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2002 MBNA America 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Tweet NASCAR Winston Cup race number 4 of 36 Sunday, March 10, 2002 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA 325 laps on a 1.540 mile paved track (500.500 miles) Time of race: 3:22:!8 Average speed: 148.443 mph Pole speed: 191.542 mph Cautions: 7 for 37 laps Margin of victory: .376 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 34 Glossary    2002 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   2002 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 9 20   Tony Stewart Home Depot   (Joe Gibbs) Pontiac 325 174978 running 143 185 2 3 8   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Budweiser   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 325 104600 running 38 175 3 15 48   Jimmie Johnson Lowe's   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 325 72350 running 0 165 4 32 17   Matt Kenseth DeWalt Power Tools   (Jack Roush) Ford 325 91700 running 46 165 5 6 32   Ricky Craven Tide   (Cal Wells) Ford 325 69950 running 0 155 6 38 2   Rusty Wallace Miller Lite   (Roger Penske) Ford 325 90625 running 0 150 7 28 22   Ward Burton Caterpillar   (Bill Davis) Dodge 325 90325 running 20 151 8 39 6   Mark Martin Pfizer / Viagra   (Jack Roush) Ford 325 89833 running 0 142 9 12 40   Sterling Marlin Coors Light   (Chip Ganassi) Dodge 325 89117 running 0 138 10 2 12   Ryan Newman Alltel   (Roger Penske) Ford 325 78000 running 15 139 11 4 97   Kurt Busch Rubbermaid   (Jack Roush) Ford 325 62225 running 59 135 12 14 44   Buckshot Jones Georgia-Pacific / Brawny   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 325 58450 running 0 127 13 7 88   Dale Jarrett UPS   (Yates Racing) Ford 325 77450 running 0 124 14 13 5   Terry Labonte Kellogg's   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 325 76083 running 0 121 15 34 45   Kyle Petty Sprint   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 325 44500 running 2 123 16 19 24   Jeff Gordon DuPont   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 325 96478 running 0 115 17 24 77   Dave Blaney Jasper Engines & Transmissions   (Doug Bawel) Ford 324 65200 running 2 117 18 23 31   Robby Gordon Cingular Wireless   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 324 72246 running 0 109 19 16 21   Elliott Sadler Motorcraft   (Wood Brothers) Ford 324 62279 running 0 106 20 37 28   Ricky Rudd Havoline   (Yates Racing) Ford 324 89157 running 0 103 21 30 99   Jeff Burton Citgo Supergard   (Jack Roush) Ford 324 86507 running 0 100 22 11 1   Kenny Wallace Pennzoil   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 324 75010 running 0 97 23 40 19   Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers / UAW   (Ray Evernham) Dodge 323 52835 running 0 94 24 25 36   Ken Schrader Pedigree   (Nelson Bowers) Pontiac 323 52535 running 0 91 25 27 26   Joe Nemechek Haas-Carter Motorsports   (Travis Carter) Ford 322 69822 running 0 88 26 5 41   Jimmy Spencer Target   (Chip Ganassi) Dodge 322 43985 running 0 85 27 10 10   Johnny Benson, Jr. Valvoline   (Nelson Bowers) Pontiac 322 51670 running 0 82 28 21 4   Mike Skinner Kodak   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 321 43420 running 0 79 29 22 55   Bobby Hamilton Schneider Electric   (Andy Petree) Chevrolet 320 51110 running 0 76 30 26 25   Jerry Nadeau UAW-Delphi   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 320 51385 running 0 73 31 35 14   Stacy Compton Conseco   (A.J. Foyt) Pontiac 320 42810 running 0 70 32 41 7   Casey Atwood Sirius Satellite Radio   (Jim Smith) Dodge 319 42235 running 0 67 33 29 90   Rick Mast Duke's Mayonnaise / Sauer's   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 318 39670 running 0 64 34 31 49   Shawna Robinson BAM Racing   (Beth Ann Morgenthau) Dodge 310 39625 running 0 61 35 1 9   Bill Elliott Dodge Dealers / UAW   (Ray Evernham) Dodge 288 72146 crash 0 58 36 20 43   John Andretti Cheerios   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 288 66638 crash 0 55 37 18 18   Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries   (Joe Gibbs) Pontiac 287 85298 running 0 52 38 42 11   Brett Bodine Hooters / Wells Fargo / Timberland   (Brett Bodine) Ford 276 39475 engine 0 49 39 8 29   Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench Service   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 254 85218 engine 0 46 40 17 15   Michael Waltrip NAPA   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 204 47380 engine 0 43 41 36 30   Jeff Green America Online   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 187 39345 engine 0 40 42 43 71   Dick Trickle Warranty Gold   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 178 39305 crash 0 37 43 33 23   Hut Stricklin Hills Brothers Coffee   (Bill Davis) Dodge 164 38605 engine 0 34

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 44 Ron Hornaday, Jr. 57 CLR Ed Campbell Ford 45 Carl Long 85 Mansion Motorsports Thee Dixon Dodge Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 76 76     77 80 4   debris frontstretch   81 185 105     186 191 6   #71 accident backstretch   192 208 17     209 214 6   oil on track   215 215 1     216 219 4   debris turn 4   220 258 39     259 266 8   oil on track   267 281 15     282 285 4   oil on track   286 289 4     290 294 5   #9,10,25,43 accident backstretch   295 325 31       Percent of race run under caution: 11.4%             Average green flag run: 36.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Ryan Newman 1 15 15   Kurt Busch 16 38 23   Tony Stewart 39 54 16   Kurt Busch 55 56 2   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 57 58 2   Dave Blaney 59 60 2   Tony Stewart 61 80 20   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 81 81 1   Tony Stewart 82 82 1   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 83 96 14   Tony Stewart 97 105 9   Kurt Busch 106 106 1   Tony Stewart 107 109 3   Kurt Busch 110 110 1   Tony Stewart 111 114 4   Kurt Busch 115 115 1   Tony Stewart 116 136 21   Kurt Busch 137 139 3   Matt Kenseth 140 140 1   Kyle Petty 141 142 2   Tony Stewart 143 171 29   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 172 187 16   Tony Stewart 188 193 6   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 194 198 5   Tony Stewart 199 202 4   Kurt Busch 203 209 7   Matt Kenseth 210 225 16   Tony Stewart 226 226 1   Matt Kenseth 227 238 12   Kurt Busch 239 259 21   Matt Kenseth 260 276 17   Tony Stewart 277 282 6   Ward Burton 283 302 20   Tony Stewart 303 325 23 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Sterling Marlin 645     2   Ryan Newman 571   -74   3   Ward Burton 565   -80   4   Mark Martin 557   -88   5   Tony Stewart 544   -101   6   Matt Kenseth 540   -105   7   Kurt Busch 535   -110   8   Rusty Wallace 531   -114   9   Jeff Burton 520   -125   10   Jimmie Johnson 517   -128   11   Jeff Gordon 516   -129   12   Ricky Craven 497   -148   13   Bill Elliott 460   -185   14   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 456   -189   15   Dale Jarrett 433   -212   16   Elliott Sadler 430   -215   17   Dave Blaney 411   -234   18   Bobby Labonte 410   -235   19   Jeremy Mayfield 391   -254   20   Ricky Rudd 390   -255