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NASCAR WINSTON CUP SERIES RACE NO. 8 AARON’S 499 2.66-Mile Banked Paved Oval 500 M – 188 L
Purse: $5,167,015 FIN STR CAR# DRIVER TEAM LAPS PTS BONUS PTS MONEY STATUS 1 13 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 188 180 * 5 204,367 Running 2 2 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench Chevrolet 188 175 * 5 179,233 Running 3 3 38 Elliott Sadler M&M's
Ford 188 170 * 5 162,955 Running 4 15 32 Ricky Craven Tide 5 28 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's/got milk? Chevrolet 188 160 * 5 122,221 Running 6 11 40 7 24 22 Ward Burton Caterpillar Dodge 188 151 * 5 114,386 Running 8 4 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont/Pepsi
Chevrolet 188 147 * 5 128,458 Running 9 27 17 Matt Kenseth DEWALT Power Tools Ford 188 143 * 5 104,730 Running 10 6 31 Robby Gordon Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 188 134 105,367 Running 11 21 45 Kyle Petty Georgia Pacific Dodge 188 130 84,375 Running 12 18 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 188 132 * 5 116,473 Running 13 5 9 Bill Elliott Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 188 129 * 5 109,823 Running 14 40 43 John Andretti Cheerios Dodge 188 126 * 5 109,388 Running 15 7 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's
Chevrolet 188 128 * 10 89,930 Running 16 43 74 # Tony Raines BACE Motorsports Chevrolet 188 115 74,640 Running 17 25 23 Kenny Wallace Stacker2 Dodge 188 112 86,825 Running 18 1 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge 187 114 * 5 84,285 Running 19 26 97 Kurt Busch Rubbermaid Ford 186 111 * 5 87,195 Running 20 12 1 Steve Park Pennzoil Chevrolet 184 108 * 5 97,302 Running 21 29 25 Joe Nemechek UAW-Delphi Chevrolet 182 100 70,695 Engine 22 33 16 # Greg Biffle Grainger Ford 178 97 66,375 Running 23 39 77 Dave Blaney Jasper Engines & Transmissions Ford 178 94 91,565 Running 24 16 15 Michael Waltrip 25 19 20 Tony Stewart Home Depot Chevrolet 156 88 118,708 Running 26 9 6 Mark Martin Viagra Ford 154 85 102,783 Running 27 14 42 # Jamie
McMurray Havoline Dodge 154 82 65,395 Running 28 35 54 Todd Bodine National Guard Ford 152 79 79,045 Running 29 30 30 Jeff Green 30 36 09 Mike Wallace Miccosukee Resort Dodge 120 73 65,390 Electrical 31 42 4 Mike Skinner Kodak 32 22 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Chevrolet 118 67 109,658 Running 33 41 49 Ken Schrader 1-800 CallATT Dodge 110 64 65,350 Running 34 20 0 # Jack
Sprague NetZero 35 38 99 Jeff Burton CITGO Ford 107 58 97,597 Running 36 23 01 Jerry Nadeau 37 31 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 12 52 101,567 Accident 38 34 7 Jimmy Spencer Sirius Satellite Radio Dodge 9 49 66,025 Accident 39 8 12 Ryan Newman ALLTEL Dodge 3 46 93,215 Accident 40 10 41 # Casey Mears Target Dodge 3 43 71,090 Accident 41 17 10 Johnny Benson Valvoline 42 37 21 Ricky Rudd Motorcraft Ford 3 37 70,690 Accident 43 32 02 Hermie
Sadler Aaron's Dream Machine Chevrolet 3 34 62,746 Accident # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender.
* Includes race leader/most laps bonus. Failed to qualify: (3) Brett Bodine (#11), Larry Foyt (#14), David Green (#60). Race Comments: Dale Earnhardt Jr. edged Kevin Harvick by .125 of a second to capture the Aaron's 499
before an estimated crowd of 190,000 at Talladega Superspeedway.
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: #4 Skinner (engine change); #8 Earnhardt Jr.
(engine change); #18 B. Labonte (engine change); #30
J. Green (engine change). TIME
OF RACE: 3
hours, 27 minutes, 28 seconds
AVERAGE SPEED: 144.625
mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: .125 second BUD
POLE AWARD: Jeremy Mayfield, Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge
(186.489 mph) EA
SPORTS MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Dale Earnhardt Jr., Budweiser Chevrolet GOODYEAR
GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Jeff Gordon,
DuPont Chevrolet INFOGRAMES
PIT STRATEGY AWARD: Todd Berrier, GM Goodwrench Chevrolet MBNA
MID-RACE LEADER AWARD: Matt Kenseth, DEWALT
Power Tools Ford ($25,000 MBNA Bonus for also winning the race rolls
to MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Ricky Craven, Tide Ford NASCAR
WINSTON CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner; rolls over to $90,000 at NASCAR
ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Tony Raines, BACE Motorsports
Chevrolet OUTBACK
STEAKHOUSE BLOOMIN’ FAVORITE AWARD:
Elliott Sadler, M&M’s Ford U.S.G.
DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Kevin Harvick, GM Goodwrench Chevrolet WASTE
MANAGEMENT PICKING UP PLACES AWARD: Tony Raines, BACE Motorsports Chevrolet CAUTION
FLAGS: 6 for 32 laps. 5-13 (Car #0, 01, 02, 09, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 17, 18,
20, 21, 25, 30, 31, 41, 42, 43, 45, 49, 54, 77 & 99-Accident, Turn 2);
37-40 (Debris on Track); 64-67 (Debris in Tri-Oval); 84-89 (Car #15 &
38-Accident, Turn 3); 91-94 (Car #97, 20 & 16-Accident, Turn 4); 133-137
(Debris on Track). LAP LEADERS: 43
lead changes among 16 drivers. Jeremy
Mayfield 1-8; Kevin Harvick 9-19; Michael Waltrip 20-29; Steve Park 30; Sterling Marlin 31-32; Jimmie
Johnson 33-36; Terry Labonte 37; Johnson 38-47;
Mayfield 48-49; Johnson 50-53; Mayfield 54-57; Jeff Gordon 58; Mayfield 59-63;
Bill Elliott 64; Johnson 65-79; Matt Kenseth 80-83;
Kurt Busch 84; Johnson 85-99; Kenseth 100-103; Harvick 104; Ward Burton 105-106; Dale Earnhardt
Jr. 107-112; J. Gordon 113-118; Earnhardt Jr.
119-121; J. Gordon 122-125; John Andretti 126; Earnhardt Jr. 127-128; J. Gordon 129-141; W. Burton
142-143; Earnhardt Jr. 144-154; Johnson 155-156; Earnhardt Jr. 157-160; Dale Jarrett 161-162; Elliott Sadler
163; Johnson 164-171; Earnhardt Jr. 172-175; Johnson
176; Earnhardt Jr. 177; Johnson 178; W. Burton 179;
Johnson 180-184; Earnhardt Jr. 185; Kenseth 186; Earnhardt Jr.
187-188. TOP
10 NASCAR WINSTON CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Matt Kenseth 1,233 (1) 2 –Dale Earnhardt
Jr. 1,104 (1) 3 –Kurt Busch 1,046 (1) 4 –Jimmie Johnson 1,013 (0) 5 –Jeff Gordon 1,011 (0) 6 –Ricky Craven 1,000 (1) 7 –Michael Waltrip 994 (1) 8– Kevin Harvick 977 (0) 9 –Tony Stewart 937 (0) 10–Elliott Sadler 895 (0) RAYBESTOS
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Jamie McMurray 82 Greg Biffle 78 Casey Mears 72 Jack Sprague 68 Tony Raines 62 Larry Foyt 38 Hideo Fukuyama 7 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Points Wins Ford 54 3 Chevrolet 52 3 Dodge 35 1 BUD
POLE AWARD STANDINGS Bobby Labonte 2 Ryan
Newman 2 Dave Blaney 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. Dale Earnhardt
Jr. (# 8) 2 Jeff Gordon (#24) 2 Bill Elliott (# 9) 1 OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE AWARD Car #
Pts. Kurt Busch (#97) 2 Jeff Gordon (#24) 2 Elliott Sadler (#38) 1 MBNA
MID-RACE LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 Jimmy Spencer (# 7) 1 Mark Martin (# 6) 1 WASTE MANAGEMENT PICKIN’ UP PLACES AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 35 Kurt Busch (#97) 34 Ricky Craven (#32) 30 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) 254 Dale Earnhardt
Jr. (# 8) 244 Robby Gordon (#31) 237 NEXT
EVENT: NOTE:
The above figures are based on team winnings and include racing purse
and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (4/7/03) ©2003 NASCAR NASCAR PR used with permission |