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2002 Sharpie 500
Held on August 24, 2002 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, TN
500 L, 266.5 M, 429 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont	Chevy	500	235	running	185
2	4	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite	Ford	500	16	running	175
3	2	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Budweiser	Chevy	500	140	running	170
4	23	29	Kevin Harvick	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevy	500	38	running	165
5	10	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt	Ford	500	10	running	160
6	8	97	Kurt Busch	Sharpie, Rubbermaid	Ford	500	45	running	155
7	27	40	Sterling Marlin	Coors Light	Dodge	500	0	running	146
8	11	41	Jimmy Spencer	Target	Dodge	500	0	running	142
9	12	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	500	0	running	138
10	33	14	Mike Wallace	Conseco	Pontiac	500	0	running	134
11	34	55	Bobby Hamilton	Schneider Electric, Square D	Chevy	500	0	running	130
12	6	10	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Valvoline	Pontiac	500	16	running	132
13	36	99	Jeff Burton	Citgo Supergard	Ford	500	0	running	124
14	40	36	Ken Schrader	M&M's Global Color Vote Purple	Pontiac	499	0	running	121
15	22	45	Kyle Petty	Sprint	Dodge	499	0	running	118
16	7	32	Ricky Craven	Tide	Ford	499	0	running	115
17	5	9	Bill Elliott	Dodge Dealers, UAW	Dodge	499	0	running	112
18	17	7	Casey Atwood	Sirius Satellite Radio	Dodge	499	0	running	109
19	39	43	John Andretti	Cheerios, Betty Crocker	Dodge	499	0	running	106
20	30	31	Robby Gordon	Cingular Wireless	Chevy	498	0	running	103
21	35	44	Jerry Nadeau	Georgia-Pacific, Brawny	Dodge	498	0	running	100
22	3	15	Michael Waltrip	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevy	498	0	running	97
23	21	6	Mark Martin	Pfizer, Viagra	Ford	497	0	running	94
24	26	20	Tony Stewart	Home Depot, Peanuts	Pontiac	497	0	running	91
25	13	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge Dealers, UAW	Dodge	497	0	running	88
26	42	1	Steve Park	Pennzoil	Chevy	496	0	running	85
27	20	25	Joe Nemechek	UAW-Delphi	Chevy	494	0	running	82
28	19	88	Dale Jarrett	UPS	Ford	494	0	running	79
29	16	4	Mike Skinner	Kodak	Chevy	493	0	running	76
30	24	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's	Chevy	492	0	running	73
31	43	90	Lance Hooper	Lucas Oil	Ford	488	0	running	70
32	28	11	Brett Bodine	Hooters	Ford	473	0	running	67
33	37	77	Dave Blaney	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	466	0	running	64
34	32	48	Jimmie Johnson	Lowe's	Chevy	462	0	running	61
35	18	30	Jeff Green	America Online	Chevy	460	0	running	58
36	14	12	Ryan Newman	Alltel	Ford	454	0	running	55
37	9	22	Ward Burton	CAT Dealers	Dodge	401	0	accident	52
38	41	23	Hut Stricklin	Hills Brothers Coffee	Dodge	344	0	accident	49
39	15	28	Ricky Rudd	Havoline	Ford	271	0	overheating	46
40	31	27	Scott Wimmer	Siemens	Dodge	164	0	accident	43
41	29	49	Derrike Cope	Doc, Billy Ray Cyrus	Dodge	162	0	accident	40
42	38	21	Elliott Sadler	Motorcraft	Ford	74	0	accident	37
43	25	26	Todd Bodine	Discover Card	Ford	21	0	accident	34
DID NOT QUALIFY
		02	Hermie Sadler	Little Trees, Autism Awareness	Chevy			DNQ
		51	Carl Long	Revival Soy	Dodge			DNQ
		89	Morgan Shepherd	Racing With Jesus	Ford			DNQ
		71	Tim Sauter	Camp 28	Chevy			DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
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Time of Race: 3h:27:24
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Jeff Gordon - 15.470 sec.
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Margin of Victory: 0.502 seconds
Average Speed: 77.097 mph
Cautions: 15 for 118 laps - Laps 7-11 (#1,26,90 accident backstretch); Laps 18-22 (#26 spun backstretch); Laps 31-35 (#31 spun turn 4); Laps 57-61 (#32 spun turn 2); Laps 69-75 (#21 accident backstretch); Laps 151-156 (#48 accident turn 4); Laps 169-174 (debris); Laps 292-297 (#1 spun turn 2); Laps 299-307 (#6,12,15,18,19,44,88,97,99 accident turn 1); Laps 316-330 (#30,32 accident turn 3); Laps 334-338 (#5,12 spun turn 4); Laps 348-355 (#23 spun turn 3); Laps 371-376 (#7,77 spun turn 2); Laps 378-387 (#6,48 spun turn 1); Laps 404-423 (#22 spun turn 3)
Lead Changes: 10 among 7 drivers - Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (1-130); Jeff Gordon (IN) (131-246); Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (247-256); Jeff Gordon (IN) (257-372); Johnny Benson, Jr. (373-388); Kurt Busch (389-433); Matt Kenseth (434-443); Kevin Harvick (444-481); Rusty Wallace (482-497); Jeff Gordon (IN) (498-500)
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered