| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 10 of 36 in the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season | |||
Track map of the speedway at Auto Club Speedway AKA California Speedway
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| Date | April 27, 2003 (2003-April-27) | ||
| Official name | Auto Club 500 | ||
| Location | California Speedway, Fontana, California | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 2.0 mi (3.23 km) | ||
| Distance | 250 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km) | ||
| Average speed | 140.111 miles per hour (225.487 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 120,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Dale Earnhardt, Inc. | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Tony Stewart | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
| Laps | 100 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 97 | Kurt Busch | Roush Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Fox Broadcasting Company | ||
| Announcers | 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 SpeedwayinFontana, 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 ParkofDEI won the pole. Kurt BuschofRoush Racing won the race. This was also the last race for Jerry Nadeau. His career ended with an injury during practice at Richmond
The track, California Speedway, was a four-turn superspeedway that was 2 miles (3.2 km) long.[1] 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.
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 97 | Kurt Busch | Roush Racing | Ford |
| 2 | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chevrolet |
| 3 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Penske Racing | Dodge |
| 4 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Evernham Motorsports | Dodge |
| 5 | 42 | Jamie McMurray | Chip Ganassi Racing | Dodge |
| 6 | 8 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Dale Earnhardt, Inc. | Chevrolet |
| 7 | 15 | Michael Waltrip | Dale Earnhardt, Inc. | Chevrolet |
| 8 | 43 | John Andretti | Petty Enterprises | Dodge |
| 9 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Roush Racing | Ford |
| 10 | 40 | Sterling Marlin | Chip Ganassi Racing | Dodge |
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