The 2003 Brickyard 400, the 10th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on August 3, 2003 at

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in Speedway, Indiana. Contested at 160 laps on the 2.5 mile (4.023 km) speedway, it was the twenty-first race of the

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season. Kevin Harvick of

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

Background

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana, (an

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suburb of

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) 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 west of Downtown Indianapolis. It is a four-turn rectangular-oval track that is 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.

Race results

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*11 - Brett Bodine** *79 -

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(R) *49 - Ken Schrader *71 - Jim Sauter *43 - Christian Fittipaldi (R) *04 - David Reutimann *07 - Ted Musgrave *02 -

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*4 - Robert Pressley *89 - Morgan Shepherd (withdrew) **Final Attempt for Brett Bodine Racing's Number 11

Race statistics

* Time of race: 2:58:22 * Average Speed: * 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

References

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