2003 Food City 500
Qualifying

2003 Food City 500

Section Title: Qualifying
Table Section Text: None

Grid	No	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Time	Speed

1	12	Ryan Newman	Penske Racing	Dodge	14.908	128.709

2	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	15.068	127.343

3	49	Ken Schrader	BAM Racing	Dodge	15.094	127.123

4	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Dodge	15.106	127.022

5	9	Bill Elliott	Evernham Motorsport	Dodge	15.108	127.006

6	4	Mike Skinner	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	Pontiac	15.135	126.779

7	7	Jimmy Spencer	Ultra Motorsports	Dodge	15.158	126.587

8	8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet	15.160	126.570

9	97	Kurt Busch	Roush Racing	Ford	15.161	126.562

10	20	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet	15.175	126.445

11	22	Ward Burton	Bill Davis Racing	Dodge	15.181	126.395

12	18	Bobby Labonte	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet	15.188	126.337

13	01	Jerry Nadeau	MB2 Motorsports	Pontiac	15.200	126.237

14	32	Ricky Craven	PPI Motorsports	Pontiac	15.226	126.021

15	16	Greg Biffle	Roush Racing	Ford	15.228	126.005

16	40	Sterling Marlin	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dodge	15.234	125.955

17	5	Terry Labonte	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	15.237	125.930

18	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Evernham Motorsports	Dodge	15.240	125.906

19	6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	15.251	125.815

20	10	Johnny Benson Jr.	MB2 Motorsports	Pontiac	15.254	125.790

21	30	Jeff Green	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet	15.254	125.790

22	74	Tony Raines	BACE Motorsports	Chevrolet	15.260	125.741

23	48	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	15.262	125.724

24	37	Derrike Cope	Quest Motor Racing	Chevrolet	15.265	125.699

25	25	Joe Nemechek	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	15.270	125.658

26	42	Jamie McMurray	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dodge	15.283	125.5511

27	29	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	15.289	125.502

28	15	Michael Waltrip	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet	15.297	125.436

29	99	Jeff Burton	Roush Racing	Ford	15.303	125.387

30	38	Elliott Sadler	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	15.304	125.379

31	77	Dave Blaney	Jasper Motorsports	Ford	15.314	125.297

32	45	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	15.317	125.273

33	11	Brett Bodine	Brett Bodine Racing	Ford	15.317	125.573

34	21	Ricky Rudd	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	15.341	125.077

35	1	Steve Park	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet	15.348	125.020

36	31	Robby Gordon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	15.354	124.971

Provisional

37	17	Matt Kenseth	Roush Racing	Ford	15.447	124.218

38	88	Dale Jarrett	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	15.435	124.315

39	41	Casey Mears	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dodge	15.418	124.452

40	23	Kenny Wallace	Bill Davis Racing	Dodge	15.383	124.735

41	54	Todd Bodine	BelCar Racing	Ford	15.514	123.682

42	0	Jack Sprague	Haas CNC Racing	Pontiac	15.600	123.000

43	43	John Andretti	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	15.448	124.210

Failed to qualify

44	14	Larry Foyt	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Ford	15.598	123.016

45	02	Hermie Sadler	SCORE Motorsports	Pontiac	15.481	123.946

Source:

1 Moved to the back of the field for changing engines

Sentence(s)

Ryan Newman clinched his pole position of the season, with a time of 14.908.

final_sentence: Ryan Newman clinched his pole position of the season, with a time of 14.908.