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NASCAR WINSTON CUP SERIES RACE NO. 25 Mountain Dew Southern 500 1.366-Mile Banked Paved Oval 500 M – 367 L Purse:
$4,695,345 FIN STR CAR# DRIVER TEAM LAPS PTS BONUS PTS MONEY STATUS 1 3 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg’s/got milk? Chevrolet 367 180 * 5 $204,736 Running 2 18 29 Kevin
Harvick GM
Goodwrench Chevrolet 367 175 * 5 149,063 Running 3 2 48 Jimmie
4 17 42 # Jamie McMurray Havoline Dodge 367 165 * 5 90,765 Running 5 22 9 Bill
Elliott Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge 367 155 113,028 Running 6 15 19 Jeremy
Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 367 150 78,355 Running 7 5 18 Bobby
Labonte Interstate
Batteries Chevrolet 367 146 112,568 Running 8 8 32 9 4 38 Elliott
Sadler M&Ms Ford 367 138 98,335 Running 10 9 16 # Greg Biffle Grainger Ford 367 139 * 5 65,980 Running 11 28 99 Jeff
Burton CITGO Ford 367 135 * 5 95,037 Running 12 20 20 Tony
Stewart Home Depot Chevrolet 367 127 109,503 Running 13 31 97 Kurt
Busch Rubbermaid/Sharpie
Ford 367 124 92,135 Running 14 6 17 Matt
Kenseth Smirnoff
Ice Triple Black/DEWALT Ford 367 126 * 5 75,720 Running 15 41 4 Kevin Lepage Kodak
16 30 21 17 27 54 Todd Bodine National
Guard Ford 366 112 66,754 Running 18 35 1 Jeff
Green Pennzoil Chevrolet 365 109 79,577 Running 19 29 22 Ward
Burton Caterpillar Dodge 364 106 90,166 Running 20 32 30 Steve
Park 21 26 25 Joe Nemechek UAW-Delphi
Chevrolet 363 100 57,415 Running 22 38 7 Jimmy
Spencer Sirius Satellite Radio
Dodge 361 102 * 5 56,745 Running 23 1 12 Ryan
Newman ALLTEL Dodge 359 104 * 10 101,775 Running 24 24 23 Kenny
Wallace Stacker2 Dodge 358 91 56,925 Running 25 12 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser
Chevrolet 358 88 93,932 Running 26 36 0 Jason Leffler NetZero 27 40 45 Kyle
Petty Georgia Pacific
Dodge 345 87 * 5 63,095 Engine 28 25 31 Robby
Gordon Cingular
Wireless Chevrolet 336 79 80,072 Accident 29 16 01 Mike
Skinner 30 10 77 Dave Blaney Jasper
Engines & Transmissions Ford 316 73 60,000 Running 31 13 40 32 14 24 Jeff
Gordon DuPont
Chevrolet 309 67 98,443 Accident 33 7 6 Mark
Martin Viagra Ford 307 64 85,638 Running 34 19 88 Dale
Jarrett UPS Ford 302 61 96,543 Running 35 21 41 # Casey Mears Target Dodge 266 58 58,580 Running 36 34 2 Rusty
Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 258 55 85,172 Running 37 37 15 Michael Waltrip 38 39 49 Ken
Schrader 1-800-CallATT Dodge 184 49 50,160 Accident 39 42 37 Derrike Cope Friendly’s/SP Films Chevrolet 168 46 50,125 Accident 40 11 10 41 43 02 Hermie Sadler goteamva.com
Pontiac 61 PE 50,000 Electrical 42 33 74 # Tony Raines BACE Motorsports Chevrolet 9 37 49,950 Accident 43 23 43 Christian
Fittipaldi Cheerios
Dodge 6 34 85,927 Accident # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender.
* Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (1) Larry Foyt (#50). Race Comments: Terry Labonte won the Mountain Dew Southern 500 before an
estimated crowd of 75,000 at Darlington Raceway. It is his 22nd career victory
in his 770th race. It is his first victory since March 1999. Prior to the green
flag the following drivers, under penalty, dropped from their original starting
positions to the rear of the field for the reason in parenthesis: #7 Spencer
(backup car), #37 Cope (engine change), #88 Jarrett
(engine change). TIME
OF RACE: 4 hours, 9 minutes, 7 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 120.744
mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.651 seconds BUD
POLE AWARD: Ryan Newman, ALLTEL Dodge (169.048 mph, 29.090
secs) EA
SPORTS MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Terry Labonte, Kellogg’s/gotmilk?
Chevrolet GOODYEAR
GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Terry Labonte,
Kellogg’s/gotmilk? Chevrolet INFOGRAMES
PIT STRATEGY AWARD: Jim Long, Kellogg’s/gotmilk?
Chevrolet MBNA
MID-RACE LEADER AWARD: Ryan Newman,
ALLETL Dodge (No
winner of MBNA Bonus for winning race; rolls to $50,000 at MOBIL
1 OIL COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Bobby Labonte,
Interstate Batteries Chevrolet NASCAR
WINSTON CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner; rolls over to $260,000 at Richmond
International Raceway. NASCAR
ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Jamie McMurray, Havoline
Dodge OUTBACK
STEAKHOUSE BLOOMIN’ FAVORITE AWARD:
Terry
Labonte, Kellogg’s/gotmilk?
Chevrolet U.S.G.
DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Terry Labonte,
Kellogg’s/gotmilk? Chevrolet WASTE
MANAGEMENT PICKING UP PLACES AWARD: Kevin Lepage, Kodak Pontiac CAUTION FLAGS: 10 for 55 laps. 7-13 (Car #0, 43, 15, 88, 2 & 74-Accident, Turn 3); 73-76 (Debris
in Turn 1); 100-103 (Car #01-Accident, Turn 4); 148-153 (Debris in Turn 1);
167-175 (Car #41, 24, 23, 10, 77 & 49-Accident, Turn 3); 229-232 (Car
#25-Accident, Turn 2); 240-247 (Car #49-Accident, Turn 3); 275-278 (Debris in
Turn 4); 311-315 (Debris in Turn 2); 334-337 (Car #31-Accident, Turn 1). LAP LEADERS: 24
lead changes among 12 drivers. Ryan Newman 1-10, Jimmy Spencer 11, Newman 12-65, Matt Kenseth 66-72, Newman 73, Kenseth
74-99, Newman 100, Jeff Burton 101-103, Kenseth
104-107, J. Burton 108-147, Jimmie TOP 10 NASCAR WINSTON CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Matt Kenseth 3,718 (1) 2 –Dale Earnhardt
Jr. 3,329 (1) 3 –Kevin Harvick 3,303 (1) 4 –Jimmie 5 –Jeff Gordon 3,127 (1) 6 –Kurt Busch 3,114 (4) 7 –Ryan Newman 3,075 (5) 8 –Bobby Labonte 3,053 (1) 9 –Michael Waltrip 3,012 (1) 10–Tony Stewart 2,936 (1) RAYBESTOS
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Jamie McMurray 242 Greg Biffle 231 Casey Mears 180 Tony Raines 179 Jack Sprague 158 Larry Foyt 127 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Points Wins Chevrolet 179 12 Ford 153 7 Dodge 129 5 BUD
POLE AWARD STANDINGS Ryan
Newman 6 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) 891 Dale Earnhardt
Jr. (# 8) 819 Kurt Busch (#97) 816 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 Ryan Newman (#12) 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. (9/1/03) ©2003 NASCAR NASCAR PR used with permission
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