2003 EA Sports 500

Race 29 of 36

Talladega
188 laps
Time of race: 3:12:17
Average speed of winner: 156.045 mph
Margin of victory: 0.095 sec.
Lead changes: 41 among 17 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 23 laps
Fastest lap: Jamie McMurray
Lap leaders: Sadler 1, McMurray 2-13, Waltrip 14, T. Labonte 15, McMurray 16-22, Jones 23-41, Waltrip 42-43, W. Burton 44-48, J. Gordon 49-50, Johnson 51, Kenseth 52, Harvick 53, J. Gordon 54-85, R. Wallace 86-87, Harvick 88, R. Gordon 89-90, J. Gordon 91-101, Harvick 102, Sadler 103-104, J. Gordon 105-106, Harvick 107, Johnson 108, Sadler 109-122, Waltrip 123, Busch 124-125, J. Burton 126, R. Gordon 127-128, Johnson 129-141, Waltrip 142-143, Elliott 144-145, McMurray 146, Sadler 147-152, W. Burton 153-155, R. Wallace 156-164, Earnhardt, Jr. 165-166, B. Labonte 167, Earnhardt, Jr. 168, B. Labonte 169, Busch 170-176, Waltrip 177, Busch 178-179, Waltrip 180-188

Race notes: Last win for Michael Waltrip. Debut for Jason Jarrett. Finale for Buckshot Jones and Jason Keller.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	18	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	188.074	188	6	16	running	157090	180
2	38	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.		188	2	3	running	146772	175
3	11	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	188.300	188	0	0	running	163333	165
4	12	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	188.285	188	0	0	running	113165	160
5	5	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	189.085	188	4	47	running	138193	165
6	39	Kurt Busch	97	Lenox/Irwin	Ford	Roush	Fennig	186.112	188	3	11	running	106750	155
7	30	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	187.467	188	4	4	running	101953	151
8	17	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Pontiac	PPI	Scott Miller	188.134	188	0	0	running	87200	142
9	33	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Wilburn	187.068	188	2	11	running	97742	143
10	23	Mike Wallace	09	Miccosukee Resort	Dodge	Finch	Reno	187.787	188	0	0	running	61600	134
11	10	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	McSwain	188.626	188	2	2	running	102998	135
12	34	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	187.013	188	2	4	running	87002	132
13	9	Bill Elliott	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Ford	188.641	188	1	2	running	98138	129
14	20	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Stoddard	187.905	188	2	8	running	92801	126
15	24	John Andretti	90	AOL 9.0	Chevrolet	Childress	Manion	187.776	188	0	0	running	57485	118
16	2	Jamie McMurray	42	Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	189.395	188	3	20	running	67425	120
17	42	Dave Blaney	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Dodge	Jasper	Barker	186.104	188	0	0	running	81035	112
18	13	Jeff Green	43	Cheerios/Yu-Gi-Oh!	Dodge	Petty	Putnam	188.259	188	0	0	running	95498	109
19	6	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Shawn Parker	189.070	188	0	0	running	101228	106
20	19	Kenny Wallace	23	Stacker 2	Dodge	Bill Davis	Lopez	188.038	188	0	0	running	71405	103
21	7	Ken Schrader	49	BAM Racing	Dodge	BAM	Eggleston	189.029	188	0	0	running	58060	100
22	14	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's/got milk?	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	188.171	188	1	1	running	83796	102
23	15	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Leslie	188.160	188	0	0	running	92103	94
24	36	Greg Biffle	16	Grainger	Ford	Roush	Richert	186.765	187	0	0	running	56975	91
25	27	Joe Nemechek	25	UAW-Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Sospenzo	187.562	187	0	0	running	57005	88
26	43	Jason Keller	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Gibson		187	0	0	running	78332	85
27	28	Mike Skinner	01	USG Sheetrock	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	187.555	186	0	0	running	64549	82
28	26	Christian Fittipaldi	44	Bugles	Dodge	Petty		187.643	186	0	0	running	52800	79
29	25	Jason Jarrett	98	C.H.I. Overhead Doors	Ford	Yates		187.651	184	0	0	running	52640	76
30	1	Elliott Sadler	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	189.943	181	4	23	accident	96330	78
31	29	Tony Raines	74	BACE Motorsports	Chevrolet	BACE	Larry Carter	187.522	179	0	0	accident	55395	70
32	40	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO	Ford	Roush	Andrews	185.625	168	1	1	engine	88727	72
33	37	Matt Kenseth	17	Smirnoff Ice Triple Black/DeWalt	Ford	Roush	Reiser	185.913	158	1	1	engine	61125	69
34	3	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	189.189	157	3	15	engine	71930	66
35	21	David Green	60	NetZero/Haas Automation	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	187.905	150	0	0	accident	52025	58
36	32	Ricky Rudd	21	Motorcraft	Ford	Wood Brothers	Tryson	187.247	138	0	0	engine	62475	55
37	8	Casey Mears	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	188.660	113	0	0	overheating	59925	52
38	22	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	187.838	104	0	0	running	59875	49
39	4	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	189.137	103	0	0	overheating	95810	46
40	16	Buckshot Jones	00	Crown Fiber Communications	Chevrolet	Michael Waltrip	Kennedy	188.137	88	1	19	accident	51730	48
41	41	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Valvoline	Pontiac	MB2	Ince	186.325	29	0	0	accident	78430	40
42	31	Jimmy Spencer	7	Sirius Satellite Radio	Dodge	Jim Smith	Baldwin	187.394	11	0	0	accident	51630	37
43	35	Larry Foyt	14	Harrah's	Dodge	Foyt	Holm	186.893	9	0	0	accident	51832	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Matt Kenseth	4227	29	0	1	10	22
2	Kevin Harvick	3873	29	1	1	10	14
3	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	3843	29	0	1	11	17
4	Jimmie Johnson	3751	29	1	3	8	13
5	Ryan Newman	3738	29	7	7	12	17
6	Jeff Gordon	3707	29	3	1	10	14
7	Bobby Labonte	3528	29	4	1	10	13
8	Kurt Busch	3527	29	0	4	8	12
9	Tony Stewart	3456	29	1	1	8	12
10	Terry Labonte	3396	29	1	1	4	8
11	Michael Waltrip	3386	29	0	2	7	10
12	Robby Gordon	3321	29	0	2	4	10
13	Jeff Burton	3245	29	0	0	3	8
14	Rusty Wallace	3239	29	0	0	2	11
15	Bill Elliott	3202	29	0	0	5	6
16	Mark Martin	3131	29	0	0	5	9
17	Jamie McMurray	3089	29	0	0	5	9
18	Sterling Marlin	3019	29	0	0	0	9
19	Greg Biffle	2984	28	0	1	3	6
20	Elliott Sadler	2955	29	2	0	2	9
21	Ward Burton	2942	29	0	0	0	4
22	Ricky Craven	2887	29	0	1	3	8
23	Ricky Rudd	2880	29	0	0	4	4
24	Jeremy Mayfield	2870	29	1	0	2	8
25	Joe Nemechek	2792	29	0	1	2	5