2002 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400

Race 5 of 36

Darlington
293 laps
Time of race: 3:10:29
Average speed of winner: 126.070 mph
Margin of victory: 3.581 sec.
Lead changes: 11 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 40 laps
Lap leaders: Craven 1-18, Park 19-37, J. Gordon 38-194, Marlin 195, W. Burton 196, Martin 197-201, J. Gordon 202-218, Stewart 219-225, J. Gordon 226-227, Marlin 228-240, Earnhardt, Jr. 241-250, Marlin 251-293

Race notes: Last win for Sterling Marlin. Last pole for Ricky Craven.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	11	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	168.677	293	3	57	running	190642	180
2	6	Elliott Sadler	21	Motorcraft Quality Parts	Ford	Wood Brothers	Tryson	169.117	293	0	0	running	98395	170
3	16	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	168.509	293	0	0	running	108443	165
4	23	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	167.813	293	1	10	running	96542	165
5	3	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Ford	Penske	Borland	169.895	293	0	0	running	77175	155
6	5	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	169.217	293	0	0	running	48900	150
7	18	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Wilburn	168.382	293	0	0	running	88520	146
8	34	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	167.180	293	0	0	running	70365	142
9	2	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	170.071	293	3	176	running	106663	148
10	10	Bill Elliott	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Ford	168.746	293	0	0	running	76061	134
11	14	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	168.532	292	0	0	running	85892	130
12	21	Ricky Rudd	28	Havoline	Ford	Yates	McSwain	167.865	292	0	0	running	86012	127
13	26	Bobby Hamilton	55	Schneider Electric	Chevrolet	Petree	Elledge	167.607	292	0	0	running	66440	124
14	30	Kyle Petty	45	Sprint	Dodge	Petty	Lane	167.362	292	0	0	running	39460	121
15	17	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	168.497	292	0	0	running	53780	118
16	19	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Johns	168.376	292	0	0	running	51585	115
17	27	Joe Nemechek	26	Carter-Haas Motorsports	Ford	Carter	Wingo	167.567	292	0	0	running	67977	112
18	20	Jerry Nadeau	25	UAW-Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	167.934	291	0	0	running	50470	109
19	38	Buckshot Jones	44	Georgia-Pacific	Dodge	Petty	Frazier	166.535	290	0	0	running	48740	106
20	29	Mike Skinner	4	Kodak	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Eggleston	167.476	290	0	0	running	53409	103
21	12	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	168.602	289	0	0	running	83533	100
22	35	John Andretti	43	Cheerios	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	167.180	289	0	0	running	68323	97
23	37	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	166.371	289	0	0	running	69758	94
24	41	Rick Mast	90	Duke's Mayonnaise/Sauer's	Ford	Donlavey	Tutor	166.163	287	0	0	running	40610	91
25	9	Jeff Green	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	168.798	284	0	0	running	36895	88
26	40	Casey Atwood	7	Sirius Satellite Radio	Dodge	Jim Smith	Barnes	165.570	283	0	0	running	40085	85
27	32	Stacy Compton	14	Conseco	Pontiac	Foyt	Hillman	167.288	282	0	0	running	39785	82
28	13	Kurt Busch	97	Rubbermaid	Ford	Roush	Fennig	168.578	278	0	0	running	47930	79
29	31	Mark Martin	6	Pfizer/Viagra	Ford	Roush	Leslie	167.288	278	1	5	running	73073	81
30	25	Dave Blaney	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Ryan Pemberton	167.659	275	0	0	running	47685	73
31	15	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Baldwin	168.526	266	1	1	running	78980	75
32	39	Hut Stricklin	23	Hills Bros. Coffee	Dodge	Bill Davis	Lopez	166.253	257	0	0	running	46925	67
33	24	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Valvoline	Pontiac	MB2	Ince	167.779	250	0	0	accident	65570	64
34	28	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	167.499	249	0	0	running	64321	61
35	8	Ken Schrader	36	M&M's	Pontiac	MB2	Newt Moore	168.862	227	0	0	accident	43710	58
36	36	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Pontiac	Gibbs	Zipadelli	166.885	225	1	7	accident	83233	60
37	7	Jimmy Spencer	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Randolph	168.990	225	0	0	accident	35625	52
38	33	Brett Bodine	11	Hooters	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richert	167.277	196	0	0	accident	35565	49
39	4	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Andrews	169.351	133	1	19	running	65390	51
40	22	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Elledge	167.853	115	0	0	engine	83193	43
41	1	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Ford	PPI	Beam	170.089	64	1	18	accident	48850	45
42	42	Shawna Robinson	49	BAM Racing	Dodge	BAM	Teddy Brown	154.641	51	0	0	ignition	35290	37
43	43	Andy Hillenburg	71	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	155.389	12	0	0	engine	34598	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Sterling Marlin	825	5	0	2	3	5
2	Ryan Newman	726	5	0	0	2	4
3	Matt Kenseth	682	5	0	1	2	3
4	Rusty Wallace	677	5	0	0	0	3
5	Jimmie Johnson	667	5	1	0	1	3
6	Jeff Gordon	664	5	0	0	0	3
7	Jeff Burton	650	5	0	0	0	2
8	Ward Burton	640	5	0	1	1	2
9	Mark Martin	638	5	0	0	1	3
10	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	621	5	0	0	2	2
11	Kurt Busch	614	5	0	0	1	1
12	Tony Stewart	604	5	0	1	3	3
13	Elliott Sadler	600	5	0	0	2	2
14	Bill Elliott	594	5	1	0	0	2
15	Ricky Craven	542	5	2	0	2	2
16	Ricky Rudd	517	5	0	0	0	0
17	Bobby Labonte	510	5	0	0	1	1
18	Jeremy Mayfield	506	5	0	0	1	1
19	Dave Blaney	484	5	0	0	0	0
20	Terry Labonte	482	5	0	0	0	0
21	Dale Jarrett	476	5	0	0	0	1
22	Jerry Nadeau	472	5	0	0	0	0
23	Kevin Harvick	465	5	0	0	1	1
24	Michael Waltrip	461	5	0	0	1	1
25	Johnny Benson, Jr.	441	5	0	0	0	1