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2002 Mountain Dew Southern 500
Held on September 1, 2002 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, SC
367 L, 501.322 M, 806.666 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	3	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont	Chevy	367	125	running	185
2	12	12	Ryan Newman	Alltel	Ford	367	1	running	175
3	8	9	Bill Elliott	Dodge Dealers, UAW	Dodge	367	43	running	170
4	1	40	Sterling Marlin	Coors Light	Dodge	367	113	running	165
5	10	88	Dale Jarrett	UPS	Ford	367	1	running	160
6	28	22	Ward Burton	Caterpillar	Dodge	367	0	running	150
7	11	97	Kurt Busch	Rubbermaid	Ford	367	0	running	146
8	4	20	Tony Stewart	Home Depot	Pontiac	367	0	running	142
9	5	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's	Chevy	367	17	running	143
10	13	99	Jeff Burton	MDA, Citgo Supergard	Ford	367	20	running	139
11	2	6	Mark Martin	Pfizer, Viagra	Ford	367	27	running	135
12	20	30	Jeff Green	America Online	Chevy	367	0	running	127
13	24	45	Kyle Petty	Sprint	Dodge	367	0	running	124
14	16	32	Ricky Craven	Tide	Ford	367	20	running	126
15	18	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	367	0	running	118
16	15	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Budweiser	Chevy	367	0	running	115
17	22	31	Robby Gordon	Cingular Wireless	Chevy	367	0	running	112
18	23	41	Jimmy Spencer	Target	Dodge	367	0	running	109
19	25	21	Elliott Sadler	Motorcraft	Ford	367	0	running	106
20	29	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge Dealers, Mountain Dew	Dodge	367	0	running	103
21	37	25	Joe Nemechek	UAW-Delphi	Chevy	367	0	running	100
22	6	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite	Ford	367	0	running	97
23	26	55	Bobby Hamilton	Schneider Electric, Square D	Chevy	367	0	running	94
24	14	15	Michael Waltrip	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevy	366	0	running	91
25	34	23	Kenny Wallace	Hills Brothers Coffee	Dodge	366	0	running	88
26	31	36	Ken Schrader	M&M's	Pontiac	366	0	running	85
27	43	07	Ted Musgrave	Kenwood, Sirius Satellite Radio	Dodge	366	0	running	82
28	35	7	Casey Atwood	Sirius Satellite Radio	Dodge	366	0	running	79
29	21	77	Dave Blaney	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	365	0	running	76
30	7	28	Ricky Rudd	Havoline	Ford	365	0	running	73
31	19	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's	Chevy	364	0	running	70
32	39	14	Mike Wallace	Conseco	Pontiac	363	0	running	67
33	32	26	Todd Bodine	Discover Card	Ford	361	0	running	64
34	27	10	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Valvoline	Pontiac	360	0	running	61
35	41	74	Tony Raines	Staff America	Chevy	357	0	running	58
36	36	1	Steve Park	Pennzoil	Chevy	342	0	accident	55
37	9	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt	Ford	325	0	running	52
38	33	4	Mike Skinner	Kodak	Chevy	315	0	running	49
39	40	11	Brett Bodine	Hooters	Ford	306	0	accident	46
40	17	29	Kevin Harvick	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevy	193	0	accident	43
41	38	44	Jerry Nadeau	Georgia-Pacific, Brawny	Dodge	190	0	accident	40
42	30	43	John Andretti	Cheerios, Betty Crocker	Dodge	189	0	engine	37
43	42	89	Morgan Shepherd	Berlin City Ford, Red Line Oil	Ford	43	0	brakes	34
DID NOT QUALIFY
		51	Carl Long	Ware Racing Enterprises	Dodge			DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 4h:13:35
Starting Lineup Set By: Rulebook/Weather
Fast Qualifier:
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: 1.734 seconds
Average Speed: 118.617 mph
Cautions: 9 for 63 laps - 1-19 (green/yellow start); 108-111 (debris (frontstretch)); 155-158 (#26 spun (turn 4)); 190-201 (#1,4,29,43,44 accident (turns 1/2)); 207-210 (oil on track); 235-238 (#17 spun (turn 4)); 242-245 (debris (turn 2)); 305-308 (debris (turn 2)); 315-322 (debris (turn 3))
Lead Changes: 14 among 9 drivers - Sterling Marlin 1-19; Mark Martin 20-44; Bill Elliott (GA) 45-69; Sterling Marlin 70-73; Bill Elliott (GA) 74-91; Jimmie Johnson 92-108; Ricky Craven 109-128; Jeff Burton (VA) 129-148; Sterling Marlin 149-159; Dale Jarrett 160; Sterling Marlin 161-239; Jeff Gordon 240-300; Ryan Newman 301; Mark Martin 302-303; Jeff Gordon 304-367
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered