2003 Sam's Town 300

Race 3 of 34

Las Vegas
200 laps
Time of race: 2:35:44
Average speed of winner: 115.582 mph
Margin of victory: 0.603 sec.
Lead changes: 18 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 43 laps
Lap leaders: Barrett started pole, Harvick 1-89, Burton 90-113, Harvick 114-117, Compton 118-119, Waltrip 120-121, Bodine 122-123, Waltrip 124, Bodine 125, Waltrip 126, Bodine 127-128, Waltrip 129, Bodine 130, Waltrip 131-133, Bodine 134-143, Hornaday 144-153, Nemechek 154-167, Bodine 168, Nemechek 169-200

Race notes: Kevin Harvick took the points lead from Jamie McMurray.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	29	Joe Nemechek	87	Cellular One	Chevrolet				200	2	46	running	87675	180
2	3	Kevin Harvick	21	PayDay	Chevrolet				200	2	93	running	64070	180
3	5	Mike Bliss	20	Rockwell Automation	Chevrolet				200	0	0	running	45585	165
4	36	Steve Park	8	Maxwell House	Chevrolet				200	0	0	running	31650	160
5	2	Jason Keller	57	Albertsons	Ford				200	0	0	running	42695	155
6	7	David Green	37	Timber Wolf	Pontiac				200	0	0	running	39825	150
7	26	Michael Waltrip	99	Aaron's Sales & Lease	Chevrolet				200	5	8	running	25075	151
8	1	Stanton Barrett	60	OdoBan	Ford				200	0	0	running	31425	142
9	16	Ron Hornaday, Jr.	2	ACDelco	Chevrolet				200	1	10	running	30075	143
10	4	Scott Wimmer	23	Stacker 2/Stamina-Rx	Chevrolet				200	0	0	running	35025	134
11	27	Kasey Kahne	38	Great Clips	Ford				200	0	0	running	26975	130
12	8	Shane Hmiel	48	Dark Dog	Chevrolet				200	0	0	running	26425	127
13	6	Brian Vickers	5	GMAC Financial Services	Chevrolet				200	0	0	running	31705	124
14	22	Kerry Earnhardt	12	Supercuts	Chevrolet				200	0	0	running	25365	121
15	10	Stacy Compton	59	Kingsford/Johnsonville	Chevrolet				200	1	2	running	25655	123
16	40	Coy Gibbs	18	MBNA	Chevrolet				200	0	0	running	20745	115
17	17	Kevin Grubb	26	Dr Pepper	Dodge				200	0	0	running	24835	112
18	20	Mike Wallace	4	GEICO	Chevrolet				200	0	0	running	21525	109
19	14	Todd Bodine	92	Herzog-Jackson Motorsports	Chevrolet				200	6	17	running	23435	111
20	11	Scott Riggs	10	Nestle Nesquik	Ford				199	0	0	running	29625	103
21	19	Hermie Sadler	54	Toys "R" Us	Chevrolet				199	0	0	running	21195	100
22	41	Damon Lusk	6	Sta-Rite Pumps	Dodge				198	0	0	running	19085	97
23	43	Joe Aramendia	79	Aramendia Motorsports	Chevrolet				198	0	0	running	18950	94
24	25	Bruce Bechtel	77	Moy Racing	Ford				196	0	0	running	20840	91
25	21	Jason Schuler	73	Havill-Spoerl Ford	Ford				196	0	0	running	19135	88
26	23	Robby Benton	70	Alexander Racing	Chevrolet				195	0	0	running	18595	85
27	18	Ashton Lewis	46	Civil Air Patrol	Chevrolet				193	0	0	running	22485	82
28	33	Larry Gunselman	16	Waterloo Tool Storage	Chevrolet				191	0	0	running	20345	79
29	38	Chad Blount	19	APP Prepaid Gas Cards	Dodge				187	0	0	running	18215	76
30	42	Ron Young	71	Young Racing	Chevrolet				185	0	0	running	18105	73
31	37	Johnny Sauter	43	Channellock/Curb Records	Dodge				175	0	0	accident	20115	70
32	12	Randy LaJoie	7	Kleenex/Scott Products	Chevrolet				165	0	0	engine	21905	67
33	24	Jamie McMurray	1	Yellow	Chevrolet				153	0	0	battery	22125	64
34	9	Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	25	U.S. Marine Corps	Ford				137	0	0	engine	21685	61
35	30	Jeff Burton	9	CITGO	Ford				116	1	24	oil pump	17555	63
36	15	Chase Montgomery	27	TrimSpa	Pontiac				113	0	0	engine	19520	55
37	28	Chris Bingham	49	Avacor	Ford				109	0	0	accident	19485	52
38	13	Tony Raines	33	BACE Motorsports	Chevrolet				87	0	0	engine	19475	49
39	35	Eddy McKean	91	Barrett Racing	Ford				71	0	0	accident	17420	46
40	31	Clint Vahsholtz	39	Jay Robinson, Inc.	Ford				35	0	0	engine	17380	43
41	32	Regan Smith	22	Copperfield & Co. Realtors	Chevrolet				19	0	0	oil pump	17345	40
42	39	Matt Kenseth	17	Alka-Seltzer	Ford				6	0	0	engine	17310	37
43	34	Mike Harmon	44	Global Industrial Contractors	Chevrolet				4	0	0	oil pump	19282	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Kevin Harvick	484	3	0	0	2	3
2	David Green	429	3	1	0	1	2
3	Todd Bodine	426	3	0	0	1	2
4	Jamie McMurray	404	3	0	1	2	2
5	Jason Keller	392	3	0	0	2	2
6	Scott Wimmer	391	3	0	0	0	1
7	Ron Hornaday, Jr.	385	3	0	0	0	1
8	Mike Bliss	379	3	0	0	1	2
9	Kerry Earnhardt	365	3	0	0	0	0
10	Kasey Kahne	357	3	0	0	0	1
11	Johnny Sauter	346	3	0	0	0	2
12	Randy LaJoie	345	3	0	0	1	1
13	Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	331	3	0	0	0	1
14	Kevin Grubb	331	3	0	0	0	1
15	Michael Waltrip	326	3	0	0	0	1
16	Mike Wallace	324	3	0	0	1	1
17	Brian Vickers	303	3	0	0	0	1
18	Shane Hmiel	297	3	0	0	0	0
19	Stanton Barrett	288	3	0	0	0	1
20	Ashton Lewis	285	3	0	0	0	0
21	Scott Riggs	285	3	0	0	0	0
22	Coy Gibbs	282	3	0	0	0	0
23	Chad Blount	273	3	0	0	0	0
24	Hermie Sadler	270	3	0	0	0	0
25	Stacy Compton	269	3	0	0	0	0