2001 EA Sports 500

Race 31 of 36

Talladega
188 laps
Time of race: 3:02:45
Average speed of winner: 164.185 mph
Margin of victory: 0.388 sec.
Lead changes: 32 among 13 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 16 laps
Lap leaders: Compton 1-4, Marlin 5-8, Earnhardt, Jr. 9, J. Burton 10, Hamilton 11-13, Earnhardt, Jr. 14-36, Leffler 37-38, T. Bodine 39, Earnhardt, Jr. 40-49, Kenseth 50-52, Waltrip 53-95, Pressley 96-97, Leffler 98-101, Earnhardt, Jr. 102-104, B. Labonte 105, Earnhardt, Jr. 106, B. Labonte 107-129, Hamilton 130, Elliott 131, Jarrett 132, Earnhardt, Jr. 133-137, Hamilton 138-139, Earnhardt, Jr. 140-141, Hamilton 142-145, Earnhardt, Jr. 146-151, Waltrip 152-161, J. Burton 162-164, Hamilton 165-166, Earnhardt, Jr. 167, Hamilton 168-169, Earnhardt, Jr. 170-183, B. Labonte 184-187, Earnhardt, Jr. 188

Race notes: Last pole for Stacy Compton. Finale for Jeff Purvis.

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	6	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	183.867	188	11	67	running	1165773	185
2	37	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Pontiac	Gibbs	Zipadelli	provisional	188	0	0	running	104770	170
3	33	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO Supergard	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	182.213	188	2	4	running	120271	170
4	24	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	182.790	188	1	3	running	77550	165
5	2	Bobby Hamilton	55	Square D	Chevrolet	Petree	Elledge	184.438	188	6	14	running	81450	160
6	15	Kenny Wallace	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Andrews	183.262	188	0	0	running	81818	150
7	11	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	183.427	188	0	0	running	99102	146
8	9	Joe Nemechek	33	Oakwood Homes	Chevrolet	Petree	Carrier	183.494	188	0	0	running	79920	142
9	14	Mark Martin	6	Pfizer/Viagra	Ford	Roush	Fennig	183.353	188	0	0	running	89626	138
10	40	Kevin Lepage	7	NationsRent	Ford	Jim Smith	Barnes	provisional	188	0	0	running	73910	134
11	1	Stacy Compton	92	Kodiak	Dodge	Melling	Knaus	185.240	188	1	4	running	62170	135
12	16	Brett Bodine	11	Ralph's Supermarkets	Ford	Brett Bodine	Hillman	183.175	188	0	0	running	54401	127
13	20	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	183.105	188	0	0	running	80110	124
14	35	Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	4	Kodak MAX Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Eggleston	181.856	188	0	0	running	52110	121
15	41	Jason Leffler	01	Cingular Wireless	Dodge	Ganassi	Chambers	provisional	188	2	6	running	61735	123
16	32	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	182.289	188	0	0	running	87865	115
17	3	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	184.058	188	1	4	running	54560	117
18	38	Mike Wallace	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Sospenzo	provisional	188	0	0	running	85204	109
19	39	Robby Gordon	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	McGee	provisional	188	0	0	running	77949	106
20	5	Bill Elliott	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Ford	183.942	188	1	1	running	74003	108
21	18	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Baldwin	183.129	188	0	0	running	77970	100
22	34	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	182.074	187	3	28	accident	93942	102
23	4	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Valvoline	Pontiac	MB2	Ince	184.019	187	0	0	accident	52495	94
24	12	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Ford	PPI	Beam	183.389	187	0	0	accident	43875	91
25	10	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	183.473	187	1	1	accident	86532	93
26	23	Ricky Rudd	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	McSwain	182.930	187	0	0	accident	73742	85
27	36	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Ryan Pemberton	181.687	187	1	2	accident	50760	87
28	22	Buckshot Jones	44	Georgia-Pacific	Dodge	Petty	Frazier	183.059	187	0	0	accident	48100	79
29	27	Kurt Busch	97	Rubbermaid/Sharpie	Ford	Roush	Leslie	182.644	187	0	0	running	47940	76
30	31	Dave Blaney	93	Amoco	Dodge	Bill Davis	Randolph	182.299	187	0	0	running	40355	73
31	28	Ken Schrader	36	M&M's	Pontiac	MB2	Newt Moore	182.546	187	0	0	running	47770	70
32	19	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	183.105	187	0	0	running	85712	67
33	8	Kyle Petty	45	Sprint	Dodge	Petty	Hussey	183.585	187	0	0	running	39600	64
34	7	John Andretti	43	Cheerios	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	183.684	182	0	0	running	74567	61
35	29	Jerry Nadeau	25	UAW-Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	182.522	175	0	0	handling	47500	58
36	43	Hut Stricklin	90	Hills Bros. Coffee	Ford	Donlavey	Bobby King	provisional	174	0	0	engine	39450	55
37	30	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	182.504	167	2	53	overheating	49400	57
38	42	Ron Hornaday, Jr.	14	Conseco	Pontiac	Foyt	Donnie Brown	provisional	148	0	0	transmission	39225	49
39	26	Casey Atwood	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Johns	182.766	107	0	0	accident	39300	46
40	17	Elliott Sadler	21	Motorcraft Quality Parts	Ford	Wood Brothers	Tryson	183.161	96	0	0	accident	57225	43
41	21	Todd Bodine	66	Kmart Blue Light Special	Ford	Carter	Larry Carter	183.073	94	1	1	accident	39150	45
42	13	Jeff Purvis	51	Phoenix Construction	Ford	Finch		183.375	86	0	0	rear end	39106	37
43	25	Jimmy Spencer	26	Kmart	Ford	Carter	Wingo	182.766	18	0	0	engine	28581	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	4512	31	6	6	18	22
2	Ricky Rudd	4117	31	1	2	13	20
3	Tony Stewart	4043	31	0	3	13	18
4	Sterling Marlin	4040	31	1	2	9	17
5	Dale Jarrett	3998	31	4	4	11	15
6	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	3925	31	1	3	9	14
7	Rusty Wallace	3904	31	0	1	8	14
8	Kevin Harvick	3806	30	0	2	5	14
9	Bobby Labonte	3799	31	1	1	7	16
10	Jeff Burton	3689	31	0	1	6	13
11	Mark Martin	3597	31	2	0	3	14
12	Johnny Benson, Jr.	3529	31	0	0	5	12
13	Jimmy Spencer	3349	31	2	0	3	8
14	Matt Kenseth	3334	31	0	0	2	6
15	Bill Elliott	3301	31	1	0	4	8
16	Ward Burton	3256	31	0	1	5	8
17	Bobby Hamilton	3219	31	0	1	3	7
18	Ken Schrader	3112	31	0	0	0	5
19	Elliott Sadler	3061	31	0	1	2	2
20	Jerry Nadeau	3050	31	0	0	2	7
21	Ricky Craven	2934	31	1	1	4	6
22	Steve Park	2859	24	0	1	5	12
23	Terry Labonte	2819	31	0	0	1	3
24	Dave Blaney	2778	31	0	0	0	5
25	Kurt Busch	2739	31	1	0	3	6