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2002 Aaron's 499 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 9 of 36 Sunday, April 21, 2002 at Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL 188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles) Time of race: 3:08:41 Average speed: 159.022 mph Pole speed: 186.532 mph Cautions: 3 for 19 laps Margin of victory: .060 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 26 Glossary    2002 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   2002 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 4 8   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Budweiser   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 188 184830 running 133 185 2 3 15   Michael Waltrip NAPA   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 188 131855 running 14 175 3 20 97   Kurt Busch Rubbermaid   (Jack Roush) Ford 188 120255 running 0 165 4 10 24   Jeff Gordon DuPont / Pepsi   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 188 143003 running 0 160 5 33 40   Sterling Marlin Coors Light   (Chip Ganassi) Dodge 188 127182 running 2 160 6 41 88   Dale Jarrett UPS   (Yates Racing) Ford 188 113530 running 2 155 7 1 48   Jimmie Johnson Lowe's   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 188 71780 running 8 151 8 13 2   Rusty Wallace Miller Lite   (Roger Penske) Ford 188 107480 running 0 142 9 25 99   Jeff Burton Citgo Supergard   (Jack Roush) Ford 188 106647 running 1 143 10 12 45   Kyle Petty Sprint   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 188 65130 running 0 134 11 22 23   Hut Stricklin Hills Brothers Coffee   (Bill Davis) Dodge 188 63575 running 0 130 12 23 09   Geoffrey Bodine Miccosukee Indian Resort   (James Finch) Ford 188 59145 running 0 127 13 24 11   Brett Bodine Hooters / Wells Fargo Financial   (Brett Bodine) Ford 188 76865 running 0 124 14 38 28   Ricky Rudd Havoline   (Yates Racing) Ford 188 101402 running 0 121 15 5 22   Ward Burton Caterpillar   (Bill Davis) Dodge 188 102280 running 0 118 16 30 30   Jeff Green America Online   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 188 56115 running 0 115 17 32 41   Jimmy Spencer Target   (Chip Ganassi) Dodge 188 72600 running 0 112 18 35 32   Ricky Craven Tide   (Cal Wells) Ford 188 67160 running 0 109 19 39 9   Bill Elliott Dodge Dealers / UAW   (Ray Evernham) Dodge 188 84826 running 0 106 20 11 5   Terry Labonte Kellogg's   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 188 90143 running 0 103 21 27 98   Kenny Wallace Aaron's   (Michael Waltrip) Chevrolet 188 54570 running 0 100 22 43 55   Bobby Hamilton Schneider Electric / Square D   (Andy Petree) Chevrolet 187 76150 running 0 97 23 42 4   Mike Skinner Kodak   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 187 65729 running 0 94 24 36 36   Ken Schrader M&M's Global Color Vote   (Nelson Bowers) Pontiac 186 65010 running 0 91 25 34 44   Steve Grissom Georgia-Pacific   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 186 53605 running 0 88 26 16 7   Casey Atwood Sirius Satellite Radio   (Jim Smith) Dodge 186 56525 running 0 85 27 6 14   Stacy Compton Conseco   (A.J. Foyt) Pontiac 184 56270 running 0 82 28 14 29   Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench Service   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 181 98498 running 0 79 29 26 20   Tony Stewart Home Depot   (Joe Gibbs) Pontiac 180 100138 crash 0 76 30 37 17   Matt Kenseth DeWalt Power Tools   (Jack Roush) Ford 180 80905 running 18 78 31 21 77   Dave Blaney Jasper Engines & Transmissions   (Doug Bawel) Ford 180 63550 running 0 70 32 15 25   Jerry Nadeau UAW-Delphi   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 179 63300 running 0 67 33 2 31   Robby Gordon Cingular Wireless   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 176 81631 running 0 64 34 9 1   Steve Park Pennzoil   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 174 84710 running 0 61 35 29 26   Frank Kimmel Advance Auto Parts   (Travis Carter) Ford 172 79892 running 0 58 36 31 19   Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers / UAW   (Ray Evernham) Dodge 167 62075 crash 2 60 37 19 6   Mark Martin Pfizer / Viagra   (Jack Roush) Ford 166 85258 crash 5 57 38 28 43   John Andretti Cheerios   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 164 78133 crash 0 49 39 7 10   Johnny Benson, Jr. Valvoline   (Nelson Bowers) Pontiac 164 77615 crash 0 46 40 40 21   Elliott Sadler Motorcraft   (Wood Brothers) Ford 163 58615 crash 0 43 41 17 18   Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries   (Joe Gibbs) Pontiac 163 96188 crash 0 40 42 18 33   Mike Wallace Preen   (Andy Petree) Chevrolet 162 50210 crash 0 37 43 8 12   Ryan Newman Alltel   (Roger Penske) Ford 141 58022 engine 3 39

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 44 Rick Mast 90 Duke's Mayonnaise / Sauer's Junie Donlavey Ford 45 Shawna Robinson 49 BAM Racing Beth Ann Morgenthau Dodge 46 Bobby Gerhart 59 JamesAuto.com Billy Gerhart Pontiac 47 Dick Trickle 91 Dodge Dealers Ray Evernham Dodge Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 115 115     116 119 4   debris   120 164 45     165 175 11   #09,1,2,4,5,6,7,9,10,17,18,19,20,21,28,29,31,32,33,41,43,44,55,77 accident backstretch   176 180 5     181 184 4   #6 stalled backstretch   185 188 4       Percent of race run under caution: 10.1%             Average green flag run: 42.3 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Jimmie Johnson 1 8 8   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 9 32 24   Jeremy Mayfield 33 33 1   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 34 39 6   Michael Waltrip 40 40 1   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 41 50 10   Sterling Marlin 51 52 2   Matt Kenseth 53 56 4   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 57 65 9   Jeremy Mayfield 66 66 1   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 67 82 16   Michael Waltrip 83 95 13   Ryan Newman 96 96 1   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 97 105 9   Mark Martin 106 106 1   Jeff Burton 107 107 1   Matt Kenseth 108 113 6   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 114 115 2   Matt Kenseth 116 120 5   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 121 121 1   Matt Kenseth 122 124 3   Mark Martin 125 125 1   Ryan Newman 126 127 2   Mark Martin 128 130 3   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 131 162 32   Dale Jarrett 163 164 2   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 165 188 24 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Sterling Marlin 1369     2   Matt Kenseth 1260   -109   3   Rusty Wallace 1212   -157   4   Kurt Busch 1192   -177   5   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 1178   -191   6   Jimmie Johnson 1172   -197   7   Jeff Gordon 1168   -201   8   Tony Stewart 1138   -231   9   Mark Martin 1137   -232   10   Ricky Rudd 1114   -255   11   Jeff Burton 1072   -297   12   Bill Elliott 1013   -356   13   Ward Burton 1006   -363   14   Terry Labonte 989   -380   15   Ricky Craven 974   -395   16   Dale Jarrett 968   -401   17   Bobby Labonte 958   -411   18   Jeremy Mayfield 926   -443   19   Michael Waltrip 912   -457   20   Jimmy Spencer 908   -461   21   Ryan Newman 905   -464