2003 Pepsi 400
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 17 of 36 in the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||
 Daytona International Speedway | |||
| Date | July 5, 2003 | ||
| Location | Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 2.5 miles (4.023 km) | ||
| Distance | 160 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km) | ||
| Average speed | 166.109 mph (267.327 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Richard Childress Racing | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Kevin Harvick | Richard Childress Racing | |
| Laps | 54 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 16 | Greg Biffle | Roush Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | NBC | ||
| Announcers | Allen Bestwick, Benny Parsons, Wally Dallenbach Jr. | ||
| Nielsen ratings | 6.0/13 | ||
The 2003 Pepsi 400, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on July 5, 2003, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Contested over 160 laps on the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) asphalt superspeedway, it was the seventeenth race of the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Greg Biffle of Roush Racing won the race, earning his first career Winston Cup Series win.
Background
[edit]Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida that is one of six superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the others being Auto Club Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Michigan International Speedway, Pocono Raceway and Talladega Superspeedway.[1] The standard track at Daytona is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track also features two other layouts that utilize portions of the primary high speed tri-oval, such as a 3.56-mile (5.73 km) sports car course and a 2.95-mile (4.75 km) motorcycle course.[2] The track's 180-acre (73 ha) infield includes the 29-acre (12 ha) Lake Lloyd, which has hosted powerboat racing. The speedway is owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation.
Entry list
[edit]Results
[edit]Failed to qualify
[edit]- Shane Hmiel (#43)
- Christian Fittipaldi (#44)
- Tony Raines (#74)
- Kerry Earnhardt (#83)
Race statistics
[edit]- Time of race: 2:24:29[3]
- Average speed: 166.109 mph (267.327 km/h)[3]
- Pole speed: 184.752 mph (297.330 km/h)[3]
- Cautions: 2 for 10 laps
- Margin of victory: 4.102 seconds[3]
- Lead changes: 16[3]
- Percent of race run under caution: 6.3%[3]
- Average green flag run: 50 laps[3]
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References
[edit]- ↑ "Race Tracks". NASCAR.com. Turner Sports. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
- ↑ "Track facts". DaytonaInternationalSpeedway.com. Daytona International Speedway. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "2003 Pepsi 400". racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 19, 2025.
