2003 Pepsi 400

February 2025 2003 Pepsi 400 NASWINSTON 17 36 Daytona International Speedway.svg Daytona International Speedway 2003 7 5 Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida 2.5 4.023 160 400 643.737 166.109 mph km/h on Steve Park Richard Childress Racing Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing 54 16 Greg Biffle Roush Racing NBC Allen Bestwick, Benny Parsons, Wally Dallenbach Jr. 6.0/13 The 2003 Pepsi 400, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on July 5, 2003, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Contested over 160 laps on the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) asphalt superspeedway, it was the seventeenth race of the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Greg Biffle of Roush Racing won the race, earning his first career Winston Cup Series win. Background Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida that is one of six superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the others being Auto Club Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Michigan International Speedway, Pocono Raceway and Talladega Superspeedway.http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/ Race Tracks Turner Sports NASCAR.com November 23, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20110628180503/http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/ June 28, 2011 dead The standard track at Daytona is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 mi km out long. The track also features two other layouts that utilize portions of the primary high speed tri-oval, such as a 3.56 mi km on sports car course and a 2.95 mi km on motorcycle course.http://www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com/Track-Info/Track-Facts.aspx Track facts Daytona International Speedway DaytonaInternationalSpeedway.com November 23, 2015 September 23, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923215156/http://www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com/Track-Info/Track-Facts.aspx dead The track's 180 acre on infield includes the 29 acre on Lake Lloyd, which has hosted powerboat racing. The speedway is owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation. Entry list No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer 0 Jack Sprague Haas CNC Racing Pontiac 01 Mike Wallace MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 1 Jeff Green Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevrolet 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing Dodge 4 Stacy Compton Morgan–McClure Motorsports Pontiac 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 7 Jimmy Spencer Ultra Motorsports Dodge 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 09 Buckshot Jones Phoenix Racing Dodge 9 Bill Elliott Evernham Motorsports Dodge 10 Johnny Benson Jr. MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 12 Ryan Newman Penske Racing Dodge 14 Larry Foyt A. J. Foyt Enterprises Dodge 15 Michael Waltrip Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevrolet 16 Greg Biffle Roush Racing Ford 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 19 Jeremy Mayfield Evernham Motorsports Dodge 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 21 Ricky Rudd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Dodge 23 Kenny Wallace Bill Davis Racing Dodge 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 25 Joe Nemechek Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 30 Steve Park Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 31 Robby Gordon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 32 Ricky Craven PPI Motorsports Pontiac 38 Elliott Sadler Robert Yates Racing Ford 40 Sterling Marlin Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 41 Casey Mears Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 42 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge43Shane HmielPetty EnterprisesDodge44Christian FittipaldiPetty EnterprisesDodge 45 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Dodge 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 49 Ken Schrader BAM Racing Dodge 54 Todd Bodine BelCar Motorsports Ford 60 David Green Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet74Tony RainesBACE MotorsportsChevrolet 77 Dave Blaney Jasper Motorsports Ford 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 80 Mike Bliss Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 83Kerry EarnhardtFitzBradshaw RacingChevrolet 97 Kurt Busch Roush Racing Ford 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford Results Pos Grid No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Laps Led 1 30 16 Greg Biffle Roush Racing Ford 160 21 2 36 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 160 0 3 27 21 Ricky Rudd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 160 0 4 25 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 160 0 5 15 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 160 11 6 37 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford 160 10 7 5 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 160 43 8 10 19 Jeremy Mayfield Evernham Motorsports Dodge 160 0 9 2 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 160 54 10 16 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 160 0 11 6 15 Michael Waltrip Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevrolet 160 9 12 40 7 Jimmy Spencer Ultra Motorsports Dodge 160 0 13 41 54 Todd Bodine BelCar Motorsports Ford 160 0 14 3 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 160 1 15 29 23 Kenny Wallace Bill Davis Racing Dodge 160 0 16 14 9 Bill Elliott Evernham Motorsports Dodge 160 0 17 19 09 Buckshot Jones Phoenix Racing Dodge 160 0 18 11 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 160 3 19 4 40 Sterling Marlin Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 160 0 20 33 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 160 0 21 13 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 160 0 22 24 12 Ryan Newman Penske Racing Dodge 160 0 23 42 45 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Dodge 160 1 24 9 38 Elliott Sadler Robert Yates Racing Ford 159 4 25 12 41 Casey Mears Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 159 0 26 32 80 Mike Bliss Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 159 0 27 22 10 Johnny Benson Jr. MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 159 0 28 38 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing Dodge 159 0 29 34 1 Jeff Green Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevrolet 159 0 30 28 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Dodge 159 3 31 35 0 Jack Sprague Haas CNC Racing Pontiac 159 0 32 21 60 David Green Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 157 0 33 43 4 Stacy Compton Morgan–McClure Motorsports Pontiac 157 0 34 26 14 Larry Foyt A. J. Foyt Enterprises Dodge 155 0 35 39 77 Dave Blaney Jasper Motorsports Ford 154 0 36 31 97 Kurt Busch Roush Racing Ford 151 0 37 8 42 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 143 0 38 20 25 Joe Nemechek Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 113 0 39 1 30 Steve Park Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 112 0 40 18 31 Robby Gordon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 86 0 41 7 49 Ken Schrader BAM Racing Dodge 85 0 42 23 01 Mike Wallace MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 84 0 43 17 32 Ricky Craven PPI Motorsports Pontiac 79 0 Source:https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2003_Pepsi_400/W 2003 Pepsi 400 December 19, 2025 racing-reference.info NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Failed to qualify Shane Hmiel (#43) Christian Fittipaldi (#44) Tony Raines (#74) Kerry Earnhardt (#83) Race statistics Time of race: 2:24:29 Average speed: 166.109 mph kph on Pole speed: 184.752 mph kph on Cautions: 2 for 10 laps Margin of victory: 4.102 seconds Lead changes: 16 Percent of race run under caution: 6.3% Average green flag run: 50 laps Lap leaders Laps Leader 1–37 Kevin Harvick 38 Ward Burton 39–54 Kevin Harvick 55–63 Michael Waltrip 64 Jimmie Johnson 65 Kyle Petty 66–69 Elliott Sadler 70 Jimmie Johnson 71–101 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 102 Kevin Harvick 103 Jeff Gordon 104–105 Ward Burton 106–115 Matt Kenseth 116–126 Bobby Labonte 127–138 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 139 Jimmie Johnson 140–160 Greg Biffle Total laps led 54 Kevin Harvick 43 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 21 Greg Biffle 11 Bobby Labonte 10 Matt Kenseth 9 Michael Waltrip 4 Elliott Sadler 3 Jimmie Johnson 3 Ward Burton 1 Jeff Gordon 1 Kyle Petty Cautions: 2 for 10 laps Laps Reason 64–68 #77 (Dave Blaney) spun backstraight 75–79 #97 (Kurt Busch), #31 (Robby Gordon), #01 (Mike Wallace), #32 (Ricky Craven), #25 (Joe Nemechek), #42 (Jamie McMurray), and #30 (Steve Park) accident turn 2 References Pepsi 400 Pepsi 400 Category:NASCAR races at Daytona International Speedway Category:July 2003 sports events in the United States