2001 Talladega 500

Race 9 of 36

Talladega
188 laps
Time of race: 2:43:04
Average speed of winner: 184.003 mph
Margin of victory: 0.163 sec.
Lead changes: 37 among 26 drivers
Cautions: 0 for 0 laps
Lap leaders: Compton 1-2, Marlin 3-32, Nadeau 33, Skinner 34-41, Gordon 42-47, Schrader 48-49, Kenseth 50, Sadler 51-53, Elliott 54-55, Gordon 56-58, Hornaday 59-60, W. Burton 61, Houston 62, W. Burton 63-65, Gordon 66-68, Nemechek 69-76, T. Bodine 77, Busch 78, Hamilton 79, Busch 80, Kenseth 81-90, Waltrip 91, Marlin 92-95, Earnhardt, Jr. 96-99, Craven 100, Martin 101, R. Wallace 102-104, Earnhardt, Jr. 105-133, Marlin 134-145, Martin 146-149, Rudd 150-151, Pressley 152, B. Labonte 153, Stewart 154, J. Burton 155-156, Marlin 157-161, Stewart 162-186, Hamilton 187-188

Race notes: Last win for Bobby Hamilton. First pole for Stacy Compton.

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	14	Bobby Hamilton	55	Square D	Chevrolet	Petree	Elledge	182.986	188	2	3	running	173855	180
2	7	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Pontiac	Gibbs	Zipadelli	183.702	188	2	26	running	137630	175
3	27	Kurt Busch	97	Rubbermaid/Sharpie	Ford	Roush	Leslie	182.226	188	2	2	running	107780	170
4	5	Mark Martin	6	Pfizer/Viagra	Ford	Roush	Fennig	183.864	188	2	5	running	126126	165
5	30	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	181.963	188	1	1	running	128842	160
6	10	Joe Nemechek	33	Oakwood Homes	Chevrolet	Petree	Carrier	183.483	188	1	8	running	96125	155
7	37	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Valvoline	Pontiac	MB2	Ince	provisional	188	0	0	running	70955	146
8	19	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	182.786	188	2	33	running	90178	147
9	43	Mike Wallace	7	NationsRent	Ford	Jim Smith	Long	provisional	188	0	0	running	76165	138
10	22	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO Supergard	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	182.553	188	1	2	running	103851	139
11	31	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	181.911	188	0	0	running	89130	130
12	9	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	183.508	188	0	0	running	96197	127
13	26	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	182.275	188	1	3	running	94630	129
14	32	Ricky Rudd	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	McSwain	181.860	188	1	2	running	83407	126
15	4	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Ford	PPI	Beam	183.899	188	1	1	running	51680	123
16	29	Buckshot Jones	44	Georgia-Pacific	Dodge	Petty	Frazier	182.095	188	0	0	running	67760	115
17	16	Dave Blaney	93	Amoco	Dodge	Bill Davis	Randolph	182.898	188	0	0	running	51125	112
18	6	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	183.747	188	0	0	running	92012	109
19	40	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	provisional	188	2	11	running	58395	111
20	25	Jason Leffler	01	Cingular Wireless	Dodge	Ganassi	Chambers	182.285	188	0	0	running	68496	103
21	24	Andy Houston	96	McDonald's	Ford	PPI	Garone	182.473	188	1	1	running	46095	105
22	42	Ron Hornaday, Jr.	14	Conseco	Pontiac	Foyt	Fred Graves	provisional	188	1	2	running	49375	102
23	2	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	184.576	188	4	51	running	72155	104
24	28	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Ryan Pemberton	182.223	188	1	1	running	59810	96
25	11	Jerry Nadeau	25	UAW-Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	183.336	188	1	1	running	56830	93
26	23	Brett Bodine	11	Ralph's/Redcell	Ford	Brett Bodine	Hillman	182.522	188	0	0	running	48650	85
27	13	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	183.101	188	3	12	running	91322	87
28	8	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevrolet	DEI	Eggleston	183.575	188	1	1	running	54740	84
29	12	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	McGee	183.129	188	1	8	running	79909	81
30	21	Casey Atwood	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Donahue	182.616	187	0	0	running	44930	73
31	17	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Andrews	182.874	187	0	0	running	73518	70
32	3	Bill Elliott	9	Dodge Dealers	Dodge	Evernham	Ford	184.009	187	1	2	running	71543	72
33	39	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Baldwin	provisional	187	2	4	running	77125	69
34	33	Jeff Purvis	51	Phoenix Construction	Ford	Finch		181.766	187	0	0	running	43860	61
35	41	Jeremy Mayfield	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Sospenzo	provisional	187	0	0	running	83014	58
36	34	Jimmy Spencer	26	Kmart	Ford	Carter	Wingo	181.704	187	0	0	running	51600	55
37	35	John Andretti	43	Cheerios	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	181.691	187	0	0	running	78467	52
38	15	Dave Marcis	71	Team Realtree	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	182.951	186	0	0	running	43100	49
39	38	Elliott Sadler	21	Motorcraft Quality Parts	Ford	Wood Brothers	Tryson	provisional	186	1	3	running	60910	51
40	36	Ken Schrader	36	M&M's	Pontiac	MB2	Newt Moore	181.422	186	1	2	running	50660	48
41	20	Todd Bodine	66	Route 66/Kmart	Ford	Carter	Larry Carter	182.633	181	1	1	engine	42460	45
42	18	Kevin Lepage	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Ifft	182.790	158	0	0	overheating	42260	37
43	1	Stacy Compton	92	Kodiak	Dodge	Melling	Knaus	184.861	116	1	2	engine	47068	39

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Jarrett	1345	9	2	3	5	6
2	Jeff Gordon	1200	9	2	1	5	5
3	Johnny Benson, Jr.	1195	9	0	0	2	6
4	Bobby Hamilton	1175	9	0	1	2	5
5	Sterling Marlin	1153	9	0	0	3	5
6	Rusty Wallace	1137	9	0	0	1	4
7	Steve Park	1109	9	0	1	3	5
8	Ricky Rudd	1096	9	0	0	2	5
9	Tony Stewart	1047	9	0	0	2	3
10	Bill Elliott	1015	9	1	0	1	1
11	Kevin Harvick	999	8	0	1	1	3
12	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	981	9	1	0	1	3
13	Elliott Sadler	975	9	0	1	1	1
14	Bobby Labonte	966	9	0	0	2	3
15	Terry Labonte	966	9	0	0	1	2
16	Ward Burton	961	9	0	0	1	1
17	Jerry Nadeau	957	9	0	0	1	2
18	Matt Kenseth	949	9	0	0	0	1
19	Michael Waltrip	915	9	0	1	1	1
20	Ken Schrader	913	9	0	0	0	2
21	Mark Martin	912	9	1	0	1	3
22	Jimmy Spencer	900	9	0	0	1	3
23	Ricky Craven	878	9	0	0	1	1
24	Kurt Busch	863	9	0	0	2	3
25	Joe Nemechek	847	9	0	0	0	1