2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

American motorsport season February 2025 November 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series 2002 Champions | Seasons thumb|Mike Bliss, shown here in 2009, the 2002 Craftsman Truck Series champion. The 2002 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series was the eighth season of the Craftsman Truck Series, the third highest stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. Mike Bliss of Xpress Motorsports was crowned the champion at season's end. 2002 teams and drivers Full-time teams Manufacturer Team No. Truck number Driver(s) Crew chief Chevrolet Addington Racing 60 Travis Kvapil Rick Ren Green Light Racing 07 Jason Small (R) Mark Blessing 08 Bobby Dotter Doug Howe Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Coy Gibbs Doug Hewitt L&R Racing 90 Lance Norick Gary Showalter MacDonald Motorsports 72 Randy MacDonald 18 1–7, 9–19 Steve Bird Teri MacDonald 2 8, 22 Aaron Daniel 1 20 Blake Mallory 1 21 Morgan-Dollar Motorsports 46 Dennis Setzer John Monsam 7 1-7 Danny Gill 15 8-22 Portenga Motorsports 39 Steve Portenga George Church SealMaster Racing 88 Matt Crafton Jerry Cook Spears Motorsports 75 David Starr Dave McCarty Team Racing 86 Phil Bonifield 3 1, 7, 13 Bernie Taft Wayne Edwards 2 10 Dana White (R) 8 3-5, 8-9, 11-12, 14 Donnie Neuenberger 1 6 Lance Hooper 8 15-22 Xpress Motorsports 16 Mike Bliss Dave Fuge 7 1-7 John Monsam 15 8-22 Dodge Bobby Hamilton Racing 4 Brian Rose 13 1-13 Danny Rollins 6 1-6 Randy Seals 16 7-22 Bobby Hamilton 2 14, 16 Bobby Hamilton Jr. 1 15 Joe Ruttman 1 17 Ryan Hemphill 4 18-19, 21-22 Rick Bogart 1 20 8 Bill Lester (R) Kip McCord 18 Robert Pressley Danny Gill 6 1-6 Danny Rollins 16 7-22 Orleans Racing 62 Brendan Gaughan (R) Shane Wilson Petty Enterprises 43 Carlos Contreras Howard Comstock RDS Motorsports 79 Joe Ruttman 1 1 Ralph Wingfield Sammy Ware Jerry Hill 21 2-22 Ultra Motorsports 1 Ted Musgrave Gene Nead 2 Jason Leffler Tim Kohuth Ford Circle Bar Racing 14 Rick Crawford Ray Stonkus Countryman Motorsports 15 Trent Owens 7 1-7 Craig Osbourne Rich Bickle 6 8-13 Mark Gibson 2 14-15 Brian Rose 3 16-18 Andy Houston 4 19-22 K Automotive Racing 29 Terry Cook Bob Keselowski Roush Racing 50 Jon Wood Dan Binks Chevrolet Ford Troxell Racing 93 Randy Briggs 4 1, 7, 10-11 Cliff Button Mike Harmon 1 2 Jerry Allec Jr. 3 3, 5, 19 Mike Leffingwell 1 4Mike Leffingwell was scheduled to drive the No. 93 Chevrolet truck in the race at Gateway (race #4) but he crashed in the practice and the team did not have a backup truck. So Aaron Daniel, who failed to qualify his own No. 11 Ford truck, renumbered his own truck as No. 93 for the race. Aaron Daniel 1 4 Larry Gunselman 1 6 Randy MacDonald 4 8, 20-22Entries were fielded in a collaboration with MacDonald Motorsports. Teri MacDonald 2 12, 14 Michael Dokken 3 9, 13, 17 Norm Benning 1 15 Jody Lavender 1 16 Brad Bennett 1 18 Part-time teams Note: If under "team", the owner's name is listed and in italics, that means the name of the race team that fielded the truck is unknown. Manufacturer Team No. Truck number Driver(s) Crew chief Rounds Chevrolet Andy Petree Racing 33 Andy Petree ??? 2 3-4 Tony Stewart 1 16 Bob Coffey Sr. 74 Bobby Coffey ??? 8 3, 5-6, 8, 12, 14, 16, 18 Cavin Councilor 56 Mike Swaim Jr. Lee Leslie 2 1-2 Conely Racing 7 Bryan Reffner John Conely 3 11, 13, 22 Dennis Sockwell 54 Brian Sockwell Todd Hall 6 1, 3, 8, 16, 18, 22 Donald Thompson 92 Jeremy Thompson ??? 1 18 EVI Motorsports 89 Stan Boyd Ed Huckabee 13 1, 4, 7, 10-11, 13, 15-17, 19-22 FDNY Racing 28 Kenny Allen Bob Rahilly 1 1 Joe Ruttman 1 2 L. W. Miller 1 3 Conrad Burr 6 13, 15-19 Fierce Creature Racing 05 Bobby Hillis Jr. Duane Drummand 2 20-21 Gerald Miller 32 Jerry Miller Mike Seibert 1 6 Harvick Motorsports 6 Rick Carelli Ed Berrier 1 1 Kevin Harvick 5 2-3, 12, 16, 21 Hendrick Motorsports 24 Ron Hornaday Jr. ??? 1 1 Horn Auto Racing 58 Chris Horn Kevin Cram 6 5, 10-11, 13, 19-20 Jody McCormick 77 Jody McCormick Jeremy McCormick 4 3, 8, 14, 16 Joe Gibbs Racing 48 J. D. Gibbs ??? 1 2 Keller Motorsports 27 Doug Keller David Bringham 5 10-11, 13, 17, 19 Ken Schrader Racing 52 Mike Wallace Donnie Richeson 4 1, 4, 14-15 Ken Schrader 8 2-3, 6, 9, 12, 16, 21-22 Maurtco Motorsports 59 Joe Cooksey ??? 2 4, 8 McGlynn Racing 00 Ryan McGlynn Bob Kocher 4 1-2, 12, 18 Midgley Racing 09 Mike Hamby Dick Midgley 1 5 John Mickel 2 21-22 Portenga Motorsports 38 Wayne Edwards ??? 1 7 ReyBen Racing 40 Brad Bennett ??? 1 16 Richardson Motorsports 0 Stan Boyd Larry Richardson 2 5-6 Jason White 1 7 Loni Richardson (R) 7 8-11, 19, 21-22 Patrick Lawler 1 17 Michael Dokken 1 20 37 Blake Mallory ??? 1 8 Roadrunner Motorsports 02 Jim Inglebright Rodney Haygood 1 1 Ronald Jones 34 Eric Jones Eddie Pearson 10 8–11, 13, 15, 19–22 SealMaster Racing 98 Cory Kruseman ??? 2 21-22 Tagsby Racing 73 Loni Richardson (R) Joey Sonntag 8 2-6, 14-16 Frog Hall 8 7-11, 17, 20 Team EJP Racing 03 Tom Carey Jr. Tom Pearl 3 6, 9, 12 Barry Bodine 2 16, 22 Team Racing 23 Phil Bonifield Tom Mazzuchi 11 2, 4-6, 8-11, 15, 17, 21 Emerson Newton-John 1 12 Lance Hooper 2 13-14 Dana White 4 16, 18-19, 22 Wayne Edwards 1 20 25 Ronnie Hornaday William Kehrer 1 6 Michael Dokken 1 11 Brian Tyler 1 13 Dana White 1 15 Barry Bodine 1 17 Brian Rose 1 19 Phil Bonifield 2 20, 22 Team Rensi Motorsports 61 Butch Miller Entry was fielded in a collaboration with Whitmire Motorsports. "N" Mark Staples 1 1 Randy Tolsma ??? 1 3 Whitmire Motorsports 40 Vince Whitmire Mark Staples 2 3, 11 Xpress Motorsports 11 Ron Hornaday Jr. ??? 1 22 Dodge Bobby Wellmon 49 Scott Kuhn ??? 1 4 Jim Collier 41 Clay Collier ??? 4 14, 16, 18, 21 HT Motorsports with Melling Racing 17 Darrell Waltrip James Harris 2 3, 14 Stacy Compton 3 16, 21-22 Andy Houston 1 18 Mansion Motorsports 85 Carl Long Keith Montgomery 1 6 Petty Enterprises 45 Joe Ruttman ??? 1 15 Adam Clarke 3 16, 18, 22 Powers Motorsports 55 Tom Powers Bryan Berry 14 1-11, 14-15, 19 R&J Racing 68 Rodney Sawyers (R) Jerry Sawyers 8 2-6, 8-9, 11 RDS Motorsports 41 Jerry Hill Ralph Wingfield 1 1 R. D. Smith 2 3-4 Ware Racing Enterprises 5 Lance Hooper Dan Kolanda 12 1-12 Jason Hedlesky 1 13 Andy Thurman 2 14-15 Scott Kuhn 1 16 Scott Kirkpatrick 1 18 Mike Cofer 1 22 51 Michael Dokken Ken Glen 4 1-4 Michael Ritch 3 5-7 Ryan Hemphill 2 8-9 Donny Morelock 2 10-11 Morgan Shepherd 1 12 Randy Briggs 1 13 Blake Mallory 1 14 Brian Rose 4 15, 20-22 Carl Long 1 16 Ford Brevak Racing 31 Jake Hobgood Curt Coffey 1 1 Dude Teate 2 14, 18 Dan Higgs 66 Lonnie Cox Gary Higgs 6 10-11, 17, 19-21 Howard Bixman 30 Jay Sherston ??? 2 14, 18 James Bailey 70 Jeff Finley ??? 1 3 Brian Ross 2 14, 16 Johnny Myers 36 James Stephenson ??? 4 3, 8, 16, 18 Robby Benton 1 22 Ken Davis 65 Nathan Wulff ??? 1 8 Long Brothers Racing 84 Richard Landreth Charlie Long 1 3 Jamey Caudill 2 8, 18 MB Motorsports 63 Larry Gunselman Mike Mittler 3 1-2, 4 Carl Edwards 7 8-11, 14, 17, 19 Regan Smith 2 18, 21 Neil Chaffin 87 Chad Chaffin ??? 2 8, 15 Quality Motorsports 04 Mike Cofer ??? 2 14, 21 Quest Motor Racing 37 Matt Mullins Ted Kennedy 1 1 RDR Racing 97 Ron Barfield Jr. Ron Barfield Sr. 2 1-2 Ricky Sanders Racing 19 Ricky Sanders ??? 7 1-2, 5, 11, 19-21 Roush Racing 99 Tim Fedewa ??? 1 1 Shepherd Racing 21 Morgan Shepherd Carl Saylor 15 1-8, 11, 15-16, 19-22 Team Chick Motorsports 11 Aaron Daniel ??? 7 4, 7-11, 17 Tom Pistone 59 Tommy Pistone Tom Pistone 3 3, 16, 18 Dodge Chevrolet Ware Racing Enterprises 81 Donnie Neuenberger Calvin Humphries 2 1, 7 Jonathon Price 2 2, 12 Angie Wilson (R) 4 3-6 Michael Ritch 1 8 Jason Thom 1 9 Morgan Shepherd 1 10 Jason White 1 11 Notes "N" Schedule No. Race title Track Date 1 Florida Dodge Dealers 250 Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach February 15 2 Craftsman Anniversary 200 Darlington Raceway, Darlington March 15 3 Advance Auto Parts 250 Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway April 13 4 Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers Ram Tough 200 Gateway International Raceway, Madison May 5 5 Rocky Mountain 200 presented by Dodge Pikes Peak International Raceway, Fountain May 19 6 MBNA America 200 Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover May 31 7 O'Reilly 400K Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth June 7 8 O'Reilly Auto Parts 200 Memphis Motorsports Park, Millington June 22 9 GNC Live Well 200 The Milwaukee Mile, West Allis June 29 10 O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 Kansas Speedway, Kansas City July 6 11 Kroger 225 Kentucky Speedway, Sparta July 13 12 New England 200 New Hampshire International Speedway, Loudon July 20 13 Michigan 200 Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn July 27 14 Power Stroke Diesel 200 Indianapolis Raceway Park, Brownsburg August 2 15 Federated Auto Parts 200 Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon August 10 16 Richmond Is For Lovers 200 Richmond International Raceway, Richmond September 5 17 Silverado 350 Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth September 13 18 John Boy & Billy's Hardee's 250 South Boston Speedway, South Boston September 21 19 Las Vegas 350 Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas October 13 20 American Racing Wheels 200 California Speedway, Fontana November 2 21 Chevy Silverado 150 Phoenix International Raceway, Phoenix November 8 22 Ford 200 Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead November 15 Originally it was supposed to have a race at Chicago Motor Speedway on August 25 but the race was later cancelled.https://www.autoweek.com/news/a2106076/chicago-motor-speedway-suspends-2002-races/ Chicago Motor Speedway Suspends 2002 Races Autoweek February 5, 2002 September 5, 2023https://www.jayski.com/truck-series/2002-gots-schedule/ NASCAR ANNOUNCES 2002 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN TRUCK SERIES SCHEDULE Jayski December 21, 2001 September 5, 2023 Races Florida Dodge Dealers 250 The Florida Dodge Dealers 250 was held February 15 at Daytona International Speedway. Ted Musgrave won the pole. Top ten results #18 - Robert Pressley* #1 - Ted Musgrave #4 - Brian Rose #79 - Joe Ruttman #6 - Rick Carelli #29 - Terry Cook* #75 - David Starr #43 - Carlos Contreras #07 - Jason Small #90 - Lance Norick Failed to qualify: Mike Swaim Jr. (#56), Jim Inglebright (#02), Trent Owens (#15), Ryan McGlynn (#00), Michael Dokken (#51), Ken Allen (#28), Ron Barfield Jr. (#97), Stan Boyd (#89), Morgan Shepherd (#21), Jerry Hill (#41), Jake Hobgood (#31) This was Pressley's first truck series victory. This race was also Pressley's truck series debut. Terry Cook suffered a 100-point penalty for a cylinder head infraction found in his truck after the race. Craftsman Anniversary 200 The Craftsman Anniversary 200 was March 15 at Darlington Raceway. Jason Leffler won the pole. Top ten results #1 - Ted Musgrave #18 - Robert Pressley #16 - Mike Bliss #6 - Kevin Harvick #14 - Rick Crawford #75 - David Starr #60 - Travis Kvapil #4 - Brian Rose #50 - Jon Wood #52 - Ken Schrader Failed to qualify: Mike Swaim Jr. (#56), Ron Barfield Jr. (#97), Rodney Sawyers (#68), Mike Harmon (#93), Ricky Sanders (#19), Phil Bonifield (#23) Advance Auto Parts 250 The Advance Auto Parts 250 was held April 13 at Martinsville Speedway. Ted Musgrave won the pole. The race is best known for an incident involving Kevin Harvick and Coy Gibbs, in which Harvick spun Gibbs out after previous contact. NASCAR responded by parking Harvick for the rest of the race. In the post-race interview, Harvick claimed that he did not intentionally crash Gibbs despite radio transmissions stating otherwise. This resulted in Harvick being suspended from the cup race the next day, as he was already on probation for a previous run-in with Greg Biffle in the Busch Series. Top ten results #46 - Dennis Setzer #16 - Mike Bliss #14 - Rick Crawford #08 - Bobby Dotter #29 - Terry Cook #2 - Jason Leffler #60 - Travis Kvapil #75 - David Starr #62 - Brendan Gaughan #50 - Jon Wood Failed to qualify: Steve Portenga (#39), L. W. Miller (#28), Brian Sockwell (#54), Dana White (#86), Tommy Pistone (#59), Jody McCormick (#77), Jerry Allec Jr. (#93), Vince Whitmire (#40), James Stephenson (#36), Bobby Coffey (#74), R. D. Smith (#41) Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers Ram Tough 200 The Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers Ram Tough 200 was held May 5 at Gateway International Raceway. Mike Bliss won the pole. Top ten results #29 - Terry Cook* #2 - Jason Leffler #16 - Mike Bliss #14 - Rick Crawford #75 - David Starr #46 - Dennis Setzer #50 - Jon Wood #4 - Brian Rose #90 - Lance Norick #88 - Matt Crafton Failed to qualify: R.D. Smith (#41), Aaron Daniel (#11), Phil Bonifield (#23), Scott Kuhn (#49) Aaron Daniel replaced Mike Leffingwell in the #93 car in the race, after failing to qualify his #11.Index This was Cook's first Truck Series victory since 1998. Rocky Mountain 200 presented by Dodge The Rocky Mountain 200 presented by Dodge was held May 19 at Pikes Peak International Raceway. Jason Leffler won the pole. Top ten results #16 - Mike Bliss #2 - Jason Leffler #60 - Travis Kvapil #29 - Terry Cook #75 - David Starr #14 - Rick Crawford #46 - Dennis Setzer #39 - Steve Portenga #20 - Coy Gibbs #4 - Brian Rose Failed to qualify: Ricky Sanders (#19), Bobby Coffey (#74) MBNA America 200 The MBNA America 200 was held May 31 at Dover International Speedway. Rick Crawford won the pole. Top ten results #1 - Ted Musgrave #18 - Robert Pressley #14 - Rick Crawford #75 - David Starr #16 - Mike Bliss #20 - Coy Gibbs #62 - Brendan Gaughan #03 - Tom Carey #2 - Jason Leffler #29 - Terry Cook Failed to qualify: Donnie Neuenberger (#86), Phil Bonifield (#23), Loni Richardson (#73), Bobby Coffey (#74) O'Reilly 400K The O'Reilly 400K was held June 7 at Texas Motor Speedway. Jason Leffler won the pole. Top ten results #62 - Brendan Gaughan* #60 - Travis Kvapil #75 - David Starr #14 - Rick Crawford #1 - Ted Musgrave #18 - Robert Pressley #88 - Matt Crafton #20 - Coy Gibbs #50 - Jon Wood #90 - Lance Norick Failed to qualify: none This was Gaughan's first career Truck Series victory. O'Reilly Auto Parts 200 The O'Reilly Auto Parts 200 was held June 22 at Memphis Motorsports Park. Jason Leffler won the pole. Top ten results #60 - Travis Kvapil #29 - Terry Cook #1 - Ted Musgrave #2 - Jason Leffler #46 - Dennis Setzer #15 - Rich Bickle #75 - David Starr #20 - Coy Gibbs #14 - Rick Crawford #4 - Brian Rose Failed to qualify: Aaron Daniel (#11), Joe Cooksey (#59), Jody McCormick (#77), Eric Jones (#34), Nathan Wulff (#65), Loni Richardson (#0), Bobby Coffey (#74), David Hall (#73), James Stephenson (#36), Blake Mallory (#37) Carl Edwards made his Truck Series debut in this race, starting 16th and finishing 23rd, 2 laps down. This was his first of seven truck races he made in the 2002 season. GNC Live Well 200 The GNC Live Well 200 was held June 29 at The Milwaukee Mile. Terry Cook won the pole. Top ten results #29 - Terry Cook #2 - Jason Leffler #20 - Coy Gibbs #62 - Brendan Gaughan #1 - Ted Musgrave #75 - David Starr #18 - Robert Pressley #16 - Mike Bliss #50 - Jon Wood #60 - Travis Kvapil Failed to qualify: Loni Richardson (#0), Aaron Daniel (#11) O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 The O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 was held July 6 at Kansas Speedway. Jason Leffler won the pole. Top ten results #16 - Mike Bliss #46 - Dennis Setzer #20 - Coy Gibbs #2 - Jason Leffler #1 - Ted Musgrave #29 - Terry Cook #18 - Robert Pressley #63 - Carl Edwards #50 - Jon Wood #88 - Matt Crafton Failed to qualify: Lonnie Cox (#66), Loni Richardson (#0), David Hall (#73) Kroger 225 The Kroger 225 was held July 13 at Kentucky Speedway. Jason Leffler won the pole. Top ten results #16 - Mike Bliss #46 - Dennis Setzer #18 - Robert Pressley #14 - Rick Crawford #2 - Jason Leffler #29 - Terry Cook #20 - Coy Gibbs #75 - David Starr #1 - Ted Musgrave #39 - Steve Portenga Failed to qualify: Morgan Shepherd (#21), Rodney Sawyers (#68), Vince Whitmire (#40), Dana White (#86), Lonnie Cox (#66), Ricky Sanders (#19), Tom Powers (#55), David Hall (#73), Loni Richardson (#0) New England 200 The New England 200 was held July 20 at New Hampshire International Speedway. Jason Leffler won the pole. Top ten results #29 - Terry Cook #46 - Dennis Setzer #75 - David Starr #1 - Ted Musgrave #62 - Brendan Gaughan #20 - Coy Gibbs #60 - Travis Kvapil #6 - Kevin Harvick #18 - Robert Pressley #16 - Mike Bliss Failed to qualify: none Michigan 200 The Michigan 200 was held July 27 at Michigan International Speedway. Ted Musgrave won the pole. Top ten results #18 - Robert Pressley #2 - Jason Leffler #60 - Travis Kvapil #16 - Mike Bliss* #75 - David Starr #29 - Terry Cook #20 - Coy Gibbs #90 - Lance Norick #14 - Rick Crawford #50 - Jon Wood Failed to qualify: none Ted Musgrave suffered a blown engine and finished 32nd, losing the championship points lead to Mike Bliss, who would go on to hold it for the rest of the season. Power Stroke Diesel 200 The Power Stroke Diesel 200 was held August 2 at Indianapolis Raceway Park. Terry Cook won the pole. Top ten results #29 - Terry Cook* #2 - Jason Leffler #60 - Travis Kvapil #52 - Mike Wallace #18 - Robert Pressley #17 - Darrell Waltrip #90 - Lance Norick #50 - Jon Wood #08 - Bobby Dotter #88 - Matt Crafton Failed to qualify: Dude Teate (#31), Clay Collier (#41), Jay Sherston (#30), Bobby Coffey (#74), Tom Powers (#55) This would be Cook's last Truck Series victory until 2006, and the last victory for K-Automotive Racing. Federated Auto Parts 200 The Federated Auto Parts 200 was held August 10 at Nashville Superspeedway. Mike Bliss won the pole. Top ten results #16 - Mike Bliss #14 - Rick Crawford #1 - Ted Musgrave #4 - Bobby Hamilton Jr. #46 - Dennis Setzer #62 - Brendan Gaughan #29 - Terry Cook #50 - Jon Wood #18 - Robert Pressley #2 - Mike Wallace Failed to qualify: Tom Powers (#55), Phil Bonifield (#23) Richmond Is For Lovers 200 The Richmond Is For Lovers 200 was held September 5 at Richmond International Raceway. Jason Leffler won the pole. Top ten results #33 - Tony Stewart* #6 - Kevin Harvick #16 - Mike Bliss #14 - Rick Crawford #29 - Terry Cook #20 - Coy Gibbs #1 - Ted Musgrave #17 - Stacy Compton #08 - Bobby Dotter #52 - Ken Schrader Failed to qualify: Stan Boyd (#89), Brad Bennett (#40), Dana White (#23), Clay Collier (#41), Loni Richardson (#73), Tommy Pistone (#59), James Stephenson (#36), Jody McCormick (#77), Bobby Coffey (#74), Conrad Burr (#28) This was Stewart's first career Truck Series victory, coming in his second career start. Bobby Hamilton sustained injuries in a last-lap crash that caused him to miss several races of the 2002 Winston Cup season. Silverado 350 The Silverado 350 was held September 13 at Texas Motor Speedway. Mike Bliss won the pole. Top ten results #62 - Brendan Gaughan #20 - Coy Gibbs #75 - David Starr #14 - Rick Crawford #60 - Travis Kvapil #1 - Ted Musgrave #18 - Robert Pressley #2 - Jason Leffler #16 - Mike Bliss #46 - Dennis Setzer Failed to qualify: none John Boy & Billy's Hardee's 250 The John Boy & Billy's Hardee's 250 was held September 21 at South Boston Speedway. Ted Musgrave won the pole. Top ten results #16 - Mike Bliss #46 - Dennis Setzer #14 - Rick Crawford #20 - Coy Gibbs #60 - Travis Kvapil #50 - Jon Wood #75 - David Starr #08 - Bobby Dotter #2 - Jason Leffler #4 - Ryan Hemphill Failed to qualify: Jeremy Thompson (#92), Dude Teate (#31), Jay Sherston (#30), Bobby Coffey (#74), James Stephenson (#36) Las Vegas 350 The Las Vegas 350 was held October 13 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. David Starr won the pole. Top ten results #75 - David Starr* #16 - Mike Bliss #46 - Dennis Setzer #60 - Travis Kvapil #2 - Jason Leffler #14 - Rick Crawford #18 - Robert Pressley #62 - Brendan Gaughan #1 - Ted Musgrave #07 - Jason Small Failed to qualify: Jerry Allec Jr. (#93), Tom Powers (#55) This was Starr's first career Truck Series victory, and the first victory for Spears Motorsports. American Racing Wheels 200 The American Racing Wheels 200 was held November 2 at California Speedway. David Starr won the pole. Top ten results #1 - Ted Musgrave #2 - Jason Leffler #62 - Brendan Gaughan #60 - Travis Kvapil #14 - Rick Crawford #20 - Coy Gibbs #18 - Robert Pressley #46 - Dennis Setzer #16 - Mike Bliss #29 - Terry Cook Failed to qualify: Bobby Hillis Jr. (#05) Ryan Hemphill wrecked his #4 truck in practice and was not medically cleared to race. He was replaced in the race by Rick Bogart.November 2002 CTS Archive https://www.jayski.com/jayski-archives/november-2002-craftsman-truck-series-archive August 20, 2024 www.jayski.com Chevy Silverado 150 The Chevy Silverado 150 was held November 8 at Phoenix International Raceway. Rick Crawford won the pole. Top ten results #6 - Kevin Harvick* #1 - Ted Musgrave #14 - Rick Crawford #60 - Travis Kvapil #29 - Terry Cook #20 - Coy Gibbs #52 - Ken Schrader #46 - Dennis Setzer #88 - Matt Crafton #16 - Mike Bliss Failed to qualify: Clay Collier (#41), Lonnie Cox (#66), Ricky Sanders (#19), Loni Richardson (#0), John Mickel (#09), Bobby Hillis Jr. (#05) This was Harvick's first career Truck Series victory. Ford 200 The Ford 200 was held November 15 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Mike Bliss won the pole. Top ten results #11 - Ron Hornaday Jr. #1 - Ted Musgrave #2 - Jason Leffler #18 - Robert Pressley #16 - Mike Bliss #46 - Dennis Setzer #14 - Rick Crawford #75 - David Starr #88 - Matt Crafton #29 - Terry Cook Failed to qualify: Robby Benton (#36), Adam Clarke (#45), Cory Kruseman (#98), Phil Bonifield (#25), Loni Richardson (#0), John Mickel (#09), Dana White (#23) This was the last NASCAR race broadcast on ESPN in any of NASCAR's top three series until 2007. Full Drivers' Championship List of NASCAR points scoring systems (key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by owner's points. * – Most laps led. Pos Position Driver DAY DAR MAR GTW PPR DOV TEX MEM MIL KAN KEN NHA MCH IRP NSH RCH TEX SBO LVS CAL PHO HOM Points 1 Mike Bliss 33 3 2 3 1 5 12 18 8 1 1* 10 4 15 1 3 9 1 2* 9 10 5 3359 2 Rick Crawford 24 5 3 4 6 3 4 9 14 12* 4 17 9 11 2 4 4* 3 6 5 3* 7 3313 3 Ted Musgrave 2 1* 24* 12 16 1* 5 3 5 5 9 4 32 16 3* 7 6 14* 9 1* 2 2* 3308 4 Jason Leffler 11 30 6 2 2* 9 27 4 2 4 5 27 2 2 28 12* 8 9 5 2 16 3 3156 5 David Starr 7 6 8 5 5 4 3 7 6 24 8 3 5 34 11 13 3 7 1 11 18 8 3144 6 Dennis Setzer 34 11 1 6 7 11 14 5 15 2 2 2 14 13 5 20 10 2 3 8 8 6 3132 7 Robert Pressley 1* 2 14 31 30 2 6 12 7 7 3 9 1* 5 9 15 7 24 7 7 14 4 3097 8 Terry Cook 6 29 5 1* 4 10 13 2 1* 6 6 1 6 1* 7 5 22 25 27 10 5 10 3070 9 Travis Kvapil 20 7 7 33 3 19 2 1* 10 25 16 7 3 3 30 11 5 5 4 4 4 15 3039 10 Coy Gibbs 28 23 21 22 9 6 8 8 3 3 7 6 7 18 12 6 2 4 15 6 6 12 3010 11 Brendan Gaughan (R) 13 20 9 11 26 7 1* 13 4 27 11 5 18 29 6 16 1 11 8 3 13 11 2893 12 Jon Wood 21 9 10 7 12 29 9 11 9 9 13 11 10 8 8 28 12 6 18 13 11 14 2782 13 Lance Norick 10 13 12 9 11 36 10 14 13 22 12 18 8 7 20 22 13 15 11 16 28 21 2574 14 Bobby Dotter 36 12 4 15 20 14 17 19 12 15 27 19 28 9 14 9 15 8 16 15 12 20 2534 15 Matt Crafton 23 14 20 10 29 27 7 21 29 10 17 13 16 10 18 32 23 12 25 17 9 9 2424 16 Carlos Contreras 8 17 28 16 13 23 18 15 22 16 22 15 17 31 13 19 30 23 13 18 19 24 2334 17 Bill Lester (R) 18 28 25 17 15 12 11 17 18 29 14 14 15 28 16 36 28 17 17 14 15 18 2320 18 Steve Portenga 32 26 DNQ 14 8 13 28 27 17 11 10 16 11 23 22 29 25 13 28 26 22 19 2167 19 Randy MacDonald 14 19 32 24 24 22 23 20 20 18 23 21 29 14 36 27 17 18 22 20 20 23 2128 20 Lance Hooper 22 16 16 13 18 16 15 16 30 34 19 29 20 17 19 18 29 16 26 34 36 31 2121 21 Jason Small (R) 9 21 13 21 22 21 25 36 26 30 29 32 19 25 15 24 14 27 10 24 29 22 2116 22 Brian Rose 3 8 27 8 10 30 35 10 19 21 24 25 23 25 25 16 22 35 27 23 33 2110 23 Jerry Hill DNQ 18 22 34 23 18 20 25 21 19 20 20 21 22 29 35 18 19 24 19 25 25 1992 24 Morgan Shepherd DNQ 34 33 36 34 32 31 35 32 DNQ 30 35 17 29 28 33 32 974 25 Stan Boyd DNQ 32 21 31 16 35 28 25 33 DNQ 34 31 23 24 35 915 26 Tom Powers 29 27 30 28 33 20 21 28 23 20 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 853 27 Ken Schrader 10 11 33 33 33 10 7 30 809 28 Rich Bickle 6 11 13 15 12 12 776 29 Eric Jones DNQ 32 17 30 22 24 21 22 35 36 750 30 Kevin Harvick 4 29 8* 2 1* 748 31 Phil Bonifield 35 DNQ DNQ 35 DNQ 34 34 31 31 32 33 DNQ 33 31 34 DNQ 704 32 Dana White DNQ 29 32 30 25 DNQ 24 24 34 DNQ 30 34 DNQ 681 33 Carl Edwards 23 28 8 18 19 24 36 676 34 Trent Owens (R) DNQ 15 17 20 14 15 26 657 35 Ryan Hemphill 26 16 10 14 QL 26 28 624 36 Michael Dokken DNQ 22 19 19 34 36 36 32 35 605 37 Rodney Sawyers (R) DNQ 15 18 19 24 24 27 DNQ 597 38 Andy Houston QL 21 12 12 17 17 578 39 Chris Horn 31 14 33 30 30 25 489 40 Joe Ruttman 4 35 17 11 465 41 Doug Keller 28 21 24 27 20 455 42 Loni Richardson (R) 36 36 26 36 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 35 27 DNQ 33 DNQ DNQ 454 43 Aaron Daniel 27 19 DNQ DNQ 26 25 21 29 431 44 Mike Wallace 30 35 4 10 430 45 Randy Briggs (R) 26 32 23 26 26 416 46 Conrad Burr 27 26 DNQ 26 33 23 410 47 Brian Sockwell 15 DNQ 22 21 31 29 391 48 Michael Ritch 17 17 24 36 370 49 Frog Hall 30 DNQ 35 DNQ DNQ 34 20 30 368 50 Stacy Compton 8 32 13 333 51 Angie Wilson (R) 23 25 25 34 331 52 Tom Carey Jr. 8 24 28 312 53 Ron Hornaday Jr. 12 1 307 54 Larry Gunselman 31 32 30 25 298 55 Teri MacDonald 29 26 36 34 277 56 Lonnie Cox DNQ DNQ 19 19 33 DNQ 276 57 Wayne Edwards 25 33 36 32 274 58 Ricky Sanders 19 DNQ DNQ DNQ 32 21 DNQ 273 59 Barry Bodine 26 31 16 270 60 Ryan McGlynn DNQ 24 22 32 255 61 Mike Cofer 33 21 26 249 62 Darrell Waltrip 34 6 211 63 Bryan Reffner 31 13 27 206 64 Andy Petree 31 12 202 65 Mark Gibson 20 23 197 66 Bobby Hamilton 30 14 194 67 Blake Mallory DNQ 21 27 182 68 Andy Thurman 27 21 182 69 Tony Stewart 1 180 70 Bobby Hamilton Jr. 4 165 71 Donnie Neuenberger (R) 25 DNQ 29 164 72 Rick Carelli 5 160 73 Jason White 22 34 158 74 Johnathon Price 33 23 158 75 Brian Ross 26 31 155 76 Regan Smith 29 30 149 77 Chad Chaffin 32 31 137 78 Donny Morelock 33 35 122 79 Matt Mullins 16 115 80 Butch Miller 17 112 81 Randy Tolsma 18 109 82 Adam Clarke 23 20 DNQ 94 83 Joe Cooksey 23 DNQ 94 84 Jeff Finley 26 85 85 Tommy Pistone DNQ DNQ 26 85 86 Tim Fedewa 27 82 87 Jerry Allec Jr. DNQ 27 DNQ 82 88 Mike Hamby 28 79 89 Ronnie Hornaday 28 79 90 Clay Collier DNQ DNQ 28 DNQ 79 91 Carl Long 26 30 73 92 Jamey Caudill 31 34 70 93 J. D. Gibbs 31 70 94 Emerson Newton-John 31 70 95 Jason Hedlesky 31 70 96 Cory Kruseman 31 DNQ 70 97 Jody McCormick DNQ DNQ 32 DNQ 67 98 Norm Benning 32 67 99 Jody Lavender 33 64 100 Bobby Coffey DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 34 DNQ DNQ DNQ 61 101 Scott Kuhn DNQ 34 61 102 Richard Landreth 35 58 103 Jerry Miller 35 58 104 Brian Tyler 35 58 105 Patrick Lawler 35 58 106 Scott Kirkpatrick 35 58 107 Jason Thom 36 55 108 Brad Bennett DNQ 36 55 109 Rick Bogart 36 55 110 Jim Inglebright DNQ 111 Jake Hobgood DNQ 112 Kenny Allen DNQ 113 Ron Barfield Jr. DNQ DNQ 114 Mike Swaim Jr. DNQ DNQ 115 Mike Harmon DNQ 116 L. W. Miller DNQ 117 R. D. Smith DNQ DNQ 118 James Stephenson DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 119 Vince Whitmire DNQ DNQ 120 Nathan Wulff DNQ 121 Dude Teate DNQ DNQ 122 Jay Sherston DNQ DNQ 123 Jeremy Thompson DNQ 124 Bobby Hillis Jr. DNQ DNQ 125 John Mickel DNQ DNQ 126 Robby Benton DNQ 127 Mike Leffingwell QL Pos Position Driver DAY DAR MAR GTW PPR DOV TEX MEM MIL KAN KEN NHA MCH IRP NSH RCH TEX SBO LVS CAL PHO HOM Points Rookie of the Year Brendan Gaughan captured two wins and the Rookie of the Year title in 2002, driving for his family-owned Orleans Racing team. Bill Lester came in second followed by Jason Small. Loni Richardson also declared for the award, but did not compete in enough races to be eligible for rookie points. See also 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series 2002 NASCAR Busch Series 2002 ARCA Re/Max Series 2002 NASCAR Goody's Dash Series References External links Truck Series Standings and Statistics for 2002 * Category:NASCAR Truck Series seasons