2002 Sam's Town 300

Race 3 of 34

Las Vegas
200 laps
Time of race: 2:25:24
Average speed of winner: 123.796 mph
Margin of victory: 8.428 sec.
Lead changes: 17 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 31 laps
Lap leaders: Burton 1-65, LaJoie 66, Parker 67, Raines 68-77, Burton 78-90, Biffle 91-102, Burton 103-127, Riggs 128, Burton 129-132, Riggs 133-134, Burton 135-159, Waltrip 160-169, LaJoie 170-171, Hamilton, Jr. 172, McLaughlin 173-179, Mears 180-183, Nemechek 184, Burton 185-200

Race notes: Jack Sprague took the points lead from Jason Keller.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Jeff Burton	9	Gain/Febreze/Swiffer	Ford			169.168	200	6	148	running	81750	185
2	8	Michael Waltrip	99	Aaron's	Chevrolet			168.031	200	1	10	running	57475	175
3	11	Johnny Sauter	2	ACDelco	Chevrolet			167.686	200	0	0	running	48875	165
4	21	Kevin Lepage	71	Matrix Motorsports	Ford			166.548	200	0	0	running	42470	160
5	4	Jeff Green	21	Rockwell Automation	Chevrolet			168.408	200	0	0	running	34200	155
6	18	Jack Sprague	24	NetZero	Chevrolet			167.172	200	0	0	running	25550	150
7	24	Randy LaJoie	7	Kleenex/Nortel/Vons	Chevrolet			165.970	200	2	3	running	36350	151
8	12	Kenny Wallace	48	Stacker 2	Chevrolet			167.660	200	0	0	running	28900	142
9	14	Greg Biffle	60	Grainger	Ford			167.567	200	1	12	running	30050	143
10	6	Stacy Compton	59	Kingsford/Johnsonville	Chevrolet			168.292	200	0	0	running	22000	134
11	27	Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	25	U.S. Marine Corps	Ford			165.629	200	1	1	running	25450	135
12	7	Mike McLaughlin	18	MBNA	Pontiac			168.177	200	1	7	running	23600	132
13	38	Scott Wimmer	23	Siemens	Pontiac			provisional	200	0	0	running	19150	124
14	10	Joe Nemechek	87	Cellular One	Chevrolet			167.869	200	1	1	running	24140	126
15	25	Ashton Lewis	46	Civil Air Patrol	Chevrolet			165.837	199	0	0	running	22580	118
16	2	Jimmy Spencer	1	Yellow	Chevrolet			169.051	199	0	0	running	23720	115
17	26	Tim Sauter	19	AP Performance Racing	Chevrolet			165.792	199	0	0	running	21460	112
18	3	Casey Mears	66	Phillips 66	Dodge			168.945	199	1	4	running	20000	114
19	35	Kerry Earnhardt	12	Supercuts	Chevrolet			163.984	199	0	0	running	19890	106
20	22	Brian Vickers	40	EMP/U.S. Army	Dodge			166.384	199	0	0	running	18330	103
21	31	Chad Little	74	Staff America	Chevrolet			164.810	199	0	0	running	23120	100
22	20	Jason Keller	57	Albertsons	Ford			166.847	199	0	0	running	29600	97
23	33	Jeff Purvis	37	Timber Wolf	Chevrolet			164.279	198	0	0	running	21445	94
24	37	Andy Houston	92	Excedrin	Chevrolet			provisional	198	0	0	running	19315	91
25	28	Mike Wallace	4	MikeWallace.com	Pontiac			165.517	198	0	0	running	17280	88
26	13	Hank Parker, Jr.	36	GNC Live Well	Dodge			167.577	198	1	1	running	21090	90
27	16	Larry Foyt	14	Harrah's	Chevrolet			167.432	197	0	0	running	21360	82
28	41	Andy Kirby	77	Moy Racing	Ford			provisional	197	0	0	running	18820	79
29	19	Jamie McMurray	27	Williams Travel Centers	Chevrolet			166.929	197	0	0	running	20710	76
30	39	Lyndon Amick	26	Dr Pepper	Chevrolet			provisional	195	0	0	running	18680	73
31	36	Derrike Cope	94	racefanfun.com	Chevrolet			163.974	194	0	0	running	16470	70
32	42	Craig Raudman	49	Blair.com/Rent-A-Wreck/Yerf-Dog	Ford			provisional	194	0	0	running	16360	67
33	30	Dan Pardus	32	Outdoor Channel	Chevrolet			164.825	193	0	0	running	16250	64
34	5	Scott Riggs	10	Nestle Nesquik	Ford			168.340	185	2	3	running	23640	66
35	40	Ken Alexander	63	Greased Lightning	Chevrolet			provisional	155	0	0	running	18030	58
36	32	Tony Raines	33	Bayer Consumer Products	Chevrolet			164.750	118	1	10	accident	22515	60
37	9	Ricky Hendrick	5	GMAC Financial Services	Chevrolet			167.978	117	0	0	accident	15960	52
38	23	Christian Elder	38	Great Clips	Ford			166.246	104	0	0	engine	17925	49
39	29	Ken Schrader	07	Federated Auto Parts	Chevrolet			165.249	101	0	0	rear end	15890	46
40	43	Chad Chaffin	16	31-W Insulation	Pontiac			provisional	91	0	0	vibration	15855	43
41	34	Kevin Grubb	54	Golden Nugget	Chevrolet			164.074	88	0	0	ignition	17840	40
42	17	Shane Hmiel	47	Thomas Pacconi Classics	Chevrolet			167.297	84	0	0	accident	17785	37
43	15	Matt Kenseth	17	Jani-King	Ford			167.561	13	0	0	engine	15756	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jack Sprague	446	3	0	0	0	3
2	Randy LaJoie	443	3	0	0	1	2
3	Jason Keller	437	3	0	1	2	2
4	Michael Waltrip	435	3	0	0	2	2
5	Greg Biffle	415	3	0	0	1	2
6	Johnny Sauter	406	3	0	0	1	1
7	Kenny Wallace	403	3	0	0	0	2
8	Jeff Green	383	3	1	0	1	1
9	Scott Riggs	376	3	0	0	1	2
10	Scott Wimmer	354	3	0	0	0	0
11	Andy Houston	346	3	0	0	0	1
12	Jimmy Spencer	345	3	0	0	0	1
13	Stacy Compton	339	3	0	0	0	1
14	Mike McLaughlin	336	3	0	0	1	1
15	Larry Foyt	334	3	0	0	0	1
16	Jamie McMurray	329	3	0	0	0	0
17	Ashton Lewis	324	3	0	0	0	1
18	Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	323	3	0	0	0	0
19	Chad Little	312	3	0	0	0	0
20	Jeff Purvis	303	3	0	0	0	0
21	Kevin Lepage	302	2	0	0	1	2
22	Casey Mears	302	3	0	0	0	0
23	Lyndon Amick	300	3	0	0	0	0
24	Tim Sauter	273	3	0	0	0	0
25	Tony Raines	259	3	0	0	0	1