2002 EA Sports 500

2002 EA Sports 500
Race details[1]
Race 30 of 36 in the 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Layout of Talladega Superspeedway
Layout of Talladega Superspeedway
Date October 6, 2002 (2002-10-06)
Location Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, Alabama
Course Permanent racing facility
2.66 mi (4.2829 km)
Distance 188 laps, 500.1 mi (804.83 km)
Weather Hot with temperatures approaching 89.1 °F (31.7 °C); wind speeds up to 6 miles per hour (9.7 km/h)
Average speed 183.665 miles per hour (295.580 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Hendrick Motorsports
Time No time trials
Most laps led
Driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Laps 56
Winner
No. 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Television in the United States
Network NBC
Announcers Allen Bestwick, Benny Parsons, Wally Dallenbach Jr.

The 2002 EA Sports 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car race held on October 6, 2002, at the Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama.

  1. ^ "2002 EA Sports 500 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-05-22.