| Race details[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 21 of 36 in the2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||
 2003 Brickyard 400 program cover | |||
| Date | August 3, 2003 (2003-08-03) | ||
| Official name | Brickyard 400 | ||
| Location | Indianapolis Motor Speedway inSpeedway, Indiana | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 2.5 miles (4.023 km) | ||
| Distance | 160 laps, 400 mi (643.738 km) | ||
| Weather | Warm with temperatures approaching 80.1 °F (26.7 °C); wind speeds up to 13.8 miles per hour (22.2 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 134.554 miles per hour (216.544 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Richard Childress Racing | ||
| Time | 48.822 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Tony Stewart | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Laps | 60 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 29 | Kevin Harvick | Richard Childress Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | NBC | ||
| Announcers | Allen Bestwick,Wally Dallenbach Jr. andBenny Parsons | ||
| Nielsen ratings | 6.1/15 (9.3 million) | ||
The2003 Brickyard 400, the 10th running of theevent, was aNASCARWinston Cup Series race held on August 3, 2003, atIndianapolis Motor Speedway inSpeedway, Indiana. Contested over 160 laps on the 2.5-mile (4.0-kilometre) speedway, it was the twenty-first race of the2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season.Kevin Harvick ofRichard Childress Racing won the race.
Kevin Harvick became the first driver to win the race from the pole position.
TheIndianapolis Motor Speedway, located inSpeedway, Indiana, (anenclave suburb ofIndianapolis) in the United States, is the home of theIndianapolis 500 and theBrickyard 400. It is located on the corner of 16th Street and Georgetown Road, approximately 6 miles (9.7 kilometres) west ofDowntown Indianapolis. It is a four-turn rectangular-oval track that is 2.5 miles (4.0 kilometres) long. The track's turns arebanked at 9degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, has no banking. The back stretch, opposite of the front, also has a zero degree banking. The racetrack has seats for more than 250,000 spectators.