Aaron's 312

Talladega Superspeedway — January 1, 2003

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Winner

117

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the 2003 Aaron's 312 at Talladega Superspeedway on January 1, 2003, leading 60 of 117 laps. Joe Nemechek finished second; Shane Hmiel rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 2003

Track

Talladega Superspeedway

Season

2003

Winner

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Leaders

6 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chance 2 Motorsports		117	—	Running	60	185
2	1	-1	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports		117	—	Running	49	175
3	25	+22	Shane Hmiel	Innovative Motorsports		117	—	Running	—	165
4	4	—	Ron Hornaday Jr.	Richard Childress Racing		117	—	Running	5	165
5	7	+2	Mike Bliss	Joe Gibbs Racing		117	—	Running	—	155
6	6	—	Jamie McMurray	Phoenix Racing	Dodge	117	—	Running	—	150
7	21	+14	Michael Waltrip	Michael Waltrip Racing		117	—	Running	—	146
8	24	+16	Mike Wallace	Biagi Brothers Racing		117	—	Running	—	142
9	14	+5	Coy Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing		116	—	Running	—	138
10	38	+28	Tina Gordon	Bost Motorsports		116	—	Running	—	134
11	42	+31	Morgan Shepherd	JD Motorsports		116	—	Running	—	130
12	36	+24	Rick Markle	Markle Motorsports		116	—	Running	—	127
13	23	+10	Chase Montgomery	Brewco Motorsports		116	—	Running	—	124
14	39	+25	Derrike Cope	Robinson-Blakeney Racing		116	—	Running	—	121
15	33	+18	Larry Hollenbeck	Team SWAT Fitness Racing		116	—	Running	—	118
16	28	+12	David Green	Brewco Motorsports		115	—	Running	—	115
17	17	—	Kerry Earnhardt	FitzBradshaw Racing		115	—	Running	1	117
18	40	+22	Larry Gunselman	Day Enterprises		115	—	Running	—	109
19	41	+22	Jason Schuler	Havill-Spoerl Racing		114	—	Running	1	111
20	27	+7	Ashton Lewis	Lewis Motorsports		114	—	Running	—	103
21	37	+16	Donnie Neuenberger	Moy Racing		111	—	Running	—	100
22	30	+8	Hermie Sadler	Team Bristol Motorsports		105	—	DNF	—	97
23	13	-10	Brian Vickers	Hendrick Motorsports		100	—	Running	—	94
24	8	-16	Scott Riggs	ppc Racing		84	—	Running	—	91
25	16	-9	Kevin Grubb	Carroll Racing	Dodge	76	—	Running	—	88
26	9	-17	Johnny Sauter	Richard Childress Racing		75	—	Running	—	85
27	29	+2	Todd Bodine	Herzog-Jackson Motorsports		73	—	DNF - Crash	—	82
28	19	-9	Jason Keller	ppc Racing		68	—	Running	—	79
29	10	-19	Randy LaJoie	Evans Motorsports		57	—	Running	—	76
30	15	-15	Brad Baker	Baker Curb Racing	Dodge	46	—	DNF - Crash	—	73
31	43	+12	Jason A. White (Virginia)	Robinson-Blakeney Racing		30	—	DNF	—	70
32	5	-27	Stacy Compton	JTG Daugherty Racing		27	—	DNF - Crash	—	67
33	35	+2	Brad Teague	Means Motorsports		24	—	DNF	1	69
34	32	-2	Mike Harmon	GIC Mixon Motorsports		11	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	26	-9	Bobby Hamilton Jr.	Team Rensi Motorsports		10	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	11	-25	Lyndon Amick	Team Amick Motorsports		8	—	DNF - Crash	—	55
37	2	-35	Kasey Kahne	Akins Motorsports		8	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
38	20	-18	Scott Wimmer	Bill Davis Racing		8	—	DNF - Crash	—	49
39	31	-8	Mike McLaughlin	Frank Cicci Racing		8	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	12	-28	Stanton Barrett	Roush Racing		8	—	DNF - Crash	—	43
41	18	-23	Chad Blount	Braun Racing	Dodge	8	—	DNF - Crash	—	40
42	34	-8	Randy MacDonald	MacDonald Motorsports		8	—	DNF - Crash	—	37
43	22	-21	Jeff Fuller	NEMCO Motorsports		2	—	DNF	—	34