2002 The Winston

May 18th, 2002
Charlotte Motor Speedway
Credit to FX.

[@jinglebell61]

In Loving Memory Of Steve Byrnes (1959-2015)

[@thelegendchrisb]

Jeff Gordon was rockin' the goatee

[@brandonamthor]

Most underrated finish in history!!

[@platinum20]

This is a super underrated all star race that no one talks about. It can’t be stated enough how classy Junior was in the closing laps, pretty much any driver today would’ve taken the easy road and dumped Newman.

[@justinknust2395]

Not very often will you see more cars in the actual all-star race itself then the Winston Open. Goes to show you how competitive and how much parity there actually was back in the late 90's and early 2000's. I don't think you will ever see that again.

[@BumpPumper]

Saying "hi!" from 2022. Looks like parity is back!

[@mgtowoutlaw6950]

@@BumpPumper nope.

[@chrisuncleahmad]

When I think of this race, I'll always remember these two words- Frank Stoddard. Technically, that first The Winston stage was actually the only thing Burton won between Phoenix '01 and Dover '06.

[@TNNSports94]

Don't forget the Winston Open of 2003, he actually won that race and Jimmie won the first two segments of this Winston.

[@polycube868]

He won a Busch Series race at Atlanta in March of '06, not Cup though.

[@dantheracer99]

Wow what a race! I've been watching NASCAR since 2008, and this was the first time i've seen this race and this is by far and away the best All-Star Race i've seen. They just don't do it like this anymore!

[@Diecastbuffet]

MAN! what a great race. I would've moved Newman outta the way for the win! :D

[@LeftyGretzky]

1:54:15 F***ing GENIUS!

[@ThePeyton099]

I was there man I thought jr had that race won class act from Jr not to wreck newman for the win

[@DASamX5453]

+Peyton Sayers I don't like Jr. but he did earn A LOT of respect from me for him not to wreck him...Real class act there. This is one of my all time favorite All Star races...I remember being on the edge of my sofa those last 3 laps..AMAZING!!

[@nicestoriesnottherealstori3006]

If that was Kyle Busch he would have wrecked him.

[@BomTrady_]

R.I.P. Jeff Gordon's goatee (2002-2002)

[@DKrueger1994]

Damn, Jeff Gordon looks different with the goatee!

[@coreypayne7470]

The All-Star Race and The 600 used to have magic in the air from the days on TNN and the few season on FOX until it moved to Speed

[@davedaniel11]

Not really a big Kurt Busch fan, but you gotta love his interview at the end. Not many drivers will blatantly say they took someone out on purpose, usually they make up some lame excuse.

[@polycube868]

Here because of the Jeff Gordon with a goatee meme.

[@AlonsoRules]

have a look at the crowd for the All Star Race!

[@81JayPerez]

Anthony Kernich at 2:55:14 Larry mentions over 140,000! Won’t see that today

[@Nascarvicecity2008]

Dato curioso el último auto que comienzó en la carrera termino ganado fue Ryan Newman

[@reshiram202]

wow, it took a lot of testicular fortitude for kurt busch to say outright he meant to wreck someone for a caution. that's pretty badass.

[@chrisuncleahmad]

It's so strange in retrospect to see Ryan Newman in a Ford.

[@EricCox4848]

First time was 2002 with Penske. And again in 2019 for Roush.

[@aliostrowski1935]

Guess he finally made it home from.a manufacture prospective

[@jactuscack6196]

16:41 song is “set em up Joe”

[@james_johnsonII]

Came here after the Dale Jr Download.

[@Ghostmotorfinger]

I had forgotten that Gordon grew a goatee for the race. 2:34:00

[@gnnascarfan2410]

1:17:00 Say what you want but man the President supporting NASCAR is pretty cool.

[@sabastianmoore6160]

The one time Jeff Gordon had real facial hair in his career 😂😂

[@TestTubeBabySpy]

17:56 lol, haha, PAAAAHAHAHAAAAA

[@jamex98]

what an he'll all star race!! its "no holds barred" tempers flares overheated, everyone hates Newman and then end of point Newman had a hotshot grabb'n a money

[@Kristian____Forest]

2:34:23 am I'm the only one how shocked about Jeff Gordon's Facial beard?

[@tobiojo5806]

Dale JR should have turned Ryan Newman on the last lap.

[@SHA8UTIE]

He hit him and Newman saved it.

[@FanoFinz]

​​@@SHA8UTIE Jr never touched him but did come close. Jr took the air from underneath Newman's car. He should have but he never hit Newman. I was at this race and Newman was thanking Jr for not taking him out. Newman did take Elliot Sadler out though. That's another reason Jr should have taken Newman out. It was awesome being there though. This was the last Nascar race I ever went to. when they took Winston away from Nascar and made all those dumb changes, Nascar just went in the toilet.

[@KellySmith1215]

Do you have the 2001 Winston? That one was wild.

[@FanoFinz]

If you haven't seen it, watch the 1992 Winston All Star Race. It was one of the best ever. The last lap was crazy!

[@STICKGUYMB]

2:12:40 is the official smiling lol

[@steelvenom330]

Glad Newman ended up winning. Nascar was trying so hard to give it to Jr. That last caution where Jr had a bad restart and Nascar waved the caution because they "Didn't like the restart" was such bs.

[@platinum20]

They did that a lot in the all star race though, DW mentioned it happened to him in ‘95

[@NYZE48]

17:56

[@jaydenh922]

2002 Winston Open Location: Concord, North Carolina Track: Lowe's Motor Speedway Type of race track: Speedway Starting cars: 23 Finishing cars: 20 Laps: 30 Cautions: 1 Pole Winner: Jeremy Mayfield (19) Most laps led: Jeremy Mayfield (19) (30 laps led) Open Winner: Jeremy Mayfield (19) 2002 No Bull Sprint Location: Concord, North Carolina Track: Lowe's Motor Speedway Type of race track: Speedway Starting cars: 19 Finishing cars: 19 Laps: 16 Pole Winner: Ken Schrader (36) Most laps led: Ryan Newman (12) (Rookie) (16 laps led) Sprint Race Winner: Ryan Newman (12) (Rookie) 2002 The Winston Location: Concord, North Carolina Track: Lowe's Motor Speedway Type of race track: Speedway Starting cars: 27 Finishing cars: 10 Laps: 90 Cautions: 4 Pole Winner: Matt Kenseth (17) Most laps led: Jimmie Johnson (48) (Rookie) (31 laps led) Segment 1 Winner: Jimmie Johnson (48) (Rookie) Segment 2 Winner: Jimmie Johnson (48) (Rookie) All-Star Race Winner: Ryan Newman (12) (Rookie)

[@EricCox4848]

What most people don't know is Jerry Nadeau and Hendrick Motorsports parted ways, lack of performance. No telling what might have been had they not split. Sad part is #25 had a very high turnover rate.

[@rmitchell1]

Nadeau sucked

[@brianclark1858]

I still think Burton beats Johnson to the line in segment 1 in the slomotion replay.

[@Steventhe2nd]

No, Johnson passed him, despite the brilliant call by Burton, he had a slow stop, that gave Johnson the segment win

[@stevenwolford3754]

If you slow it down to .25 speed, you can see Elliott Sadler point at Newman...then sneakily flip him the bird lmao 2:12:13

[@tww9920]

Like those guys pushing the car out of the pits are going to push 3400 pounds. Good way to hurt yourself though.

[@josephgabello3214]

DW is a little confused haha

[@garymack9734]

This must be where they got the stupid ass idea for stage racing!

[@johnfranco7371]

It was only in the All Star race. As soon as NASCAR gets rid of the all season All Star races, I'll watch again.

[@bumble_24bee34]

Lol love how everyone loved Jimmie now they hate him cuz he is better then Sr 5 in a row and 7 championships and 83 wins

[@FanoFinz]

You're funny. Johnson doesn't even come close to Dale Earnhardt Sr. Jimmie won championships because of the crappy points system change. Jimmie was a subpar driver. He was given awesome cars out the gate as well. Dale Sr. had to earn a better car as the cars he started in were not that good and he didn't have money backing him up. Jimmie Johnson came into Nascar with a silver spoon in his mouth. Had he started out like Dale Sr. and had the points system not changed, Johnson wouldn't have won as many races and definitely wouldn't have won all the championships. See, back in Nascar's glory days, drivers actually had to work to get a better car, team, and race wins. They didn't come in with awesome cars and teams. they had to work their way up. So never mention Dale Earnhardt Sr. in the same sentence as Jimmie silverspoon Johnson. Jimmie isn't even in the same category as Dale Earnhardt Sr. I'm taking it you watched a Nascar race one day and it was the rigged race Jimmie was in at Charlotte. It was proven Nascar fixed the race so Jimmie would win. Do some homework dude before you ever put down the GOAT DALE EARNHARDT SR!!

[@racingfanz4762]

This is why nascar is a joke. In the last segment, only ten cars were left and late in the segment, Kurt Busch spun out Robby Gordon, driving for RCR's #31 chevy. Robby Gordon would finish in 7th place, but was visibly furious with Kurt who later admitted that he intentionally spun Gordon to make the race "more competitive." Busch was later fined $25,000 for his actions. Gordon needs to sue nascar.

[@hoofhearted6539]

Well Robby Gordon wrecked Kurt Busch at the Richmond race prior to this event. So it was just payback.

[@ethantaube2512]

One of my favorite Presidents George W Bush

[@ethantaube2512]

Those cars are ugly

[@DerrickRG]

So are u

[@rmitchell1]

Gfy

[@burntheobedient4473]

Gotta respect Jr for giving that win to Newman. Great race.

[@rmitchell1]

No Newman was better....