2002 Mountain Dew Southern 500

Race 25 of 36

Darlington
367 laps
Time of race: 4:13:35
Average speed of winner: 118.617 mph
Margin of victory: 1.734 sec.
Lead changes: 14 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 63 laps
Lap leaders: Marlin 1-19, Martin 20-44, Elliott 45-69, Marlin 70-73, Elliott 74-91, Johnson 92-108, Craven 109-128, J. Burton 129-148, Marlin 149-159, Jarrett 160, Marlin 161-239, J. Gordon 240-300, Newman 301, Martin 302-303, J. Gordon 304-367

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis		367	2	125	running	212183	185
2	12	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Ford	Penske	Borland		367	1	1	running	135505	175
3	8	Bill Elliott	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Ford		367	2	43	running	122251	170
4	1	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall		367	4	113	running	125957	165
5	10	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott		367	1	1	running	104520	160
6	28	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Baldwin		367	0	0	running	105680	150
7	11	Kurt Busch	97	Rubbermaid	Ford	Roush	Fennig		367	0	0	running	66710	146
8	4	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Pontiac	Gibbs	Zipadelli		367	0	0	running	100528	142
9	5	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus		367	1	17	running	56410	143
10	13	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO	Ford	Roush	Stoddard		367	1	20	running	100322	139
11	2	Mark Martin	6	Pfizer/Viagra	Ford	Roush	Leslie		367	2	27	running	88578	135
12	20	Jeff Green	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier		367	0	0	running	53750	127
13	24	Kyle Petty	45	Sprint	Dodge	Petty	Lane		367	0	0	running	54060	124
14	16	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Ford	PPI	Beam		367	1	20	running	60170	126
15	18	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar		367	0	0	running	96408	118
16	15	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.		367	0	0	running	67185	115
17	22	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin		367	0	0	running	77171	112
18	23	Jimmy Spencer	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Randolph		367	0	0	running	63740	109
19	25	Elliott Sadler	21	Motorcraft Quality Parts	Ford	Wood Brothers	Tryson		367	0	0	running	68860	106
20	29	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Skog		367	0	0	running	60940	103
21	37	Joe Nemechek	25	UAW-Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Pattie		367	0	0	running	57615	100
22	6	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Wilburn		367	0	0	running	90245	97
23	26	Bobby Hamilton	55	Schneider Electric	Chevrolet	Petree	Elledge		367	0	0	running	65439	94
24	14	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe		366	0	0	running	57175	91
25	34	Kenny Wallace	23	Hills Bros. Coffee	Dodge	Bill Davis	Lopez		366	0	0	running	48765	88
26	31	Ken Schrader	36	M&M's	Pontiac	MB2	Newt Moore		366	0	0	running	56005	85
27	43	Ted Musgrave	07	Kenwood/Sirius	Dodge	Jim Smith			366	0	0	running	44745	82
28	35	Casey Atwood	7	Sirius Satellite Radio	Dodge	Jim Smith	Furr		366	0	0	running	47535	79
29	21	Dave Blaney	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Ryan Pemberton		365	0	0	running	54825	76
30	7	Ricky Rudd	28	Havoline	Ford	Yates	McSwain		365	0	0	running	89082	73
31	19	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long		364	0	0	running	72763	70
32	39	Mike Wallace	14	Conseco	Pontiac	Foyt	Hillman		363	0	0	running	43740	67
33	32	Todd Bodine	26	Discover Card	Ford	Carter	Wingo		361	0	0	running	68762	64
34	27	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Valvoline	Pontiac	MB2	Ince		360	0	0	running	70190	61
35	41	Tony Raines	74	Staff America	Chevrolet	BACE			357	0	0	running	43255	58
36	36	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Andrews		342	0	0	accident	73045	55
37	9	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser		325	0	0	running	61000	52
38	33	Mike Skinner	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier		315	0	0	running	42835	49
39	40	Brett Bodine	11	Hooters Restaurants	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richert		306	0	0	accident	42800	46
40	17	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin		193	0	0	accident	88503	43
41	38	Jerry Nadeau	44	Georgia-Pacific	Dodge	Petty	Steadman		190	0	0	accident	42675	40
42	40	John Andretti	43	Cheerios	Dodge	Petty	Brandon Thomas		189	0	0	engine	69708	37
43	42	Morgan Shepherd	89	Racing With Jesus/Red Line Oil	Ford	Shepherd			43	0	0	brakes	42827	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Sterling Marlin	3405	25	0	2	8	14
2	Jeff Gordon	3314	25	3	2	8	14
3	Mark Martin	3280	25	0	1	8	15
4	Tony Stewart	3243	25	2	3	10	14
5	Jimmie Johnson	3238	25	3	2	5	15
6	Rusty Wallace	3175	25	0	0	4	13
7	Bill Elliott	3140	25	4	2	5	11
8	Ricky Rudd	3045	25	1	1	6	9
9	Dale Jarrett	3024	25	1	2	8	12
10	Matt Kenseth	3011	25	1	3	8	12
11	Ryan Newman	2988	25	2	0	11	14
12	Kurt Busch	2972	25	0	1	6	12
13	Jeff Burton	2902	25	0	0	3	10
14	Michael Waltrip	2796	25	0	1	4	8
15	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	2755	25	1	1	6	9
16	Ricky Craven	2727	25	2	0	3	5
17	Bobby Labonte	2664	25	0	1	3	4
18	Jeff Green	2603	25	0	0	2	3
19	Terry Labonte	2563	25	0	0	1	4
20	Robby Gordon	2525	25	0	0	1	5
21	Kevin Harvick	2523	24	1	1	5	8
22	Dave Blaney	2499	25	0	0	0	2
23	Kyle Petty	2499	25	0	0	0	1
24	Elliott Sadler	2379	25	0	0	2	5
25	Ward Burton	2364	25	1	2	2	5