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Drag Racing Story of the Day!
NHRA Winnings: What they Made in 2002
By Steve Klemetti
Here is my list of Driver earnings for 2002.
These are for National event purses, and special Big Bud events and top 10
money. I am not sure if the #1 qualifier gets that bonus anymore so I didn't include that.
Steve Klemetti
sklemetti@softhome.net
DRIVER |
CLASS |
WINNINGS |
John Force |
AAFC |
$908,000.00 |
Larry Dixon |
TF |
$902,500.00 |
Tony Pedregon |
AAFC |
$548,500.00 |
Kenny Bernstein |
TF |
$532,500.00 |
Jeg Coughlin |
PRO |
$445,000.00 |
Del Worsham |
AAFC |
$435,000.00 |
Tony Schumacher |
TF |
$417,500.00 |
Ron Capps |
AAFC |
$398,500.00 |
Gary Densham |
AAFC |
$370,500.00 |
Doug Kalitta |
TF |
$366,000.00 |
Whit Bazemore |
AAFC |
$329,500.00 |
Darrell Russell |
TF |
$328,000.00 |
Doug Herbert |
TF |
$307,000.00 |
Cory McClenathan |
TF |
$299,000.00 |
Scotty Cannon |
AAFC |
$278,500.00 |
Tommy Johnson Jr |
AAFC |
$273,000.00 |
Dean Skuza |
AAFC |
$264,000.00 |
Andrew Cowin |
TF |
$258,000.00 |
Rhonda Hartman |
TF |
$237,000.00 |
Johnny Gray |
AAFC |
$235,500.00 |
John (2) Smith |
TF |
$214,500.00 |
Bruce Sarver |
AAFC |
$198,500.00 |
Warren Johnson |
PRO |
$193,500.00 |
Jim Yates |
PRO |
$193,000.00 |
Bob Gilbertson |
AAFC |
$186,500.00 |
Frank Pedregon |
AAFC |
$178,000.00 |
Cruz Pedregon |
AAFC |
$177,500.00 |
Tim Wilkerson |
AAFC |
$176,000.00 |
David Grubnic |
TF |
$170,000.00 |
Greg Anderson |
PRO |
$172,000.00 |
Dale Creasy Jr |
AAFC |
$169,000.00 |
Scott Weis |
TF |
$168,000.00 |
Todd Paton |
AAFC |
$147,500.00 |
Ron Krisher |
PRO |
$140,000.00 |
Mike Edwards |
PRO |
$131,000.00 |
Bob Bode |
AAFC |
$117,000.00 |
Kurt Johnson |
PRO |
$109,000.00 |
Allen Johnson |
PRO |
$103,500.00 |
Bruce Allen |
PRO |
$99,500.00 |
George Marnell |
PRO |
$94,500.00 |
Chris Karamesines |
TF |
$100,000.00 |
Mark Whisnant |
PRO |
$89,500.00 |
John Lawson |
AAFC |
$88,000.00 |
Angelle Savoie |
PSB |
$85,500.00 |
Darrell Alderman |
PRO |
$85,500.00 |
Gene Wilson |
PRO |
$85,000.00 |
Melanie Troxel |
TF |
$81,000.00 |
Bruce Litton |
TF |
$76,000.00 |
Yuichi Oyama |
TF |
$73,500.00 |
V Gaines |
PRO |
$72,000.00 |
Paul Romine |
TF |
$70,500.00 |
Jim Head |
TF |
$70,000.00 |
Ken Zeal |
TF |
$70,000.00 |
Gary Scelzi |
AAFC |
$68,000.00 |
Troy Coughlin |
PRO |
$68,000.00 |
Frank Manzo |
TAFC |
$67,900.00 |
Clay Millican |
TF |
$67,000.00 |
Arthur Gallant |
TAD |
$63,000.00 |
Tom Hammonds |
PRO |
$61,000.00 |
Shirley Muldowney |
TF |
$60,500.00 |
Mitch King |
TF |
$60,000.00 |
Craig Treble |
PSB |
$55,400.00 |
Don Sosenka |
TF |
$54,500.00 |
Mark Pawuk |
PRO |
$50,500.00 |
Tom Martino |
PRO |
$43,500.00 |
Tom Lee |
PRO |
$42,500.00 |
Larry Morgan |
PRO |
$42,000.00 |
J R Carr |
PRO |
$41,000.00 |
Duane Shields |
TAD |
$40,100.00 |
Mark Osborne |
PRO |
$39,500.00 |
Luigi Novelli |
TF |
$39,000.00 |
Jay Payne |
TAFC |
$38,400.00 |
Larry Nance |
PRO |
$37,000.00 |
Steve Gasparrelli |
TAFC |
$33,400.00 |
Greg Stanfield |
PRO |
$32,500.00 |
Al Hofmann |
AAFC |
$30,000.00 |
Matt Hines |
PSB |
$29,300.00 |
Antron Brown |
PSB |
$27,600.00 |
Mike Smith |
TF |
$27,000.00 |
Von Smith |
TAFC |
$26,400.00 |
Shawn Gann |
PSB |
$25,300.00 |
Joe Hartley |
TF |
$24,000.00 |
Geno Scali |
PSB |
$23,650.00 |
Bob Newberry |
TAFC |
$21,200.00 |
Mark Kinsella |
TF |
$21,000.00 |
Jerry Toliver |
AAFC |
$21,000.00 |
Don Lampus |
TF |
$21,000.00 |
Mike Strasburg |
TF |
$21,000.00 |
Jim Cavalieri |
TF |
$21,000.00 |
Steve Federlin |
TAD |
$20,700.00 |
Mike Berry |
PSB |
$20,400.00 |
Reggie Showers |
PSB |
$19,950.00 |
Cory Lee |
AAFC |
$19,000.00 |
Robert Patrick |
PRO |
$19,000.00 |
Larry Miner |
TAFC |
$18,800.00 |
Marc White |
TAFC |
$18,600.00 |
Shelly Howard |
TAD |
$17,300.00 |
Gary Ormsby Jr |
TAD |
$17,000.00 |
Marty Thacker |
TAD |
$16,600.00 |
Kenny Koretsky |
PRO |
$16,000.00 |
Cliff Bozzelli |
TAD |
$15,600.00 |
Bill Reichert |
TAD |
$15,300.00 |
John Smith |
PSB |
$15,150.00 |
John Patton |
TAFC |
$15,100.00 |
Steve Johnson |
PSB |
$14,800.00 |
Darren Nicholson |
TAD |
$14,600.00 |
David Wells |
TAD |
$14,400.00 |
Richie Stevens |
PRO |
$14,000.00 |
Bucky Austin |
TAFC |
$13,900.00 |
Mark Hentges |
TAD |
$13,400.00 |
John Haley |
TAD |
$13,300.00 |
Tate Branch |
TAFC |
$13,200.00 |
John Geyer |
PRO |
$13,000.00 |
Steve Schmidt |
PRO |
$13,000.00 |
Todd Veney |
TAFC |
$12,600.00 |
Mert Littlefield |
TAFC |
$12,500.00 |
Roger Dean |
TF |
$12,000.00 |
Scott Palmer |
TF |
$12,000.00 |
Bobby Lagana Jr |
TF |
$12,000.00 |
Brady Kalivoda |
TF |
$12,000.00 |
Cy Chesterman |
TAFC |
$12,000.00 |
Mitch Myers |
TAD |
$12,000.00 |
Wyatt Radke |
TF |
$12,000.00 |
Phil Burkart Jr |
AAFC |
$12,000.00 |
Jeff Craig |
TAFC |
$11,200.00 |
Michael Phillips |
PSB |
$11,000.00 |
Keith Stark |
TAD |
$10,800.00 |
Vern Moats |
TAFC |
$10,600.00 |
Michael Gunderson |
TAD |
$10,300.00 |
Fred Camarena |
PSB |
$10,200.00 |
Brad Jeter |
PRO |
$10,000.00 |
Jamie Yates |
PRO |
$10,000.00 |
Joe DeSantis |
PSB |
$9,500.00 |
Tony Bartone |
TAD |
$9,500.00 |
Doug Gordon |
TAFC |
$9,400.00 |
Jeff Wilson |
TAD |
$9,400.00 |
Thomas Miceli |
PSB |
$9,100.00 |
Mark Niver |
TAD |
$9,100.00 |
Jason Cannon |
TAD |
$9,100.00 |
Vincent Arcadi |
AAFC |
$9,000.00 |
Terry Haddock |
AAFC |
$9,000.00 |
Ron Smith |
TF |
$9,000.00 |
Gary Clapshaw |
TF |
$9,000.00 |
Louis Sweet |
AAFC |
$9,000.00 |
Bob Hallock |
TF |
$9,000.00 |
Bobby Martin |
TAFC |
$8,300.00 |
Kirk Williams |
TAFC |
$8,100.00 |
Arturo Delgado |
PRO |
$8,000.00 |
Fran Monaghan |
TAD |
$7,900.00 |
Steve Harker |
TAFC |
$7,600.00 |
Darryl Hitchman |
TAD |
$7,500.00 |
Gary Anderson |
TAD |
$7,300.00 |
Paul Lee |
TAFC |
$7,200.00 |
Chuck Cheeseman |
TAFC |
$7,200.00 |
Mick Snyder |
TAD |
$7,200.00 |
Thomas Frickenschmidt |
TAFC |
$7,000.00 |
John Weaver |
TAFC |
$7,000.00 |
Morgan Lucas |
TAD |
$6,900.00 |
Pat Austin |
TAFC |
$6,900.00 |
Jeff Bohr |
TAD |
$6,700.00 |
Sam Hurwitz |
PSB |
$6,600.00 |
Andrew Hines |
PSB |
$6,300.00 |
Chris Reuter |
PSB |
$6,100.00 |
Larry Miersch |
TAD |
$6,100.00 |
Don Garlits |
TF |
$6,000.00 |
Jerry Freeman |
TF |
$6,000.00 |
Alan Bradshaw |
TAD |
$6,000.00 |
Greg Underdahl |
PSB |
$6,000.00 |
Brandon Johnson |
TAD |
$5,800.00 |
Ben Marshall |
TAD |
$5,600.00 |
Todd Datweiler |
TAD |
$5,500.00 |
Lee Callaway |
TAD |
$5,500.00 |
Dave Hirata |
TAD |
$5,500.00 |
Russ Lindert |
TAD |
$5,500.00 |
Don Hudson |
TAD |
$5,500.00 |
Bill McCornack |
TAD |
$5,500.00 |
Mark Billington |
TAFC |
$5,300.00 |
Dennis Taylor |
TAFC |
$5,300.00 |
Rich McPhillips |
TAD |
$5,100.00 |
Bret Williamson |
TAFC |
$5,100.00 |
Bernie Harrington |
TAFC |
$5,100.00 |
Rick Santos |
TAD |
$4,900.00 |
Karen Stoffer |
PSB |
$4,900.00 |
Ken Perry |
TAD |
$4,700.00 |
Ron August |
TAFC |
$4,700.00 |
Scott Lewis |
PSB |
$4,500.00 |
Billy Gibson |
TAD |
$4,100.00 |
Brian Hough |
TAD |
$4,100.00 |
Chris Ricketts |
TAD |
$4,100.00 |
Scott Geoffrion |
PRO |
$4,000.00 |
Jason Rupert |
TAFC |
$3,900.00 |
Robin Samsel |
TAD |
$3,900.00 |
Chris Demke |
TAD |
$3,800.00 |
Jon Capps |
TAFC |
$3,800.00 |
Michael Ferro |
TAFC |
$3,600.00 |
Troy Buff |
TAD |
$3,600.00 |
Tony Meredyk |
TAD |
$3,600.00 |
Steve Griboski |
TAFC |
$3,600.00 |
Steve Addleman |
TAFC |
$3,600.00 |
Scott Palmer |
TAFC |
$3,600.00 |
Phil Mass |
TAD |
$3,600.00 |
Bruce Bowler |
TAD |
$3,600.00 |
Bruce Mullins |
TAFC |
$3,600.00 |
Pete Swayne |
TAFC |
$3,600.00 |
Paul Jones |
TAD |
$3,600.00 |
Mike Andreotti |
TAFC |
$3,600.00 |
Mark Woznichak |
TAFC |
$3,600.00 |
Ed Marx |
TAFC |
$3,600.00 |
Jeff McCulloch |
TAFC |
$3,600.00 |
Scott Woodington |
TAFC |
$3,400.00 |
David DeAngelis |
TAD |
$3,400.00 |
Robert Kanenwisher |
TAFC |
$3,400.00 |
Craig English |
TAFC |
$3,400.00 |
Todd Simpson |
TAFC |
$3,400.00 |
Kebin Kinsley |
TAFC |
$3,400.00 |
Matt Seltzer |
TAD |
$3,400.00 |
Charlie Marcum |
TAD |
$3,400.00 |
Jim Gascoyne |
TAD |
$3,400.00 |
Mark Foster |
TAD |
$3,400.00 |
Bruce Peterson Jr |
TAFC |
$3,400.00 |
Eric Lourie |
TAFC |
$3,400.00 |
John Evanchuk |
TAFC |
$3,400.00 |
Wayne Butler |
TAFC |
$3,400.00 |
Terry Kizer |
PSB |
$3,300.00 |
Steve Lamplough |
TAD |
$3,100.00 |
Mike Kosky |
TAD |
$3,100.00 |
Fred Farndon |
TF |
$3,000.00 |
Gordie Bonin |
TF |
$3,000.00 |
Dave Bieneman |
TF |
$3,000.00 |
Garth Widdison |
TF |
$3,000.00 |
Tim Cullinan |
TF |
$3,000.00 |
Peter Russo |
AAFC |
$3,000.00 |
Jack Wyatt |
AAFC |
$3,000.00 |
Tim Rudy |
TAD |
$2,900.00 |
Doug Foley |
TAD |
$2,900.00 |
Richard Bourke |
TAD |
$2,900.00 |
Brian DeLong |
PSB |
$2,700.00 |
Jeff Lancaster |
TAFC |
$2,200.00 |
Hank Coolidge |
TAFC |
$2,200.00 |
Ed Fisher |
TAFC |
$2,200.00 |
Fred Hagen |
TAFC |
$2,100.00 |
Mark Carter |
PRO |
$2,000.00 |
Leif Andreasson |
TAFC |
$1,900.00 |
Dave Germain |
TAFC |
$1,900.00 |
Bob Alberty |
TAFC |
$1,900.00 |
Jackie Stidham |
TAFC |
$1,900.00 |
Scott McVey |
TAFC |
$1,900.00 |
Joey Severance Jr |
TAD |
$1,900.00 |
William Zivkovich |
TAD |
$1,700.00 |
Bruce Horner |
TAD |
$1,700.00 |
James Thompson |
TAD |
$1,700.00 |
Gene Snow |
TAD |
$1,700.00 |
Brooks Brown |
TAD |
$1,700.00 |
Warren Dauzat |
TAFC |
$1,700.00 |
Artie Allen |
TAD |
$1,700.00 |
Bill Edwards |
TAD |
$1,700.00 |
Steve Cantrell |
TAD |
$1,700.00 |
Bill Gallio |
TAFC |
$1,700.00 |
Sheila Tafur |
TAD |
$1,700.00 |
Roger Bateman |
TAFC |
$1,700.00 |
Jack Beckman |
TAD |
$1,700.00 |
Bob Perkins |
TAD |
$1,700.00 |
Shawn Bowen |
TAD |
$1,700.00 |
Brian Badgett |
TAD |
$1,700.00 |
Kent Nuckols |
TAD |
$1,700.00 |
Lyle Greenberg |
TAFC |
$1,700.00 |
Paul Gill |
TAFC |
$1,700.00 |
Dave Ryan |
TAFC |
$1,700.00 |
Larry Traugott |
TAD |
$1,700.00 |
David Wilson |
TAD |
$1,700.00 |
Larry Bakke |
TAFC |
$1,700.00 |
Jared Dreher |
TAD |
$1,700.00 |
Kevin Richardson |
TAFC |
$1,700.00 |
Darrel Cox |
TAFC |
$1,700.00 |
Ken Winward |
TAD |
$1,700.00 |
Karl Brounkowski |
TAD |
$1,700.00 |
Karen Benkovich |
TAD |
$1,700.00 |
Gage Chaffee |
TAFC |
$1,700.00 |
John Knox |
TAFC |
$1,700.00 |
Jimmy Jones |
TAFC |
$1,700.00 |
Kim Parker |
TAD |
$1,700.00 |
Norm Hill |
TAFC |
$1,700.00 |
Paul Julien |
TAD |
$1,700.00 |
Mike Austin |
TAD |
$1,700.00 |
Leo Grocock |
TAD |
$1,700.00 |
Chris Lane |
TAD |
$1,700.00 |
Dale Van Gundy |
TAFC |
$1,700.00 |
Mike Cofini |
TAD |
$1,700.00 |
Jon Rice |
TAFC |
$1,700.00 |
Greg Lawrence |
TAD |
$1,700.00 |
Michael Bowers |
TAD |
$1,700.00 |
Matt Goss |
TAFC |
$1,700.00 |
Bruce Insinger |
TAD |
$1,200.00 |
Blaine Hale |
PSB |
$1,100.00 |
Sean Conner |
PSB |
$1,100.00 |
Keith Dennis |
PSB |
$1,100.00 |
Tommy Grimes Jr |
PSB |
$1,100.00 |
Chris Bostick |
PSB |
$1,100.00 |
Jay Matthews |
PSB |
$1,100.00 |
Todd Doege |
PSB |
$1,100.00 |
Mike Corvo Jr |
PRO |
$1,000.00 |
Cary Phalen |
PSB |
$1,000.00 |
Matthew Smith |
PSB |
$500.00 |
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