2003 Chevy 500

Race 16 of 16

Texas
195 laps
Time of race: 1:48:56.2674
Average speed of winner: 156.268 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 11 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 38 laps
Fastest lap: Tony Kanaan 223.452
Lap leaders: de Ferran 1, Dixon 2-4, de Ferran 5-35, Kanaan 36-85, Dixon 86-137, Hornish 138, Dixon 139-140, Hornish 141-151, Kanaan 152-153, Wheldon 154, Sharp 155-159, de Ferran 160-195

Race notes: Last win for Gil de Ferran. Last pole for Gil de Ferran. Finale for Gil de Ferran.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro), Part 2 (Start), Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9 (Bräck/Scheckter crash), Part 10 (Finish), Part 11 (Post-race), Part 12 (Closing)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Gil de Ferran	6	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Penske	222.864	195	3	68	running	126400	52
2	2	Scott Dixon	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	G-Force	Toyota	Firestone	Ganassi	222.856	195	3	57	running	96650	40
3	16	Dan Wheldon	7	Team 7-Eleven	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	219.465	195	1	1	running	94600	35
4	6	Vitor Meira	2	Menards/Johns Manville	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Menard	221.860	195	0	0	running	63500	32
5	8	Bryan Herta	27	Archipelago/Motorola	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	221.080	195	0	0	running	51600	30
6	20	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Kelley	217.529	195	1	5	running	47600	28
7	11	Tora Takagi	12	Pioneer Mo Nunn Racing	G-Force	Toyota	Firestone	Nunn	220.488	195	0	0	running	46400	26
8	13	Greg Ray	13	TrimSpa Racing	G-Force	Honda	Firestone	Access	219.962	195	0	0	running	43900	24
9	17	Al Unser, Jr.	31	Corteco	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Kelley	218.526	195	0	0	running	43300	22
10	15	Roger Yasukawa	55	Panasonic ARTA	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez	219.581	195	0	0	running	42000	20
11	10	Robbie Buhl	24	Purex/Aventis/Dreyer & Reinbold	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	220.785	195	0	0	running	40800	19
12	21	Sarah Fisher	23	GMAC/AOL/Dreyer & Reinbold	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	216.917	194	0	0	running	39600	18
13	5	Hélio Castroneves	3	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Toyota	Firestone	Penske	221.881	194	0	0	running	38500	17
14	9	Tony Kanaan	11	Team 7-Eleven	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	220.839	193	2	52	running	37100	16
15	3	Tomas Scheckter	10	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	G-Force	Toyota	Firestone	Ganassi	221.960	187	0	0	accident	36000	15
16	7	Kenny Bräck	15	Pioneer/Miller Lite	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	221.487	187	0	0	accident	34900	14
17	12	Sam Hornish, Jr.	4	Pennzoil Panther	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Panther	220.443	176	2	12	engine	33600	13
18	18	Richie Hearn	91	Metabolife/Delta Faucet/Life Fitness	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Hemelgarn	218.467	172	0	0	accident	33600	12
19	4	Felipe Giaffone	21	Hollywood Mo Nunn Racing	G-Force	Toyota	Firestone	Nunn	221.954	98	0	0	accident	32400	11
20	14	Alex Barron	52	Red Bull Cheever Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	Cheever	219.677	98	0	0	accident	31300	10
21	22	Ed Carpenter	18	Metabolife Ultra	Dallara	Chevrolet	Firestone	PDM	213.823	69	0	0	electrical	31300	9
22	19	A.J. Foyt IV	14	Conseco/A.J. Foyt Racing	G-Force	Toyota	Firestone	Foyt	217.541	62	0	0	engine	31300	8

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Scott Dixon	507	16	4	3	9	11
2	Gil de Ferran	489	15	1	3	9	12
3	Hélio Castroneves	484	16	3	2	9	11
4	Tony Kanaan	476	16	2	1	9	12
5	Sam Hornish, Jr.	461	16	1	3	7	11
6	Al Unser, Jr.	374	16	0	1	4	11
7	Tomas Scheckter	356	16	2	0	5	10
8	Scott Sharp	351	16	0	1	3	7
9	Kenny Bräck	342	16	0	0	5	8
10	Tora Takagi	317	16	0	0	2	9
11	Dan Wheldon	312	14	0	0	5	9
12	Roger Yasukawa	301	16	0	0	0	8
13	Bryan Herta	277	11	0	1	6	6
14	Robbie Buhl	261	16	0	0	0	4
15	Greg Ray	253	14	0	0	0	6
16	Buddy Rice	229	13	0	0	0	4
17	Alex Barron	216	10	0	1	2	5
18	Sarah Fisher	211	16	0	0	0	1
19	Buddy Lazier	201	13	0	0	0	1
20	Felipe Giaffone	199	11	0	0	2	4
21	A.J. Foyt IV	198	16	0	0	0	0
22	Vitor Meira	170	11	0	0	1	2
23	Jaques Lazier	120	9	0	0	0	2
24	Michael Andretti	80	4	0	0	1	2
25	Dario Franchitti	72	3	0	0	1	2