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2002 EA Sports 500
Held on October 6, 2002 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, AL
188 L, 500.08 M, 804.828 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	13	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Budweiser	Chevy	188	56	running	185
2	3	20	Tony Stewart	Home Depot	Pontiac	188	0	running	170
3	10	28	Ricky Rudd	Havoline	Ford	188	1	running	170
4	11	97	Kurt Busch	Rubbermaid	Ford	188	35	running	165
5	17	30	Jeff Green	America Online	Chevy	188	0	running	155
6	35	1	Steve Park	Pennzoil	Chevy	188	0	running	150
7	7	12	Ryan Newman	Alltel, Mobil 1	Ford	188	3	running	151
8	15	15	Michael Waltrip	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevy	188	14	running	147
9	12	88	Dale Jarrett	UPS	Ford	188	0	running	138
10	28	22	Ward Burton	Caterpillar	Dodge	188	0	running	134
11	14	99	Jeff Burton	Citgo Supergard	Ford	188	9	running	135
12	20	31	Robby Gordon	Cingular Wireless	Chevy	188	21	running	132
13	6	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite	Ford	188	0	running	99
14	8	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt	Ford	188	15	running	126
15	16	32	Ricky Craven	Tide	Ford	188	3	running	123
16	22	45	Kyle Petty	Sprint	Dodge	188	0	running	115
17	32	23	Scott Wimmer	Hills Brothers Coffee	Dodge	188	0	running	112
18	30	43	John Andretti	Cheerios, Betty Crocker	Dodge	188	0	running	109
19	9	9	Bill Elliott	Dodge Dealers, UAW	Dodge	188	0	running	106
20	26	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge Dealers, UAW	Dodge	188	1	running	108
21	24	41	Jimmy Spencer	Target	Dodge	188	0	running	100
22	42	49	Stacy Compton	BAM Racing	Dodge	188	0	running	97
23	33	26	Todd Bodine	Discover Card	Ford	187	0	running	94
24	40	44	Jerry Nadeau	Georgia-Pacific, Brawny	Dodge	187	0	running	91
25	18	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	187	0	running	88
26	5	40	Jamie McMurray	Coors Light	Dodge	187	0	running	85
27	19	29	Kevin Harvick	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevy	186	3	running	87
28	37	4	Mike Skinner	Kodak	Chevy	186	0	running	79
29	41	11	Brett Bodine	Hooters	Ford	186	0	running	76
30	2	6	Mark Martin	Pfizer, Viagra	Ford	186	0	running	73
31	21	77	Dave Blaney	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	186	0	running	70
32	29	55	Ron Hornaday, Jr.	Schneider Electric, Square D	Chevy	186	0	running	67
33	36	33	Kenny Wallace	1-800-Call-ATT	Chevy	185	0	running	64
34	39	7	Casey Atwood	Sirius Satellite Radio	Dodge	185	0	running	61
35	38	14	Mike Wallace	Conseco	Pontiac	185	0	running	58
36	27	21	Elliott Sadler	Motorcraft	Ford	174	0	running	55
37	1	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's	Chevy	173	0	engine	52
38	23	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's	Chevy	164	0	engine	49
39	34	25	Joe Nemechek	UAW-Delphi	Chevy	155	0	engine	46
40	25	10	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Valvoline	Pontiac	148	0	engine	43
41	31	36	Ken Schrader	M&M's	Pontiac	137	0	engine	40
42	4	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont	Chevy	125	27	engine	42
43	43	71	Jay Sauter	Realtree	Chevy	46	0	accident	34
DID NOT QUALIFY
		51	Morgan Shepherd	Revival Soy, INBR World Best Buy	Dodge			DNQ
		83	Kerry Earnhardt	RacingUSA.com	Chevy			DNQ
		92	Robert Pressley	Melling Engine Parts	Dodge			DNQ
		09	Geoffrey Bodine	Miccosukee Gaming & Resorts	Ford			DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 2h:43:22
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Jimmie Johnson - 52.138 sec.
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory: 0.118 seconds
Average Speed: 183.665 mph
Cautions: 0 for 0 laps - not available
Lead Changes: 35 among 12 drivers - Jeff Gordon 1-3; Matt Kenseth 4-17; Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 18-26; Jeremy Mayfield 27; Jeff Gordon 28; Ricky Craven 29-31; Matt Kenseth 32; Jeff Gordon 33-34; Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 35; Michael Waltrip 36; Jeff Gordon 37-39; Kurt Busch 40-42; Jeff Gordon 43-47; Kevin Harvick 48-50; Kurt Busch 51-58; Jeff Burton (VA) 59-67; Kurt Busch 68-70; Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 71-73; Ricky Rudd 74; Kurt Busch 75-91; Jeff Gordon 92-97; Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 98; Jeff Gordon 99-102; Kurt Busch 103-104; Michael Waltrip 105-108; Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 109-111; Michael Waltrip 112-115; Jeff Gordon 116-117; Ryan Newman 118-119; Jeff Gordon 120; Ryan Newman 121; Robby Gordon 122-142; Kurt Busch 143-144; Michael Waltrip 145-149; Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 150-188
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered