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2003 Sharpie 500
Held on August 23, 2003 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, TN
500 L, 266.5 M, 429 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	5	97	Kurt Busch	Metallic Silver Sharpie, Rubbermaid	Ford	500	121	running	180
2	23	29	Kevin Harvick	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevy	500	39	running	175
3	31	42	Jamie McMurray	Havoline	Dodge	500	0	running	165
4	10	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt	Ford	500	0	running	160
5	16	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's	Chevy	500	0	running	155
6	6	12	Ryan Newman	Alltel	Dodge	500	30	running	155
7	27	88	Dale Jarrett	UPS	Ford	500	0	running	146
8	14	32	Ricky Craven	Tide	Pontiac	500	0	running	142
9	9	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Budweiser	Chevy	500	0	running	138
10	29	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge Dealers, UAW	Dodge	500	0	running	134
11	13	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's, got milk?	Chevy	500	0	running	130
12	26	49	Ken Schrader	SEM Products	Dodge	500	0	running	127
13	24	22	Ward Burton	Caterpillar	Dodge	500	0	running	124
14	32	10	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Valvoline	Pontiac	500	0	running	121
15	11	23	Kenny Wallace	Stacker 2	Dodge	500	0	running	118
16	25	9	Bill Elliott	Dodge Dealers, UAW	Dodge	500	0	running	115
17	36	40	Sterling Marlin	Coors Light	Dodge	500	61	running	117
18	4	01	Mike Skinner	U.S. Army	Pontiac	500	5	running	114
19	38	25	Joe Nemechek	UAW-Delphi	Chevy	500	0	running	106
20	12	74	Tony Raines	BACE Motorsports	Chevy	500	0	running	103
21	41	41	Casey Mears	Target	Dodge	500	0	running	100
22	34	16	Greg Biffle	Grainger	Ford	500	0	running	97
23	18	20	Tony Stewart	Home Depot	Chevy	494	0	running	94
24	28	27	Scott Wimmer	YJ Stinger	Chevy	494	0	running	91
25	21	4	Johnny Sauter	Kodak Easy Share	Pontiac	459	0	running	88
26	30	0	Jason Leffler	NetZero Hi Speed	Pontiac	458	0	running	85
27	19	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries	Chevy	448	0	running	82
28	1	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont	Chevy	444	179	accident	89
29	35	30	Steve Park	America Online	Chevy	440	0	running	76
30	15	77	Dave Blaney	First Tennessee Bank, Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	436	0	running	73
31	7	7	Ted Musgrave	Sirius Satellite Radio	Dodge	430	0	running	70
32	37	99	Jeff Burton	Citgo	Ford	419	0	running	67
33	8	21	Ricky Rudd	Motorcraft	Ford	415	0	running	64
34	42	45	Kyle Petty	Georgia-Pacific	Dodge	400	0	running	61
35	22	31	Robby Gordon	Cingular Wireless	Chevy	392	0	running	58
36	2	6	Mark Martin	Viagra	Ford	346	49	accident	60
37	40	54	Todd Bodine	National Guard	Ford	315	0	running	52
38	17	38	Elliott Sadler	Combos	Ford	305	0	accident	49
39	33	50	Larry Foyt	Harrah's	Dodge	273	0	accident	46
40	39	1	Jeff Green	Pennzoil Synthetic	Chevy	193	16	engine	48
41	43	43	Christian Fittipaldi	Cheerios Heart Health	Dodge	175	0	accident	40
42	3	15	Michael Waltrip	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevy	87	0	accident	37
43	20	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite, Winston Cup Victory Lap	Dodge	87	0	accident	34
DID NOT QUALIFY
		02	Hermie Sadler	Virginia Cavaliers	Pontiac			DNQ
		79	Billy Bigley, Jr.	Arnold Development Companies	Dodge			DNQ
		37	Derrike Cope	Friendly's Ice Cream, SP Films	Chevy			DNQ
		89	Morgan Shepherd	Racing with Jesus, Red Line Oil	Ford			DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 3h:26:32
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Jeff Gordon - 15.038 sec.
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory: 0.818 seconds
Average Speed: 77.421 mph
Cautions: 20 for 119 laps - Laps 7-12 (#1,30,41,43,45,54 accident turn 4); Laps 65-70 (#0,16,27 accident backstretch); Laps 77-80 (#12 spun frontstretch); Laps 90-100 (#2,15 accident turn 4); Laps 104-107 (#1,9,10,25,42,50 accident turn 3); Laps 161-166 (#18,20,25,41,97 accident turn 3); Laps 176-186 (#7,12,77,99 accident frontstretch); Laps 194-197 (#1 accident turn 3); Laps 223-228 (#7,32 accident turn 3); Laps 256-261 (#31 spun frontstretch); Laps 276-282 (#43 accident frontstretch); Laps 287-292 (#50 accident backstretch); Laps 300-304 (debris); Laps 307-313 (#38 accident backstretch); Laps 339-344 (#18 accident turn 4); Laps 348-353 (#4,6 accident frontstretch); Laps 373-378 (#21,40 accident turn 2); Laps 423-427 (debris); Laps 445-449 (#24,49 accident frontstretch); Laps 461-464 (#74 accident turn 2)
Lead Changes: 11 among 8 drivers - Jeff Gordon (IN) (1-66); Jeff Green (KY) (67-82); Jeff Gordon (IN (83-162); Kevin Harvick (163-187); Mike Skinner (188-192); Jeff Gordon (IN (193-225); Sterling Marlin (226-261); Mark Martin (Batesville, AR) (262-310); Ryan Newman (311-340); Sterling Marlin (341-365); Kevin Harvick (366-379); Kurt Busch (380-500)
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered