RESULTS

2003 Official Race Results : Sharpie 500

Sharpie 500 | August 23, 2003 | Race 24 of 36

FIN	ST	CAR	DRIVER	MAKE	SPONSOR	PTS/BNS	LAPS	STATUS	WINNINGS

1	5	97	Kurt Busch	Ford	Rubbermaid	180/5	500	Running	237,565
2	23	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	GM Goodwrench Service	175/5	500	Running	174,223
3	31	42	Jamie McMurray *	Dodge	Havoline	165/0	500	Running	127,390
4	10	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	DEWALT Power Tools	160/0	500	Running	122,905
5	16	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's	155/0	500	Running	100,775
6	6	12	Ryan Newman	Dodge	ALLTEL	155/5	500	Running	111,940
7	27	88	Dale Jarrett	Ford	UPS	146/0	500	Running	122,418
8	14	32	Ricky Craven	Pontiac	Tide	142/0	500	Running	102,740
9	9	8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	Budweiser	138/0	500	Running	116,107
10	29	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge	Dodge Dealers	134/0	500	Running	88,740
11	13	5	Terry Labonte	Chevrolet	Kellogg's / got milk?	130/0	500	Running	102,346
12	26	49	Ken Schrader	Dodge	SEM Products	127/0	500	Running	74,090
13	24	22	Ward Burton	Dodge	Caterpillar	124/0	500	Running	105,996
14	32	10	Johnny Benson	Pontiac	Valvoline	121/0	500	Running	98,415
15	11	23	Kenny Wallace	Dodge	Stacker 2	118/0	500	Running	85,735
16	25	9	Bill Elliott	Dodge	Dodge Dealers	115/0	500	Running	106,018
17	36	40	Sterling Marlin	Dodge	Coors Light	117/5	500	Running	121,035
18	4	01	Mike Skinner	Pontiac	U.S. Army	114/5	500	Running	81,175
19	38	25	Joe Nemechek	Chevrolet	UAW / Delphi	106/0	500	Running	70,325
20	12	74	Tony Raines *	Chevrolet	BACE Motorsports	103/0	500	Running	68,885
21	41	41	Casey Mears *	Dodge	Target	100/0	500	Running	86,249
22	34	16	Greg Biffle *	Ford	Grainger	97/0	500	Running	69,610
23	18	20	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	Home Depot	94/0	494	Running	119,138
24	28	27	Scott Wimmer	Chevrolet	YJ Stinger	91/0	494	Running	65,085
25	21	4	Johnny Sauter	Pontiac	Kodak EasyShare	88/0	459	Running	67,990
26	30	0	Jason Leffler	Pontiac	NetZero HiSpeed	85/0	458	Running	66,815
27	19	18	Bobby Labonte	Chevrolet	Interstate Batteries	82/0	448	Running	107,688
28	1	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	DuPont	89/10	444	Accident	118,973
29	35	30	Steve Park	Chevrolet	America Online	76/0	440	Running	72,185
30	15	77	Dave Blaney	Ford	First Tennessee Bank / Jasper Powered	73/0	436	Running	72,335
31	7	7	Ted Musgrave	Dodge	Sirius Satellite Radio	70/0	430	Running	63,715
32	37	99	Jeff Burton	Ford	CITGO	67/0	419	Running	96,547
33	8	21	Ricky Rudd	Ford	Motorcraft Quality Parts	64/0	415	Running	68,595
34	42	45	Kyle Petty	Dodge	Georgia-Pacific	61/0	400	Running	68,560
35	22	31	Robby Gordon	Chevrolet	Cingular Wireless	58/0	392	Running	86,602
36	2	6	Mark Martin	Ford	Viagra	60/5	346	Accident	94,813
37	40	154	Todd Bodine	Ford	National Guard	52/0	315	Running	60,420
38	17	38	Elliott Sadler	Ford	Combos	49/0	305	Accident	94,600
39	33	150	Larry Foyt *	Dodge	Harrah's	46/0	273	Accident	60,300
40	39	1	Jeff Green	Chevrolet	Pennzoil	48/5	193	Engine	85,412
41	43	43	Christian Fittipaldi	Dodge	Cheerios Heart Health	40/0	175	Accident	95,953
42	3	15	Michael Waltrip	Chevrolet	NAPA Auto Parts	37/0	87	Accident	78,430
43	20	2	Rusty Wallace	Dodge	Miller Lite	34/0	87	Accident	94,737

* Denotes Rookie

RACE FACTS

Average Speed: 77.421 mph
Margin of Victory: .818 second
Time of Race: 03:26:32
Lead Changes: 11
Cautions: 7-12, 65-70, 77-80, 90-100, 104-107, 161-166, 178-186, 194-197, 223-228, 256-261, 276-282, 287-292, 300-304, 307-313, 339-344, 348-353, 373-378, 423-427, 445-449, 461-464

CONTINGENCY AWARDS

Bud Pole: Jeff Gordon,#24, DuPont, Chevrolet
EA Sports Move of the Race: Kurt Busch,#97, Rubbermaid, Ford
Goodyear Gatorback Fastest Lap: Jeff Gordon,#24, DuPont, Chevrolet
Infogrames Pit Strategy Award: Jimmy Fennig,#97, Rubbermaid, Ford
MBNA Mid-race Leader: Sterling Marlin,#40, Coors Light, Dodge
Mobil 1 Command Performance Driver of the Race: Kurt Busch,#97, Rubbermaid, Ford
NASCAR Rookie of the Race: Jamie McMurray,#42, Havoline , Dodge
Outback Steakhouse Bloomin' Favorite: Kurt Busch,#97, Rubbermaid, Ford
USG Improving the Finish Award: Kurt Busch,#97, Rubbermaid, Ford
Waste Management Picking Up Places: Jamie McMurray,#42, Havoline , Dodge