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NASCAR WINSTON CUP SERIES RACE NO. 15 Sirius 400 2-Mile Banked Paved Oval 400 M – 200 L Purse:
$4,388,083 FIN STR CAR# DRIVER TEAM LAPS PTS BONUS PTS MONEY STATUS 1 4 97 Kurt Busch Rubbermaid/Sharpie Ford 200 180 * 5 $172,650 Running 2 1 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries/The Hulk
Chevrolet 200 170 142,858 Running 3 6 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont
Chevrolet 200 170 * 5 126,228 Running 4 21 17 Matt Kenseth DEWALT Power Tools Ford 200 160 93,275 Running 5 9 15 Michael Waltrip 6 30 40 7 3 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 200 151 * 5 100,607 Running 8 2 20 Tony Stewart The
Home Depot Chevrolet 200 147 * 5 110,843 Running 9 15 6 Mark Martin Viagra Ford 200 138 96,248 Running 10 5 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's/got milk? Chevrolet 200 134 89,571 Running 11 23 99 Jeff Burton CITGO Ford 200 130 93,447 Running 12 17 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 200 127 93,457 Running 13 20 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge 200 124 67,290 Running 14 39 42 # Jamie McMurray Havoline Dodge 200 121 63,590 Running 15 37 32 16 11 48 Jimmie 17 7 38 Elliott Sadler M&M's
Ford 199 112 90,440 Running 18 10 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench Chevrolet 199 109 91,468 Running 19 14 0 # Jack Sprague NetZero
Hi Speed 20 22 41 # Casey
Mears Target Dodge 199 103 80,190 Running 21 12 25 Joe Nemechek UAW-Delphi Chevrolet 199 100 54,540 Running 22 19 31 Robby Gordon Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 199 97 79,427 Running 23 34 01 Mike Wallace 24 16 9 Bill Elliott Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 199 91 89,223 Running 25 24 23 Kenny Wallace Stacker2 Dodge 199 88 64,290 Running 26 26 10 27 33 30 Steve Park 28 13 1 Jeff Green Pennzoil Chevrolet 199 79 77,812 Running 29 40 7 Jimmy Spencer Sirius Satellite Radio Dodge 199 76 60,304 Running 30 31 22 Ward Burton Caterpillar Dodge 199 73 85,896 Running 31 29 16 # Greg Biffle Grainger Ford 199 75 * 5 49,190 Running 32 25 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 199 67 94,893 Running 33 43 74 # Tony
Raines BACE Motorsports Chevrolet 199 64 49,940 Running 34 42 45 Kyle Petty Georgia Pacific Dodge 199 61 56,935 Running 35 36 43 Christian Fittipaldi Cheerios Dodge 199 63 * 5 84,573 Running 36 18 02 Hermie
Sadler Total Non-Stop Action Wrestling Chevrolet 198 60 * 5 48,745 Running 37 41 54 Todd Bodine National Guard Ford 191 52 48,695 Accident 38 38 77 Dave Blaney Jasper Engines & Transmissions Ford 167 49 56,585 Running 39 27 11 Geoffrey Bodine Hooters Restaurants Ford 119 46 48,550 Vibration 40 35 37 Derrike
Cope GBROnline.com/Friendly's Chevrolet 68 43 48,515 Engine 41 8 12 Ryan Newman ALLTEL Dodge 36 45 * 5 78,355 Engine 42 28 49 Ken Schrader BLAIR.com Dodge 1 37 48,440 Accident 43 32 21 # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender.
* Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Failed
to qualify:
(2) Mike Skinner (#4), Larry Foyt (#14). Race Comments: Kurt
Busch earned his series-leading third win of the season before a sellout crowd
of more than 160,000 at Michigan International Speedway; 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 Earnhardt Jr. (engine); #43 Fittipaldi
(engine); #5 T. Labonte (engine); #7 Spencer
(engine); #11 G. Bodine (backup car). TIME
OF RACE: 3 hours, 2 minutes, 54 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 131.219
mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: .774 second BUD
POLE AWARD: Bobby Labonte,
Interstate Batteries/The Hulk Chevrolet (190.365 mph, 37.822
secs) EA
SPORTS MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Kurt Busch,
Rubbermaid/Sharpie Ford GOODYEAR
GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Kurt Busch,
Rubbermaid/Sharpie Ford INFOGRAMES
PIT STRATEGY AWARD: Jimmy Fennig,
Rubbermaid/Sharpie Ford MBNA
MID-RACE LEADER AWARD: Sterling Marlin, Coors Light Dodge (No
winner of the MBNA Bonus for winning the race; rolls over to $15,000 at MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Kurt Busch, Rubbermaid/Sharpie Ford NASCAR
WINSTON CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner; rolls over to $160,000 at Infineon Raceway. NASCAR
ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Jamie McMurray, Havoline
Dodge OUTBACK
STEAKHOUSE BLOOMIN’ FAVORITE AWARD:
Kurt Busch, Rubbermaid/Sharpie Ford U.S.G.
DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Kurt Busch, Rubbermaid/Sharpie
Ford WASTE
MANAGEMENT PICKING UP PLACES AWARD: Jamie McMurray, Havoline Dodge CAUTION FLAGS: 9 for
41 laps. 3-6 (Car #21 & 49-Accident, Turn 1 & 2); 12-14 (Car #77-Spin, Turn
4); 38-47 (Oil on Track); 49-51 (Car #30-Spin, Turn 2); 72-77 (Oil on Track);
159-162 (Debris on Backstretch); 172-175 (Car #16 & 32-Accident,Turn 4);
180-182 (Car #74-Accident, Turn 2); 192-195 (Car #54-Accident, Backstretch). LAP LEADERS: 22
lead changes among 9 drivers. Bobby Labonte-pole, Tony Stewart 1-19, Dale Earnhardt
Jr. 20, Stewart 21-28, Sterling Marlin 29, Stewart 30-31, Ryan Newman 32, Stewart
33, Newman 34, Stewart 35-38, Christian Fittipaldi 39,
Marlin 40-47, Stewart 48-58, Marlin 59-69, Stewart 70-72, Hermie
Sadler 73, Marlin 74-119, Stewart 120-121, Greg Biffle
122, Marlin 123-158, Stewart 159, Jeff Gordon 160-176, Kurt Busch 177-200. TOP
10 NASCAR WINSTON CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Matt Kenseth 2,275 (1) 2 –Dale Earnhardt
Jr. 2,090 (1) 3 –Jeff Gordon 2,052 (1) 4 –Bobby Labonte 1,998 (1) 5 –Kurt Busch 1,933 (3) 6 –Michael Waltrip 1,900 (1) 7 –Jimmie 8 –Rusty Wallace 1,798 (0) 9 – 10–Mark Martin 1,740 (0) RAYBESTOS
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Jamie McMurray 162 Greg Biffle 157 Casey Mears 136 Jack Sprague 134 Tony Raines 126 Larry Foyt 77 Hideo Fukuyama 11 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Points Wins Chevrolet 106 7 Ford 99 5 Dodge 68 2 BUD
POLE AWARD STANDINGS Ryan
Newman 4 Bobby Labonte 3 Dave Blaney 1 Jeff Gordon 1 Jeff Green 1 Jimmie Terry Labonte 1 Jeremy Mayfield 1 Steve Park 1 Elliott
Sadler 1 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE AWARD Car # Pts. Kurt Busch (#97) 4 Ryan Newman (#12) 3 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 3 Kurt Busch (#97) 2 Tony Stewart (#20) 2 OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE AWARD Car #
Pts. Kurt Busch (#97) 4 Jeff Gordon (#24) 4 Mark Martin (# 6) 1 MBNA
MID-RACE LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Bobby Labonte (#18) 3 Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 Sterling Marlin (#40) 1 WASTE MANAGEMENT PICKIN’ UP PLACES AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Matt Kenseth (#17) 57 Jamie McMurray (#42) 45 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Jerry Carcone (#17) 130 Greg Ollish (# 8) 111 Mark Cronquist (#18) 102 McDONALD’S/ Car # Pts. Michael Waltrip (#15) 520 Dale Earnhardt
Jr. (# 8) 480 Robby Gordon (#31) 454 NEXT
EVENT: June 22, 2003 – Dodge/Save Mart 350, Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, Calif. (350.24 K) (218.9 M) (110
L) NOTE:
The above figures are based on team winnings and include racing purse
and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (6/17/03) ©2003 NASCAR NASCAR PR used with permission |