2001 Pocono 500

Race 15 of 36

Pocono
200 laps
Time of race: 3:43:15
Average speed of winner: 134.389 mph
Margin of victory: 1.119 sec.
Lead changes: 13 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 26 laps
Lap leaders: Rudd 1-15, Earnhardt, Jr. 16-26, B. Labonte 27-28, Gordon 29-57, Jarrett 58-61, Gordon 62-67, Jarrett 68, Gordon 69, Jarrett 70, Gordon 71-87, Jarrett 88, Gordon 89-121, Jarrett 122-176, Rudd 177-200

Race notes: Finale for Wally Dallenbach, Jr.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Ricky Rudd	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	McSwain	170.503	200	2	39	running	189542	180
2	14	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	167.570	200	5	86	running	148897	180
3	10	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	167.826	200	5	62	running	119947	170
4	2	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	168.811	200	0	0	running	92350	160
5	5	Mark Martin	6	Pfizer/Viagra	Ford	Roush	Fennig	168.039	200	0	0	running	102016	155
6	31	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	166.368	200	0	0	running	59715	150
7	4	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Pontiac	Gibbs	Zipadelli	168.149	200	0	0	running	64340	146
8	18	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	167.268	200	1	2	running	94467	147
9	3	Ken Schrader	36	M&M's	Pontiac	MB2	Newt Moore	168.312	200	0	0	running	60960	138
10	8	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO Supergard	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	167.851	200	0	0	running	91886	134
11	29	Dave Blaney	93	Amoco	Dodge	Bill Davis	Randolph	166.429	200	0	0	running	43490	130
12	26	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	McGee	166.583	200	0	0	running	73714	127
13	41	Kurt Busch	97	Rubbermaid/Sharpie	Ford	Roush	Leslie	provisional	200	0	0	running	48940	124
14	42	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Ryan Pemberton	provisional	200	0	0	running	53651	121
15	19	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	167.153	200	0	0	running	83567	118
16	16	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	167.373	199	0	0	running	80580	115
17	27	Jimmy Spencer	26	Kmart	Ford	Carter	Wingo	166.559	199	0	0	running	51230	112
18	38	Elliott Sadler	21	Motorcraft Quality Parts	Ford	Wood Brothers	Tryson	provisional	199	0	0	running	59415	109
19	39	Jerry Nadeau	25	UAW-Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	provisional	199	0	0	running	46390	106
20	6	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	168.023	199	1	11	running	73288	108
21	36	Kevin Lepage	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Eggleston	165.929	199	0	0	running	37440	100
22	25	Rick Mast	50	Midwest Transit/Blair.com	Chevrolet	Midwest Transit	Connors	166.620	199	0	0	running	33740	97
23	22	Stacy Compton	92	Kodiak	Dodge	Melling	Knaus	167.003	198	0	0	running	36915	94
24	7	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Valvoline	Pontiac	MB2	Ince	167.923	198	0	0	running	44665	91
25	12	Todd Bodine	66	Route 66/Kmart	Ford	Carter	Larry Carter	167.651	198	0	0	running	37290	88
26	43	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	33	Oakwood Homes	Chevrolet	Petree	Carrier	provisional	198	0	0	running	64410	85
27	23	Bill Elliott	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Ford	166.840	198	0	0	running	60613	82
28	24	Hut Stricklin	90	Hills Bros. Coffee	Ford	Donlavey	Bobby King	166.753	198	0	0	running	32740	79
29	15	Ted Musgrave	7	NationsRent	Ford	Jim Smith	Long	167.470	198	0	0	running	43565	76
30	17	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevrolet	DEI	Hmiel	167.339	197	0	0	running	42915	73
31	40	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	provisional	195	0	0	running	67495	70
32	30	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Andrews	166.405	190	0	0	running	58358	67
33	37	Bobby Hamilton	55	Square D	Chevrolet	Petree	Elledge	provisional	187	0	0	running	39915	64
34	32	Kyle Petty	45	Sprint	Dodge	Petty	Hussey	166.362	185	0	0	engine	31715	61
35	35	Ron Hornaday, Jr.	14	Conseco	Pontiac	Foyt	Donnie Brown	166.046	176	0	0	running	31540	58
36	9	Jeremy Mayfield	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Sospenzo	167.835	176	0	0	running	70624	55
37	11	Brett Bodine	11	Ralph's/Redcell	Ford	Brett Bodine	Hillman	167.663	158	0	0	running	31175	52
38	13	Casey Atwood	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Donahue	167.588	157	0	0	engine	31050	49
39	20	John Andretti	43	Cheerios	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	167.125	150	0	0	running	65952	46
40	21	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Baldwin	167.091	113	0	0	accident	63910	43
41	33	Jason Leffler	01	Cingular Wireless	Dodge	Ganassi	Chambers	166.331	100	0	0	accident	38650	40
42	28	Buckshot Jones	44	Georgia-Pacific	Dodge	Petty	Frazier	166.534	78	0	0	accident	38575	37
43	34	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Ford	PPI	Beam	166.303	34	0	0	engine	30751	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	2176	15	3	3	10	10
2	Dale Jarrett	2140	15	2	3	7	9
3	Ricky Rudd	2046	15	1	1	5	11
4	Sterling Marlin	2029	15	0	0	5	9
5	Tony Stewart	1937	15	0	1	5	8
6	Rusty Wallace	1883	15	0	1	3	6
7	Johnny Benson, Jr.	1846	15	0	0	2	7
8	Steve Park	1815	15	0	1	5	7
9	Kevin Harvick	1773	14	0	1	2	6
10	Bobby Labonte	1760	15	1	0	3	6
11	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	1719	15	1	0	3	6
12	Matt Kenseth	1710	15	0	0	0	3
13	Mark Martin	1667	15	2	0	3	6
14	Bobby Hamilton	1664	15	0	1	2	5
15	Jimmy Spencer	1615	15	0	0	1	5
16	Jeff Burton	1570	15	0	1	2	5
17	Bill Elliott	1536	15	1	0	1	2
18	Elliott Sadler	1535	15	0	1	1	1
19	Ken Schrader	1529	15	0	0	0	4
20	Jerry Nadeau	1502	15	0	0	1	3
21	Mike Skinner	1463	15	0	0	0	1
22	Jeremy Mayfield	1456	15	0	0	4	6
23	Ward Burton	1454	15	0	0	1	2
24	Terry Labonte	1449	15	0	0	1	2
25	Kurt Busch	1427	15	0	0	2	3