2003 Food City 500

Race 6 of 36

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 3:29:53
Average speed of winner: 76.185 mph
Margin of victory: 0.390 sec.
Lead changes: 11 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 17 for 121 laps
Fastest lap: Jeff Gordon
Lap leaders: Newman pole, J. Gordon 1-28, R. Wallace 29-33, J. Gordon 34-160, Spencer 161-182, J. Gordon 183-201, Harvick 202-216, Spencer 217-333, Kenseth 334-358, Busch 359-377, B. Labonte 378-403, Busch 404-500

Video links: Entire half

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	9	Kurt Busch	97	Sharpie/Rubbermaid	Ford	Roush	Fennig	126.562	500	2	116	running	162790	180
2	37	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	124.218	500	1	25	running	118870	175
3	12	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	McSwain	126.337	500	1	26	running	126558	170
4	34	Ricky Rudd	21	Motorcraft	Ford	Wood Brothers	Tryson	125.077	500	0	0	running	103475	160
5	15	Greg Biffle	16	Grainger	Ford	Roush	Goss	126.005	500	0	0	running	71120	155
6	16	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	125.955	500	0	0	running	110795	150
7	27	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	125.502	499	1	15	running	104448	151
8	23	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	125.724	499	0	0	running	82570	142
9	2	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	127.343	499	3	174	running	115643	148
10	40	Kenny Wallace	23	Stacker 2	Dodge	Bill Davis	Lopez	124.735	499	0	0	running	86615	134
11	26	Jamie McMurray	42	Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	125.551	499	0	0	running	63245	130
12	7	Jimmy Spencer	7	Sirius Satellite Radio	Dodge	Jim Smith	Baldwin	126.587	498	2	139	running	88865	132
13	29	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO	Ford	Roush	Andrews	125.387	498	0	0	running	99807	124
14	4	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Wilburn	127.022	498	1	5	running	99882	126
15	14	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Pontiac	PPI	Scott Miller	126.021	498	0	0	running	84815	118
16	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	126.570	498	0	0	running	101407	115
17	36	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	124.971	498	0	0	running	89527	112
18	5	Bill Elliott	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Ford	127.006	497	0	0	running	99023	109
19	20	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Valvoline	Pontiac	MB2	Ince	125.790	497	0	0	running	90630	106
20	21	Jeff Green	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Beam	125.790	497	0	0	running	73575	103
21	30	Elliott Sadler	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Raymond Fox	125.379	497	0	0	running	97565	100
22	1	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	128.709	496	0	0	running	97940	97
23	18	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	125.906	494	0	0	running	72045	94
24	33	Brett Bodine	11	Hooters	Ford	Brett Bodine	Hillman	125.273	494	0	0	running	62515	91
25	28	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	125.436	488	0	0	running	77470	88
26	10	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	126.445	487	0	0	accident	111518	85
27	25	Joe Nemechek	25	UAW-Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Sospenzo	125.658	469	0	0	accident	62005	82
28	13	Jerry Nadeau	01	U.S. Army	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	126.237	456	0	0	running	70139	79
29	19	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Leslie	125.815	451	0	0	running	95368	76
30	35	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Gibson	125.020	446	0	0	running	83872	73
31	43	John Andretti	43	Cheerios	Dodge	Petty	Putnam	124.210	440	0	0	running	96168	70
32	39	Casey Mears	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	124.452	423	0	0	running	67845	67
33	11	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Stoddard	126.395	422	0	0	accident	94256	64
34	32	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia-Pacific	Dodge	Petty	Lane	125.273	422	0	0	accident	65235	61
35	42	Jack Sprague	0	NetZero	Pontiac	Haas	Conner	123.000	409	0	0	running	57190	58
36	38	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Brad Parrott	124.315	397	0	0	running	102923	55
37	3	Ken Schrader	49	1-800-CALLATT	Dodge	BAM	Eggleston	127.123	385	0	0	accident	57410	52
38	31	Dave Blaney	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Barker	125.297	371	0	0	running	65065	49
39	17	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's/got milk?	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	125.930	349	0	0	running	83086	46
40	41	Todd Bodine	54	National Guard	Ford	Carter	Derrick Finley	123.682	342	0	0	accident	56965	43
41	6	Mike Skinner	4	Kodak	Pontiac	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	126.779	310	0	0	running	56915	40
42	22	Tony Raines	74	BACE Motorsports	Chevrolet	BACE	Larry Carter	125.740	52	0	0	engine	56860	37
43	24	Derrike Cope	37	Friendly's	Chevrolet	Cope		125.699	31	0	0	engine	56178	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Matt Kenseth	935	6	0	1	4	5
2	Kurt Busch	797	6	0	1	4	4
3	Tony Stewart	788	6	0	0	2	4
4	Michael Waltrip	786	6	0	1	3	3
5	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	749	6	0	0	2	3
6	Jimmie Johnson	743	6	0	0	1	3
7	Ricky Craven	735	6	0	1	2	2
8	Bobby Labonte	732	6	1	1	3	3
9	Ricky Rudd	695	6	0	0	1	1
10	Jeff Gordon	694	6	0	0	1	2
11	Kevin Harvick	684	6	0	0	1	2
12	Joe Nemechek	683	6	0	0	0	2
13	Johnny Benson, Jr.	681	6	0	0	0	0
14	Elliott Sadler	675	6	1	0	0	3
15	Ryan Newman	668	6	2	0	0	2
16	Dave Blaney	652	6	1	0	1	3
17	Rusty Wallace	650	6	0	0	0	1
18	Jeff Burton	637	6	0	0	0	1
19	Robby Gordon	628	6	0	0	0	1
20	Dale Jarrett	623	6	0	1	1	2
21	Jimmy Spencer	622	6	0	0	0	1
22	Sterling Marlin	619	6	0	0	0	2
23	Mark Martin	618	6	0	0	2	3
24	Greg Biffle	603	5	0	0	1	1
25	Steve Park	601	6	0	0	0	1