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Bristol Motor Speedway
August 24, 2002 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 0.5-Mile Short Track 500 Laps/250 Miles |
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| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont Chevrolet | 500 | 185 | 245,543 | Running | |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Miller Lite Ford | 500 | 175 | 173,240 | Running | |
| 3 | 2 | 8 | Dale Earnhardt Jr | Budweiser Chevrolet | 500 | 170 | 131,090 | Running | |
| 4 | 23 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | GM Goodwrench Service Chevrolet | 500 | 165 | 137,033 | Running | |
| 5 | 10 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | DeWalt Power Tools Ford | 500 | 160 | 98,375 | Running | |
| 6 | 8 | 97 | Kurt Busch | Rubbermaid Ford | 500 | 155 | 83,265 | Running | |
| 7 | 27 | 40 | Sterling Marlin | Coors Light Dodge | 500 | 146 | 113,557 | Running | |
| 8 | 11 | 41 | Jimmy Spencer | Target Dodge | 500 | 142 | 89,840 | Running | |
| 9 | 12 | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Interstate Batteries Pontiac | 500 | 138 | 110,868 | Running | |
| 10 | 33 | 14 | Mike Wallace | Conseco Pontiac | 500 | 134 | 71,690 | Running | |
| 11 | 34 | 55 | Bobby Hamilton | Schneider Electric / Square D Chevrolet | 500 | 130 | 91,290 | Running | |
| 12 | 6 | 10 | Johnny Benson Jr | Valvoline Pontiac | 500 | 132 | 92,840 | Running | |
| 13 | 36 | 99 | Jeff Burton | Citgo Supergard Ford | 500 | 124 | 104,607 | Running | |
| 14 | 40 | 36 | Ken Schrader | M&M's Pontiac | 499 | 121 | 88,990 | Running | |
| 15 | 22 | 45 | Kyle Petty | Sprint Dodge | 499 | 118 | 64,360 | Running | |
| 16 | 7 | 32 | Ricky Craven | Tide Ford | 499 | 115 | 71,310 | Running | |
| 17 | 5 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Dodge Dealers / UAW Dodge | 499 | 112 | 88,016 | Running | |
| 18 | 17 | 7 | Casey Atwood | Sirius Satellite Radio Dodge | 499 | 109 | 72,200 | Running | |
| 19 | 19 | 43 | John Andretti | Cheerios / Betty Crocker Dodge | 499 | 106 | 88,533 | Running | |
| 20 | 30 | 31 | Robby Gordon | Cingular Wireless Chevrolet | 498 | 103 | 90,366 | Running | |
| 21 | 35 | 44 | Jerry Nadeau | Georgia Pacific / Brawny Dodge | 498 | 100 | 69,624 | Running | |
| 22 | 3 | 15 | Michael Waltrip | NAPA Chevrolet | 498 | 97 | 68,935 | Running | |
| 23 | 21 | 6 | Mark Martin | Pfizer / Viagra Ford | 497 | 94 | 93,818 | Running | |
| 24 | 26 | 20 | Tony Stewart | Home Depot Pontiac | 497 | 91 | 103,788 | Running | |
| 25 | 13 | 19 | Jeremy Mayfield | Dodge Dealers / UAW Dodge | 497 | 88 | 66,515 | Running | |
| 26 | 42 | 1 | Steve Park | Pennzoil Chevrolet | 496 | 85 | 88,015 | Running | |
| 27 | 20 | 25 | Joe Nemechek | UAW-Delphi Chevrolet | 494 | 82 | 64,730 | Running | |
| 28 | 19 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | UPS Ford | 494 | 79 | 72,720 | Running | |
| 29 | 16 | 4 | Mike Skinner | Kodak Chevrolet | 493 | 76 | 54,710 | Running | |
| 30 | 24 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Kellogg's Chevrolet | 492 | 73 | 81,283 | Running | |
| 31 | 43 | 90 | Lance Hooper | Lucas Oil Ford | 488 | 70 | 51,840 | Running | |
| 32 | 28 | 11 | Brett Bodine | Hooters Restaurants Ford | 473 | 67 | 51,755 | Running | |
| 33 | 37 | 77 | Dave Blaney | Jasper Engines & Transmissions Ford | 466 | 64 | 59,720 | Running | |
| 34 | 32 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's Chevrolet | 462 | 61 | 52,685 | Running | |
| 35 | 18 | 30 | Jeff Green | America Online Chevrolet | 460 | 58 | 51,640 | Running | |
| 36 | 14 | 12 | Ryan Newman | Alltel Ford | 454 | 55 | 59,605 | Running | |
| 37 | 9 | 22 | Ward Burton | Caterpillar Dodge | 401 | 52 | 94,545 | Accident | |
| 38 | 41 | 23 | Hut Stricklin | Hills Brothers Coffee Dodge | 344 | 49 | 51,475 | Accident | |
| 39 | 15 | 28 | Ricky Rudd | Havoline Ford | 271 | 46 | 95,842 | Overheating | |
| 40 | 31 | 27 | Scott Wimmer | Hills Brothers Coffee Dodge | 164 | 43 | 51,350 | Accident | |
| 41 | 29 | 49 | Derrike Cope | MNR Productions Dodge | 162 | 40 | 51,300 | Accident | |
| 42 | 38 | 21 | Elliott Sadler | Motorcraft Ford | 74 | 37 | 59,255 | Accident | |
| 43 | 25 | 26 | Todd Bodine | Discover Card Ford | 21 | 34 | 76,634 | Accident |
Time of Race .: 3 Hours 27 Minutes 24 Seconds
Average Speed .:77.097
Margin of Victory .: 0.502 Second