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NASCAR WINSTON CUP SERIES RACE NO. 10 AUTO CLUB 500 2-Mile Banked Paved Oval 500 M – 250 L
Purse: $5,230,261 FIN STR CAR# DRIVER TEAM LAPS PTS BONUS PTS MONEY STATUS 1 16 97 Kurt Busch Rubbermaid Ford 250 180 * 5 $213,150 Running 2 19 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Chevrolet 250 175 * 5 172,708 Running 3 7 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 250 170 * 5 146,917 Running 4 2 9 Bill Elliott Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 250 165 * 5 148,683 Running 5 25 42 # Jamie
McMurray Havoline Dodge 250 160 * 5 101,575 Running 6 8 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 250 150 120,217 Running 7 27 15 Michael Waltrip 8 13 43 9 23 17 Matt Kenseth DEWALT Power Tools Ford 250 143 * 5 95,425 Running 10 30 40 11 14 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont
Chevrolet 250 130 120,628 Running 12 21 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's/got milk? Chevrolet 250 127 102,806 Running 13 18 77 Dave Blaney Jasper Engines & Transmissions Ford 250 129 * 5 101,350 Running 14 6 01 Jerry Nadeau 15 15 32 Ricky Craven Tide 16 20 48 Jimmie 17 22 6 Mark Martin Viagra Ford 249 112 107,358 Running 18 29 16 # Greg Biffle Grainger Ford 249 109 69,225 Running 19 10 99 Jeff Burton CITGO Ford 249 106 102,442 Running 20 28 4 Mike Skinner Kodak 21 39 22 Ward Burton Caterpillar Dodge 249 100 104,681 Running 22 31 23 Kenny Wallace Stacker2 Dodge 249 97 80,614 Running 23 5 38 Elliott Sadler Pedigree
Ford 249 94 107,075 Running 24 35 21 Ricky Rudd Motorcraft Ford 249 91 79,600 Running 25 34 54 Todd Bodine National Guard Ford 249 88 71,700 Running 26 40 30 Jeff Green 27 26 31 Robby Gordon Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 249 82 95,837 Running 28 36 45 Kyle Petty Georgia Pacific Dodge 249 79 78,350 Running 29 37 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench Chevrolet 248 76 105,828 Running 30 41 49 Ken Schrader 1-800 CallATT Dodge 248 73 67,210 Running 31 33 74 # Tony
Raines BACE Motorsports Chevrolet 248 70 66,525 Running 32 9 25 Joe Nemechek UAW-Delphi Chevrolet 248 67 69,325 Running 33 24 7 Jimmy Spencer Sirius Satellite Radio Dodge 247 64 70,025 Running 34 17 41 # Casey
Mears Target Dodge 247 61 76,425 Running 35 11 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge 233 58 73,750 Accident 36 32 10 37 38 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 228 52 111,253 Accident 38 42 14 # Larry Foyt Harrah's Dodge 226 49 65,300 Accident 39 12 0 # Jack
Sprague NetZero 40 1 1 Steve Park Pennzoil Chevrolet 138 43 100,367 Accident 41 3 20 Tony Stewart The
Home Depot Chevrolet 128 50 * 10 117,708 Engine 42 4 12 Ryan Newman ALLTEL Dodge 34 37 94,960 Accident 43 43 37 Derrike Cope GBROnline.com Chevrolet 9 34 65,281 Engine # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender.
* Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (2) Kerry Earnhardt (#83), Hideo
Fukuyama (#66). Race Comments: Kurt Busch
captured the Auto Club 500 before a sellout crowd in excess of 120,000; Prior
to the green flag for the Auto Club 500, the following drivers, under penalty,
dropped from their original starting positions to the rear of the field for the
following reasons: #10 Benson (backup car); #40 Marlin (backup car); #8 Earnhardt Jr. (engine change); #30 Green (engine change);
#01 Nadeau (engine change); #37 Cope (engine change); #22 W. Burton (engine
change). TIME
OF RACE: 3
hours, 34 minutes, 7 seconds AVERAGE
SPEED: 140.111 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 2.294
seconds BUD
POLE AWARD: Steve Park, Pennzoil Chevrolet (186.838 mph) EA
SPORTS MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Kurt Busch,
Rubbermaid Ford GOODYEAR
GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Bill Elliott,
Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge INFOGRAMES
PIT STRATEGY AWARD: Jimmy Fennig,
Rubbermaid Ford MBNA
MID-RACE LEADER AWARD: Jamie McMurray, Havoline
Dodge ($10,000 MBNA Bonus for also winning the race rolls to MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Kurt Busch, Rubbermaid Ford NASCAR
WINSTON CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner; rolls over to $110,000 at Richmond
International Raceway. NASCAR
ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Jamie McMurray, Havoline
Dodge OUTBACK
STEAKHOUSE BLOOMIN’ FAVORITE AWARD:
Kurt Busch, Rubbermaid Ford U.S.G.
DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Kurt Busch,
Rubbermaid Ford WASTE
MANAGEMENT PICKING UP PLACES AWARD: Jamie McMurray, Havoline Dodge CAUTION
FLAGS: 8 for 34 laps. 2-4 (Car #1 & 12-Accident, Backstretch); 9-11
(Car#0-Accident, Backstretch); 41-44 (Car #16-Accident, Turn 4); 130-134 (Oil
on Track); 156-159 (Debris on Frontstretch); 210-213
(Car #01 & 32-Spin, Turn 4); 220-223 (#01-Spin, Turn 2); 231-237 (Car #88,
10, 19, 14, 31, 25 & 41-Accident, Turn 3). LAP LEADERS: 19
lead changes among 9 drivers. Steve
Park-pole, Bill Elliott 1-12, Tony Stewart 13-92, Ricky Craven 93, Dave Blaney 94-95, Stewart 96-114, Jamie McMurray 115, Stewart
116, McMurray 117-130, Kurt Busch 131-145, McMurray 146-156, Rusty Wallace
157-201, McMurray 202-204, Matt Kenseth 205-206, R.
Wallace 207-215, Bobby Labonte 216, McMurray 217, B. Labonte 218-227, McMurray 228-238, Busch 239-250. TOP
10 NASCAR WINSTON CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Matt Kenseth 1,473 (1) 2 –Dale Earnhardt
Jr. 1,429 (1) 3 –Jeff Gordon 1,321 (1) 4 –Kurt Busch 1,305 (2) 5 –Jimmie 6 –Michael Waltrip 1,234 (1) 7 –Ricky Craven 1,205 (1) 8 –Bobby Labonte 1,201 (1) 9– Kevin Harvick 1,173 (0) 10–Elliott Sadler 1,149 (0) RAYBESTOS
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Jamie McMurray 115 Greg Biffle 109 Casey Mears 96 Jack Sprague 91 Tony Raines 86 Larry Foyt 50 Hideo Fukuyama 12 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Points Wins Ford 69 4 Chevrolet 67 4 Dodge 43 1 BUD
POLE AWARD STANDINGS Bobby Labonte 2 Ryan
Newman 2 Dave Blaney 1 Jeff Gordon 1 Jeff Green 1 Jeremy Mayfield 1 Steve Park 1 Elliott
Sadler 1 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE AWARD Car # Pts. Ricky Craven (#32) 3 Kurt Busch (#97) 3 Ryan Newman (#12) 2 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 3 Dale Earnhardt
Jr. (# 8) 2 Bill Elliott (# 9) 2 OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE AWARD Car #
Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 3 Kurt Busch (#97) 3 Elliott Sadler (#38) 1 MBNA
MID-RACE LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 Jamie McMurray (#42) 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. Greg Ollish (# 8) 89 Jerry Carcone (#17) 86 Guy Williams (#97) 79 McDONALD’S/ Car # Pts. Michael Waltrip (#15) 325 Dale Earnhardt
Jr. (# 8) 317 Robby Gordon (#31) 303 NEXT
EVENT: NOTE:
The above figures are based on team winnings and include racing purse
and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (4/28/03) ©2003 NASCAR NASCAR PR used with permission |