2001 Brickyard 400

NASCAR Winston Cup Series race February 2025 NASWINSTON Brickyard 400 2001 Brickyard 400 https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2001_Brickyard_400/W/ Racing-Reference NASCAR Digital Media, LLC April 11, 2024The Race: Brickyard 400 http://jayski.thatsracin.com/next/2001/2001indy.htm Jayski's Silly Season Site April 11, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20011021173549/http://jayski.thatsracin.com/next/2001/2001indy.htm October 21, 2001 dead 2001 08 5 2001 21 36 2001_Brickyard_400_program_cover_and_logo.png 2001 Brickyard 400 program cover Brickyard 400 Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana 2.5 4.023 160 400 643.738 130.790 mi/h Jimmy Spencer Haas-Carter Motorsports 50.093 Steve Park Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 39 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports NBC Allen Bestwick, Wally Dallenbach Jr., Benny Parsons 6.2/16NBC Finds Ratings Gold With NASCAR https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2001/08/08/nbc-finds-ratings-gold-with-nascar-2/ Orlando Sentinel August 8, 2001 April 11, 2024 The 2001 Brickyard 400, the 8th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on August 5, 2001, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. Contested over 160 laps on the 2.5 mi km off on speedway, it was the 21st race of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won the race. Background thumb|left|Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the track where the race was held. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana, (an enclave suburb of Indianapolis) in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400. It is located on the corner of 16th Street and Georgetown Road, approximately 6 mi km off west of Downtown Indianapolis. It is a four-turn rectangular-oval track that is 2.5 mi km off long. The track's turns are banked at 9 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, has no banking. The back stretch, opposite of the front, also has a zero degree banking.http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/ims/ NASCAR Tracks—The Indianapolis Motor Speedway NASCAR Turner Sports Interactive https://web.archive.org/web/20110628201835/http://www.nascar.com/races/tracks/ims/ June 28, 2011 dead April 11, 2024 mdy-all Results Pos Finishing position SP Starting position No. Car numberDriverCar makeEntrantLapsStatus 1 27 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 160 Running 2 8 40 Sterling Marlin Dodge Chip Ganassi Racing 160 Running 3 26 10 Johnny Benson Jr. Pontiac MBV Motorsports 160 Running 4 37 2 Rusty Wallace Ford Team Penske 160 Running 5 34 97 Kurt Busch Ford Roush Racing 160 Running 6 19 22 Ward Burton Dodge Bill Davis Racing 160 Running 7 13 1 Steve Park Chevrolet Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 160 Running 8 2 9 Bill Elliott Dodge Evernham Motorsports 160 Running 9 7 32 Ricky Craven Ford PPI Motorsports 160 Running 10 36 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 160 Running 11 11 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 160 Running 12 6 88 Dale Jarrett Ford Robert Yates Racing 160 Running 13 1 26 Jimmy Spencer Ford Haas-Carter Motorsports 160 Running 14 30 43 John Andretti Dodge Petty Enterprises 160 Running 15 15 18 Bobby Labonte Pontiac Joe Gibbs Racing 160 Running 16 22 99 Jeff Burton Ford Roush Racing 160 Running 17 9 20 Tony Stewart Pontiac Joe Gibbs Racing 160 Running 18 16 12 Jeremy Mayfield Ford Team Penske 160 Running 19 35 5 Terry Labonte Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 160 Running 20 20 33 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet Andy Petree Racing 160 Running 21 31 30 Jeff Green Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 160 Running 22 25 6 Mark Martin Ford Roush Racing 160 Running 23 38 21 Elliott Sadler Ford Wood Brothers Racing 160 Running 24 10 66 Todd Bodine Ford Haas-Carter Motorsports 159 Running 25 14 15 Michael Waltrip Chevrolet Dale Earnhardt, Inc. 159 Running 26 29 01 Jason Leffler Dodge Chip Ganassi Racing 159 Running 27 39 55 Bobby Hamilton Chevrolet Andy Petree Racing 159 Running 28 40 36 Ken Schrader Pontiac MBV Motorsports 159 Running 29 32 90 Hut Stricklin Ford Donlavey Racing 159 Running 30 42 31 Robby Gordon Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 159 Running 31 5 02 Ryan Newman Ford Team Penske 159 Running 32 17 50 Rich Bickle Chevrolet Midwest Transit Racing 159 Running 33 33 92 Stacy Compton Dodge Melling Racing 159 Running 34 28 14 Ron Hornaday Jr. Pontiac A. J. Foyt Racing 158 Running 35 21 77 Robert Pressley Ford Jasper Motorsports 158 Running 36 43 44 Buckshot Jones Dodge Petty Enterprises 158 Running 37 18 11 Brett Bodine Ford Brett Bodine Racing 158 Running 38 41 25 Jerry Nadeau Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 135 Crash 39 4 28 Ricky Rudd Ford Robert Yates Racing 107 Running 40 24 93 Dave Blaney Dodge Bill Davis Racing 100 Crash 41 3 19 Casey Atwood Dodge Evernham Motorsports 38 Overheating 42 23 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Roush Racing 2 Crash 43 12 96 Andy Houston Ford PPI Motorsports 1 Crash Source: Failed to qualify Kevin Lepage (#4) Derrike Cope (#37) Mike Wallace (#7) Hermie Sadler (#13) Ed Berrier (#95) David Keith (#57) Rick Mast (#27) Dave Marcis (#71) Kyle Petty (#45) Shawna Robinson (#84) Andy Hillenburg (#49) Race statistics Time of race: 3:03:30 Average speed: 130.790 mph Pole speed: 179.666 mph Cautions: 7 for 28 laps Margin of victory: 0.943 seconds Lead changes: 18 Percent of race run under caution: 17.5% Average green flag run: 16.5 laps Lap leaders Laps Leader 1–16 Jimmy Spencer 17–22 Bill Elliott 23–25 Ryan Newman 26–43 Kevin Harvick 44–62 Sterling Marlin 63 Steve Park 64 Kurt Busch 65–70 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 71–72 Bobby Labonte 73–76 Jeff Burton 77–79 Tony Stewart 80–104 Steve Park 105–108 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 109–112 Jeff Gordon 113–116 Bobby Labonte 117–118 Sterling Marlin 119–131 Steve Park 132–135 Sterling Marlin 136–160 Jeff Gordon Total laps led 39 Steve Park 29 Jeff Gordon 25 Sterling Marlin 18 Kevin Harvick 16 Jimmy Spencer 10 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 6 Bill Elliott 6 Bobby Labonte 4 Jeff Burton 3 Tony Stewart 3 Ryan Newman 1 Kurt Busch Cautions: 7 for 28 laps Laps Reason 3–7 #77 (Robert Pressley), #96 (Andy Houston), #17 (Matt Kenseth), #6 (Mark Martin), #8 (Dale Earnhardt Jr.), and #36 (Ken Schrader) crash turn 2 22–25 Debris 33–35 #02 (Ryan Newman) crash turn 4 37–40 Oil frontstraight 76–79 Debris 132–135 Debris 139–142 #25 (Jerry Nadeau) crash turn 3 References 2001 Pennsylvania 500 2001 Global Crossing at the Glen 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series collapsed Brickyard 400 Brickyard 400 Category:NASCAR races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway