Sam's Town 300

Las Vegas Motor Speedway — January 1, 2003

Joe Nemechek

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Joe Nemechek won the 2003 Sam's Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on January 1, 2003, leading 46 of 200 laps. Kevin Harvick finished second; Mike Bliss rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 2003

Track

Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Season

2003

Winner

Joe Nemechek

Leaders

7 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	29	+28	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports		200	—	Running	46	180
2	3	+1	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing		200	—	Running	93	180
3	5	+2	Mike Bliss	Joe Gibbs Racing		200	—	Running	—	165
4	36	+32	Steve Park	Chance 2 Motorsports		200	—	Running	—	160
5	2	-3	Jason Keller	ppc Racing		200	—	Running	—	155
6	7	+1	David Green	Brewco Motorsports		200	—	Running	—	150
7	26	+19	Michael Waltrip	Michael Waltrip Racing		200	—	Running	8	151
8	1	-7	Stanton Barrett	Roush Racing		200	—	Running	—	142
9	16	+7	Ron Hornaday Jr.	Richard Childress Racing		200	—	Running	10	143
10	4	-6	Scott Wimmer	Bill Davis Racing		200	—	Running	—	134
11	27	+16	Kasey Kahne	Akins Motorsports		200	—	Running	—	130
12	8	-4	Shane Hmiel	Innovative Motorsports		200	—	Running	—	127
13	6	-7	Brian Vickers	Hendrick Motorsports		200	—	Running	—	124
14	22	+8	Kerry Earnhardt	FitzBradshaw Racing		200	—	Running	—	121
15	10	-5	Stacy Compton	JTG Daugherty Racing		200	—	Running	2	123
16	40	+24	Coy Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing		200	—	Running	—	115
17	17	—	Kevin Grubb	Carroll Racing	Dodge	200	—	Running	—	112
18	20	+2	Mike Wallace	Biagi Brothers Racing		200	—	Running	—	109
19	14	-5	Todd Bodine	Herzog-Jackson Motorsports		200	—	Running	17	111
20	11	-9	Scott Riggs	ppc Racing		199	—	Running	—	103
21	19	-2	Hermie Sadler	Team Bristol Motorsports		199	—	Running	—	100
22	41	+19	Damon Lusk	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Dodge	198	—	Running	—	97
23	43	+20	Joe Aramendia	John Aramendia (Owner)		198	—	Running	—	94
24	25	+1	Bruce Bechtel	Moy Racing		196	—	Running	—	91
25	21	-4	Jason Schuler	Havill-Spoerl Racing		196	—	Running	—	88
26	23	-3	Robby Benton	Ken Alexander (Owner)		195	—	Running	—	85
27	18	-9	Ashton Lewis	Lewis Motorsports		193	—	Running	—	82
28	33	+5	Larry Gunselman	Day Enterprises		191	—	Running	—	79
29	38	+9	Chad Blount	Braun Racing	Dodge	187	—	Running	—	76
30	42	+12	Ron Young	Young Racing		185	—	Running	—	73
31	37	+6	Johnny Sauter	Curb Racing	Dodge	175	—	DNF - Crash	—	70
32	12	-20	Randy LaJoie	Evans Motorsports		165	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	24	-9	Jamie McMurray	Phoenix Racing		153	—	DNF	—	64
34	9	-25	Bobby Hamilton Jr.	Team Rensi Motorsports		137	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	30	-5	Jeff Burton	Roush Racing		116	—	DNF - Engine	24	63
36	15	-21	Chase Montgomery	Brewco Motorsports		113	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	28	-9	Chris Bingham	Robinson-Blakeney Racing		109	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
38	13	-25	Tony Raines	BACE Motorsports		87	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	35	-4	Eddie McKean	Stanton Barrett Racing		71	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	31	-9	Clint Vahsholtz	Robinson-Blakeney Racing		35	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	32	-9	Regan Smith	Bost Motorsports		19	—	DNF - Engine	—	40
42	39	-3	Matt Kenseth	Reiser Enterprises		6	—	DNF - Engine	—	37
43	34	-9	Mike Harmon	GIC Mixon Motorsports		4	—	DNF	—	34