2002 Daytona 500

Race 1 of 36

Daytona
200 laps
Time of race: 3:49:20
Average speed of winner: 130.810 mph
Margin of victory: 0.193 sec.
Lead changes: 20 among 13 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 38 laps
Lap leaders: Johnson pole, Harvick 1-3, Waltrip 4-23, Kenseth 24-27, Schrader 28-29, Andretti 30, Schrader 31-74, Nadeau 75, Marlin 76-77, Nadeau 78-79, Marlin 80-81, Busch 82, J. Burton 83-84, B. Labonte 85-87, Marlin 88-138, J. Gordon 139, Marlin 140-161, Busch 162-176, J. Gordon 177-194, Marlin 195, W. Burton 196-200

Race notes: First pole for Jimmie Johnson. Finale for Dave Marcis and Robert Pressley.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	19	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Baldwin	184.426	200	1	5	running	1409017	180
2	41	Elliott Sadler	21	Motorcraft Quality Parts	Ford	Wood Brothers	Tryson	181.840	200	0	0	running	957037	170
3	35	Geoff Bodine	09	Miccosukee Resort & Gaming	Ford	Finch	Reno	182.734	200	0	0	running	644187	165
4	15	Kurt Busch	97	Rubbermaid	Ford	Roush	Fennig	181.474	200	2	16	running	499462	165
5	4	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	184.188	200	1	20	running	409159	160
6	39	Mark Martin	6	Pfizer/Viagra	Ford	Roush	Leslie	182.286	200	0	0	running	300995	150
7	23	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Ford	Penske	Borland	182.120	200	0	0	running	246587	146
8	13	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	183.150	200	5	78	running	248779	152
9	3	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	185.491	200	2	19	running	289674	143
10	38	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Valvoline	Pontiac	MB2	Ince	182.101	200	0	0	running	198612	134
11	29	Bill Elliott	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Ford	184.173	200	0	0	running	189968	130
12	33	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	183.132	200	1	2	running	201026	132
13	12	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	184.362	200	0	0	running	183965	124
14	21	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Elledge	183.711	200	0	0	running	179787	121
15	1	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	185.831	199	0	0	running	159463	118
16	27	Brett Bodine	11	Wells Fargo Financial/Timberland	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richert	183.382	199	0	0	running	158001	115
17	43	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Ford	PPI	Beam	181.036	199	0	0	running	156762	112
18	37	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Wilburn	182.304	198	0	0	running	189909	109
19	30	Jeff Green	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	183.989	197	0	0	running	145334	106
20	11	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	184.264	194	0	0	accident	184170	103
21	17	Mike Wallace	33	Autoliv	Chevrolet	Petree	Carrier	183.839	193	0	0	running	175707	100
22	31	Robert Pressley	92	BrandSource.com	Dodge	Melling	Dean Johnson	185.273	190	0	0	engine	147709	97
23	20	Mike Skinner	4	Kodak	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Eggleston	181.785	190	0	0	running	147034	94
24	36	Shawna Robinson	49	BAM Racing	Dodge	BAM	Sharp	182.663	187	0	0	running	142559	91
25	42	Dave Blaney	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Ryan Pemberton	182.113	186	0	0	running	152925	88
26	7	Ken Schrader	36	M&M's	Pontiac	MB2	Newt Moore	183.232	179	2	46	running	163937	90
27	24	Stacy Compton	14	Conseco	Pontiac	Foyt	Donnie Brown	181.741	178	0	0	running	143859	82
28	8	Jerry Nadeau	25	UAW/Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	183.700	174	2	3	accident	162359	84
29	5	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	183.542	171	0	0	running	175137	76
30	18	Kenny Wallace	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Andrews	183.561	161	0	0	running	169709	73
31	22	Todd Bodine	66	Kmart	Ford	Carter	Teddy Brown	182.205	158	0	0	running	138834	70
32	32	Bobby Hamilton	55	Schneider Electric	Chevrolet	Petree	Elledge	183.632	156	0	0	running	145337	67
33	40	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	179.968	154	1	4	accident	145062	69
34	10	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	183.775	153	1	3	overheating	187837	66
35	26	Casey Atwood	7	Sirius Satellite Radio	Dodge	Jim Smith	Cram	182.771	153	0	0	accident	136984	58
36	2	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	185.770	148	1	3	accident	190437	60
37	16	John Andretti	43	Cheerios	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	183.154	148	1	1	accident	163292	57
38	9	Ricky Rudd	28	Havoline	Ford	Yates	McSwain	183.658	148	0	0	accident	185904	49
39	28	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Johns	183.651	148	0	0	accident	143159	46
40	25	Joe Nemechek	26	Kmart School Spirit	Ford	Carter	Wingo	182.864	148	0	0	accident	159174	43
41	34	Kyle Petty	45	Sprint	Dodge	Petty	Lane	183.061	146	0	0	engine	133912	40
42	14	Dave Marcis	71	Realtree Camouflage	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	183.258	79	0	0	engine	112575	37
43	6	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Pontiac	Gibbs	Zipadelli	183.415	2	0	0	engine	197848	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Ward Burton	180	1	0	1	1	1
2	Elliott Sadler	170	1	0	0	1	1
3	Geoff Bodine	165	1	0	0	1	1
4	Kurt Busch	165	1	0	0	1	1
5	Michael Waltrip	160	1	0	0	1	1
6	Sterling Marlin	152	1	0	0	0	1
7	Mark Martin	150	1	0	0	0	1
8	Ryan Newman	146	1	0	0	0	1
9	Jeff Gordon	143	1	0	0	0	1
10	Johnny Benson, Jr.	134	1	0	0	0	1
11	Jeff Burton	132	1	0	0	0	0
12	Bill Elliott	130	1	0	0	0	0
13	Robby Gordon	124	1	0	0	0	0
14	Dale Jarrett	121	1	0	0	0	0
15	Jimmie Johnson	118	1	1	0	0	0
16	Brett Bodine	115	1	0	0	0	0
17	Ricky Craven	112	1	0	0	0	0
18	Rusty Wallace	109	1	0	0	0	0
19	Jeff Green	106	1	0	0	0	0
20	Terry Labonte	103	1	0	0	0	0
21	Mike Wallace	100	1	0	0	0	0
22	Robert Pressley	97	1	0	0	0	0
23	Mike Skinner	94	1	0	0	0	0
24	Shawna Robinson	91	1	0	0	0	0
25	Ken Schrader	90	1	0	0	0	0