2001 UAW-GM Quality 500

Race 29 of 36

Charlotte
334 laps
Time of race: 3:36:15
Average speed of winner: 139.006 mph
Margin of victory: 6.002 sec.
Lead changes: 19 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 40 laps
Lap leaders: Spencer 1, T. Bodine 2-15, Spencer 16-23, Nemechek 24-26, T. Bodine 27-49, K. Wallace 50, Stewart 51-95, Marlin 96-123, Stewart 124-139, Marlin 140-142, W. Burton 143-156, Stewart 157-168, Marlin 169, Benson 170-173, Stewart 174-195, Marlin 196-229, Stewart 230-264, Marlin 265-295, Kenseth 296, Marlin 297-334

Race notes: Last pole for Jimmy Spencer. Debut for Jimmie Johnson and Stuart Kirby.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	13	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	183.007	334	6	135	running	196360	185
2	6	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Pontiac	Gibbs	Zipadelli	183.674	334	5	130	running	131100	175
3	26	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Baldwin	182.088	334	1	14	running	119185	170
4	9	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	183.331	334	0	0	running	104923	160
5	37	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO Supergard	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	provisional	334	0	0	running	110746	155
6	25	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	182.131	334	0	0	running	97707	150
7	24	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	182.223	334	0	0	running	92330	146
8	14	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	182.964	334	0	0	running	91607	142
9	8	Mark Martin	6	Pfizer/Viagra	Ford	Roush	Fennig	183.368	334	0	0	running	88381	138
10	7	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	183.368	334	0	0	running	101657	134
11	1	Jimmy Spencer	26	Kmart	Ford	Carter	Wingo	185.147	334	2	9	running	87350	135
12	32	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	181.769	334	1	1	running	52440	132
13	5	Kevin Lepage	7	NationsRent	Ford	Jim Smith	Barnes	183.780	333	0	0	running	60301	124
14	34	Ken Schrader	36	M&M's	Pontiac	MB2	Newt Moore	181.690	333	0	0	running	55170	121
15	18	Bill Elliott	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Ford	182.494	333	0	0	running	68903	118
16	20	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	182.272	333	0	0	running	83982	115
17	2	Todd Bodine	66	Kmart Blue Light Special	Ford	Carter	Larry Carter	184.489	333	2	37	running	53580	117
18	21	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	182.260	332	0	0	running	46205	109
19	4	Ryan Newman	02	Alltel	Ford	Penske	Borland	183.993	332	0	0	running	38375	106
20	12	Joe Nemechek	33	Oakwood Homes	Chevrolet	Petree	Carrier	183.132	331	1	3	running	72170	108
21	19	Ricky Rudd	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	McSwain	182.469	331	0	0	running	69772	100
22	43	Kurt Busch	97	Rubbermaid/Sharpie	Ford	Roush	Leslie	provisional	331	0	0	running	46580	97
23	3	Kenny Wallace	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Andrews	184.037	331	1	1	running	68138	99
24	29	Casey Atwood	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Johns	181.959	330	0	0	running	37855	91
25	28	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Ryan Pemberton	181.996	330	0	0	running	49100	88
26	31	John Andretti	43	Cheerios	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	181.806	330	0	0	running	72652	85
27	42	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	provisional	329	0	0	running	69655	82
28	27	Brett Bodine	11	Ralph's Supermarkets	Ford	Brett Bodine	Hillman	182.082	328	0	0	running	36625	79
29	30	Carl Long	85	Mansion Decorators	Dodge	Mansion	Montgomery	181.910	328	0	0	running	36425	76
30	17	Hut Stricklin	90	Hills Bros. Coffee	Ford	Donlavey	Bobby King	182.519	328	0	0	running	33800	73
31	36	Bobby Hamilton	55	Square D	Chevrolet	Petree	Elledge	181.507	321	0	0	running	43675	70
32	16	Stacy Compton	92	Levi Garrett	Dodge	Melling	Knaus	182.704	302	0	0	transmission	33050	67
33	23	Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	4	Kodak MAX Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Eggleston	182.235	296	0	0	engine	32975	64
34	39	Mike Wallace	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Sospenzo	provisional	281	0	0	engine	62189	61
35	40	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Ford	PPI	Beam	provisional	235	0	0	accident	32850	58
36	11	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Valvoline	Pontiac	MB2	Ince	183.237	230	1	4	engine	41605	60
37	38	Elliott Sadler	21	Motorcraft Quality Parts	Ford	Wood Brothers	Tryson	provisional	223	0	0	running	50765	52
38	35	Ron Hornaday, Jr.	14	Conseco	Pontiac	Foyt	Donnie Brown	181.635	221	0	0	engine	32730	49
39	15	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Howes	182.945	192	0	0	accident	32695	46
40	10	Jerry Nadeau	25	UAW-Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	183.275	167	0	0	accident	40965	43
41	41	Dave Blaney	93	Amoco	Dodge	Bill Davis	Randolph	provisional	111	0	0	accident	32635	40
42	22	Stuart Kirby	75	Schacht Motorsports	Ford	Bob Schacht		182.254	46	0	0	accident	32605	37
43	33	Jason Leffler	01	Cingular Wireless	Dodge	Ganassi	Chambers	181.745	44	0	0	accident	40835	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	4223	29	6	6	18	20
2	Ricky Rudd	3986	29	1	2	13	20
3	Tony Stewart	3833	29	0	3	12	17
4	Sterling Marlin	3789	29	1	2	9	16
5	Dale Jarrett	3730	29	4	4	10	14
6	Rusty Wallace	3671	29	0	1	8	14
7	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	3658	29	1	2	8	13
8	Kevin Harvick	3637	28	0	2	5	14
9	Bobby Labonte	3537	29	1	1	6	15
10	Jeff Burton	3364	29	0	1	4	11
11	Mark Martin	3308	29	2	0	3	12
12	Johnny Benson, Jr.	3280	29	0	0	5	11
13	Jimmy Spencer	3194	29	2	0	3	8
14	Bill Elliott	3156	29	1	0	4	8
15	Matt Kenseth	3109	29	0	0	1	5
16	Ward Burton	2986	29	0	1	4	7
17	Bobby Hamilton	2930	29	0	1	2	6
18	Ken Schrader	2912	29	0	0	0	5
19	Elliott Sadler	2901	29	0	1	2	2
20	Jerry Nadeau	2901	29	0	0	2	7
21	Steve Park	2859	24	0	1	5	12
22	Ricky Craven	2658	29	1	0	3	5
23	Jeremy Mayfield	2651	28	0	0	5	7
24	Terry Labonte	2634	29	0	0	1	3
25	Dave Blaney	2629	29	0	0	0	5