The 2002 Budweiser Shootout was the first exhibition stock car race of the 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 24th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, February 10, 2002, in Daytona Beach, Florida, at Daytona International Speedway, a 2.5-mile (4.0-km) permanent triangular-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 70 laps to complete. At race's end, Joe Gibbs Racing driver Tony Stewart would manage to dominate the second half of the race to take his second career Budweiser Shootout victory. To fill out the top three, Dale Earnhardt, Inc. driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon would finish second and third, respectively.
Background
Daytona International Speedway is one of three superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the other two being Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees.
Format and eligibility Caution laps would be counted, but the finish had to be under green, with the Truck Series green-white-checker rule used if necessary. A minimum of one two-tire green flag pit stop was required. The Bud Shootout Qualifier was discontinued because second round qualifying for Cup races had been eliminated.
Pole winners of the previous season were automatically eligible for the race. Then, previous winners who had not already qualified would receive automatic berths.
Entry list
(R) denotes rookie driver.
#DriverTeamMake1Kenny WallaceDale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet2Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthFord5Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet6Mark MartinRoush RacingFord8Dale Earnhardt Jr.Dale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet9Bill ElliottEvernham MotorsportsDodge09Geoff BodinePhoenix RacingFord12Ryan Newman (R)Penske Racing SouthFord14Stacy ComptonA. J. Foyt RacingPontiac18Bobby LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingPontiac19Casey AtwoodEvernham MotorsportsDodge20Tony StewartJoe Gibbs RacingPontiac24Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet28Ricky RuddRobert Yates RacingFord30Jeff GreenRichard Childress RacingChevrolet32Ricky CravenPPI MotorsportsFord36Ken SchraderMB2 MotorsportsPontiac40Sterling MarlinChip Ganassi RacingDodge41Jimmy SpencerChip Ganassi RacingDodge66Todd BodineHaas-Carter MotorsportsFord88Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingFord97Kurt BuschRoush RacingFord
Lineup The starting lineup for the race was set by a random draw. Roush Racing driver Kurt Busch would manage to draw pole. Pos.#DriverTeamMake197Kurt BuschRoush RacingFord21Kenny WallaceDale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet320Tony StewartJoe Gibbs RacingPontiac436Ken SchraderMB2 MotorsportsPontiac59Bill ElliottEvernham MotorsportsDodge628Ricky RuddRobert Yates RacingFord75Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet812Ryan Newman (R)Penske Racing SouthFord988Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingFord1041Jimmy SpencerChip Ganassi RacingDodge1119Casey AtwoodEvernham MotorsportsDodge122Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthFord1340Sterling MarlinChip Ganassi RacingDodge1418Bobby LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingPontiac1532Ricky CravenPPI MotorsportsFord168Dale Earnhardt Jr.Dale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet1714Stacy ComptonA. J. Foyt RacingPontiac186Mark MartinRoush RacingFord1930Jeff GreenRichard Childress RacingChevrolet2009Geoff BodinePhoenix RacingFord2166Todd BodineHaas-Carter MotorsportsFord2224Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevroletOfficial starting lineup
Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusWinnings1320Tony StewartJoe Gibbs RacingPontiac7031running$200,9552168Dale Earnhardt Jr.Dale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet7020running$100,95532224Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet700running$50,9554436Ken SchraderMB2 MotorsportsPontiac701running$43,95551340Sterling MarlinChip Ganassi RacingDodge700running$41,9556988Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingFord700running$39,955775Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet700running$37,95581418Bobby LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingPontiac7011running$36,955921Kenny WallaceDale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet704running$35,955102166Todd BodineHaas-Carter MotorsportsFord700running$34,95511122Rusty WallacePenske Racing SouthFord700running$33,95512186Mark MartinRoush RacingFord700running$32,955132009Geoff BodinePhoenix RacingFord700running$31,95414197Kurt BuschRoush RacingFord703running$30,95415812Ryan Newman (R)Penske Racing SouthFord700running$29,954161930Jeff GreenRichard Childress RacingChevrolet700running$28,954171714Stacy ComptonA. J. Foyt RacingPontiac700running$27,9541859Bill ElliottEvernham MotorsportsDodge700running$26,954191532Ricky CravenPPI MotorsportsFord700running$25,954201041Jimmy SpencerChip Ganassi RacingDodge670running$24,95421628Ricky RuddRobert Yates RacingFord670running$23,954221119Casey AtwoodEvernham MotorsportsDodge110engine$22,954Official race results
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