2002 Sharpie 500

Race 24 of 36

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 3:27:24
Average speed of winner: 77.097 mph
Margin of victory: 0.502 sec.
Lead changes: 10 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 15 for 118 laps
Lap leaders: J. Gordon pole, Earnhardt, Jr. 1-130, J. Gordon 131-246, Earnhardt, Jr. 247-256, J. Gordon 257-372, Benson 373-388, Busch 389-433, Kenseth 434-443, Harvick 444-481, R. Wallace 482-497, J. Gordon 498-500

Race notes: Finale for Lance Hooper and Hut Stricklin.

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 Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	124.034	500	3	235	running	245543	185
2	4	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Wilburn	123.873	500	1	16	running	173240	175
3	2	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	123.938	500	2	140	running	131090	170
4	23	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	122.693	500	1	38	running	137033	165
5	10	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	123.538	500	1	10	running	98375	160
6	8	Kurt Busch	97	Rubbermaid	Ford	Roush	Fennig	123.586	500	1	45	running	83265	155
7	27	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	122.529	500	0	0	running	113557	146
8	11	Jimmy Spencer	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Randolph	123.538	500	0	0	running	89840	142
9	12	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	123.443	500	0	0	running	110868	138
10	33	Mike Wallace	14	Conseco	Pontiac	Foyt	Hillman	122.341	500	0	0	running	71690	134
11	34	Bobby Hamilton	55	Schneider Electric	Chevrolet	Petree	Elledge	122.154	500	0	0	running	91290	130
12	6	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Valvoline	Pontiac	MB2	Ince	123.754	500	1	16	running	92840	132
13	36	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	121.682	500	0	0	running	104607	124
14	40	Ken Schrader	36	M&M's	Pontiac	MB2	Newt Moore		499	0	0	running	88990	121
15	22	Kyle Petty	45	Sprint	Dodge	Petty	Lane	122.811	499	0	0	running	64360	118
16	7	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Ford	PPI	Beam	123.666	499	0	0	running	71310	115
17	5	Bill Elliott	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Ford	123.857	499	0	0	running	88016	112
18	17	Casey Atwood	7	Sirius Satellite Radio	Dodge	Jim Smith	Furr	123.197	499	0	0	running	72200	109
19	39	John Andretti	43	Cheerios	Dodge	Petty	Brandon Thomas	121.075	499	0	0	running	88533	106
20	30	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	122.435	498	0	0	running	90366	103
21	35	Jerry Nadeau	44	Georgia-Pacific	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	121.898	498	0	0	running	69624	100
22	3	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	123.906	498	0	0	running	68935	97
23	21	Mark Martin	6	Pfizer/Viagra	Ford	Roush	Leslie	122.835	497	0	0	running	93818	94
24	26	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Pontiac	Gibbs	Zipadelli	122.623	497	0	0	running	103788	91
25	13	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Skog	123.435	497	0	0	running	66515	88
26	42	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Andrews	121.512	496	0	0	running	88015	85
27	20	Joe Nemechek	25	UAW-Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Pattie	122.858	494	0	0	running	64730	82
28	19	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	123.103	494	0	0	running	72720	79
29	16	Mike Skinner	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	123.277	493	0	0	running	54710	76
30	24	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	122.638	492	0	0	running	81283	73
31	43	Lance Hooper	90	Lucas Oil	Ford	Donlavey	Bobby King	119.388	488	0	0	running	51840	70
32	28	Brett Bodine	11	Hooters Restaurants	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richert	122.513	473	0	0	running	51755	67
33	37	Dave Blaney	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Ryan Pemberton	120.748	466	0	0	running	59720	64
34	32	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	122.341	462	0	0	running	52685	61
35	18	Jeff Green	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	123.142	460	0	0	running	51640	58
36	14	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Ford	Penske	Borland	123.356	454	0	0	running	59605	55
37	9	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Baldwin	123.570	401	0	0	accident	94545	52
38	41	Hut Stricklin	23	Hills Bros. Coffee	Dodge	Bill Davis	Lopez	121.136	344	0	0	accident	51475	49
39	15	Ricky Rudd	28	Havoline	Ford	Yates	McSwain	123.316	271	0	0	overheating	95842	46
40	31	Scott Wimmer	27	Siemens	Dodge	Bill Davis	Barker	122.380	164	0	0	accident	51350	43
41	29	Derrike Cope	49	MNR Productions	Dodge	BAM	Eggleston	122.443	162	0	0	accident	51300	40
42	38	Elliott Sadler	21	Motorcraft Quality Parts	Ford	Wood Brothers	Tryson	121.543	74	0	0	accident	59255	37
43	25	Todd Bodine	26	Discover Card	Ford	Carter	Wingo	122.631	21	0	0	accident	76634	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Sterling Marlin	3240	24	0	2	7	13
2	Mark Martin	3145	24	0	1	8	15
3	Jeff Gordon	3129	24	3	1	7	13
4	Tony Stewart	3101	24	2	3	10	13
5	Jimmie Johnson	3095	24	3	2	5	14
6	Rusty Wallace	3078	24	0	0	4	13
7	Ricky Rudd	2972	24	1	1	6	9
8	Bill Elliott	2970	24	4	2	4	10
9	Matt Kenseth	2959	24	1	3	8	12
10	Dale Jarrett	2864	24	1	2	7	11
11	Kurt Busch	2826	24	0	1	6	11
12	Ryan Newman	2813	24	2	0	10	13
13	Jeff Burton	2763	24	0	0	3	9
14	Michael Waltrip	2705	24	0	1	4	8
15	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	2640	24	1	1	6	9
16	Ricky Craven	2601	24	2	0	3	5
17	Bobby Labonte	2546	24	0	1	3	4
18	Terry Labonte	2493	24	0	0	1	4
19	Kevin Harvick	2480	23	1	1	5	8
20	Jeff Green	2476	24	0	0	2	3
21	Dave Blaney	2423	24	0	0	0	2
22	Robby Gordon	2413	24	0	0	1	5
23	Kyle Petty	2375	24	0	0	0	1
24	Elliott Sadler	2273	24	0	0	2	5
25	Bobby Hamilton	2251	24	0	0	0	2