2002 Food City 500
| Race details | |||
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| Race 6 of 36 in the 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||
Map of the Bristol Motor Speedway
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| Date | March 24, 2002 | ||
| Location | Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 0.533 mi (0.858 km) |
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| Distance | 500 laps, 266.5 mi (428.89 km) | ||
| Average speed | 82.281 mph (132.418 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Hendrick Motorsports | ||
| Time | 15.083 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Dale Earnhardt, Inc. | |
| Laps | 181 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 97 | Kurt Busch | Roush Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Fox Broadcasting Company | ||
| Announcers | Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, Larry McReynolds | ||
The 2002 Food City 500 was the sixth of the 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series. It was held on March 24, 2002 at the Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. The 500-lap race was won by Kurt Busch of the Roush Racing team; Jimmy Spencer finished second and Ricky Rudd came in third.
Bristol Motor Speedway is one of five short tracks to hold NASCAR races; the others are Richmond International Raceway, Dover International Speedway, Martinsville Speedway, and Phoenix International Raceway. Its standard track at Bristol Motor Speedway is a four-turn short track oval that is 0.533 miles (0.858 km) long. The track's turns are banked from twenty-four to thirty degrees, while the front stretch (the location of the finish line) is banked from six to ten degrees. The back stretch also has banking from six to ten degrees.
Before the race, Sterling Marlin led the Drivers' Championship with 825 points, with Ryan Newman in second place on 726 points. Matt Kenseth and Rusty Wallace were third and fourth with 682 and 677 points respectively, with Jimmie Johnson in fifth on 667 points. Jeff Gordon, Jeff Burton, Ward Burton, Mark Martin and Dale Earnhardt Jr. rounded out the top ten. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Dodge was leading with 36 points, five ahead of their rivals Ford in second position. Pontiac, with 23 points, was three points in front of Chevrolet in the battle for third place.Elliott Sadler was the race's defending champion.
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