Las Vegas Results
March 2nd, 2003
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NASCAR WINSTON CUP SERIES RACE NO. 3 UAW-DAIMLER
CHRYSLER 400
1.5-Mile Banked Paved Oval 400.5 M – 267 L
Purse: $5,291,856 FIN STR CAR# DRIVER TEAM LAPS PTS BONUS PTS MONEY STATUS 1 17 17 Matt Kenseth DEWALT Power Tools Ford 267 180 * 5 $365,875 Running 2 4 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser
Chevrolet 267 180 * 10 267,167 Running 3 9 15 Michael Waltrip 4 1 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Chevrolet 267 165 * 5 178,908 Running 5 8 20 Tony Stewart Home Depot Chevrolet 267 155 163,503 Running 6 7 99 Jeff Burton CITGO Ford 267 150 127,067 Running 7 3 12 Ryan Newman ALLTEL Dodge 267 151 * 5 128,025 Running 8 34 40 9 26 25 Joe Nemechek UAW-Delphi Chevrolet 267 138 87,200 Running 10 39 1 Steve Park Pennzoil Chevrolet 267 134 112,662 Running 11 10 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's
Chevrolet 267 135 * 5 97,675 Running 12 16 10 Johnny Benson Valvoline 13 22 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench Service Chevrolet 266 124 116,553 Running 14 30 9 Bill Elliott Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 266 121 113,383 Running 15 18 41 # Casey
Mears Target Dodge 266 118 105,100 Running 16 36 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's/got milk? Chevrolet 266 115 102,406 Running 17 15 7 Jimmy Spencer Sirius Satellite Radio Dodge 266 112 90,250 Running 18 6 43 John Andretti Cheerios Dodge 266 114 * 5 108,928 Running 19 38 21 Ricky Rudd Motorcraft Ford 266 111 * 5 94,050 Running 20 24 54 Todd Bodine National Guard Ford 266 103 84,750 Running 21 13 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge 266 100 78,850 Running 22 11 01 Jerry Nadeau USG/Sheetrock 23 21 31 Robby Gordon Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 266 94 84,743 Running 24 32 74 # Tony
Raines BACE Motorsports Chevrolet 265 91 64,550 Running 25 20 22 Ward Burton Caterpillar Dodge 265 88 113,894 Running 26 42 0 # Jack
Sprague NetZero 27 14 30 Jeff Green 28 28 49 Ken Schrader dakota imaging, inc. Dodge 263 79 60,550 Running 29 43 37 Derrike Cope Friendly's Chevrolet 263 76 60,350 Running 30 33 23 Kenny Wallace Stacker2 Dodge 261 73 63,600 Running 31 19 45 Kyle Petty Georgia Pacific Dodge 261 70 70,400 Running 32 12 42 # Jamie
McMurray Havoline Dodge 258 67 59,700 Running 33 41 66 Hideo Fukuyama Kikkoman
Ford 258 64 60,400 Running 34 35 77 Dave Blaney Jasper Engines & Transmissions Ford 231 61 67,300 Clutch 35 31 14 # Larry
Foyt Harrah's Dodge 216 58 59,100 Vibration 36 37 32 Ricky Craven Tide 37 2 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 193 57 * 5 106,053 Accident 38 5 97 Kurt Busch Rubbermaid Ford 179 54 * 5 78,475 Accident 39 40 4 Mike Skinner Kodak 40 25 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 174 43 92,717 Accident 41 27 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 131 40 103,633 Accident 42 23 38 Elliott Sadler M&M's
Ford 125 37 91,915 Engine 43 29 6 Mark Martin Pfizer/Viagra Ford 114 34 91,542 Engine # Raybestos Rookie of the Year
Contender. * Includes race leader/most
laps bonus. Failed to qualify: (2) – Greg Biffle
(#16), Brandon Ash (#02). Race Comments: With a
crowd estimated at 140,000 in attendance, Matt Kenseth earned his seventh
career NASCAR Winston Cup victory. TIME
OF RACE: 3
hours, 0 minutes, 46 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 132.934
mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 9.104 seconds BUD
POLE AWARD: Bobby Labonte, Interstate Batteries Chevrolet
(173.016 mph) TRACK RECORD EA
SPORTS MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Matt Kenseth, DEWALT
Power Tools Ford GOODYEAR
GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Dale
Earnhardt Jr., Budweiser Chevrolet INFOGRAMES
PIT STRATEGY AWARD: Robbie Reiser, DEWALT Power Tools Ford MBNA
MID-RACE LEADER AWARD: Dale
Earnhardt Jr., Budweiser Chevrolet ($15,000 MBNA Bonus for also winning the
race rolls to MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Ryan Newman, ALLTEL Dodge NASCAR
WINSTON CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner; rolls over to $40,000 at NASCAR
ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Casey Mears, Target Dodge OUTBACK
STEAKHOUSE BLOOMIN’ FAVORITE AWARD:
Matt Kenseth, DEWALT Power Tools Ford U.S.G.
DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Matt
Kenseth, DEWALT Power Tools Ford WASTE
MANAGEMENT PICKING UP PLACES AWARD: CAUTION
FLAGS: 6 for 30 laps. 101-106 (Car #14 & 32-Accident, Frontstretch); 117-120
(Oil on Track); 127-130 (Oil on Track); 133-137 (Car #88-Accident, Turn 2);
167-170 (Car #42-Spin, Turn 4); 177-183 (Car #2, 4, 7, 14, 24, 54 &
97-Accident, Turn 2). LAP LEADERS: 17 lead changes
among 10 drivers. Bobby Labonte—pole, Jeff Gordon
1-50, Dale Earnhardt Jr. 51-56, Michael Waltrip 57, B. Labonte 58, Kurt Busch
59-60, Earnhardt Jr. 61-90, Waltrip 91-101, Earnhardt Jr. 102-116, Waltrip
117-121, Earnhardt Jr. 122-167, Ricky Rudd 168, J. Gordon 169-171, Matt Kenseth
172-227, Jimmie Johnson 228-229, Ryan Newman 230-232, John Andretti 233-235,
Kenseth 236-267. TOP
10 NASCAR WINSTON CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Michael Waltrip 461 (1) 2 –Matt Kenseth 458 (1) 3 –Jimmie Johnson 447 (0) 4 –Jeff Burton 412 (0) 5 –Tony Stewart 409 (0) 6 –Kurt Busch 399 (0) 7 –Kevin Harvick 372 (0) 8 –Ricky Rudd 359 (0) 9 –Johnny Benson 357 (0) 10–Dale Jarrett 354 (1) RAYBESTOS
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Jamie McMurray 33 Casey Mears 29 Jack Sprague 28 Tony Raines 23 Greg Biffle 21 Larry Foyt 14 Hideo Fukuyama 7 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Points Wins Ford 24 2 Chevrolet 18 1 Dodge 12 0 WASTE MANAGEMENT PICKIN’ UP PLACES AWARD Car
# Pts. Kurt Busch (#97) 34 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 29 Sterling Marlin (#40) 26 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE AWARD Car
# Pts. Kurt Busch (#97) 1 Ricky Craven (#32) 1 Ryan Newman (#12) 1 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car
# Pts. Kurt Busch (#97) 1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (#
8) 1 Michael Waltrip (#15) 1 MBNA
MID-RACE LEADER AWARD Car
# Pts. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (#
8) 1 Rusty Wallace (# 2) 1 Michael Waltrip (#15) 1 OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE AWARD Car
# Pts. Kurt Busch (#97) 1 Dale Jarrett (#88) 1 Matt Kenseth (#17) 1 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car
# Pts. Richy Gilmore (#15) 33 Tom Gent (#97) 28 Roush Engines (#17) 28 MECHANIX WEAR PIT CREW AWARD Car
# Pts. Kurt Busch (#97) 28 Matt Kenseth (#17) 28 Michael Waltrip (#15) 28 McDONALD’S/ Car
# Pts. Ricky Craven (#32) 80 Kurt Busch (#97) 78 Michael Waltrip (#15) 78 BUD
POLE AWARD STANDINGS Dave Blaney 1 Jeff Green 1 Bobby
Labonte 1 NEXT
EVENT: NOTE:
The above figures are based on team winnings and include racing purse
and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (3/5/03) ©2003 NASCAR NASCAR PR used with permission |