2003 Auto Club 500

February 2025 CUST Race 10 of 36 in the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season Auto Club 500 2003 04 27 2003 10 36 Auto Club Speedway (formerly California Speedway) - Speedway.svg 200px Track map of the speedway at Auto Club Speedway AKA California Speedway Auto Club 500 California Speedway, Fontana, California 2.0 3.23 250 500 804.672 140.111 mi/h 120,000 Steve Park Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing 100 97 Kurt Busch Roush Racing Fox Broadcasting Company Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds The 2003 Auto Club 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car race held on April 27, 2003, at California Speedway in Fontana, California. Contested over 250 laps on the 2-mile (3.23 km) asphalt D-shaped oval, it was the tenth race of the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Steve Park of DEI won the pole. Kurt Busch of Roush Racing won the race. This was also the last race for Jerry Nadeau. His career ended with an injury during practice at Richmond. Background The track, California Speedway, was a four-turn superspeedway that was 2 mi km long.Auto Club Speedway Track Facts http://www.autoclubspeedway.com/Track-Info/Track-Facts.aspx Auto Club Speedway March 22, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20100824155657/http://www.autoclubspeedway.com/Track-Info/Track-Facts.aspx 2010-08-24 dead The track's turns were banked from fourteen degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, was banked at eleven degrees. Unlike the front stretch, the backstraightaway was banked at three degrees. Results Pos No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Laps led Status 1 97 Kurt Busch Roush Racing Ford 250 27 Running 2 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 250 11 Running 3 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing Dodge 250 54 Running 4 9 Bill Elliott Evernham Motorsports Dodge 250 12 Running 5 42 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 250 41 Running 6 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 250 0 Running 7 15 Michael Waltrip Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 250 0 Running 8 43 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Dodge 250 0 Running 9 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford 250 2 Running 10 40 Sterling Marlin Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 250 0 Running 11 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 250 0 Running 12 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 250 0 Running 13 77 Dave Blaney Jasper Motorsports Ford 250 2 Running 14 01 Jerry Nadeau MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 250 0 Running 15 32 Ricky Craven PPI Motorsports Pontiac 250 1 Running 16 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 250 0 Running 17 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 249 0 Running 18 16 Greg Biffle Roush Racing Ford 249 0 Running 19 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 249 0 Running 20 4 Mike Skinner Morgan–McClure Motorsports Pontiac 249 0 Running 21 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Dodge 249 0 Running 22 23 Kenny Wallace Bill Davis Racing Dodge 249 0 Running 23 38 Elliott Sadler Robert Yates Racing Ford 249 0 Running 24 21 Ricky Rudd Wood Brothers Racing Ford 249 0 Running 25 54 Todd Bodine BelCar Motorsports Ford 249 0 Running 26 30 Jeff Green Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 249 0 Running 27 31 Robby Gordon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 249 0 Running 28 45 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Dodge 249 0 Running 29 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 248 0 Running 30 49 Ken Schrader BAM Racing Dodge 248 0 Running 31 74 Tony Raines BACE Motorsports Chevrolet 248 0 Running 32 25 Joe Nemechek Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 248 0 Running 33 7 Jimmy Spencer Ultra Motorsports Dodge 247 0 Running 34 41 Casey Mears Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 247 0 Running 35 19 Jeremy Mayfield Evernham Motorsports Dodge 233 0 Crash 36 10 Johnny Benson Jr. MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 229 0 Crash 37 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 228 0 Crash 38 14 Larry Foyt A. J. Foyt Enterprises Dodge 226 0 Crash 39 0 Jack Sprague Haas CNC Racing Pontiac 199 0 Crash 40 1 Steve Park Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 138 0 Crash 41 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 128 100 Engine 42 12 Ryan Newman Penske Racing Dodge 34 0 Crash 43 37 Derrike Cope Quest Motor Racing Chevrolet 9 0 Engine Source:https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2003_Auto_Club_500/W 2003 Auto Club 500 December 28, 2025 racing-reference.info NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Failed to qualify Hideo Fukuyama (#66) Kerry Earnhardt (#83) Race statistics Time of race: 3:34:07 Average speed: 140.111 mph kph on Pole speed: 186.838 mph kph on Cautions: 8 for 34 laps Margin of victory: 2.294 seconds Lead changes: 19 Percent of race run under caution: 13.6% Average green flag run: 24 Laps Lap leaders Laps Leader 1–12 Bill Elliott 13–92 Tony Stewart 93 Ricky Craven 94–95 Dave Blaney 96–114 Tony Stewart 115 Jamie McMurray 116 Tony Stewart 117–130 Jamie McMurray 131–145 Kurt Busch 146–156 Jamie McMurray 157–201 Rusty Wallace 202–204 Jamie McMurray 205–206 Matt Kenseth 207–215 Rusty Wallace 216 Bobby Labonte 217 Jamie McMurray 218–227 Bobby Labonte 228–238 Jamie McMurray 239–250 Kurt Busch Total laps led Laps led Driver 100 Tony Stewart 54 Rusty Wallace 41 Jamie McMurray 27 Kurt Busch 12 Bill Elliott 11 Bobby Labonte 2 Matt Kenseth 2 Dave Blaney 1 Ricky Craven Cautions: 8 for 34 laps Laps Reason 2–4 #1 (Park) & #12 (Newman) accident backstraight 9–11 #0 (Sprague) accident turn 4 41–44 #16 (Biffle) accident turn 4 130–134 Oil on track 156–159 Debris frontstraight 210–213 #01 (Nadeau) & #32 (Craven) spin turn 4 220–223 #01 (Nadeau) spin turn 2 231–237 #88 (Jarrett), #10 (Benson), #19 (Mayfield), #14 (Foyt), #31 (R. Gordon), #25 (Nemechek), & #41 (Mears) accident turn 3 References Auto Club 500 Auto Club 500 Category:NASCAR races at Auto Club Speedway Category:April 2003 sports events in the United States