2003 Auto Club 500
Motor car race
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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.
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| Race details[1][2] | |||
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| Race 10 of 36 in the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season | |||
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Track map of the speedway at Auto Club Speedway AKA California Speedway | |||
| Date | April 27, 2003 | ||
| Official name | Auto Club 500 | ||
| Location | California Speedway, Fontana, California | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 2.0 miles (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 | ||
Background
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.
Results
Failed to qualify
- Hideo Fukuyama (#66)
- Kerry Earnhardt (#83)
Race statistics
- Time of race: 3:34:07[2]
- Average speed: 140.111 mph (225.487 km/h)[2]
- Pole speed: 186.838 mph (300.687 km/h)[2]
- Cautions: 8 for 34 laps[2]
- Margin of victory: 2.294 seconds[2]
- Lead changes: 19[2]
- Percent of race run under caution: 13.6%[2]
- Average green flag run: 24 Laps[2]
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