| Fin |
St |
# |
Driver |
Sponsor / Owner |
Car |
Laps |
Money |
Status |
Led |
Points |
| 1 | 6 | 32 | Ricky Craven | Tide (Cal Wells) | Ford | 500 | 130,475 | running | 94 | 185 |
| 13 | 16 | 55 | Bobby Hamilton | Square D (Andy Petree) | Chevrolet | 500 | 46,175 | running | 92 | 129 |
| 9 | 3 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont Automotive (Rick Hendrick) | Chevrolet | 500 | 84,102 | running | 58 | 143 |
| 3 | 11 | 22 | Ward Burton | Caterpillar (Bill Davis) | Dodge | 500 | 94,460 | running | 45 | 170 |
| 35 | 40 | 97 | Kurt Busch | Sharpie / Rubbermaid (Jack Roush) | Ford | 479 | 37,800 | running | 38 | 63 |
| 17 | 39 | 21 | Elliott Sadler | Motorcraft (Wood Brothers) | Ford | 500 | 58,025 | running | 34 | 117 |
| 7 | 13 | 6 | Mark Martin | Viagra / Pfizer (Jack Roush) | Ford | 500 | 82,251 | running | 33 | 151 |
| 2 | 4 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | UPS (Yates Racing) | Ford | 500 | 114,252 | running | 31 | 175 |
| 36 | 22 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | DeWalt Power Tools (Jack Roush) | Ford | 459 | 37,725 | rear end | 26 | 60 |
| 22 | 35 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | GM Goodwrench (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 499 | 77,677 | running | 20 | 102 |
| 8 | 12 | 12 | Mike Wallace | Mobil 1 (Roger Penske) | Ford | 500 | 80,759 | running | 14 | 147 |
| 12 | 1 | 66 | Todd Bodine | Kmart Blue Light Special (Travis Carter) | Ford | 500 | 44,550 | running | 9 | 132 |
| 6 | 5 | 10 | Johnny Benson, Jr. | Valvoline (Nelson Bowers) | Pontiac | 500 | 51,300 | running | 5 | 155 |
| 25 | 41 | 19 | Casey Atwood | Dodge / UAW (Ray Evernham) | Dodge | 498 | 34,700 | running | 1 | 93 |
| 4 | 32 | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs) | Pontiac | 500 | 104,537 | running | 0 | 160 |
| 5 | 24 | 99 | Jeff Burton | Citgo Supergard (Jack Roush) | Ford | 500 | 96,846 | running | 0 | 155 |
| 10 | 26 | 40 | Sterling Marlin | Coors Light (Chip Ganassi) | Dodge | 500 | 66,435 | running | 0 | 134 |
| 11 | 20 | 36 | Ken Schrader | M&M's (Nelson Bowers) | Pontiac | 500 | 54,930 | running | 0 | 130 |
| 14 | 38 | 26 | Jimmy Spencer | Kmart (Travis Carter) | Ford | 500 | 52,461 | running | 0 | 121 |
| 15 | 9 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Miller Lite (Roger Penske) | Ford | 500 | 79,290 | running | 0 | 118 |
| 16 | 43 | 92 | Stacy Compton | Kodiak (Mark Melling) | Dodge | 500 | 44,040 | running | 0 | 115 |
| 18 | 17 | 14 | Ron Hornaday, Jr. | Conseco (A.J. Foyt) | Pontiac | 500 | 37,855 | running | 0 | 109 |
| 19 | 34 | 15 | Michael Waltrip | NAPA (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) | Chevrolet | 499 | 42,200 | running | 0 | 106 |
| 20 | 37 | 1 | Kenny Wallace | Pennzoil (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) | Chevrolet | 499 | 66,043 | running | 0 | 103 |
| 21 | 30 | 7 | Kevin Lepage | NationsRent (Jim Smith) | Ford | 499 | 43,100 | running | 0 | 100 |
| 23 | 7 | 33 | Joe Nemechek | Oakwood Homes (Andy Petree) | Chevrolet | 499 | 62,970 | running | 0 | 94 |
| 24 | 14 | 25 | Jerry Nadeau | UAW-Delphi (Rick Hendrick) | Chevrolet | 499 | 42,450 | running | 0 | 91 |
| 26 | 29 | 90 | Hut Stricklin | Hills Brothers Coffee (Junie Donlavey) | Ford | 498 | 31,450 | running | 0 | 85 |
| 27 | 2 | 8 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | Budweiser (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) | Chevrolet | 496 | 67,623 | running | 0 | 82 |
| 28 | 23 | 13 | Hermie Sadler | Virginia Lottery (Hermie Sadler) | Chevrolet | 496 | 30,750 | running | 0 | 79 |
| 29 | 10 | 93 | Dave Blaney | Amoco (Bill Davis) | Dodge | 495 | 33,600 | running | 0 | 76 |
| 30 | 33 | 44 | Buckshot Jones | Georgia-Pacific (Petty Enterprises) | Dodge | 494 | 41,450 | running | 0 | 73 |
| 31 | 18 | 4 | Rich Bickle | Kodak (Larry McClure) | Chevrolet | 494 | 30,300 | running | 0 | 70 |
| 32 | 25 | 71 | Dave Marcis | RealTree Camouflage (Dave Marcis) | Chevrolet | 493 | 30,175 | running | 0 | 67 |
| 33 | 27 | 43 | John Andretti | Cheerios (Petty Enterprises) | Dodge | 492 | 65,077 | running | 0 | 64 |
| 34 | 31 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Kellogg's (Rick Hendrick) | Chevrolet | 483 | 62,655 | brakes | 0 | 61 |
| 37 | 42 | 01 | Jason Leffler | Cingular Wireless (Chip Ganassi) | Dodge | 458 | 37,600 | running | 0 | 52 |
| 38 | 28 | 31 | Robby Gordon | Lowe's (Richard Childress) | Chevrolet | 442 | 61,799 | running | 0 | 49 |
| 39 | 19 | 28 | Ricky Rudd | Texaco / Havoline (Yates Racing) | Ford | 397 | 59,647 | engine | 0 | 46 |
| 40 | 36 | 11 | Brett Bodine | Kroger / Wells Fargo Financial (Brett Bodine) | Ford | 289 | 29,200 | running | 0 | 43 |
| 41 | 8 | 20 | Tony Stewart | Home Depot (Joe Gibbs) | Pontiac | 123 | 49,275 | engine | 0 | 40 |
| 42 | 21 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham) | Dodge | 115 | 53,673 | overheating | 0 | 37 |
| 43 | 15 | 77 | Robert Pressley | Jasper Engines (Doug Bawel) | Ford | 53 | 37,081 | crash | 0 | 34 |
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Failed to qualify: Carl Long (#85), Kyle Petty (#45), Frank Kimmel (#46)
| Caution flag breakdown: |
| Condition | From Lap | To Lap | # Of Laps | Reason | 'Lucky Dog' |
 | 1 | 54 | 54 | | |
 | 55 | 61 | 7 | #77 accident turn 2 | |
 | 62 | 66 | 5 | | |
 | 67 | 70 | 4 | #4 spun turn 2 | |
 | 71 | 73 | 3 | | |
 | 74 | 80 | 7 | #25 spun turn 3 | |
 | 81 | 86 | 6 | | |
 | 87 | 90 | 4 | #43,99,01 accident turn 3 | |
 | 91 | 124 | 34 | | |
 | 125 | 130 | 6 | oil on track | |
 | 131 | 169 | 39 | | |
 | 170 | 176 | 7 | #4 accident turn 4 | |
 | 177 | 206 | 30 | | |
 | 207 | 213 | 7 | #2 spun turn 3 | |
 | 214 | 277 | 64 | | |
 | 278 | 282 | 5 | #8 accident turn 2 | |
 | 283 | 284 | 2 | | |
 | 285 | 291 | 7 | #93 accident turn 2 | |
 | 292 | 353 | 62 | | |
 | 354 | 360 | 7 | #31 spun backstretch | |
 | 361 | 382 | 22 | | |
 | 383 | 387 | 5 | #8 spun turn 4 | |
 | 388 | 446 | 59 | | |
 | 447 | 452 | 6 | #33,1,25 spun turn 2 | |
 | 453 | 474 | 22 | | |
 | 475 | 483 | 9 | #55 spun turn 4 | |
 | 484 | 500 | 17 | | |
| Percent of race run under caution: 16.2% Average green flag run: 29.9 laps |
| Lap leader breakdown: |
| Leader | From Lap | To Lap | # Of Laps |
| Todd Bodine | 1 | 9 | 9 |
| Ricky Craven | 10 | 56 | 47 |
| Matt Kenseth | 57 | 82 | 26 |
| Jeff Gordon | 83 | 90 | 8 |
| Mike Wallace | 91 | 104 | 14 |
| Jeff Gordon | 105 | 125 | 21 |
| Elliott Sadler | 126 | 159 | 34 |
| Jeff Gordon | 160 | 180 | 21 |
| Ricky Craven | 181 | 199 | 19 |
| Jeff Gordon | 200 | 207 | 8 |
| Mark Martin | 208 | 239 | 32 |
| Kurt Busch | 240 | 277 | 38 |
| Mark Martin | 278 | 278 | 1 |
| Ward Burton | 279 | 323 | 45 |
| Dale Jarrett | 324 | 354 | 31 |
| Casey Atwood | 355 | 355 | 1 |
| Bobby Hamilton | 356 | 447 | 92 |
| Johnny Benson, Jr. | 448 | 452 | 5 |
| Kevin Harvick | 453 | 472 | 20 |
| Ricky Craven | 473 | 500 | 28 |
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