Race 28 of 36 in the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 2003 MBNA America 400 program cover.
Date
September 21, 2003
Official name
35th Annual MBNA America 400
Location
Dover, Delaware, Dover International Speedway
Course
Permanent racing facility 1 mi (1.6 km)
Distance
400 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km)
Scheduled Distance
400 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km)
Average speed
108.802 miles per hour (175.100 km/h)
Attendance
137,000
Pole position
Driver
Matt Kenseth
Roush Racing
Time
Set by 2003 owner's points
Most laps led
Driver
Kevin Harvick
Richard Childress Racing
Laps
133
Winner
No. 12
Ryan Newman
Penske Racing South
Television in the United States
Network
NBC
Announcers
Allen Bestwick, Benny Parsons, Wally Dallenbach Jr.
Radio in the United States
Radio
Motor Racing Network
Motor car race
The 2003 MBNA America 400 was the 28th stock car race of the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 35th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, September 21, 2003, before a crowd of 137,000 in Dover, Delaware at Dover International Speedway, a 1-mile (1.6 km) permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 400 laps to complete. At race's end, Ryan Newman of Penske Racing South would come back from two laps down and save fuel at the end to win his eighth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series win and his seventh win of the season.[1]
To fill out the podium, Jeremy Mayfield of Evernham Motorsports and Tony Stewart of Joe Gibbs Racing would finish second and third, respectively.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. would suffer a concussion during the race on lap 363.[2]
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