2003 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400

Race 5 of 36

Darlington
293 laps
Time of race: 3:10:16
Average speed of winner: 126.214 mph
Margin of victory: 0.002 sec.
Lead changes: 15 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 33 laps
Fastest lap: Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Lap leaders: Sadler pole, Newman 1, Sadler 2-13, Spencer 14-17, Earnhardt, Jr. 18-24, Jarrett 25-31, Earnhardt, Jr. 32-69, R. Gordon 70, Earnhardt, Jr. 71-116, Martin 117-131, J. Gordon 132, Nemechek 133-135, Martin 136-191, J. Gordon 192-269, Busch 270-292, Craven 293

Race notes: Last win for Ricky Craven. First pole for Elliott Sadler.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	31	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Pontiac	PPI	Scott Miller	167.123	293	1	1	running	172150	180
2	6	Kurt Busch	97	Rubbermaid	Ford	Roush	Fennig	168.984	293	1	23	running	103725	175
3	18	Dave Blaney	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Barker	168.094	293	0	0	running	91945	165
4	27	Mark Martin	6	Viagra	Ford	Roush	Leslie	167.665	293	2	71	running	114813	165
5	9	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	168.769	293	0	0	running	74450	155
6	16	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	168.175	293	3	91	running	98392	160
7	1	Elliott Sadler	38	M&M's	Ford	Yates	Raymond Fox	170.147	293	1	12	running	94470	151
8	12	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	168.665	293	0	0	running	69440	142
9	25	Bill Elliott	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Ford	167.785	293	0	0	running	86743	138
10	28	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Zipadelli	167.619	293	0	0	running	103158	134
11	23	Mike Skinner	4	Kodak	Pontiac	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	167.951	292	0	0	running	64250	130
12	17	Greg Biffle	16	Grainger	Ford	Roush	Goss	168.146	292	0	0	running	48120	127
13	38	Joe Nemechek	25	UAW-Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Sospenzo	165.253	292	1	3	running	51465	129
14	2	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Dodge	Penske	Borland	169.374	292	1	1	running	80060	126
15	39	Ricky Rudd	21	Motorcraft	Ford	Wood Brothers	Tryson	166.292	292	0	0	running	69055	118
16	13	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Dodge	Penske	Wilburn	168.538	291	0	0	running	83827	115
17	15	Ken Schrader	49	1-800-CALLATT	Dodge	BAM	Eggleston	168.261	291	0	0	running	45715	112
18	36	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Brad Parrott	166.394	291	1	7	running	90673	114
19	32	Jeff Green	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Beam	166.913	291	0	0	running	56385	106
20	35	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Gibson	166.710	291	0	0	running	74982	103
21	4	Jimmy Spencer	7	Sirius Satellite Radio	Dodge	Jim Smith	Baldwin	169.088	291	1	4	running	56569	105
22	19	Jamie McMurray	42	Havoline	Dodge	Ganassi	Wingo	168.066	291	0	0	running	43965	97
23	21	Kenny Wallace	23	Stacker 2	Dodge	Bill Davis	Lopez	168.025	291	0	0	running	48050	94
24	29	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's/got milk?	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	167.368	291	0	0	running	72891	91
25	22	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Valvoline	Pontiac	MB2	Ince	167.980	291	0	0	running	73670	88
26	40	Kyle Petty	45	Georgia-Pacific/Brawny	Dodge	Petty	Lane	165.894	291	0	0	running	54210	85
27	14	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	168.469	291	0	0	running	62310	82
28	30	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	167.135	291	1	1	running	70942	84
29	7	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Stoddard	168.926	290	0	0	running	78611	76
30	11	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Francis	168.682	289	0	0	running	53985	73
31	43	Brett Bodine	57	CLR	Ford	Ted Campbell	Cudmore	165.816	288	0	0	running	42380	0
32	42	Larry Foyt	14	Harrah's	Dodge	Foyt	Holm	164.298	288	0	0	running	44825	67
33	5	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	169.071	286	2	79	running	90503	69
34	24	Casey Mears	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Elledge	167.876	286	0	0	running	50165	61
35	3	Jerry Nadeau	01	U.S. Army	Pontiac	MB2	Ryan Pemberton	169.170	286	0	0	running	42210	58
36	33	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	166.908	283	0	0	running	77843	55
37	20	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	McSwain	168.043	240	0	0	running	87108	52
38	26	John Andretti	43	Cheerios	Dodge	Petty	Putnam	167.767	187	0	0	accident	77743	49
39	8	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	168.816	145	0	0	accident	85915	46
40	34	Jack Sprague	0	NetZero	Pontiac	Haas	Conner	166.789	144	0	0	running	41815	43
41	41	Tony Raines	74	BACE Motorsports	Chevrolet	BACE	Larry Carter	164.915	60	0	0	accident	41750	40
42	37	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO	Ford	Roush	Andrews	165.928	32	0	0	engine	75107	37
43	10	Todd Bodine	54	National Guard	Ford	Carter	Derrick Finley	168.764	22	0	0	accident	41009	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Matt Kenseth	760	5	0	1	3	4
2	Tony Stewart	703	5	0	0	2	4
3	Michael Waltrip	698	5	0	1	3	3
4	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	634	5	0	0	2	3
5	Ricky Craven	617	5	0	1	2	2
6	Kurt Busch	617	5	0	0	3	3
7	Dave Blaney	603	5	1	0	1	3
8	Jimmie Johnson	601	5	0	0	1	2
9	Joe Nemechek	601	5	0	0	0	2
10	Elliott Sadler	575	5	1	0	0	3
11	Johnny Benson, Jr.	575	5	0	0	0	0
12	Ryan Newman	571	5	1	0	0	2
13	Dale Jarrett	568	5	0	1	1	2
14	Bobby Labonte	562	5	1	1	2	2
15	Jeff Gordon	546	5	0	0	1	1
16	Mark Martin	542	5	0	0	2	3
17	Ricky Rudd	535	5	0	0	0	0
18	Kevin Harvick	533	5	0	0	1	1
19	Steve Park	528	5	0	0	0	1
20	Rusty Wallace	524	5	0	0	0	1
21	Robby Gordon	516	5	0	0	0	1
22	Jeff Burton	513	5	0	0	0	1
23	Jimmy Spencer	490	5	0	0	0	1
24	Sterling Marlin	469	5	0	0	0	1
25	Terry Labonte	464	5	0	0	0	0