2003 Mountain Dew Southern 500

Race 25 of 36

Darlington
367 laps
Time of race: 4:09:07
Average speed of winner: 120.744 mph
Margin of victory: 1.651 sec.
Lead changes: 24 among 12 drivers
Cautions: 10 for 55 laps
Fastest lap: Terry Labonte
Lap leaders: Newman 1-10, Spencer 11, Newman 12-65, Kenseth 66-72, Newman 73, Kenseth 74-99, Newman 100, J. Burton 101-103, Kenseth 104-107, J. Burton 108-147, Johnson 148, Harvick 149-158, Johnson 159-170, Petty 171, Johnson 172-175, Newman 176-229, Biffle 230-240, Lepage 241-249, Harvick 250, Biffle 251-275, Harvick 276-278, Biffle 279-312, Rudd 313, McMurray 314-334, T. Labonte 335-367

Race notes: Last win for Terry Labonte.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's/got milk?	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	168.538	367	1	33	running	204736	180
2	18	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	167.237	367	3	14	running	149063	175
3	2	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	168.862	367	3	17	running	112575	170
4	17	Jamie McMurray	42	Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	167.288	367	1	21	running	90765	165
5	22	Bill Elliott	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Ford	167.061	367	0	0	running	113028	155
6	15	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	167.396	367	0	0	running	78355	150
7	5	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	McSwain	168.227	367	0	0	running	112568	146
8	8	Ricky Craven	32	Give Kids the World/Tide	Pontiac	PPI	Scott Miller	167.853	367	0	0	running	90125	142
9	4	Elliott Sadler	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	168.451	367	0	0	running	98335	138
10	9	Greg Biffle	16	Grainger	Ford	Roush	Richert	167.813	367	3	70	running	65980	139
11	28	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO	Ford	Roush	Andrews	166.766	367	2	43	running	95037	135
12	20	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	167.083	367	0	0	running	109503	127
13	31	Kurt Busch	97	Rubbermaid/Sharpie	Ford	Roush	Fennig	166.563	367	0	0	running	92135	124
14	6	Matt Kenseth	17	Smirnoff Ice Triple Black/DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Reiser	168.158	367	3	37	running	75720	126
15	41	Kevin Lepage	4	Kodak	Pontiac	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	164.639	367	1	9	running	74780	123
16	30	Ricky Rudd	21	Motorcraft	Ford	Wood Brothers	Tryson	166.614	367	1	1	running	77235	120
17	27	Todd Bodine	54	National Guard	Ford	Carter	Cogswell	166.862	366	0	0	running	66754	112
18	35	Jeff Green	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Gibson	165.889	365	0	0	running	79577	109
19	29	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Stoddard	166.738	364	0	0	running	90166	106
20	32	Steve Park	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Beam	166.259	364	0	0	running	67390	103
21	26	Joe Nemechek	25	UAW-Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Sospenzo	166.862	363	0	0	running	57415	100
22	38	Jimmy Spencer	7	Sirius Satellite Radio	Dodge	Jim Smith	Baldwin		361	1	1	running	56745	102
23	1	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	169.048	359	5	120	running	101775	104
24	24	Kenny Wallace	23	Stacker 2	Dodge	Bill Davis	Lopez	166.959	358	0	0	running	56925	91
25	12	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	167.619	358	0	0	running	93932	88
26	36	Jason Leffler	0	NetZero	Pontiac	Haas	Furr	165.760	356	0	0	running	55455	85
27	40	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia-Pacific	Dodge	Petty	Lane	164.860	345	1	1	engine	63095	87
28	25	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	166.936	336	0	0	accident	80072	79
29	16	Mike Skinner	01	U.S. Army	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	167.328	318	0	0	running	54165	76
30	10	Dave Blaney	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Barker	167.785	316	0	0	running	60000	73
31	13	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	167.505	315	0	0	running	95255	70
32	14	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	167.493	309	0	0	accident	98443	67
33	7	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Leslie	168.025	307	0	0	running	85638	64
34	19	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Shawn Parker	167.157	302	0	0	running	96543	61
35	21	Casey Mears	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	167.078	266	0	0	running	58580	58
36	34	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Wilburn	165.905	258	0	0	running	85172	55
37	37	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	164.832	251	0	0	running	68325	52
38	39	Ken Schrader	49	1-800-CALLATT	Dodge	BAM	Eggleston	165.559	184	0	0	accident	50160	49
39	42	Derrike Cope	37	Friendly's/SP Films	Chevrolet	Cope		162.705	168	0	0	accident	50125	46
40	11	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Valvoline	Pontiac	MB2	Ince	167.647	165	0	0	accident	76800	43
41	43	Hermie Sadler	02	goteamva.com	Pontiac	Hermie Sadler	Buckner	159.559	61	0	0	electrical	50000	0
42	33	Tony Raines	74	BACE Motorsports	Chevrolet	BACE	Larry Carter	165.989	9	0	0	accident	49950	37
43	23	Christian Fittipaldi	43	Cheerios	Dodge	Petty	Putnam	167.038	6	0	0	accident	85927	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Matt Kenseth	3718	25	0	1	10	19
2	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	3329	25	0	1	9	15
3	Kevin Harvick	3303	25	1	1	9	12
4	Jimmie Johnson	3233	25	1	2	7	11
5	Jeff Gordon	3127	25	3	1	8	11
6	Kurt Busch	3114	25	0	4	8	11
7	Ryan Newman	3075	25	6	5	9	13
8	Bobby Labonte	3053	25	4	1	10	12
9	Michael Waltrip	3012	25	0	1	6	9
10	Tony Stewart	2936	25	1	1	6	10
11	Terry Labonte	2935	25	1	1	4	7
12	Robby Gordon	2914	25	0	2	4	10
13	Jeff Burton	2844	25	0	0	2	7
14	Bill Elliott	2735	25	0	0	4	5
15	Mark Martin	2732	25	0	0	5	9
16	Sterling Marlin	2666	25	0	0	0	9
17	Rusty Wallace	2657	25	0	0	1	7
18	Greg Biffle	2605	24	0	1	3	5
19	Elliott Sadler	2583	25	1	0	2	8
20	Ricky Craven	2580	25	0	1	3	7
21	Jamie McMurray	2579	25	0	0	5	7
22	Ward Burton	2576	25	0	0	0	4
23	Joe Nemechek	2420	25	0	1	1	4
24	Johnny Benson, Jr.	2416	25	0	0	1	2
25	Dale Jarrett	2370	25	0	1	1	7