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2002 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 5 of 36
Sunday, March 17, 2002 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
293 laps on a 1.366 mile paved track (400.238 miles)

Time of race: 3:10:29
Average speed: 126.07 mph
Pole speed: 170.089 mph

Cautions: 5 for 40 laps
Margin of victory: 3.581 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 11

Glossary 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 2002 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	11	40	Sterling Marlin	Coors Light (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	293	190642	running	57	180
2	6	21	Elliott Sadler	Motorcraft (Wood Brothers)	Ford	293	98395	running	0	170
3	16	29	Kevin Harvick	GM Goodwrench Service (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	293	108443	running	0	165
4	23	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Budweiser (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	293	96542	running	10	165
5	3	12	Ryan Newman	Alltel (Roger Penske)	Ford	293	77175	running	0	155
6	5	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	293	48900	running	0	150
7	18	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Ford	293	88520	running	0	146
8	34	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt Power Tools (Jack Roush)	Ford	293	70365	running	0	142
9	2	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	293	106663	running	176	148
10	10	9	Bill Elliott	Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	293	76061	running	0	134
11	14	99	Jeff Burton	Citgo Supergard (Jack Roush)	Ford	292	85892	running	0	130
12	21	28	Ricky Rudd	Havoline (Yates Racing)	Ford	292	86012	running	0	127
13	26	55	Bobby Hamilton	Schneider Electric (Andy Petree)	Chevrolet	292	66440	running	0	124
14	30	45	Kyle Petty	Sprint (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	292	39460	running	0	121
15	17	15	Michael Waltrip	NAPA (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	292	53780	running	0	118
16	19	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	292	51585	running	0	115
17	27	26	Joe Nemechek	Haas-Carter Motorsports (Travis Carter)	Ford	292	67977	running	0	112
18	20	25	Jerry Nadeau	UAW-Delphi (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	291	50470	running	0	109
19	38	44	Buckshot Jones	Georgia-Pacific (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	290	48740	running	0	106
20	29	4	Mike Skinner	Kodak Film (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	290	53409	running	0	103
21	12	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Pontiac	289	83533	running	0	100
22	35	43	John Andretti	Cheerios (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	289	68323	running	0	97
23	37	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	289	69758	running	0	94
24	41	90	Rick Mast	Duke's Mayonnaise / Sauer's (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	287	40610	running	0	91
25	9	30	Jeff Green	America Online (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	284	36895	running	0	88
26	40	7	Casey Atwood	Sirius Satellite Radio (Jim Smith)	Dodge	283	40085	running	0	85
27	32	14	Stacy Compton	Conseco (A.J. Foyt)	Pontiac	282	39785	running	0	82
28	13	97	Kurt Busch	Rubbermaid (Jack Roush)	Ford	278	47930	running	0	79
29	31	6	Mark Martin	Pfizer / Viagra (Jack Roush)	Ford	278	73073	running	5	81
30	25	77	Dave Blaney	Jasper Engines (Doug Bawel)	Ford	275	47685	running	0	73
31	15	22	Ward Burton	Caterpillar (Bill Davis)	Dodge	266	78980	running	1	75
32	39	23	Hut Stricklin	Hills Brothers Coffee (Bill Davis)	Dodge	257	46925	running	0	67
33	24	10	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Valvoline (Nelson Bowers)	Pontiac	250	65570	crash	0	64
34	28	31	Robby Gordon	Cingular Wireless (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	249	64321	running	0	61
35	8	36	Ken Schrader	M&M's (Nelson Bowers)	Pontiac	227	43710	crash	0	58
36	36	20	Tony Stewart	Home Depot (Joe Gibbs)	Pontiac	225	83233	crash	7	60
37	7	41	Jimmy Spencer	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	225	35625	crash	0	52
38	33	11	Brett Bodine	Hooters / Wells Fargo / Timberland (Brett Bodine)	Ford	196	35565	crash	0	49
39	4	1	Steve Park	Pennzoil (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	133	65390	running	19	51
40	22	88	Dale Jarrett	UPS (Yates Racing)	Ford	115	83193	engine	0	43
41	1	32	Ricky Craven	Tide (Cal Wells)	Ford	64	48850	crash	18	45
42	42	49	Shawna Robinson	BAM Racing (Beth Ann Morgenthau)	Dodge	51	35290	ignition	0	37
43	43	71	Andy Hillenburg	Pro Motorsports / RealTree Camouflage (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	12	34598	engine	0	34

Name	Nbr	Reason
To the back:
Ryan Newman	12	backup car
Sterling Marlin	40	engine change
Dave Blaney	77	engine change

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	38	38
	39	43	5	#1,14,32 accident turn 4
	44	90	47
	91	94	4	#31 accident turn 4
	95	133	39
	134	137	4	#19 spun backstretch
	138	197	60
	198	210	13	#97,11,23 accident turn 3
	211	226	16
	227	240	14	#6,20,44,24,97,41,36,10,18,77,22 accident backstretch
	241	293	53
Percent of race run under caution: 13.7% Average green flag run: 42.2 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Ricky Craven	1	18	18
Steve Park	19	37	19
Jeff Gordon	38	194	157
Sterling Marlin	195	195	1
Ward Burton	196	196	1
Mark Martin	197	201	5
Jeff Gordon	202	218	17
Tony Stewart	219	225	7
Jeff Gordon	226	227	2
Sterling Marlin	228	240	13
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	241	250	10
Sterling Marlin	251	293	43

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Sterling Marlin	825
2	Ryan Newman	726	-99
3	Matt Kenseth	682	-143
4	Rusty Wallace	677	-148
5	Jimmie Johnson	667	-158
6	Jeff Gordon	664	-161
7	Jeff Burton	650	-175
8	Ward Burton	640	-185
9	Mark Martin	638	-187
10	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	621	-204
11	Kurt Busch	614	-211
12	Tony Stewart	604	-221
13	Elliott Sadler	600	-225
14	Bill Elliott	594	-231
15	Ricky Craven	542	-283
16	Ricky Rudd	517	-308
17	Bobby Labonte	510	-315
18	Jeremy Mayfield	506	-319
19	Dave Blaney	484	-341
20	Terry Labonte	482	-343
21	Dale Jarrett	476	-349