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2002 Virginia 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 8 of 36
Sunday, April 14, 2002 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA
500 laps on a .526 mile paved track (263.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:33:23
Average Speed: 73.951 mph
Pole Speed: 94.181 mph

Cautions: 14 for 104 laps
Margin of Victory: under caution
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 19

Glossary 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 2002 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	15	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Pontiac	500	168,078	running	61	180
2	26	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt Power Tools (Jack Roush)	Ford	500	97,165	running	0	170
3	8	20	Tony Stewart	Home Depot (Joe Gibbs)	Pontiac	500	111,953	running	152	175
4	31	88	Dale Jarrett	UPS (Yates Racing)	Ford	500	112,553	running	0	160
5	3	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Budweiser (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	500	88,862	running	41	160
6	4	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	500	80,508	running	11	155
7	13	28	Ricky Rudd	Havoline (Yates Racing)	Ford	500	90,442	running	0	146
8	17	6	Mark Martin	Pfizer / Viagra (Jack Roush)	Ford	500	82,833	running	0	142
9	23	99	Jeff Burton	Citgo Supergard (Jack Roush)	Ford	500	88,067	running	6	143
10	20	97	Kurt Busch	Sharpie / Rubbermaid (Jack Roush)	Ford	500	59,750	running	0	134
11	19	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	500	54,085	running	0	130
12	29	40	Sterling Marlin	Coors Light (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	500	85,592	running	0	127
13	33	15	Michael Waltrip	NAPA (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	500	53,275	running	0	124
14	36	22	Ward Burton	Caterpillar (Bill Davis)	Dodge	500	83,775	running	20	126
15	22	23	Hut Stricklin	Hills Brothers Coffee (Bill Davis)	Dodge	500	55,500	running	0	118
16	5	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Ford	500	85,000	running	10	120
17	25	77	Dave Blaney	Jasper Engines (Doug Bawel)	Ford	500	69,250	running	1	117
18	16	14	Stacy Compton	Conseco (A.J. Foyt)	Pontiac	500	43,525	running	1	114
19	39	10	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Valvoline (Nelson Bowers)	Pontiac	500	69,875	running	0	106
20	27	45	Kyle Petty	Sprint (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	500	41,645	running	0	103
21	9	41	Jimmy Spencer	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	499	43,625	running	0	100
22	38	30	Jeff Green	America Online (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	499	38,725	running	0	97
23	1	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	498	107,003	running	68	99
24	32	1	Steve Park	Pennzoil (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	498	71,800	running	0	91
25	12	4	Mike Skinner	Kodak Film (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	498	57,025	running	0	88
26	30	11	Brett Bodine	Hooters (Brett Bodine)	Ford	498	54,275	running	0	85
27	2	55	Bobby Hamilton	Schneider Electric (Andy Petree)	Chevrolet	498	61,460	running	47	87
28	37	21	Elliott Sadler	Motorcraft (Wood Brothers)	Ford	497	57,049	running	0	79
29	35	02	Hermie Sadler	Virginia Lottery (Hermie Sadler)	Chevrolet	497	37,275	running	0	76
30	18	32	Ricky Craven	Tide (Cal Wells)	Ford	496	48,750	running	40	78
31	6	9	Bill Elliott	Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	495	66,081	running	0	70
32	7	29	Kenny Wallace	GM Goodwrench Service (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	490	82,678	running	0	67
33	28	44	Buckshot Jones	Georgia-Pacific (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	483	36,680	crash	0	64
34	11	31	Robby Gordon	Cingular Wireless (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	481	65,611	vibration	0	61
35	14	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	446	37,500	vibration	0	58
36	40	36	Ken Schrader	M&M's Global Color Vote (Nelson Bowers)	Pontiac	442	46,950	running	0	55
37	42	90	Rick Mast	Duke's Mayonnaise / Sauer's (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	411	36,400	rear end	0	52
38	34	7	Casey Atwood	Sirius Satellite Radio (Jim Smith)	Dodge	357	36,340	running	0	49
39	24	25	Jerry Nadeau	UAW-Delphi (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	341	44,290	overheating	42	51
40	41	26	Frank Kimmel	Advance Auto Parts (Travis Carter)	Ford	282	61,402	crash	0	43
41	10	12	Ryan Newman	Alltel (Roger Penske)	Ford	257	44,165	overheating	0	40
42	21	43	John Andretti	Cheerios (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	209	63,193	engine	0	37
43	43	71	Andy Hillenburg	Warranty Gold (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	9	35,405	clutch	0	34

Failed to qualify: Randy Renfrow (#59)

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	26	26
	27	34	8	debris
	35	51	17
	52	57	6	#21,02 accident turn 4
	58	73	16
	74	80	7	#29 spun turn 1
	81	100	20
	101	107	7	#41 accident turn 2
	108	170	63
	171	179	9	#11 accident turn 2
	180	210	31
	211	223	13	oil on track
	224	254	31
	255	270	16	oil on track
	271	325	55
	326	331	6	#36 stalled turn 4
	332	367	36
	368	373	6	#02 spun turn 2
	374	406	33
	407	412	6	#41,32 accident turn 4
	413	444	32
	445	450	6	#10 spun turn 4
	451	475	25
	476	481	6	#32,41 accident turn 2
	482	486	5
	487	493	7	#10,44 spun turn 4
	494	498	5
	499	500	2	#45 spun turn 4
Percent of race run under caution: 21.0% Average green flag run: 28.2 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Jeff Gordon	1	1	1
Bobby Hamilton	2	8	7
Jeff Gordon	9	75	67
Jerry Nadeau	76	117	42
Tony Stewart	118	256	139
Ward Burton	257	273	17
Terry Labonte	274	274	1
Ward Burton	275	277	3
Terry Labonte	278	287	10
Ricky Craven	288	327	40
Dave Blaney	328	328	1
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	329	369	41
Stacy Compton	370	370	1
Bobby Labonte	371	376	6
Rusty Wallace	377	386	10
Bobby Hamilton	387	408	22
Jeff Burton	409	414	6
Bobby Hamilton	415	432	18
Tony Stewart	433	445	13
Bobby Labonte	446	500	55

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Sterling Marlin	1209
2	Matt Kenseth	1182	-27
3	Mark Martin	1080	-129
4	Rusty Wallace	1070	-139
5	Tony Stewart	1062	-147
6	Kurt Busch	1027	-182
7	Jimmie Johnson	1021	-188
8	Jeff Gordon	1008	-201
9	Ricky Rudd	993	-216
10	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	993	-216
11	Jeff Burton	929	-280
12	Bobby Labonte	918	-291
13	Bill Elliott	907	-302
14	Ward Burton	888	-321
15	Terry Labonte	886	-323
16	Ryan Newman	866	-343
17	Jeremy Mayfield	866	-343
18	Ricky Craven	865	-344
19	Elliott Sadler	836	-373
20	Dave Blaney	831	-378

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