Busch wins the race, Stewart wins the Winston Cup: #97-Kurt Busch won the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, his 4th win of the 2002 season and his career and sewed up 3rd in the Drivers Points. 2nd was #25-Joe Nemechek who also led the most laps. #20-Tony Stewart ended up 18th and won the Winston Cup Championship, his first, Joe Gibbs 2nd and Stewart is the 25th driver to win a Winston Cup. #6-Mark Martin gave it his best and finished 4th. The unofficial top 10 in the race:: #97-Kurt -Busch (28 laps led) #25-Joe Nemechek (111 laps led) #99-Jeff Burton #6-Mark Martin #24-Jeff Gordon #12-Ryan Newman (22 laps led) #9-Bill Elliott #48-Jimmie Johnson (27 laps led) #21-Elliott Sadler #55-Bobby Hamilton Laps Leaders(6): #97-Busch(28 laps led); #8-Earnhardt Jr(46); #25-Nemechek(111); #48-Johnson(27); #88-Jarrett(27); #12-Newman(28); Cars on the lead lap: 21 DNF’s: #77-Blaney (out-accident); #41-Spencer(out-accident); #17-Kenseth(out-engine); #44-Andretti(out-engine); #30-Green(out-engine); Cautions 6 for 41 laps Caution 6: lap 237-243 #43-Andretti’s car engine erupted, oil running down the track and #31-Gordon Looped his car but made no contact. Caution 5: lap 228-233 Oil on the track. from Kenseth’s engine Caution 4: lap 195-204 #41-Spencer crashed hard in the turn 1 wall after having a tire went down, the car erupted in flames, Spencer got out and is ok. Caution 3: lap 94-103 #15-Waltrip supoosedly got tapped by #40-McMurray and Waltrip backed into the wall. Replays were inconclusive but Waltrip said he didn’t think he got tapped or hit. Caution 2: lap 74-78 debris on the track Caution 1: lap 2-4 #77-Blaney got loose and backed into the wall. NOTES: The #49-Cope Dodge has the Miccosukee Indian Gaming decals on the car. Green flag stops took place around lap 155-163 range, #4-Skinner ran into the back of #24-Gordon, damaging the nose of the #4. #15-Waltrip back on the track as of lap 150. #8-Earnhardt Jr has an engine problem around lap 128 and is smoking. During caution 2 pit stops there was a fire in the #18 pits when gas spilt on the exhaust pipes or brake rotor of the car with a #18 gasman/truck driver Peter Jellen got small burns on his neck and is back in the pits after spending some time in the infield care center. Green flag pit stops occuring lap 53-60 range. Lap 22 #88-Jarrett felt a tire going down and had to pit, losing a lap. #40-McMurray passed a bunch of cars on the restart and was black flagged for a stop-and-go penalty after the 1st caution. Re-Air: The race will be re-aired on TNT, Tues, Nov 19th, 2:00am/et; Speed Channel on Wed, Nov 20th, 8:00pm/et and Thurs, Nov 21st, 1:00am/et and at 12:00noon/et. Results: at ThatsRacin.com or NASCAR.com.(11-17-2002)
