2002 Food City 500

Race 6 of 36

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 3:14:20
Average speed of winner: 82.281 mph
Margin of victory: 1.556 sec.
Lead changes: 14 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 14 for 101 laps
Lap leaders: J. Gordon 1-31, Spencer 32-62, J. Gordon 63-83, Earnhardt, Jr. 84-88, J. Burton 89-108, J. Gordon 109-138, Spencer 139-160, Earnhardt, Jr. 161-211, Stewart 212-284, Earnhardt, Jr. 285-343, Stewart 344, Earnhardt, Jr. 345-410, Busch 411-443, Spencer 444, Busch 445-500

Race notes: First win for Kurt Busch.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	27	Kurt Busch	97	Rubbermaid	Ford	Roush	Fennig	124.444	500	2	89	running	143840	180
2	4	Jimmy Spencer	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Randolph	126.462	500	3	54	running	110665	175
3	20	Ricky Rudd	28	Havoline	Ford	Yates	McSwain	125.109	500	0	0	running	123242	165
4	23	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	124.678	500	4	181	running	87850	170
5	32	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	124.130	500	0	0	running	113423	155
6	6	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	126.121	500	0	0	running	74670	150
7	33	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	124.082	500	0	0	running	56720	146
8	7	Jerry Nadeau	25	UAW-Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	126.112	500	0	0	running	67720	142
9	15	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Wilburn	125.240	500	0	0	running	98865	138
10	22	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	124.832	500	0	0	running	103643	134
11	37	Mark Martin	6	Pfizer/Viagra	Ford	Roush	Leslie	123.762	500	0	0	running	93378	130
12	35	Kyle Petty	45	Sprint	Dodge	Petty	Lane	124.050	500	0	0	running	54615	127
13	11	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Ford	PPI	Beam	125.798	500	0	0	running	65540	124
14	3	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Johns	126.462	500	0	0	running	65465	121
15	13	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Pontiac	Gibbs	Zipadelli	125.683	500	2	74	running	103043	123
16	38	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	122.232	500	0	0	running	85473	115
17	17	Dave Blaney	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Ryan Pemberton	125.191	500	0	0	running	79390	112
18	19	Casey Atwood	7	Sirius Satellite Radio	Dodge	Jim Smith	Barnes	125.117	500	0	0	running	69040	109
19	16	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	125.207	499	0	0	running	94447	106
20	2	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	126.478	499	0	0	running	85331	103
21	30	Bill Elliott	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Ford	124.267	499	0	0	running	81771	100
22	18	Ken Schrader	36	M&M's	Pontiac	MB2	Newt Moore	125.150	499	0	0	running	73615	97
23	5	Mike Skinner	4	Kodak	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Eggleston	126.237	499	0	0	running	63234	94
24	34	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Andrews	124.058	497	0	0	running	84440	91
25	29	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Baldwin	124.315	497	0	0	running	94520	88
26	26	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	124.444	497	1	20	running	95657	90
27	24	Jeff Green	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	124.533	496	0	0	running	50855	82
28	12	Bobby Hamilton	55	Schneider Electric	Chevrolet	Petree	Elledge	125.741	496	0	0	running	61900	79
29	25	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Elledge	124.500	492	0	0	running	70585	76
30	9	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	125.963	488	0	0	running	61835	73
31	1	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	127.216	480	3	82	running	117418	75
32	43	Hermie Sadler	02	Autism Awareness	Chevrolet	Hermie Sadler	Buckner	122.022	468	0	0	accident	49395	67
33	41	Rick Mast	90	Duke's Mayonnaise/Sauer's	Ford	Donlavey	Tutor	122.874	463	0	0	running	52350	64
34	21	John Andretti	43	Cheerios	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	125.028	462	0	0	running	79368	61
35	40	Hut Stricklin	23	Hills Bros. Coffee	Dodge	Bill Davis	Lopez	121.659	448	0	0	running	51740	58
36	31	Brett Bodine	11	Hooters	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richert	124.138	444	0	0	running	49195	55
37	8	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Ford	Penske	Borland	126.021	429	0	0	running	57160	52
38	14	Stacy Compton	14	Conseco	Pontiac	Foyt	Hillman	125.675	400	0	0	running	49115	49
39	28	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Valvoline	Pontiac	MB2	Ince	124.404	375	0	0	accident	75830	46
40	36	Buckshot Jones	44	Georgia-Pacific	Dodge	Petty	Frazier	123.786	370	0	0	running	49015	43
41	10	Elliott Sadler	21	Motorcraft Quality Parts	Ford	Wood Brothers	Tryson	125.798	346	0	0	accident	56965	40
42	42	Dick Trickle	71	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	122.544	239	0	0	engine	48910	37
43	39	Joe Nemechek	26	Carter-Haas Motorsports	Ford	Carter	Wingo	109.178	167	0	0	accident	73403	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Sterling Marlin	931	6	0	2	3	5
2	Matt Kenseth	832	6	0	1	2	4
3	Rusty Wallace	815	6	0	0	0	4
4	Jimmie Johnson	813	6	1	0	1	4
5	Kurt Busch	794	6	0	1	2	2
6	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	791	6	0	0	3	3
7	Ryan Newman	778	6	0	0	2	4
8	Mark Martin	768	6	0	0	1	3
9	Jeff Burton	740	6	0	0	0	2
10	Jeff Gordon	739	6	1	0	0	3
11	Ward Burton	728	6	0	1	1	2
12	Tony Stewart	727	6	0	1	3	3
13	Bill Elliott	694	6	1	0	0	2
14	Ricky Rudd	682	6	0	0	1	1
15	Ricky Craven	666	6	2	0	2	2
16	Bobby Labonte	665	6	0	0	2	2
17	Elliott Sadler	640	6	0	0	2	2
18	Jeremy Mayfield	627	6	0	0	1	1
19	Jerry Nadeau	614	6	0	0	0	1
20	Kevin Harvick	599	6	0	0	1	2
21	Terry Labonte	597	6	0	0	0	0
22	Dave Blaney	596	6	0	0	0	0
23	Jimmy Spencer	554	5	0	0	1	2
24	Dale Jarrett	552	6	0	0	0	1
25	Kyle Petty	541	6	0	0	0	0