2003 Sharpie 500

Race 24 of 36

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 3:26:32
Average speed of winner: 77.421 mph
Margin of victory: 0.818 sec.
Lead changes: 11 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 20 for 119 laps
Fastest lap: Jeff Gordon
Lap leaders: J. Gordon 1-66, Green 67-82, J. Gordon 83-162, Harvick 163-187, Skinner 188-192, J. Gordon 193-225, Marlin 226-261, Martin 262-310, Newman 311-340, Marlin 341-365, Harvick 366-379, Busch 380-500

Race notes: Finale for Ted Musgrave.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	5	Kurt Busch	97	Sharpie/Rubbermaid	Ford	Roush	Fennig	127.106	500	1	121	running	237565	180
2	23	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	126.088	500	2	39	running	174223	175
3	31	Jamie McMurray	42	Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	125.675	500	0	0	running	127390	165
4	10	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	126.838	500	0	0	running	122905	160
5	16	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	126.403	500	0	0	running	100775	155
6	6	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	127.073	500	1	30	running	111940	155
7	27	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Shawn Parker	125.831	500	0	0	running	122418	146
8	14	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Pontiac	PPI	Scott Miller	126.503	500	0	0	running	102740	142
9	9	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	126.997	500	0	0	running	116107	138
10	29	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	125.724	500	0	0	running	88740	134
11	13	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's/got milk?	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	126.536	500	0	0	running	102346	130
12	26	Ken Schrader	49	SEM Color Horizons	Dodge	BAM	Eggleston	125.947	500	0	0	running	74090	127
13	24	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Stoddard	126.021	500	0	0	running	105996	124
14	32	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Valvoline	Pontiac	MB2	Ince	125.666	500	0	0	running	98415	121
15	11	Kenny Wallace	23	Stacker 2	Dodge	Bill Davis	Lopez	126.695	500	0	0	running	85735	118
16	25	Bill Elliott	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Ford	125.972	500	0	0	running	106018	115
17	36	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	125.273	500	2	61	running	121035	117
18	4	Mike Skinner	01	U.S. Army	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	127.165	500	1	5	running	81175	114
19	38	Joe Nemechek	25	UAW-Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Sospenzo	124.987	500	0	0	running	70325	106
20	12	Tony Raines	74	BACE Motorsports	Chevrolet	BACE	Larry Carter	126.562	500	0	0	running	68885	103
21	41	Casey Mears	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	125.232	500	0	0	running	86249	100
22	34	Greg Biffle	16	Grainger	Ford	Roush	Goss	125.584	500	0	0	running	69610	97
23	18	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	126.254	494	0	0	running	119138	94
24	28	Scott Wimmer	27	YJ Stinger	Chevrolet	Bill Davis	Chris Rice	125.807	494	0	0	running	65085	91
25	21	Johnny Sauter	4	Kodak	Pontiac	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	126.179	459	0	0	running	67990	88
26	30	Jason Leffler	0	NetZero Hi-Speed	Pontiac	Haas	Furr	125.699	458	0	0	running	66815	85
27	19	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	McSwain	126.229	448	0	0	running	107688	82
28	1	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	127.597	444	3	179	accident	118973	89
29	35	Steve Park	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Beam	125.395	440	0	0	running	72185	76
30	15	Dave Blaney	77	1st TN Bank/Jasper Powered	Ford	Jasper	Barker	126.445	436	0	0	running	72335	73
31	7	Ted Musgrave	7	Sirius Satellite Radio	Dodge	Jim Smith	Baldwin	127.064	430	0	0	running	63715	70
32	37	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO	Ford	Roush	Andrews	125.134	419	0	0	running	96547	67
33	8	Ricky Rudd	21	Motorcraft	Ford	Wood Brothers	Tryson	127.031	415	0	0	running	68595	64
34	42	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia-Pacific	Dodge	Petty	Lane	124.517	400	0	0	running	68560	61
35	22	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	126.096	392	0	0	running	86602	58
36	2	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Leslie	127.588	346	1	49	accident	94813	60
37	40	Todd Bodine	54	National Guard	Ford	Carter	Cogswell	124.090	315	0	0	running	60420	52
38	17	Elliott Sadler	38	Combos	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	126.395	305	0	0	accident	94600	49
39	33	Larry Foyt	14	Harrah's	Dodge	Foyt	Holm	125.609	273	0	0	accident	60300	46
40	39	Jeff Green	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Gibson	125.093	193	1	16	engine	85412	48
41	43	Christian Fittipaldi	43	Cheerios Heart Health	Dodge	Petty	Putnam	124.695	175	0	0	accident	95953	40
42	3	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	127.334	87	0	0	accident	78430	37
43	20	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Wilburn	126.204	87	0	0	accident	94737	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Matt Kenseth	3592	24	0	1	10	19
2	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	3241	24	0	1	9	15
3	Kevin Harvick	3128	24	1	1	8	11
4	Jimmie Johnson	3063	24	1	2	6	10
5	Jeff Gordon	3060	24	3	1	8	11
6	Kurt Busch	2990	24	0	4	8	11
7	Ryan Newman	2971	24	5	5	9	13
8	Michael Waltrip	2960	24	0	1	6	9
9	Bobby Labonte	2907	24	4	1	10	11
10	Robby Gordon	2835	24	0	2	4	10
11	Tony Stewart	2809	24	1	1	6	10
12	Terry Labonte	2755	24	1	0	3	6
13	Jeff Burton	2709	24	0	0	2	7
14	Mark Martin	2668	24	0	0	5	9
15	Rusty Wallace	2602	24	0	0	1	7
16	Sterling Marlin	2596	24	0	0	0	9
17	Bill Elliott	2580	24	0	0	3	4
18	Ward Burton	2470	24	0	0	0	4
19	Greg Biffle	2466	23	0	1	3	4
20	Elliott Sadler	2445	24	1	0	2	7
21	Ricky Craven	2438	24	0	1	3	6
22	Jamie McMurray	2414	24	0	0	4	6
23	Johnny Benson, Jr.	2373	24	0	0	1	2
24	Joe Nemechek	2320	24	0	1	1	4
25	Dale Jarrett	2309	24	0	1	1	7