The 2002 Coca-Cola Racing Family 600, the 43rd running of the

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, was a

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race held on May 26, 2002 at

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. Contested at 400 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) speedway, it was the twelfth race of the

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season.

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won the race. A record 4 in a row for

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finished second and Ricky Craven finished third. Failed to qualify: Chad Little ( 74),

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(No. 85),

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(No. 37),

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(No. 59)

Background

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on Memorial Day weekend and

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, as well as the UAW-GM Quality 500. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with

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as track president.

Entry list

Qualifying

Race results

Race statistics

* Time of race: 4:21:23 * Average Speed: * Pole Speed: 186.464 * Cautions: 9 for 48 laps * Margin of Victory: 0.468 sec * Lead changes: 21 * Percent of race run under caution: 12% * Average green flag run: 35.2 laps

References

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NASCAR races at Charlotte Motor Speedway