2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

American motorsport season February 2025 November 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series 2003 Champions | Seasons thumb|Travis Kvapil, shown here in 2004, the 2003 Craftsman Truck Series champion. The 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season was the ninth season of the pickup truck racing series sanctioned by NASCAR. The season included twenty-five races, beginning with the Florida Dodge Dealers 250 at Daytona International Speedway and ending with the Ford 200 at Homestead–Miami Speedway. Steve Coulter won the Owners' Championship, while Travis Kvapil won the Drivers' Championship during the final race of the season at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Dodge won the Manufacturers' Championship with 179 points. 2003 teams and drivers Full-time teams Manufacturer Team No. Truck number Driver(s) Crew chief Chevrolet Morgan-Dollar Motorsports 46 Dennis Setzer Danny Gill SealMaster Racing 88 Matt Crafton 24 1-24 Jerry Cook Buddy Rice 1 25 Spears Motorsports 75 David Starr 21 1-7, 12-25 Dave McCarty Hank Parker Jr. 4 8-11 Team Racing 23 Phil Bonifield 14 1, 5-6, 9-13, 15-16, 18, 22-24 Tom Mazzuchi Dana White 5 2-4, 19-20 Jamie Aube 5 7-8, 18, 21, 25 Alex Mueller 1 14 Troxell-MacDonald Racing 93 Michael Dokken 4 1, 5-7 Lonnie Troxell Teri MacDonald 1 2 (R) Trevor Boys 1 3 Dana White 1 4 Roland Isaacs 10 4, 8-9, 15-18, 21, 23-24 (R) Jason White 1 10 Jonathon Price 3 11, 13, 22 Jon Lemke 1 12 Jason York 1 14 Aaron Daniel 1 19 Jerry Allec Jr. 1 20 Derrike Cope 1 25 Xpress Motorsports 16 Travis Kvapil Chris Showalter Green Light Racing 08 Bobby Dotter 2 1, 19 Tommy Morgan Jody Lavender (R) 21 2–17, 21–25 Shane Sieg 2 18, 20 07 Rich Bickle 1 1 Doug Howe Bobby Dotter 9 2–4, 9–10, 18, 20–21, 24 Stan Boyd 2 6–7 Blake Mallory 1 8 Johnny Chapman 6 11, 13–16, 19 Ryan Hanson 1 12 Mark McFarland 1 17 Shane Sieg 2 22, 25 Alex Mueller 1 23 Dodge Jeremy Mayfield 1 5 Bobby Hamilton Racing 4 Bobby Hamilton Newt Moore 8 Bill Lester Danny Rollins 18 Chad Chaffin Randy Seals HT Motorsports 59 Robert Pressley Greg Conner Orleans Racing 62 Brendan Gaughan Shane Wilson Ultra Motorsports 1 Ted Musgrave Gene Nead 2 Jason Leffler 16 1-16 Tim Kohuth Jimmy Spencer 3 17-18, 23 Andy Houston 6 19-22, 24-25 Ford Circle Bar Racing 14 Rick Crawford Ray Stonkus K Automotive Racing 29 Terry Cook Rick Ren Roush Racing 50 Jon Wood John Monsam 99 Carl Edwards (R) Doug Richert FordDodge Fasscore Motorsports 15 Andy Houston 4 1-4 Gary Showalter Rich Bickle 10 5-10, 21, 23-25 Mike Skinner 4 11-14 Ryan Hemphill 3 15-17 Robby Benton 3 18-20 Patrick Lawler 1 22 Chevrolet Ford Team Racing 86 Lance Hooper 1 1 Ethan Davis Phil Bonifield 8 2, 7-8, 17, 19-21, 25 T. J. Bell (R) 9 3–4, 6, 9–12, 14–15 Jamie Aube 5 13, 18, 22–24Jamie Aube made the field in the No. 86 Ford for Team Racing at Texas II (Race 22) but he was replaced in the race by Shane Wallace, who failed to qualify his No. 04 Ford for Wallace Motorsports. Brad Teague 1 16 Shane Wallace 1 22 ChevroletDodge Troxell-MacDonald Racing 72 Randy MacDonald Cliff Button Ware Racing Enterprises 5 Jerry Hill 22 1-22 Doug Taylor Brian Sockwell 1 23 Stan Boyd 1 24 Carl Long 1 25 Part-time teams Note: If under "team", the owner's name is listed and in italics, that means the name of the race team that fielded the truck is unknown. Manufacturer Team No. Truck number Driver(s) Crew chief Rounds Chevrolet 2nd Chance Motorsports 79 Scott Hall ??? 1 14 Andy Petree Racing 33 Andy Petree ??? 4 3-4, 14, 23 Paul Menard 5 9-10, 12, 16, 21 Tony Stewart 1 17 Bradberry Motorsports 78 Charlie Bradberry Ted Kennedy 5 4, 8, 14, 17, 21 Bradford Miller 68 Brandon Miller ??? 3 19-20, 24 Bryan Reffner 80 Bryan Reffner Walter Giles 2 17, 25 Clean Line Motorsports 38 Brandon Whitt Jerry Pitts 7 3, 10-11, 19-20, 22, 25 Conely Racing 7 Jay Sherston John Conely 2 8, 14 Danny McCall 56 Matt McCall ??? 1 23 Dennis Sockwell 54 Brian Sockwell Todd Hall 3 1, 5, 14 Donald Thompson 92 Jeremy Thompson ??? 2 8, 23 Hands-On Racing 94 Dennis Hannel ??? 2 3, 8 Horn Auto Racing 58 Chris Horn ??? 8 5-7, 10-13, 20, 22 Jody McCormick 77 Jody McCormick Jeremy McCormick 2 4, 14 JRS Motorsports 39 Jason Small ??? 4 3, 19-20, 24 Keller Motorsports 77 Doug Keller (R) ??? 1 19 27 David Bridgeman 8 1-4, 10, 12-13, 20 Blake Mallory 1 19 Ken Hunt 97 Jason York ??? 3 17-18, 20 Ken Schrader Racing 52 Mike Wallace Donnie Richeson 2 1, 15 Ken Schrader 11 4-6, 9, 14, 16-18, 23-25 James Burr 87 Conrad Burr Dan Glauz 7 4-6, 8-9, 14, 17 Kevin Harvick, Inc. 6 Ed Berrier Wally Rogers 1 1 Kevin Harvick 6 2, 4-5, 9, 16, 24 Brandon Miller 1 3 Randy LaJoie 1 20 KW Racing 20 Ken Weaver Raymond Newman 5 3, 6, 9, 12, 19 LeRoy's Boys Racing 17 Darrell Waltrip Bobby Kennedy Buddy Barnes 3 4, 14, 23 Mahlik Motorsports 09 Doug Mahlik ??? 2 14, 18 McGlynn Racing 00 Ryan McGlynn Allen Crestinger 5 4, 11, 18, 13, 21 Midgley Racing 09 David Gilliland Dick Midgley 1 20 Morgan-Dollar Motorsports 47 Joe Varde ??? 1 2 MRD Motorsports 68 Jay Godley ??? 2 21, 23 Ninety-Nine Racing, LLC 82 Gilbert King Dan Glauz 1 21 A. J. Fike 1 24 Richardson Motorsports 0 Patrick Lawler Larry Richardson 1 7 Loni Richardson 5 11, 13, 19-20, 22 Ronald Jones 34 Eric Jones Eddie Pearson 1 1 RT Motorsports 13 Ray Polodna ??? 4 4, 14, 21, 23 Scott Williams 98 Jarod Robie ??? 1 18 SealMaster Racing Cory Kruseman ??? 1 24 Matt Crafton 1 25 Stellar Quest Racing 91 J. C. Stout Steve Mollnow 4 4, 9, 18, 20 Sutton Motorsports 02 Kelly Sutton Richard Broome 5 8, 18, 20, 24-25 Team EJP Racing 03 Eric Jones Tom Pearl 10 5, 7, 9-10, 13-14, 18, 20, 22, 25 Team Racing 25 Jamie Aube William Kehrer 3 5, 16, 20 Wayne Edwards 2 7, 10 Michael Dokken 1 12 Dana White 1 25 Team Texas Racing 49 Shawna Robinson Mike Starr 3 7, 20, 22 Troxell-MacDonald Racing 7 Stuart Kirby ??? 1 21 Xpress Motorsports 11 Jack Sprague ??? 2 20, 25 Clay Brown 1 21 Ware Racing Enterprises 51 Chase Montgomery Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Ray Montgomery Racing. "N" Ken Glen 1 15 Dodge G. J. Mennen Jr. 2 1, 13 Rusty Alton 1 4 Stan Boyd 5 8-12 Brian Sockwell 1 17 Carl Long 1 18 Randy Briggs (R) 2 19, 21 Blake Mallory 1 22 Jerry Hill 1 23 Jason Hedlesky 1 25 Doug Keller (R) 1 16 81 ??? 1 15 Carl Long Racing 96 Matt Carter ??? 1 23 Carpenter Group Racing 57 Brian Rose Patrick Wall 3 1, 3-4 Dean Motorsports 55 Mark McFarland ??? 2 23, 25 Gerald Miller 32 Jerry Miller Mike Seibert 1 6 MLB Motorsports 36 Michael Dokken ??? 1 10 Orleans Racing 61 Scott Lynch ??? 2 20, 25 Rick Bogart 70 Rick Bogart ??? 3 19-20, 24 Ron Rhodes Racing 36 Trevor Boys ??? 4 8–9, 19–20 Blake Mallory 1 11 Pete Harding 1 24 Ultra Motorsports 7 Tyler Walker Matt Puccia 3 17, 20, 25 Stuart Kirby 1 18 Tracy Hines 3 22-24 27 ??? 1 14 P. J. Jones 1 25 Ford Alvin Thompson 36 Geoff Bodine Walter Giles 2 1-2 James Stephenson 1 4 Borneman Motorsports 81 Johnny Borneman III Kevin Cram 1 7 Capital City Motorsports 83 Willie Green ??? 1 15 Craig Wood 11 At Martinsville I (Race 4) and IRP (Race 14) 73 At South Boston (Race 21) and Martinsville II (Race 23) Craig Wood ??? 4 4, 14, 21, 23 Dan Higgs 67 Gary Higgs ??? 1 3 Fans Motorsports 01 Lance Hooper Dan Kolanda 16 5, 8, 10-13, 16-25 Fasscore Motorsports 9 Rich Bickle ??? 1 4 Andy Houston 1 5 Lance Hooper 1 7 Kenny Hendrick (R) 13 8, 10-15, 18-20, 22-24 Steadman Marlin 1 9 Johnny Sauter 3 16-17, 25 Four-Tech Racing 81 Danny Bagwell ??? 1 25 J&J Motorsports 70 Andy Ponstein ??? 2 14, 17 Ken Davis 65 Nathan Wulff ??? 4 3, 8-9, 24 Long Brothers Racing 84 Nick Woodward Charlie Long 1 21 Elliott Sadler 1 23 MB Motorsports 63 Ronnie Hornaday Mike Mittler 2 1, 5 David Stover 8 8-10, 12, 14, 16, 20, 22 Pro Motion Motorsports 35 Jason White ??? 1 6 L. W. Miller 1 7 Tim SauterAll of Tim Sauter's races with the team were fielded in a collaboration with Gary Keller Racing. 2 14, 16 Randy Briggs (R) 1 22 Ricky Sanders Racing 19 Ricky Sanders ??? 9 1, 7, 10-13, 15, 19-20 Spraker Racing Enterprises 69 Frank Kimmel ??? 1 25 Team Chick Motorsports 11 Aaron Daniel Bud Haefele Steve Chick Jr. 5 7, 10-13 Tim Woods III 54 Tim Woods III ??? 4 3-4, 20, 24 Upshaw Racing 19 Wayne Edwards ??? 1 16 94 Conrad Burr ??? 1 20 95 Wayne Edwards Earl Ramey 7 17, 19-20, 22-25 Victory in Jesus Racing 21 Morgan Shepherd Carl Saylor 16 1-2, 4-6, 8-11, 14-16, 18, 23-25 Wallace Motorsports 04 Shane Wallace Darren Shaw 7 8-9, 12, 14, 19, 22, 24 Chevrolet Dodge Ford Brevak Racing 31 Tina Gordon (R) Todd Myers Kevin Cram 13 1-7, 9-11, 15, 17, 20 Tommy Pistone 1 21 Dallas NormanDallas Norman made the field in the No. 31 Ford for Brevak Racing at Martinsville II (Race 23) but he was replaced in the race by Wayne Edwards, who failed to qualify his No. 95 Ford for Upshaw Racing. 1 23 Wayne Edwards 1 23 Mike Wallace 2 24-25 Pro Motion Motorsports 53 Randy Briggs (R) Calvin Humphries 16 1–16 Tim Sauter 1 17 T. J. Bell (R) 3 19–20, 22 Dodge Ford Bobby Sands Racing 47 Scotty Sands ??? 2 21, 23 Fast Track Racing Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Gary Keller Racing at Kentucky (Race 11) and with Ultra Motorsports at Homestead (Race 25). "N" 10 Andy Hillenburg ??? 2 1, 11 Marty Houston 1 25 Chevrolet Ford FDNY Racing 28 L. W. Miller Bob Rahilly 5 1-2, 4-6 Tommy Pistone Tom Pistone 1 24 Dodge Chevrolet EVI Motorsports 89 Stan Boyd Ed Huckabee 6 1-2, 13-14, 19, 22 MLB Motorsports 66 Michael DokkenMichael Dokken made the field in the No. 66 Dodge for MLB Motorsports at Milwaukee (Race 9) but he was replaced in the race by Trevor Boys, who failed to qualify his No. 36 Dodge for Ron Rhodes Racing. ??? 2 8–9 Randy Renfrow 3 1–2, 6 Stephen Rhodes 2 3—4 Donnie Neuenberger 2 5, 7 Trevor Boys 3 9–11 Blake Mallory 2 12, 15 Rick Ware 1 13 Casey Kingsland 1 14 Notes "N" Schedule No. Race title Track Date1Florida Dodge Dealers 250Daytona International Speedway, Daytona BeachFebruary 142Craftsman 200Darlington Raceway, DarlingtonMarch 143Lucas Oil 250 presented by GliddenMesa Marin Raceway, BakersfieldMarch 234Advance Auto Parts 250Martinsville Speedway, RidgewayApril 125Hardee's 200Lowe's Motor Speedway, ConcordMay 166MBNA Armed Forces Family 200Dover International Speedway, DoverMay 307O'Reilly 400KTexas Motor Speedway, Fort WorthJune 68O'Reilly 200Memphis International Raceway, MillingtonJune 219GNC 200The Milwaukee Mile, West AllisJune 2810O'Reilly Auto Parts 250Kansas Speedway, Kansas CityJuly 511Built Ford Tough 225Kentucky Speedway, SpartaJuly 1212Missouri-Illinois Dealers Ram Tough 200Gateway International Raceway, MadisonJuly 1913Sears 200Michigan International Speedway, BrooklynJuly 2614Power Stroke Diesel 200Indianapolis Raceway Park, BrownsburgAugust 115Federated Auto Parts 200Nashville Superspeedway, LebanonAugust 816O'Reilly 200 presented by Valvoline MaxlifeBristol Motor Speedway, BristolAugust 2017Virginia Is For Lovers 200Richmond International Raceway, RichmondSeptember 418New Hampshire 200New Hampshire International Speedway, LoudonSeptember 1319American Racing Wheels 200California Speedway, FontanaSeptember 2020Las Vegas 350Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las VegasSeptember 2721John Boy & Billy 250South Boston Speedway, South BostonOctober 422Silverado 350Texas Motor Speedway, Fort WorthOctober 1123Advance Auto Parts 200Martinsville Speedway, RidgewayOctober 1824Chevy Silverado 150Phoenix International Raceway, PhoenixOctober 3125Ford 200Homestead-Miami Speedway, HomesteadNovember 14 Races Florida Dodge Dealers 250 The Florida Dodge Dealers 250 was held February 14 at Daytona International Speedway. Jason Leffler won the pole. Top ten results 14-Rick Crawford 16-Travis Kvapil 59-Robert Pressley 4-Bobby Hamilton 15-Andy Houston 52-Mike Wallace 46-Dennis Setzer 50-Jon Wood 29-Terry Cook 62-Brendan Gaughan Failed to qualify: Eric Jones (#34), Geoff Bodine (#36), Brian Rose (#57), Ricky Sanders (#19) Craftsman 200 The Craftsman 200 was held March 14 at Darlington Raceway. Travis Kvapil won the pole. Top ten results 4-Bobby Hamilton 1-Ted Musgrave 62-Brendan Gaughan 16-Travis Kvapil 18-Chad Chaffin 2-Jason Leffler 14-Rick Crawford 29-Terry Cook 75-David Starr 59-Robert Pressley Failed to qualify: none Lucas Oil 250 presented by Glidden The Lucas Oil 250 presented by Glidden was held March 23 at Mesa Marin Raceway. Ted Musgrave won the pole. Stephen Rhodes made his debut in this race, becoming the first openly gay person to compete in an official NASCAR event. Rhodes started 33th, and finished 30th. This was the last Truck Series race to be held at Mesa Marin. Top ten results 46-Dennis Setzer 50-Jon Wood 62-Brendan Gaughan 4-Bobby Hamilton 1-Ted Musgrave 14-Rick Crawford 2-Jason Leffler 6-Brandon Miller 75-David Starr 29-Terry Cook Failed to qualify: none Advance Auto Parts 250 The Advance Auto Parts 250 was held April 12 at Martinsville Speedway. Ted Musgrave won the pole. Top ten results 46-Dennis Setzer 1-Ted Musgrave 6-Kevin Harvick 99-Carl Edwards 4-Bobby Hamilton 14-Rick Crawford 17-Darrell Waltrip 9-Rich Bickle 29-Terry Cook 33-Andy Petree Failed to qualify: Conrad Burr (#87), Tina Gordon (#31), Dana White (#23), James Stephenson (#36), Randy Briggs (#53), Doug Keller (#27), Craig Wood (#11), Jody McCormick (#77), Ron Polodna (#13) Dana White replaced Roland Isaacs in the #93 car in the race, after failing to qualify his #23. Hardee's 200 The Hardee's 200 was held May 16 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Bill Lester won the pole. Top ten results 1-Ted Musgrave 62-Brendan Gaughan 14-Rick Crawford 16-Travis Kvapil 6-Kevin Harvick 07-Jeremy Mayfield 4-Bobby Hamilton 18-Chad Chaffin 88-Matt Crafton 15-Rich Bickle Failed to qualify: Michael Dokken (#93), Phil Bonifield (#23) MBNA Armed Forces Family 200 The MBNA Armed Forces Family 200 was held May 30 at Dover International Speedway. Bobby Hamilton won the pole. Top ten results 2-Jason Leffler 4-Bobby Hamilton 75-David Starr 50-Jon Wood 16-Travis Kvapil 52-Ken Schrader 18-Chad Chaffin 14-Rick Crawford 46-Dennis Setzer 59-Robert Pressley Failed to qualify: none This was Leffler's only Truck series victory. O'Reilly 400K The O'Reilly 400K was held June 6 at Texas Motor Speedway. Bobby Hamilton won the pole. Top ten results 62-Brendan Gaughan 99-Carl Edwards 50-Jon Wood 16-Travis Kvapil 46-Dennis Setzer 75-David Starr 4-Bobby Hamilton 18-Chad Chaffin 29-Terry Cook 88-Matt Crafton Failed to qualify: none O'Reilly 200 The O'Reilly 200, the 200th race run in the truck series was held June 21 at Memphis Motorsports Park. Jon Wood won the pole. Top ten results 1-Ted Musgrave 16-Travis Kvapil 46-Dennis Setzer 50-Jon Wood 99-Carl Edwards 2-Jason Leffler 4-Bobby Hamilton 62-Brendan Gaughan 29-Terry Cook 88-Matt Crafton Failed to qualify: Stan Boyd (#51), Dennis Hannel (#94) GNC 200 The GNC 200 was held June 28 at The Milwaukee Mile. Terry Cook won the pole. Top ten results 62-Brendan Gaughan 2-Jason Leffler 14-Rick Crawford 1-Ted Musgrave 46-Dennis Setzer 16-Travis Kvapil 29-Terry Cook 75-Hank Parker Jr. 88-Matt Crafton 50-Jon Wood Failed to qualify: Trevor Boys (#36), Nathal Wulff (#65), Conrad Burr (#87). Note: Trevor Boys replaced Michael Dokken in the #66 in the race. O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 The O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 was held July 5 at Kansas Speedway. Chad Chaffin won the pole. Top ten results 50-Jon Wood 99-Carl Edwards 46-Dennis Setzer 16-Travis Kvapil 59-Robert Pressley 03-Eric Jones 2-Jason Leffler 33-Paul Menard 62-Brendan Gaughan 8-Bill Lester Failed to qualify: Doug Keller (#27), Aaron Daniel (#11), Wayne Edwards (#25), Bobby Dotter (#07) • This was Jon Wood's first career Truck Series victory. Built Ford Tough 225 The Built Ford Tough 225 was held July 12 at Kentucky Speedway. Jon Wood won the pole. Top ten results 99-Carl Edwards 1-Ted Musgrave 46-Dennis Setzer 50-Jon Wood 2-Jason Leffler 16-Travis Kvapil 88-Matt Crafton 59-Robert Pressley 29-Terry Cook 75-Hank Parker Jr. Failed to qualify: Andy Hillenburg (#10), Blake Mallory (#36) This was Carl Edwards' first Truck Series victory,Lance Dave Rookie ‘flips’ over his first win http://www.daytondailynews.com/sports/content/sports/daily/0713trucks.html Dayton Daily News July 13, 2003 April 3, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20030819145812/http://www.daytondailynews.com/sports/content/sports/daily/0713trucks.html August 19, 2003 dead but he suffered a 100-point penalty after the race due to cylinder head infractions.July 2003 Truck Series News Archive http://jayski.thatsracin.com/cts/archive/2003july-cts.htm Jayski's Silly Season Site April 3, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20031215114407/http://jayski.thatsracin.com/cts/archive/2003july-cts.htm December 15, 2003 dead Missouri-Illinois Dealers Ram Tough 200 The Missouri-Illinois Dealers Ram Tough 200 was held July 19 at Gateway International Raceway. Travis Kvapil won the pole. Top ten results 62-Brendan Gaughan 2-Jason Leffler 16-Travis Kvapil 99-Carl Edwards 14-Rick Crawford 75-David Starr 1-Ted Musgrave 46-Dennis Setzer 29-Terry Cook 88-Matt Crafton Failed to qualify: none Sears 200 The Sears 200 was held July 26 at Michigan International Speedway. Jason Leffler won the pole. Top ten results 62-Brendan Gaughan 1-Ted Musgrave 18-Chad Chaffin 2-Jason Leffler 99-Carl Edwards 50-Jon Wood 16-Travis Kvapil 46-Dennis Setzer 29-Terry Cook 4-Bobby Hamilton Failed to qualify: none Power Stroke Diesel 200 The Power Stroke Diesel 200 was held August 1 at Indianapolis Raceway Park. Terry Cook won the pole. Top ten results 99-Carl Edwards 16-Travis Kvapil 4-Bobby Hamilton 62-Brendan Gaughan 50-Jon Wood 1-Ted Musgrave 52-Ken Schrader 46-Dennis Setzer 29-Terry Cook 88-Matt Crafton Failed to qualify: Jason York (#93), Conrad Burr (#87), Casey Kingsland (#66), Jody McCormick (#77), Eric Jones (#03), Jay Sherston (#7), Scott Hall (#79), Doug Mahlik (#09), Ron Polodna (#13), Craig Wood (#11) Federated Auto Parts 200 The Federated Auto Parts 200 was held August 8 at Nashville Superspeedway. Chad Chaffin won the pole. Top ten results 99-Carl Edwards 1-Ted Musgrave 14-Rick Crawford 75-David Starr 62-Brendan Gaughan 18-Chad Chaffin 50-Jon Wood 46-Dennis Setzer 16-Travis Kvapil 88-Matt Crafton Failed to qualify: none O'Reilly 200 presented by Valvoline Maxlife The O'Reilly 200 presented by Valvoline Maxlife was held August 20 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Ted Musgrave won the pole. Top ten results 16-Travis Kvapil 59-Robert Pressley 14-Rick Crawford 62-Brendan Gaughan 46-Dennis Setzer 88-Matt Crafton 18-Chad Chaffin 50-Jon Wood 2-Jason Leffler 6-Kevin Harvick Failed to qualify: none Virginia Is For Lovers 200 The Virginia Is For Lovers 200 was held September 4 at Richmond International Raceway. Travis Kvapil won the pole. Top ten results 33-Tony Stewart 59-Robert Pressley 1-Ted Musgrave 50-Jon Wood 46-Dennis Setzer 14-Rick Crawford 62-Brendan Gaughan 4-Bobby Hamilton 16-Travis Kvapil 9-Johnny Sauter Failed to qualify: Brian Sockwell (#51) New Hampshire 200 The New Hampshire 200 was held September 13 at New Hampshire International Speedway. Jimmy Spencer won the pole. Top ten results 2-Jimmy Spencer 99-Carl Edwards 4-Bobby Hamilton 46-Dennis Setzer 62-Brendan Gaughan 18-Chad Chaffin 16-Travis Kvapil 75-David Starr 50-Jon Wood 88-Matt Crafton Failed to qualify: none This was Spencer's only Truck Series victory. American Racing Wheels 200 The American Racing Wheels 200 was held September 20 at California Speedway. Brendan Gaughan won the pole. Top ten results 1-Ted Musgrave 62-Brendan Gaughan 46-Dennis Setzer 14-Rick Crawford 75-David Starr 2-Andy Houston 99-Carl Edwards 16-Travis Kvapil 50-Jon Wood 39-Jason Small Failed to qualify: Doug Keller (#77), Blake Mallory (#27), Ricky Sanders (#19), Aaron Daniel (#93) Las Vegas 350 The Las Vegas 350 was held September 27 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Brendan Gaughan won the pole. Top ten results 62-Brendan Gaughan 75-David Starr 46-Dennis Setzer 16-Travis Kvapil 11-Jack Sprague 2-Andy Houston 29-Terry Cook 1-Ted Musgrave 88-Matt Crafton 4-Bobby Hamilton Failed to qualify: J. C. Stout (#91), Jason Small (#39), Trevor Boys (#36), Chris Horn (#58), Kelly Sutton (#02), Conrad Burr (#94), David Gilliland (#09), Rick Bogart (#70), Loni Richardson (#0), Tina Gordon (#31), Jason York (#97), David Stover (#63), Ricky Sanders (#19), Kenny Hendrick (#9), Tim Woods (#54) John Boy & Billy 250 The John Boy & Billy 250 was held October 4 at South Boston Speedway. Brendan Gaughan won the pole. Top ten results 46-Dennis Setzer 16-Travis Kvapil 1-Ted Musgrave 50-Jon Wood 14-Rick Crawford 2-Andy Houston 99-Carl Edwards 4-Bobby Hamilton 75-David Starr 59-Robert Pressley Failed to qualify: Randy Briggs (#51) Silverado 350 The Silverado 350 was held October 11 at Texas Motor Speedway. Andy Houston won the pole. Top ten results 62-Brendan Gaughan 16-Travis Kvapil 1-Ted Musgrave 99-Carl Edwards 2-Andy Houston 50-Jon Wood 29-Terry Cook 46-Dennis Setzer 14-Rick Crawford 4-Bobby Hamilton Failed to qualify: Shane Wallace (#04), Loni Richardson (#0). Note: Shane Wallace replaced Jamie Aube in the #86 in the race. Advance Auto Parts 200 The Advance Auto Parts 200 was held October 18 at Martinsville Speedway. Carl Edwards won the pole. Top ten results 50-Jon Wood 99-Carl Edwards 46-Dennis Setzer 14-Rick Crawford 4-Bobby Hamilton 2-Jimmy Spencer 17-Darrell Waltrip 52-Ken Schrader 75-David Starr 1-Ted Musgrave Failed to qualify: Jerry Hill (#51), Ron Polodna (#13), Wayne Edwards (#95), Jeremy Thompson (#92), Craig Wood (#73), Scotty Sands (#47). Note: Wayne Edwards replaced Dallas Norman in the #31 in the race. Chevy Silverado 150 The Chevy Silverado 150 was held October 31 at Phoenix International Raceway. Ted Musgrave won the pole. Top ten results 6-Kevin Harvick 1-Ted Musgrave 46-Dennis Setzer 99-Carl Edwards 4-Bobby Hamilton 75-David Starr 50-Jon Wood 59-Robert Pressley 16-Travis Kvapil 2-Andy Houston Failed to qualify: Nathan Wulff (#65), Tim Woods (#54), Pete Harding (#36), Tommy Pistone (#28), Stan Boyd (#5), Cory Kruseman (#98) Ford 200 2003 Ford 200 November 2025 The Ford 200 was held November 14 at Homestead–Miami Speedway. Bobby Hamilton won the pole. This race saw the possibility of any one of the series' four top drivers in the points standings coming away with the championship. Going into the race Brendan Gaughan, driving the #62 Orleans Casino Dodge Ram for Orleans Racing, was leading the standings. Ted Musgrave, driving the #1 Mopar Dodge Ram for Ultra Motorsports, was sitting second. Third place was Dennis Setzer, in the #46 Acxiom Chevrolet Silverado for Morgan-Dollar Motorsports, and fourth was held by Travis Kvapil, driving the #16 IWX Motor Freight Chevrolet Silverado that Mike Bliss had won the series championship driving one year earlier for Xpress Motorsports. Controversy was caused, however, by potential roadblocks caused by drivers' teammates. Setzer's team did not enter a second truck in the race. Kvapil's team was fielding the #11 IWX Silverado for Jack Sprague, who had joined the team after being fired by Haas CNC Racing in the Winston Cup Series. Gaughan's team was fielding the #61 Orleans Casino Ram driven by Scott Lynch, the team's developmental driver. Ultra Motorsports, meanwhile, fielded a total of five trucks, two of which were cobbled together specifically for the event. In addition to Musgrave’s #1 Mopar Ram, Ultra fielded its other full time truck, the #2 Team ASE Ram driven by Andy Houston, and its usual part time #7 Dodge Motorsports Ram that was its driver development truck and was driven in this race by Tyler Walker. These trucks were joined by the #10 Team ASE Ram, which Smith tabbed Houston’s brother Marty to drive, and the #27 Ultra Wheels Ram that would be driven by former IndyCar driver P.J. Jones. Among the critics of the move was the points leader, who felt that by fielding five trucks that Smith was trying to give Musgrave an unfair advantage; Marty Houston, who had been working on his brother’s pit crew at the time, had not raced in over two years and Jones, who ran primarily as a road course ringer in NASCAR, had not raced in the Truck Series since its inaugural season in 1995. Gaughan's complaints proved to be valid, as with thirty-four laps to go in the race, his day came to an end. The #62 made contact with the #10, who was running a lap down, and in the process Bryan Reffner in the #80 Emerson Electronics Ford F-150 was collected in the wreck. None of the three trucks were able to continue and the accident cost Gaughan his chance at the championship. An angry Gaughan blasted Houston for causing the accident and Smith for his tactics in an interview following the accident. The next contender to run into trouble was Musgrave. With two laps to go in the race, the race restarted and Musgrave attempted to make a pass on Kvapil's inside before the cars reached the start/finish line. Musgrave completed the pass and then passed Setzer, but NASCAR threw the black flag as Musgrave was judged to have been in violation of race rules. Musgrave never answered the black flag, and when the checkered flag fell on the next lap he crossed it in sixth place behind Sprague and in front of Kvapil, who passed Setzer for seventh. With the penalty, however, Musgrave was listed as the last car on the lead lap in thirteenth place. For several minutes, NASCAR held off on making the results official as they reviewed Musgrave's penalty. After a 23-minute delay, the black flag was upheld, and Kvapil was declared the series champion. The final margin was nine points, while Musgrave finished eighteen points behind and Gaughan forty (without the black flag, Musgrave would have been the champion over Kvapil by 12 points, with Setzer 21 behind, and Gaughan 52 back). In a post-race interview, an obviously angry Musgrave, while acknowledging his infraction, blamed it on Kvapil putting the brakes on him and responded with, "That figures. Screw them. All I can say is that next year, you're going to see a whole new Ted Musgrave. He's going to be the dirtiest son of a gun going out there on the racetrack and you might as well throw that rulebook away. I ain't going by it no more." Xpress Motorsports won its second consecutive Truck Series Championship as a team, as Mike Bliss had won the 2002 series championship driving the same truck Kvapil took to the championship. Polesitter Bobby Hamilton won the race. Of the additional drivers that the Xpress, Ultra, and Orleans teams entered, Jack Sprague and P. J. Jones finished in the top ten, with Sprague fifth and Jones ninth. Scott Lynch finished twelfth, Tyler Walker twenty-third, and Marty Houston thirtieth. Gaughan finished the race in twenty-ninth. IndyCar Series driver and future Indianapolis 500 winner Buddy Rice made his NASCAR debut in this race driving SealMaster Racing's #88 Chevrolet Silverado normally driven by Matt Crafton. Crafton drove the team's #98 entry for this race. Rice would finish 20th. Top ten results (on the track) 4-Bobby Hamilton 14-Rick Crawford 75-David Starr 2-Andy Houston 11-Jack Sprague 1-Ted Musgrave 16-Travis Kvapil 46-Dennis Setzer 50-Jon Wood 27-P. J. Jones Top ten results (official result) 4-Bobby Hamilton 14-Rick Crawford 75-David Starr 2-Andy Houston 11-Jack Sprague 16-Travis Kvapil 46-Dennis Setzer 50-Jon Wood 27-P. J. Jones 18-Chad Chaffin Failed to qualify: Derrike Cope (#93), Jason Hedlesky (#51), Wayne Edwards (#95), Lance Hooper (#01), Dana White (#25), Jamie Aube (#23), Carl Long (#5), Danny Bagwell (#81) Full Drivers' Championship List of NASCAR points scoring systems (key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by owner's points. * – Most laps led. Pos Position Driver DAY DAR MMR MAR CLT DOV TEX MEM MIL KAN KEN GTW MCH IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA CAL LVS SBO TEX MAR PHO HOM Points 1 Travis Kvapil 2 4 16 18 4 5 4 2 6 4 6 3 7 2 9 1 9 7 8 4 2 2 16 9 6 3837 2 Dennis Setzer 7 28 1* 1 23 9 5 3 5 3 3 8 8 8 8 5 5 4 3 3 1* 8 3* 3 7 3828 3 Ted Musgrave 29 2* 5 2 1 21 13 1* 4 15 2 7 2 6 2 15 3* 12* 1 8 3 3 10 2 13 3819 4 Brendan Gaughan 10 3 3 16 2 18 1 8 1* 9 22* 1* 1* 4 5 4 7 5 2* 1* 15 1* 11 12 29 3797 5 Jon Wood 8 19 2 22 22 4 3 4 10 1* 4 11 6 5 7 8 4 9 9 19 4 6 1* 7 8 3659 6 Bobby Hamilton 4 1 4 5* 7 2 7* 7 29 16 18 14 10 3 11 12 8 3 16 10 8 10 5 5 1* 3627 7 Rick Crawford 1* 7 6 6 3 8* 14 11 3 23 11 5 12 14 3 3 6 18 4 36 5 9 4 11 2 3578 8 Carl Edwards (R) 24 23 15 4 12 33 2 5 15 2 1 4 5 1* 1* 11 25 2 7 29 7 4 2 4 27 3416 9 Terry Cook 9 8 10 9 14 20 9 9 7 12 9 9 9 9 14 27 16 15 12 7 18 7 19 16 11 3212 10 Chad Chaffin 17 5 20 26* 8 7 8 28 13 14 26 13 3 12 6 7 11 6 17 18 13 15 14 18 10 3143 11 Matt Crafton 12 11 29 13 9 22 10 10 9 19 7 10 25 10 10 6 14 10 14 9 16 12 28 14 15 3074 12 Robert Pressley 3 10 11 17 31 10 26 5 8 14 18 15 2 2 14 11 11 10 13 27 8 26 2773 13 David Starr 36 9 9 12 17 3 6 6 13 11 4 18 32 8 5 2 9 31 9 6 3 2768 14 Bill Lester 18 12 13 19 15 11 12 26 12 10 12 22 11 28 16 19 30 13 28 20 23 28 22 20 18 2712 15 Randy MacDonald 32 22 23 20 19 14 16 36 14 17 16 17 28 13 21 20 18 28 21 24 25 23 23 25 24 2458 16 Jason Leffler 30 6 7 11 21 1 27 6 2 7 5 2 4 15 24 9 2209 17 Jody Lavender (R) 25 27 23 18 13 15 13 24 20 24 16 23 21 18 22 19 19 16 23 22 16 2168 18 Jerry Hill 35 20 24 32 28 31 21 20 23 18 33 29 20 27 29 34 23 21 27 25 28 20 DNQ 1882 19 Randy Briggs (R) 14 13 34 DNQ 34 16 20 17 20 21 17 25 16 17 19 24 23 DNQ 17 1618 20 Phil Bonifield 34 29 DNQ 29 28 23 32 28 25 30 32 28 35 35 32 31 31 30 32 35 29 25 1524 21 Andy Houston 5 21 12 15 30 6 6 6 5 10 4 1487 22 Rich Bickle 19 8 10 32 24 12 27 13 12 12 33 22 1288 23 Ken Schrader 14 11 6 21 7 13 33 11 8 17 32 1286 24 Lance Hooper 20 27 35 32 32 31 33 27 26 31 30 32 33 31 33 32 24 DNQ 1191 25 Tina Gordon (R) 22 18 17 DNQ 13 19 22 25 31 21 13 26 DNQ 1112 26 T. J. Bell (R) 18 28 12 28 25 29 28 25 26 30 23 27 1059 27 Eric Jones DNQ 16 11 17 6 18 DNQ 26 16 14 14 1058 28 Morgan Shepherd 26 24 35 29 26 33 33 34 28 34 25 29 33 29 36 36 991 29 Bobby Dotter 11 32 25 34 30 DNQ 29 22 17 11 21 939 30 Kevin Harvick 26 3 5* 35 10* 1* 807 31 Jamie Aube 36 33 34 24 32 36 17 35 34 QL 24 26 DNQ 800 32 Stan Boyd 16 15 28 29 DNQ 36 33 34 36 29 30 20 21 DNQ 799 33 Shane Wallace 29 16 15 16 18 26 32 685 34 Doug Keller (R) 25 17 28 DNQ DNQ 27 19 31 33 DNQ 30 674 35 Kenny Hendrick 35 36 36 35 34 31 32 33 35 DNQ 35 36 34 656 36 Chris Horn 33 30 22 14 31 17 DNQ 25 625 37 David Stover 25 18 27 26 35 17 DNQ 30 607 38 Roland Isaacs QL 30 31 30 31 34 34 35 34 30 600 39 Wayne Edwards 36 DNQ 23 24 24 28 22 33 28 DNQ 595 40 Brandon Whitt 19 26 30 13 26 34 35 592 41 Ricky Sanders DNQ 17 30 19 20 22 27 DNQ DNQ 573 42 Paul Menard 11 8 21 21 21 572 43 L. W. Miller 21 16 27 20 24 32 558 44 Hank Parker Jr. 15 8 11 10 524 45 Johnny Chapman 27 26 36 17 30 19 513 46 Mike Wallace 6 12 15 21 500 47 Ken Weaver 26 17 34 19 15 482 48 Mike Skinner 13 12 15 22 471 49 Trevor Boys 36 22 26 24 32 29 DNQ 471 50 Andy Petree 14 10 20 18 467 51 Brandon Miller 8 26 14 19 454 52 Shane Sieg 16 15 19 17 451 53 Charlie Bradberry 30 16 33 20 24 446 54 Tracy Hines 32 11 13 13 445 55 Jimmy Spencer 29 1* 6 416 56 Michael Dokken 31 DNQ 27 34 14 QL 29 34 410 57 Aaron Daniel 19 DNQ 15 18 35 DNQ 391 58 Conrad Burr DNQ 26 15 18 DNQ DNQ 28 DNQ 391 59 Darrell Waltrip 7 29 7 368 60 Ryan McGlynn 29 35 31 22 33 365 61 Brian Sockwell 28 24 19 DNQ 31 346 62 Blake Mallory 31 DNQ 24 23 DNQ 24 346 63 Kelly Sutton 27 23 DNQ 35 19 340 64 Jason Small 21 10 DNQ 23 328 65 Dana White 34 33 36 35 33 32 DNQ 314 66 Jack Sprague 5 5 310 67 Mark McFarland 12 15 34 306 68 Ryan Hemphill 20 28 15 300 69 Johnny Sauter 25 10 33 286 70 Johnathon Price 23 30 36 280 71 Tyler Walker 27 21 23 276 72 Shawna Robinson 18 29 29 261 73 Loni Richardson 20 21 36 DNQ DNQ 258 74 Scott Lynch 12 12 254 75 J. C. Stout 31 19 31 DNQ 246 76 Randy Renfrow 33 31 25 222 77 Tim Sauter 23 14 21 221 78 Brian Rose DNQ 14 24 212 79 Nathan Wulff 22 19 DNQ DNQ 203 80 Jay Godley 22 20 200 81 Bryan Reffner 13 31 194 82 Stuart Kirby 24 20 194 83 Andy Ponstein 24 22 188 84 Robby Benton 25 25 22 185 85 Tony Stewart 1 180 86 Donnie Neuenberger 25 25 176 87 Stephen Rhodes 30 21 173 88 Alex Müller 26 25 173 89 G. J. Mennen Jr. 23 33 158 90 Jeremy Mayfield 6 155 91 Ronnie Hornaday 27 32 149 92 P. J. Jones 9 138 93 Rick Bogart 34 DNQ 31 131 94 Ed Berrier 13 124 95 Randy LaJoie 13 124 96 Nick Woodward 14 121 97 Andy Hillenburg 15 DNQ 118 98 Brad Teague 16 115 99 Clay Brown 17 112 100 Matt Carter 17 112 101 Patrick Lawler 31 18 109 102 Doug Mahlik DNQ 18 103 103 Buddy Rice 20 103 104 Jeremy Thompson 21 DNQ 100 105 Matt McCall 21 100 106 Chase Montgomery 22 97 107 Jerry Miller 23 94 108 Johnny Borneman III 23 94 109 Ryan Hanson 23 94 110 Jay Sherston 24 DNQ 91 111 Tim Woods 31 25 DNQ DNQ 88 112 Tommy Pistone 26 DNQ 85 113 Geoff Bodine DNQ 27 82 114 Jarod Robie 27 82 115 Ron Polodna DNQ DNQ 27 DNQ 82 116 A. J. Fike 27 82 117 Frank Kimmel 28 79 118 Gilbert King 29 76 119 Teri MacDonald (R) 30 73 120 Elliott Sadler 30 73 121 Marty Houston 30 73 122 Gary Higgs 32 67 123 Jon Lemke 32 67 124 Craig Wood DNQ DNQ 32 DNQ 67 125 Rusty Alton 33 64 126 Willie Green 33 64 127 Jerry Allec Jr. 34 61 128 Dennis Hannel 35 DNQ 58 129 Rick Ware 36 55 130 Carl Long 36 DNQ 55 131 Scotty Sands 36 DNQ 55 132 Jason York DNQ 17 19 DNQ 133 Steadman Marlin 22 134 Jason White 30 35 135 Joe Varde 33 136 James Stephenson DNQ 137 Jody McCormick DNQ DNQ 138 Casey Kingsland DNQ 139 Scott Hall DNQ 140 David Gilliland DNQ 141 Pete Harding DNQ 142 Cory Kruseman DNQ 143 Derrike Cope DNQ 144 Jason Hedlesky DNQ 145 Danny Bagwell DNQ 146 Dallas Norman QL Pos Position Driver DAY DAR MMR MAR CLT DOV TEX MEM MIL KAN KEN GTW MCH IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA CAL LVS SBO TEX MAR PHO HOM Points Rookie of the Year Gong Show winner Carl Edwards was named Rookie of the Year, winning three races and finishing eighth in points for Roush Racing. The first runner-up was Jody Lavender, who competed in 21 of 25 races for Green Light Racing. Tina Gordon, T. J. Bell and Doug Keller made limited attempts at the award, while Teri MacDonald drove part-time for her brother Randy MacDonald in the Truck Series. See also 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series 2003 NASCAR Busch Series 2003 ARCA Re/Max Series 2003 NASCAR Goody's Dash Series References External links Truck Series Standings and Statistics for 2003 * Category:NASCAR Truck Series seasons