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NASCAR WINSTON CUP SERIES RACE NO. 9 .526-Mile Paved Oval 500 L – 263 M Purse: $4,076,971 FIN STR CAR# DRIVER TEAM LAPS PTS BONUS PTS MONEY STATUS 1 1 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 500 180 * 5 $219,143 Running 2 39 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate
Batteries Chevrolet 500 175 * 5 138,348 Running 3 2 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser
Chevrolet 500 175 * 10 112,542 Running 4 10 99 Jeff Burton CITGO Ford 500 160 101,592 Running 5 18 38 Elliott Sadler M&M's Ford 500 160 * 5 98,950 Running 6 8 20 Tony Stewart The
Home Depot Chevrolet 500 155 * 5 105,953 Running 7 25 40 8 5 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 500 147 * 5 91,217 Running 9 7 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 500 138 70,250 Running 10 4 49 Ken Schrader 1-800 CallATT Dodge 500 134 54,050 Running 11 19 21 Ricky Rudd Motorcraft Ford 500 130 78,650 Running 12 9 23 Kenny Wallace Stacker2 Dodge 500 127 68,225 Running 13 31 9 Bill Elliott Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 499 124 88,358 Running 14 16 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's/got
milk? Chevrolet 499 126 * 5 78,581 Running 15 6 25 Joe Nemechek UAW-Delphi
Chevrolet 499 118 53,750 Running 16 29 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench Chevrolet 499 120 * 5 87,678 Running 17 24 6 Mark Martin Viagra Ford 499 112 85,433 Running 18 20 16 # Greg Biffle Grainger Ford 499 109 47,975 Running 19 13 7 Jimmy Spencer Sirius Satellite Radio Dodge 499 106 63,575 Running 20 37 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 499 103 94,303 Running 21 38 31 Robby Gordon Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 499 100 75,262 Running 22 34 17 Matt Kenseth DEWALT
Power Tools Ford 499 97 66,725 Running 23 30 15 Michael Waltrip 24 32 1 Steve Park Pennzoil Chevrolet 499 91 74,562 Running 25 12 22 Ward Burton Caterpillar
Dodge 499 88 82,931 Running 26 35 30 Jeff Green 27 17 32 Ricky Craven Tide 28 36 97 Kurt Busch Rubbermaid Ford 498 79 64,910 Running 29 14 0 # Jack Sprague NetZero 30 40 43 John Andretti Cheerios
Dodge 497 73 84,178 Running 31 15 77 Dave Blaney Jasper Engines & Transmissions Ford 497 70 64,064 Running 32 28 10 Johnny Benson Valvoline 33 27 74 # Tony Raines BACE Motorsports Chevrolet 496 64 45,025 Running 34 33 45 Kyle Petty Georgia Pacific Dodge 496 61 55,000 Running 35 21 4 Mike Skinner Kodak 36 22 41 # Casey Mears Target
Dodge 496 55 54,400 Running 37 41 54 Todd Bodine National
Guard Ford 492 52 43,850 Running 38 3 12 Ryan Newman ALLTEL Dodge 436 49 74,665 Brakes 39 11 42 # Jamie McMurray Havoline Dodge 319 46 43,740 Engine 40 23 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 308 43 51,665 Overheating 41 26 01 Jerry Nadeau 42 42 37 Derrike Cope Friendly's Chevrolet 230 37 43,575 Throttle 43 43 02 Hermie Sadler GoTeamVA.com Chevrolet 133 34 42,866 Engine # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender.
* Includes race leader/most laps bonus. Failed to qualify: (0) Race
Comments: Jeff Gordon wins
first of the season with triumph at Virginia 500 before a sellout crowd of
86,000; Prior to the green flag, the following drivers, under penalty, dropped
from their original starting positions to the rear of the field for the
following reasons: #8 (engine chamge); #22 (backup
car); #02 (driver change). TIME
OF RACE: 3
hours, 28 minutes, 51 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 75.557
mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: Under Caution BUD
POLE AWARD: Jeff Gordon, DuPont
Chevrolet (94.307 mph) EA
SPORTS MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Jeff Gordon, DuPont Chevrolet GOODYEAR
GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Jeff Gordon, DuPont
Chevrolet INFOGRAMES
PIT STRATEGY AWARD: Robbie Loomis, DuPont
Chevrolet MBNA
MID-RACE LEADER AWARD:
Jeff Gordon, DuPont Chevrolet ($25,000 MBNA Bonus). MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD:
Bobby Labonte, Interstate Batteries Chevrolet NASCAR
WINSTON CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner; rolls over to $100,000 at
California Speedway. NASCAR
ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Greg Biffle,
Grainger Ford OUTBACK
STEAKHOUSE BLOOMIN’ FAVORITE AWARD: Jeff Gordon, DuPont Chevrolet U.S.G.
DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Jeff Gordon, DuPont
Chevrolet WASTE
MANAGEMENT PICKING UP PLACES AWARD: Bobby Labonte, Interstate Batteries Chevrolet CAUTION
FLAGS: 11 for 64 laps.
80-84 (Car #01-Spin, Turn 2); 120-126 (Car #21-Spin, Turn 4); 244-249 (Car
#19-Spin, Turn 2); 272-281 (Car #01-Stalled, Turn 3); 295-299 (Car #0-Spin,
Turn 4); 319-324 (Debris in Turn 4); 349-354 (Car #77-Spin, Frontstretch);
436-443 (Car #12-Spin, Turn 2); 447-451 (Car #32-Stalled, Turn 2); 489-492 (Car
#5-Spin, Turn 4); 499-500 (Car #97-Spin, Turn 2). LAP
LEADERS: 14 lead changes among 9 drivers. Jeff Gordon 1-120; Tony
Stewart 121-131; Rusty Wallace 132-144; Dale Earnhardt
Jr. 145-239; J. Gordon 240-295; Sterling Marlin 296-318; Terry Labonte 319; Earnhardt Jr.
320-349; Kevin Harvick 350-361; Elliott Sadler 362; Harvick 363; E. Sadler 364-367; Earnhardt
Jr. 368-437; Bobby Labonte 438-486; J. Gordon
487-500. TOP
10 NASCAR WINSTON CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Matt Kenseth 1,330 (1) 2 –Dale Earnhardt
Jr. 1,279 (1) 3 –Jeff Gordon 1,191 (1) 4 –Jimmie Johnson 1,151 (0) 5 –Kurt Busch 1,125 (1) 6– Kevin Harvick 1,097 (0) 7 –Tony Stewart 1,092 (0) 8 –Michael Waltrip 1,088 (1) 9 –Ricky Craven 1,082 (1) 10–Elliott Sadler 1,055 (0) RAYBESTOS
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Jamie McMurray 89 Greg Biffle 89 Casey Mears 80 Jack Sprague 78 Tony Raines 71 Larry Foyt 38 Hideo Fukuyama 7 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Points Wins Chevrolet 61 4 Ford 60 3 Dodge 39 1 BUD
POLE AWARD STANDINGS Bobby Labonte 2 Ryan Newman 2 Dave Blaney 1 Jeff Gordon 1 Jeff Green 1 Jeremy Mayfield 1 Elliott Sadler 1 MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE AWARD Car #
Pts. Ricky Craven (#32) 3 Kurt Busch (#97) 2 Ryan Newman (#12) 2 GOODYEAR
GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 3 Dale Earnhardt
Jr. (# 8) 2 Bill Elliott (# 9) 1 OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE AWARD Car #
Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 3 Kurt Busch (#97) 2 Elliott Sadler (#38) 1 MBNA
MID-RACE LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 Jimmy Spencer (# 7) 1 Jeff Gordon (#24) 1 WASTE
MANAGEMENT PICKIN’ UP PLACES AWARD Car # Pts. Bobby Labonte (#18) 37 Matt Kenseth (#17) 35 Kurt Busch (#97) 34 CLEVITE
ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Jerry Carcone (#17) 79 Greg Ollish (# 8) 79 Guy Williams (#97) 64 McDONALD’S/ Car # Pts. Michael Waltrip (#15) 289 Dale Earnhardt
Jr. (# 8) 277 Robby Gordon (#31) 275 NEXT
EVENT: NOTE:
The above figures are based on team winnings and include racing purse
and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (4/15/03) ©2003 NASCAR NASCAR PR used with permission |