2002 Aaron's 499

Race 9 of 36

Talladega
188 laps
Time of race: 3:08:41
Average speed of winner: 159.022 mph
Margin of victory: 0.060 sec.
Lead changes: 26 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 19 laps
Lap leaders: Johnson 1-8, Earnhardt, Jr. 9-32, Mayfield 33, Earnhardt, Jr. 34-39, Waltrip 40, Earnhardt, Jr. 41-50, Marlin 51-52, Kenseth 53-56, Earnhardt, Jr. 57-65, Mayfield 66, Earnhardt, Jr. 67-82, Waltrip 83-95, Newman 96, Earnhardt, Jr. 97-105, Martin 106, J. Burton 107, Kenseth 108-113, Earnhardt, Jr. 114-115, Kenseth 116-120, Earnhardt, Jr. 121, Kenseth 122-124, Martin 125, Newman 126-127, Martin 128-130, Earnhardt, Jr. 131-162, Jarrett 163-164, Earnhardt, Jr. 165-188

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	185.913	188	10	133	running	184830	185
2	3	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	186.401	188	2	14	running	131855	175
3	20	Kurt Busch	97	Rubbermaid	Ford	Roush	Fennig	184.530	188	0	0	running	120255	165
4	10	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	185.133	188	0	0	running	143003	160
5	33	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	183.751	188	1	2	running	127182	160
6	41	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	183.413	188	1	2	running	113530	155
7	1	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	186.532	188	1	8	running	71780	151
8	13	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Wilburn	184.786	188	0	0	running	107480	142
9	25	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	184.260	188	1	1	running	106647	143
10	12	Kyle Petty	45	Sprint	Dodge	Petty	Lane	184.908	188	0	0	running	65130	134
11	22	Hut Stricklin	23	Hills Bros. Coffee	Dodge	Bill Davis	Lopez	184.519	188	0	0	running	63575	130
12	23	Geoff Bodine	09	Miccosukee Indian Gaming	Ford	Finch	Reno	184.498	188	0	0	running	59145	127
13	24	Brett Bodine	11	Hooters Restaurants	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richert	184.487	188	0	0	running	76865	124
14	38	Ricky Rudd	28	Havoline	Ford	Yates	McSwain	183.308	188	0	0	running	101402	121
15	5	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Baldwin	185.470	188	0	0	running	102280	118
16	30	Jeff Green	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	183.892	188	0	0	running	56115	115
17	32	Jimmy Spencer	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Randolph	183.772	188	0	0	running	72600	112
18	35	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Ford	PPI	Beam	183.659	188	0	0	running	67160	109
19	39	Bill Elliott	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Ford	183.392	188	0	0	running	84826	106
20	11	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	184.990	188	0	0	running	90143	103
21	27	Kenny Wallace	98	Aaron's	Chevrolet	Michael Waltrip	Kennon	184.129	188	0	0	running	54570	100
22	43	Bobby Hamilton	55	Schneider Electric	Chevrolet	Petree	Elledge	183.213	187	0	0	running	76150	97
23	42	Mike Skinner	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Eggleston		187	0	0	running	65729	94
24	36	Ken Schrader	36	M&M's	Pontiac	MB2	Newt Moore	183.571	186	0	0	running	65010	91
25	34	Steve Grissom	44	Georgia-Pacific	Dodge	Petty	Frazier	183.733	186	0	0	running	53605	88
26	16	Casey Atwood	7	Sirius Satellite Radio	Dodge	Jim Smith	Barnes	184.651	186	0	0	running	56525	85
27	6	Stacy Compton	14	Conseco	Pontiac	Foyt	Hillman	185.430	184	0	0	running	56270	82
28	14	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	184.704	181	0	0	running	98498	79
29	26	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Pontiac	Gibbs	Zipadelli	184.218	180	0	0	accident	100138	76
30	37	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	182.961	180	4	18	running	80905	78
31	21	Dave Blaney	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Ryan Pemberton	184.530	180	0	0	running	63550	70
32	15	Jerry Nadeau	25	UAW-Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Howes	184.704	179	0	0	running	63300	67
33	2	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	186.409	176	0	0	running	81631	64
34	9	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Andrews	185.137	174	0	0	running	84710	61
35	29	Frank Kimmel	26	Advance Auto Parts/Pork	Ford	Carter	Wingo	183.952	172	0	0	running	79892	58
36	31	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Johns	183.818	167	2	2	accident	62075	60
37	19	Mark Martin	6	Pfizer/Viagra	Ford	Roush	Leslie	184.530	166	3	5	accident	85258	57
38	28	John Andretti	43	Cheerios	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	184.108	164	0	0	accident	78133	49
39	7	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Valvoline	Pontiac	MB2	Ince	185.316	164	0	0	accident	77615	46
40	40	Elliott Sadler	21	Motorcraft Quality Parts	Ford	Wood Brothers	Tryson	182.292	163	0	0	accident	58615	43
41	17	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	184.633	163	0	0	accident	96188	40
42	18	Mike Wallace	33	Preen 'N Green	Chevrolet	Petree	Eggleston	184.555	162	0	0	accident	50210	37
43	8	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Ford	Penske	Borland	185.298	141	2	3	engine	58022	39

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Sterling Marlin	1369	9	0	2	4	7
2	Matt Kenseth	1260	9	0	2	4	6
3	Rusty Wallace	1212	9	0	0	0	5
4	Kurt Busch	1192	9	0	1	3	4
5	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	1178	9	0	1	5	5
6	Jimmie Johnson	1172	9	2	0	1	6
7	Jeff Gordon	1168	9	2	0	2	5
8	Tony Stewart	1138	9	0	1	5	5
9	Mark Martin	1137	9	0	0	2	5
10	Ricky Rudd	1114	9	0	0	2	3
11	Jeff Burton	1072	9	0	0	0	4
12	Bill Elliott	1013	9	2	0	0	3
13	Ward Burton	1006	9	0	1	1	2
14	Terry Labonte	989	9	0	0	0	2
15	Ricky Craven	974	9	2	0	2	2
16	Dale Jarrett	968	9	0	0	1	3
17	Bobby Labonte	958	9	0	1	3	3
18	Jeremy Mayfield	926	9	0	0	1	1
19	Michael Waltrip	912	9	0	0	2	2
20	Jimmy Spencer	908	8	0	0	1	3
21	Ryan Newman	905	9	0	0	2	4
22	Dave Blaney	901	9	0	0	0	0
23	Elliott Sadler	879	9	0	0	2	2
24	Kyle Petty	878	9	0	0	0	1
25	Jeff Green	824	9	0	0	0	0