| Date | Race Name | Track | Winner | Bud Poll | TV |
| 02/17/02 | Daytona 500 | Daytona Int'l Speedway | Ward Burton | Jimmie Johnson | NBC |
| 02/24/02 | North Carolina 400 | North Carolina Speedway | Matt Kenseth | Ricky Craven | FOX |
| 03/03/02 | UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 | Las Vegas Motor Speedway | Sterling Marlin | Todd Bodine | FOX |
| 03/10/02 | Atlanta 500 | Atlanta Motor Speedway | Tony Stewart | Bill Elliott | FOX |
| 03/17/02 | Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 | Darlington Raceway | Sterling Marlin | Ricky Craven | FOX |
| 03/24/02 | Food City 500 | Bristol Motor Speedway | Kurt Busch | Jeff Gordon | FOX |
| 04/07/02 | Samsung/RadioShack 500 | Texas Motor Speedway | Matt Kenseth | Bill Elliott | FOX |
| 04/14/02 | Virginia 500 | Martinsville Speedway | Bobby LaBonte | Jeff Gordon | FX |
| 04/21/02 | Talladega 500 | Talladega Superspeedway | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Jimmie Johnson | FOX |
| 04/28/02 | NAPA Auto Parts 500 | California Speedway | Jimmie Johnson | Ryan Newman | FOX |
| 05/04/02 | Pontiac Excitement 400 | Richmond Int'l Raceway | Tony Stewart | Ward Burton | FX |
| 05/18/02 | The Winston | Lowe's Motor Speedway | Ryan Newman | Matt Kenseth | FX |
| 05/26/02 | Coca-Cola 600 | Lowe's Motor Speedway | Mark Martin | Jimmie Johnson | FOX |
| 06/02/02 | MBNA Platinum 400 | Dover Downs Int'l Speedway | Jimmie Johnson | Matt Kenseth | FX |
| 06/09/02 | Pocono 500 | Pocono Raceway | Dale Jarrett | Sterling Marlin | FOX |
| 06/16/02 | Michigan 400 | Michigan Int'l Speedway | Matt Kenseth | Dale Jarrett | FOX |
| 06/23/02 | Dodge/Save Mart 350 | Sears Point Raceway | Ricky Rudd | Tony Stewart | FOX |
| 07/06/02 | Pepsi 400 | Daytona Int'l Speedway | Michael Waltrip | Kevin Harvick | FOX |
| 07/14/02 | Tropicana 400 | Chicagoland Speedway | Kevin Harvick | Ryan Newman | NBC |
| 07/21/02 | New England 300 | New Hampshire Int'l Speedway | Ward Burton | Bill Elliott | TNT |
| 07/28/02 | Pennsylvania 500 | Pocono Raceway | Bill Elliott | Bill Elliott | TNT |
| 08/04/02 | Brickyard 400 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Bill Elliott | Tony Stewart | NBC |
| 08/11/02 | Watkins Glen International | Watkins Glen International | Tony Stewart | Ricky Rudd | NBC |
| 08/18/02 | Pepsi 400 | Michigan Int'l Speedway | Dale Jarrett | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | TNT |
| 08/24/02 | Sharpie 500 | Bristol Motor Speedway | Jeff Gordon | Jeff Gordon | TNT |
| 09/01/02 | Mountain Dew Southern 500 | Darlington Raceway | Jeff Gordon | Sterling Marlin | TV |
| 09/07/02 | Chevy Monte Carlo 400 | Richmond Int'l Raceway | Matt Kenseth | Jimmie Johnson | TNT |
| 09/15/02 | New Hampshire 300 | New Hampshire Int'l Speedway | Ryan Newman | Ryan Newman | NBC |
| 09/22/02 | MBNA America 400 | Dover Downs Int'l Speedway | Jimmie Johnson | Rusty Wallace | TNT |
| 09/29/02 | Protection One 400 | Kansas Speedway | Jeff Gordon | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | NBC |
| 10/06/02 | EA Sports 500 | Talladega Superspeedway | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Jimmie Johnson | NBC |
| 10/13/02 | UAW-GM Quality 500 | Lowe's Motor Speedway | Jamie McMurray | Tony Stewart | NBC |
| 10/20/02 | Martinsville 500 | Martinsville Speedway | Kurt Busch | Ryan Newman | NBC |
| 10/27/02 | NAPA 500 | Atlanta Motor Speedway | Kurt Busch | Tony Stewart | NBC |
| 11/03/02 | Pop Secret 400 | North Carolina Speedway | Johnny Benson | Ryan Newman | TNT |
| 11/10/02 | Checker Auto Parts 500K | Phoenix Int'l Raceway | Matt Kenseth | Ryan Newman | NBC |
| 11/17/02 | Homestead 400 | Homestead-Miami Speedway | Kurt Busch | Kurt Busch | NBC |