2003 Subway 400

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2003 Subway 400
Race details [1] [2]
Race 2 of 36 in the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Rockingham Speedway.svg
Layout of North Carolina Speedway
Date February 23, 2003 (2003-02-23)
Location Rockingham, North Carolina
Course North Carolina Speedway
1.017 mi (1.637 km)
Distance 393 laps, 399.681 mi (643.224 km)
Average speed 117.852 mph (189.664 km/h)
Attendance 40,000
Pole position
Driver
 Jasper Motorsports
Time 23.669 [3]
Most laps led
Driver Rusty Wallace Penske Racing
Laps 182
Winner
No. 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing
Television in the United States
Network Fox Broadcasting Company
Announcers Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, Larry McReynolds
Nielsen Ratings
  • 6.3/13 (Overnight) [4]

The 2003 Subway 400 was the second stock car race of the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series. It was held on February 23, in Rockingham, North Carolina at North Carolina Speedway. 40,000 spectators attended the event. Robert Yates Racing driver Dale Jarrett won the 393-lap race starting from the ninth position. Roush Racing teammates Kurt Busch and Matt Kenseth finished second and third, respectively.

Contents

Dave Blaney won the first pole position of his career by posting the fastest lap in qualifying. He led the first eight laps before Mark Martin passed him on lap nine. Ricky Craven took the lead eight laps later, which he lost to Rusty Wallace on lap 27. Wallace led four times for a total of 182 laps, more than any other driver. On lap 220, Busch became the leader, holding the position for a total of four times over 149 laps. He was passed by Jarrett on the 384th lap. Busch retook the position five laps later before Jarrett reclaimed first place on lap 390. He maintained it for the rest of the race to win. There were seven yellow caution flags and twenty lead changes among eleven different drivers.

It was Jarrett's second victory at North Carolina Speedway, and the 31st of his career. The result advanced him from tenth to second in the Drivers' Championship, 31 points behind Busch. The latter took the points lead after Michael Waltrip finished in 19th place; this dropped Waltrip to fifth, 15 points behind Martin. The lead of the Manufacturers' Championship changed from Chevrolet to Ford. Pontiac passed Dodge for third with 34 races left in the season.

Background

North Carolina Speedway (pictured in 2012), where the race was held NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Rockingham Speedway 2012.jpg
North Carolina Speedway (pictured in 2012), where the race was held

The 2003 Subway 400 was the second of thirty-six scheduled stock car races of the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series. It was held on February 23, in Rockingham, North Carolina, at North Carolina Speedway. [1] The Winston Cup Series first came to North Carolina Speedway late in the 1965 season and it hosted two events on the series calendar. [5] [6] The track at North Carolina Speedway is a 1.017 mi (1.637 km) four-turn D-shaped oval. Its turns are banked between 22 and 25 degrees; both the front stretch and the back stretch are banked at eight degrees. [7] [8]

Before the race, Michael Waltrip led the Drivers' Championship with 185 points, with Kurt Busch in second place with 170 points. Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick were third and fourth with 170 and 160 points respectively. Mark Martin in fifth had 155 points. Rounding out the top ten were Tony Stewart, Robby Gordon, Jeremy Mayfield, Mike Wallace, and Dale Jarrett. [9] In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet led with nine points, three points ahead of Ford in the second position. Third-placed Dodge, with four points, was one point ahead of Pontiac in fourth. [10] Matt Kenseth was the race's defending champion. [11]

The Subway 400 was the first round of the 2003 season to be held without the use of restrictor plates. [12] [13] NASCAR retained a regulation it instituted at the season-opening Daytona 500 held one week earlier. A race slowed by a yellow caution flag with five or fewer laps to run would not recommence. [14]

Practice and qualifying

Dave Blaney (pictured in 2007) had the first pole position of his career. DaveBlaneyBristolAugust2007.jpg
Dave Blaney (pictured in 2007) had the first pole position of his career.

Three practice sessions were scheduled before the Sunday race—one on Friday and two on Saturday. The first session lasted 120 minutes, and the final two sessions were due to run for 45 and 40 minutes, respectively. [2] Wind, rain and a tornado alert cancelled the Saturday morning practice sessions. [2] In the first practice session, Ryan Newman was the fastest driver with a lap of 23.525 seconds. Ken Schrader, Joe Nemechek, Martin, Busch, Jerry Nadeau, Mike Skinner, Ward Burton, Mayfield and Jamie McMurray were in positions two to ten. [15] A forecast of rain later on Friday caused teams to concentrate on race setup during practice. [16]

A total of 43 drivers entered the qualifying session on Friday afternoon. [1] [17] Each driver ran two timed laps to determine pole position to 36th. [2] The remainder of the field qualified through the use of provisionals. [18] Rain delayed qualifying for an hour and 15 minutes; because some teams concentrated on car setups, it created a mixed starting order. [19] In his 113th race, Dave Blaney took his first career pole position, with a time of 23.669 seconds, [3] and Jasper Motorsports' first since the 1994 season. [20] He was joined on the grid's front row by Johnny Benson Jr., [1] who was two-hundredths of a second slower. Martin qualified third, Sterling Marlin fourth, and Bill Elliott fifth. Ricky Craven, McMurray, Wallace, Dale Jarrett and Bobby Labonte rounded out the top ten qualifiers. [3]

During the session, a fuel line detached from Newman's carburetor on his first lap. Nadeau lost control of his car during his second lap. Jeff Burton set no qualifying lap due to a pirouette after he spun his rear tires, and had an accident against a barrier. [21] Once qualifying had concluded, Blaney said, "This was a new type of car and we hadn't done any testing with it. We didn't know what to expect. But it was really good from the start. Winning the pole only made it better." [16]

Qualifying results

Qualifying results
GridCarDriverTeamManufacturerTimeSpeed
177 Dave Blaney Jasper Motorsports Ford 23.669154.683
210 Johnny Benson Jr. MBV Motorsports Pontiac 23.689154.553
36 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford23.708154.429
440 Sterling Marlin Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 23.709154.422
59 Bill Elliott Evernham Motorsports Dodge23.710154.416
632 Ricky Craven PPI Motorsports Pontiac23.716154.377
742 Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi RacingDodge23.731154.279
82 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing Dodge23.743152.201
988 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford23.746154.182
1018 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 23.767154.046
1138 Elliott Sadler Robert Yates RacingFord23.768154.039
128 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet23.769154.033
1316 Greg Biffle Roush RacingFord23.787153.916
1425 Joe Nemechek Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet23.792153.884
1522 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Dodge23.802153.819
1641 Casey Mears Chip Ganassi RacingDodge23.821153.696
1723 Kenny Wallace Bill Davis RacingDodge23.823153.683
1817 Matt Kenseth Roush RacingFord23.845153.542
1931 Robby Gordon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet23.850153.509
204 Mike Skinner Morgan-McClure Motorsports Pontiac23.856153.471
2112 Ryan Newman Penske RacingDodge23.861153.439
2215 Michael Waltrip Dale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet23.877153.336
2324 Jeff Gordon Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet23.881153.310
2401 Jerry Nadeau MB2 MotorsportsPontiac23.924153.035
251 Steve Park Dale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet23.926153.022
2629 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress RacingChevrolet23.936152.958
2797 Kurt Busch Roush RacingFord23.940152.932
2821 Ricky Rudd Wood Brothers Racing Ford23.959152.811
2919 Jeremy Mayfield Evernham MotorsportsDodge23.961152.798
3045 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Dodge23.962152.792
315 Terry Labonte Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet23.968152.754
3243 John Andretti Petty EnterprisesDodge23.972152.728
3320 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs RacingChevrolet23.974152.715
340 Jack Sprague Haas CNC Racing Pontiac23.990152.614
3549 Ken Schrader BAM Racing Dodge23.991152.602
367 Jimmy Spencer Ultra Motorsports Dodge23.999152.556
3748 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick MotorsportsChevroletProvisional
3899 Jeff Burton Roush RacingFordProvisional
3930 Jeff Green Richard Childress RacingChevroletProvisional
4054 Todd Bodine BelCar Motorsports FordProvisional
4114 Larry Foyt A. J. Foyt Racing DodgeProvisional
4274 Tony Raines BACE Motorsports ChevroletProvisional
4337 Derrike Cope Quest Motor Racing ChevroletProvisional
Source: [3] [22] [23]

Race

The 393-lap race commenced at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, and was televised live in the United States on Fox. [24] Around the start of the race, weather conditions were sunny and cold with blustery winds; [25] [26] the ambient temperature ranged between 54–55 °F (12–13 °C) and the track temperature at 78 °F (26 °C). [26] Jim Ritter, pastor of the Marston Baptist Church in Marston, North Carolina, began pre-race ceremonies with an invocation. Members of the ECU and the Carolina Marching Band performed the national anthem, and the race's sponsor spokesperson Clay Henry commanded the drivers to start their engines. [26] Jet dryers were deployed to clean the track and remove paper debris. [26] NASCAR announced a competition caution would occur on lap 45 due to the previous day's rainfall, meaning drivers would be required to make mandatory pit stops to evaluate their car's performance. [2]

Rusty Wallace (pictured in 1998) led the most laps of any driver with 182. RustyWallaceRIR98.jpg
Rusty Wallace (pictured in 1998) led the most laps of any driver with 182.

Blaney led the opening eight laps before Martin passed him on the ninth lap. [27] Jeff Gordon made contact with Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s car on the 12th lap, pushing a chunk of sheet metal into Earnhardt's front-left tire, and causing it to rub onto it. [28] On lap 17, Craven passed Martin to take the lead. [1] [27] McMurray and Nemechek made contact with each other around the 23rd lap, causing the latter's right front fender to detach, possibly from the collision. [2] [26] Craven lost the first position to Rusty Wallace on the 27th lap. [1] Six laps later, Tony Raines cut a tire and collided with a wall; series officials did not wave a yellow caution flag. [2] It later came on the 44th lap as Earnhardt's left-rear tire burst. [29] During the caution, Earnhardt made five pit stops since his vehicle had a rubber strip lodged in its front left rotor and possibly the suspension. Additionally, Gordon damaged his car's right-front corner against the pit barrier. [2] [27] Rusty Wallace continued to lead the field at the lap 55 restart. [1] Todd Bodine cut his right front tire on lap 88, and collided with a barrier exiting turn two, bringing out the second caution. [2] [27]

The caution remained out for five laps. Kyle Petty and Martin led one and three laps, respectively. Rusty Wallace led the field back to racing speeds at the restart on the 93rd lap. [1] On lap 107, Jack Sprague hit the rear of Kenny Wallace's vehicle leaving the second turn. Kenny Wallace spun towards the outside pit road wall, and damaged the right front of his car, prompting the third caution. [2] [27] The five-lap caution had Rusty Wallace retain the first position; [1] he continued to pace the field as Earnhardt, on lap 122, hit the left rear of Nadeau's vehicle and caused the latter to spin. Mayfield slowed in response and John Andretti struck his car, triggering the fourth caution. Martin led from the 124th to 126th laps. [1] [2] Green flag racing resumed on the 127th lap with Rusty Wallace leading; he maintained it for the next 48 laps. [1] A fifth caution came out when Earnhardt spun on lap 174; [1] [27] Stewart hit the rear of Petty's slower car, causing damage to both of Stewart's front fenders. [2]

Dale Jarrett took his 31st career victory and his second at North Carolina Speedway. Dale Jarrett.jpg
Dale Jarrett took his 31st career victory and his second at North Carolina Speedway.

Martin took the lead on lap 175 and held it at the resumption of racing on lap 178. Rusty Wallace overtook Martin for first place on lap 179. [1] Busch passed Rusty Wallace for the first position on the 220th lap. [1] During laps 240 and 252, several teams elected to make green-flag pit stops. [2] Busch maintained the first position during this period and at the lap 253 restart. [1] Kenseth took the lead on lap 255. He held it until Marlin took the position and led laps 258 to 260 before Busch returned to first place. [1] On lap 275, the sixth caution came out as Earnhardt spun again. Mayfield was possibly hit by Jeff Burton and stalled after contact with a wall. [2] Kurt Busch maintained the first position at the lap 292 restart and the next seven laps. [1]

On lap 298, Gordon hit the rear of Earnhardt's car, sending him spinning into the frontstretch grass, and causing the final caution. [2] [27] The majority of drivers made pit stops during the caution. [27] Labonte moved into the lead on lap 300 and led at the lap 303 restart. [1] [30] Jeff Burton passed Labonte to assume the lead on the next lap. Six laps later, Busch got ahead of Jeff Burton to retake the first position. [1] During the last 30 laps, Busch and second-placed Jarrett negotiated slower traffic, as Busch led for much of that period in time and Jarrett was close by him. [31] On lap 383, Jarrett drew alongside Busch and provided him with little space between his car and the backstretch wall. Busch lost control of his car and Jarrett advanced to first place on the 384th lap. [32] [33] Jarrett was delayed by Sprague's lapped car on lap 387. [32] Busch then overtook Jarrett to move into first place on the outside two laps later. [25] [33]

Jarrett retook the lead on lap 390, making the pass on the approach to turn four. [32] Busch was unable to continue the challenge for the victory because he had worn out his rear tires in the process. [31] Jarrett held the first position through slower traffic during the last four laps to claim his second win at North Carolina Speedway, and the 31st of his career. [1] [32] [33] This extended Jarrett's run of winning at least one race every year to eleven. [29] Busch finished second, Kenseth third, Craven fourth, and McMurray fifth. Rusty Wallace, Martin, Johnson, Elliott Sadler and Blaney rounded out the top ten finishers. [1] There were a total of seven yellow caution flags, lasting a cumulative total of 46 laps. There were 20 lead changes; 11 drivers lead at least one lap during the race. [33] Rusty Wallace's 182 laps lead was the most of any competitor. Jarrett led twice for a total of nine laps. [1]

Post-race

Jarrett appeared in Victory Lane to celebrate his 31st career win in front of the crowd of 40,000 people; [1] [25] [29] the win earned him $167,050. [28] Sadler tested at the track beforehand and provided Jarrett with a suspension setup for his teammate's car. [29] Jarrett's crew chief Brad Parrott stated the close collaboration between the two would help Robert Yates Racing achieve more success during the year. [25] Jarrett also dedicated the victory to the "older generation" and said he was confident he could challenge them, "Those [young] guys are really talented and are getting some well-deserved attention. But [the veterans are] giving them a race, and I think that we can." [32] Busch commented on his second consecutive second-place finish of 2003: [28] "This one is much more difficult to swallow than the [Daytona] race. We had a great run today. I'm real upset we didn't win. I would have loved to have gotten off to Victory Lane so early in the year." [34] Third-placed Kenseth said he was happy with the work his team put in for the event and hailed his car's performance, "I'm real happy finishing third. I think we had a car that definitely could have contended for the win, we were just a little too far behind on the last restart and was a little too loose that last run to be able to get up there, but it was a great day for us." [34]

Rusty Wallace described his car as "a damn bullet" when he was leading and said, "About three-quarters of the way through the race, I could see the track getting real black. I had the thing really turning good. It just got too free on me. It got so loose you could hardly touch the throttle." [35] Earnhardt said he acknowledged Jeff Gordon's car hitting him was unintentional; he described his car's handling afterward as causing tire damage and rubbing that caused its failure, "The car would just get loose, really loose. It would just snap out from under me, and that's why I spun a couple of times. It felt to me like it was going to crash or spin out on every lap." [28] McMurray said he believed his fifth-place result increased his confidence with his crew chief Donnie Wingo, "I think it makes me feel good. I had to work with three crew chiefs last year. Coming in I didn't even know Donnie (Wingo). I was a little bit nervous about that, and (journalists) would just tear me up if I didn't do well." [30]

The result promoted Busch to the lead of the Drivers' Championship with 345 points. Jarrett's victory advanced him from tenth to second as he had a total of 314 points. Johnson maintained the third position with 312 points, as Martin moved to fourth with 306 points. Waltrip dropped to fifth, and Kenseth stood in sixth place. Burton, Craven, Stewart were seventh to ninth. Harvick, Rusty Wallace, and Rudd tied for tenth position. [1] [9] In the Manufacturers' Championship, Ford took the lead with 15 points, three points ahead of Chevrolet in the second position. Pontiac, with nine points, was one point in front of Dodge in fourth place with thirty-four races left in the season. [10] The race took three hours, 23 minutes and 29 seconds to complete, and the margin of victory was 0.966 seconds. [1]

Race results

Race results
PosGridCarDriverTeamManufacturerLapsPoints
1988Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingFord3931801
22797Kurt BuschRoush RacingFord3931751
31817Matt KensethRoush RacingFord3931701
4632Ricky CravenPPI MotorsportsPontiac3931651
5742Jamie McMurayChip Ganassi RacingDodge393155
682Rusty WallacePenske RacingDodge3931602
736Mark MartinRoush RacingFord3931511
83748Jimmie JohnsonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet393142
91138Elliott SadlerRobert Yates RacingFord393138
10177Dave BlaneyJasper MotorsportsFord3931391
112821Ricky RuddWood Brothers RacingFord393130
123899Jeff BurtonRoush RacingFord3921321
13210Johnny Benson Jr.MBV MotorsportsPontiac392124
142112Ryan NewmanPenske RacingDodge392121
152324Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet392118
161018Bobby LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet3921201
17204Mike SkinnerMorgan-McClure MotorsportsPontiac392112
181522Ward BurtonBill Davis RacingDodge392109
192215Michael WaltripDale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet392106
203320Tony StewartJoe Gibbs RacingChevrolet392103
21251Steve ParkDale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet392100
221316Greg BiffleRoush RacingFord39297
231425Joe NemechekHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet39294
243549Ken SchraderBAM RacingDodge39291
252629Kevin HarvickRichard Childress RacingChevrolet39188
262401Jerry NadeauMB2 MotorsportsPontiac39185
27315Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet39182
28367Jimmy SpencerUltra MotorsportsDodge39179
291931Robby GordonRichard Childress RacingChevrolet39176
301641Casey MearsChip Ganassi RacingDodge39073
313930Jeff GreenRichard Childress RacingChevrolet39070
3259Bill ElliottEvernham MotorsportsDodge39067
33128Dale Earnhardt Jr.Dale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet39064
34340Jack SpragueHaas CNC RacingPontiac39061
353045Kyle PettyPetty EnterprisesDodge389631
364114Larry FoytA. J. Foyt RacingDodge38855
374274Tony RainesBACE MotorsportsChevrolet38752
381723Kenny WallaceBill Davis RacingDodge38649
393243John AndrettiPetty EnterprisesDodge34746
40440Sterling MarlinChip Ganassi RacingDodge319481
412919Jeremy MayfieldEvernham MotorsportsDodge27140
424054Todd BodineBelCar MotorsportsFord8537
434337Derrike CopeQuest Motor RacingChevrolet3434
Source: [1] [23] [36]
1 Includes five bonus points for leading a lap
2 Includes ten bonus points for leading the most laps

Standings after the race

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The 2004 UAW-GM Quality 500 was the 31st stock car race of the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series season, the fifth race of the 2004 Chase for the Nextel Cup, and the 45th iteration of the event. The race was on Saturday, October 16, 2004, before a crowd of 140,000 in Concord, North Carolina, at Lowe's Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent quad-oval. The race took the scheduled 334 laps to complete. At race's end, Jimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports would take advantage of Kasey Kahne's bad luck at the end of the race, holding off the field on the final restart to win his 11th career NASCAR Nextel Cup Series win and his third of the season. To fill out the podium, Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports and Dale Earnhardt Jr. of Dale Earnhardt, Inc. would finish second and third, respectively.

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