2002 Las Vegas 350 - NASCAR Race
| Name of Race: | 2002 Las Vegas 350 |
| Name of Track: | Las Vegas Motor Speedway |
| Date: | October 13th |
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Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located at 7000 Las Vegas Boulevard North in Las Vegas, Nevada, is a 1,200 acre (4.9 kmē) complex of four different tracks for automobile racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is located in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The complex is home to several race teams. Currently, March, 2005, the track is open two nights a week for locals to drag race. This is an effort to get this activity off of local streets and into a safer environment.
The track is used by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department as their driver training facility.
Higher BankingIn 2006, plans were announced to reconfigure the track after the March 2006 NEXTEL Cup Series Race. This reconfiguration entailed raised banking to increase side by side racing, and the construction of a new fan zone and pit road.
Courtesy of Wikipedia.2002 Las Vegas 350 NASCAR Race Results
Below are the race results for 2002 Las Vegas 350, in order of finishing place.
| Fin | Driver | Num | Start | Money | Laps | Pts | Status | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Starr | 75 | 1 | $43,200 | 146 | 0 | running | Spears Manufacturing |
| 2 | Mike Bliss | 16 | 6 | $27,850 | 146 | 0 | running | IWX Motor Freight / Knights Inn |
| 3 | Dennis Setzer | 46 | 9 | $12,175 | 146 | 0 | running | Acxiom / Computer Associates |
| 4 | Travis Kvapil | 60 | 11 | $14,800 | 146 | 0 | running | CAT Rental Stores |
| 5 | Jason Leffler | 2 | 7 | $13,400 | 146 | 0 | running | Team ASE / Carquest |
| 6 | Rick Crawford | 14 | 3 | $12,225 | 146 | 0 | running | Circle Bar Motel & RV Park |
| 7 | Robert Pressley | 18 | 15 | $11,075 | 146 | 0 | running | Dickies / Square D |
| 8 | Brendan Gaughan | 62 | 2 | $11,725 | 145 | 0 | running | NAPA Auto Parts |
| 9 | Ted Musgrave | 1 | 5 | $10,675 | 145 | 0 | running | Mopar Performance |
| 12 | Andy Houston | 15 | 18 | $10,440 | 145 | 0 | running | Ballew Motorsports |
| 13 | Carlos Contreras | 43 | 20 | $10,390 | 145 | 0 | running | Hot Wheels |
| 14 | Ryan Hemphill | 4 | 4 | $10,340 | 144 | 0 | ignition | Hamilton Racing |
| 15 | Coy Gibbs | 20 | 8 | $10,490 | 144 | 0 | running | MBNA |
| 16 | Bobby Dotter | 8 | 31 | $11,640 | 144 | 0 | running | Albertsons / People Against Drugs |
| 17 | Bill Lester | 8 | 12 | $10,040 | 143 | 0 | running | Dodge Motorsports |
| 18 | Jon Wood | 50 | 16 | $9,940 | 143 | 0 | running | Navy Racing |
| 19 | Lonnie Cox | 66 | 27 | $7,590 | 142 | 0 | running | Carnes-Cox-Higgs |
| 20 | Doug Keller | 27 | 30 | $7,765 | 141 | 0 | running | Keller Motorsports |
| 21 | Eric Jones | 34 | 29 | $7,390 | 140 | 0 | running | Safelite Auto Glass |
| 23 | Conrad Burr | 28 | 34 | $7,190 | 134 | 0 | running | UFA-FDNY / New York, New York |
| 24 | Jerry Hill | 79 | 32 | $8,090 | 130 | 0 | running | RDS Racing Engines |
| 25 | Matt Crafton | 88 | 14 | $7,065 | 126 | 0 | running | Menards / Sealmaster |
| 26 | Lance Hooper | 86 | 22 | $7,040 | 125 | 0 | running | Red Line Oil |
| 27 | Terry Cook | 29 | 10 | $7,015 | 121 | 0 | running | Power Stroke Diesel |
| 29 | Morgan Shepherd | 21 | 25 | $6,965 | 66 | 0 | handling | Shepherd Motorsports |
| 30 | Chris Horn | 58 | 21 | $6,940 | 63 | 0 | engine | Hornengines.com |
| 31 | Stan Boyd | 89 | 26 | $6,915 | 48 | 0 | ignition | Engineered Victories |
| 36 | Carl Edwards | 63 | 13 | $6,790 | 1 | 0 | engine | Mittler Brothers Machine & Tool |
