2002 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400

Race 26 of 36

Richmond
400 laps
Time of race: 3:09:54
Average speed of winner: 94.787 mph
Margin of victory: 6.184 sec.
Lead changes: 14 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 10 for 65 laps
Lap leaders: Johnson 1, Newman 2-143, Stewart 144-177, Newman 178, Green 179-180, Biffle 181-192, K. Wallace 193-195, Waltrip 196-208, M. Wallace 209, Waltrip 210-217, Park 218-248, Kenseth 249-274, W. Burton 275-290, Newman 291-292, Kenseth 293-400

Race notes: Debut for Tim Sauter.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	25	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	124.556	400	2	134	running	163595	180
2	2	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Ford	Penske	Borland	125.733	400	3	145	running	127340	180
3	29	Jeff Green	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	124.435	400	1	2	running	80930	145
4	24	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	124.671	400	0	0	running	87205	160
5	7	Todd Bodine	26	Discover Card	Ford	Carter	Wingo	125.576	400	0	0	running	92142	155
6	4	Mark Martin	6	Pfizer/Viagra	Ford	Roush	Leslie	125.722	400	0	0	running	87288	150
7	6	Ricky Rudd	28	Havoline	Ford	Yates	McSwain	125.605	400	0	0	running	92222	146
8	13	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Baldwin	125.482	399	1	16	running	89855	147
9	3	Dave Blaney	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Ryan Pemberton	125.733	399	0	0	running	72655	138
10	21	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Skog	124.936	399	0	0	running	60755	134
11	38	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI		124.012	399	1	31	running	79230	135
12	39	Mike Wallace	14	Conseco	Pontiac	Foyt	Hillman	123.485	399	1	1	running	52940	132
13	1	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	126.145	399	1	1	running	52380	129
14	33	Kenny Wallace	23	Hills Bros. Coffee	Dodge	Bill Davis	Lopez	124.332	399	1	3	running	47080	126
15	23	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Wilburn	124.683	399	0	0	running	87755	118
16	19	Bill Elliott	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Ford	125.133	399	0	0	running	74211	115
17	36	Kyle Petty	45	Sprint	Dodge	Petty	Lane	124.201	399	0	0	running	47855	112
18	27	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	124.504	399	0	0	running	88283	109
19	22	Kurt Busch	97	Rubbermaid	Ford	Roush	Fennig	124.873	398	0	0	running	53780	106
20	40	Brett Bodine	11	Hooters Restaurants	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richert	124.195	398	0	0	running	61680	103
21	20	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Ford	PPI	Beam	125.133	398	0	0	running	52805	100
22	8	Mike Skinner	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	125.552	398	0	0	running	55080	97
23	43	Hermie Sadler	02	Virginia Lottery	Chevrolet	Hermie Sadler	Buckner	121.169	398	0	0	running	41305	94
24	34	Casey Atwood	7	Sirius Satellite Radio	Dodge	Jim Smith	Furr	124.292	397	0	0	running	52544	91
25	28	Joe Nemechek	25	UAW-Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Pattie	124.481	397	0	0	running	52005	88
26	16	Ken Schrader	36	M&M's	Pontiac	MB2	Newt Moore	125.308	397	0	0	running	51780	85
27	17	Jerry Nadeau	44	Georgia-Pacific	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	125.203	397	0	0	running	40755	82
28	11	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	125.523	397	0	0	running	66686	79
29	31	John Andretti	43	Cheerios	Dodge	Petty	Brandon Thomas	124.378	397	0	0	running	67593	76
30	14	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Pontiac	Gibbs	Zipadelli	125.406	396	1	34	drive shaft	88478	78
31	12	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	125.500	392	0	0	running	60365	70
32	18	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	125.168	371	0	0	running	86108	67
33	37	Greg Biffle	55	Schneider Electric/Square D	Chevrolet	Petree	Elledge	124.075	334	1	12	running	48295	69
34	35	Elliott Sadler	21	Motorcraft Quality Parts	Ford	Wood Brothers	Tryson	124.286	317	0	0	running	48235	61
35	9	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Valvoline	Pontiac	MB2	Ince	125.546	251	0	0	accident	66950	58
36	26	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	124.510	217	2	21	accident	48165	60
37	42	Tim Sauter	71	Wehrs	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	122.571	215	0	0	engine	40130	52
38	41	Geoff Bodine	09	Miccosukee Indian Gaming	Ford	Finch	Reno	124.149	116	0	0	engine	40095	49
39	15	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO	Ford	Roush	Andrews	125.360	107	0	0	running	84702	46
40	10	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	125.540	84	0	0	engine	92953	43
41	5	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	125.704	15	0	0	accident	68763	40
42	30	Jimmy Spencer	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Randolph	124.384	8	0	0	accident	39880	37
43	32	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	124.372	8	0	0	accident	82429	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Sterling Marlin	3439	26	0	2	8	14
2	Mark Martin	3430	26	0	1	8	16
3	Jimmie Johnson	3367	26	4	2	5	15
4	Jeff Gordon	3357	26	3	2	8	14
5	Tony Stewart	3321	26	2	3	10	14
6	Rusty Wallace	3293	26	0	0	4	13
7	Bill Elliott	3255	26	4	2	5	11
8	Matt Kenseth	3191	26	1	4	9	13
9	Ricky Rudd	3191	26	1	1	6	10
10	Ryan Newman	3168	26	2	0	12	15
11	Dale Jarrett	3094	26	1	2	8	12
12	Kurt Busch	3078	26	0	1	6	12
13	Jeff Burton	2948	26	0	0	3	10
14	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	2915	26	1	1	7	10
15	Michael Waltrip	2856	26	0	1	4	8
16	Ricky Craven	2827	26	2	0	3	5
17	Jeff Green	2748	26	0	0	3	4
18	Bobby Labonte	2731	26	0	1	3	4
19	Dave Blaney	2637	26	0	0	0	3
20	Kevin Harvick	2632	25	1	1	5	8
21	Kyle Petty	2611	26	0	0	0	1
22	Robby Gordon	2604	26	0	0	1	5
23	Terry Labonte	2603	26	0	0	1	4
24	Ward Burton	2511	26	1	2	2	6
25	Elliott Sadler	2440	26	0	0	2	5