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NASCAR WINSTON CUP SERIES RACE NO. 6 .533 Mile High-Banked Concrete Oval 500 L – 266.5 M Purse: $4,649,329 FIN STR CAR# DRIVER TEAM LAPS PTS BONUS PTS MONEY STATUS 1 9 97 Kurt Busch Sharpie/Rubbermaid Ford 500 180 * 5 $162,790 Running 2 37 17 Matt Kenseth DEWALT Power Tools Ford 500 175 * 5 118,870 Running 3 12 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Chevrolet 500 170 * 5 126,558 Running 4 34 21 Ricky Rudd Motorcraft Ford 500 160 103,475 Running 5 15 16 # Greg Biffle Grainger Ford 500 155 71,120 Running 6 16 40 7 27 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench Chevrolet 499 151 * 5 104,448 Running 8 23 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's
Chevrolet 499 142 82,570 Running 9 2 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont
Chevrolet 499 148 * 10 115,643 Running 10 40 23 Kenny Wallace Stacker2 Dodge 499 134 86,615 Running 11 26 42 # Jamie McMurray Havoline Dodge 499 130 63,245 Running 12 7 7 Jimmy Spencer Sirius Satellite Radio Dodge 498 132 * 5 88,865 Running 13 29 99 Jeff Burton CITGO Ford 498 124 99,807 Running 14 4 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 498 126 * 5 99,882 Running 15 14 32 Ricky Craven Tide 16 8 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser
Chevrolet 498 115 101,407 Running 17 36 31 Robby Gordon Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 498 112 89,527 Running 18 5 9 Bill Elliott Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 497 109 99,023 Running 19 20 10 Johnny Benson Valvoline 20 21 30 Jeff Green 21 30 38 Elliott Sadler M&M's
Ford 497 100 97,565 Running 22 1 12 Ryan Newman ALLTEL Dodge 496 97 97,940 Running 23 18 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge 494 94 72,045 Running 24 33 11 Brett Bodine Hooters Ford 494 91 62,515 Running 25 28 15 Michael Waltrip 26 10 20 Tony Stewart Home Depot Chevrolet 487 85 111,518 Accident 27 25 25 Joe Nemechek UAW-Delphi Chevrolet 469 82 62,005 Accident 28 13 01 Jerry Nadeau 29 19 6 Mark Martin Viagra Ford 451 76 95,368 Running 30 35 1 Steve Park Pennzoil Chevrolet 446 73 83,872 Running 31 43 43 John Andretti Cheerios Dodge 440 70 96,168 Running 32 39 41 # Casey
Mears Target Dodge 423 67 67,845 Running 33 11 22 Ward Burton Caterpillar Dodge 422 64 94,256 Accident 34 32 45 Kyle Petty Georgia Pacific Dodge 422 61 65,235 Accident 35 42 0 # Jack
Sprague NetZero 36 38 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 397 55 102,923 Running 37 3 49 Ken Schrader 1-800-CallATT Dodge 385 52 57,410 Accident 38 31 77 Dave Blaney Jasper Engines & Transmissions Ford 371 49 65,065 Running 39 17 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's/got milk? Chevrolet 349 46 83,086 Running 40 41 54 Todd Bodine National Guard Ford 342 43 56,965 Accident 41 6 4 Mike Skinner Kodak 42 22 74 # Tony
Raines BACE Motorsports Chevrolet 52 37 56,860 Engine 43 24 37 Derrike
Cope Friendly's Chevrolet 31 34 56,178 Engine # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender.
* Includes race leader/most laps bonus. Failed to qualify: (2) Hermie Sadler (#02), Larry Foyt (#14). Race Comments: With a crowd of 160,000 watching at recently-expanded
Bristol Motor Speedway, Kurt Busch defended his Food City 500 title. ... Prior to green flag, Jamie McMurray (#42),
under penalty, dropped to the rear of the field because of an engine change. TIME
OF RACE: 3
hours, 29 minutes, 53 seconds
AVERAGE
SPEED: 76.185 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: .39
second BUD
POLE AWARD: Ryan Newman, ALLTEL Dodge (128.709 mph) TRACK RECORD 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: Jimmy
Spencer, Sirius Satellite Radio Dodge ($15,000 MBNA Bonus for also winning the
race rolls to MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Kurt Busch, Sharpie/Rubbermaid Ford NASCAR
WINSTON CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner; rolls over to $70,000 at NASCAR
ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Greg Biffle,
Grainger Ford 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: Matt Kenseth, DEWALT Power Tools Ford CAUTION
FLAGS: 17 for 121
laps. 4-6 (Car #45-Spin, Turn 1); 15-19 (Car #15,
41, 77 & 88-Accident, Turn 2); 21-28 (Car #41, 43 & 54-Accident, Turn
3); 56-63 (Car #74-Accident, Turn 2); 69-73 (Car #12-Spin, Turn 1); 136-141
(Car #4-Accident, Turn 2); 150-153 (Car #0 & 10-Accident,Turn 2); 182-186
(Car #0-Accident, Turn 2); 200-204 (Car #6-Accident, Frontstretch);
219-222 (Car #01-Accident, Frontstretch); 227-240
(Car #18 & 97-Spin, Turn 2); 244-249 (Car #5, 11, 23, 31, 45 & 49-Accident,
Turn 2); 257-262 (Car #20, 21 & 42-Accident, Backstretch); 390-403 (Car
#88-Accident, Turn 2); 407-411 (Car #45-Spin, Turn 4); 425-438 (Car #22 &
45-Accident, Turn 1); 473-481 (Car #20 & 25-Accident, Turn 1). LAP LEADERS: 11 lead changes
among 7 drivers. Ryan Newman-pole, Jeff Gordon
1-28, Rusty Wallace 29-33, J. Gordon 34-160; Jimmy Spencer 161-182, J. Gordon
183-201, Kevin Harvick 202-216, Spencer 217-333, Matt
Kenseth 334-358, Kurt Busch 359-377, Bobby Labonte 378-403, Busch 404-500. TOP
10 NASCAR WINSTON CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Matt Kenseth 935 (1) 2 –Kurt Busch 797 (1) 3 –Tony Stewart 788 (0) 4 –Michael Waltrip 786 (1) 5 –Dale Earnhardt
Jr. 749 (0) 6 –Jimmie Johnson 743 (0) 7 –Ricky Craven 735 (1) 8 –Bobby Labonte 732 (1) 9 –Ricky Rudd 695 (0) 10–Jeff Gordon 694 (0) RAYBESTOS
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Jamie McMurray 61 Greg Biffle 60 Casey Mears 56 Jack Sprague 50 Tony Raines 45 Larry Foyt 30 Hideo Fukuyama 7 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Points Wins Ford 45 3 Chevrolet 37 2 Dodge 23 0 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE AWARD Car # Pts. Kurt Busch (#97) 2 Ricky Craven (#32) 2 Jimmy Spencer (# 7) 1 Ryan Newman (#12) 1 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Dale Earnhardt
Jr. (# 8) 2 Kurt Busch (#97) 1 Jeff Gordon (#24) 1 Bobby Labonte (#18) 1 Michael Waltrip (#15) 1 OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE AWARD Car #
Pts. Kurt Busch (#97) 2 Ricky Craven (#32) 1 Jeff Gordon (#24) 1 Dale Jarrett (#88) 1 Matt Kenseth (#17) 1 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Jerry Carcone (#17) 62 Guy Williams (#97) 57 Greg Ollish (# 8) 50 Mark Cronquist (#18) 50 MECHANIX WEAR PIT CREW AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 62 Kurt Busch (#97) 57 Bobby Labonte (#18) 40 WASTE MANAGEMENT PICKIN’ UP PLACES AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 35 Kurt Busch (#97) 34 Ricky Craven (#32) 30 BUD
POLE AWARD STANDINGS Ryan
Newman 2 Dave Blaney 1 Jeff Green 1 Bobby Labonte 1 Elliott
Sadler 1 McDONALD’S/ Car # Pts. Michael Waltrip (#15) 189 Steve Park (# 1) 170 Robby Gordon (#31) 164 Tony Stewart (#20) 164 NEXT
EVENT: NOTE:
The above figures are based on team winnings and include racing purse
and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (3/24/03) ©2003 NASCAR NASCAR PR used with permission |