2001 Mountain Dew Southern 500

Race 25 of 36

Darlington
367 laps
Time of race: 4:05:00
Average speed of winner: 122.773 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 19 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 11 for 51 laps
Lap leaders: Busch 1-23, Mayfield 24-56, Gordon 57-78, Busch 79-129, Jarrett 130-138, Gordon 139-148, Jarrett 149-181, Gordon 182-186, Jarrett 187-197, Gordon 198-246, Nemechek 247-248, B. Labonte 249, Marlin 250-251, Gordon 252-290, Mayfield 291-310, Craven 311, W. Burton 312-329, Gordon 330-342, B. Labonte 343-358, W. Burton 359-367

Race notes: First pole for Kurt Busch.

Video links: Most of race (missing finish)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	37	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Baldwin	provisional	367	2	27	running	181435	180
2	2	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	167.916	367	6	138	running	153127	180
3	10	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	167.208	367	2	17	running	133327	170
4	33	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Pontiac	Gibbs	Zipadelli	165.726	367	0	0	running	93900	160
5	9	Bill Elliott	9	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Ford	167.231	367	0	0	running	92583	155
6	23	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO Supergard	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	166.012	367	0	0	running	100726	150
7	26	Ricky Rudd	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	McSwain	165.917	367	0	0	running	85657	146
8	5	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	167.871	367	0	0	running	93727	142
9	11	Jerry Nadeau	25	UAW-Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	167.027	367	0	0	running	55660	138
10	8	Ken Schrader	36	M&M's	Pontiac	MB2	Newt Moore	167.254	367	0	0	running	70815	134
11	19	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	166.366	367	0	0	running	78875	130
12	39	Mike Wallace	7	NationsRent	Ford	Jim Smith	Long	provisional	367	0	0	running	63570	127
13	3	Jeremy Mayfield	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Sospenzo	167.911	367	2	53	running	84444	129
14	17	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Valvoline	Pontiac	MB2	Ince	166.625	367	0	0	running	52670	121
15	21	Bobby Hamilton	55	Square D	Chevrolet	Petree	Elledge	166.343	367	0	0	running	55750	118
16	12	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	166.993	367	1	2	running	59196	120
17	18	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	166.394	367	0	0	running	74788	112
18	7	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Ford	PPI	Beam	167.396	367	1	1	running	43290	114
19	14	Dave Blaney	93	Amoco	Dodge	Bill Davis	Randolph	166.862	367	0	0	running	42935	106
20	13	Mark Martin	6	Pfizer/Viagra	Ford	Roush	Fennig	166.947	366	0	0	running	88091	103
21	6	John Andretti	43	Cheerios	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	167.493	366	0	0	running	77967	100
22	4	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	167.882	366	0	0	running	84135	97
23	28	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	165.777	365	0	0	running	50025	94
24	35	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	McGee	165.537	365	0	0	running	74049	91
25	30	Casey Atwood	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Johns	165.726	364	0	0	running	41990	88
26	42	Kyle Petty	45	Sprint	Dodge	Petty	Hussey	provisional	362	0	0	running	38705	85
27	32	Brett Bodine	11	Ralph's Supermarkets	Ford	Brett Bodine	Hillman	165.615	362	0	0	running	45760	82
28	29	Kevin Lepage	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Eggleston	165.749	361	0	0	running	43610	79
29	20	Elliott Sadler	21	Motorcraft Quality Parts	Ford	Wood Brothers	Tryson	166.354	359	0	0	running	55900	76
30	43	Rick Mast	27	Duke's Mayonnaise	Pontiac	Eel River	Dodson	provisional	359	0	0	running	37815	73
31	15	Jimmy Spencer	26	Kmart	Ford	Carter	Wingo	166.800	358	0	0	accident	46155	70
32	36	Hut Stricklin	90	Hills Bros. Coffee	Ford	Donlavey	Bobby King	165.109	358	0	0	running	37540	67
33	24	Joe Nemechek	33	Oakwood Homes	Chevrolet	Petree	Carrier	165.984	357	1	2	accident	65720	69
34	27	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	165.905	356	3	53	running	82417	66
35	41	Buckshot Jones	44	Georgia-Pacific	Dodge	Petty	Frazier	provisional	355	0	0	running	45255	58
36	25	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevrolet	DEI	Hmiel	165.956	355	0	0	running	47170	55
37	40	Ron Hornaday, Jr.	14	Conseco	Pontiac	Foyt	Donnie Brown	provisional	355	0	0	running	37081	52
38	16	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Ryan Pemberton	166.670	348	0	0	accident	44910	49
39	1	Kurt Busch	97	Rubbermaid/Sharpie	Ford	Roush	Leslie	168.048	316	2	74	running	50375	51
40	31	Todd Bodine	66	Route 66/Kmart	Ford	Carter	Larry Carter	165.687	282	0	0	transmission	36775	43
41	34	Kenny Wallace	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Andrews	165.554	279	0	0	overheating	62968	40
42	22	Stacy Compton	92	Kodiak	Dodge	Melling	Knaus	166.017	191	0	0	accident	36675	37
43	38	Jason Leffler	01	Cingular Wireless	Dodge	Ganassi	Chambers	provisional	90	0	0	overheating	44880	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	3708	25	5	5	16	18
2	Ricky Rudd	3366	25	1	1	10	17
3	Sterling Marlin	3230	25	1	1	7	13
4	Dale Jarrett	3215	25	3	4	9	12
5	Tony Stewart	3210	25	0	3	10	13
6	Bobby Labonte	3117	25	1	1	6	13
7	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	3079	25	1	1	5	10
8	Rusty Wallace	3060	25	0	1	6	11
9	Kevin Harvick	3055	24	0	2	4	11
10	Johnny Benson, Jr.	2964	25	0	0	5	10
11	Steve Park	2859	24	0	1	5	12
12	Mark Martin	2842	25	2	0	3	10
13	Jeff Burton	2841	25	0	1	3	9
14	Bill Elliott	2805	25	1	0	4	8
15	Matt Kenseth	2771	25	0	0	1	5
16	Jimmy Spencer	2696	25	1	0	3	7
17	Ward Burton	2585	25	0	1	3	6
18	Elliott Sadler	2559	25	0	1	2	2
19	Ken Schrader	2503	25	0	0	0	5
20	Bobby Hamilton	2484	25	0	1	2	5
21	Jeremy Mayfield	2483	25	0	0	5	7
22	Jerry Nadeau	2435	25	0	0	1	6
23	Terry Labonte	2309	25	0	0	1	3
24	Dave Blaney	2307	25	0	0	0	4
25	Ricky Craven	2280	25	1	0	3	5