Closest NASCAR Sprint Cup Series finishes

NASCAR's premiere racing division, the Sprint Cup Series, has seen many close finishes since the electronic scoring system was instituted in May during the 1993 season. To date the closest finish in the Sprint Cup Series occurred during the 2003 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400. Ricky Craven won the race in a stunning, side panel rubbing battle to the checkers with Kurt Busch at Darlington Raceway, at the start/finish line Craven edged out Busch by mere inches.

History

Beginning May 1993, NASCAR switched from using handheld stopwatches or analog timing clocks to integrated electronic scoring.

Before margins of victory were scored in laps, car lengths or feet. Geoffrey Bodine defeated Ernie Irvan by 0.53 seconds in the 1993 Save Mart Supermarkets 300K. It was the first race utilizing electronic scoring. Now scoring can be measured down to seconds, or fractions of a second.

Closest finishes

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series closest finishes
Race	Margin (seconds)	Winner	2nd Place	Track	Date
2003 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400	0.002	Ricky Craven	Kurt Busch	Darlington Raceway	March 16, 2003
2007 Pepsi 400	0.005	Jamie McMurray	Kyle Busch	Daytona International Speedway	July 7, 2007
1993 DieHard 500	0.005	Dale Earnhardt	Ernie Irvan	Talladega Superspeedway	July 25, 1993
2001 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500	0.006	Kevin Harvick	Jeff Gordon	Atlanta Motor Speedway	March 11, 2001
1994 Pepsi 400	0.008	Jimmy Spencer	Ernie Irvan	Daytona International Speedway	July 2, 1994
2004 Subway 400	0.010	Matt Kenseth	Kasey Kahne	North Carolina Speedway	February 22, 2004
2000 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store 500	0.010	Bobby Labonte	Dale Earnhardt	Atlanta Motor Speedway	March 12, 2000
2005 Ford 400	0.017	Greg Biffle	Mark Martin	Homestead-Miami Speedway	November 20, 2005
2007 Daytona 500	0.020	Kevin Harvick	Mark Martin	Daytona International Speedway	February 18, 2007
1994 DieHard 500	0.025	Jimmy Spencer	Bill Elliott	Talladega Superspeedway	July 24, 1994
2005 Coca-Cola 600	0.027	Jimmie Johnson	Bobby Labonte	Lowe's Motor Speedway	May 29, 2005
2005 Golden Corral 500	0.028	Carl Edwards	Jimmie Johnson	Atlanta Motor Speedway	March 20, 2005
2004 Samsung/Radio Shack 500	0.028	Elliott Sadler	Kasey Kahne	Texas Motor Speedway	April 5, 2004
1997 Pepsi 400	0.029	John Andretti	Terry Labonte	Daytona International Speedway	July 5, 1997

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Closest NASCAR Sprint Cup Series finishes

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