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2001 Sharpie 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 24 of 36
Saturday, August 25, 2001 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN
500 laps on a .533 mile paved track (266.5 miles)

Time of race: 3:07:53
Average Speed: 85.106 mph
Pole Speed: 123.674 mph

Cautions: 16 for 93 laps
Margin of Victory: 0.487 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 11

Glossary 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 2001 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	18	20	Tony Stewart	Home Depot (Joe Gibbs)	Pontiac	500	189,415	running	71	180
2	8	29	Kevin Harvick	GM Goodwrench (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	500	167,267	running	0	170
3	6	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Automotive (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	500	155,692	running	199	175
4	5	28	Ricky Rudd	Texaco / Havoline (Yates Racing)	Ford	500	124,527	running	3	165
5	9	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Ford	500	107,640	running	123	160
6	7	88	Dale Jarrett	UPS (Yates Racing)	Ford	500	115,482	running	0	150
7	37	1	Steve Park	Pennzoil (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	500	90,533	running	9	151
8	16	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Pontiac	500	110,817	running	0	142
9	17	40	Sterling Marlin	Target (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	500	81,500	running	0	138
10	21	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	500	97,720	running	0	134
11	4	21	Elliott Sadler	Motorcraft (Wood Brothers)	Ford	500	83,860	running	0	130
12	14	22	Ward Burton	Caterpillar (Bill Davis)	Dodge	500	90,775	running	0	127
13	25	4	Kevin Lepage	Kodak (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	500	63,801	running	10	129
14	24	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Budweiser (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	500	85,063	running	0	121
15	22	99	Jeff Burton	Citgo Supergard (Jack Roush)	Ford	500	99,506	running	0	118
16	30	12	Jeremy Mayfield	Mobil 1 (Roger Penske)	Ford	499	93,144	running	0	115
17	34	19	Casey Atwood	Dodge / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	499	53,510	running	0	112
18	28	93	Dave Blaney	Amoco (Bill Davis)	Dodge	498	53,250	running	0	109
19	35	9	Bill Elliott	Dodge Dealers / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	496	77,748	running	0	106
20	12	25	Jerry Nadeau	UAW-Delphi (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	496	64,185	running	0	103
21	42	43	John Andretti	Cheerios (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	496	88,487	running	0	100
22	11	36	Ken Schrader	M&M's (Nelson Bowers)	Pontiac	495	64,800	running	0	97
23	15	55	Bobby Hamilton	Square D (Andy Petree)	Chevrolet	495	59,560	running	0	94
24	41	33	Joe Nemechek	Oakwood Homes (Andy Petree)	Chevrolet	493	79,155	running	0	91
25	26	97	Kurt Busch	Sharpie / Rubbermaid (Jack Roush)	Ford	490	58,980	running	0	88
26	20	11	Brett Bodine	Ralph's Supermarkets / Wells Fargo (Brett Bodine)	Ford	488	52,390	running	0	85
27	13	09	Geoffrey Bodine	Smirnoff Ice (Brett Bodine)	Ford	486	45,305	running	0
28	19	77	Robert Pressley	Jasper Engines (Doug Bawel)	Ford	442	54,795	running	0	79
29	3	14	Ron Hornaday, Jr.	Conseco (A.J. Foyt)	Pontiac	441	44,085	running	0	76
30	43	01	Jason Leffler	Cingular Wireless (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	436	52,025	running	0	73
31	27	7	Mike Wallace	NationsRent (Jim Smith)	Ford	421	51,415	running	0	70
32	10	66	Todd Bodine	Kmart Blue Light Special (Travis Carter)	Ford	396	43,330	crash	0	67
33	38	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt Power Tools (Jack Roush)	Ford	394	51,295	crash	0	64
34	2	31	Mike Skinner	Lowe's (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	383	76,084	running	0	61
35	23	26	Jimmy Spencer	Kmart (Travis Carter)	Ford	374	51,230	engine	0	58
36	29	10	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Valvoline (Nelson Bowers)	Pontiac	343	51,185	crash	0	55
37	31	6	Mark Martin	Viagra / Pfizer (Jack Roush)	Ford	336	87,470	running	0	52
38	39	32	Ricky Craven	Tide (Cal Wells)	Ford	239	43,050	crash	14	54
39	40	15	Michael Waltrip	NAPA (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	233	53,000	crash	0	46
40	33	96	Andy Houston	McDonald's (Cal Wells)	Ford	127	42,925	crash	0	43
41	32	27	Rick Mast	Duke's Mayonnaise / Sauer's (Jack Birmingham)	Pontiac	113	42,875	crash	0	40
42	1	30	Jeff Green	America Online (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	85	47,825	crash	71	42
43	36	44	Buckshot Jones	Georgia-Pacific (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	67	51,022	crash	0	34

Failed to qualify: Stacy Compton (#92), Kyle Petty (#45), Hermie Sadler (#13), Dave Marcis (#71), Hut Stricklin (#90), Carl Long (#85)

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	14	14
	15	19	5	#44 spun turn 2
	20	24	5
	25	29	5	#11 spun turn 3
	30	70	41
	71	80	10	#44 spun frontstretch
	81	83	3
	84	88	5	#97,10,43 accident backstretch
	89	90	2
	91	96	6	#31,18,77 accident turn 4
	97	103	7
	104	109	6	#31 spun turn 4
	110	129	20
	130	133	4	#96 accident backstretch
	134	135	2
	136	140	5	#66,33 spun turn 4
	141	149	9
	150	155	6	#09,27 spun turn 3
	156	234	79
	235	239	5	#15 accident turn 4
	240	241	2
	242	248	7	#32 accident backstretch
	249	261	13
	262	266	5	#9 accident turn 4
	267	353	87
	354	360	7	#66 accident backstretch
	361	362	2
	363	366	4	#33 accident backstretch
	367	381	15
	382	387	6	#10 accident turn 1
	388	395	8
	396	402	7	#17 accident frontstretch
	403	500	98
Percent of race run under caution: 18.6% Average green flag run: 23.9 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Jeff Green	1	71	71
Ricky Craven	72	85	14
Ricky Rudd	86	88	3
Steve Park	89	97	9
Rusty Wallace	98	214	117
Jeff Gordon	215	235	21
Kevin Lepage	236	245	10
Rusty Wallace	246	251	6
Jeff Gordon	252	351	100
Tony Stewart	352	353	2
Jeff Gordon	354	431	78
Tony Stewart	432	500	69

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Jeff Gordon	3528
2	Ricky Rudd	3220	-308
3	Dale Jarrett	3149	-379
4	Sterling Marlin	3110	-418
5	Tony Stewart	3055	-473
6	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	2967	-561
7	Rusty Wallace	2963	-565
8	Bobby Labonte	2947	-581
9	Kevin Harvick	2913	-615
10	Steve Park	2859	-669
11	Johnny Benson, Jr.	2843	-685
12	Mark Martin	2739	-789
13	Jeff Burton	2691	-837
14	Matt Kenseth	2677	-851
15	Bill Elliott	2650	-878
16	Jimmy Spencer	2626	-902
17	Elliott Sadler	2483	-1045
18	Ward Burton	2405	-1123
19	Ken Schrader	2369	-1159
20	Bobby Hamilton	2366	-1162

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