2003 MBNA America 400

28th race of the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series February 2025 NASWINSTON Roush Racing September 21 Allen Bestwick, Benny Parsons, Wally Dallenbach Jr. 108.802 mph km/h 137,000 Matt Kenseth Set by 2003 owner's points Motor Racing Network NBC Kevin Harvick 133 Richard Childress Racing Ryan Newman Penske Racing South 12 Dover, Delaware, Dover International Speedway 36 28 MBNA America 400 35th Annual MBNA America 400 400 400 400 643.737 643.737 1.6 1 2003 400 The 2003 MBNA America 400 program cover. 2003_MBNA_America_400_program_cover.jpg The 2003 MBNA America 400 was the 28th stock car race of the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 35th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, September 21, 2003, before a crowd of 137,000 in Dover, Delaware at Dover International Speedway, a 1-mile (1.6 km) permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 400 laps to complete. At race's end, Ryan Newman of Penske Racing South would come back from two laps down and save fuel at the end to win his eighth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series win and his seventh win of the season.Newman scores seventh win of 2003 https://www.espn.com/rpm/wc/2003/0921/1620686.html 2022-02-05 www.espn.com To fill out the podium, Jeremy Mayfield of Evernham Motorsports and Tony Stewart of Joe Gibbs Racing would finish second and third, respectively. Dale Earnhardt Jr. would suffer a concussion during the race on lap 363.2017-09-30 Dale Jr.'s final ride: Dover https://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/story/_/id/20865890/nascar-dale-earnhardt-jr-history-dover-more-memorable 2022-02-05 ESPN.com en Background thumb|The layout of Dover International Speedway, the venue where the race was held. Dover International Speedway is an oval race track in Dover, Delaware, United States that has held at least two NASCAR races since it opened in 1969. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the NTT IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1-mile (1.6 km) concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Dover Motorsports. The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats. Entry list #DriverTeamMake0Jason LefflerHaas CNC RacingPontiac1John AndrettiDale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet01Mike SkinnerMB2 MotorsportsPontiac2Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthDodge02Hermie SadlerSCORE MotorsportsPontiac4Kevin LepageMorgan–McClure MotorsportsPontiac5Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet6Mark MartinRoush RacingFord7Jimmy SpencerUltra MotorsportsDodge8Dale Earnhardt Jr.Dale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet9Bill ElliottEvernham MotorsportsDodge10Johnny Benson Jr.MB2 MotorsportsPontiac12Ryan NewmanPenske Racing SouthDodge15Michael WaltripDale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet16Greg BiffleRoush RacingFord17Matt KensethRoush RacingFord18Bobby LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet19Jeremy MayfieldEvernham MotorsportsDodge20Tony StewartJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet21Ricky RuddWood Brothers RacingFord22Ward BurtonBill Davis RacingDodge23Kenny WallaceBill Davis RacingDodge24Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet25Joe NemechekHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet27Scott WimmerBill Davis RacingChevrolet29Kevin HarvickRichard Childress RacingChevrolet30Steve ParkRichard Childress RacingChevrolet31Robby GordonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet32Ricky CravenPPI MotorsportsPontiac37Derrike CopeQuest Motor RacingChevrolet38Elliott SadlerRobert Yates RacingFord40Sterling MarlinChip Ganassi RacingDodge41Casey MearsChip Ganassi RacingDodge42Jamie McMurrayChip Ganassi RacingDodge43Jeff GreenPetty EnterprisesDodge44Christian FittipaldiPetty EnterprisesDodge45Kyle PettyPetty EnterprisesDodge48Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet49Ken SchraderBAM RacingDodge50Larry FoytA. J. Foyt EnterprisesDodge54Todd BodineBelCar MotorsportsFord71Tim SauterMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet74Tony RainesBACE MotorsportsChevrolet77Dave BlaneyJasper MotorsportsFord79Billy BigleyArnold MotorsportsDodge79Rich Bickle*Conely RacingChevrolet88Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingFord89Morgan ShepherdShepherd Racing VenturesFord91Shane Hmiel*Evernham MotorsportsDodge97Kurt BuschRoush RacingFord99Jeff BurtonRoush RacingFordOfficial entry list *Withdrew.Jayski's Silly Season Site - 2003 Dover 2 Race Info Page http://www.jayski.com/next/2003/2003dover2.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20050204161128/http://www.jayski.com/next/2003/2003dover2.htm 2005-02-04 2022-02-05 Jayski's Silly Season Site Practice First practice The first practice session was held on Saturday, September 20, at 11:15 AM EST, and would last for one hour and 15 minutes. Jimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 23.472 and an average speed of 153.374 mph km/h.NASCAR.com - Races - 2003 Dover 2 Practice 1Results http://www.nascar.com/races/wc/2003/28/data/practice1_speeds.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20050205055916/http://www.nascar.com/races/wc/2003/28/data/practice1_speeds.html 2005-02-05 2022-02-05 NASCAR.com Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed148Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet23.472153.374220Tony StewartJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet23.521153.055312Ryan NewmanPenske Racing SouthDodge23.538152.944Full first practice results Second and final practice The second and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Saturday, September 20, at approximately 3:00 PM EST, and would last for approximately one hour. Dale Earnhardt Jr. of Dale Earnhardt, Inc. would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 23.583 and an average speed of 152.652 mph km/h.NASCAR.com - Races - 2003 Dover 2 Practice 2 Results http://www.nascar.com/races/wc/2003/28/data/practice2_speeds.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20050205060412/http://www.nascar.com/races/wc/2003/28/data/practice2_speeds.html 2005-02-05 2022-02-05 NASCAR.com Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed18Dale Earnhardt Jr.Dale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet23.583152.65222Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthDodge23.630152.349312Ryan NewmanPenske Racing SouthDodge23.650152.220Full Happy Hour practice results Qualifying Qualifying was canceled due to the impeding threat of Hurricane Isabel. As a result, the current 2003 owner's standings were used to determine the lineup. Matt Kenseth of Roush Racing would win the pole.Kenseth on pole at Dover https://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2003/09/20/Kenseth-on-pole-at-Dover/63051064057978/ 2022-02-05 UPI en Pos.#DriverTeamMake117Matt KensethRoush RacingFord28Dale Earnhardt Jr.Dale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet329Kevin HarvickRichard Childress RacingChevrolet448Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet512Ryan NewmanPenske Racing SouthDodge624Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet797Kurt BuschRoush RacingFord818Bobby LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet95Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1015Michael WaltripDale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet1120Tony StewartJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet1231Robby GordonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet1399Jeff BurtonRoush RacingFord142Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthDodge159Bill ElliottEvernham MotorsportsDodge166Mark MartinRoush RacingFord1740Sterling MarlinChip Ganassi RacingDodge1842Jamie McMurrayChip Ganassi RacingDodge1916Greg BiffleRoush RacingFord2038Elliott SadlerRobert Yates RacingFord2122Ward BurtonBill Davis RacingDodge2232Ricky CravenPPI MotorsportsPontiac2321Ricky RuddWood Brothers RacingFord2425Joe NemechekHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet2519Jeremy MayfieldEvernham MotorsportsDodge2610Johnny Benson Jr.MB2 MotorsportsPontiac2788Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingFord2877Dave BlaneyJasper MotorsportsFord297Jimmy SpencerUltra MotorsportsDodge301John AndrettiDale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet3123Kenny WallaceBill Davis RacingDodge3230Steve ParkRichard Childress RacingChevrolet3354Todd BodineBelCar RacingFord3401Mike SkinnerMB2 MotorsportsPontiac3541Casey MearsChip Ganassi RacingDodge3645Kyle PettyPetty EnterprisesDodge370Jason LefflerHaas CNC RacingPontiac3849Ken SchraderBAM RacingDodge3974Tony RainesBACE MotorsportsChevrolet404Kevin LepageMorgan–McClure MotorsportsPontiac4143Jeff GreenPetty EnterprisesDodge4237Derrike CopeQuest Motor RacingChevrolet4302Hermie SadlerSCORE MotorsportsPontiacFailed to qualify or withdrew4450Larry FoytA. J. Foyt EnterprisesDodge4527Scott WimmerBill Davis RacingChevrolet4689Morgan ShepherdShepherd Racing VenturesFord4779Billy BigleyArnold MotorsportsDodge4844Christian FittipaldiPetty EnterprisesDodge4971Tim SauterMarcis Auto RacingChevroletWD79Rich BickleConely RacingChevroletWD91Shane HmielEvernham MotorsportsDodgeOfficial starting lineup Race results Fin2003 MBNA America 400 - The Third Turn https://www.thethirdturn.com/wiki/2003_MBNA_America_400 2022-02-05 www.thethirdturn.com enSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings1512Ryan NewmanPenske Racing SouthDodge400106running180$160,46022519Jeremy MayfieldEvernham MotorsportsDodge4000running170$140,63531120Tony StewartJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet40097running170$153,4084329Kevin HarvickRichard Childress RacingChevrolet400133running170$119,5335624Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet40014running160$123,92361842Jamie McMurrayChip Ganassi RacingDodge4000running150$71,89071916Greg BiffleRoush RacingFord4000running146$66,4408448Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet4000running142$79,9409117Matt KensethRoush RacingFord4001running143$79,84010142Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthDodge4000running134$98,707112321Ricky RuddWood Brothers RacingFord4000running130$87,155121399Jeff BurtonRoush RacingFord4000running127$96,007131740Sterling MarlinChip Ganassi RacingDodge4001running129$102,54014159Bill ElliottEvernham MotorsportsDodge4000running121$94,67315297Jimmy SpencerUltra MotorsportsDodge4000running118$75,890164143Jeff GreenPetty EnterprisesDodge4000running115$99,818173354Todd BodineBelCar RacingFord4000running112$71,740182788Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingFord4000running109$100,703192038Elliott SadlerRobert Yates RacingFord4000running106$92,4902095Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet3990running103$86,346212610Johnny Benson Jr.MB2 MotorsportsPontiac3990running100$84,49022166Mark MartinRoush RacingFord3980running97$91,323231231Robby GordonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet3980running94$83,327242877Dave BlaneyJasper MotorsportsFord3980running91$75,49025370Jason LefflerHaas CNC RacingPontiac3980running88$57,215263230Steve ParkRichard Childress RacingChevrolet3970running85$64,16527404Kevin LepageMorgan–McClure MotorsportsPontiac3970running82$61,904283123Kenny WallaceBill Davis RacingDodge3970running79$53,340292122Ward BurtonBill Davis RacingDodge3970running76$89,246303974Tony RainesBACE MotorsportsChevrolet3950running73$53,54031818Bobby LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet3950running70$97,948323645Kyle PettyPetty EnterprisesDodge3940running67$60,705333849Ken SchraderBAM RacingDodge3930running64$53,45534301John AndrettiDale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet3930running61$77,532354237Derrike CopeQuest Motor RacingChevrolet3930running58$52,130363541Casey MearsChip Ganassi RacingDodge3920running55$60,0003728Dale Earnhardt Jr.Dale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet36248crash57$97,79238797Kurt BuschRoush RacingFord3470engine49$71,750394302Hermie SadlerSCORE MotorsportsPontiac2570engine46$51,635402232Ricky CravenPPI MotorsportsPontiac2490engine43$59,465413401Mike SkinnerMB2 MotorsportsPontiac1950engine40$51,325421015Michael WaltripDale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet1710engine37$69,200432425Joe NemechekHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet780crash34$51,330Official race results References 2003 Sylvania 300 2003 Banquet 400 NASCAR Winston Cup Series 2003 Category:2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:NASCAR races at Dover Motor Speedway Category:September 2003 sports events in the United States Category:2003 in sports in Delaware