2002 Pennsylvania 500

Race 20 of 36

Pocono
175 laps
Time of race: 3:28:39
Average speed of winner: 125.809 mph
Margin of victory: 1.721 sec.
Lead changes: 17 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 29 laps
Lap leaders: Elliott pole, Rudd 1-9, Elliott 10-25, Shepherd 26-29, Nemechek 30-38, Marlin 39-63, Rudd 64, Sadler 65-66, R. Gordon 67, Marlin 68-98, Busch 99-100, Blaney 101-102, Marlin 103-136, J. Burton 137, Busch 138, Johnson 139-140, Marlin 141-156, Elliott 157-175

Race notes: Last pole for Bill Elliott.

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	Bill Elliott	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Ford	170.568	175	2	35	running	193401	180
2	23	Kurt Busch	97	Rubbermaid	Ford	Roush	Fennig	168.262	175	2	3	running	113570	175
3	13	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	169.144	175	4	106	running	136487	175
4	15	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	168.887	175	0	0	running	109355	160
5	8	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Ford	Penske	Borland	169.402	175	0	0	running	85975	155
6	29	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	167.770	175	0	0	running	98943	150
7	10	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Pontiac	Gibbs	Zipadelli	169.313	175	0	0	running	96043	146
8	22	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	168.347	175	0	0	running	64765	142
9	30	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	167.701	175	0	0	running	78498	138
10	2	Ricky Rudd	28	Havoline	Ford	Yates	McSwain	170.358	175	2	10	running	93182	139
11	37	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	166.806	175	0	0	running	93743	130
12	28	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	167.773	175	0	0	running	93903	127
13	17	Mark Martin	6	Pfizer/Viagra	Ford	Roush	Leslie	168.735	175	0	0	running	78298	124
14	34	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Baldwin	167.498	175	0	0	running	82865	121
15	7	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	169.421	175	1	2	running	46515	123
16	33	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	167.557	175	1	1	running	84032	120
17	16	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Ford	PPI	Beam	168.751	175	0	0	running	51265	112
18	3	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	170.168	175	0	0	running	50965	109
19	18	Bobby Hamilton	55	Schneider Electric	Chevrolet	Petree	Elledge	168.719	175	0	0	running	63515	106
20	25	Ken Schrader	36	M&M's	Pontiac	MB2	Newt Moore	168.237	175	0	0	running	64140	103
21	32	Elliott Sadler	21	Motorcraft Quality Parts	Ford	Wood Brothers	Tryson	167.667	175	1	2	running	58254	105
22	21	Dave Blaney	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Ryan Pemberton	168.476	175	1	2	running	49565	102
23	5	John Andretti	43	Cheerios	Dodge	Petty	Brandon Thomas	169.783	175	0	0	running	68323	94
24	20	Joe Nemechek	25	UAW-Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Pattie	168.571	175	1	9	running	48990	96
25	27	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	167.867	175	1	1	running	67171	93
26	26	Jeff Green	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	168.227	175	0	0	running	40465	85
27	38	Kyle Petty	45	Sprint	Dodge	Petty	Lane	166.131	174	0	0	running	40215	82
28	19	Casey Atwood	7	Sirius Satellite Radio	Dodge	Jim Smith	Furr	168.672	174	0	0	running	40065	79
29	39	Mike Skinner	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	166.285	173	0	0	running	39390	76
30	6	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Valvoline	Pontiac	MB2	Ince	169.431	173	0	0	running	63990	73
31	31	Hut Stricklin	23	Hills Bros. Coffee	Dodge	Bill Davis	Lopez	167.673	168	0	0	transmission	36590	70
32	35	Jimmy Spencer	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Randolph	167.476	162	0	0	engine	36440	67
33	40	Brett Bodine	11	Hooters Restaurants	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richert	165.465	157	0	0	running	36240	64
34	24	Geoff Bodine	26	Discover Card	Ford	Carter	Wingo	168.256	154	0	0	engine	61227	61
35	41	Derrike Cope	37	WNR/Poison	Ford	Cope	Knuckles	164.862	154	0	0	engine	35865	58
36	12	Jerry Nadeau	44	Georgia-Pacific	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	169.221	146	0	0	accident	35665	55
37	11	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	169.259	144	0	0	running	55100	52
38	4	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Skog	169.917	136	0	0	accident	43375	49
39	36	Mike Wallace	14	Conseco	Pontiac	Foyt	Hillman	167.001	114	0	0	engine	35250	46
40	9	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Wilburn	169.354	83	0	0	accident	79350	43
41	42	Kirk Shelmerdine	27	Naturally Fresh Foods	Ford	Shelmerdine	Weiss		81	0	0	brakes	34965	40
42	43	Morgan Shepherd	89	LifeXProgram.com	Ford	Shepherd		162.722	52	1	4	overheating	34875	42
43	14	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Andrews	169.049	0	0	0	accident	64944	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Sterling Marlin	2779	20	0	2	7	11
2	Mark Martin	2673	20	0	1	7	13
3	Jimmie Johnson	2635	20	3	2	5	12
4	Jeff Gordon	2591	20	2	0	6	11
5	Kurt Busch	2540	20	0	1	6	10
6	Ricky Rudd	2525	20	0	1	5	8
7	Tony Stewart	2523	20	1	2	8	11
8	Rusty Wallace	2520	20	0	0	2	11
9	Bill Elliott	2471	20	4	1	3	9
10	Matt Kenseth	2435	20	1	3	6	10
11	Dale Jarrett	2419	20	1	1	6	9
12	Ryan Newman	2348	20	2	0	8	11
13	Jeff Burton	2252	20	0	0	2	7
14	Ricky Craven	2244	20	2	0	3	5
15	Michael Waltrip	2232	20	0	1	4	7
16	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	2171	20	0	1	5	7
17	Terry Labonte	2162	20	0	0	1	4
18	Elliott Sadler	2062	20	0	0	2	5
19	Bobby Labonte	2060	20	0	1	3	3
20	Jeff Green	2047	20	0	0	2	2
21	Dave Blaney	2023	20	0	0	0	2
22	Kyle Petty	2005	20	0	0	0	1
23	Jimmy Spencer	1969	19	0	0	2	5
24	Ward Burton	1910	20	1	2	2	4
25	Robby Gordon	1898	20	0	0	0	3