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Winston Cup Series




Friday, May 17

The Winston facts and figures
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May 18, 2002
Lowe's Motor Speedway
Concord, N.C.
Race 12 of 37 on Winston Cup circuit TV coverage: FX, 7 p.m. ET The Track: a 1.5-mile banked oval
Distance: 90 laps/135 miles (run in 3 segments of 40 laps, 30 laps and 20 laps)

Purse: $3 million
Segment 1 winner: $50,000
Segment 2 winner: $50,000
Segment 3 winner: $750,000

The Winston: A non-points event that features 19 winners from 2001, two winners from 2002, 1 Winston Cup champion, 1 previous Winston winner, 1 car owner (Andy Petree's No. 33 entry), the Winston Open winner and the No Bull Sprint winner. Top-20 finishers from first segment advance to second segment. Finish of 1st segment determines the double-file starting order of the 20-car field for the 2nd segment. Only top-10 finishers in second segment advance to the final. The field will be inverted in the final segment as determined by fan voting.

Winston Open: 30-lap event for all Winston Cup teams that attempted to qualify for a race in 2001 and this season that are not eligible for The Winston. Winner advances to The Winston.

No Bull Sprint: 16-lap sprint Friday, May 17, for all teams that finished The Winston Open, but did not win the race. Winner of the No Bull Sprint receives the final transfer spot into The Winston.

Drivers
Race won
Team/owner
Jeff Burton
Coca-Cola 600
Roush Racing
Michael Waltrip
Pepsi 400
Dale Earnhardt Inc.
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Pepsi 400
Dale Earnhardt Inc.
Steve Park
Dura-Lube 400
Dale Earnhardt Inc.
Jeff Gordon
UAW Chrysler 400
Hendrick Motorsports
Kevin Harvick
Cracker Barrell 500
Richard Childress Racing
Dale Jarrett
Dodge 400
Robert Yates Racing
Elliott Sadler
Food City 500
Wood Brothers
Bobby Hamilton
Talladega 500
Andy Petree Racing
Rusty Wallace
NAPA 500
Team Penske
Tony Stewart
Pontiac 400
Joe Gibbs Racing
Ricky Rudd
Pocono 500
Robert Yates Racing
Bobby Labonte
Pennsylvania 500
Joe Gibbs Racing
Sterling Marlin
Pepsi 400
Chip Ganassi Racing
Ward Burton
Southern 500
Bill Davis Racing
Ricky Craven
Old Dominion 500
Cal Wells Motorsports
Joe Nemechek
Pop Secret 400
Travis Carter
Bill Elliott
Pennzoil 400
Evernham Motorsports
Robby Gordon
New Hampshire 300
Richard Childress Racing
Matt Kenseth
Subway 400 in ('02)
Roush Racing
Kurt Busch
Food City 500 ('02)
Roush Racing
Terry Labonte
Cup champ ('84, '96)
Hendrick Motorsports
Mark Martin
The Winston ('98)
Roush Racing
TBA
No. 33
Andy Petree Racing

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