Ryan Newman won the 2003 Winston Cup Power Rankings after a very solid season that included 8 wins, 17 Top 5 and 22 Top 10 finishes. 2nd place went to Matt Kenseth, the 2003 Points Champion, who notched 1 win, 11 Top 5 and 25 Top 10 finishes. Jimmie Johnson jumped all the way to 3rd place in the final standings, closing out the season very strongly. Jeff Gordon, closed out the season very strongly also, vaulting to 4th place in the final power rankings. Dale Earnhardt Jr. fell all the way to 5th but did round out the season in the Top 5 here and in the final point standings. Kevin Harvick, finished 2nd at Homestead and vaulted past Tony Stewart into 6th in the final standings. Stewart finished 7th, followed by teammate Bobby Labonte in 8th. Kurt Busch finished 9th and Bill Elliott rounded out the Top 10 in the final slot.

( After Ford 400 - Homestead - Final )

Rank	Driver	Points	Bonuses	Penalties	Previous	Final Total
1	Ryan Newman	0	0	-8	812	804
2	Matt Kenseth	0	0	-8	743	735
3	Jimmie Johnson	37	1	0	680	718
4	Jeff Gordon	25	1	0	670	696
5	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	0	0	-3	686	683
6	Kevin Harvick	43	1	0	565	609
7	Tony Stewart	20	1	0	569	590
8	Bobby Labonte	50	1	0	518	569
9	Kurt Busch	0	0	-3	501	498
10	Bill Elliott	18	5	0	389	412
11	Michael Waltrip	0	0	-8	324	316
12	Jeff Burton	10	0	0	302	312
13	Jamie McMurray	16	5	0	276	297
14	Jeremy Mayfield	22	1	0	247	270
15	Rusty Wallace	0	1	-3	261	259
16	Terry Labonte	10	1	0	246	257
17	Robby Gordon	0	0	-3	223	220
18	Sterling Marlin	14	0	0	180	194
19	Mark Martin	0	0	-8	200	192
20	Ricky Rudd	0	0	-8	162	154
21	Elliott Sadler	0	0	0	143	143
22	Ricky Craven	0	0	-3	141	138
23	Greg Biffle	0	0	-8	122	114
24	Dale Jarrett	0	0	-3	103	100
25	Joe Nemechek	0	0	0	97	97
26	Ward Burton	0	0	-8	77	69
27	Dave Blaney	0	0	0	55	55
28	Jimmy Spencer	1	0	-3	54	52
29	Johnny Benson	31	1	0	16	48
30	Scott Pruett	0	0	0	41	41
31	Boris Said	0	0	0	25	25
32	Jerry Nadeau	0	0	0	16	16
33	Scott Wimmer	10	0	0	4	14
34	Ron Fellows	0	0	0	13	13
35	Bobby Hamilton Jr	0	0	0	-3	-3
35	Geoffrey Bodine	0	0	0	-3	-3
35	Johnny Miller	0	0	0	-3	-3
35	Jason Jarrett	0	0	0	-3	-3
36	Kevin Lepage	0	0	0	-7	-7
37	Shelby Howard	0	0	0	-10	-10
37	Kirk Shelmerdine	0	0	0	-10	-10
37	David Starr	0	0	0	-10	-10
37	PJ Jones	0	0	0	-10	-10
37	Paul Menard	0	0	0	-10	-10
37	Jim Inglebright	0	0	0	-10	-10
37	Shane Hmeil	0	0	0	-10	-10
37	Robert Pressley	0	0	0	-10	-10
37	Jim Sauter	0	0	0	-10	-10
37	Joe Varde	0	0	0	-10	-10
37	Scott Maxwell	0	0	0	-10	-10
38	Brian Vickers	0	1	-3	-9	-11
39	Mike Bliss	0	0	0	-13	-13
39	Ted Musgrave	0	0	0	-13	-13
39	Stacy Compton	0	0	0	-13	-13
40	Casey Atwood	0	0	0	-14	-14
41	Jason Keller	0	0	0	-16	-16
42	Buckshot Jones	0	0	0	-18	-18
42	Hideo Fukuyama	0	0	0	-18	-18
43	Johnny Sauter	0	0	0	-19	-19
44	Rich Bickle	0	0	-10	-10	-20
44	John Andretti	0	0	-8	-12	-20
44	Tim Sauter	0	0	0	-20	-20
44	Mark Green	0	0	0	-20	-20
44	Jeff Fultz	0	0	0	-20	-20
44	Carl Long	0	0	0	-20	-20
44	Dave Reutimann	0	0	0	-20	-20
45	Steve Park	0	0	0	-26	-26
45	Todd Bodine	10	0	0	-36	-26
46	Mike Wallace	0	0	-10	-18	-28
47	Brandon Ash	0	0	0	-30	-30
47	Bill Bigley	0	0	0	-30	-30
47	Kerry Earnhardt	0	0	0	-30	-30
48	David Green	0	0	0	-31	-31
49	Jason Leffler	0	0	0	-39	-39
50	Morgan Shephard	0	0	0	-56	-56
50	Tony Raines	10	0	0	-66	-56
51	Kenny Wallace	0	0	-3	-62	-65
52	Jack Sprague	0	0	0	-66	-66
53	Brett Bodine	0	0	0	-78	-78
54	Jeff Green	0	0	-8	-81	-89
55	Christian Fittipaldi	0	0	0	-92	-92
56	Kyle Petty	0	0	-10	-86	-96
57	Mike Skinner	0	0	-8	-92	-100
58	Casey Mears	0	0	-3	-110	-113
59	Ken Schrader	0	0	-10	-127	-137
60	Hermie Sadler	0	0	-8	-146	-154
61	Larry Foyt	0	0	0	-189	-189
62	Derrike Cope	0	0	-10	-182	-192

Team power ratings are based on a different rating system then is used by Nascar. Points are awarded based on a driver's performance on the track and awards points for only Top performances. A top 15, pole or leading the most laps is considered a strong performance and are awarded points based on finish. No points are awarded for anything other then a Top 15 finish and negative points are awarded for drivers that do not finish on the lead lap, fail to finish the race or fail to qualify for the race.

SCORING

1st Place : 50 Points	7th Place : 20 Points
2nd Place : 43 Points	8th Place : 18 Points
3rd Place: 37 Points	9th Place: 16 Points
4th Place : 31 Points	10th Place : 14 Points
5th Place : 25 Points	11th thru 15th : 10 points
6th Place : 22 Points	Pole : 5 Points
Lap Leader : 5 Points	2nd Lap Leader : 2 Points
Led Lap : 1 Point	Not on Lead Lap: -3 Points
Failed to Finish : -5 Points	Failed to Qualify : -10 Points

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