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Johnson wins The Winston: Jimmie Johnson won the million-dollar first prize after winning Saturday night’s NASCAR all-star race, The Winston. Johnson beat Kurt Busch and Bobby Labonte in the final 20-lap sprint for the big money. Dale Earnhardt Jr. and the No. 8 Budweiser team led the race early in the evening, but were involved in a six-car crash on lap 69, and finished 17th. Earnhardt Jr. was uninjured, but the Budweiser car was damaged beyond repair. This is the first Winston Cup race (points or non-points race) that the team has not been running at the finish in almost a full year (Charlotte 600, May 2002). They enter next week’s 600-mile race in second-place in the Winston Cup point standings, 20 points behind leader Matt Kenseth.
Race Report
Earnhardt Jr. Budweiser Winston Preview: “I’ve replayed that thing in my head over and over about how I could have done it differently… how I could have or should have passed him and won that race. I felt like I did the right thing by not crashing him, but it’s not like it was really a conscious decision. It all happens so fast; it’s over before your brain realizes what your right foot has done. The Eury’s (Tony, crew chief and Tony Jr., car chief) wanted to win so badly, and I wanted to win it for them and everybody else that’s pulling for us, but it was the right decision at that split-second for me to make. The money wasn’t worth the reaction it would have caused. I couldn’t look in the mirror the next day, knowing I had crashed somebody to win it.
Race Preview
| Race Schedule |
| All times EST |
| 05/03/03 |
| The Winston |
| Charlotte |
| 7:00 Pm Fx |
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| 05/25/03 |
| Coca-Cola 600 |
| Charlotte |
| 5:00 Pm Fox |
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| more |
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| DEI Track Stats |
| Driver |
Dale Jr. |
Waltrip |
? |
Harvick |
| Car # |
#8 |
#15 |
#1 |
#29 |
| Races |
11 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
| Wins |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Top 5's |
6 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
| Top 10's |
8 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
| Poles |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| DNF's |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
| Points |
1599 |
1361 |
? |
1328 |
Points
Pos. |
2 |
7 |
? |
8 |
| DNS |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| Point Standings After:
Atlanta |
| Rank |
Driver |
Behind |
| 1. |
M. Kenseth |
Leader |
| 2. |
D. Earnhardt Jr. |
-20 |
| 3. |
K. Bush |
-167 |
| 4. |
J. Gordon |
-178 |
| 5. |
B. Labonte |
-243 |
| 6. |
J. Jhonson |
-247 |
| 7. |
M. Waltrip |
-258 |
| 8. |
K. Harvick |
-291 |
| 9. |
R. Wallace |
-345 |
| 9. |
S. Marlin |
-360 |
| more |
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