2003 Aaron's 499

Race 8 of 36

Talladega
188 laps
Time of race: 3:27:28
Average speed of winner: 144.625 mph
Margin of victory: 0.125 sec.
Lead changes: 43 among 16 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 32 laps
Fastest lap: Jeff Gordon
Lap leaders: Mayfield 1-8, Harvick 9-19, Waltrip 20-29, Park 30, Marlin 31-32, Johnson 33-36, T. Labonte 37, Johnson 38-47, Mayfield 48-49, Johnson 50-53, Mayfield 54-57, J. Gordon 58, Mayfield 59-63, Elliott 64, Johnson 65-79, Kenseth 80-83, Busch 84, Johnson 85-99, Kenseth 100-103, Harvick 104, W. Burton 105-106, Earnhardt, Jr. 107-112, J. Gordon 113-118, Earnhardt, Jr. 119-121, J. Gordon 122-125, Andretti 126, Earnhardt, Jr. 127-128, J. Gordon 129-141, W. Burton 142-143, Earnhardt, Jr. 144-154, Johnson 155-156, Earnhardt, Jr. 157-160, Jarrett 161-162, Sadler 163, Johnson 164-171, Earnhardt, Jr. 172-175, Johnson 176, Earnhardt, Jr. 177, Johnson 178, W. Burton 179, Johnson 180-184, Earnhardt, Jr. 185, Kenseth 186, Earnhardt, Jr. 187-188

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	13	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	184.840	188	9	34	running	204367	180
2	2	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	186.166	188	2	12	running	179233	175
3	3	Elliott Sadler	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Raymond Fox	186.047	188	1	1	running	162955	170
4	15	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Pontiac	PPI	Scott Miller	184.801	188	0	0	running	139575	160
5	28	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's/got milk?	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	183.786	188	1	1	running	122221	160
6	11	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	185.179	188	1	2	running	126380	155
7	24	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Stoddard	184.175	188	3	5	running	114386	151
8	4	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont/Pepsi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	186.021	188	4	24	running	128458	147
9	27	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	183.814	188	3	9	running	104730	143
10	6	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	185.743	188	0	0	running	105367	134
11	21	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia-Pacific	Dodge	Petty	Lane	184.267	188	0	0	running	84375	130
12	18	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Brad Parrott	184.484	188	1	2	running	116473	132
13	5	Bill Elliott	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Ford	185.956	188	1	1	running	109823	129
14	40	John Andretti	43	Cheerios	Dodge	Petty	Putnam	181.936	188	1	1	running	109388	126
15	7	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	185.549	188	10	65	running	89930	128
16	43	Tony Raines	74	BACE Motorsports	Chevrolet	BACE	Larry Carter	181.994	188	0	0	running	74640	115
17	25	Kenny Wallace	23	Stacker 2	Dodge	Bill Davis	Lopez	183.927	188	0	0	running	86825	112
18	1	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	186.489	187	4	19	running	84285	114
19	26	Kurt Busch	97	Rubbermaid	Ford	Roush	Fennig	183.825	186	1	1	running	87195	111
20	12	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Gibson	185.176	184	1	1	running	97302	108
21	29	Joe Nemechek	25	UAW-Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Sospenzo	183.726	182	0	0	engine	70695	100
22	33	Greg Biffle	16	Grainger	Ford	Roush	Goss	183.081	178	0	0	running	66375	97
23	39	Dave Blaney	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Barker	180.417	178	0	0	running	91565	94
24	16	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	184.729	177	1	10	running	83935	96
25	19	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	184.477	156	0	0	running	118708	88
26	9	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Leslie	185.380	154	0	0	running	102783	85
27	14	Jamie McMurray	42	Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	184.808	154	0	0	running	65395	82
28	35	Todd Bodine	54	National Guard	Ford	Carter	Derrick Finley	182.912	152	0	0	running	79045	79
29	30	Jeff Green	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Beam	183.716	124	0	0	running	76285	76
30	36	Mike Wallace	09	Miccosukee Resort	Dodge	Finch	Reno	182.867	120	0	0	electrical	65390	73
31	42	Mike Skinner	4	Kodak	Pontiac	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	181.481	120	0	0	running	76214	70
32	22	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	McSwain	184.232	118	0	0	running	109658	67
33	41	Ken Schrader	49	1-800-CALLATT	Dodge	BAM	Eggleston	182.337	110	0	0	running	65350	64
34	20	Jack Sprague	0	NetZero	Pontiac	Haas	Conner	184.391	109	0	0	running	64310	61
35	38	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO	Ford	Roush	Andrews	182.147	107	0	0	running	97597	58
36	23	Jerry Nadeau	01	U.S. Army	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	184.207	73	0	0	accident	67050	55
37	31	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Wilburn	183.578	12	0	0	accident	101567	52
38	34	Jimmy Spencer	7	Sirius Satellite Radio	Dodge	Jim Smith	Baldwin	182.979	9	0	0	accident	66025	49
39	8	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	185.409	3	0	0	accident	93215	46
40	10	Casey Mears	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	185.298	3	0	0	accident	71090	43
41	17	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Valvoline	Pontiac	MB2	Ince	184.494	3	0	0	accident	89640	40
42	37	Ricky Rudd	21	Motorcraft	Ford	Wood Brothers	Tryson	182.776	3	0	0	accident	70690	37
43	32	Hermie Sadler	02	Aaron's Dream Machine	Chevrolet	Hermie Sadler	Buckner	183.501	3	0	0	accident	62746	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Matt Kenseth	1233	8	0	1	4	7
2	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	1104	8	0	1	4	5
3	Kurt Busch	1046	8	0	1	4	5
4	Jimmie Johnson	1013	8	0	0	1	4
5	Jeff Gordon	1011	8	0	0	2	4
6	Ricky Craven	1000	8	0	1	3	3
7	Michael Waltrip	994	8	0	1	3	3
8	Kevin Harvick	977	8	0	0	2	3
9	Tony Stewart	937	8	0	0	2	4
10	Elliott Sadler	895	8	1	0	1	4
11	Ryan Newman	894	8	2	1	1	3
12	Dale Jarrett	884	8	0	1	1	2
13	Robby Gordon	871	8	0	0	0	2
14	Mark Martin	858	8	0	0	3	4
15	Bobby Labonte	851	8	2	1	3	3
16	Sterling Marlin	850	8	0	0	0	3
17	Joe Nemechek	841	8	0	0	0	2
18	Rusty Wallace	823	8	0	0	0	1
19	Ricky Rudd	817	8	0	0	1	1
20	Dave Blaney	801	8	1	0	1	3
21	Jeff Burton	798	8	0	0	0	1
22	Jamie McMurray	790	8	0	0	1	2
23	Johnny Benson, Jr.	788	8	0	0	0	0
24	Terry Labonte	785	8	0	0	1	1
25	Greg Biffle	779	7	0	0	1	1