Sequatchie Posted March 5, 2003 Report Share Posted March 5, 2003 MBNA Bass Pro Shops 500 Track Specs: Atlanta Motor Speedway Degree of Banking: Turns: 24 degrees Straightaways: Banking: 5 degrees; Straights: Frontstretch -1471 feet, Backstretch -1380 feet. Grandstand Seating: 124,000 Sunday, March 9th, 2003 in Hampton, GA Purse/Race Awards: $4,075,954 STARTING LINEUP ROW 1 1.) (12) Ryan Newman, Dodge, 191.417 mph 2.) (9) Bill Elliott, Dodge, 191.232 ROW 2 3.) (38) Elliott Sadler, Ford, 190.883 4.) (18) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, 190.594 ROW 3 5.) (7) Jimmy Spencer, Dodge, 190.339 6.) (15) Michael Waltrip, Chevrolet, 190.287 ROW 4 7.) (2) Rusty Wallace, Dodge, 189.922 8.) (20) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 189.746 ROW 5 9.) (97) Kurt Busch, Ford, 189.707 10.) (19) Jeremy Mayfield, Dodge, 189.701 ROW 5 11.) (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 189.623 12.) (22) Ward Burton, Dodge, 189.461 ROW 7 13.) (25) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, 189.286 14.) (01) Jerry Nadeau, Pontiac, 189.202 ROW 8 15.) (1) Steve Park, Chevrolet, 189.047 16.) (88) Dale Jarrett, Ford, 188.996 ROW 9 17.) (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 188.976 18.) (31) Robby Gordon, Chevrolet, 188.867 ROW 10 19.) (43) John Andretti, Dodge, 188.783 20.) (16) Greg Biffle*, Ford, 188.745 ROW 11 21.) (21) Ricky Rudd, Ford, 188.700 22.) (32) Ricky Craven, Pontiac, 188.546 ROW 12 23.) (10) Johnny Benson, Pontiac, 188.494 24.) (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 188.392 ROW 13 25.) (11) Brett Bodine, Ford, 188.296 26.) (99) Jeff Burton, Ford, 188.124 ROW 14 27.) (77) Dave Blaney, Ford, 188.085 28.) (30) Jeff Green, Chevrolet, 188.060 ROW 15 29.) (6) Mark Martin, Ford, 188.034 30.) (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 187.964 ROW 16 31.) (42) Jamie McMurray*, Dodge, 187.849 32.) (4) Mike Skinner, Pontiac, 187.792 ROW 17 33.) (41) Casey Mears*, Dodge, 187.767 34.) (40) Sterling Marlin, Dodge, 187.595 ROW 18 35.) (54) Todd Bodine, Ford, 187.500 36.) (74) Tony Raines*, Chevrolet, 187.449 ROW 19 37.) (8) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, Provisional 38.) (45) Kyle Petty, Dodge, Provisional ROW 20 39.) (5) Terry Labonte, Chevrolet, Provisional 40.) (23) Kenny Wallace, Dodge, Provisional ROW 21 41.) (14) Larry Foyt*, Dodge, Provisional 42.) (49) Ken Schrader, Dodge, Provisional ROW 22 43.) (0) Jack Sprague*, Pontiac, Provisional * Denotes Rookie Failed to Qualify: Bobby Hamilton Jr., Ford, Jeff Fultz, Ford, [Edited by Sequatchie on 3-9-03 10:29P] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sequatchie Posted March 7, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2003 MBNA Bass Pro Shops 500 from Atlanta FINAL RESULTS 1.) (18) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, 185 2.) (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 175 3.) (8) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 170 4.) (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 160 5.) (20) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 160 6.) (38) Elliott Sadler, Ford, 155 7.) (7) Jimmy Spencer, Dodge, 151 8.) (77) Dave Blaney, Ford, 147 9.) (25) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, 143 10.) (12) Ryan Newman, Dodge, 139 11.) (10) Johnny Benson, Pontiac, 130 12.) (32) Ricky Craven, Pontiac, 127 13.) (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 124 14.) (40) Sterling Marlin, Dodge, 121 15.) (2) Rusty Wallace, Dodge, 118 16.) (1) Steve Park, Chevrolet, 115 17.) (31) Robby Gordon, Chevrolet, 112 18.) (22) Ward Burton, Dodge, 109 19.) (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 106 20.) (5) Terry Labonte, Chevrolet, 103 21.) (88) Dale Jarrett, Ford, 100 22.) (19) Jeremy Mayfield, Dodge, 97 23.) (41) Casey Mears, Dodge, 94 24.) (74) Tony Raines, Chevrolet, 91 25.) (30) Jeff Green, Chevrolet, 88 26.) (23) Kenny Wallace, Dodge, 85 27.) (15) Michael Waltrip, Chevrolet, 82 28.) (54) Todd Bodine, Ford, 79 29.) (43) John Andretti, Dodge, 76 30.) (4) Mike Skinner, Pontiac, 73 31.) (01) Jerry Nadeau, Pontiac, 70 32.) (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 72 33.) (99) Jeff Burton, Ford, 64 34.) (45) Kyle Petty, Dodge, 61 35.) (21) Ricky Rudd, Ford, 58 36.) (42) Jamie McMurray, Dodge, 55 37.) (0) Jack Sprague, Pontiac, 52 38.) (49) Ken Schrader, Dodge, 49 39.) (9) Bill Elliott, Dodge, 46 40.) (97) Kurt Busch, Ford, 43 41.) (11) Brett Bodine, Ford, 40 42.) (6) Mark Martin, Ford, 37 43.) (14) Larry Foyt, Dodge, 34 [Edited by Sequatchie on 3-9-03 10:30P] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landergolfer Posted March 9, 2003 Report Share Posted March 9, 2003 Unofficial Top Ten Points Standings: #17-Matt Kenseth 618 #20-Tony Stewart 569 #15-Michael Waltrip 543 #48-Jimmie Johnson 519 #18-Bobby Labonte 510 #10-Johnny Benson 487 #29-Kevin Harvick 478 #24-Jeff Gordon 477 #99-Jeff Burton 476 #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr 474 The race at Atlanta: is OVER. #18-Bobby Labonte won the MBNA Bass Pro Shops 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, his 6th career win at the track and 20th career win. #24-Jeff Gordon ended up 2nd, followed by #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr, #17-Matt Kenseth (new points leader) and #20-Tony Stewart. The unofficial top ten finishers: #18-Bobby Labonte (172 laps led - led halfway and the most laps) #24-Jeff Gordon (66 laps led) #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr (23 laps led) #17-Matt Kenseth #20-Tony Stewart (17 laps led) #38-Elliott Sadler (1 lap led) #7-Jimmy Spencer (1 lap led) #77-Dave Blaney (1 lap led) #25-Joe Nemechek (19 laps led) #12-Ryan Newman (21 laps led) - 1 lap Laps Leaders (10): #12-Newman (21 laps led); #18-Labonte (led the most laps - 172); #25-Nemechek (19); #20-Stewart (17); #24-Gordon (68); #38-Sadler (1); #77-Blaney (1); #8-Earnhardt Jr (23); #48-Johnson (2); Cars on the lead lap: 9 (of 43 starters) Off track/out of race: Foyt (out-?); #6-Martin (out-engine); #97-Busch (out-engine); #11-Bodine (off-accident); #9-Elliott (out-engine); #49-Schrader (out-engine); #42-McMurray (out-engine); #0-Sprague (out-?); #21-Rudd (out-engine); #99-Burton(out-engine); #48-Johnson(out-engine); #01-Nadeau (out-accident); Cautions 7 for 34 laps Caution 7: lap 309-313: #99-Burton lost and engine, #43-Andretti hit the wall, #48-Johnson lost an engine. Caution 6: lap 303-306: #21-Rudd lost an engine. Caution 5: lap 208-213: #42-McMurray blew a right rear tire down, causing a lot of smoke, it was thought he lost an engine. Caution 4: lap 185-188: #49-Schrader blew and engine. Caution 3: lap 174-178: #2-Wallace slapped the wall. Caution 2: lap 145-153: #97-Burton blew an engine, with a many cars trying to get back on the lead lap, crashed including #11-Bodine and #23-Wallace, Wallace drove off, #11-Bodine backed into the wall. Caution 1: lap 136-140: #6-Martin blew an engine; NOTES: During the Caution 6 pitstops, #1-Park came out and collided with #43-Andretti and #01-Nadeau. Laps 268 range the lead laps cars made pit stops. As of lap 250, #12-Newman as no power steering. On lap 195, #25-Nemechek had to pit for a missing lug nut, he was 3rd at the time, he stayed on the lead lap. On caution 4, all the lead lap cars came in, except #8-Earnhardt Jr. All the lead lap cars (12 of them) pitted on Caution 3, lap 174. Around lap 168, #9-Elliott took his car to the garage with a blown engine. On lap 143, #45-Petty came back on the track after changing a sway bar and fuel pump. Around laps 118-123, the 2nd lead lap green flag pit stops were done. On lap 90, #7-Spencer pitted early due to a vibration in the front, they changed tires and fell a lap down. During #99-Burton's pitstop, he left before the rear tire was changed, he stopped and backed up and the crew finished but he lost a lap. #25-Nemechek had a 22 sec pitstop and he fell back to 10th. Teams are pitting laps 50-60 range. #12-Newman's water temp is up to 240 degree's and a possible flat tire on lap 48 and has pitted, he had plastic on his grill, is ok now. #97-Busch is showing smoke as of lap 35, possible tire rub. #8-Earnhardt Jr came onto pitraod before the start of the race, the radio was not working, they fixed it and he went back out and took the green flag. (I got this from jayski.com and that is why all of these posts mention the site.) Jayski.com is YOUR source for NASCAR news!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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