2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series - Tropicana 400

Tropicana 400

The Tropicana 400 was held at Chicagoland Speedway on July 14, 2002. Ryan Newman won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. Kevin Harvick
  2. Jeff Gordon
  3. Tony Stewart
  4. Jimmie Johnson
  5. Ryan Newman
  6. Kurt Busch
  7. Bill Elliott
  8. Robby Gordon
  9. Mark Martin
  10. Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

Failed to qualify: Ron Hornaday (#49), Kirk Shelmerdine (#72), Tony Raines (#74), Scott Wimmer (#27)

  • One lap after the restart with 70 laps to go, Kevin Harvick steered the car to the apron and made a good pass but he lost it when passing on the apron and spun out into a grass in turn 1 that causing the other three cars to lose control and spun out including Jerry Nadeau, Elliott Sadler and Jimmy Spencer. He leads the race just 46 laps later to win the race for the second straight year and ends Harvick a 35-race winless streak which refers the nickname "Apron Dance Deron".

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