Team PPI Motorsports Car/Make No. 32/Chevrolet Sponsor Tide Crew Chief Scott Miller
STATS	2003	CAREER
Rank	27	15*
Wins	1	2
Top 5	3	17
Top 10	8	41
DNFs	10	58
Top Finish	1 (Darlington)	1
*Indicates best career points finish

2003 recap
The good: Craven came out on the right end of the most exciting finish of the season when he and Kurt Busch beat and banged each other's cars across the finish line at Darlington Raceway. That was the high point of his season and pulled him up to fifth in the standings very early on. Then things got rough.

The bad: Back-to-back DNFs in May drug him down to 15th and began a slow trickle down the points standings to his low-point of 27th, which he reached in the next-to-last event at North Carolina Speedway and maintained at year's end.

Key stat: 3,116,210. That's how many dollars Craven won in 2003, a career high for him thanks to some bonuses he's still enjoying from finally joining the rank of winners in 2001 and also to his Darlington win.

2004 outlook
What needs to be done: Craven could use a teammate. He vented frustration more than a couple of times about how hard it is to compete without information to share and someone to help him on and off the track. Outside of that, this team must work on giving Craven more reliable engines.

Key change: Moving to Chevy will be a big help for Craven because he'll have a lot more manufacturer-mates with whom to share notes.

Prediction: Craven might have missed his shot at cracking the top 10 in the points standings, but he probably won't end up as low as he did last year.

Did you know: Craven is an avid snowboarder.

Your take
Can Ricky Craven hit the track at full speed with the Monte Carlo and get back to surprising folks like he did in 2002 when he finished 15th? Or is Craven back to his ways of falling below expectations? Share your thoughts on Craven's prospects for 2004.