2001 Sharpie 500

Race 24 of 36

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 3:07:53
Average speed of winner: 85.106 mph
Margin of victory: 0.487 sec.
Lead changes: 11 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 16 for 92 laps
Lap leaders: Green 1-71, Craven 72-85, Rudd 86-88, Park 89-97, R. Wallace 98-214, Gordon 215-235, Lepage 236-245, R. Wallace 246-251, Gordon 252-351, Stewart 352-353, Gordon 354-431, Stewart 432-500

Race notes: First pole for Jeff Green.

Video links: First half, Second half

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	18	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Pontiac	Gibbs	Zipadelli	122.341	500	2	71	running	189415	180
2	8	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	123.063	500	0	0	running	167267	170
3	6	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	123.340	500	3	199	running	155692	175
4	5	Ricky Rudd	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	McSwain	123.396	500	1	3	running	124527	165
5	9	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	122.835	500	2	123	running	107640	160
6	7	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	123.229	500	0	0	running	115492	150
7	37	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Andrews	provisional	500	1	9	running	90533	151
8	16	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	122.458	500	0	0	running	110817	142
9	17	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	122.341	500	0	0	running	81500	138
10	21	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	122.240	500	0	0	running	97720	134
11	4	Elliott Sadler	21	Motorcraft Quality Parts	Ford	Wood Brothers	Tryson	123.403	500	0	0	running	83860	130
12	14	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Baldwin	122.521	500	0	0	running	90775	127
13	25	Kevin Lepage	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Eggleston	122.092	500	1	10	running	63801	129
14	24	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	122.100	500	0	0	running	85063	121
15	22	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO Supergard	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	122.177	500	0	0	running	99506	118
16	30	Jeremy Mayfield	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Sospenzo	121.782	499	0	0	running	93144	115
17	34	Casey Atwood	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Johns	121.574	499	0	0	running	53510	112
18	28	Dave Blaney	93	Amoco	Dodge	Bill Davis	Randolph	121.906	498	0	0	running	53250	109
19	35	Bill Elliott	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Ford	121.566	496	0	0	running	77748	106
20	12	Jerry Nadeau	25	UAW-Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	122.662	496	0	0	running	64185	103
21	42	John Andretti	43	Cheerios	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	provisional	496	0	0	running	88487	100
22	11	Ken Schrader	36	M&M's	Pontiac	MB2	Newt Moore	122.701	495	0	0	running	64800	97
23	15	Bobby Hamilton	55	Square D	Chevrolet	Petree	Elledge	122.513	495	0	0	running	59560	94
24	41	Joe Nemechek	33	Oakwood Homes	Chevrolet	Petree	Carrier	provisional	493	0	0	running	79155	91
25	26	Kurt Busch	97	Rubbermaid/Sharpie	Ford	Roush	Leslie	122.069	490	0	0	running	58890	88
26	20	Brett Bodine	11	Ralph's Supermarkets	Ford	Brett Bodine	Hillman	122.318	488	0	0	running	52390	85
27	13	Geoff Bodine	09	Smirnoff Ice	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	122.638	486	0	0	running	45305	0
28	19	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Ryan Pemberton	122.326	442	0	0	running	54795	79
29	3	Ron Hornaday, Jr.	14	Conseco	Pontiac	Foyt	Donnie Brown	123.451	441	0	0	running	44085	76
30	43	Jason Leffler	01	Cingular Wireless	Dodge	Ganassi	Chambers	provisional	436	0	0	running	52025	73
31	27	Mike Wallace	7	NationsRent	Ford	Jim Smith	Long	121.929	421	0	0	running	51415	70
32	10	Todd Bodine	66	Route 66/Kmart	Ford	Carter	Larry Carter	122.709	396	0	0	accident	43330	67
33	38	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	provisional	394	0	0	accident	51295	64
34	2	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	McGee	123.483	383	0	0	running	76084	61
35	23	Jimmy Spencer	26	Kmart	Ford	Carter	Wingo	122.108	374	0	0	engine	51230	58
36	29	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Valvoline	Pontiac	MB2	Ince	121.798	343	0	0	accident	51185	55
37	31	Mark Martin	6	Pfizer/Viagra	Ford	Roush	Fennig	121.720	336	0	0	running	87470	52
38	39	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Ford	PPI	Beam	provisional	239	1	14	accident	43050	54
39	40	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevrolet	DEI	Hmiel	provisional	233	0	0	accident	53000	46
40	33	Andy Houston	96	McDonald's	Ford	PPI	Scott Miller	121.612	127	0	0	accident	42925	43
41	32	Rick Mast	27	Duke's Mayonnaise/Sauer's	Pontiac	Eel River	Dodson	121.697	113	0	0	accident	42875	40
42	1	Jeff Green	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	123.674	85	1	71	accident	47825	42
43	36	Buckshot Jones	44	Georgia-Pacific	Dodge	Petty	Frazier	121.543	67	0	0	accident	51022	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	3528	24	5	5	15	17
2	Ricky Rudd	3220	24	1	1	10	16
3	Dale Jarrett	3149	24	3	4	9	12
4	Sterling Marlin	3110	24	1	1	7	13
5	Tony Stewart	3050	24	0	3	9	12
6	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	2967	24	1	1	5	10
7	Rusty Wallace	2963	24	0	1	6	11
8	Bobby Labonte	2947	24	1	1	5	12
9	Kevin Harvick	2913	23	0	2	4	10
10	Steve Park	2859	24	0	1	5	12
11	Johnny Benson, Jr.	2843	24	0	0	5	10
12	Mark Martin	2739	24	2	0	3	10
13	Jeff Burton	2691	24	0	1	3	8
14	Matt Kenseth	2677	24	0	0	1	5
15	Bill Elliott	2650	24	1	0	3	7
16	Jimmy Spencer	2626	24	1	0	3	7
17	Elliott Sadler	2483	24	0	1	2	2
18	Ward Burton	2405	24	0	0	2	5
19	Ken Schrader	2369	24	0	0	0	4
20	Bobby Hamilton	2366	24	0	1	2	5
21	Jeremy Mayfield	2354	24	0	0	5	7
22	Jerry Nadeau	2297	24	0	0	1	5
23	Dave Blaney	2201	24	0	0	0	4
24	Kurt Busch	2183	24	0	0	3	5
25	Terry Labonte	2179	24	0	0	1	3