|| *Comments on the 2003 Sylvania 300:* View the most recent comment <#34> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. Anonymous posted: 12.29.2004 - 5:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Michael had this one all but wrapped up -- he had just passed Johnson for the lead and put a considerable distance between them when he took the catch can with him on pit road after taking a splash of fuel. 2. Heather posted: 02.08.2005 - 6:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If I remember right, JG was headed for a 2nd place finish (and did he need it) but his crew hadn't put enough fuel in on the gas-n-go, so he also ran out and was pushed back to the pit road entrance by Ken Schrader. 3. James Reisdorf posted: 03.02.2005 - 2:43 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) This was also the last time we got to see racing back to the caution flag. The "Lucky Dog" rule was created in response to a situation where Dale Jarrett, who'd been stalled on the front stretch, was nearly hit at full speed by Casey Mears as he was getting back to the start/finish line. 4. Jake posted: 04.29.2005 - 8:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) DEI probably had the two best cars for this race, but both ran into problems. Dale Jr. led the most laps, but dropped a cylinder, and had to settle for 5th. After Junior dropped a cylinder, Michael Waltrip looked like he could finally get that 1st elusive non-plate Cup win, but he left the pits w/ the gas can. 5. kirkyal posted: 06.07.2008 - 1:52 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Casey nearly caned Dale Jarrett after his crash... i loved the racing back to the line but that was definetly a dangerous situation! 6. Bem posted: 04.12.2009 - 2:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Some of Johnson's pit crew got taken out by Gordon during a pit stop, luckily no one was hurt. 7. RaceFanX posted: 10.24.2009 - 11:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Christian Fittipaldi's last race in the #43 before being replaced by Jeff Green 8. RaceFanX posted: 07.23.2011 - 3:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Mark Martin made his 500th Consecutive Winston Cup start in this race, to celebrate the rough team ran a special gold-and-black paint job in this race. 9. RaceFanX posted: 04.17.2012 - 11:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor: #6 Mark Martin- Viagra / 500 Consecutive Starts Terry Labonte qualifed outside the front row then crashed in practice. His team fixed the car and was able to maintain his starting spot. 10. CBASS posted: 01.17.2013 - 5:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor updates #45 Georgia-Pacific/ Brawny #15 NAPA Auto Parts #27 YJ Stinger Extreme Energy Drink #97 Rubbermaid/ Sharpie #21 Motorcraft Quality Parts http://archives.ciastockphoto.com/cgi/images.php?group=w0328 11. Anthony posted: 04.14.2013 - 12:20 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) This was 2 days before THE BEST VIDEO GAME IN NASCAR HISTORY! NASCAR Thunder 2004. Back then it was the greatest NASCAR Game of all time it was the No. 1 in racing games. It had great songs great effects it had everything that's what made it D Best of all. I remember in my childhood I always play that game it was so fun & everything when I play it on Saturdays. Good times back then & hard to believe that Anonymous has been around Racing Reference for so long I would have never thought of that. 12. BON GORDON posted: 07.21.2013 - 1:23 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Awesome Game. Agreed. The Best NASCAR game of all-time is NASCAR Thunder 2004. 13. Evan posted: 03.03.2014 - 7:57 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This was the race where no racing back to the caution started, even though I don't like the rule. Somebody was afraid they would kill Dale Jarrett whose wounded car was sitting up against the wall and oncoming cars were whizzing by trying to miss him. Nothing really happened and fear ruled the day, but with deaths occuring at New Hampshire in 2000 fresh in NASCAR's mind, I can see why they stopped the practice of racing back. Also a pit road incident where Jimmie Johnson's guys went over the hood of Jeff Gordon's car causing them to fall over, no one was hurt but, one safety feature I do agree with is helmets for everybody going over the wall on pit road. 14. Nascar Lead Lap Points posted: 08.03.2014 - 10:39 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Withdrew 79 Rich Bickle SBC / Molykote Chevrolet John Conely https://web.archive.org/web/20030911094554/http://www.nascar.com/races/wc/2003/27/data/entry_list.html 15. RaceFanX posted: 06.25.2015 - 11:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jack Roush kept Mark Martin's gold Ford Taurus from this race for his private car collection. Roush's collection also includes the "Nobody's Fool" IMSA Mustang that Martin won at class with at Daytona paired with Paul Newman and Martin's Valvoline / Kosei car from the Suzuka race in 1997 which is preserved with the rain tires Mark had one when he won the pole in the wet. 16. 88&4Fan posted: 12.02.2015 - 10:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The race that made cautions boring... according to 90% of YouTube commenters. 17. Mile501 posted: 01.27.2017 - 5:54 am Rate this comment: (4) (1) I'm watching a "year in review" of the 2003 season that I recently found at Ollie's, and I am noticing an ongoing theme--that racing back to the caution was an issue at various times throughout the season, not just in this race. First, Ryan Newman raced Tony Stewart hard at Dover to keep him a lap down. Stewart arguably had a faster car and had lost a lap after pitting outside his box. Historically, the gentlemen's agreement said that Newman should give Stewart his lap back at a subsequent caution, but Newman raced Stewart hard to the line and kept him a lap down. Later, Robby Gordon raced Kevin Harvick hard for the lead and passed him coming to a caution flag--something that certainly went against the gentlemen's agreement. But it didn't seem to bother Robby. So whether we like it or not, this rule change was inevitable. All these drivers had raced for less than 5 full-time seasons, and it was becoming obvious that an increasing number of newer, younger drivers did not respect the old gentlemen's agreement, and something had to be done. This is one time when NASCAR was more proactive than reactive, because had they not made a change, it seems likely that someone could have soon gotten injured, or worse, as a result of drivers ignoring the gentlemen's agreement and racing back to a caution flag. 18. Mannoroth posted: 01.27.2017 - 7:22 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) But on the other hand, if you are a gentleman and let some car get the lap back and that car would win the race, you would be the biggest idiot of that race. Then, everyone can blame you it's your fault, because you were the one who let that car get the lap back just because that car made a mistake on pit road for example. NASCAR is supposed to be merciless - you made a mistake = you gonna pay for it. 19. GoPM27 posted: 01.27.2017 - 12:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (4) @#17 Your mindset is what has ruined NASCAR. You race to win. I remember in the '91 Bud 500, Kulwicki let a certain lap car by, but refused to let Martin by, because he could challenge for the win. 20. Mile501 posted: 01.27.2017 - 1:38 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) #19 - I didn't say that I thought Newman was wrong for not letting Stewart pass him; I merely said that it helped lead to the rule that stopped racing back to the caution. I certainly don't have the "mindset" that you claim I do. 21. AD posted: 02.08.2017 - 11:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) JJ career win #6. 2nd at Loudon, sweeping both races at the track in 2003. 22. PCRF0006 posted: 07.08.2017 - 1:35 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Friendly's Ice Cream was on the hood of Hermie Sadler's #02 car during the race after the #37 car DNQed. 23. Ryan posted: 06.04.2018 - 11:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) I liked Nascar 2002 racing at Daytona and dega. You could tap x repeatedly and get a great run and sling shot. 24. Anonymous posted: 06.27.2018 - 12:29 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Ward Burton kept trying to dump the 48 for several laps after the 48 accidentally got into the 22 early on in the race. Johnson tried calling Burton and couldnt understand a word when he was trying to apologize, Burton went on a 5 minute rant and then Johnson replied, feel any better? The two later made up about it. 25. JSPorts posted: 06.27.2018 - 12:47 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Burton did get into his share of arguments on-track. Looks like Johnson won out here, though, as he went on to win the race. 26. Jared DiCarlo posted: 12.05.2018 - 8:47 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Aside from another win in 2010, Johnson has never really been that dominant at New Hampshire again. Even then, that race was under the control of Kasey Kahne until a late wreck took him out of contention. 27. Mannoroth posted: 12.05.2018 - 9:55 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 26. That's why it's not so rare to see drivers running good at some track and winning races, but later in their careers, they're not able to win there again. See Harvick and Chicagoland Speedway, for example - he won the inaugural race there in 2001, won there again in 2002 and since then, his best finish is 2nd place from 2011. 28. acerogers58 posted: 08.06.2020 - 7:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ward Burton was parked for attempting to wreck Jimmie Johnson several times, and didn't quit due to crash damage. 29. Rich posted: 08.06.2020 - 11:35 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The commentators were Allen Bestwick, Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach. The pit road reporters were Bill Weber, Matt Yocum, Marty Snider and Dave Burns. 30. Mile501 posted: 10.29.2020 - 3:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ricky Rudd and Joe Nemechek battled hard to the finish line for 2nd, with Rudd coming out on top. Just over a year later, those two would battle hard at Kansas for the win, with Nemechek coming out on top that time. This was John Andretti's best finish during his brief time with DEI's #1 team, which sadly never was the same after Steve Park's injury. The 5 drivers locked in a tight battle for a top 10 points position all ran well at some point during the race, but all encountered trouble before the finish. Terry Labonte and Robby Gordon both ran out of gas near the end. Michael Waltrip took his gas can with him during his final pit stop. Tony Stewart crashed to bring out the last caution, and Jeff Burton had an engine failure. 31. Mile501 posted: 10.29.2020 - 3:14 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Jackman John Bryan had a very unique perspective on some of NASCAR's safety advances from 2001 through 2003. First, he was the jackman for Ricky Rudd when he was injured in the 2001 Homestead pit road accident that led to crew members being required to wear helmets. Then, he was injured again in the 2003 Brickyard 400. He had moved over to Dale Jarrett's team by then and was hit by Jarrett who spun while coming onto pit road. Because of that accident, NASCAR moved the initial pit road speed timing line farther back. This race was his first race back after that injury. During the first caution, three of Jimmie Johnson's crew members were surely thankful to be wearing helmets after they were hit in a pit road accident. That incident led to a new rule that disallowed passing to the left on pit road. Then about 30 laps after that, Bryan watched his driver, Dale Jarrett, sit in the middle of the race track in a damaged car as drivers frantically raced back to the caution flag, which led NASCAR to make a new rule prohibiting racing back to the caution. 32. Altracing posted: 11.17.2020 - 1:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) While all the talk after the race for Dale Jarrett was about the end of racing back to the line Jarrett's regular crew chief at the time Shawn Parker was not at the track because his wife Tara and her two sisters were killed by a drunk driver the Wednesday night before the race. For the race Jarrett had a "crew chief by committee" with owner Robert Yates, car setup specialist Shane Callis, tire specialist Scott Elkins and car chief Jason Burdett. 33. JSPorts posted: 11.17.2020 - 2:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wow, I didn't know that. That's really sad. Also, in light of that information, Parker should probably not be listed as Jarrett's crew chief for this race. Don't know who should. Maybe Yates? 34. Altracing posted: 11.18.2020 - 8:44 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) With his win Johnson became the first driver to win both races at New Hampshire in the same year while the track used to host two races, only one other driver would accomplish this feat and that would be Kurt Busch a year later. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: