food city food city sixth stock car race nascar cup series held march crowd bristol tennessee short tracks hold nascar races lap race won racing team starting ninth position finished second came won pole position immediately passed start race laps later leader race gordon reclaimed lead lap led laps passed gordon lead lap kept position total laps final pit stops leader race maintained position lead total laps win race season seventeen lead changes seven different drivers course race race win season fifth career result advanced second drivers championship thirty points ahead ford maintained lead manufacturers championship ahead chevrolet eighteen ahead dodge fourth place thirty races season remaining report background food city sixth scheduled stock car race nascar cup series held march bristol tennessee short tracks hold nascar races richmond international dover international standard track turn short track oval miles long track turns banked thirty degrees stretch location finish line stretch banked degrees race led drivers championship points second place points fourth points respectively tied fifth place points rounded manufacturers championship ford leading points points ahead rivals chevrolet points points ahead dodge battle place race defending champion ahead event unveiled extended added track capacity spectators track planned patriotic rally showed support troops serving iraq war caused employ extra security event nascar subsequently announced plan prepared included arrangements travel extra security races season gave consent nascar professional sporting associations resume normal schedules practice qualifying practice sessions held sunday race friday saturday session lasted minutes second final sessions ran minutes fastest practice session time seconds ahead second lap fourth fastest placed fifth rounded session drivers session contact wall required switch cars qualifying hit wall spinning sideways drivers entered according nascar qualifying procedure race clinched second pole position season time time new track record lap set seconds cup series joined grid row qualified took fourth started fifth skinner stewart completed positions drivers failed qualify race newman said amazed qualifying run fast picked quarter second practice bristol saturday morning fastest second practice session lap seconds ahead newman second fourth quickest took fifth managed sixth followed final practice session fastest time stewart followed second times fourth fastest ahead seventh fastest martin eighth ninth tenth session temporarily suspended spun track managed barriers race race sixth total thirty season cup series began est televised live united_states fox start race weather conditions sunny reverend virginia began pre race ceremonies invocation country music singer performed national anthem representatives commanded drivers start engines pace laps rear grid changing engine accelerated faster newman line getting ahead turn passed newman second position lap later lap caution given contact petty forcing spin sideways contact escaped minor damage drivers pit stops caution led field speed restart contact wall lap suffered flat right tire laps later collision involving prompted second caution car suffered heavy damage rear end car immediately lap restart collision collected caused caution car sustained major damage end race restarted lap claiming lead lap later stewart passed seventh eighth respectively moved passing skinner lap lap later reclaimed position 42nd lap passed second laps later stopped track engine failure fourth caution given result leaders elected pit stops caution maintained lead restart followed green stewart contact newman collected prompted fifth caution lap trio hit rear johnson causing spin sideways drivers stayed track caution allowing remain leader restart skinner fell eighth passed 75th lap laps later passed claim sixth lap skinner fell eighth twelfth position started race thirty seventh moved thirty positions lap lap maintained half second lead thirteen laps later stewart passed fourth fifth respectively pace car came sixth caution lap skinner collided wall car caught fire caution leaders elected pit stops led restart followed lap seventh caution came spun degrees attempted pass contact led restart passed skinner lap starting race eighth moved sixth position lap laps later spun sideways prompting eighth caution caution leaders chose pit stops led restart lap contact collecting johnson cars escaping minor damage ninth caution prompted lap martin sent spinning sideways contact spun sideways caution given caution leaders elected pit stops leader restart followed collided wall lap damaging car fell twelfth position laps later passed eighth passed reclaim lead lap spun sideways prompting tenth caution lap later maintained lead lap restart lap spun sideways causing eleventh caution race restarted lap laps later multi car collision occurred turn contact collecting petty prompting twelfth caution remained leader restart lap spun sideways contact causing thirteenth caution stewart contact spun sideways managed barriers race restarted lap lap lost positions passed johnson eighteen laps later passed fifth position lap passed johnson lap moved fifth position passing green flag pit stops began lap pit stop passed claim position lap lost position laps later lap moved fifth position passing johnson laps later passed claim lead lap began run fuel pit stop lap later claimed position laps later lap fourteenth caution prompted collided wall spun caution came damaged end car race restarted lap position lap fifteenth caution given petty spun sideways remained leader restart ahead passed fifth lap laps later sixteenth caution prompted contact coming turn collected petty spun barriers turn led field speed lap restart lap passed claim position laps later passed fourth position martin spun race leaders lap managed continue laps later pace car came seventeenth final caution caused making contact stewart contact reduced visibility martin spun track remained leader lap restart laps later passed second lap reclaimed fourth position crossed finish line lap win race season finished second ahead fourth fifth post race appeared victory lane celebrate win season people attended race earned race afterward crew chief praised performance awesome awesome gets wheel drives hell race car today won race happy second place finish commenting feel lucky started provisional bristol coming home second great race bobby little end got knocked little hoping run kurt happened good race physical didn scratch car right end pretty good happy finishing commenting got spun twice finished great day greater want led laps race performance boys good job wouldn trade mistakes better involved lap collision commented don know happened going gears taking time looked like somebody missed shift somebody got somebody race biggest crash contact lap said time race liable wreck race involved battle position resulted lap returned pit road talking anger newman team personnel incident argument ended commented shame great car damn car use head don know ryan newman thinking kept coming kept coming newman argued looked like got deal involved crash lap taken circuit infield medical center later taken visit undergo medical petty crash measured suffered injuries ribs abdomen petty replaced cart driver round race result left leading drivers championship points finished moved second points ahead stewart ahead fell fifth points manufacturers championship ford maintained lead points chevrolet remained second points followed points points ahead dodge fourth having increased points lead said happy change driving style change added team months start worry rivals making challenge championship race took hours minutes seconds complete margin victory second results qualifying race standings race
2003 Food City 500