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NASCAR WINSTON CUP SERIES RACE NO. 11 .75-Mile Paved Oval 400 L – 300 M Purse: $4,233,879 FIN STR CAR# DRIVER TEAM LAPS PTS BONUS PTS MONEY STATUS 1 2 25 Joe Nemechek UAW-Delphi Chevrolet 393 185 * 10 $159,375 Running 2 4 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Chevrolet 393 175 * 5 157,758 Running 3 3 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 393 170 * 5 121,867 Running 4 32 31 Robby Gordon Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 393 165 * 5 101,212 Running 5 30 6 Mark Martin Viagra Ford 393 160 * 5 102,533 Running 6 36 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench Chevrolet 393 155 * 5 100,928 Running 7 18 17 Matt Kenseth DEWALT Power Tools Ford 393 146 73,675 Running 8 7 97 Kurt Busch Rubbermaid Ford 393 147 * 5 89,925 Running 9 16 99 Jeff Burton CITGO Ford 393 138 90,342 Running 10 17 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 393 134 91,942 Running 11 20 22 Ward Burton Caterpillar Dodge 393 130 90,781 Running 12 37 15 Michael Waltrip 13 21 40 14 35 74 # Tony Raines BACE Motorsports Chevrolet 393 121 51,325 Running 15 13 10 16 6 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont
Chevrolet 393 120 * 5 97,228 Running 17 15 16 # Greg Biffle Grainger Ford 393 112 49,150 Running 18 31 77 Dave Blaney Jasper Engines & Transmissions Ford 393 109 76,000 Running 19 10 48 Jimmie 20 28 9 Bill Elliott Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 393 108 * 5 89,058 Running 21 1 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's/got milk? Chevrolet 393 105 * 5 83,456 Running 22 22 42 # Jamie
McMurray Havoline Dodge 393 97 47,975 Running 23 34 54 Todd Bodine National Guard Ford 393 94 65,375 Running 24 33 49 Ken Schrader BAM Racing Dodge 392 91 58,100 Running 25 19 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge 392 88 59,050 Running 26 29 0 # Jack
Sprague NetZero 27 8 45 Kyle Petty Georgia Pacific Dodge 391 82 58,700 Running 28 11 41 # Casey
Mears Target Dodge 391 79 66,864 Running 29 14 23 Kenny Wallace Stacker2 Dodge 390 76 50,250 Accident 30 24 43 31 43 11 Brett Bodine Hooters Restaurants Ford 389 70 49,825 Running 32 12 01 Jason Keller 33 42 14 # Larry Foyt Harrah's Dodge 387 64 49,625 Running 34 27 21 Ricky Rudd Motorcraft Ford 378 61 57,075 Accident 35 26 4 Mike Skinner Kodak 36 40 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 363 55 92,253 Accident 37 39 38 Elliott Sadler M&M's
Ford 338 52 80,675 Running 38 38 32 Ricky Craven Tide 39 5 12 Ryan Newman ALLTEL Dodge 277 51 * 5 76,185 Running 40 41 30 Jeff Green 41 9 20 Tony Stewart Home Depot Chevrolet 223 40 98,748 Accident 42 25 7 Jimmy Spencer Sirius Satellite Radio Dodge 139 37 46,110 Accident 43 23 1 Steve Park Pennzoil Chevrolet 42 34 71,502 Accident # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender.
* Includes race leader/most laps led bonus. Failed to qualify: (3) Hermie Sadler (#02), Derrike Cope (#37),
Hideo Fukuyama (#66). Race Comments: With a
crowd estimated at 110,000 in attendance, Joe Nemechek
won a race shortened to 393 laps by rain. Prior to green flag, the following
cars, under penalty, dropped to the rear of the field, in order: #01 (because
of a driver change, Jason Keller for Jerry Nadeau), #9 (engine change). TIME
OF RACE: 3
hours, 23 minutes, 47 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 86.783
mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: Under caution BUD
POLE AWARD: Terry Labonte,
Kellogg’s/got milk? Chevrolet (126.511 mph) EA
SPORTS MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Joe Nemechek, UAW-Delphi Chevrolet GOODYEAR
GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Joe Nemechek,
UAW-Delphi Chevrolet INFOGRAMES
PIT STRATEGY AWARD: Peter Sospenzo,
UAW-Delphi Chevrolet MBNA
MID-RACE LEADER AWARD: Bobby Labonte, Interstate Batteries Chevrolet ($15,000
MBNA Bonus for also winning the race rolls to MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Bobby Labonte,
Interstate Batteries Chevrolet NASCAR
WINSTON CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner; rolls over to $120,000 at Lowe’s
Motor Speedway. NASCAR
ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Tony Raines, BACE Motorsports
Chevrolet OUTBACK
STEAKHOUSE BLOOMIN’ FAVORITE AWARD:
Joe Nemechek, UAW-Delphi Chevrolet U.S.G.
DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Joe Nemechek,
UAW-Delphi Chevrolet WASTE
MANAGEMENT PICKING UP PLACES AWARD: Kevin Harvick, GM Goodwrench Chevrolet CAUTION
FLAGS: 15 for 91 laps. 45-53 (Car #1-Accident, Turn 2); 64-67 (Car #0 &
11-Accident, Frontstretch); 142-157 (Car #7-Accident,
Turn 3); 211-218 (Rain); 225-230 (Car #20 & 38-Accident, Turn 2); 232-235
(Car #41-Accident, Turn 3); 251-254 (Car #14-Accident, Frontstretch);
262-265 (Car #32-Accident, Turn 2); 269-277 (Car #01, 2, 12 & 30-Accident,
Turn 2); 300-303 (Car #0-Spin, Turn 4); 318-321 (Car #43-Spin, Turn 2); 364-367
(Car #88-Accident, Backstretch); 371-374 (Car #48 & 54-Accident,
Backstretch); 381-388 (Car #4 & 21-Accident, Turn 4); 391-393 (Car #0 &
23-Accident, Frontstretch). LAP LEADERS: 20
lead changes among 11 drivers. Terry Labonte-pole, Joe Nemechek 1-2,
Terry Labonte 3, Nemechek
4-45, T. Labonte 46-74, Ryan Newman 75-98, Nemechek 99-120, Kurt Busch 121-127, Nemechek
128-129, Busch 130-139, Dale Earnhardt Jr. 140-144,
Bobby Labonte 145-204, Nemechek
205-228, Jeff Gordon 229-260, Mark Martin 261-270, J. Gordon 271-280, Bill
Elliott 281-286, Kevin Harvick 287-298, B. Labonte 299-300, Robby Gordon 301-329, Nemechek
330-393. TOP
10 NASCAR WINSTON CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Matt Kenseth 1,619 (1) 2 –Dale Earnhardt
Jr. 1,599 (1) 3 –Kurt Busch 1,452 (2) 4 –Jeff Gordon 1,441 (1) 5 –Bobby Labonte 1,376 (1) 6 –Jimmie 7 –Michael Waltrip 1,361 (1) 8 –Kevin Harvick 1,328 (0) 9 –Rusty Wallace 1,274 (0) 10–Sterling Marlin 1,259 (0) RAYBESTOS
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Jamie McMurray 124 Greg Biffle 119 Casey Mears 103 Jack Sprague 99 Tony Raines 97 Larry Foyt 56 Hideo Fukuyama 13 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Points Wins Chevrolet 76 5 Ford 75 4 Dodge 47 1 BUD
POLE AWARD STANDINGS Bobby Labonte 2 Ryan
Newman 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 Joe Nemechek (#25) 1 MBNA
MID-RACE LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 2 Bobby Labonte (#18) 2 Jamie McMurray (#42) 1 WASTE MANAGEMENT PICKIN’ UP PLACES AWARD Car # Pts. Bobby Labonte (#18) 37 Matt Kenseth (#17) 35 Kurt Busch (#97) 34 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Greg Ollish (# 8) 89 Jerry Carcone (#17) 86 Guy Williams (#97) 79 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. (5/5/03) ©2003 NASCAR NASCAR PR used with permission |