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2002 Food City 500

Index 2002 Food City 500

The 2002 Food City 500 was the sixth stock car race of the 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series. [1]

89 relations: Banked turn, Berkshire Hathaway, Bobby Hamilton, Bobby Labonte, Brett Bodine, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee, Buckshot Jones, Casey Atwood, Chevrolet, Chip Ganassi Racing, Country music, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Dale Earnhardt, Inc., Darlington Raceway, Darrell Waltrip, Dave Blaney, Degree (angle), Dodge, Dover International Speedway, Eastern Time Zone, Elliott Sadler, Epic Records, Food City (K-VA-T), Ford Motor Company, Fox Broadcasting Company, Hendrick Motorsports, International Speedway Corporation, Invocation, ISM Raceway, Jasper Motorsports, Jayski's Silly Season Site, Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Jeff Green (racing driver), Jeremy Mayfield, Jerry Nadeau, Jimmie Johnson, Jimmy Spencer, Joe Gibbs Racing, Joe Nemechek, John Andretti, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Kyle Petty, Larry McReynolds, List of Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champions, List of NASCAR Manufacturers' champions, Mark Martin, Martinsville Speedway, ..., Matt Kenseth, Michael Waltrip, Mike Joy, Mike Skinner (racing driver), Motor Racing Network, NASCAR, Oval track racing, Petty Enterprises, Pole position, Pontiac, PPI Motorsports, Racing flags, Richard Childress Racing, Richard Petty Motorsports, Richmond Raceway, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Ricky Craven, Ricky Rudd, Robby Gordon, Roush Fenway Racing, Rusty Wallace, Ryan Newman (racing driver), Safety car, Short track motor racing, Stacy Compton, Sterling Marlin, Steve Park, Stock car racing, Tammy Cochran, Team Penske, Terry Labonte, The Star-Spangled Banner, Todd Bodine, Tony Stewart, Ultra Motorsports, Vansant, Virginia, Ward Burton, Yates Racing, 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series. Expand index (39 more) »

Banked turn

A banked turn (or banking turn) is a turn or change of direction in which the vehicle banks or inclines, usually towards the inside of the turn.

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Berkshire Hathaway

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is an American multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, United States.

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Bobby Hamilton

Charles Robert "Bobby" Hamilton Sr. (May 29, 1957 – January 7, 2007) was an American stock car racing driver.

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Bobby Labonte

Robert Allen "Bobby" Labonte (born May 8, 1964) is an American professional stock car racing driver.

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Brett Bodine

Brett Elias Bodine III (born January 11, 1959) is a former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and is the current driver of the pace car in Cup Series events.

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Bristol Motor Speedway

Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway, is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee.

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Bristol, Tennessee

Bristol is a city in Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States.

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Buckshot Jones

Roy "Buckshot" Jones (born July 23, 1970) is an American racing driver who has competed in NASCAR and sprint cars.

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Casey Atwood

Casey Lee Atwood (born August 25, 1980 in Antioch, Tennessee) is an American former stock car racing driver.

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Chevrolet

Chevrolet, colloquially referred to as Chevy and formally the Chevrolet Division of General Motors Company, is an American automobile division of the American manufacturer General Motors (GM).

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Chip Ganassi Racing

Chip Ganassi Racing With Felix Sabates, Inc., Doing business as Chip Ganassi Racing Teams or simply Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR), is a professional auto racing organization with teams competing in the IndyCar Series, NASCAR Monster Energy Cup and Xfinity Series, the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and the FIA World Endurance Championship.

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Country music

Country music, also known as country and western or simply country, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s.

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Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr. (born October 10, 1974), known professionally as Dale Earnhardt Jr., Dale Jr., or just Junior, is a retired American professional stock car racing driver, team owner, and is currently an analyst for NASCAR on NBC.

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Dale Earnhardt, Inc.

From 1998 to 2009, Dale Earnhardt, Inc. (DEI) operated as a NASCAR-related organization in Mooresville, North Carolina, United States.

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Darlington Raceway

Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina.

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Darrell Waltrip

Darrell Lee Waltrip (born February 5, 1947) is an American motorsports analyst, author, national television broadcaster, and former racing driver.

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Dave Blaney

David Lewis "Dave" Blaney (born October 24, 1962) is a semi-retired American professional stock car racing driver.

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Degree (angle)

A degree (in full, a degree of arc, arc degree, or arcdegree), usually denoted by ° (the degree symbol), is a measurement of a plane angle, defined so that a full rotation is 360 degrees.

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Dodge

Dodge is an American brand of automobile manufactured by Fiat Chrysler (formerly known as Chrysler Group LLC), based in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

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Dover International Speedway

Dover International Speedway (formerly Dover Downs International Speedway) is a race track in Dover, Delaware, United States.

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Eastern Time Zone

The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing 17 U.S. states in the eastern part of the contiguous United States, parts of eastern Canada, the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico, Panama in Central America, and the Caribbean Islands.

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Elliott Sadler

Elliott William Barnes Sadler (born April 30, 1975) is an American professional stock car racing driver.

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Epic Records

Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, Inc., the North American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony.

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Food City (K-VA-T)

Food City is an American supermarket chain with stores located in Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia.

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Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company (commonly referred to simply as "Ford") is an American multinational automaker headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.

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Fox Broadcasting Company

The Fox Broadcasting Company (often shortened to Fox and stylized as FOX) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox.

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Hendrick Motorsports

Hendrick Motorsports (HMS), originally named All Star Racing, is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.

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International Speedway Corporation

International Speedway Corporation (ISC) is a corporation whose primary business is the ownership and management of NASCAR and IndyCar race tracks.

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Invocation

An invocation (from the Latin verb invocare "to call on, invoke, to give") may take the form of.

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ISM Raceway

ISM Raceway is a 1-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona, near Phoenix.

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Jasper Motorsports

Jasper Motorsports was a NASCAR Winston Cup team.

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Jayski's Silly Season Site

Jayski's Silly Season Site is a web site owned by ESPN focusing primarily on NASCAR news and rumors.

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Jeff Burton

Jeffrey Tyler Burton (born June 29, 1967), nicknamed "The Mayor", is an American former stock car racing driver and current racing commentator.

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Jeff Gordon

Jeffery Michael "Jeff" Gordon (born August 4, 1971) is an American former professional stock car racing driver, currently an announcer for Fox NASCAR, and a top executive for Hendrick Motorsports.

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Jeff Green (racing driver)

Jeffrey Lynn Green (born September 6, 1962)NASCAR.com (2006).

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Jeremy Mayfield

Jeremy Allen Mayfield (born May 27, 1969) is a former American stock car racing driver who competed in NASCAR between 1993 and 2009.

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Jerry Nadeau

Gerald "Jerry" Nadeau (born September 9, 1970) is a former American stock car racer from Danbury, Connecticut.

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Jimmie Johnson

Jimmie Kenneth Johnson (born September 17, 1975) is an American professional stock car racing driver and a seven-time champion in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.

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Jimmy Spencer

Jimmy Spencer (born February 15, 1957) is a former American racing driver, team owner, and television commentator.

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Joe Gibbs Racing

Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) is an American professional stock car racing team owned and operated by former Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs, which first started racing on the NASCAR circuit in 1991, and J. D. Gibbs, his son.

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Joe Nemechek

Joseph Frank Nemechek III (born September 26, 1963) is an American professional stock car racing driver.

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John Andretti

John Andrew Andretti (born March 12, 1963) is an American race car driver.

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Kevin Harvick

Kevin Michael Harvick (born December 8, 1975) is an American professional stock car racing driver.

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Kurt Busch

Kurt Thomas Busch (born August 4, 1978), is an American professional stock car racing driver.

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Kyle Petty

Kyle Eugene Petty (born June 2, 1960) is an American former stock car racing driver, and current racing commentator.

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Larry McReynolds

Lawrence Joseph "Larry" McReynolds III (born January 10, 1959) is a former NASCAR crew chief and current racing analyst on Fox Sports as well as a columnist on Foxsports.com.

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List of Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champions

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Drivers' Championship is awarded by the chairman of NASCAR to the most successful Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series racing car driver over a season, as determined by a points system based on race results.

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List of NASCAR Manufacturers' champions

The NASCAR Manufacturers' Championship is awarded by NASCAR to the most successful manufacturer over a season, as determined by a points system based on race results.

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Mark Martin

Mark Anthony Martin (born January 9, 1959) is a retired American stock car racing driver.

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Martinsville Speedway

Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville.

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Matt Kenseth

Matthew Roy Kenseth (born March 10, 1972) is an American professional stock car racing driver.

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Michael Waltrip

Michael Curtis Waltrip (born April 30, 1963) is an American former stock car racing driver, racing commentator, and published author.

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Mike Joy

Michael "Mike" Joy (born November 25, 1949) is an American TV sports announcer who currently serves as the lap-by-lap voice of Fox Sports' coverage of NASCAR.

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Mike Skinner (racing driver)

Michael "Mike" Skinner (born June 28, 1957) is an American stock car racing driver.

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Motor Racing Network

The Motor Racing Network (MRN) is the principal radio broadcasting operation of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), promoting themselves as the "Voice of NASCAR".

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NASCAR

National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock-car racing.

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Oval track racing

Oval track racing is a form of closed-circuit automobile racing that is contested on an oval-shaped track.

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Petty Enterprises

Petty Enterprises (formerly Lee Petty Engineering) was a NASCAR racing team based in Randleman, North Carolina, USA.

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Pole position

In motorsport the pole position is the position at the inside of the front row at the start of a racing event.

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Pontiac

Pontiac is a now-defunct car brand that was owned, made, and sold by General Motors.

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PPI Motorsports

PPI Motorsports was a race team which competed in CART, NASCAR, and various off-road racing circuits.

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Racing flags

Racing flags are traditionally used in auto racing and similar motorsports to indicate track condition and to communicate important messages to drivers.

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Richard Childress Racing

RCR Enterprises, LLC, doing business as Richard Childress Racing (RCR), is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, and the Xfinity Series.

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Richard Petty Motorsports

RPAC Racing, LLC, dba Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.

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Richmond Raceway

Richmond Raceway (RR) is a, D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County.

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Richmond Times-Dispatch

The Richmond Times-Dispatch (RTD or TD for short) is the primary daily newspaper in Richmond, the capital of Virginia, United States.

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Ricky Craven

Richard Allen "Ricky" Craven (born May 24, 1966) is an ESPN broadcaster who works as a NASCAR analyst for the network.

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Ricky Rudd

Richard Lee Rudd (born September 12, 1956), nicknamed "The Rooster," is an American former racing driver.

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Robby Gordon

Robert W. "Robby" Gordon (born January 2, 1969) is an American racecar driver.

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Roush Fenway Racing

Roush Fenway Racing, originally Roush Racing, is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, and the Xfinity Series.

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Rusty Wallace

Russell William "Rusty" Wallace, Jr. (born August 14, 1956) is a retired American racing driver, and a former NASCAR Winston Cup Champion.

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Ryan Newman (racing driver)

Ryan Joseph Newman (born December 8, 1977), nicknamed "Rocket Man", is an American professional stock car racing driver.

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Safety car

In motorsport, a safety car or pace car is a car which limits the speed of competing cars on a racetrack in the case of a caution period such as an obstruction on the track or bad weather.

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Short track motor racing

In North American auto racing, particularly with regard to NASCAR, a short track is a racetrack of less than one mile (1.6 km) in length.

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Stacy Compton

Stacy Marshall Compton (born May 26, 1967) is a NASCAR former team owner and former driver.

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Sterling Marlin

Sterling Burton Marlin (born June 30, 1957) is an American stock car racing driver.

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Steve Park

Stephen "Steve" Park (born August 23, 1967) is an American former professional stock car racing driver.

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Stock car racing

Stock car racing is a form of automobile racing found mainly and most prominently in the United States and Canada, with Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain and Brazil also having forms of stock car auto racing.

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Tammy Cochran

Tammy Cochran (born January 30, 1972) is an American country music artist.

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Team Penske

Team Penske (formerly Penske Racing) is an American professional stock car, open wheel and sports car racing team that currently competes in the IndyCar Series, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, the NASCAR Xfinity Series and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Debuting at the 1966 24 Hours of Daytona, the team has also competed in various other types of professional racing such as Can Am, Trans Am and Formula One. Team Penske is a division of Penske Corporation, and is owned and chaired by Roger Penske. The team president is Tim Cindric.

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Terry Labonte

Terrance Lee "Terry" Labonte (born November 16, 1956) is an American former stock car racing driver, and current racing commentator.

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The Star-Spangled Banner

"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States.

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Todd Bodine

Todd Bodine (born February 27, 1964) is an American professional stock car racing driver.

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Tony Stewart

Anthony Wayne Stewart (born May 20, 1971), nicknamed Smoke, is an American former professional stock car racing driver and NASCAR team owner.

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Ultra Motorsports

Ultra Motorsports was a NASCAR Winston Cup and Craftsman Truck Series racing team.

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Vansant, Virginia

Vansant is a census-designated place (CDP) in Buchanan County, Virginia, United States.

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Ward Burton

John Edward "Ward" Burton III (born October 25, 1961) is an American stock car racing driver.

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Yates Racing

Yates Racing was an American stock car racing team that competed in NASCAR through the 2009 season, after which it merged into Richard Petty Motorsports.

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2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

The 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series is the 54th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 31st modern era Cup Series season.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Food_City_500

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