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NASCAR WINSTON CUP SERIES RACE NO. 24 Sharpie 500 .533-Mile High-Banked Concrete Oval 500 L – 266.5 M Purse: $5,288,972 FIN STR CAR# DRIVER TEAM LAPS PTS BONUS PTS MONEY STATUS 1 5 97 Kurt Busch Sharpie/Rubbermaid Ford 500 180 * 5 $237,565 Running 2 23 29 Kevin
Harvick GM
Goodwrench Chevrolet 500 175 * 5 174,223 Running 3 31 42 # Jamie McMurray Havoline Dodge 500 165 127,390 Running 4 10 17 Matt
Kenseth DEWALT
Power Tools Ford 500 160 122,905 Running 5 16 48 Jimmie
6 6 12 Ryan
Newman ALLTEL Dodge 500 155 * 5 111,940 Running 7 27 88 Dale
Jarrett UPS Ford 500 146 122,418 Running 8 14 32 9 9 8 Dale
Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser
Chevrolet 500 138 116,107 Running 10 29 19 Jeremy
Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 500 134 88,740 Running 11 13 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg’s/got
milk? Chevrolet 500 130 102,346 Running 12 26 49 Ken
Schrader SEM Color Horizons
Dodge 500 127 74,090 Running 13 24 22 Ward
Burton Caterpillar Dodge 500 124 105,996 Running 14 32 10 15 11 23 Kenny
Wallace Stacker2 Dodge 500 118 85,735 Running 16 25 9 Bill
Elliott Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge 500 115 106,018 Running 17 36 40 18 4 01 Mike
Skinner 19 38 25 Joe Nemechek UAW-Delphi
Chevrolet 500 106 70,325 Running 20 12 74 # Tony Raines BACE Motorsports Chevrolet 500 103 68,885 Running 21 41 41 # Casey Mears Target Dodge 500 100 86,249 Running 22 34 16 # Greg Biffle Grainger Ford 500 97 69,610 Running 23 18 20 Tony
Stewart Home Depot Chevrolet 494 94 119,138 Running 24 28 27 Scott Wimmer YJ
Stinger Chevrolet 494 91 65,085 Running 25 21 4 26 30 0 Jason Leffler NetZero Hi Speed 27 19 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate
Batteries Chevrolet 448 82 107,688 Running 28 1 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont
Chevrolet 444 89 * 10 118,973 Accident 29 35 30 Steve
Park 30 15 77 Dave Blaney 1st
TN Bank/Jasper Powered Ford 436 73 72,335 Running 31 7 7 Ted
Musgrave Sirius Satellite
Radio Dodge 430 70 63,715 Running 32 37 99 Jeff
Burton CITGO Ford 419 67 96,547 Running 33 8 21 34 42 45 Kyle
Petty Georgia Pacific
Dodge 400 61 68,560 Running 35 22 31 Robby
Gordon Cingular
Wireless Chevrolet 392 58 86,602 Running 36 2 6 Mark
Martin Viagra Ford 346 60 * 5 94,813 Accident 37 40 54 Todd Bodine National
Guard Ford 315 52 60,420 Running 38 17 38 Elliott
Sadler Combos Ford 305 49 94,600 Accident 39 33 50 # Larry Foyt Harrah’s Dodge 273 46 60,300 Accident 40 39 1 Jeff
Green Pennzoil Chevrolet 193 48 * 5 85,412 Engine 41 43 43 Christian
Fittipaldi Cheerios
Heart Health Dodge 175 40 95,953 Accident 42 3 15 Michael
Waltrip 43 20 2 Rusty
Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 87 34 94,737 Accident # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender.
* Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (3) Hermie Sadler (#02); Billy Bigley Jr. (#79); Derrike Cope
(#37). Race Comments: Kurt Busch wins
Sharpie 500 before a capacity crowd of 160,000 at Bristol Motor Speedway for
his fourth victory of the season and third victory in last four races at TIME
OF RACE: 3 hours, 26 minutes, 32 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 77.421
mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: .818 second BUD
POLE AWARD: Jeff Gordon, DuPont
Chevrolet (127.597 mph, 15.038 secs) EA
SPORTS MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Kurt Busch,
Sharpie/Rubbermaid Ford GOODYEAR
GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Jeff Gordon,
DuPont Chevrolet INFOGRAMES
PIT STRATEGY AWARD: Jimmy Fennig,
Sharpie/Rubbermaid Ford MBNA
MID-RACE LEADER AWARD: Sterling
Marlin, Coors Light Dodge (No winner of MBNA Bonus for winning race; rolls to $45,000 at MOBIL
1 OIL COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Kurt Busch, Sharpie/Rubbermaid Ford NASCAR
WINSTON CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner; rolls over to $250,000 at
Darlington Raceway. NASCAR
ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Jamie McMurray, Havoline
Dodge OUTBACK
STEAKHOUSE BLOOMIN’ FAVORITE AWARD:
Kurt
Busch, Sharpie/Rubbermaid Ford U.S.G.
DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Kurt Busch, Sharpie/Rubbermaid
Ford WASTE
MANAGEMENT PICKING UP PLACES AWARD: Jamie McMurray, Havoline Dodge CAUTION FLAGS: 20 for 119 laps. 7-12 (Car #1, 30, 45, 54, 41 & 43-Accident, Turn 4); 65-70 (Car
#16, 0 & 27-Accident, Backstretch); 77-80 (Car #12-Spin, Frontstretch); 90-100 (Car #2 & 15-Accident, Turn 4);
104-107 (Car #1, 50, 25, 9, 42 & 10-Accident, Turn 3); 161-166 (Car #41,
25, 20, 18 & 97-Accident, Turn 3); 178-186 (Car #99, 7, 12 & 77-Accident,
Frontstretch); 194-197 (Car #1-Accident, Turn 3);
223-228 (Car #7 & 32-Accident, Turn 3); 256-261 (Car #31-Spin, Frontstretch); 276-282 (Car #43-Accident, Frontstretch); 287-292 (Car #50-Accident, Backstretch);
300-304 (Debris on Track); 307-313 (Car #38-Accident, Backstretch); 339-344
(Car #18-Accident, Turn 4); 348-353 (Car #6 & 4-Accident, Frontstretch); 373-378 (Car #40 & 21-Accident, Turn 2);
423-427 (Debris on Track); 445-449 (Car #24 & 49-Accident, Frontstretch); 461-464 (Car #74-Accident, Turn 2). LAP LEADERS: 11
lead changes among 8 drivers. Jeff Gordon 1-66, Jeff Green 67-82, J. Gordon 83-162, Kevin Harvick 163-187, Mike Skinner 188-192, J. Gordon 193-225,
Sterling Marlin 226-261, Mark Martin 262-310, Ryan Newman 311-340, Marlin
341-365, Harvick 366-379, Kurt Busch 380-500. TOP 10 NASCAR WINSTON CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Matt Kenseth 3,592 (1) 2 –Dale Earnhardt
Jr. 3,241 (1) 3 –Kevin Harvick 3,128 (1) 4 –Jimmie 5 –Jeff Gordon 3,060 (1) 6 –Kurt Busch 2,990 (4) 7 –Ryan Newman 2,971 (5) 8 –Michael Waltrip 2,960 (1) 9 –Bobby Labonte 2,907 (1) 10–Robby Gordon 2,835 (2) RAYBESTOS
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Jamie McMurray 232 Greg Biffle 229 Casey Mears 178 Tony Raines 177 Jack Sprague 158 Larry Foyt 126 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Points Wins Chevrolet 170 11 Ford 150 7 Dodge 123 5 BUD
POLE AWARD STANDINGS Ryan
Newman 5 Bobby Labonte 4 Jeff Gordon 3 Steve Park 2 Dave Blaney 1 Jeff Green 1 Kevin Harvick 1 Jimmie Terry Labonte 1 Jeremy Mayfield 1 Elliott
Sadler 1 Boris
Said 1 Tony
Stewart 1 MOBIL
1 OIL COMMAND PERF. AWARD Car # Pts. Ryan Newman (#12) 6 Kurt Busch (#97) 5 Matt Kenseth (#17) 3 McDONALD’S/ Car # Pts. Michael Waltrip (#15) 874 Dale Earnhardt
Jr. (# 8) 779 Kurt Busch (#97) 773 OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE AWARD Car #
Pts. Kurt Busch (#97) 6 Jeff Gordon (#24) 4 Jimmie MBNA
MID-RACE LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Dale Earnhardt
Jr. (# 8) 3 Bobby Labonte (#18) 3 Sterling Marlin (#40) 2 WASTE MANAGEMENT PICKIN’ UP PLACES AWARD Car # Pts. Jamie McMurray (#42) 73 Jimmie Matt Kenseth (#17) 57 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Jerry Carcone (#17) 158 Hendrick Engines (#24) 133 Greg Ollish (# 8) 131 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Dale Earnhardt
Jr. (# 8) 5 Jeff Gordon (#24) 5 Tony Stewart (#20) 4 NEXT
EVENT: NOTE:
The above figures are based on team winnings and include racing purse
and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (8/25/03) ©2003 NASCAR NASCAR PR used with permission
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