2003 UAW-GM Quality 500

Race 31 of 36

Charlotte
334 laps
Time of race: 3:30:24
Average speed of winner: 142.871 mph
Margin of victory: 0.608 sec.
Lead changes: 15 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 31 laps
Fastest lap: Jimmie Johnson
Lap leaders: Newman 1-17, Johnson 18-59, Stewart 60, B. Labonte 61-64, Johnson 65-86, Stewart 87, Skinner 88, Johnson 89-128, Stewart 129-155, Earnhardt, Jr. 156-157, Stewart 158-206, Elliott 207-233, Stewart 234-296, McMurray 297, Newman 298-326, Stewart 327-334

Race notes: Debut for Brian Vickers. Finale for Christian Fittipaldi.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	6	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	184.887	334	6	149	running	312478	185
2	1	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	186.657	334	2	46	running	164425	175
3	3	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	185.497	334	3	104	running	144550	170
4	4	Bill Elliott	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Ford	185.173	334	1	27	running	125553	165
5	2	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	186.207	334	0	0	running	123578	155
6	12	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	McSwain	184.464	334	1	4	running	110258	155
7	19	Jamie McMurray	42	Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	183.449	334	1	1	running	67225	151
8	29	Matt Kenseth	17	Carhartt/DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Reiser	182.877	334	0	0	running	82425	142
9	11	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	184.464	334	1	2	running	98217	143
10	9	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	184.748	334	0	0	running	97853	134
11	27	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Leslie	182.908	334	0	0	running	93108	130
12	32	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	182.587	334	0	0	running	65125	127
13	14	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Wilburn	184.131	334	0	0	running	90842	124
14	30	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	182.809	334	0	0	running	68950	121
15	33	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	182.581	334	0	0	running	96600	118
16	23	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Zerex/Valvoline	Pontiac	MB2	Guy	183.181	333	0	0	running	80400	115
17	22	Greg Biffle	16	Grainger	Ford	Roush	Richert	183.237	333	0	0	running	53000	112
18	21	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's/got milk?	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	183.299	333	0	0	running	78406	109
19	13	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Pontiac	PPI	Scott Miller	184.307	333	0	0	running	76850	106
20	37	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO	Ford	Roush	Andrews	182.119	332	0	0	running	87167	103
21	5	Kevin Lepage	4	Kodak Perfect Touch	Pontiac	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	184.900	332	0	0	running	64050	100
22	16	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Shawn Parker	183.742	331	0	0	running	93053	97
23	39	Ricky Rudd	21	Rent-A-Center/Motorcraft	Ford	Wood Brothers	Tryson	181.117	331	0	0	running	71475	94
24	34	Dave Blaney	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Barker	182.494	331	0	0	running	69530	91
25	35	Tony Raines	74	Aaron's Dream Machine	Chevrolet	BACE	Larry Carter	182.469	331	0	0	running	50200	88
26	25	Jimmy Spencer	7	75th Anniversary 3 Stooges/Sirius	Dodge	Jim Smith	Baldwin	183.045	331	0	0	running	57889	85
27	26	Jeff Green	43	Betty Crocker/dinner made easy	Dodge	Petty	Putnam	182.970	331	0	0	running	84963	82
28	38	Ward Burton	22	CAT Rental Stores	Dodge	Bill Davis	Stoddard	181.318	331	0	0	running	81941	79
29	8	Todd Bodine	54	National Guard	Ford	Carter	Cogswell	184.767	331	0	0	running	49200	76
30	41	John Andretti	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Gibson	181.598	331	0	0	running	74262	73
31	40	Joe Nemechek	25	UAW-Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Sospenzo	179.892	330	0	0	running	47950	70
32	18	Kenny Wallace	23	Stacker 2	Dodge	Bill Davis	Lopez	183.486	330	0	0	running	45325	67
33	20	Brian Vickers	60	Haas Automation	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	183.374	329	0	0	running	46175	64
34	31	Christian Fittipaldi	44	Bugles	Dodge	Petty		182.735	329	0	0	running	45225	61
35	24	Jason Leffler	0	NetZero	Pontiac	Haas	Furr	183.175	325	0	0	running	45150	58
36	26	Steve Park	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Beam	182.970	310	0	0	running	53065	55
37	43	Derrike Cope	37	GBROnline.com/Friendly's	Chevrolet	Cope		180.439	297	0	0	running	45020	52
38	15	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	183.749	293	0	0	running	70162	49
39	10	Mike Skinner	01	U.S. Army	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	184.641	275	1	1	running	45440	51
40	42	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia-Pacific/Dixie	Dodge	Petty	Lane	180.983	271	0	0	suspension	52905	43
41	17	Kurt Busch	97	Irwin/Lenox	Ford	Roush	Fennig	183.517	229	0	0	accident	64870	40
42	28	Casey Mears	41	Target/Energizer/Fujifilm	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	182.890	217	0	0	engine	52830	37
43	7	Elliott Sadler	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	184.862	204	0	0	accident	78999	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Matt Kenseth	4424	31	0	1	10	23
2	Kevin Harvick	4157	31	1	1	10	16
3	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	4100	31	0	1	11	18
4	Ryan Newman	4093	31	8	8	14	19
5	Jimmie Johnson	4072	31	2	3	9	15
6	Jeff Gordon	4017	31	3	1	12	16
7	Tony Stewart	3801	31	1	2	10	14
8	Bobby Labonte	3800	31	4	1	10	14
9	Terry Labonte	3620	31	1	1	4	8
10	Kurt Busch	3615	31	0	4	8	12
11	Michael Waltrip	3553	31	0	2	7	10
12	Bill Elliott	3547	31	0	0	7	8
13	Rusty Wallace	3506	31	0	0	2	12
14	Jeff Burton	3472	31	0	0	3	8
15	Robby Gordon	3458	31	0	2	4	10
16	Jamie McMurray	3382	31	0	0	5	11
17	Mark Martin	3364	31	0	0	5	9
18	Greg Biffle	3223	30	0	1	3	6
19	Sterling Marlin	3198	31	0	0	0	9
20	Jeremy Mayfield	3167	31	1	0	3	9
21	Ward Burton	3121	31	0	0	0	4
22	Ricky Rudd	3108	31	0	0	4	5
23	Ricky Craven	3033	31	0	1	3	8
24	Elliott Sadler	3026	31	2	0	2	9
25	Johnny Benson, Jr.	2955	31	0	0	1	3