2002 Pontiac Excitement 400

Race 11 of 36

Richmond
400 laps
Time of race: 3:27:19
Average speed of winner: 86.824 mph
Margin of victory: 1.484 sec.
Lead changes: 13 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 14 for 103 laps
Lap leaders: W. Burton 1-62, Jarrett 63-76, Waltrip 77-79, Hamilton 80-84, Green 85-86, W. Burton 87-149, Rudd 150-216, Blaney 217-226, Spencer 227-285, Rudd 286-308, Newman 309-310, Spencer 311-326, Newman 327-372, Stewart 373-400

Race notes: Last pole for Ward Burton. Finale for Rick Mast. Only start for Randy Renfrow.

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	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Pontiac	Gibbs	Zipadelli	127.059	400	1	28	running	185653	180
2	11	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Ford	Penske	Borland	126.481	400	2	48	running	121950	175
3	23	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	125.945	400	0	0	running	126067	165
4	18	Mark Martin	6	Pfizer/Viagra	Ford	Roush	Leslie	126.156	400	0	0	running	106708	160
5	17	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Johns	126.186	400	0	0	running	67950	155
6	7	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	126.564	400	0	0	running	68000	150
7	4	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	126.975	400	0	0	running	99403	146
8	20	Steve Grissom	44	Georgia-Pacific	Dodge	Petty	Frazier	126.092	400	0	0	running	60875	142
9	10	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Ford	PPI	Beam	126.523	400	0	0	running	59975	138
10	40	Jimmy Spencer	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Randolph	123.717	400	2	75	running	74275	139
11	35	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	125.249	400	0	0	running	87692	130
12	16	Joe Nemechek	10	Valvoline	Pontiac	MB2	Ince	126.269	400	0	0	running	74710	127
13	14	Jeff Green	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	126.304	400	1	2	running	43575	129
14	38	Bill Elliott	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Ford	123.961	400	0	0	running	73531	121
15	22	Ken Schrader	36	M&M's	Pontiac	MB2	Newt Moore	125.951	400	0	0	running	68335	118
16	32	Hut Stricklin	23	Hills Bros. Coffee	Dodge	Bill Davis	Lopez	125.360	400	0	0	running	54700	115
17	36	Bobby Hamilton	55	Schneider Electric	Chevrolet	Petree	Elledge	125.087	399	1	5	running	62289	117
18	30	Hermie Sadler	02	Virginia Lottery	Chevrolet	Hermie Sadler	Buckner	125.651	399	0	0	running	42050	109
19	33	Brett Bodine	11	Hooters Restaurants	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richert	125.337	399	0	0	running	45525	106
20	41	John Andretti	43	Cheerios	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	124.596	399	0	0	running	74508	103
21	21	Elliott Sadler	21	Motorcraft Quality Parts	Ford	Wood Brothers	Tryson	125.986	399	0	0	running	52550	100
22	29	Casey Atwood	7	Sirius Satellite Radio	Dodge	Jim Smith	Furr	125.663	399	0	0	running	45325	97
23	6	Kyle Petty	45	Sprint	Dodge	Petty	Lane	126.594	399	0	0	running	40825	94
24	27	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	125.833	398	1	3	running	51850	96
25	9	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Wilburn	126.535	396	0	0	running	84750	88
26	31	Stacy Compton	14	Conseco	Pontiac	Foyt	Hillman	125.366	395	0	0	running	43475	85
27	37	Kurt Busch	97	Rubbermaid	Ford	Roush	Fennig	123.361	395	0	0	running	51650	82
28	19	Mike Skinner	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Eggleston	126.156	378	0	0	running	43125	79
29	28	Dave Blaney	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Ryan Pemberton	125.669	377	1	10	engine	50500	81
30	1	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Baldwin	127.388	364	2	125	running	98375	83
31	26	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	125.880	360	0	0	running	40325	70
32	8	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	126.541	351	0	0	running	86053	67
33	15	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	126.280	333	0	0	accident	69058	64
34	5	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Andrews	126.689	333	0	0	accident	70050	61
35	24	Rick Mast	90	Duke's Mayonnaise/Sauer's	Ford	Donlavey	Cope	125.933	331	0	0	accident	40125	58
36	2	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	127.178	327	0	0	running	76862	55
37	34	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	125.261	309	0	0	accident	66081	52
38	39	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	123.774	309	1	14	running	87753	54
39	12	Ricky Rudd	28	Havoline	Ford	Yates	McSwain	126.446	308	2	90	accident	84317	51
40	25	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	125.904	295	0	0	running	85603	43
41	13	Jerry Nadeau	25	UAW-Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Howes	126.351	225	0	0	accident	47765	40
42	42	Frank Kimmel	26	Pork, The Other White Meat	Ford	Carter	Wingo	120.843	213	0	0	accident	64892	37
43	43	Randy Renfrow	59	Price Motorsports	Dodge	Foster Price	Chance	122.566	58	0	0	oil pump	39667	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Sterling Marlin	1645	11	0	2	4	8
2	Matt Kenseth	1513	11	0	2	4	7
3	Kurt Busch	1454	11	0	1	4	5
4	Mark Martin	1452	11	0	0	4	7
5	Rusty Wallace	1442	11	0	0	0	6
6	Jeff Gordon	1429	11	2	0	2	6
7	Jimmie Johnson	1422	11	2	1	2	7
8	Tony Stewart	1394	11	0	2	6	6
9	Jeff Burton	1343	11	0	0	1	5
10	Ricky Rudd	1330	11	0	0	3	4
11	Bill Elliott	1299	11	2	0	1	4
12	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	1288	11	0	1	5	5
13	Ryan Newman	1206	11	1	0	3	5
14	Ward Burton	1198	11	1	1	1	2
15	Dale Jarrett	1177	11	0	0	1	4
16	Ricky Craven	1164	11	2	0	2	3
17	Terry Labonte	1153	11	0	0	0	2
18	Michael Waltrip	1147	11	0	0	2	3
19	Jeremy Mayfield	1130	11	0	0	2	2
20	Jimmy Spencer	1129	10	0	0	1	4
21	Dave Blaney	1125	11	0	0	0	1
22	Bobby Labonte	1086	11	0	1	3	3
23	Kyle Petty	1084	11	0	0	0	1
24	Jeff Green	1083	11	0	0	0	0
25	Elliott Sadler	1025	11	0	0	2	2