2002 Tropicana 400

Race 18 of 36

Chicagoland
267 laps
Time of race: 2:55:37
Average speed of winner: 136.832 mph
Margin of victory: 0.812 sec.
Lead changes: 19 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 35 laps
Lap leaders: Newman 1-56, Earnhardt, Jr. 57-64, Waltrip 65, Sadler 66-67, Johnson 68-69, Harvick 70-71, Martin 72-83, Stewart 84-115, Jarrett 116-124, Earnhardt, Jr. 125-131, Sadler 132-134, Harvick 135-136, Green 137-138, Martin 139, Earnhardt, Jr. 140-184, Kenseth 185-187, Earnhardt, Jr. 188-208, Newman 209-239, Stewart 240-242, Harvick 243-267

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	32	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	179.808	267	3	29	running	200028	180
2	15	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	181.172	267	0	0	running	180268	170
3	6	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Pontiac	Gibbs	Zipadelli	181.616	267	2	35	running	153928	170
4	37	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	178.047	267	1	2	running	88175	165
5	1	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Ford	Penske	Borland	183.051	267	2	87	running	115725	165
6	2	Kurt Busch	97	Rubbermaid	Ford	Roush	Fennig	182.593	267	0	0	running	85000	150
7	3	Bill Elliott	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Ford	182.451	267	0	0	running	95556	146
8	21	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	180.548	267	0	0	running	93956	142
9	13	Mark Martin	6	Pfizer/Viagra	Ford	Roush	Leslie	181.245	267	2	13	running	100133	143
10	9	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	181.470	267	4	81	running	102437	139
11	11	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	181.251	267	1	9	running	109878	135
12	33	Jeff Green	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	179.671	267	1	2	running	59100	132
13	24	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	180.463	267	0	0	running	91033	124
14	16	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	180.796	267	1	3	running	75800	126
15	40	Bobby Hamilton	55	Schneider Electric	Chevrolet	Petree	Elledge	174.712	267	0	0	running	88100	118
16	4	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	182.192	266	0	0	running	100867	115
17	7	Dave Blaney	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Ryan Pemberton	181.568	266	0	0	running	82200	112
18	12	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	181.251	266	0	0	running	102778	109
19	38	Ricky Rudd	28	Havoline	Ford	Yates	McSwain	178.277	266	0	0	running	101217	106
20	25	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Ford	PPI	Beam	180.307	266	0	0	running	71850	103
21	19	Elliott Sadler	21	Motorcraft Quality Parts	Ford	Wood Brothers	Tryson	180.620	266	2	5	running	78600	105
22	30	John Andretti	43	Cheerios	Dodge	Petty	Brandon Thomas	180.012	266	0	0	running	86883	97
23	17	Mike Skinner	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	180.765	266	0	0	running	67889	94
24	35	Kyle Petty	45	Sprint	Dodge	Petty	Lane	179.444	266	0	0	running	55800	91
25	8	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Wilburn	181.531	266	0	0	running	99850	88
26	14	Todd Bodine	26	Discover Card	Ford	Carter	Wingo	181.196	265	0	0	running	84387	85
27	22	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Andrews	180.511	265	0	0	running	88375	82
28	41	Casey Atwood	7	Sirius Satellite Radio	Dodge	Jim Smith	Furr	177.860	264	0	0	running	58200	79
29	28	Kenny Wallace	98	Stacker 2	Chevrolet	Michael Waltrip	Kennon	180.132	263	0	0	running	54800	76
30	23	Brett Bodine	11	Hooters Restaurants	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richert	180.499	262	0	0	running	58200	73
31	42	Steve Grissom	44	Georgia-Pacific	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	175.416	262	0	0	running	54900	70
32	39	Jimmy Spencer	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Randolph	179.182	239	0	0	running	57700	67
33	10	Joe Nemechek	25	UAW-Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Pattie	181.354	237	0	0	accident	65500	64
34	20	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Skog	180.554	234	0	0	running	64800	61
35	43	Stacy Compton	14	Conseco	Pontiac	Foyt	Hillman	179.277	230	0	0	engine	54050	58
36	29	Hut Stricklin	23	Hills Bros. Coffee	Dodge	Bill Davis	Lopez	180.084	218	0	0	accident	61800	55
37	34	Jerry Nadeau	00	Aaron's	Chevrolet	Michael Waltrip	Kennedy	179.653	217	0	0	steering	53600	52
38	36	Mike Wallace	10	Valvoline	Pontiac	MB2	Ince	179.342	172	0	0	engine	80150	49
39	18	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	180.747	167	0	0	engine	97867	46
40	27	Ken Schrader	36	M&M's	Pontiac	MB2	Newt Moore	180.234	151	0	0	engine	61000	43
41	31	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Baldwin	179.886	137	0	0	handling	95800	40
42	5	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	181.953	136	1	1	accident	60600	42
43	26	Stuart Kirby	57	CLR	Ford	Ted Campbell	Cudmore	180.294	124	0	0	rear end	52403	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Sterling Marlin	2483	18	0	2	6	10
2	Mark Martin	2434	18	0	1	7	13
3	Jimmie Johnson	2394	18	3	2	5	12
4	Jeff Gordon	2388	18	2	0	6	11
5	Tony Stewart	2326	18	1	2	8	10
6	Rusty Wallace	2312	18	0	0	1	10
7	Ricky Rudd	2274	18	0	1	5	7
8	Bill Elliott	2230	18	2	0	2	8
9	Kurt Busch	2223	18	0	1	5	8
10	Matt Kenseth	2219	18	1	3	6	9
11	Dale Jarrett	2114	18	1	1	4	7
12	Ryan Newman	2033	18	2	0	6	9
13	Ricky Craven	2032	18	2	0	3	5
14	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	2020	18	0	1	5	7
15	Michael Waltrip	2020	18	0	1	4	7
16	Jeff Burton	2000	18	0	0	2	7
17	Terry Labonte	1927	18	0	0	1	3
18	Kyle Petty	1871	18	0	0	0	1
19	Dave Blaney	1863	18	0	0	0	2
20	Elliott Sadler	1818	18	0	0	2	4
21	Bobby Labonte	1806	18	0	1	3	3
22	Jeff Green	1792	18	0	0	1	1
23	Jimmy Spencer	1772	17	0	0	2	5
24	Robby Gordon	1659	18	0	0	0	2
25	Bobby Hamilton	1631	18	0	0	0	2