2001 NAPA 500

Race 35 of 36

Atlanta
325 laps
Time of race: 3:17:53
Average speed of winner: 151.756 mph
Margin of victory: 2.031 sec.
Lead changes: 23 among 13 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 28 laps
Lap leaders: Earnhardt, Jr. 1-5, Blaney 6-21, Stewart 22-29, Earnhardt, Jr. 30-40, Gordon 41-71, Craven 72-76, Earnhardt, Jr. 77-81, Petty 82, Stewart 83-106, Earnhardt, Jr. 107-129, Craven 130-132, Stewart 133, Earnhardt, Jr. 134-173, Marlin 174-175, T. Bodine 176-177, J. Burton 178-180, M. Wallace 181, Lepage 182-184, Earnhardt, Jr. 185-240, Nadeau 241-262, Earnhardt, Jr. 263-293, B. Labonte 294-305, Nadeau 306-324, B. Labonte 325

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	39	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	provisional	325	2	13	running	233227	180
2	28	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	187.576	325	1	2	running	142460	175
3	38	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	provisional	325	0	0	running	135477	165
4	41	Jerry Nadeau	25	UAW-Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	provisional	325	2	41	running	110100	165
5	4	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Baldwin	189.792	325	0	0	running	113435	155
6	24	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	187.690	325	1	31	running	113352	155
7	1	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	192.047	325	7	171	running	122123	156
8	33	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	187.247	325	0	0	running	103702	142
9	12	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Pontiac	Gibbs	Zipadelli	189.183	325	3	33	running	78650	143
10	34	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO Supergard	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	187.240	325	1	3	running	105821	139
11	11	Hut Stricklin	23	Hills Bros. Coffee	Dodge	Bill Davis		189.209	325	0	0	running	54950	130
12	27	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	187.608	325	0	0	running	98390	127
13	31	Mike Wallace	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Sospenzo	187.291	325	1	1	running	86634	129
14	6	Bill Elliott	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Ford	189.662	325	0	0	running	81448	121
15	29	Bobby Hamilton, Jr.	4	Kodak MAX Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Eggleston	187.563	325	0	0	running	66945	118
16	14	Todd Bodine	66	Kmart Blue Light Special	Ford	Carter	Larry Carter	188.687	325	1	2	running	62736	120
17	23	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	187.799	325	0	0	running	63275	112
18	9	Stacy Compton	92	Kodiak	Dodge	Melling	Knaus	189.228	325	0	0	running	59265	109
19	7	Kevin Lepage	7	NationsRent	Ford	Jim Smith	Barnes	189.331	325	1	3	running	65675	111
20	22	Casey Atwood	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Johns	187.843	324	0	0	running	57775	103
21	42	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Ryan Pemberton	provisional	324	0	0	running	61550	100
22	2	Mark Martin	6	Pfizer/Viagra	Ford	Roush	Fennig	190.463	324	0	0	running	69225	97
23	8	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Valvoline	Pontiac	MB2	Ince	189.228	324	0	0	running	60900	94
24	15	Elliott Sadler	21	Motorcraft Quality Parts	Ford	Wood Brothers	Tryson	188.469	323	0	0	running	70575	91
25	35	John Andretti	43	Cheerios	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	187.171	323	0	0	running	88177	88
26	5	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevrolet	DEI	Labbe	189.720	323	0	0	running	58925	85
27	19	Bobby Hamilton	55	Square D	Chevrolet	Petree	Elledge	187.958	323	0	0	running	59900	82
28	16	Kenny Wallace	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Andrews	188.411	323	0	0	running	77918	79
29	21	Jimmie Johnson	48	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Howes	187.920	322	0	0	running	48600	76
30	32	Kyle Petty	45	Sprint	Dodge	Petty	Lane	187.285	322	1	1	running	49125	78
31	40	Ken Schrader	36	M&M's	Pontiac	MB2	Newt Moore	provisional	322	0	0	running	59450	70
32	43	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	provisional	321	0	0	running	83575	67
33	20	Buckshot Jones	44	Georgia-Pacific	Dodge	Petty	Frazier	187.926	319	0	0	running	56250	64
34	17	Jeff Green	30	America Online	Chevrolet	Childress	Berrier	188.079	319	0	0	running	48175	61
35	37	Ricky Rudd	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	McSwain	provisional	319	0	0	running	78397	58
36	18	Brett Bodine	11	Ralph's/Wells Fargo Financial	Ford	Brett Bodine	Hillman	188.015	316	0	0	running	48025	55
37	25	Hermie Sadler	13	Lotto South	Chevrolet	Hermie Sadler	Long	187.690	316	0	0	running	47975	52
38	13	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Ford	PPI	Beam	188.777	268	2	8	transmission	48725	54
39	10	Joe Nemechek	33	Oakwood Homes	Chevrolet	Petree	Carrier	189.215	266	0	0	vibration	76145	46
40	30	Jimmy Spencer	26	Kmart	Ford	Carter	Wingo	187.361	260	0	0	vibration	55800	43
41	3	Dave Blaney	93	Amoco	Dodge	Bill Davis	Lopez	189.896	181	1	16	handling	49850	45
42	36	Lance Hooper	47	JJ Baker Custom Homes	Chevrolet	Dark Horse	Richard Jackson	187.171	104	0	0	engine	47700	37
43	26	Carl Long	85	Mansion Motorsports	Dodge	Mansion	Montgomery	187.665	15	0	0	accident	47904	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	4984	35	6	6	18	24
2	Tony Stewart	4608	35	0	3	14	21
3	Ricky Rudd	4582	35	1	2	14	22
4	Sterling Marlin	4566	35	1	2	11	19
5	Dale Jarrett	4478	35	4	4	12	18
6	Bobby Labonte	4391	35	1	2	8	19
7	Rusty Wallace	4372	35	0	1	8	14
8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	4369	35	2	3	9	15
9	Kevin Harvick	4316	34	0	2	6	16
10	Jeff Burton	4282	35	0	2	8	16
11	Johnny Benson, Jr.	4025	35	0	0	6	14
12	Mark Martin	3957	35	2	0	3	14
13	Matt Kenseth	3822	35	0	0	3	8
14	Ward Burton	3809	35	0	1	6	10
15	Bill Elliott	3727	35	2	1	5	9
16	Jimmy Spencer	3661	35	2	0	3	8
17	Jerry Nadeau	3525	35	0	0	4	9
18	Bobby Hamilton	3499	35	0	1	3	7
19	Ken Schrader	3434	35	0	0	0	5
20	Elliott Sadler	3365	35	0	1	2	2
21	Ricky Craven	3330	35	1	1	4	7
22	Terry Labonte	3198	35	0	0	1	3
23	Dave Blaney	3173	35	0	0	0	6
24	Michael Waltrip	3116	35	0	1	3	3
25	Casey Atwood	3017	34	1	0	1	3