2003 Mountain Dew Southern 500

February 2025 NASWINSTON Mountain Dew Southern 500 2003 08 31 2003 25 36 2003_Mountain_Dew_Southern_500_program_cover_and_logo.jpg 2003 Southern 500 program cover Mountain Dew Southern 500 Darlington RacewayDarlington County, South Carolina, U.S. 1.366 2.198 367 501.322 806.800 Temperatures hovering around 93.2 F C; wind speeds approaching 8 mph km/hWeather information at The Old Farmers' Almanac 120.733 mi/h 75,000Results for the 2003 Mountain Dew 500 at Racing Reference Ryan Newman Penske Racing 29.090 Ryan Newman Penske Racing 120 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports NBC Allen Bestwick, Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach Jr. The 2003 Mountain Dew Southern 500, the 54th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on August 31, 2003 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. Contested over 367 laps on the 1.366 mi km off on speedway, it was the twenty-fifth race of the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Terry Labonte of Hendrick Motorsports won the race, for his 22nd – and ultimately, final – Cup Series win. It is the last Southern 500 held on Labor Day weekend until 2015. Background thumb|left|Layout of Darlington Raceway, the track where the race was held. Darlington Raceway, nicknamed by many NASCAR fans and drivers as "The Lady in Black" or "The Track Too Tough to Tame" and advertised as a "NASCAR Tradition", is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that will be effective at both ends. The track, Darlington Raceway, is a four-turn, 1.366 mi km off on oval.http://www.cbssports.com/nascar/tracks/page/darlington/darlington-raceway Darlington Raceway CBS Sports 2013-05-07 The track's first two turns are banked at twenty-five degrees, while the final two turns are banked two degrees lower at twenty-three degrees. The front stretch (the location of the finish line) and the back stretch is banked at six degrees. Darlington Raceway can seat up to 60,000 people. Results Pos No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Sponsor Lap Laps led Status 1 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kellogg's / Got Milk? 367 33 Running 2 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet GM Goodwrench Service 367 14 Running 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Lowe's 367 17 Running 4 42 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge Havoline 367 21 Running 5 9 Bill Elliott Evernham Motorsports Dodge Dodge Dealers / UAW 367 0 Running 6 19 Jeremy Mayfield Evernham Motorsports Dodge Dodge Dealers / UAW / Mountain Dew 367 0 Running 7 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet Interstate Batteries 367 0 Running 8 32 Ricky Craven PPI Motorsports Pontiac Give Kids the World / Tide 367 0 Running 9 38 Elliott Sadler Robert Yates Racing Ford M&M's 367 0 Running 10 16 Greg Biffle Roush Racing Ford Grainger 367 70 Running 11 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford MDA / Citgo 367 43 Running 12 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet Home Depot 367 0 Running 13 97 Kurt Busch Roush Racing Ford Rubbermaid 367 0 Running 14 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford Smirnoff Ice / DeWalt Power Tools 367 37 Running 15 4 Kevin Lepage Morgan–McClure Motorsports Pontiac Kodak 367 9 Running 16 21 Ricky Rudd Wood Brothers Racing Ford Motorcraft 367 1 Running 17 54 Todd Bodine BelCar Racing Ford National Guard 366 0 Running 18 1 Jeff Green Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevrolet Pennzoil 365 0 Running 19 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Dodge Caterpillar 364 0 Running 20 30 Steve Park Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet America Online 364 0 Running 21 25 Joe Nemechek Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet UAW–Delphi 363 0 Running 22 7 Jimmy Spencer Ultra Motorsports Dodge Sirius Satellite Radio 361 1 Running 23 12 Ryan Newman Penske Racing Dodge Alltel 359 120 Running 24 23 Kenny Wallace Bill Davis Racing Dodge Stacker 2 358 0 Running 25 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevrolet Budweiser 358 0 Running 26 0 Jason Leffler Haas CNC Racing Pontiac NetZero Hi Speed 356 0 Running 27 45 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Dodge Georgia-Pacific 345 1 Engine 28 31 Robby Gordon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Cingular Wireless 336 0 Crash 29 01 Mike Skinner MB2 Motorsports Pontiac U.S. Army 318 0 Running 30 77 Dave Blaney Jasper Motorsports Ford Jasper Engines and Transmissions 316 0 Running 31 40 Sterling Marlin Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge Coors Light 315 0 Running 32 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet DuPont 309 0 Crash 33 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Viagra 307 0 Running 34 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford UPS 302 0 Running 35 41 Casey Mears Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge Target 266 0 Running 36 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing Dodge Miller Lite 258 0 Running 37 15 Michael Waltrip Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevrolet NAPA Auto Parts 251 0 Running 38 49 Ken Schrader BAM Racing Dodge 1-800-CALL-ATT 184 0 Crash 39 37 Derrike Cope Quest Motor Racing Chevrolet Friendly's / SP Films 168 0 Crash 40 10 Johnny Benson Jr. MB2 Motorsports Pontiac Valvoline 165 0 Crash 41 02 Hermie Sadler SCORE Motorsports Pontiac GoTeamVA.com 61 0 Electrical 42 74 Tony Raines BACE Motorsports Chevrolet BACE Motorsports 9 0 Crash 43 43 Christian Fittipaldi Petty Enterprises Dodge Cheerios Heart Health 9 0 Crash Source:https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2003_Mountain_Dew_Southern_500/W 2003 Mountain Dew Southern 500 December 20, 2025 racing-reference.info NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Failed to qualify Larry Foyt (#50) Race statistics Time of race: 4:09:08 Average speed: 120.733 mph Pole speed: 169.048 mph Cautions: 10 for 55 laps Margin of victory: 1.651 seconds Lead changes: 24 Percent of race run under caution: 15.0% Average green flag run: 28.4 laps References Mountain Dew Southern 500 Mountain Dew Southern 500 Category:NASCAR races at Darlington Raceway Mountain Dew Southern 500