2003 Brickyard 400

2003 Brickyard 400

Race details[1]
Race 21 of 36 in the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
Map of the basic speedway
Date	August 3, 2003 (2003-August-03)
Official name	Brickyard 400
Location	Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4.023 km)
Distance	160 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km)
Weather	Warm with temperatures approaching 80.1 °F (26.7 °C); wind speeds up to 13.8 miles per hour (22.2 km/h)
Average speed	134.548 miles per hour (216.534 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing
Most laps led
Driver	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps	60
Winner
No. 29	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing
Television in the United States
Network	NBC
Announcers	Allen Bestwick, Wally Dallenbach, Jr. and Benny Parsons
Nielsen Ratings	6.1/15 (9.3 million)

The 2003 Brickyard 400, the 10th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on August 3, 2003 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. Contested at 160 laps on the 2.5 mile (4.023 km) speedway, it was the twenty-first race of the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Kevin Harvick of Richard Childress Racing won the race.

Kevin Harvick became the first driver to win the race from the pole position.

Failed to qualify: Brett Bodine (#11), Ken Schrader (#49), Billy Bigley (#79), Ted Musgrave (#07), Robert Pressley (#4), Jim Sauter (#71), Christian Fittipaldi (#43), David Reutimann (#04), Hermie Sadler (#02)

Background

Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the track where the race was held.

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana, (an enclave suburb of Indianapolis) in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400. It is located on the corner of 16th Street and Georgetown Road, approximately six miles (10 km) west of Downtown Indianapolis. It is a four-turn rectangular-oval track that is 2.5 miles (4.023 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 9 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, has no banking. The back stretch, opposite of the front, also has a zero degree banking. The racetrack has seats for more than 250,000 spectators.

Top 10 results

Race statistics

• Time of race: 2:58:22
• Average Speed: 134.554 miles per hour (216.544 km/h)
• Pole Speed: 184.343
• Cautions: 5 for 25 laps
• Margin of Victory: 2.758 sec
• Lead changes: 17
• Percent of race run under caution: 15.6%
• Average green flag run: 22.5 laps

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