Atlanta Race Results
March 9th, 2003
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NASCAR WINSTON CUP SERIES RACE NO. 4 BASS PRO SHOPS MBNA
500
1.54-Mile Banked Paved Oval 500.5 M – 325 L
Purse: $4,130,954 FIN STR CAR# DRIVER TEAM LAPS PTS BONUS PTS MONEY STATUS 1 4 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate
Batteries Chevrolet 325 185 * 10 $209,233 Running 2 30 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 325 175 * 5 142,778 Running 3 37 8 Dale Earnhardt
Jr. Budweiser
Chevrolet 325 170 * 5 113,917 Running 4 24 17 Matt Kenseth DEWALT
Power Tools Ford 325 160 91,850 Running 5 8 20 Tony Stewart Home Depot
Chevrolet 325 160 * 5 113,328 Running 6 3 38 Elliott Sadler M&M's
Ford 325 155 * 5 94,450 Running 7 5 7 Jimmy Spencer Sirius
Satellite Radio Dodge 325 151 * 5 79,550 Running 8 27 77 Dave Blaney Jasper Engines & Transmissions Ford 325 147 * 5 80,125 Running 9 13 25 Joe Nemechek UAW-Delphi Chevrolet 325 143 * 5 58,225 Running 10 1 12 Ryan Newman ALLTEL Dodge 324 139 * 5 94,450 Running 11 23 10 Johnny Benson Valvoline 12 22 32 Ricky Craven Tide 13 20 16 # Greg Biffle Grainger
Ford 324 124 51,775 Running 14 34 40 15 7 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Dodge 324 118 88,392 Running 16 15 1 Steve Park Pennzoil
Chevrolet 324 115 75,512 Running 17 18 31 Robby Gordon Cingular Wireless
Chevrolet 323 112 77,912 Running 18 12 22 Ward Burton Caterpillar
Dodge 323 109 84,871 Running 19 17 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench Service Chevrolet 323 106 87,968 Running 20 39 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's/got
milk? Chevrolet 323 103 80,196 Running 21 16 88 Dale Jarrett UPS
Ford 323 100 93,968 Running 22 10 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge 322 97 59,435 Running 23 33 41 # Casey Mears Target
Dodge 322 94 70,535 Running 24 36 74 # Tony Raines BACE Motorsports Chevrolet 322 91 47,635 Running 25 28 30 Jeff Green 26 40 23 Kenny Wallace Stacker2
Dodge 322 85 58,774 Running 27 6 15 Michael Waltrip 28 35 54 Todd Bodine National Guard Ford 321 79 49,920 Running 29 19 43 John Andretti Cheerios Dodge 320 76 84,988 Running 30 32 4 Mike Skinner Kodak 31 14 01 Jerry Nadeau 32 11 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's
Chevrolet 308 72 * 5 65,835 Engine 33 26 99 Jeff Burton CITGO
Ford 305 64 80,687 Engine 34 38 45 Kyle Petty Brawny/Georgia
Pacific Dodge 296 61 54,325 Running 35 21 21 Ricky Rudd Motorcraft Ford 295 58 54,290 Engine 36 31 42 # Jamie McMurray Havoline Dodge 293 55 46,255 Engine 37 43 0 # Jack Sprague NetZero 38 42 49 Ken Schrader BAM Racing
Dodge 182 49 46,175 Engine 39 2 9 Bill Elliott Dodge
Dealers/UAW Dodge 164 46 85,723 Engine 40 9 97 Kurt Busch Rubbermaid
Ford 143 43 66,090 Engine 41 25 11 Brett Bodine Hooters Restaurants Ford 141 40 46,050 Accident 42 29 6 Mark Martin Pfizer/Viagra
Ford 133 37 79,843 Engine 43 41 14 # Larry Foyt Harrah's Dodge 104 34 45,069 Engine # Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender.
* Includes race leader/most laps bonus. Failed to qualify: (2) – Bobby
Hamilton Jr. (#35), Jeff Fultz (#57). Race Comments: Bobby
Labonte earned his sixth career NASCAR Winston Cup victory at Atlanta Motor
Speedway. (Estimated attendance: 106,000.) TIME
OF RACE: 3
hours, 25 minutes, 37 seconds AVERAGE SPEED: 146.048
mph MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.274 seconds BUD
POLE AWARD: Ryan Newman, ALLTEL Dodge (191.417 mph) TRACK RECORD EA
SPORTS MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Bobby Labonte,
Interstate Batteries Chevrolet GOODYEAR
GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD: Bobby
Labonte, Interstate Batteries Chevrolet INFOGRAMES
PIT STRATEGY AWARD: Michael McSwain,
Interstate Batteries Chevrolet MBNA
MID-RACE LEADER AWARD: Bobby
Labonte, Interstate Batteries Chevrolet (Also collects $15,000 MBNA Bonus for
winning the race.) MOBIL
1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Jimmy Spencer, Sirius Satellite Radio Dodge NASCAR
WINSTON CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner; rolls over to $50,000 at NASCAR
ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Greg Biffle, Grainger Ford OUTBACK
STEAKHOUSE BLOOMIN’ FAVORITE AWARD:
Jeff Gordon, DuPont Chevrolet U.S.G.
DRIVER OF THE RACE AWARD: Bobby
Labonte, Interstate Batteries Chevrolet WASTE
MANAGEMENT PICKING UP PLACES AWARD: Jeff Gordon, DuPont Chevrolet CAUTION
FLAGS: 7 for 34 laps. 136-140 (Oil on Track); 146-154 (Oil on Track & Car #11
& 23-Accident, Backstretch); 175-178 (Car #2-Accident, Turn 2); 186-189 (Oil
on Track); 209-212 (Debris in Turn 2); 303-306 (Car #21-Accident, Turn 3),
309-312 (Car #43 & 99-Accident, Turn 2). LAP LEADERS: 23 lead changes among 10 drivers. Ryan Newman 1-20,
Bobby Labonte 21-36, Joe Nemechek 37-55, B. Labonte
56-57, Tony Stewart 58-59, Jeff Gordon 60-68, B. Labonte 69-118, Stewart
119-120, B. Labonte 121-136, Elliott Sadler 137, B. Labonte 138-175, Dave Blaney 176, B. Labonte 177-185, Dale Earnhardt Jr. 186-208,
Newman 209, Stewart 210-222, J. Gordon 223-268, Jimmie Johnson 269-270, J. Gordon
271-281, B. Labonte 282-303, Jimmy Spencer 304, B. Labonte 305-312, J. Gordon
313-314, B. Labonte 315-325. TOP
10 NASCAR WINSTON CUP POINTS (Wins) 1 –Matt Kenseth 618 (1) 2 –Tony Stewart 569 (0) 3 –Michael Waltrip 543 (1) 4 –Jimmie Johnson 519 (0) 5 –Bobby Labonte 510 (1) 6 –Johnny Benson 487 (0) 7 –Kevin Harvick 478 (0) 8 –Jeff Gordon 477 (0) 9 –Jeff Burton 476 (0) 10–Dale Earnhardt Jr. 474 (0) RAYBESTOS
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Jamie McMurray 41 Casey Mears 39 Jack Sprague 35 Tony Raines 32 Greg Biffle 32 Larry Foyt 20 Hideo Fukuyama 7 MANUFACTURERS'
CHAMPIONSHIP Points Wins Ford 30 2 Chevrolet 27 2 Dodge 16 0 WASTE MANAGEMENT PICKIN’ UP PLACES AWARD Car # Pts. Kurt Busch (#97) 34 Jimmie Johnson (#48) 29 Jeff Gordon (#24) 28 MOBIL 1 COMMAND PERFORMANCE AWARD Car # Pts. Kurt Busch (#97) 1 Ricky Craven (#32) 1 Jimmy Spencer (# 7) 1 Ryan Newman (#12) 1 GOODYEAR GATORBACK FASTEST LAP AWARD Car # Pts. Kurt Busch (#97) 1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 1 Bobby Labonte (#18) 1 Michael Waltrip (#15) 1 MBNA
MID-RACE LEADER AWARD Car # Pts. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (# 8) 1 Bobby Labonte (#18) 1 Rusty Wallace (# 2) 1 Michael Waltrip (#15) 1 CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD Car # Pts. Roush Engines (#17) 40 Mark Cronquist (#18) 37 Dave Ollish (# 8) 35 MECHANIX WEAR PIT CREW AWARD Car # Pts. Matt Kenseth (#17) 40 Tony Stewart (#40) 31 Kurt Busch (#97) 28 OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE AWARD Car # Pts. Kurt Busch (#97) 1 Jeff Gordon (#24) 1 Dale Jarrett (#88) 1 Matt Kenseth (#17) 1 BUD
POLE AWARD STANDINGS Dave Blaney 1 Jeff Green 1 Bobby
Labonte 1 Ryan
Newman 1 McDONALD’S/ Car # Pts. Michael Waltrip (#15) 120 Robby Gordon (#31) 105 Steve Park (# 1) 102 NEXT
EVENT: NOTE:
The above figures are based on team winnings and include racing purse
and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (3/11/03) © |