NASCAR: Darlington, Round 25

31st August 2003 - Mountain Dew Southern 500



Practice One

Pos No Driver Make Time Gap To 1st Speed Gap To 1st 1. 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 29.216 168.319 2. 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge 29.244 0.028 0.028 168.158 0.161 0.161 3. 16 Greg Biffle* Ford 29.271 0.027 0.055 168.002 0.156 0.317 4. 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 29.326 0.055 0.110 167.687 0.315 0.632 5. 12 Ryan Newman Dodge 29.339 0.013 0.123 167.613 0.074 0.706 6. 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 29.378 0.039 0.162 167.391 0.222 0.928 7. 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 29.387 0.009 0.171 167.339 0.052 0.980 8. 7 Jimmy Spencer Dodge 29.389 0.002 0.173 167.328 0.011 0.991 9. 5 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 29.389 0.000 0.173 167.328 0.000 0.991 10. 10 Johnny Benson Pontiac 29.397 0.008 0.181 167.282 0.046 1.037 11. 01 Mike Skinner Pontiac 29.417 0.020 0.201 167.169 0.113 1.150 12. 32 Ricky Craven Pontiac 29.423 0.006 0.207 167.135 0.034 1.184 13. 41 Casey Mears* Dodge 29.441 0.018 0.225 167.032 0.103 1.287 14. 42 Jamie McMurray* Dodge 29.445 0.004 0.229 167.010 0.022 1.309 15. 23 Kenny Wallace Dodge 29.447 0.002 0.231 166.998 0.012 1.321 16. 18 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet 29.484 0.037 0.268 166.789 0.209 1.530 17. 22 Ward Burton Dodge 29.488 0.004 0.272 166.766 0.023 1.553 18. 38 Elliott Sadler Ford 29.499 0.011 0.283 166.704 0.062 1.615 19. 154 Todd Bodine Ford 29.530 0.031 0.314 166.529 0.175 1.790 20. 77 Dave Blaney Ford 29.541 0.011 0.325 166.467 0.062 1.852 21. 9 Bill Elliott Dodge 29.554 0.013 0.338 166.394 0.073 1.925 22. 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 29.558 0.004 0.342 166.371 0.023 1.948 23. 15 Michael Waltrip Chevrolet 29.572 0.014 0.356 166.292 0.079 2.027 24. 40 Sterling Marlin Dodge 29.581 0.009 0.365 166.242 0.050 2.077 25. 20 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 29.582 0.001 0.366 166.236 0.006 2.083 26. 97 Kurt Busch Ford 29.611 0.029 0.395 166.073 0.163 2.246 27. 1 Jeff Green Chevrolet 29.631 0.020 0.415 165.961 0.112 2.358 28. 2 Rusty Wallace Dodge 29.655 0.024 0.439 165.827 0.134 2.492 29. 6 Mark Martin Ford 29.657 0.002 0.441 165.816 0.011 2.503 30. 21 Ricky Rudd Ford 29.686 0.029 0.470 165.654 0.162 2.665 31. 0 Jason Leffler Pontiac 29.695 0.009 0.479 165.604 0.050 2.715 32. 25 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 29.705 0.010 0.489 165.548 0.056 2.771 33. 31 Robby Gordon Chevrolet 29.713 0.008 0.497 165.503 0.045 2.816 34. 99 Jeff Burton Ford 29.733 0.020 0.517 165.392 0.111 2.927 35. 43 Christian Fittipaldi Dodge 29.768 0.035 0.552 165.198 0.194 3.121 36. 88 Dale Jarrett Ford 29.841 0.073 0.625 164.793 0.405 3.526 37. 49 Ken Schrader Dodge 29.871 0.030 0.655 164.628 0.165 3.691 38. 45 Kyle Petty Dodge 29.925 0.054 0.709 164.331 0.297 3.988 39. 74 Tony Raines* Chevrolet 29.965 0.040 0.749 164.111 0.220 4.208 40. 30 Steve Park Chevrolet 29.995 0.030 0.779 163.947 0.164 4.372 41. 4 Kevin Lepage Pontiac 30.004 0.009 0.788 163.898 0.049 4.421 42. 150 Larry Foyt* Dodge 30.293 0.289 1.077 162.335 1.563 5.984 43. 37 Derrike Cope Chevrolet 30.528 0.235 1.312 161.085 1.250 7.234 44. 02 Hermie Sadler Pontiac 31.319 0.791 2.103 157.017 4.068 11.302 * Series rookie

Starting Line-up

Pos No Driver Make Time Gap To 1st Speed Gap To 1st 1. 12 Ryan Newman Dodge 29.090 169.048 2. 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 29.122 0.032 0.032 168.862 0.186 0.186 3. 5 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 29.178 0.056 0.088 168.538 0.324 0.510 4. 38 Elliott Sadler Ford 29.193 0.015 0.103 168.451 0.087 0.597 5. 18 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet 29.232 0.039 0.142 168.227 0.224 0.821 6. 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 29.244 0.012 0.154 168.158 0.069 0.890 7. 6 Mark Martin Ford 29.267 0.023 0.177 168.025 0.133 1.023 8. 32 Ricky Craven Pontiac 29.297 0.030 0.207 167.853 0.172 1.195 9. 16 Greg Biffle* Ford 29.304 0.007 0.214 167.813 0.040 1.235 10. 77 Dave Blaney Ford 29.309 0.005 0.219 167.785 0.028 1.263 11. 10 Johnny Benson Pontiac 29.333 0.024 0.243 167.647 0.138 1.401 12. 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 29.338 0.005 0.248 167.619 0.028 1.429 13. 40 Sterling Marlin Dodge 29.358 0.020 0.268 167.505 0.114 1.543 14. 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 29.360 0.002 0.270 167.493 0.012 1.555 15. 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge 29.377 0.017 0.287 167.396 0.097 1.652 16. 01 Mike Skinner Pontiac 29.389 0.012 0.299 167.328 0.068 1.720 17. 42 Jamie McMurray* Dodge 29.396 0.007 0.306 167.288 0.040 1.760 18. 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 29.405 0.009 0.315 167.237 0.051 1.811 19. 88 Dale Jarrett Ford 29.419 0.014 0.329 167.157 0.080 1.891 20. 20 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 29.432 0.013 0.342 167.083 0.074 1.965 21. 41 Casey Mears* Dodge 29.433 0.001 0.343 167.078 0.005 1.970 22. 9 Bill Elliott Dodge 29.436 0.003 0.346 167.061 0.017 1.987 23. 43 Christian Fittipaldi Dodge 29.440 0.004 0.350 167.038 0.023 2.010 24. 23 Kenny Wallace Dodge 29.454 0.014 0.364 166.959 0.079 2.089 25. 31 Robby Gordon Chevrolet 29.458 0.004 0.368 166.936 0.023 2.112 26. 154 Todd Bodine Ford 29.471 0.013 0.381 166.862 0.074 2.186 27. 25 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 29.471 0.000 0.381 166.862 0.000 2.186 28. 99 Jeff Burton Ford 29.488 0.017 0.398 166.766 0.096 2.282 29. 22 Ward Burton Dodge 29.493 0.005 0.403 166.738 0.028 2.310 30. 21 Ricky Rudd Ford 29.515 0.022 0.425 166.614 0.124 2.434 31. 97 Kurt Busch Ford 29.524 0.009 0.434 166.563 0.051 2.485 32. 30 Steve Park Chevrolet 29.578 0.054 0.488 166.259 0.304 2.789 33. 74 Tony Raines* Chevrolet 29.626 0.048 0.536 165.989 0.270 3.059 34. 2 Rusty Wallace Dodge 29.641 0.015 0.551 165.905 0.084 3.143 35. 1 Jeff Green Chevrolet 29.644 0.003 0.554 165.889 0.016 3.159 36. 0 Jason Leffler Pontiac 29.667 0.023 0.577 165.760 0.129 3.288 Provisional 37. 15 Michael Waltrip Chevrolet 29.834 164.832 38. 7 Jimmy Spencer Dodge No Time 39. 49 Ken Schrader Dodge 29.703 165.559 40. 45 Kyle Petty Dodge 29.829 164.860 41. 4 Kevin Lepage Pontiac 29.869 164.639 42. 37 Derrike Cope Chevrolet 30.224 162.705 43. 02 Hermie Sadler Pontiac 30.820 159.559 Did Not Qualify 150 Larry Foyt* Dodge 29.691 165.626

Practice Two

Pos No Driver Make Time Gap To 1st Speed Gap To 1st 1. 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 29.836 164.821 2. 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 29.879 0.043 0.043 164.584 0.237 0.237 3. 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 29.910 0.031 0.074 164.413 0.171 0.408 4. 77 Dave Blaney Ford 29.926 0.016 0.090 164.325 0.088 0.496 5. 40 Sterling Marlin Dodge 29.975 0.049 0.139 164.057 0.268 0.764 6 . 6 Mark Martin Ford 30.005 0.030 0.169 163.893 0.164 0.928 7. 88 Dale Jarrett Ford 30.030 0.025 0.194 163.756 0.137 1.065 8. 12 Ryan Newman Dodge 30.053 0.023 0.217 163.631 0.125 1.190 9. 25 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 30.057 0.004 0.221 163.609 0.022 1.212 10. 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 30.068 0.011 0.232 163.549 0.060 1.272 11. 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 30.070 0.002 0.234 163.538 0.011 1.283 12. 9 Bill Elliott Dodge 30.084 0.014 0.248 163.462 0.076 1.359 13. 42 Jamie McMurray* Dodge 30.092 0.008 0.256 163.419 0.043 1.402 14. 99 Jeff Burton Ford 30.110 0.018 0.274 163.321 0.098 1.500 15. 18 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet 30.139 0.029 0.303 163.164 0.157 1.657 16. 16 Greg Biffle* Ford 30.145 0.006 0.309 163.132 0.032 1.689 17. 20 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 30.179 0.034 0.343 162.948 0.184 1.873 18. 1 Jeff Green Chevrolet 30.193 0.014 0.357 162.872 0.076 1.949 19. 2 Rusty Wallace Dodge 30.212 0.019 0.376 162.770 0.102 2.051 20. 41 Casey Mears* Dodge 30.237 0.025 0.401 162.635 0.135 2.186 21. 31 Robby Gordon Chevrolet 30.238 0.001 0.402 162.630 0.005 2.191 22. 5 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 30.267 0.029 0.431 162.474 0.156 2.347 23. 22 Ward Burton Dodge 30.274 0.007 0.438 162.436 0.038 2.385 24. 38 Elliott Sadler Ford 30.325 0.051 0.489 162.163 0.273 2.658 25. 7 Jimmy Spencer Dodge 30.353 0.028 0.517 162.014 0.149 2.807 26. 154 Todd Bodine Ford 30.366 0.013 0.530 161.944 0.070 2.877 27. 32 Ricky Craven Pontiac 30.377 0.011 0.541 161.886 0.058 2.935 28. 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge 30.383 0.006 0.547 161.854 0.032 2.967 29. 15 Michael Waltrip Chevrolet 30.412 0.029 0.576 161.699 0.155 3.122 30. 30 Steve Park Chevrolet 30.439 0.027 0.603 161.556 0.143 3.265 31. 10 Johnny Benson Pontiac 30.440 0.001 0.604 161.551 0.005 3.270 32. 97 Kurt Busch Ford 30.467 0.027 0.631 161.407 0.144 3.414 33. 23 Kenny Wallace Dodge 30.504 0.037 0.668 161.212 0.195 3.609 34. 21 Ricky Rudd Ford 30.562 0.058 0.726 160.906 0.306 3.915 35. 01 Mike Skinner Pontiac 30.592 0.030 0.756 160.748 0.158 4.073 36. 45 Kyle Petty Dodge 30.628 0.036 0.792 160.559 0.189 4.262 37. 49 Ken Schrader Dodge 30.683 0.055 0.847 160.271 0.288 4.550 38. 4 Kevin Lepage Pontiac 30.692 0.009 0.856 160.224 0.047 4.597 39. 0 Jason Leffler Pontiac 30.708 0.016 0.872 160.141 0.083 4.680 40. 74 Tony Raines* Chevrolet 30.825 0.117 0.989 159.533 0.608 5.288 41. 43 Christian Fittipaldi Dodge 30.863 0.038 1.027 159.336 0.197 5.485 42. 02 Hermie Sadler Pontiac 31.171 0.308 1.335 157.762 1.574 7.059 43. 37 Derrike Cope Chevrolet 31.358 0.187 1.522 156.821 0.941 8.000

Race Results

Pos St No Driver Make Pts Bns Laps Status 1. 3 5 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 180 5 367 Running 2. 18 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 175 5 367 Running 3. 2 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 170 5 367 Running 4. 17 42 Jamie McMurray * Dodge 165 5 367 Running 5. 22 9 Bill Elliott Dodge 155 367 Running 6. 15 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge 150 367 Running 7. 5 18 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet 146 367 Running 8. 8 32 Ricky Craven Pontiac 142 367 Running 9. 4 38 Elliott Sadler Ford 138 367 Running 10. 9 16 Greg Biffle * Ford 139 5 367 Running 11. 28 99 Jeff Burton Ford 135 5 367 Running 12. 20 20 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 127 367 Running 13. 31 97 Kurt Busch Ford 124 367 Running 14. 6 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 126 5 367 Running 15. 41 4 Kevin Lepage Pontiac 123 5 367 Running 16. 30 21 Ricky Rudd Ford 120 5 367 Running 17. 27 154 Todd Bodine Ford 112 366 Running 18. 35 1 Jeff Green Chevrolet 109 365 Running 19. 29 22 Ward Burton Dodge 106 364 Running 20. 32 30 Steve Park Chevrolet 103 364 Running 21. 26 25 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 100 363 Running 22. 38 7 Jimmy Spencer Dodge 102 5 361 Running 23. 1 12 Ryan Newman Dodge 104 10 359 Running 24. 24 23 Kenny Wallace Dodge 91 358 Running 25. 12 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 88 358 Running 26. 36 0 Jason Leffler Pontiac 85 356 Running 27. 40 45 Kyle Petty Dodge 87 5 345 Running 28. 25 31 Robby Gordon Chevrolet 79 336 Out of Race 29. 16 01 Mike Skinner Pontiac 76 318 Running 30. 10 77 Dave Blaney Ford 73 316 Running 31. 13 40 Sterling Marlin Dodge 70 314 Running 32. 14 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 67 309 Running 33. 7 6 Mark Martin Ford 64 307 Running 34. 19 88 Dale Jarrett Ford 61 302 Running 35. 21 41 Casey Mears * Dodge 58 266 Running 36. 34 2 Rusty Wallace Dodge 55 258 Running 37. 37 15 Michael Waltrip Chevrolet 52 250 Running 38. 39 49 Ken Schrader Dodge 49 184 Out of Race 39. 42 37 Derrike Cope Chevrolet 46 168 Out of Race 40. 11 10 Johnny Benson Pontiac 43 165 Out of Race 41. 43 02 Hermie Sadler Pontiac 40 61 Out of Race 42. 33 74 Tony Raines * Chevrolet 37 9 Out of Race 43. 23 43 Christian Fittipaldi Dodge 34 6 Out of Race Race Winning Time: 4h09m07s

Championship Standings

Pos Driver Pts Sts 1st T5 T10 1. Matt Kenseth 3718 25 1 10 19 2. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 3329 25 1 9 15 3. Kevin Harvick 3303 25 1 9 12 4. Jimmie Johnson 3233 25 2 7 11 5. Jeff Gordon 3127 25 1 8 11 6. Kurt Busch 3114 25 4 8 11 7. Ryan Newman 3075 25 5 9 13 8. Bobby Labonte 3053 25 1 10 12 9. Michael Waltrip 3012 25 1 6 9 10. Tony Stewart 2936 25 1 6 10 11. Terry Labonte 2935 25 1 4 7 12. Robby Gordon 2914 25 2 4 10 13. Jeff Burton 2844 25 0 2 7 14. Bill Elliott 2735 25 0 4 5 15. Mark Martin 2732 25 0 5 9 16. Sterling Marlin 2666 25 0 0 9 17. Rusty Wallace 2657 25 0 1 7 18. Greg Biffle* 2605 24 1 3 5 19. Elliott Sadler 2583 25 0 2 8 20. Ricky Craven 2580 25 1 3 7 21. Jamie McMurray* 2579 25 0 5 7 22. Ward Burton 2576 25 0 0 4 23. Joe Nemechek 2420 25 1 1 4 24. Johnny Benson 2416 25 0 1 2 25. Dale Jarrett 2370 25 1 1 7 26. Ricky Rudd 2355 25 0 2 2 27. Jeremy Mayfield 2351 25 0 0 6 28. Dave Blaney 2325 25 0 1 4 29. Jimmy Spencer 2234 24 0 1 3 30. Steve Park 2155 25 0 1 3 31. Kenny Wallace 2150 25 0 0 1 32. Todd Bodine 2141 25 0 0 1 33. Jeff Green 1976 23 0 0 1 34. Casey Mears* 1877 25 0 0 0 35. Kyle Petty 1775 24 0 0 0 36. Ken Schrader 1749 23 0 0 2 37. Tony Raines* 1746 24 0 0 0 38. John Andretti 1381 18 0 0 1 39. Mike Skinner 1354 18 0 0 0 40. Jack Sprague* 1284 18 0 0 0 41. Larry Foyt* 921 16 0 0 0 42. Jerry Nadeau 844 10 0 1 1 43. Mike Wallace 771 10 0 0 1 44. Christian Fittipaldi 613 11 0 0 0 45. Derrike Cope 549 12 0 0 0 46. Brett Bodine 308 6 0 0 0 47. Jason Leffler 292 4 0 0 0 48. Kevin Lepage 266 4 0 0 0 49. Johnny Sauter 240 3 0 0 0 50. Scott Pruett 236 2 0 1 1 51. Boris Said 201 2 0 0 1 52. Ron Fellows 200 2 0 0 1 53. Hermie Sadler 168 4 0 0 0 54. Johnny Miller 146 2 0 0 0 55. Casey Atwood 113 2 0 0 0 56. Buckshot Jones 112 1 0 0 0 57. Hideo Fukuyama* 98 2 0 0 0 58. PJ Jones 91 1 0 0 0 59. Scott Wimmer 91 1 0 0 0 60. Mike Bliss 85 1 0 0 0 61. Paul Menard 76 1 0 0 0 62. Ted Musgrave 70 1 0 0 0 63. Morgan Shepherd 68 2 0 0 0 64. Jason Keller 67 1 0 0 0 65. David Green 67 1 0 0 0 66. Geoffrey Bodine 46 1 0 0 0 67. Stacy Compton 39 1 0 0 0