evernham	Ford	187.876	109	0	0	running	208707	67
33	33	Tony Raines	74	Staff America	Chevrolet	BACE	Larry Carter	186.525	109	0	0	running	171851	64
34	12	John Andretti	43	Cheerios	Dodge	Petty	Putnam	186.397	108	0	0	running	207814	61
35	34	Christian Fittipaldi	33	Monaco Coaches	Chevrolet	Petree	Newt Moore	186.652	108	0	0	running	177856	58
36	2	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	187.602	108	1	22	running	220626	60
37	43	Mike Skinner	4	Kodak	Pontiac	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	187.477	108	0	0	running	167870	52
38	17	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Stoddard	187.274	105	0	0	accident	210695	49
39	1	Jeff Green	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Beam	186.505	94	0	0	accident	202720	46
40	23	Jimmy Spencer	7	Sirius Satellite Radio	Dodge	Jim Smith	Baldwin	186.274	94	0	0	accident	166620	43
41	22	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	McSwain	187.766	81	0	0	running	202829	40
42	28	Ken Schrader	49	1-800-CALLATT	Dodge	BAM	Eggleston	187.165	57	0	0	accident	166476	37
43	37	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	186.986	56	0	0	accident	173788	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Michael Waltrip	185	1	0	1	1	1
2	Kurt Busch	170	1	0	0	1	1
3	Jimmie Johnson	170	1	0	0	1	1
4	Kevin Harvick	160	1	0	0	1	1
5	Mark Martin	155	1	0	0	1	1
6	Tony Stewart	151	1	0	0	0	1
7	Robby Gordon	150	1	0	0	0	1
8	Jeremy Mayfield	142	1	0	0	0	1
9	Mike Wallace	138	1	0	0	0	1
10	Dale Jarrett	134	1	0	0	0	1
11	Jeff Burton	130	1	0	0	0	0
12	Jeff Gordon	127	1	0	0	0	0
13	Kyle Petty	124	1	0	0	0	0
14	Jack Sprague	121	1	0	0	0	0
15	Ricky Rudd	118	1	0	0	0	0
16	Kenny Wallace	115	1	0	0	0	0
17	Todd Bodine	114	1	0	0	0	0
18	Sterling Marlin	112	1	0	0	0	0
19	Matt Kenseth	108	1	0	0	0	0
20	Johnny Benson, Jr.	106	1	0	0	0	0
21	Greg Biffle	100	1	0	0	0	0
22	Joe Nemechek	97	1	0	0	0	0
23	Elliott Sadler	94	1	0	0	0	0
24	Dave Blaney	91	1	0	0	0	0
25	Ricky Craven	90	1	0	0	0	0