31st race of the 2003 Winston Cup Series
Motor car race
The2003 UAW-GM Quality 500 was the 31ststock car race of the2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 44th iteration of theevent . The race was held on Saturday, October 11, 2003, before a crowd of 160,000 inConcord, North Carolina , atLowe's Motor Speedway , a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent quad-oval. The race took the scheduled 334 laps to complete. At race's end,Tony Stewart , driving forJoe Gibbs Racing , would make a late race pass onPenske Racing South driverRyan Newman with eight to go to win his 17th careerNASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second and final win of the season.[ 1] [ 2] Hendrick Motorsports driverJimmie Johnson would finish second and third, respectively.
The layout ofLowe's Motor Speedway , the venue where the race was held. Lowe's Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigiousCoca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and theNEXTEL All-Star Challenge , as well as theUAW-GM Quality 500 . The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith (son ofBruton Smith ) as track president.
(R) denotes rookie driver.# Driver Team Make Sponsor 0 Jason Leffler Haas CNC Racing Pontiac NetZero HiSpeed 1 John Andretti Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet Pennzoil 01 Mike Skinner MB2 Motorsports Pontiac U.S. Army 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Dodge Miller Lite 02 Hermie Sadler SCORE Motorsports Chevrolet James Madison University 4 Kevin Lepage Morgan–McClure Motorsports Pontiac Kodak Perfect Touch 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kellogg's ,Got Milk? 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Viagra 7 Jimmy Spencer Ultra Motorsports Dodge Sirius Satellite Radio ,The Three Stooges 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet Budweiser 9 Bill Elliott Evernham Motorsports Dodge Dodge 10 Johnny Benson Jr. MB2 Motorsports Pontiac Zerex 12 Ryan Newman Penske Racing South Dodge Alltel 14 Mark Green A. J. Foyt Enterprises Dodge Harrah's "Oh Yeah!"15 Michael Waltrip Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet NAPA Auto Parts 16 Greg Biffle (R) Roush Racing Ford Grainger Lighting Products! 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford Carhartt 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet Interstate Batteries 19 Jeremy Mayfield Evernham Motorsports Dodge Dodge 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet The Home Depot 21 Ricky Rudd Wood Brothers Racing Ford Rent-A-Center 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Dodge Caterpillar Rental Store 23 Kenny Wallace Bill Davis Racing Dodge Stacker 2 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet DuPont ,Winston Cup Victory Lap 25 Joe Nemechek Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet UAW ,Delphi 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet GM Goodwrench 30 Steve Park Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet America Online 31 Robby Gordon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Cingular Wireless 32 Ricky Craven PPI Motorsports Pontiac Tide 37 Derrike Cope Quest Motor Racing Chevrolet Quest Motor Racing 38 Elliott Sadler Robert Yates Racing Ford M&M's Halloween 40 Sterling Marlin Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge Coors Light 41 Casey Mears (R) Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge Energizer 42 Jamie McMurray (R) Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge Texaco ,Havoline 43 Jeff Green Petty Enterprises Dodge Dinner Made Easy ,Progresso 44 Christian Fittipaldi Petty Enterprises Dodge Bugles 45 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Dodge Georgia-Pacific Brawny 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Lowe's 49 Ken Schrader BAM Racing Dodge SEM Products 54 Todd Bodine BelCar Motorsports Ford National Guard 55 Jeff Fultz Jasper Motorsports Ford Jasper Engines & Transmissions ,C. C. Boiler 60 Brian Vickers Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Haas Automation 74 Tony Raines BACE Motorsports Chevrolet Aaron's 77 Dave Blaney Jasper Motorsports Ford Jasper Engines & Transmissions 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford UPS 97 Kurt Busch Roush Racing Ford Irwin Industrial Tools 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford Citgo Official entry list
Originally, three practice sessions were planned to be held, with one on Thursday, October 9, and two on Friday, October 10. However, due to rain, the second session on Saturday was cancelled.[ 3]
The first practice session was held on Thursday, October 9, at 2:20 PMEST . The session would last for two hours.[ 4] Ryan Newman , driving forPenske Racing South , would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.128 and an average speed of 185.389 miles per hour (298.355 km/h).[ 5]
Second and final practice [ edit ] The final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Friday, October 10, at 4:00 PMEST . The session would last for 45 minutes.[ 4] Tony Stewart , driving forJoe Gibbs Racing , would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 29.690 and an average speed of 181.879 miles per hour (292.706 km/h).[ 6]
Qualifying was held on Thursday, October 9, at 7:05 PMEST . Each driver would have two laps to set a fastest time; the fastest of the two would count as their official qualifying lap.[ 4] [ 7]
Ryan Newman , driving forPenske Racing South , would win the pole, setting a time of 28.930 and an average speed of 186.657 miles per hour (300.395 km/h).[ 8]
Four drivers would fail to qualify:Ken Schrader ,Hermie Sadler ,Mark Green , andJeff Fultz .
Full qualifying results [ edit ] Fin[ 9] St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings 1 6 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 334 149 running 185 $312,478 2 1 12 Ryan Newman Penske Racing South Dodge 334 46 running 175 $164,425 3 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 334 104 running 170 $144,550 4 4 9 Bill Elliott Evernham Motorsports Dodge 334 27 running 165 $125,233 5 2 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 334 0 running 155 $123,578 6 12 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 334 4 running 155 $110,258 7 19 42 Jamie McMurray (R) Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 334 1 running 151 $67,225 8 29 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford 334 0 running 142 $82,425 9 11 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 334 2 running 143 $98,217 10 9 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 334 0 running 134 $97,853 11 27 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 334 0 running 130 $93,108 12 32 19 Jeremy Mayfield Evernham Motorsports Dodge 334 0 running 127 $65,125 13 14 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Dodge 334 0 running 124 $90,842 14 30 15 Michael Waltrip Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 334 0 running 121 $68,950 15 33 40 Sterling Marlin Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 334 0 running 118 $96,600 16 23 10 Johnny Benson Jr. MBV Motorsports Pontiac 333 0 running 115 $80,400 17 22 16 Greg Biffle (R) Roush Racing Ford 333 0 running 112 $53,000 18 21 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 333 0 running 109 $78,406 19 13 32 Ricky Craven PPI Motorsports Pontiac 333 0 running 106 $76,850 20 37 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 332 0 running 103 $87,167 21 5 4 Kevin Lepage Morgan–McClure Motorsports Pontiac 332 0 running 100 $64,050 22 16 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 331 0 running 97 $93,053 23 39 21 Ricky Rudd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 331 0 running 94 $71,475 24 34 77 Dave Blaney Jasper Motorsports Ford 331 0 running 91 $69,530 25 35 74 Tony Raines BACE Motorsports Chevrolet 331 0 running 88 $50,200 26 25 7 Jimmy Spencer Ultra Motorsports Dodge 331 0 running 85 $57,889 27 36 43 Jeff Green Petty Enterprises Dodge 331 0 running 82 $84,963 28 38 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Dodge 331 0 running 79 $81,941 29 8 54 Todd Bodine BelCar Motorsports Ford 331 0 running 76 $49,200 30 41 1 John Andretti Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 331 0 running 73 $74,262 31 40 25 Joe Nemechek Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 330 0 running 70 $47,950 32 18 23 Kenny Wallace Bill Davis Racing Dodge 330 0 running 67 $45,325 33 20 60 Brian Vickers Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 329 0 running 64 $46,175 34 31 44 Christian Fittipaldi Petty Enterprises Dodge 329 0 running 61 $45,225 35 24 0 Jason Leffler Haas CNC Racing Pontiac 325 0 running 58 $45,150 36 26 30 Steve Park Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 310 0 running 55 $53,065 37 43 37 Derrike Cope Quest Motor Racing Chevrolet 297 0 running 52 $45,020 38 15 31 Robby Gordon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 293 0 running 49 $70,162 39 10 01 Mike Skinner MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 275 1 running 51 $45,440 40 42 45 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Dodge 271 0 suspension 43 $52,905 41 17 97 Kurt Busch Roush Racing Ford 229 0 crash 40 $64,870 42 28 41 Casey Mears (R) Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 217 0 engine 37 $52,830 43 7 38 Elliott Sadler Robert Yates Racing Ford 204 0 crash 34 $78,999 Failed to qualify 44 49 Ken Schrader BAM Racing Dodge 45 02 Hermie Sadler SCORE Motorsports Chevrolet 46 14 Mark Green A. J. Foyt Enterprises Dodge 47 55 Jeff Fultz Jasper Motorsports Ford Official race results
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