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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 7 of 36
Monday, April 8, 2002 at Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX
334 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:31:01
Average speed: 142.453 mph
Pole speed: 194.224 mph

Cautions: 7 for 41 laps
Margin of victory: .888 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 24

Glossary 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 2002 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
9	1	9	Bill Elliott	Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	334	134806	running	13	143
17	2	21	Elliott Sadler	Motorcraft (Wood Brothers)	Ford	332	102425	running	4	117
4	3	28	Ricky Rudd	Havoline (Yates Racing)	Ford	334	201717	running	29	165
28	4	15	Michael Waltrip	NAPA (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	331	72200	running	0	79
24	5	88	Dale Jarrett	UPS (Yates Racing)	Ford	331	115878	running	134	101
19	6	14	Stacy Compton	Conseco (A.J. Foyt)	Pontiac	332	78000	running	0	106
18	7	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	332	87225	running	0	109
3	8	6	Mark Martin	Pfizer / Viagra (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	219358	running	5	170
42	9	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Budweiser (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	192	85722	crash	1	42
14	10	32	Ricky Craven	Tide (Cal Wells)	Ford	333	92050	running	0	121
20	11	1	Steve Park	Pennzoil (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	332	110025	running	0	103
34	12	36	Ken Schrader	Combos / Snickers (Nelson Bowers)	Pontiac	329	61325	running	0	61
6	13	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	334	105275	running	0	150
21	14	45	Kyle Petty	Sprint (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	332	72700	running	0	100
30	15	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Pontiac	330	104628	running	0	73
36	16	49	Shawna Robinson	BAM Racing (Beth Ann Morgenthau)	Dodge	322	51250	running	0	55
16	17	30	Jeff Green	America Online (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	333	77725	running	0	115
22	18	43	John Andretti	Cheerios (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	332	101583	running	0	97
23	19	97	Kurt Busch	Sharpie / Rubbermaid (Jack Roush)	Ford	332	80900	running	1	99
7	20	40	Sterling Marlin	Coors Light (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	334	142992	running	1	151
8	21	41	Jimmy Spencer	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	334	98375	running	0	142
43	22	22	Ward Burton	Caterpillar (Bill Davis)	Dodge	169	92124	crash	0	34
35	23	7	Casey Atwood	Sirius Satellite Radio (Jim Smith)	Dodge	326	52300	running	0	58
41	24	31	Robby Gordon	Cingular Wireless (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	236	75036	crash	0	40
25	25	29	Kevin Harvick	GM Goodwrench Service (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	331	112528	running	2	93
2	26	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	334	296478	running	0	170
10	27	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	334	124833	running	0	134
11	28	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Ford	334	130200	running	37	135
5	29	20	Tony Stewart	Home Depot (Joe Gibbs)	Pontiac	334	168053	running	15	160
27	30	23	Hut Stricklin	Hills Brothers Coffee (Bill Davis)	Dodge	331	74300	running	4	87
1	31	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt Power Tools (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	418275	running	85	180
33	32	26	Frank Kimmel	Advance Auto Parts (Travis Carter)	Ford	330	79537	running	0	64
13	33	10	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Radio Shack / MLB (Nelson Bowers)	Pontiac	333	112900	running	0	124
29	34	90	Rick Mast	Duke's Mayonnaise / Sauer's (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	331	62600	running	0	76
37	35	71	Jay Sauter	Hawk Saw Blades / Warranty Gold (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	313	50200	running	0	52
40	36	12	Ryan Newman	Alltel (Roger Penske)	Ford	252	57025	engine	2	48
39	37	99	Jeff Burton	Citgo Supergard (Jack Roush)	Ford	255	93742	crash	0	46
32	38	25	Jerry Nadeau	UAW-Delphi (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	330	65875	running	0	67
15	39	77	Dave Blaney	Jasper Engines (Doug Bawel)	Ford	333	107975	running	0	118
31	40	55	Bobby Hamilton	Schneider Electric (Andy Petree)	Chevrolet	330	75839	running	0	70
12	41	4	Mike Skinner	Kodak Film (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	334	106250	running	1	132
26	42	44	Buckshot Jones	Georgia-Pacific (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	331	75600	running	0	85
38	43	11	Brett Bodine	Hooters Restaurants (Brett Bodine)	Ford	282	49125	running	0	49

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
44	Ron Hornaday, Jr.	57	CLR	Ed Campbell	Ford

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	36	36
	37	41	5	tire inspection
	42	49	8
	50	53	4	debris
	54	171	118
	172	182	11	#22 accident turn 1
	183	184	2
	185	191	7	#8 accident turn 1
	192	240	49
	241	246	6	#31 accident turn 4
	247	254	8
	255	258	4	oil on track
	259	308	50
	309	312	4	#97 spun turn 4
	313	334	22
Percent of race run under caution: 12.3% Average green flag run: 36.6 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bill Elliott	1	13	13
Ricky Rudd	14	42	29
Dale Jarrett	43	101	59
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	102	102	1
Mark Martin	103	103	1
Ryan Newman	104	104	1
Hut Stricklin	105	108	4
Mike Skinner	109	109	1
Kevin Harvick	110	111	2
Elliott Sadler	112	115	4
Dale Jarrett	116	160	45
Rusty Wallace	161	162	2
Kurt Busch	163	163	1
Mark Martin	164	164	1
Sterling Marlin	165	165	1
Dale Jarrett	166	195	30
Rusty Wallace	196	230	35
Ryan Newman	231	231	1
Mark Martin	232	234	3
Tony Stewart	235	241	7
Matt Kenseth	242	247	6
Tony Stewart	248	254	7
Matt Kenseth	255	308	54
Tony Stewart	309	309	1
Matt Kenseth	310	334	25

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Sterling Marlin	1082
2	Matt Kenseth	1012	-70
3	Jimmie Johnson	963	-119
4	Rusty Wallace	950	-132
5	Mark Martin	938	-144
6	Jeff Gordon	909	-173
7	Kurt Busch	893	-189
8	Tony Stewart	887	-195
9	Ricky Rudd	847	-235
10	Bill Elliott	837	-245
11	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	833	-249
12	Ryan Newman	826	-256
13	Ricky Craven	787	-295
14	Jeff Burton	786	-296
15	Ward Burton	762	-320
16	Elliott Sadler	757	-325
17	Bobby Labonte	738	-344
18	Jeremy Mayfield	736	-346
19	Terry Labonte	731	-351
20	Dave Blaney	714	-368
21	Jimmy Spencer	696	-386