2003 Virginia 500

Race 9 of 36

Martinsville
500 laps
Time of race: 3:28:51
Average speed of winner: 75.557 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 14 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 11 for 64 laps
Fastest lap: Jeff Gordon
Lap leaders: J. Gordon 1-120, Stewart 121-131, R. Wallace 132-144, Earnhardt, Jr. 145-239, J. Gordon 240-295, Marlin 296-318, T. Labonte 319, Earnhardt, Jr. 320-349, Harvick 350-361, E. Sadler 362, Harvick 363, E. Sadler 364-367, Earnhardt, Jr. 368-437, B. Labonte 438-486, J. Gordon 487-500

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	94.307	500	3	190	running	219143	180
2	39	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	McSwain	91.900	500	1	49	running	138348	175
3	2	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	93.863	500	3	195	running	112542	175
4	10	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO	Ford	Roush	Andrews	93.116	500	0	0	running	101592	160
5	18	Elliott Sadler	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Raymond Fox	92.937	500	2	5	running	98950	160
6	8	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	93.148	500	1	11	running	105953	155
7	25	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	92.769	500	1	23	running	97275	151
8	5	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Wilburn	93.543	500	1	13	running	91217	147
9	7	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	93.221	500	0	0	running	70250	138
10	4	Ken Schrader	49	1-800-CALLATT	Dodge	BAM	Eggleston	93.590	500	0	0	running	54050	134
11	19	Ricky Rudd	21	Motorcraft	Ford	Wood Brothers	Tryson	92.910	500	0	0	running	78650	130
12	9	Kenny Wallace	23	Stacker 2	Dodge	Bill Davis	Lopez	93.125	500	0	0	running	68225	127
13	31	Bill Elliott	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Ford	92.597	499	0	0	running	88358	124
14	16	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's/got milk?	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	92.997	499	1	1	running	78581	126
15	6	Joe Nemechek	25	UAW-Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Sospenzo	93.382	499	0	0	running	53750	118
16	29	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	92.669	499	2	13	running	87678	120
17	24	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Leslie	92.774	499	0	0	running	85433	112
18	20	Greg Biffle	16	Grainger	Ford	Roush	Goss	92.901	499	0	0	running	47975	109
19	13	Jimmy Spencer	7	Sirius Satellite Radio	Dodge	Jim Smith	Baldwin	93.111	499	0	0	running	63575	106
20	37	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Finley	92.330	499	0	0	running	94303	103
21	38	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	92.357	499	0	0	running	75262	100
22	34	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	92.443	499	0	0	running	66725	97
23	30	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	92.619	499	0	0	running	63975	94
24	32	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Gibson	92.569	499	0	0	running	74562	91
25	12	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Stoddard	93.111	499	0	0	running	82931	88
26	35	Jeff Green	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Beam	92.443	498	0	0	running	56825	85
27	17	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Pontiac	PPI	Scott Miller	92.965	498	0	0	running	67010	82
28	36	Kurt Busch	97	Rubbermaid	Ford	Roush	Fennig	92.384	498	0	0	running	64910	79
29	14	Jack Sprague	0	NetZero	Pontiac	Haas	Furr	93.074	497	0	0	running	44725	76
30	40	John Andretti	43	Cheerios	Dodge	Petty	Putnam	91.967	497	0	0	running	84178	73
31	15	Dave Blaney	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Barker	93.070	497	0	0	running	64064	70
32	28	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Valvoline	Pontiac	MB2	Ince	92.714	496	0	0	running	74200	67
33	27	Tony Raines	74	BACE Motorsports	Chevrolet	BACE	Larry Carter	92.737	496	0	0	running	45025	64
34	33	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia-Pacific	Dodge	Petty	Lane	92.497	496	0	0	running	55000	61
35	21	Mike Skinner	4	Kodak	Pontiac	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	92.874	496	0	0	running	46950	58
36	22	Casey Mears	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	92.860	496	0	0	running	54400	55
37	41	Todd Bodine	54	National Guard	Ford	Carter	Derrick Finley	91.967	492	0	0	running	43850	52
38	3	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	93.678	436	0	0	brakes	74665	49
39	11	Jamie McMurray	42	Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	93.116	319	0	0	engine	43740	46
40	23	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	92.792	308	0	0	overheating	51665	43
41	26	Jerry Nadeau	01	U.S. Army	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	92.769	267	0	0	oil pump	43615	40
42	42	Derrike Cope	37	Friendly's	Chevrolet	Cope		91.483	230	0	0	throttle	43575	37
43	43	Hermie Sadler	02	GoTeamVA.com	Chevrolet	Hermie Sadler	Buckner	91.584	133	0	0	engine	42866	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Matt Kenseth	1330	9	0	1	4	7
2	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	1279	9	0	1	5	6
3	Jeff Gordon	1191	9	1	1	3	5
4	Jimmie Johnson	1151	9	0	0	1	5
5	Kurt Busch	1125	9	0	1	4	5
6	Kevin Harvick	1097	9	0	0	2	3
7	Tony Stewart	1092	9	0	0	2	5
8	Michael Waltrip	1088	9	0	1	3	3
9	Ricky Craven	1082	9	0	1	3	3
10	Elliott Sadler	1055	9	1	0	2	5
11	Bobby Labonte	1026	9	2	1	4	4
12	Sterling Marlin	1001	9	0	0	0	4
13	Dale Jarrett	987	9	0	1	1	2
14	Robby Gordon	971	9	0	0	0	2
15	Mark Martin	970	9	0	0	3	4
16	Rusty Wallace	970	9	0	0	0	2
17	Joe Nemechek	959	9	0	0	0	2
18	Jeff Burton	958	9	0	0	1	2
19	Ricky Rudd	947	9	0	0	1	1
20	Ryan Newman	943	9	2	1	1	3
21	Terry Labonte	911	9	0	0	1	1
22	Greg Biffle	888	8	0	0	1	1
23	Kenny Wallace	883	9	0	0	0	1
24	Dave Blaney	871	9	1	0	1	3
25	Ward Burton	861	9	0	0	0	1