Jeff Gordon wins his 5th Southern 500 at Darlington: #24-Jeff Gordon won the Mountain Dew Southern 500, winning his 5th ever Souther 500 which ties him with Cale Yarborough for the most ever. The 23 cars that finished on the lead lap is a record for the Southern 500. It is Gordon’s 60th career win. #12-Ryan Newman was 2nd. Race Re-Air: The Southern 500 will be re-aired on TNT, Tues, Sept 3rd, 1:00am/et; Speed Channel on Wed, Sept 4th, 8:00pm/et and Thurs, Sept 5th, 1:00am/et. Race Results: at ThatsRacin.com or NASCAR.com. Past news, cautions, notes on the race at my Mountain Dew Southern 500 Race Info page.(9-1-2002)
