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2003 Food City 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 6 of 36
Sunday, March 23, 2003 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN
500 laps on a .533 mile paved track (266.5 miles)

Time of race: 3:29:53
Average Speed: 76.185 mph
Pole Speed: 128.709 mph

Cautions: 17 for 121 laps
Margin of Victory: .39 sec
Attendance: 160,000
Lead changes: 11

Glossary 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 2003 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
26	10	20	Tony Stewart	Home Depot (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	487	111,518	crash	0	85
27	25	25	Joe Nemechek	UAW-Delphi (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	469	62,005	crash	0	82
33	11	22	Ward Burton	Caterpillar (Bill Davis)	Dodge	422	94,256	crash	0	64
34	32	45	Kyle Petty	Georgia-Pacific (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	422	65,235	crash	0	61
37	3	49	Ken Schrader	1-800-Call-ATT (Beth Ann Morgenthau)	Dodge	385	57,410	crash	0	52
40	41	54	Todd Bodine	National Guard (Travis Carter)	Ford	342	56,965	crash	0	43
42	22	74	Tony Raines	BACE Motorsports (Bill Baumgardner)	Chevrolet	52	56,860	engine	0	37
43	24	37	Derrike Cope	Friendly's Ice Cream (Derrike Cope)	Chevrolet	31	56,178	engine	0	34
1	9	97	Kurt Busch	Metallic Silver Sharpie / Rubbermaid (Jack Roush)	Ford	500	162,790	running	116	180
2	37	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt Power Tools (Jack Roush)	Ford	500	118,870	running	25	175
3	12	18	Bobby Labonte	Advair (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	500	126,558	running	26	170
4	34	21	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft (Wood Brothers)	Ford	500	103,475	running	0	160
5	15	16	Greg Biffle	Grainger (Jack Roush)	Ford	500	71,120	running	0	155
6	16	40	Sterling Marlin	Coors Light (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	500	110,795	running	0	150
7	27	29	Kevin Harvick	GM Goodwrench (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	499	104,448	running	15	151
8	23	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	499	82,570	running	0	142
9	2	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	499	115,643	running	174	148
10	40	23	Kenny Wallace	Stacker 2 (Bill Davis)	Dodge	499	86,615	running	0	134
11	26	42	Jamie McMurray	Havoline (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	499	63,245	running	0	130
12	7	7	Jimmy Spencer	Sirius Satellite Radio (Jim Smith)	Dodge	498	88,865	running	139	132
13	29	99	Jeff Burton	Citgo (Jack Roush)	Ford	498	99,807	running	0	124
14	4	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Dodge	498	99,882	running	5	126
15	14	32	Ricky Craven	Tide (Cal Wells)	Pontiac	498	84,815	running	0	118
16	8	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Budweiser (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	498	101,407	running	0	115
17	36	31	Robby Gordon	Cingular Wireless (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	498	89,527	running	0	112
18	5	9	Bill Elliott	Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	497	99,023	running	0	109
19	20	10	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Valvoline (James Rocco)	Pontiac	497	90,630	running	0	106
20	21	30	Jeff Green	America Online (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	497	73,575	running	0	103
21	30	38	Elliott Sadler	M&M's (Yates Racing)	Ford	497	97,565	running	0	100
22	1	12	Ryan Newman	Alltel (Roger Penske)	Dodge	496	97,940	running	0	97
23	18	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	494	72,045	running	0	94
24	33	11	Brett Bodine	Hooters "We race in their memory" (Brett Bodine)	Ford	494	62,515	running	0	91
25	28	15	Michael Waltrip	NAPA (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	488	77,470	running	0	88
28	13	01	Jerry Nadeau	U.S. Army (Nelson Bowers)	Pontiac	456	70,139	running	0	79
29	19	6	Mark Martin	Viagra (Jack Roush)	Ford	451	95,368	running	0	76
30	35	1	Steve Park	Pennzoil (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	446	83,872	running	0	73
31	43	43	John Andretti	Cheerios (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	440	96,168	running	0	70
32	39	41	Casey Mears	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	423	67,845	running	0	67
35	42	0	Jack Sprague	NetZero (Gene Haas)	Pontiac	409	57,190	running	0	58
36	38	88	Dale Jarrett	UPS (Yates Racing)	Ford	397	102,923	running	0	55
38	31	77	Dave Blaney	Jasper Engines & Transmissions (Doug Bawel)	Ford	371	65,065	running	0	49
39	17	5	Terry Labonte	Cheez-It / Kellogg's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	349	83,086	running	0	46
41	6	4	Mike Skinner	Kodak (Larry McClure)	Pontiac	310	56,915	running	0	40

Failed to qualify: Larry Foyt (#14), Hermie Sadler (#02)

To the back: Jamie McMurray (#42) engine change

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	3	3
	4	6	3	#45 spun turn 1
	7	14	8
	15	19	5	#15,41,77,88 accident turn 2
	20	20	1
	21	28	8	#41,43,54 accident turn 3
	29	55	27
	56	63	8	#74 accident turn 2
	64	68	5
	69	73	5	#12 spun turn 1
	74	135	62
	136	141	6	#4 accident turn 2
	142	149	8
	150	153	4	#0,10 accident turn 2
	154	181	28
	182	186	5	#0 accident turn 2
	187	199	13
	200	204	5	#6 accident frontstretch
	205	218	14
	219	222	4	#01 accident frontstretch
	223	226	4
	227	240	14	#18,97 spun turn 2
	241	243	3
	244	249	6	#5,11,23,31,45,49 accident turn 2
	250	256	7
	257	262	6	#20,21,42 accident backstretch
	263	389	127
	390	403	14	#88 accident turn 2
	404	406	3
	407	411	5	#45 spun turn 4
	412	424	13
	425	438	14	#22,45 accident turn 1
	439	472	34
	473	481	9	#20,25 accident turn 1
	482	500	19
Percent of race run under caution: 24.2% Average green flag run: 21.1 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Jeff Gordon	1	28	28
Rusty Wallace	29	33	5
Jeff Gordon	34	160	127
Jimmy Spencer	161	182	22
Jeff Gordon	183	201	19
Kevin Harvick	202	216	15
Jimmy Spencer	217	333	117
Matt Kenseth	334	358	25
Kurt Busch	359	377	19
Bobby Labonte	378	403	26
Kurt Busch	404	500	97

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Matt Kenseth	935
2	Kurt Busch	797	-138
3	Tony Stewart	788	-147
4	Michael Waltrip	786	-149
5	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	749	-186
6	Jimmie Johnson	743	-192
7	Ricky Craven	735	-200
8	Bobby Labonte	732	-203
9	Ricky Rudd	695	-240
10	Jeff Gordon	694	-241
11	Kevin Harvick	684	-251
12	Joe Nemechek	683	-252
13	Johnny Benson, Jr.	681	-254
14	Elliott Sadler	675	-260
15	Ryan Newman	668	-267
16	Dave Blaney	652	-283
17	Rusty Wallace	650	-285
18	Jeff Burton	637	-298
19	Robby Gordon	628	-307
20	Dale Jarrett	623	-312

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