2002 New England 300

Race 19 of 36

Loudon
300 laps
Time of race: 3:26:14
Average speed of winner: 92.342 mph
Margin of victory: 3.230 sec.
Lead changes: 23 among 13 drivers
Cautions: 14 for 77 laps
Lap leaders: Elliott pole, Skinner 1, Wallace 2-60, B. Bodine 61, Kenseth 62-73, Earnhardt, Jr. 74-105, Stewart 106, W. Burton 107-109, Nadeau 110-122, Kenseth 123-151, Earnhardt, Jr. 152-153, Kenseth 154-158, Newman 159, Nadeau 160-183, W. Burton 184-199, Kenseth 200-208, Earnhardt, Jr. 209-217, Kenseth 218-232, J. Burton 233, Jarrett 234-258, Sadler 259-268, Jarrett 269-283, Kenseth 284-290, W. Burton 291-300

Race notes: Last win for Ward Burton.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	31	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Baldwin	129.384	300	3	29	running	231850	180
2	30	Jeff Green	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	129.423	300	0	0	running	113750	170
3	33	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	129.318	300	2	40	running	127500	145
4	3	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Wilburn	131.121	300	1	59	running	120525	165
5	7	Ryan Newman	12	Alltel	Ford	Penske	Borland	130.873	300	1	1	running	90900	160
6	32	Todd Bodine	26	Discover Card	Ford	Carter	Wingo	129.357	300	0	0	running	92737	150
7	26	Robby Gordon	31	Cingular Wireless	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	129.674	300	0	0	running	84081	146
8	23	Kurt Busch	97	Rubbermaid	Ford	Roush	Fennig	130.069	300	0	0	running	64925	142
9	24	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	Martin	129.967	300	0	0	running	97803	138
10	38	Elliott Sadler	21	Motorcraft Quality Parts	Ford	Wood Brothers	Tryson	127.821	300	1	10	running	77275	139
11	34	Jimmy Spencer	41	Target	Dodge	Ganassi	Randolph	129.283	300	0	0	running	70125	130
12	21	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	130.238	300	1	1	running	94892	132
13	4	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	130.999	300	0	0	running	95903	124
14	18	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	130.269	300	0	0	running	91142	121
15	13	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Knaus	130.461	300	0	0	running	54950	118
16	17	Mark Martin	6	Pfizer/Viagra	Ford	Roush	Leslie	130.318	300	0	0	running	85233	115
17	8	Ricky Rudd	28	Havoline	Ford	Yates	McSwain	130.842	300	0	0	running	91392	112
18	15	Jerry Nadeau	10	Valvoline	Pontiac	MB2	Ince	130.434	300	2	37	running	76825	114
19	14	Jeremy Mayfield	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Skog	130.456	300	0	0	running	57775	106
20	16	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	130.421	300	0	0	running	60425	103
21	9	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Ford	PPI	Beam	130.810	300	0	0	running	57650	100
22	19	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Long	130.260	300	0	0	running	77658	97
23	28	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	129.626	300	3	43	running	64925	99
24	20	Ken Schrader	36	M&M's	Pontiac	MB2	Newt Moore	130.260	300	0	0	running	64714	91
25	27	John Andretti	43	Cheerios	Dodge	Petty	Brandon Thomas	129.648	300	0	0	running	75508	88
26	10	Bobby Hamilton	55	Schneider Electric	Chevrolet	Petree	Elledge	130.788	300	0	0	running	55725	85
27	36	Brett Bodine	11	Hooters Restaurants	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richert	128.859	300	1	1	running	47500	87
28	25	Steve Grissom	44	Georgia-Pacific	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	129.900	300	0	0	running	46825	79
29	11	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	130.698	300	0	0	running	97028	76
30	40	Stacy Compton	14	Conseco	Pontiac	Foyt	Hillman	128.122	300	0	0	running	44325	73
31	39	Hut Stricklin	23	Hills Bros. Coffee	Dodge	Bill Davis	Lopez	126.500	299	0	0	running	43625	70
32	22	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Andrews	130.202	299	0	0	running	73300	67
33	6	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt/AT&T Broadband	Ford	Roush	Reiser	130.891	299	6	77	running	71225	74
34	1	Bill Elliott	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Ford	131.469	291	0	0	running	75556	61
35	5	Dave Blaney	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Ryan Pemberton	130.905	285	0	0	running	50800	58
36	35	Casey Atwood	7	Sirius Satellite Radio	Dodge	Jim Smith	Furr	129.094	257	0	0	accident	42600	55
37	37	Kyle Petty	45	Sprint	Dodge	Petty	Lane	128.828	241	0	0	running	42450	52
38	2	Mike Skinner	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Carrier	131.175	230	1	1	running	44800	54
39	12	Tony Stewart	20	Home Depot	Pontiac	Gibbs	Zipadelli	130.470	121	1	1	accident	89803	51
40	43	Morgan Shepherd	89	Berlin City Ford/Red Line Oil	Ford	Shepherd		125.141	43	0	0	handling	42145	43
41	29	Joe Nemechek	25	UAW-Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Pattie	129.569	28	0	0	accident	50050	40
42	42	Kirk Shelmerdine	27	Naturally Fresh Foods	Ford	Shelmerdine	Weiss	124.813	10	0	0	oil pressure	42000	37
43	41	Geoff Bodine	66	Discover Card	Ford	Carter	Teddy Brown	123.715	0	0	0	rear end	42164	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Sterling Marlin	2604	19	0	2	6	10
2	Mark Martin	2549	19	0	1	7	13
3	Jimmie Johnson	2512	19	3	2	5	12
4	Rusty Wallace	2477	19	0	0	2	11
5	Jeff Gordon	2464	19	2	0	6	11
6	Ricky Rudd	2386	19	0	1	5	7
7	Tony Stewart	2377	19	1	2	8	10
8	Kurt Busch	2365	19	0	1	5	9
9	Matt Kenseth	2293	19	1	3	6	9
10	Bill Elliott	2291	19	3	0	2	8
11	Dale Jarrett	2259	19	1	1	5	8
12	Ryan Newman	2193	19	2	0	7	10
13	Ricky Craven	2132	19	2	0	3	5
14	Jeff Burton	2132	19	0	0	2	7
15	Michael Waltrip	2123	19	0	1	4	7
16	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	2119	19	0	1	5	7
17	Terry Labonte	2024	19	0	0	1	3
18	Jeff Green	1962	19	0	0	2	2
19	Elliott Sadler	1957	19	0	0	2	5
20	Bobby Labonte	1930	19	0	1	3	3
21	Kyle Petty	1923	19	0	0	0	1
22	Dave Blaney	1921	19	0	0	0	2
23	Jimmy Spencer	1902	18	0	0	2	5
24	Robby Gordon	1805	19	0	0	0	3
25	Ward Burton	1789	19	1	2	2	4