2003 Tropicana 400

Race 18 of 36

Chicagoland
267 laps
Time of race: 2:59:15
Average speed of winner: 134.059 mph
Margin of victory: 2.633 sec.
Lead changes: 13 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 36 laps
Fastest lap: Tony Stewart
Lap leaders: Stewart 1-60, Harvick 61-64, Waltrip 65, Stewart 66-83, Harvick 84-104, Stewart 105-106, Harvick 107-127, J. Gordon 128-173, Johnson 174-188, McMurray 189, Newman 190-198, Johnson 199-208, J. Gordon 209, Newman 210-267

Race notes: Debut for Johnny Sauter. Finale for Jack Sprague.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	14	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	182.815	267	2	67	running	191000	180
2	1	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	184.786	267	3	80	running	213468	180
3	6	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	183.723	267	2	25	running	134575	170
4	2	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	184.445	267	2	47	running	158178	165
5	12	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	183.144	267	1	1	running	100975	160
6	27	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO	Ford	Roush	Andrews	181.287	267	0	0	running	114092	150
7	35	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	180.693	267	0	0	running	106812	146
8	10	Jamie McMurray	42	Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	183.200	267	1	1	running	77375	147
9	8	Elliott Sadler	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Raymond Fox	183.449	267	0	0	running	108375	138
10	5	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	183.892	267	0	0	running	85075	134
11	3	Bill Elliott	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Ford	184.401	267	0	0	running	106908	130
12	24	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	181.470	266	0	0	running	87725	127
13	37	Ricky Rudd	21	Motorcraft	Ford	Wood Brothers	Tryson	180.168	266	0	0	running	94475	124
14	13	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Leslie	182.846	266	0	0	running	103883	121
15	28	Terry Labonte	5	got milk?/Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	181.232	266	0	0	running	96356	118
16	15	Jeff Green	1	Pennzoil Synthetic	Chevrolet	DEI	Gibson	182.803	266	0	0	running	89937	115
17	11	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	183.163	266	3	46	running	104028	92
18	36	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Valvoline	Pontiac	MB2	Ince	180.644	265	0	0	running	94700	109
19	30	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Stoddard	180.989	265	0	0	running	100106	106
20	7	Greg Biffle	16	Grainger	Ford	Roush	Goss	183.499	265	0	0	running	69650	103
21	19	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	182.242	265	0	0	running	107650	100
22	29	Tony Raines	74	BACE Motorsports	Chevrolet	BACE	Larry Carter	181.068	265	0	0	running	63450	97
23	21	Jimmy Spencer	7	Sirius Satellite Radio	Dodge	Jim Smith	Baldwin	181.641	265	0	0	running	82550	94
24	38	Kenny Wallace	23	Stacker 2	Dodge	Bill Davis	Lopez	180.590	265	0	0	running	79325	91
25	26	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Pontiac	PPI	Scott Miller	181.366	265	0	0	running	84925	88
26	23	Steve Park	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Beam	181.494	265	0	0	running	73725	85
27	41	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia-Pacific/Brawny	Dodge	Petty	Lane	180.276	264	0	0	running	73425	82
28	43	Ken Schrader	49	AT&T	Dodge	BAM	Eggleston	180.222	263	0	0	running	73614	79
29	42	Christian Fittipaldi	43	Cheerios	Dodge	Petty	Putnam	179.503	263	0	0	running	100303	76
30	33	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Shawn Parker	180.904	263	0	0	running	108063	73
31	9	Dave Blaney	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Barker	183.430	262	0	0	running	69575	70
32	22	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Wilburn	181.586	249	0	0	running	96042	67
33	39	Todd Bodine	54	National Guard	Ford	Carter	Derrick Finley	180.072	237	0	0	transmission	62075	64
34	4	Casey Mears	41	Fujifilm/Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	184.263	232	0	0	accident	68975	61
35	20	Johnny Sauter	4	Kodak	Pontiac	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	181.984	213	0	0	running	60775	58
36	18	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	McSwain	182.587	212	0	0	accident	105658	55
37	40	Mike Wallace	01	USG Sheetrock	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	180.282	211	0	0	accident	60375	52
38	16	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	182.593	206	0	0	accident	101092	49
39	32	Kurt Busch	97	Irwin/Lenox/Rubbermaid	Ford	Roush	Fennig	180.917	124	0	0	engine	79985	46
40	34	Jack Sprague	0	NetZero Hi-Speed	Pontiac	Haas	Furr	180.832	117	0	0	engine	59785	43
41	31	Larry Foyt	14	Harrah's	Dodge	Foyt	Holm	180.929	88	0	0	accident	59590	40
42	17	Joe Nemechek	25	UAW-Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Sospenzo	182.593	45	0	0	engine	59395	37
43	25	Derrike Cope	37	GBROnline.com	Chevrolet	Cope		181.427	6	0	0	transmission	59457	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Matt Kenseth	2678	18	0	1	7	14
2	Jeff Gordon	2513	18	1	1	7	10
3	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	2420	18	0	1	7	11
4	Bobby Labonte	2351	18	3	1	10	11
5	Michael Waltrip	2294	18	0	1	5	7
6	Jimmie Johnson	2249	18	1	1	3	7
7	Kevin Harvick	2141	18	0	0	3	6
8	Tony Stewart	2129	18	1	1	5	9
9	Kurt Busch	2113	18	0	3	6	8
10	Sterling Marlin	2098	18	0	0	0	8
11	Rusty Wallace	2086	18	0	0	1	6
12	Mark Martin	2070	18	0	0	5	7
13	Jeff Burton	2057	18	0	0	2	5
14	Terry Labonte	2028	18	1	0	2	5
15	Robby Gordon	2023	18	0	1	2	6
16	Ryan Newman	2013	18	4	3	6	8
17	Ricky Craven	1919	18	0	1	3	5
18	Elliott Sadler	1911	18	1	0	2	7
19	Bill Elliott	1902	18	0	0	2	3
20	Greg Biffle	1810	17	0	1	2	2
21	Ward Burton	1796	18	0	0	0	3
22	Jamie McMurray	1795	18	0	0	2	4
23	Ricky Rudd	1768	18	0	0	2	2
24	Joe Nemechek	1725	18	0	1	1	3
25	Jeremy Mayfield	1723	18	1	0	0	4