2002 Virginia 500

Race 8 of 36

Martinsville
500 laps
Time of race: 3:33:23
Average speed of winner: 73.951 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 19 among 13 drivers
Cautions: 14 for 104 laps
Lap leaders: J. Gordon 1, Hamilton 2-8, J. Gordon 9-75, Nadeau 76-117, Stewart 118-256, W. Burton 257-273, T. Labonte 274, W. Burton 275-277, T. Labonte 278-287, Craven 288-327, Blaney 328, Earnhardt, Jr. 329-369, Compton 370, B. Labonte 371-376, R. Wallace 377-386, Hamilton 387-408, J. Burton 409-414, Hamilton 415-432, Stewart 433-445, B. Labonte 446-500

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	15	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	93.488	500	2	61	running	168078	180
2	26	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	93.203	500	0	0	running	97165	170
3	8	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Pontiac	Gibbs	Zipadelli	93.733	500	2	152	running	111953	175
4	31	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	93.024	500	0	0	running	112553	160
5	3	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	94.064	500	1	41	running	88862	160
6	4	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	93.984	500	2	11	running	80508	155
7	13	Ricky Rudd	28	Havoline	Ford	Yates	McSwain	93.571	500	0	0	running	90442	146
8	17	Mark Martin	6	Pfizer/Viagra	Ford	Roush	Leslie	93.400	500	0	0	running	82833	142
9	23	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	93.267	500	1	6	running	88067	143
10	20	Kurt Busch	97	Rubbermaid	Ford	Roush	Fennig	93.345	500	0	0	running	59750	134
11	19	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Johns	93.387	500	0	0	running	54085	130
12	29	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	93.084	500	0	0	running	85592	127
13	33	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	92.992	500	0	0	running	53275	124
14	36	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Baldwin	92.965	500	2	20	running	83775	126
15	22	Hut Stricklin	23	Hills Bros. Coffee	Dodge	Bill Davis	Lopez	93.304	500	0	0	running	55500	118
16	5	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Wilburn	93.933	500	1	10	running	85000	120
17	25	Dave Blaney	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Ryan Pemberton	93.249	500	1	1	running	69250	117
18	16	Stacy Compton	14	Conseco	Pontiac	Foyt	Hillman	93.414	500	1	1	running	43525	114
19	39	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Valvoline	Pontiac	MB2	Ince	92.919	500	0	0	running	69875	106
20	27	Kyle Petty	45	Sprint	Dodge	Petty	Lane	93.180	500	0	0	running	41645	103
21	9	Jimmy Spencer	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Randolph	93.724	499	0	0	running	43625	100
22	38	Jeff Green	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	92.506	499	0	0	running	38725	97
23	1	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	94.181	498	2	68	running	107003	99
24	32	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Andrews	93.010	498	0	0	running	71800	91
25	12	Mike Skinner	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Eggleston	93.576	498	0	0	running	57025	88
26	30	Brett Bodine	11	Hooters Restaurants	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richert	93.038	498	0	0	running	54275	85
27	2	Bobby Hamilton	55	Schneider Electric	Chevrolet	Petree	Elledge	94.092	498	3	47	running	61460	87
28	37	Elliott Sadler	21	Motorcraft Quality Parts	Ford	Wood Brothers	Tryson	92.701	497	0	0	running	57049	79
29	35	Hermie Sadler	02	The Virginia Lottery	Chevrolet	Hermie Sadler	Buckner	92.983	497	0	0	running	37275	76
30	18	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Ford	PPI	Beam	93.396	496	1	40	running	48750	78
31	6	Bill Elliott	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Ford	93.910	495	0	0	running	66081	70
32	7	Kenny Wallace	29	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	93.812	490	0	0	running	82678	67
33	28	Buckshot Jones	44	Georgia-Pacific	Dodge	Petty	Frazier	93.129	483	0	0	accident	36680	64
34	11	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	93.576	481	0	0	vibration	65611	61
35	14	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	93.530	446	0	0	vibration	37500	58
36	40	Ken Schrader	36	M&M's	Pontiac	MB2	Newt Moore	92.910	442	0	0	running	46950	55
37	42	Rick Mast	90	Duke's Mayonnaise/Sauer's	Ford	Donlavey	Tutor	92.606	411	0	0	rear end	36400	52
38	34	Casey Atwood	7	Sirius Satellite Radio	Dodge	Jim Smith	Barnes	92.992	357	0	0	running	36340	49
39	24	Jerry Nadeau	25	UAW-Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	93.253	341	1	42	overheating	44290	51
40	41	Frank Kimmel	26	Advance Auto Parts/Pork	Ford	Carter	Wingo	92.263	282	0	0	accident	61402	43
41	10	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Ford	Penske	Borland	93.701	257	0	0	overheating	44165	40
42	21	John Andretti	43	Cheerios	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	93.318	209	0	0	engine	63193	37
43	43	Andy Hillenburg	71	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	85.186	9	0	0	clutch	35405	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Sterling Marlin	1209	8	0	2	3	6
2	Matt Kenseth	1182	8	0	2	4	6
3	Mark Martin	1080	8	0	0	2	5
4	Rusty Wallace	1070	8	0	0	0	4
5	Tony Stewart	1062	8	0	1	5	5
6	Kurt Busch	1027	8	0	1	2	3
7	Jimmie Johnson	1021	8	1	0	1	5
8	Jeff Gordon	1008	8	2	0	1	4
9	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	993	8	0	0	4	4
10	Ricky Rudd	993	8	0	0	2	3
11	Jeff Burton	929	8	0	0	0	3
12	Bobby Labonte	918	8	0	1	3	3
13	Bill Elliott	907	8	2	0	0	3
14	Ward Burton	888	8	0	1	1	2
15	Terry Labonte	886	8	0	0	0	2
16	Jeremy Mayfield	866	8	0	0	1	1
17	Ryan Newman	866	8	0	0	2	4
18	Ricky Craven	865	8	2	0	2	2
19	Elliott Sadler	836	8	0	0	2	2
20	Dave Blaney	831	8	0	0	0	0
21	Dale Jarrett	813	8	0	0	1	2
22	Jimmy Spencer	796	7	0	0	1	3
23	Kyle Petty	744	8	0	0	0	0
24	Michael Waltrip	737	8	0	0	1	1
25	Jerry Nadeau	732	8	0	0	0	1