MBNA America 400
The MBNA America 400 was held at Dover International Speedway on September 21, 2003. Qualifying was cancelled due to Hurricane Isabel; as a result, Matt Kenseth sat on the pole on owner points.
- Ryan Newman
- Jeremy Mayfield
- Tony Stewart
- Kevin Harvick
- Jeff Gordon
- Jamie McMurray
- Greg Biffle
- Jimmie Johnson
- Matt Kenseth
- Ricky Rudd
Failed to qualify: Larry Foyt (#50), Morgan Shepherd (#89), Billy Bigley (#79), Scott Wimmer (#27), Christian Fittipaldi (#44), Tim Sauter (#71)
- Starting with this race, racing back to the caution was eliminated. At the moment the caution flag comes out, the field is frozen; running order is determined by video replays and scoring loops around the track. It also introduced the Lucky dog rule, in which the highest-running driver not on the lead lap gets a lap back when the caution period begins.
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