2003 Sylvania 300

Race 27 of 36

Loudon
300 laps
Time of race: 2:58:41
Average speed of winner: 106.580 mph
Margin of victory: 6.240 sec.
Lead changes: 20 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 38 laps
Fastest lap: Bill Elliott
Lap leaders: Newman 1-45, Earnhardt, Jr. 46-83, Waltrip 84-85, Johnson 86, Kenseth 87-88, R. Gordon 89, Park 90, Earnhardt, Jr. 91-126, Newman 127, Elliott 128-146, Newman 147, Elliott 148-183, Earnhardt, Jr. 184-229, Rudd 230-255, Waltrip 256-271, Johnson 272-275, J. Gordon 276, Harvick 277-285, Kenseth 286-290, R. Gordon 291-293, Johnson 294-300

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	8	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	131.637	300	3	12	running	200225	180
2	31	Ricky Rudd	21	Motorcraft	Ford	Wood Brothers	Tryson	129.865	300	1	26	running	145055	175
3	25	Joe Nemechek	25	UAW-Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Sospenzo	130.595	300	0	0	running	101980	165
4	12	Bill Elliott	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Ford	131.243	300	2	55	running	144108	165
5	6	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	131.870	300	3	120	running	111992	165
6	11	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Wilburn	131.275	300	0	0	running	106317	150
7	19	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	130.801	300	2	7	running	80750	151
8	24	Elliott Sadler	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	130.604	300	0	0	running	97700	142
9	1	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	133.357	300	3	47	running	98925	143
10	3	Jamie McMurray	42	Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	132.131	300	0	0	running	68650	134
11	10	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	131.320	300	0	0	running	69750	130
12	16	John Andretti	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Gibson	131.134	300	0	0	running	85637	127
13	13	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	131.184	300	1	9	running	96528	129
14	26	Dave Blaney	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Barker	130.510	299	0	0	running	81950	121
15	28	Kurt Busch	97	Rubbermaid	Ford	Roush	Fennig	130.193	299	0	0	running	89375	118
16	37	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	McSwain	128.806	299	0	0	running	99308	115
17	18	Casey Mears	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	130.864	299	0	0	running	75500	112
18	2	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's/got milk?	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	132.780	299	0	0	running	84856	109
19	7	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	131.756	299	1	1	running	99978	111
20	32	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	129.811	299	0	0	running	107278	103
21	17	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	131.107	299	2	4	running	80762	105
22	14	Mike Skinner	01	U.S. Army	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	131.166	299	0	0	running	63639	97
23	34	Jimmy Spencer	7	Sirius Satellite Radio	Dodge	Jim Smith	Baldwin	129.300	299	0	0	running	55850	94
24	35	Scott Wimmer	27	YJ Stinger	Chevrolet	Bill Davis	Chris Rice	129.116	299	0	0	running	51550	91
25	22	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Valvoline	Pontiac	MB2	Ince	130.707	299	0	0	running	81600	88
26	5	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	131.906	299	2	18	running	69150	90
27	41	Jason Leffler	0	NetZero	Pontiac	Haas	Furr	128.040	298	0	0	running	53925	82
28	33	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Leslie	129.781	298	0	0	running	87583	79
29	9	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	131.460	298	0	0	running	94465	76
30	40	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia-Pacific	Dodge	Petty	Lane	128.898	298	0	0	running	61225	73
31	43	Christian Fittipaldi	43	Cheerios	Dodge	Petty	Putnam	128.519	298	0	0	running	85803	70
32	30	Johnny Sauter	4	Kodak Easy Share	Pontiac	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	130.029	297	0	0	running	49825	67
33	42	Tony Raines	74	BACE Motorsports	Chevrolet	BACE	Larry Carter	128.571	297	0	0	running	50530	64
34	39	Steve Park	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Beam	128.212	297	1	1	running	57400	66
35	29	Todd Bodine	54	National Guard	Ford	Carter	Cogswell	130.100	296	0	0	running	49200	58
36	38	Kenny Wallace	23	Stacker 2	Dodge	Bill Davis	Lopez	128.476	295	0	0	running	49010	55
37	20	Ken Schrader	49	BAM Racing	Dodge	BAM	Eggleston	130.770	292	0	0	running	48850	52
38	21	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Pontiac	PPI	Scott Miller	130.729	291	0	0	running	56700	49
39	23	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Stoddard	130.671	270	0	0	accident	84691	46
40	36	Hermie Sadler	02	goteamva.com	Pontiac	Hermie Sadler	Buckner	128.968	179	0	0	engine	48550	43
41	27	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Shawn Parker	130.461	159	0	0	accident	94228	40
42	15	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO	Ford	Roush	Andrews	131.161	117	0	0	engine	81817	37
43	4	Greg Biffle	16	Grainger	Ford	Roush	Richert	131.989	108	0	0	engine	49060	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Matt Kenseth	4015	27	0	1	10	21
2	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	3611	27	0	1	10	16
3	Kevin Harvick	3552	27	1	1	9	12
4	Jimmie Johnson	3543	27	1	3	8	12
5	Ryan Newman	3398	27	7	6	10	15
6	Jeff Gordon	3382	27	3	1	8	12
7	Kurt Busch	3323	27	0	4	8	11
8	Bobby Labonte	3323	27	4	1	10	13
9	Terry Labonte	3191	27	1	1	4	8
10	Michael Waltrip	3169	27	0	1	6	9
11	Tony Stewart	3121	27	1	1	6	10
12	Robby Gordon	3095	27	0	2	4	10
13	Jeff Burton	3046	27	0	0	3	8
14	Rusty Wallace	2962	27	0	0	2	9
15	Bill Elliott	2952	27	0	0	5	6
16	Mark Martin	2940	27	0	0	5	9
17	Sterling Marlin	2844	27	0	0	0	9
18	Jamie McMurray	2819	27	0	0	5	8
19	Elliott Sadler	2771	27	1	0	2	9
20	Greg Biffle	2747	26	0	1	3	5
21	Ward Burton	2740	27	0	0	0	4
22	Ricky Craven	2702	27	0	1	3	7
23	Ricky Rudd	2695	27	0	0	4	4
24	Joe Nemechek	2670	27	0	1	2	5
25	Jeremy Mayfield	2651	27	1	0	1	7