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2002 Pontiac Excitement 400

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 11 of 36
May 5, 2002 at Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, VA
400 laps on a .750 mile paved track (300.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:27:19
Average Speed: 86.824 mph
Pole Speed: 127.389 mph

Cautions: 14 for 103 laps
Margin of Victory: 1.484 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 13

Glossary 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 2002 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	3	20	Tony Stewart	Home Depot (Joe Gibbs)	Pontiac	400	185,653	running	28	180
2	11	12	Ryan Newman	Alltel (Roger Penske)	Ford	400	121,950	running	48	175
3	23	99	Jeff Burton	Citgo (Jack Roush)	Ford	400	126,067	running	0	165
4	18	6	Mark Martin	Pfizer / Viagra (Jack Roush)	Ford	400	106,708	running	0	160
5	17	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	400	67,950	running	0	155
6	7	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt Power Tools (Jack Roush)	Ford	400	68,000	running	0	150
7	4	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	400	99,403	running	0	146
8	20	44	Steve Grissom	Georgia-Pacific (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	400	60,875	running	0	142
9	10	32	Ricky Craven	Tide New Clean Breeze Scent (Cal Wells)	Ford	400	59,975	running	0	138
10	40	41	Jimmy Spencer	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	400	74,275	running	75	139
11	35	40	Sterling Marlin	Coors Light (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	400	87,692	running	0	130
12	16	10	Joe Nemechek	Valvoline / Maxlife (Nelson Bowers)	Pontiac	400	74,710	running	0	127
13	14	30	Jeff Green	America Online (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	400	43,575	running	2	129
14	38	9	Bill Elliott	Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	400	73,531	running	0	121
15	22	36	Ken Schrader	M&M's Global Color Vote (Nelson Bowers)	Pontiac	400	68,335	running	0	118
16	32	23	Hut Stricklin	Hills Brothers Coffee (Bill Davis)	Dodge	400	54,700	running	0	115
17	36	55	Bobby Hamilton	Schneider Electric / Square D (Andy Petree)	Chevrolet	399	62,289	running	5	117
18	30	02	Hermie Sadler	Virginia Lottery (Hermie Sadler)	Chevrolet	399	42,050	running	0	109
19	33	11	Brett Bodine	Hooters Restaurants (Brett Bodine)	Ford	399	45,525	running	0	106
20	41	43	John Andretti	Cheerios (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	399	74,508	running	0	103
21	21	21	Elliott Sadler	Motorcraft (Wood Brothers)	Ford	399	52,550	running	0	100
22	29	7	Casey Atwood	Sirius Satellite Radio (Jim Smith)	Dodge	399	45,325	running	0	97
23	6	45	Kyle Petty	Sprint (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	399	40,825	running	0	94
24	27	15	Michael Waltrip	NAPA (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	398	51,850	running	3	96
25	9	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Ford	396	84,750	running	0	88
26	31	14	Stacy Compton	Conseco (A.J. Foyt)	Pontiac	395	43,475	running	0	85
27	37	97	Kurt Busch	Rubbermaid (Jack Roush)	Ford	395	51,650	running	0	82
28	19	4	Mike Skinner	Kodak (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	378	43,125	running	0	79
29	28	77	Dave Blaney	Jasper Engines & Transmissions (Doug Bawel)	Ford	377	50,500	engine	10	81
30	1	22	Ward Burton	Caterpillar (Bill Davis)	Dodge	364	98,375	running	125	83
31	26	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	360	40,325	running	0	70
32	8	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Pontiac	351	86,053	running	0	67
33	15	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	333	69,058	crash	0	64
34	5	1	Steve Park	Pennzoil (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	333	70,050	crash	0	61
35	24	90	Rick Mast	Duke's Mayonnaise / Sauer's (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	331	40,125	crash	0	58
36	2	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Budweiser (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	327	76,862	running	0	55
37	34	31	Robby Gordon	Cingular Wireless / Spiderman (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	309	66,081	crash	0	52
38	39	88	Dale Jarrett	UPS (Yates Racing)	Ford	309	87,753	running	14	54
39	12	28	Ricky Rudd	Havoline (Yates Racing)	Ford	308	84,317	crash	90	51
40	25	29	Kevin Harvick	GM Goodwrench Service (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	295	85,603	running	0	43
41	13	25	Jerry Nadeau	UAW-Delphi (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	225	47,765	crash	0	40
42	42	26	Frank Kimmel	Pork, the Other White Meat (Travis Carter)	Ford	213	64,892	crash	0	37
43	43	59	Randy Renfrow	Price Motorsports (Foster Price)	Dodge	58	39,667	oil pump	0	34

Failed to qualify: Kevin Grubb (#54)

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	24	24
	25	30	6	#59 stalled backstretch
	31	61	31
	62	75	14	track moisture
	76	89	14
	90	93	4	debris backstretch
	94	148	55
	149	163	15	#8 spun frontstretch
	164	171	8
	172	178	7	#43,88,18 accident frontstretch
	179	194	16
	195	198	4	#97 spun turn 2
	199	215	17
	216	221	6	#26 contact turn 2
	222	227	6
	228	240	13	#25,29,14,7,99 accident turn 3
	241	247	7
	248	251	4	#45 contact turn 2
	252	309	58
	310	316	7	#28,2,31 accident turns 2/4
	317	327	11
	328	332	5	#48,41 accident turn 3
	333	334	2
	335	343	9	#2,32,30,19,1,5,40,90,15,43 accident backstretch
	344	365	22
	366	369	4	#4 accident turn 2
	370	378	9
	379	383	5	oil on track
	384	400	17
Percent of race run under caution: 25.8% Average green flag run: 19.8 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Ward Burton	1	62	62
Dale Jarrett	63	76	14
Michael Waltrip	77	79	3
Bobby Hamilton	80	84	5
Jeff Green	85	86	2
Ward Burton	87	149	63
Ricky Rudd	150	216	67
Dave Blaney	217	226	10
Jimmy Spencer	227	285	59
Ricky Rudd	286	308	23
Ryan Newman	309	310	2
Jimmy Spencer	311	326	16
Ryan Newman	327	372	46
Tony Stewart	373	400	28

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Sterling Marlin	1645
2	Matt Kenseth	1513	-132
3	Kurt Busch	1454	-191
4	Mark Martin	1452	-193
5	Rusty Wallace	1442	-203
6	Jeff Gordon	1429	-216
7	Jimmie Johnson	1422	-223
8	Tony Stewart	1394	-251
9	Jeff Burton	1343	-302
10	Ricky Rudd	1330	-315
11	Bill Elliott	1299	-346
12	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	1288	-357
13	Ryan Newman	1206	-439
14	Ward Burton	1198	-447
15	Dale Jarrett	1177	-468
16	Ricky Craven	1164	-481
17	Terry Labonte	1153	-492
18	Michael Waltrip	1147	-498
19	Jeremy Mayfield	1130	-515
20	Jimmy Spencer	1129	-516

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