2002 EA Sports 500

Race 30 of 36

Talladega
188 laps
Time of race: 2:43:22
Average speed of winner: 183.665 mph
Margin of victory: 0.118 sec.
Lead changes: 35 among 13 drivers
Cautions: 0 for 0 laps
Lap leaders: Johnson pole, J. Gordon 1-3, Kenseth 4-17, Earnhardt, Jr. 18-26, Mayfield 27, J. Gordon 28, Craven 29-31, Kenseth 32, J. Gordon 33-34, Earnhardt, Jr. 35, Waltrip 36, J. Gordon 37-39, Busch 40-42, J. Gordon 43-47, Harvick 48-50, Busch 51-58, J. Burton 59-67, Busch 68-70, Earnhardt, Jr. 71-73, Rudd 74, Busch 75-91, J. Gordon 92-97, Earnhardt, Jr. 98, J. Gordon 99-102, Busch 103-104, Waltrip 105-108, Earnhardt, Jr. 109-111, Waltrip 112-115, J. Gordon 116-117, Newman 118-119, J. Gordon 120, Newman 121, R. Gordon 122-142, Busch 143-144, Waltrip 145-149, Earnhardt, Jr. 150-188

Race notes: Debut for Jamie McMurray. Finale for Jay Sauter. Tony Stewart took the points lead from Jimmie Johnson.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	13	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.		188	6	56	running	1166040	185
2	3	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Pontiac	Gibbs	Zipadelli		188	0	0	running	152258	170
3	10	Ricky Rudd	28	Havoline	Ford	Yates	McSwain		188	1	1	running	134972	170
4	11	Kurt Busch	97	Rubbermaid	Ford	Roush	Fennig		188	6	35	running	86665	165
5	17	Jeff Green	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier		188	0	0	running	68265	155
6	35	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Gibson		188	0	0	running	91600	150
7	7	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Ford	Penske	Borland		188	2	3	running	83925	151
8	15	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe		188	4	14	running	64550	147
9	12	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott		188	0	0	running	87825	138
10	28	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Stoddard		188	0	0	running	99300	134
11	14	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO	Ford	Roush	Andrews		188	1	9	running	95117	135
12	20	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin		188	1	21	running	80121	132
13	6	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Wilburn		188	0	0	running	93805	99
14	8	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser		188	2	15	running	67295	126
15	16	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Ford	PPI	Beam		188	1	3	running	64885	123
16	22	Kyle Petty	45	Sprint	Dodge	Petty	Lane		188	0	0	running	52725	115
17	32	Scott Wimmer	23	Hills Bros. Coffee	Dodge	Bill Davis	Lopez		188	0	0	running	52285	112
18	30	John Andretti	43	Cheerios	Dodge	Petty	Brandon Thomas		188	0	0	running	79233	109
19	9	Bill Elliott	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Ford		188	0	0	running	77656	106
20	26	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Skog		188	1	1	running	61805	108
21	24	Jimmy Spencer	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Randolph		188	0	0	running	63810	100
22	42	Stacy Compton	49	MNR Productions	Dodge	BAM	Eggleston		188	0	0	running	51690	97
23	33	Todd Bodine	26	Discover Card	Ford	Carter	Wingo		187	0	0	running	74907	94
24	40	Jerry Nadeau	44	Georgia-Pacific	Dodge	Petty	Putnam		187	0	0	running	59825	91
25	18	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar		187	0	0	running	92033	88
26	5	Jamie McMurray	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall		187	0	0	running	88012	85
27	19	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin		186	1	3	running	91288	87
28	37	Mike Skinner	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier		186	0	0	running	56839	79
29	41	Brett Bodine	11	Hooters Restaurants	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richert		186	0	0	running	48190	76
30	2	Mark Martin	6	Pfizer/Viagra	Ford	Roush	Leslie		186	0	0	running	82363	73
31	21	Dave Blaney	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Ryan Pemberton		186	0	0	running	55445	70
32	29	Ron Hornaday, Jr.	55	Schneider Electric/Square D	Chevrolet	Petree	Elledge		186	0	0	running	52860	67
33	36	Kenny Wallace	33	1-800-CALLATT	Chevrolet	Petree	Eggleston		185	0	0	running	44775	64
34	39	Casey Atwood	7	Sirius Satellite Radio	Dodge	Jim Smith	Furr		185	0	0	running	44715	61
35	38	Mike Wallace	14	Conseco	Pontiac	Foyt	Hillman		185	0	0	running	44675	58
36	27	Elliott Sadler	21	Motorcraft Quality Parts	Ford	Wood Brothers	Tryson		174	0	0	running	52625	55
37	1	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus		173	0	0	engine	44575	52
38	23	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long		164	0	0	engine	73358	49
39	34	Joe Nemechek	25	UAW-Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Sospenzo		155	0	0	engine	52450	46
40	25	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Valvoline	Pontiac	MB2	Ince		148	0	0	engine	71125	43
41	31	Ken Schrader	36	M&M's	Pontiac	MB2	Newt Moore		137	0	0	engine	52330	40
42	4	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis		125	9	27	engine	107258	42
43	43	Jay Sauter	71	Realtree Camouflage	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis		46	0	0	accident	44482	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Tony Stewart	3958	30	2	3	13	18
2	Mark Martin	3886	30	0	1	9	17
3	Jimmie Johnson	3876	30	4	3	6	18
4	Ryan Newman	3821	30	3	1	14	19
5	Rusty Wallace	3786	30	1	0	5	14
6	Matt Kenseth	3757	30	1	4	10	16
7	Jeff Gordon	3757	30	3	3	9	15
8	Bill Elliott	3729	30	4	2	6	12
9	Ricky Rudd	3712	30	1	1	7	11
10	Sterling Marlin	3703	29	0	2	8	14
11	Kurt Busch	3634	30	0	1	8	15
12	Dale Jarrett	3594	30	1	2	9	15
13	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	3481	30	2	2	8	12
14	Jeff Burton	3417	30	0	0	3	11
15	Michael Waltrip	3362	30	0	1	4	10
16	Ricky Craven	3292	30	2	0	3	7
17	Jeff Green	3224	30	0	0	4	5
18	Bobby Labonte	3111	30	0	1	4	5
19	Robby Gordon	3089	30	0	0	1	5
20	Dave Blaney	3025	30	0	0	0	3
21	Kyle Petty	3010	30	0	0	0	1
22	Kevin Harvick	2991	29	1	1	5	8
23	Terry Labonte	2901	30	0	0	1	4
24	Jeremy Mayfield	2817	30	0	0	2	4
25	Ward Burton	2762	30	1	2	2	7