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2002 Sharpie 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 24 of 36 Saturday, August 24, 2002 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles) Time of race: 3:27:24 Average speed: 77.097 mph Pole speed: 124.034 mph Cautions: 15 for 118 laps Margin of victory: .502 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 10 Glossary    2002 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   2002 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 37 9 22   Ward Burton CAT Dealers   (Bill Davis) Dodge 401 94545 crash 0 52 38 41 23   Hut Stricklin Hills Brothers Coffee   (Bill Davis) Dodge 344 51475 crash 0 49 40 31 27   Scott Wimmer Siemens   (Bill Davis) Dodge 164 51350 crash 0 43 41 29 49   Derrike Cope Doc / Billy Ray Cyrus   (Beth Ann Morgenthau) Dodge 162 51300 crash 0 40 42 38 21   Elliott Sadler Motorcraft   (Wood Brothers) Ford 74 59255 crash 0 37 43 25 26   Todd Bodine Discover Card   (Travis Carter) Ford 21 76634 crash 0 34 39 15 28   Ricky Rudd Havoline   (Yates Racing) Ford 271 95842 overheating 0 46 1 1 24   Jeff Gordon DuPont   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 500 245543 running 235 185 2 4 2   Rusty Wallace Miller Lite   (Roger Penske) Ford 500 173240 running 16 175 3 2 8   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Budweiser   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 500 131090 running 140 170 4 23 29   Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench Service   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 500 137033 running 38 165 5 10 17   Matt Kenseth DeWalt Power Tools   (Jack Roush) Ford 500 98375 running 10 160 6 8 97   Kurt Busch Sharpie / Rubbermaid   (Jack Roush) Ford 500 83265 running 45 155 7 27 40   Sterling Marlin Coors Light   (Chip Ganassi) Dodge 500 113557 running 0 146 8 11 41   Jimmy Spencer Target   (Chip Ganassi) Dodge 500 89840 running 0 142 9 12 18   Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries   (Joe Gibbs) Pontiac 500 110868 running 0 138 10 33 14   Mike Wallace Conseco   (A.J. Foyt) Pontiac 500 71690 running 0 134 11 34 55   Bobby Hamilton Schneider Electric / Square D   (Andy Petree) Chevrolet 500 91290 running 0 130 12 6 10   Johnny Benson, Jr. Valvoline   (Nelson Bowers) Pontiac 500 92840 running 16 132 13 36 99   Jeff Burton Citgo Supergard   (Jack Roush) Ford 500 104607 running 0 124 14 40 36   Ken Schrader M&M's Global Color Vote Purple   (Nelson Bowers) Pontiac 499 88990 running 0 121 15 22 45   Kyle Petty Sprint   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 499 64360 running 0 118 16 7 32   Ricky Craven Tide   (Cal Wells) Ford 499 71310 running 0 115 17 5 9   Bill Elliott Dodge Dealers / UAW   (Ray Evernham) Dodge 499 88016 running 0 112 18 17 7   Casey Atwood Sirius Satellite Radio   (Jim Smith) Dodge 499 72200 running 0 109 19 39 43   John Andretti Cheerios / Betty Crocker   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 499 88533 running 0 106 20 30 31   Robby Gordon Cingular Wireless   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 498 90366 running 0 103 21 35 44   Jerry Nadeau Georgia-Pacific / Brawny   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 498 69624 running 0 100 22 3 15   Michael Waltrip NAPA   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 498 68935 running 0 97 23 21 6   Mark Martin Pfizer / Viagra   (Jack Roush) Ford 497 93818 running 0 94 24 26 20   Tony Stewart Home Depot / Peanuts   (Joe Gibbs) Pontiac 497 103788 running 0 91 25 13 19   Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers / UAW   (Ray Evernham) Dodge 497 66515 running 0 88 26 42 1   Steve Park Pennzoil   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 496 88015 running 0 85 27 20 25   Joe Nemechek UAW-Delphi   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 494 64730 running 0 82 28 19 88   Dale Jarrett UPS   (Yates Racing) Ford 494 72720 running 0 79 29 16 4   Mike Skinner Kodak   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 493 54710 running 0 76 30 24 5   Terry Labonte Kellogg's   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 492 81283 running 0 73 31 43 90   Lance Hooper Lucas Oil   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 488 51840 running 0 70 32 28 11   Brett Bodine Hooters Restaurants   (Brett Bodine) Ford 473 51755 running 0 67 33 37 77   Dave Blaney Jasper Engines & Transmissions   (Doug Bawel) Ford 466 59720 running 0 64 34 32 48   Jimmie Johnson Lowe's   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 462 52685 running 0 61 35 18 30   Jeff Green America Online   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 460 51640 running 0 58 36 14 12   Ryan Newman Alltel   (Roger Penske) Ford 454 59605 running 0 55

To the back: Name Nbr Reason Mike Skinner 4 engine change Elliott Sadler 21 backup car Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 44 Hermie Sadler 02 Little Trees / 1-800-3-AUTISM Hermie Sadler Chevrolet 45 Carl Long 51 RevivalSoy.com Rick Ware Dodge 46 Morgan Shepherd 89 Morgan Shepherd Ford 47 Tim Sauter 71 Camp 28 Dave Marcis Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 6 6     7 11 5   #26,1,90 accident backstretch   12 17 6     18 22 5   #26 spun backstretch   23 30 8     31 35 5   #31 spun turn 4   36 56 21     57 61 5   #32 spun turn 2   62 68 7     69 75 7   #21 accident backstretch   76 150 75     151 156 6   #48 accident turn 4   157 168 12     169 174 6   debris   175 291 117     292 297 6   #1 spun turn 2   298 298 1     299 307 9   #99,19,88,12,6,44,18,15,97 accident turn 1   308 315 8     316 330 15   #30,32 accident turn 3   331 333 3     334 338 5   #12,5 spun turn 4   339 347 9     348 355 8   #23 spun turn 3   356 370 15     371 376 6   #7,77 spun turn 2   377 377 1     378 387 10   #48,6 spun turn 1   388 403 16     404 423 20   #22 spun turn 3   424 500 77       Percent of race run under caution: 23.6%             Average green flag run: 23.9 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 1 130 130   Jeff Gordon 131 246 116   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 247 256 10   Jeff Gordon 257 372 116   Johnny Benson, Jr. 373 388 16   Kurt Busch 389 433 45   Matt Kenseth 434 443 10   Kevin Harvick 444 481 38   Rusty Wallace 482 497 16   Jeff Gordon 498 500 3 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Sterling Marlin 3240     2   Mark Martin 3145   -95   3   Jeff Gordon 3129   -111   4   Tony Stewart 3101   -139   5   Jimmie Johnson 3095   -145   6   Rusty Wallace 3078   -162   7   Ricky Rudd 2972   -268   8   Bill Elliott 2970   -270   9   Matt Kenseth 2959   -281   10   Dale Jarrett 2864   -376   11   Kurt Busch 2826   -414   12   Ryan Newman 2813   -427   13   Jeff Burton 2763   -477   14   Michael Waltrip 2705   -535   15   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 2640   -600   16   Ricky Craven 2601   -639   17   Bobby Labonte 2546   -694   18   Terry Labonte 2493   -747   19   Kevin Harvick 2480   -760   20   Jeff Green 2476   -764   21   Dave Blaney 2423   -817