| 2002 Food City 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 6 of 36 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $3,323,726 | Race Date: | Mar 24, 2002 | Bristol Motor Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 1.556 Seconds | Race Duration: | 3Hr 14Min 20Sec. | Bristol, Tennessee | |
| Lead Changes: | 14 Among / 6 Drivers | Average Speed: | 82.281 MPH | .533 Mile Concrete Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 43 | No. of Cautions: | 14 For 101 Laps | bristolmotorspeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Kurt Busch K. Busch | Driver: | Jeff Gordon J. Gordon | Ford: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #97 Ford | Car No.: | #24 Chevrolet | Dodge: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Roush Racing | Team: | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Jimmy Fennig | Crew Chief: | Robbie Loomis | Pontiac: | 0 | |||
| Laps Led: | 89 of 500 | Pole Speed: | 127.216 MPH | |||||
| Official 2002 Food City 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 27 | 97 | Kurt Busch | Rubbermaid | Running |  | 180 | 500 | 89 |
| 2 | 4 | 41 | Jimmy Spencer | Target | Running |  | 175 | 500 | 54 |
| 3 | 20 | 28 | Ricky Rudd | Havoline | Running | | 165 | 500 | 0 |
| 4 | 23 | 8 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | Budweiser | Running |  | 170 | 500 | 181 |
| 5 | 32 | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Interstate Batteries | Running |  | 155 | 500 | 0 |
| 6 | 6 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | DeWalt Power Tools | Running | | 150 | 500 | 0 |
| 7 | 33 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson (R) | Lowe's | Running | | 146 | 500 | 0 |
| 8 | 7 | 25 | Jerry Nadeau | UAW / Delphi | Running | | 142 | 500 | 0 |
| 9 | 15 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Miller Lite | Running | | 138 | 500 | 0 |
| 10 | 22 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | GM Goodwrench Service | Running | | 134 | 500 | 0 |
| 11 | 37 | 6 | Mark Martin | Pfizer Viagra | Running | | 130 | 500 | 0 |
| 12 | 35 | 45 | Kyle Petty | Sprint | Running | | 127 | 500 | 0 |
| 13 | 11 | 32 | Ricky Craven | Tide | Running | | 124 | 500 | 0 |
| 14 | 3 | 19 | Jeremy Mayfield | Dodge Dealers / UAW | Running | | 121 | 500 | 0 |
| 15 | 13 | 20 | Tony Stewart | The Home Depot | Running | | 123 | 500 | 74 |
| 16 | 38 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Kellogg's | Running | | 115 | 500 | 0 |
| 17 | 17 | 77 | Dave Blaney | Jasper Engines & Transmissions | Running | | 112 | 500 | 0 |
| 18 | 19 | 7 | Casey Atwood | Sirius Satellite Radio | Running | | 109 | 500 | 0 |
| 19 | 16 | 40 | Sterling Marlin | Coors Light | Running | | 106 | 499 | 0 |
| 20 | 2 | 31 | Robby Gordon | Cingular Wireless | Running | | 103 | 499 | 0 |
| 21 | 30 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Dodge Dealers / UAW | Running | | 100 | 499 | 0 |
| 22 | 18 | 36 | Ken Schrader | M&M's | Running | | 97 | 499 | 0 |
| 23 | 5 | 4 | Mike Skinner | Kodak | Running | | 94 | 499 | 0 |
| 24 | 34 | 1 | Steve Park | Pennzoil | Running | | 91 | 497 | 0 |
| 25 | 29 | 22 | Ward Burton | Caterpillar | Running | | 88 | 497 | 0 |
| 26 | 26 | 99 | Jeff Burton | Citgo | Running | | 90 | 497 | 20 |
| 27 | 24 | 30 | Jeff Green | America Online | Running | | 82 | 496 | 0 |
| 28 | 12 | 55 | Bobby Hamilton | Schneider Electric | Running | | 79 | 496 | 0 |
| 29 | 25 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | UPS | Running | | 76 | 492 | 0 |
| 30 | 9 | 15 | Michael Waltrip | NAPA Auto Parts | Running | | 73 | 488 | 0 |
| 31 | 1 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont | Running | | 75 | 480 | 82 |
| 32 | 43 | 02 | Hermie Sadler (R) | Autism Awareness | Accident | | 67 | 468 | 0 |
| 33 | 41 | 90 | Rick Mast | Duke's Mayonnaise / Sauer's | Running | | 64 | 463 | 0 |
| 34 | 21 | 43 | John Andretti | Cheerios | Running | | 61 | 462 | 0 |
| 35 | 40 | 23 | Hut Stricklin | Hill Brothers Coffee | Running | | 58 | 448 | 0 |
| 36 | 31 | 11 | Brett Bodine | Hooters Restaurants | Running | | 55 | 444 | 0 |
| 37 | 8 | 12 | Ryan Newman (R) | Alltel | Running | | 52 | 429 | 0 |
| 38 | 14 | 14 | Stacy Compton | Conseco | Running | | 49 | 400 | 0 |
| 39 | 28 | 10 | Johnny Benson, Jr. | Valvoline | Accident | | 46 | 375 | 0 |
| 40 | 36 | 44 | Buckshot Jones | Georgia Pacific | Running | | 43 | 370 | 0 |
| 41 | 10 | 21 | Elliott Sadler | Motorcraft Quality Parts | Accident | | 40 | 346 | 0 |
| 42 | 42 | 71 | Dick Trickle | Marcis Auto Racing | Engine | | 37 | 239 | 0 |
| 43 | 39 | 26 | Joe Nemechek | Travis Carter Enterprises | Accident | | 34 | 167 | 0 |
