2003 Auto Club 500

Race 10 of 36

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250 laps
Time of race: 3:34:07
Average speed of winner: 140.111 mph
Margin of victory: 2.294 sec.
Lead changes: 19 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 34 laps
Fastest lap: Bill Elliott
Lap leaders: Park pole, Elliott 1-12, Stewart 13-92, Craven 93, Blaney 94-95, Stewart 96-114, McMurray 115, Stewart 116, McMurray 117-130, Busch 131-145, McMurray 146-156, R. Wallace 157-201, McMurray 202-204, Kenseth 205-206, R. Wallace 207-215, B. Labonte 216, McMurray 217, B. Labonte 218-227, McMurray 228-238, Busch 239-250

Race notes: Finale for Jerry Nadeau.

Video links: Start, Entire race (missing first 6 laps)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	16	Kurt Busch	97	Rubbermaid	Ford	Roush	Fennig	185.128	250	2	27	running	213150	180
2	19	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	McSwain	185.109	250	2	11	running	172708	175
3	7	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Wilburn	185.830	250	2	54	running	146917	170
4	2	Bill Elliott	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Ford	186.824	250	1	12	running	148683	165
5	25	Jamie McMurray	42	Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	184.393	250	6	41	running	101575	160
6	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	185.706	250	0	0	running	120217	150
7	27	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	184.139	250	0	0	running	95025	146
8	13	John Andretti	43	Cheerios	Dodge	Petty	Putnam	185.362	250	0	0	running	117003	142
9	23	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	184.478	250	1	2	running	95425	143
10	30	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	183.669	250	0	0	running	121125	134
11	14	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	185.257	250	0	0	running	120628	130
12	21	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's/got milk?	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	184.653	250	0	0	running	102806	127
13	18	Dave Blaney	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Barker	185.123	250	1	2	running	101350	129
14	6	Jerry Nadeau	01	U.S. Army	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	186.157	250	0	0	running	89925	121
15	15	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Pontiac	PPI	Scott Miller	185.136	250	1	1	running	96575	123
16	20	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	184.734	250	0	0	running	89025	115
17	22	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Leslie	184.511	249	0	0	running	107358	112
18	29	Greg Biffle	16	Grainger	Ford	Roush	Goss	183.786	249	0	0	running	69225	109
19	10	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO	Ford	Roush	Andrews	185.414	249	0	0	running	102442	106
20	28	Mike Skinner	4	Kodak	Pontiac	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	183.795	249	0	0	running	85625	103
21	39	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Stoddard		249	0	0	running	104681	100
22	31	Kenny Wallace	23	Stacker 2	Dodge	Bill Davis	Lopez	183.655	249	0	0	running	80614	97
23	5	Elliott Sadler	38	Pedigree	Ford	Yates	Raymond Fox	186.393	249	0	0	running	107075	94
24	35	Ricky Rudd	21	Motorcraft	Ford	Wood Brothers	Tryson	182.992	249	0	0	running	79600	91
25	34	Todd Bodine	54	National Guard	Ford	Carter	Derrick Finley	183.127	249	0	0	running	71700	88
26	40	Jeff Green	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Beam	182.570	249	0	0	running	79000	85
27	26	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	184.148	249	0	0	running	95837	82
28	36	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia-Pacific	Dodge	Petty	Lane	182.992	249	0	0	running	78350	79
29	37	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	170.523	248	0	0	running	105828	76
30	41	Ken Schrader	49	1-800-CALLATT	Dodge	BAM	Eggleston	182.274	248	0	0	running	67210	73
31	33	Tony Raines	74	BACE Motorsports	Chevrolet	BACE	Larry Carter	183.421	248	0	0	running	66525	70
32	9	Joe Nemechek	25	UAW-Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Sospenzo	185.510	248	0	0	running	69325	67
33	24	Jimmy Spencer	7	Sirius Satellite Radio	Dodge	Jim Smith	Baldwin	184.469	247	0	0	running	70025	64
34	17	Casey Mears	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	185.128	247	0	0	running	76425	61
35	11	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	185.390	233	0	0	accident	73750	58
36	32	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Valvoline	Pontiac	MB2	Ince	183.458	229	0	0	accident	92425	55
37	38	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Finley	182.690	228	0	0	accident	111253	52
38	42	Larry Foyt	14	Harrah's	Dodge	Foyt	Holm	181.520	226	0	0	accident	65300	49
39	12	Jack Sprague	0	NetZero	Pontiac	Haas	Furr	185.366	199	0	0	accident	65255	46
40	1	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Gibson	186.838	138	0	0	accident	100367	43
41	3	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	186.732	128	3	100	engine	117708	50
42	4	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	186.649	34	0	0	accident	94960	37
43	43	Derrike Cope	37	GBROnline.com	Chevrolet	Cope		181.415	9	0	0	engine	65281	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Matt Kenseth	1473	10	0	1	4	8
2	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	1429	10	0	1	5	7
3	Jeff Gordon	1321	10	1	1	3	5
4	Kurt Busch	1305	10	0	2	5	6
5	Jimmie Johnson	1266	10	0	0	1	5
6	Michael Waltrip	1234	10	0	1	3	4
7	Ricky Craven	1205	10	0	1	3	3
8	Bobby Labonte	1201	10	2	1	5	5
9	Kevin Harvick	1173	10	0	0	2	3
10	Elliott Sadler	1149	10	1	0	2	5
11	Tony Stewart	1142	10	0	0	2	5
12	Rusty Wallace	1140	10	0	0	1	3
13	Sterling Marlin	1135	10	0	0	0	5
14	Mark Martin	1082	10	0	0	3	4
15	Jeff Burton	1064	10	0	0	1	2
16	Robby Gordon	1053	10	0	0	0	2
17	Dale Jarrett	1039	10	0	1	1	2
18	Ricky Rudd	1038	10	0	0	1	1
19	Terry Labonte	1038	10	0	0	1	1
20	Joe Nemechek	1026	10	0	0	0	2
21	Bill Elliott	1005	10	0	0	1	2
22	Dave Blaney	1000	10	1	0	1	3
23	Greg Biffle	997	9	0	0	1	1
24	Jamie McMurray	996	10	0	0	2	3
25	Ryan Newman	980	10	2	1	1	3