RESULTS

2003 Official Race Results : Food City 500

Food City 500 | March 23, 2003 | Race 6 of 36

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

1	9	97	Kurt Busch	Ford	Rubbermaid	180/5	500	Running	162,790
2	37	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	DEWALT Power Tools	175/5	500	Running	118,870
3	12	18	Bobby Labonte	Chevrolet	Interstate Batteries	170/5	500	Running	126,558
4	34	21	Ricky Rudd	Ford	Motorcraft Quality Parts	160/0	500	Running	103,475
5	15	16	Greg Biffle *	Ford	Grainger	155/0	500	Running	71,120
6	16	40	Sterling Marlin	Dodge	Coors Light	150/0	500	Running	110,795
7	27	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	GM Goodwrench Service	151/5	499	Running	104,448
8	23	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's	142/0	499	Running	82,570
9	2	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	DuPont	148/10	499	Running	115,643
10	40	23	Kenny Wallace	Dodge	Stacker 2	134/0	499	Running	86,615
11	26	42	Jamie McMurray *	Dodge	Havoline	130/0	499	Running	63,245
12	7	7	Jimmy Spencer	Dodge	Sirius Satellite Radio	132/5	498	Running	88,865
13	29	99	Jeff Burton	Ford	CITGO	124/0	498	Running	99,807
14	4	2	Rusty Wallace	Dodge	Miller Lite	126/5	498	Running	99,882
15	14	32	Ricky Craven	Pontiac	Tide	118/0	498	Running	84,815
16	8	8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	Budweiser	115/0	498	Running	101,407
17	36	31	Robby Gordon	Chevrolet	Cingular Wireless	112/0	498	Running	89,527
18	5	9	Bill Elliott	Dodge	Dodge Dealers	109/0	497	Running	99,023
19	20	10	Johnny Benson	Pontiac	Valvoline	106/0	497	Running	90,630
20	21	30	Jeff Green	Chevrolet	America Online	103/0	497	Running	73,575
21	30	38	Elliott Sadler	Ford	M&M's	100/0	497	Running	97,565
22	1	12	Ryan Newman	Dodge	ALLTEL	97/0	496	Running	97,940
23	18	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge	Dodge Dealers	94/0	494	Running	72,045
24	33	11	Brett Bodine	Ford	Hooters Restaurants	91/0	494	Running	62,515
25	28	15	Michael Waltrip	Chevrolet	NAPA Auto Parts	88/0	488	Running	77,470
26	10	20	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	Home Depot	85/0	487	Accident	111,518
27	25	25	Joe Nemechek	Chevrolet	UAW / Delphi	82/0	469	Accident	62,005
28	13	01	Jerry Nadeau	Pontiac	U.S. Army	79/0	456	Running	70,139
29	19	6	Mark Martin	Ford	Viagra	76/0	451	Running	95,368
30	35	1	Steve Park	Chevrolet	Pennzoil	73/0	446	Running	83,872
31	43	43	John Andretti	Dodge	Cheerios	70/0	440	Running	96,168
32	39	41	Casey Mears *	Dodge	Target	67/0	423	Running	67,845
33	11	22	Ward Burton	Dodge	Caterpillar	64/0	422	Accident	94,256
34	32	45	Kyle Petty	Dodge	Georgia-Pacific	61/0	422	Accident	65,235
35	42	0	Jack Sprague *	Pontiac	NetZero	58/0	409	Running	57,190
36	38	88	Dale Jarrett	Ford	UPS	55/0	397	Running	102,923
37	3	49	Ken Schrader	Dodge	1-800-CALLATT	52/0	385	Accident	57,410
38	31	77	Dave Blaney	Ford	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	49/0	371	Running	65,065
39	17	5	Terry Labonte	Chevrolet	Kellogg's / got milk?	46/0	349	Running	83,086
40	41	154	Todd Bodine	Ford	National Guard	43/0	342	Accident	56,965
41	6	4	Mike Skinner	Pontiac	Kodak	40/0	310	Running	56,915
42	22	74	Tony Raines *	Chevrolet	Staff America	37/0	52	Engine	56,860
43	24	37	Derrike Cope	Chevrolet	Friendly's Ice Cream	34/0	31	Engine	56,178

* Denotes Rookie

RACE FACTS

Average Speed: 76.185 mph
Margin of Victory: .39 second
Time of Race: 03:29:53
Lead Changes: 11
Cautions: 4-6, 15-19, 21-28, 56-63, 69-73, 136-141, 150-153, 182-186, 200-204, 219-222, 227-240, 244-249, 257-262, 390-403, 407-411, 425-438, 473-481

CONTINGENCY AWARDS

Bud Pole: Ryan Newman,#12, ALLTEL, Dodge
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: Jimmy Spencer,#7, Sirius Satellite Radio, Dodge
Mobil 1 Command Performance Driver of the Race: Kurt Busch,#97, Rubbermaid, Ford
NASCAR Rookie of the Race: Greg Biffle,#16, Grainger, Ford
Outback Steakhouse Bloomin' Favorite: Kurt Busch,#97, Rubbermaid, Ford
USG Improving the Finish Award: Kurt Busch,#97, Rubbermaid, Ford
Waste Management Picking Up Places: Matt Kenseth,#17, DEWALT Power Tools, Ford