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NASCAR WINSTON CUP SERIES RACE NO. 12 Coca-Cola 600 LOWE’S MOTOR 1.5-Mile Banked Paved Oval 600 M – 400 L Purse:
$5,716,853 FIN STR CAR# DRIVER TEAM LAPS PTS BONUS PTS MONEY STATUS 1 37 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's
Chevrolet 276 180 * 5 $271,900 Running 2 18 17 Matt Kenseth DEWALT Power Tools Ford 276 180 * 10 206,500 Running 3 11 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Chevrolet 276 170 * 5 184,633 Running 4 14 7 Jimmy Spencer Sirius Satellite Radio Dodge 276 160 137,350 Running 5 1 12 Ryan Newman ALLTEL Dodge 276 160 * 5 186,850 Running 6 9 15 Michael Waltrip 7 36 40 8 4 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont
Chevrolet 276 142 135,103 Running 9 23 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 275 138 129,153 Running 10 41 22 Ward Burton Caterpillar Dodge 275 134 120,331 Running 11 7 25 Joe Nemechek UAW-Delphi Chevrolet 275 130 84,740 Running 12 34 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 275 127 117,542 Running 13 20 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench Chevrolet 275 129 * 5 119,003 Running 14 8 77 Dave Blaney Jasper Engines & Transmissions Ford 275 121 104,600 Running 15 12 97 Kurt Busch Rubbermaid Ford 275 123 * 5 110,950 Running 16 26 16 # Greg Biffle Grainger Ford 275 115 76,500 Running 17 38 31 Robby Gordon Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 275 112 104,087 Running 18 35 99 Jeff Burton CITGO Ford 275 109 111,522 Running 19 15 1 Jeff Green Pennzoil Synthetic Chevrolet 274 106 98,512 Running 20 3 4 Mike Skinner Kodak 21 39 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's/got milk? Chevrolet 274 100 102,031 Running 22 5 0 # Jack
Sprague NetZero 23 16 54 Todd Bodine National Guard Ford 274 94 84,314 Running 24 10 10 Johnny Benson Valvoline 25 17 42 # Jamie
McMurray Havoline Dodge 274 88 71,125 Running 26 32 9 Bill Elliott Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 274 85 109,258 Running 27 13 30 Steve Park 28 30 49 Ken Schrader Freightline/BAM Racing Dodge 273 79 70,175 Running 29 21 6 Mark Martin Viagra Ford 273 76 107,183 Running 30 31 45 Kyle Petty 31 43 01 Mike Wallace 32 27 71 Kevin Lepage Warranty Gold/Pro Motorsports Ford 271 PE 69,675 Running 33 40 21 Ricky Rudd Motorcraft Ford 271 64 80,550 Running 34 29 14 # Larry Foyt Harrah's Dodge 269 61 73,290 Running 35 19 41 # Casey Mears Target Dodge 263 58 79,700 Transmission 36 2 38 Elliott Sadler Pedigree/M&M's
Ford 262 60 * 5 108,525 Accident 37 25 74 # Tony
Raines BACE Motorsports Chevrolet 260 52 68,970 Running 38 33 32 Ricky Craven Tide 39 42 43 John Andretti Cheerios Dodge 259 46 104,538 Accident 40 6 20 Tony Stewart Home Depot Chevrolet 245 48 * 5 140,528 Running 41 24 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 240 40 109,457 Brakes 42 28 23 Kenny Wallace Stacker2 Dodge 216 37 68,435 Engine 43 22 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge 123 34 76,590 Accident # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender.
* Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (3) Hermie Sadler (#02), Brett Bodine (#11),
Derrike Cope (#37). Race Comments: A crowd
estimated at 165,000 watched Jimmie Johnson win the Coca-Cola 600 shortened by
rain. During the second caution period, the race was red flagged for 17 minutes
due to rain. Prior to the green flag, two cars dropped to the rear of the
field, under penalty: #48 Jimmie Johnson (because of an engine change) and #31
Robby Gordon (driver missed pre-race drivers/crew chiefs meeting). TIME
OF RACE: 3
hours, 16 minutes, 50 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 126.198
mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: Under caution BUD
POLE AWARD: Ryan Newman, ALLTEL Dodge (185.312 mph, 29.140
secs) EA
SPORTS MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Jimmie Johnson,
Lowe’s Chevrolet GOODYEAR
GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Tony Stewart,
Home Depot Chevrolet INFOGRAMES
PIT STRATEGY AWARD: Chad Knaus, Lowe’s
Chevrolet MBNA
MID-RACE LEADER AWARD: Bobby Labonte, Interstate Batteries Chevrolet ($20,000
MBNA Bonus for also winning the race rolls to MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Matt Kenseth,
DEWALT Power Tools Ford NASCAR
WINSTON CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner; rolls over to $130,000 at Dover
International Speedway. NASCAR
ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Greg Biffle,
Grainger Ford OUTBACK
STEAKHOUSE BLOOMIN’ FAVORITE AWARD:
Jimmie
Johnson, Lowe’s Chevrolet U.S.G.
DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Jimmie Johnson, Lowe’s Chevrolet WASTE
MANAGEMENT PICKING UP PLACES AWARD: Jimmie Johnson,
Lowe’s Chevrolet CAUTION
FLAGS: 8 for 46 laps. 1-3 (green/yellow displayed at race start); 104-110 (rain,
red flag: 17 mins., 6 secs.);
128-134 (Car #19-Accident, Turn 2); 200-204 (Car #21-Spin, Frontstretch);
223-227 (Car #8-Spin, Turn 4); 230-232 (Car #30-Spin, Turn 2); 241-244 (Debris
in Turn 1); 265-276 (Car #14, 32, 38 & 43-Accident, Turn 4; caution
extended by rain). LAP LEADERS: 16
lead changes among 8 drivers. Ryan
Newman 1-49, Tony Stewart 50-54, Newman 55, Kurt Busch 56, Matt Kenseth 57-58, Stewart 59-104, Kevin Harvick
105, Stewart 106-122, Kenseth 123-128, Elliott Sadler
129, Kenseth 130-196, Bobby Labonte
197-233, Kenseth 234-240, B. Labonte
241, Jimmie Johnson 242-264, B. Labonte 265, Johnson
266-276. TOP
10 NASCAR WINSTON CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Matt Kenseth 1,799 (1) 2 –Dale Earnhardt
Jr. 1,639 (1) 3 –Jeff Gordon 1,583 (1) 4 –Kurt Busch 1,575 (2) 5 –Jimmie Johnson 1,552 (1) 6 –Bobby Labonte 1,546 (1) 7 –Michael Waltrip 1,511 (1) 8 –Kevin Harvick 1,457 (0) 9 – 10–Rusty Wallace 1,401 (0) RAYBESTOS
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Jamie McMurray 133 Greg Biffle 129 Casey Mears 110 Jack Sprague 109 Tony Raines 103 Larry Foyt 61 Hideo Fukuyama 11 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Points Wins Chevrolet 85 6 Ford 81 4 Dodge 51 1 BUD
POLE AWARD STANDINGS Ryan
Newman 3 Bobby Labonte 2 Dave Blaney 1 Jeff Gordon 1 Jeff Green 1 Terry Labonte 1 Jeremy Mayfield 1 Steve Park 1 Elliott
Sadler 1 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE AWARD Car # Pts. Kurt Busch (#97) 3 Ricky Craven (#32) 3 Bobby Labonte (#18) 2 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Jeff Gordon (#24) 3 Dale Earnhardt
Jr. (# 8) 2 Bill Elliott (# 9) 2 OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE AWARD Car #
Pts. Kurt Busch (#97) 3 Jeff Gordon (#24) 3 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 1 MBNA
MID-RACE LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Bobby Labonte (#18) 3 Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 Jamie McMurray (#42) 1 WASTE MANAGEMENT PICKIN’ UP PLACES AWARD Car # Pts. Jimmie Johnson (#48) 65 Bobby Labonte (#18) 37 Matt Kenseth (#17) 35 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Jerry Carcone (#17) 105 Greg Ollish (# 8) 89 Mark Cronquist (#18) 82 McDONALD’S/ Car # Pts. Michael Waltrip (#15) 362 Dale Earnhardt
Jr. (# 8) 349 Robby Gordon (#31) 330 NEXT
EVENT: NOTE:
The above figures are based on team winnings and include racing purse
and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (5/26/03) ©2003 NASCAR NASCAR PR used with permission |