It is legit, it says 2003 to also represet the three finger salute that the fans were doing for Dale on the 3rd lap of every race following his death.
I verified the accuracy the of above information from the woman that is known as the "three nipple girl". Some people plant a tree when a loved one passes, she miraculously grew the third nipple instead. If they aint love......
As an aside she also had a very realistic looking tattoo of Dale just below her navel. When, I looked at him eye to eye I just knew I couldn't compete with that and it was a deal breaker.
Memories bittersweet memories.....