2003 NASCAR Goody's Dash Series

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The 2003 NASCAR Goody's Dash Series was the 29th and final season of the NASCAR Goody's Dash Series. It began at Daytona International Speedway on February 9 and concluded at Atlanta Motor Speedway on October 28. Jake Hobgood entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion. Robert Huffman won his fifth and final championship, 129 points in front of Justin Hobgood.

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This was the final season before NASCAR sold the series to IPOWER (International Participants Of Winning Edge Racing) for the following year. [1]

Schedule

Source: [2]

No.Race Title Track Date
1Goody's Dash 150 Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida February 9
2Lucas Oil 150 Oglethrope Speedway Park, Pooler, Georgia April 5
3EasyCare 100 Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina May 17
4Goody's Dash 150 South Boston Speedway, South Boston, Virginia June 14
5Goody's Dash 100 Greenville-Pickens Speedway, Greenville, South Carolina June 30
6Kentucky 150 Kentucky Speedway, Sparta, Kentucky July 15
7Pabst Blue Ribbon 150 Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee August 21
8Brawny 150 Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia October 18

Results and standings

Races

No.Race Pole position Winning driverManufacturer
1Goody's Dash 150 [3] Johnny Chapman Robert Huffman Pontiac
2Lucas Oil 150 [4] Jake Hobgood Danny Bagwell Mercury
3EasyCare 100 [5] Randy Humphrey Robert Huffman Pontiac
4Goody's Dash 150 [6] Brandon Ward Jake Hobgood Toyota
5Goody's Dash 100 [7] Justin Hobgood Cam Strader Mercury
6Kentucky 150 [8] Justin Hobgood Robert Huffman Pontiac
7Pabst Blue Ribbon 150 [9] Justin Hobgood Cam Strader Mercury
8Brawny 150 [10] Wade Day Justin Hobgood Pontiac

Drivers' championship

(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.

PosDriver DAY OGL CLT SBO GRE KEN BRI ATL Points
1 Robert Huffman 141461251335
2 Justin Hobgood 72721122311206
3 Jake Hobgood 31881211941194
4 Randy Humphrey 969215236101058
5 Brandon Ward 572633272161048
6 Danny Bagwell 2013452032231029
7 Eric Wilson 81332161341171008
8 Kelly Sutton 1711191010101522965
9 T. J. Majors 24810612183113947
10Scott Weaver409247186424927
11Mike Watts151230915171021920
12Ned Combs1220361197299913
13Jay Godley37312197222518890
14Joey Miller28522254142870
15Greg Goodell13191620221320772
16Mickey York166262552723769
17Billy Clevenger2017149188725
18Gary Moore261519141314675
19 Johnny Chapman 14521253629
20 Zach Brewer 6163588607
21Chuck Gafrarar34423267546
22Ricky Bryant232812533
23Scott Krehling410422132498
24 Cam Strader 1011494
25Scott Haller3815DNQ132331476
26Reece Milton30DNQ12830446
27 Robert Bruce 24161919418
28 Michael Guerity 2239272026413
29 Brian Loftin 22251816409
30David Heitzhaus18312401
31Danny SnellDNQ171811351
32Wally Leatherwood33371516349
33 Wade Day 22DSQ2420291
34Richard Callihan251529282
35Mike McConnell112340267
36Roger Moser361428255
37Greg Miller2113224
38 Ricky Gonzalez 31DNQ12216
39Angie Wilson1921206
40Nick Pistone2911206
41Ray Paprota2119206
42Mike Gaines2717194
43Jason YorkDNQ2324185
44Tim Hayes3017185
45John Whaley3117183
46Dusty Williams2170
47Arlene Pittman3916160
48Keith Roggen5155
49Jeff Tillman3332131
50Curtis Francois3828128
51Michael Adams14121
52Matt Boarman14121
53Kevin Williams15118
54Jamie McKinney17112
55Doc Brewer354198
56Chris Russel2491
57Alan Powell2782
58 Junior Miller 2879
59Matt Johnson2879
60Maxie Bush2976
61Bill Hennecy3267
62Phil Pittman4138
63 Caleb Holman DNQ34
64Chris BristolDNQ28
65Steve BarnesDNQ25
Sean Murphy 420
PosDriver DAY OGL CLT SBO GRE KEN BRI ATL Points

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