2003 Tracker Boats 500

The 2003 Tracker Boats 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway was the fourth race of the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Ryan Newman began the race on the pole with a 27.376-second lap.

Kurt Busch scored his first win of the season, holding off Robby Gordon who led the most laps.

Another violent crash injured a pair of drivers and forcing BAM Racing to shutter their operations.

Lap 26 Crash
A huge crash erupted inside the top five when Jeff Gordon got turned into the wall. The crash wiped out several top drivers at that point in the race. The cars behind the crash failed to properly slow down enough to avoid the incident, piling on worse circumstances. Rusty Wallace at a high rate of speed drove into the door of Ken Schrader, sending Schrader flipping through the air violently entering turn three. His car pierced Kyle Petty, sending both into barrel rolls in the speedway's third turn.

Both Petty and Schrader were injured, breaking their right arms. Petty also sustained a mild concussion. The crash forced BAM Racing to shut down their operations.

Standings
After Race 4 of 36