2002 MBNA America 500

Race 4 of 36

Atlanta
325 laps
Time of race: 3:22:18
Average speed of winner: 148.443 mph
Margin of victory: 0.376 sec.
Lead changes: 34 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 37 laps
Lap leaders: Elliott pole, Newman 1-15, Busch 16-38, Stewart 39-54, Busch 55-56, Earnhardt, Jr. 57-58, Blaney 59-60, Stewart 61-80, Earnhardt, Jr. 81, Stewart 82, Earnhardt, Jr. 83-96, Stewart 97-105, Busch 106, Stewart 107-109, Busch 110, Stewart 111-114, Busch 115, Stewart 116-136, Busch 137-139, Kenseth 140, Petty 141-142, Stewart 143-171, Earnhardt, Jr. 172-187, Stewart 188-193, Earnhardt, Jr. 194-198, Stewart 199-202, Busch 203-209, Kenseth 210-225, Stewart 226, Kenseth 227-238, Busch 239-259, Kenseth 260-276, Stewart 277-282, W. Burton 283-302, Stewart 303-325

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	9	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Pontiac	Gibbs	Zipadelli	190.273	325	13	143	running	174978	185
2	3	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	191.337	325	5	38	running	104600	175
3	15	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	189.961	325	0	0	running	72350	165
4	32	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	188.732	325	4	46	running	91700	165
5	6	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Ford	PPI	Beam	190.437	325	0	0	running	69950	155
6	38	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Wilburn	188.629	325	0	0	running	90625	150
7	28	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Baldwin	189.138	325	1	20	running	90325	151
8	39	Mark Martin	6	Pfizer/Viagra	Ford	Roush	Leslie	188.559	325	0	0	running	89833	142
9	12	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	189.987	325	0	0	running	89117	138
10	2	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Ford	Penske	Borland	191.463	325	1	15	running	78000	139
11	4	Kurt Busch	97	Rubbermaid	Ford	Roush	Fennig	190.745	325	8	59	running	62225	135
12	14	Buckshot Jones	44	Georgia-Pacific	Dodge	Petty	Frazier	189.961	325	0	0	running	58450	127
13	7	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Elledge	190.359	325	0	0	running	77450	124
14	13	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	189.987	325	0	0	running	76083	121
15	34	Kyle Petty	45	Sprint	Dodge	Petty	Lane	188.706	325	1	2	running	44500	123
16	19	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	189.889	325	0	0	running	96478	115
17	24	Dave Blaney	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Ryan Pemberton	189.389	324	1	2	running	65200	117
18	23	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	189.409	324	0	0	running	72246	109
19	16	Elliott Sadler	21	Motorcraft Quality Parts	Ford	Wood Brothers	Tryson	189.941	324	0	0	running	62279	106
20	37	Ricky Rudd	28	Havoline	Ford	Yates	McSwain	186.925	324	0	0	running	89157	103
21	30	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	188.957	324	0	0	running	86507	100
22	11	Kenny Wallace	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Andrews	190.019	324	0	0	running	75010	97
23	40	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Johns	188.610	323	0	0	running	52835	94
24	25	Ken Schrader	36	M&M's	Pontiac	MB2	Newt Moore	189.338	323	0	0	running	52535	91
25	27	Joe Nemechek	26	Carter-Haas Motorsports	Ford	Carter	Wingo	189.215	322	0	0	running	69822	88
26	5	Jimmy Spencer	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Randolph	190.620	322	0	0	running	43985	85
27	10	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Valvoline	Pontiac	MB2	Ince	190.084	322	0	0	running	51670	82
28	21	Mike Skinner	4	Kodak	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Eggleston	189.474	321	0	0	running	43420	79
29	22	Bobby Hamilton	55	Schneider Electric	Chevrolet	Petree	Elledge	189.415	320	0	0	running	51110	76
30	26	Jerry Nadeau	25	UAW-Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	189.241	320	0	0	running	51385	73
31	35	Stacy Compton	14	Conseco	Pontiac	Foyt	Hillman	188.700	320	0	0	running	42810	70
32	41	Casey Atwood	7	Sirius Satellite Radio	Dodge	Jim Smith	Cram	187.811	319	0	0	running	42235	67
33	29	Rick Mast	90	Duke's Mayonnaise/Sauer's	Ford	Donlavey	Tutor	189.067	318	0	0	running	39670	64
34	31	Shawna Robinson	49	BAM Racing	Dodge	BAM	Teddy Brown	188.738	310	0	0	running	39625	61
35	1	Bill Elliott	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Ford	191.542	288	0	0	accident	72146	58
36	20	John Andretti	43	Cheerios	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	189.571	288	0	0	accident	66638	55
37	18	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	189.908	287	0	0	running	85298	52
38	42	Brett Bodine	11	Wells Fargo Financial/Timberland	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richert	188.405	276	0	0	engine	39475	49
39	8	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	190.287	254	0	0	engine	85218	46
40	17	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	189.915	204	0	0	engine	47380	43
41	36	Jeff Green	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	188.693	187	0	0	engine	39345	40
42	43	Dick Trickle	71	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	187.259	178	0	0	accident	39305	37
43	33	Hut Stricklin	23	Hills Bros. Coffee	Dodge	Bill Davis	Lopez	188.732	164	0	0	engine	38605	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Sterling Marlin	645	4	0	1	2	4
2	Ryan Newman	571	4	0	0	1	3
3	Ward Burton	565	4	0	1	1	2
4	Mark Martin	557	4	0	0	1	3
5	Tony Stewart	544	4	0	1	3	3
6	Matt Kenseth	540	4	0	1	2	2
7	Kurt Busch	535	4	0	0	1	1
8	Rusty Wallace	531	4	0	0	0	2
9	Jeff Burton	520	4	0	0	0	2
10	Jimmie Johnson	517	4	1	0	1	2
11	Jeff Gordon	516	4	0	0	0	2
12	Ricky Craven	497	4	1	0	2	2
13	Bill Elliott	460	4	1	0	0	1
14	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	456	4	0	0	1	1
15	Dale Jarrett	433	4	0	0	0	1
16	Elliott Sadler	430	4	0	0	1	1
17	Dave Blaney	411	4	0	0	0	0
18	Bobby Labonte	410	4	0	0	1	1
19	Jeremy Mayfield	391	4	0	0	1	1
20	Ricky Rudd	390	4	0	0	0	0
21	Terry Labonte	388	4	0	0	0	0
22	Kenny Wallace	386	4	0	0	0	1
23	Johnny Benson, Jr.	377	4	0	0	0	1
24	Robby Gordon	376	4	0	0	0	0
25	Jerry Nadeau	363	4	0	0	0	0