2003 Pontiac Excitement 400

The Pontiac Excitement 400 was the 11th race of the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Kurt Busch won the pole award with a 21.071-second lap around the Richmond International Raceway. Part-time driver Ron Hornaday Jr. captured his first Winston Cup victory.

Hornaday Jr. was running second to Mark Martin around the halfway mark of the race, where he got held up on the pit lane and lost several positions. During the next pit stop sequence, a caution came out trapping several leading cars a lap down and were forced to start at the tail-end of the field on the ensuing restart. Hornaday Jr. battled with Bill Elliott on the restart within the final 15 laps and narrowly beat Terry Labonte at the conclusion of the race by 0.13-seconds.