2002 MBNA All-American Heroes 400

March 2026 February 2025 CUST Race 28 of 36 in the 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season MBNA All-American Heroes 400 2002 09 22 2002 28 36 MBNA All-American Heroes 400 Dover International Speedway, Dover, Delaware 1.000 1.609 400 400 643.737 120.805 mi/h Rusty Wallace Penske Racing Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports 170 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports TNT Allen Bestwick Benny Parsons Wally Dallenbach Jr. The 2002 MBNA All-American Heroes 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on September 22, 2002, at Dover International Speedway, in Dover, Delaware. Contested over 400 laps on the 1 mile on concrete speedway, it was the 28th race of the 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Jimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports won the race.https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2002/09/23/roundup-johnson-holds-off-martin-to-win-dover/28722600007/ ROUNDUP Johnson holds off Martin to win Dover Sarasota Herald-Tribune Associated Press September 23, 2002 March 20, 2026 Background Dover International Speedway (formerly Dover Downs International Speedway) is a race track in Dover, Delaware, United States. Since opening in 1969, it has held at least two NASCAR races per year. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosted USAC and the IndyCar Series. The track features one layout, a 1 mi km concrete oval, with 24° banking in the turns and 9° banking on the straights. The speedway is owned and operated by Dover Motorsports. The track, nicknamed "The Monster Mile", was built in 1969 by Melvin Joseph of Melvin L. Joseph Construction Company, Inc., with an asphalt surface, but was replaced with concrete in 1995. Six years later in 2001, the track's capacity moved to 135,000 seats, making the track have the largest capacity of sports venue in the mid-Atlantic. In 2002, the name changed to Dover International Speedway from Dover Downs International Speedway after Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment split, making Dover Motorsports. From 2007 to 2009, the speedway worked on an improvement project called "The Monster Makeover", which expanded facilities at the track and beautified the track. After the 2014 season, the track's capacity was reduced to 95,500 seats. Top 10 results Pos No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer 1 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 2 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 3 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 4 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford 5 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 6 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 7 97 Kurt Busch Roush Racing Ford 8 12 Ryan Newman Penske Racing Ford 9 32 Ricky Craven PPI Motorsports Ford 10 10 Johnny Benson Jr. MB2 Motorsports Pontiac Race statistics Time of race: 3:18:40 Average Speed: 120.805 mph Pole Speed: 156.822 mph Cautions: 6 for 37 laps Margin of Victory: 0.535 sec Lead changes: 15 Percent of race run under caution: 9.2% Average green flag run: 51.9 laps References 2002 New Hampshire 300 2002 Protection One 400 NASCAR Winston Cup Series 2002 2002 MBNA All-American Heroes 400 2002 MBNA All-American Heroes 400 Category:NASCAR races at Dover Motor Speedway