The 2003 New England 300 was a

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race held on July 20, 2003, at

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, in

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. Contested over 300 laps on the speedway, it was the 19th race of the

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season.

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won the race.

Background

is a oval speedway located in

which has hosted

racing annually since the early 1990s, as well as an

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weekend and the oldest motorcycle race in North America, the Loudon Classic. Nicknamed "The Magic Mile", the speedway is often converted into a road course, which includes much of the oval. The track was originally the site of Bryar Motorsports Park before being purchased and redeveloped by Bob Bahre. The track is currently one of eight major NASCAR tracks owned and operated by

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Top 10 results

Race Statistics

* Time of race: 3:16:29 * Average Speed: * Pole Speed: no time trials * Cautions: 12 for 63 laps * Margin of Victory: 1.582 sec * Lead changes: 14 * Percent of race run under caution: 21% * Average green flag run: 18.2 laps

References

{{reflist New England 300 New England 300 NASCAR races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway July 2003 sports events in the United States