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2002 Food City 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 6 of 36
Sunday, March 24, 2002 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN
500 laps on a .533 mile paved track (266.5 miles)

Time of race: 3:14:20
Average Speed: 82.281 mph
Pole Speed: 127.216 mph

Cautions: 14 for 101 laps
Margin of Victory: 1.556 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 14

Glossary 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 2002 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
4	23	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Budweiser (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	500	87,850	running	181	170
7	33	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	500	56,720	running	0	146
8	7	25	Jerry Nadeau	UAW-Delphi (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	500	67,720	running	0	142
10	22	29	Kevin Harvick	GM Goodwrench Service / E.T. (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	500	103,643	running	0	134
16	38	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	500	85,473	running	0	115
20	2	31	Robby Gordon	Cingular Wireless (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	499	85,331	running	0	103
23	5	4	Mike Skinner	Kodak (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	499	62,234	running	0	94
24	34	1	Steve Park	Pennzoil (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	497	84,440	running	0	91
27	24	30	Jeff Green	America Online (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	496	50,855	running	0	82
28	12	55	Bobby Hamilton	Schneider Electric (Andy Petree)	Chevrolet	496	61,900	running	0	79
30	9	15	Michael Waltrip	NAPA (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	488	61,835	running	0	73
31	1	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	480	117,418	running	82	75
32	43	02	Hermie Sadler	Little Trees (Hermie Sadler)	Chevrolet	468	49,395	crash	0	67
42	42	71	Dick Trickle	Warranty Gold / Pro Motorsports (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	239	48,910	engine	0	37
2	4	41	Jimmy Spencer	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	500	110,665	running	54	175
12	35	45	Kyle Petty	Sprint (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	500	54,615	running	0	127
14	3	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	500	65,465	running	0	121
18	19	7	Casey Atwood	Sirius Satellite Radio (Jim Smith)	Dodge	500	69,040	running	0	109
19	16	40	Sterling Marlin	Coors Light (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	499	94,447	running	0	106
21	30	9	Bill Elliott	Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	499	81,771	running	0	100
25	29	22	Ward Burton	Caterpillar (Bill Davis)	Dodge	497	94,520	running	0	88
34	21	43	John Andretti	Cheerios (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	462	79,368	running	0	61
35	40	23	Hut Stricklin	Hills Brothers Coffee (Bill Davis)	Dodge	448	51,740	running	0	58
40	36	44	Buckshot Jones	Brawny (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	370	49,105	running	0	43
1	27	97	Kurt Busch	Sharpie / Rubbermaid / Win $1,000,000 (Jack Roush)	Ford	500	143,840	running	89	180
3	20	28	Ricky Rudd	Havoline (Yates Racing)	Ford	500	123,242	running	0	165
6	6	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt Power Tools (Jack Roush)	Ford	500	74,670	running	0	150
9	15	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Ford	500	98,865	running	0	138
11	37	6	Mark Martin	Pfizer / Viagra (Jack Roush)	Ford	500	93,378	running	0	130
13	11	32	Ricky Craven	Tide (Cal Wells)	Ford	500	65,540	running	0	124
17	17	77	Dave Blaney	Jasper Engines & Transmissions (Doug Bawel)	Ford	500	79,390	running	0	112
26	26	99	Jeff Burton	Citgo Supergard (Jack Roush)	Ford	497	95,657	running	20	90
29	25	88	Dale Jarrett	UPS (Yates Racing)	Ford	492	70,585	running	0	76
33	41	90	Rick Mast	Duke's Mayonnaise / Sauer's (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	463	52,350	running	0	64
36	31	11	Brett Bodine	Hooters / Wells Fargo Financial (Brett Bodine)	Ford	444	49,195	running	0	55
37	8	12	Ryan Newman	Alltel (Roger Penske)	Ford	429	57,160	running	0	52
41	10	21	Elliott Sadler	Motorcraft (Wood Brothers)	Ford	346	56,965	crash	0	40
43	39	26	Joe Nemechek	Haas-Carter Motorsports (Travis Carter)	Ford	167	73,403	crash	0	34
5	32	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Pontiac	500	113,423	running	0	155
15	13	20	Tony Stewart	Home Depot (Joe Gibbs)	Pontiac	500	103,043	running	74	123
22	18	36	Ken Schrader	M&M's (Nelson Bowers)	Pontiac	499	73,615	running	0	97
38	14	14	Stacy Compton	Conseco (A.J. Foyt)	Pontiac	400	49,115	running	0	49
39	28	10	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Valvoline MaxLife (Nelson Bowers)	Pontiac	375	75,830	crash	0	46

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	4	4
	5	8	4	#1,44 accident turn 1
	9	42	34
	43	47	5	#14 spun backstretch
	48	51	4
	52	56	5	#43 accident backstretch
	57	81	25
	82	88	7	#1 spun backstretch
	89	116	28
	117	123	7	#02 spun backstretch
	124	132	9
	133	138	6	#10 accident turn 1
	139	158	20
	159	165	7	#24 accident turn 2
	166	167	2
	168	173	6	#23,26 accident turn 2
	174	210	37
	211	218	8	#12,30,90 accident turn 1
	219	282	64
	283	289	7	#12,88 spun turn 4
	290	342	53
	343	360	18	#21,31 accident backstretch
	361	365	5
	366	374	9	#20 spun backstretch
	375	408	34
	409	414	6	#1,14 spun turn 1
	415	479	65
	480	485	6	#02 accident turn 4
	486	500	15
Percent of race run under caution: 20.2% Average green flag run: 26.6 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Jeff Gordon	1	31	31
Jimmy Spencer	32	62	31
Jeff Gordon	63	83	21
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	84	88	5
Jeff Burton	89	108	20
Jeff Gordon	109	138	30
Jimmy Spencer	139	160	22
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	161	211	51
Tony Stewart	212	284	73
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	285	343	59
Tony Stewart	344	344	1
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	345	410	66
Kurt Busch	411	443	33
Jimmy Spencer	444	444	1
Kurt Busch	445	500	56

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Sterling Marlin	931
2	Matt Kenseth	832	-99
3	Rusty Wallace	815	-116
4	Jimmie Johnson	813	-118
5	Kurt Busch	794	-137
6	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	791	-140
7	Ryan Newman	778	-153
8	Mark Martin	768	-163
9	Jeff Burton	740	-191
10	Jeff Gordon	739	-192
11	Ward Burton	728	-203
12	Tony Stewart	727	-204
13	Bill Elliott	694	-237
14	Ricky Rudd	682	-249
15	Ricky Craven	666	-265
16	Bobby Labonte	665	-266
17	Elliott Sadler	640	-291
18	Jeremy Mayfield	627	-304
19	Jerry Nadeau	614	-317
20	Kevin Harvick	599	-332

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