2003 Subway 400

The 2003 Subway 400 was the second race in the 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Rusty Wallace captured the pole position in his Penske Racing Dodge with a 22.102-second lap around the North Carolina Speedway. Ricky Craven won the race in his PPI Motorsports Pontiac. Wallace led the most laps at 38, but failed to post a Top-20 finish after a late-race run-in with teammate Ryan Newman.

Kevin Harvick was leading in the final fifteen laps and on the way to victory when a caution flew in the midst of the final pit cycle, forcing him to start at the tail end of the lead lap. Jimmie Johnson assumed the lead in the final ten laps and also looked like was on his way to the victory, before cutting a tire. This forced Johnson to pit under green, handing the lead and eventual win to Craven's Tide Ride.