NASCAR WINSTON CUP SERIES RACE NO. 3

UAW-DAIMLER CHRYSLER 400

LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY

Las Vegas, Nev. – March 3, 2002

1.5-Mile Banked Paved Speedway

400.5 M - 267 L Purse: $4,729,088

Pos ST Car# Driver Sponsor/Manu Laps Pts * Bon Money Status

1 24 40 Sterling Marlin Coors Light Dodge 267 180 * 5 $412,842 Running

2 18 19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 267 175 * 5 222,550 Running

3 6 6 Mark Martin Pfizer/Viagra Ford 267 165 199,233 Running

4 2 12 # Ryan Newman ALLTEL Ford 267 165 * 5 162,125 Running

5 15 20 Tony Stewart Home Depot Pontiac 267 165 * 10 153,953 Running

6 25 48 # Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevrolet 267 155 * 5 85,350 Running

7 37 88 Dale Jarrett UPS Ford 267 146 122,350 Running

8 23 9 Bill Elliott Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge 267 142 108,356 Running

9 39 99 Jeff Burton CITGO SUPERGARD Ford 267 138 119,567 Running

10 4 41 Jimmy Spencer Target Dodge 267 139 * 5 94,425 Running

11 38 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Lite Ford 267 130 113,925 Running

12 33 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Pontiac 267 127 114,953 Running

13 27 28 Ricky Rudd Havoline Ford 267 124 112,092 Running

14 8 17 Matt Kenseth DeWalt Power Tools Ford 267 121 88,875 Running

15 16 25 Jerry Nadeau UAW-Delphi Chevrolet 267 118 79,925 Running

16 35 8 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Budweiser Chevrolet 267 120 * 5 84,875 Running

17 13 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet 267 112 116,653 Running

18 10 77 Dave Blaney Jasper Engines Ford 267 109 85,175 Running

19 20 26 Joe Nemechek TBA Ford 267 106 90,662 Running

20 3 97 Kurt Busch Rubbermaid Ford 267 108 * 5 67,825 Running

21 32 22 Ward Burton Caterpillar Dodge 266 105 * 5 106,275 Running

22 5 15 Michael Waltrip NAPA Chevrolet 266 97 70,175 Running

23 19 44 Buckshot Jones Georgia Pacific Dodge 266 94 66,064 Running

24 21 23 Hut Stricklin Hills Bros Coffee Dodge 266 96 * 5 60,075 Running

25 28 29 Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench Chevrolet 266 88 101,853 Running

26 29 36 Ken Schrader M&M's Pontiac 266 85 65,975 Running

27 17 1 Kenny Wallace Pennzoil Chevrolet 266 87 * 5 86,750 Running

28 34 21 Elliott Sadler Motorcraft Ford 266 84 * 5 63,775 Running

29 1 66 Todd Bodine Haas Carter Motorsports Ford 266 81 * 5 55,475 Running

30 11 45 Kyle Petty Sprint Dodge 266 78 * 5 52,775 Running

31 9 32 Ricky Craven Tide Ford 265 70 63,075 Running

32 7 10 Johnny Benson Valvoline Pontiac 265 67 62,375 Running

33 22 30 Jeff Green America Online Chevrolet 265 64 51,675 Running

34 31 4 Mike Skinner Kodak Chevrolet 265 61 51,475 Running

35 14 11 Brett Bodine Dura Lube Ford 265 58 51,275 Running

36 26 43 John Andretti Cheerios Dodge 265 55 78,158 Running

37 12 31 Robby Gordon Cingular Wireless Chevrolet 265 52 76,906 Running

38 41 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Chevrolet 264 49 79,483 Running

39 30 14 Stacy Compton Conseco Pontiac 262 46 50,450 Running

40 43 90 Rick Mast Duke's Mayonnaise Ford 261 43 50,225 Running

41 42 7 Casey Atwood Sirius Satellite Radio Dodge 258 40 50,025 Running

42 36 49 # Shawna Robinson BAM Racing Dodge 212 37 49,830 Accident

43 40 55 Bobby Hamilton Schneider Electric Chevrolet 7 34 57,880 Accident

# Raybestos Rookie of the Year Contender. * Includes race leader/most laps bonus.

Failed to Qualify: (1) – Derrike Cope (#57).

TIME OF RACE: 2 hours, 55 minutes, 43 seconds

AVERAGE SPEED: 136.754 mph

MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.163 seconds

BUD POLE AWARD: Todd Bodine, Haas Carter Motorsports Ford (172.850 mph, 31.241 seconds)

EA SPORTS MOVE OF THE RACE AWARD: Sterling Marlin, Coors Light Dodge

GATORADE FRONT RUNNER AWARD: Ryan Newman, ALLTEL Ford

INFOGRAMES PIT STRATEGY AWARD: Lee McCall, Coors Light Dodge

NASCAR WINSTON CUP LEADER BONUS: Sterling Marlin, Coors Light Dodge ($30,000)

NASCAR WINSTON CUP ROOKIE OF THE RACE AWARD: Ryan Newman, ALLTEL Ford

OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE BLOOMIN’ FAVORITE AWARD: Sterling Marlin, Coors Light Dodge

TRUE VALUE MAN OF THE RACE AWARD: Sterling Marlin, Coors Light Dodge

WASTE MANAGEMENT PICKING UP PLACES AWARD: Dale Jarrett, UPS Ford

CAUTION FLAGS: 6 for 25 laps. 10-14 (Car #55-Accident, Turn 3); 62-65 (Debris in Turn 1/Turn 2); 141-144 (Oil in Turn 3); 156-159 (Car #17-Spin, Turn 4); 233-236 (Car #49-Accident, Turn 2); 256-259 (Car #45-Spin, Tri-Oval).

LAP LEADERS:

Todd Bodine 1-17,

Jimmy Spencer 18-62,

Kurt Busch 63-67,

Ryan Newman 68-104,

Sterling Marlin 105-120,

Tony Stewart 121-122,

Newman 123-124,

Kenny Wallace 125,

Hut Stricklin 126,

Elliott Sadler 127-130,

Marlin 131-133,

Stewart 134-141,

Newman 142-151,

Stewart 152-203;

Marlin 204,

Busch 205,

Jimmie Johnson 206-211,

Dale Earnhardt Jr. 212-213,

Kyle Petty 214,

Ward Burton 215-219,

Stewart 220-233;

Jeremy Mayfield 234-250,

Marlin 251-267.

22 lead changes among 14 drivers.

TOP 10 NASCAR WINSTON CUP POINTS

(Wins)

1 –Sterling Marlin 507 (1)

2 –Ryan Newman 432 (0)

3 –Jeff Burton 420 (0)

4 –Mark Martin 415 (0)

5 –Ward Burton 414 (1)

6 –Bill Elliott 402 (0)

7 –Jeff Gordon 401 (0)

8 –Kurt Busch 400 (0)

9 –Rusty Wallace 381 (0)

10–Matt Kenseth 375 (1)

RAYBESTOS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

Ryan Newman 44

Jimmie Johnson 35

Shawna Robinson 18

Carl Long 2

MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP

Points Wins

Dodge 24 2

Ford 21 1

Pontiac 11 0

Chevrolet 10 0

BUD POLE AWARD STANDINGS

Todd Bodine 1

Ricky Craven 1

Jimmie Johnson 1

WASTE MANAGEMENT PICKIN’ UP PLACES AWARD

Car # Pts.

Jeff Gordon (#24) 1

Dale Jarrett (#88) 1

Elliott Sadler (#21) 1

GATORADE FRONT RUNNER AWARD

Car # Pts.

Sterling Marlin (#40) 5

Matt Kenseth (#17) 4

Jimmy Spencer (#41) 4

76/NASCAR MOTOR OIL POINT FUND

Points

Sterling Marlin 507

Ward Burton 414

Ricky Craven 342

CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER AWARD

Car # Pts.

Tony Santanicola (#40) 29

Harold Pennell (#12) 24

Roush Engines (# 6) 23

OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE AWARD

Car # Pts.

Ward Burton (#22) 1

Matt Kenseth (#17) 1

Sterling Marlin (#40) 1