NASCAR Thunder 2002

NASCAR Thunder 2002
Xbox cover art featuring the car of Jeff Gordon
Developer(s)	EA Tiburon Black Box Games (PSOne version)
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts
Series	NASCAR Thunder
Engine	enhanced NASCAR Thunder engine
Platform(s)	Xbox, PlayStation, PlayStation 2
Release	PlayStation NA: October 2, 2001 PlayStation 2 NA: October 16, 2001[1] Xbox NA: November 15, 2001
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer

NASCAR Thunder 2002 is a 2001 racing simulator video game developed by EA Tiburon and published by EA Sports that came out for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, and Xbox. It is the fifth game in the EA Sports NASCAR series of video games following NASCAR 2001, and is the first of the series to have a new title (the other games simply read "NASCAR", followed by the year).

NASCAR Thunder 2002 was the first NASCAR game released for the Xbox and the second released for the PlayStation 2. The theme song for the game on the six-generation systems is "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Notably, it is the first NASCAR game to feature alternate paint schemes on the cars. It featured the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Champion Jeff Gordon on its cover and 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Champion Bobby Labonte on the disc.