2001 Food City 500

Race 6 of 36

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 3:03:54
Average speed of winner: 86.949 mph
Margin of victory: 0.426 sec.
Lead changes: 18 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 13 for 87 laps
Lap leaders: Martin 1-2, Harvick 3-79, M. Wallace 80, Harvick 81-82, Marlin 83-149, Kenseth 150, K. Wallace 151, Marlin 152-160, Andretti 161-180, Gordon 181-246, Marlin 247, Gordon 248-291, Park 292-337, Marlin 338, Andretti 339-342, Marlin 343-345, Andretti 346-372, Harvick 373-430, Sadler 431-500

Race notes: First win for Elliott Sadler.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	38	Elliott Sadler	21	Motorcraft Quality Parts	Ford	Wood Brothers	Tryson	provisional	500	1	70	running	124700	180
2	11	John Andretti	43	Cheerios	Dodge	Petty	Steadman	124.597	500	3	51	running	136842	175
3	30	Jeremy Mayfield	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Sospenzo	123.531	500	0	0	running	105709	165
4	15	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	124.444	500	2	110	running	126352	165
5	18	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Dodge	Bill Davis	Baldwin	124.186	500	0	0	running	100580	155
6	25	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	123.913	500	0	0	running	93775	150
7	4	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	125.166	500	0	0	running	93335	146
8	6	Bobby Hamilton	55	Square D	Chevrolet	Petree	Elledge	124.768	500	0	0	running	61195	142
9	17	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Andrews	124.404	500	1	46	running	79283	143
10	14	Ricky Rudd	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	McSwain	124.517	500	0	0	running	88237	134
11	41	Stacy Compton	92	Kodiak	Dodge	Melling	Knaus	provisional	500	0	0	running	58690	130
12	2	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Dodge	Ganassi	McCall	125.387	500	5	81	running	64601	132
13	13	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	124.581	500	0	0	running	98042	124
14	24	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	123.921	500	1	1	running	57340	126
15	42	Kevin Lepage	4	Kodak	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Ifft	provisional	500	0	0	running	56480	118
16	19	Dale Jarrett	88	UPS	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	124.146	500	0	0	running	90142	115
17	12	Bill Elliott	9	Dodge Dealers	Dodge	Evernham	Ford	124.589	500	0	0	running	73088	112
18	33	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	McGee	123.435	500	0	0	running	80439	109
19	23	Jimmy Spencer	26	Big Kmart/Route 66	Ford	Carter	Wingo	123.929	500	0	0	running	58980	106
20	16	Casey Atwood	19	Dodge Dealers/UAW	Dodge	Evernham	Donahue	124.412	500	0	0	running	49450	103
21	40	Ron Hornaday, Jr.	14	Conseco	Pontiac	Foyt	Lopez	provisional	500	0	0	running	47440	100
22	29	Michael Waltrip	15	NAPA Auto Parts	Chevrolet	DEI	Eggleston	123.602	500	0	0	running	54690	97
23	34	Ricky Craven	32	Tide	Ford	PPI	Beam	123.427	500	0	0	running	44040	94
24	3	Kevin Harvick	29	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	125.354	500	3	137	running	90192	101
25	37	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Pontiac	Gibbs	Zipadelli	provisional	500	0	0	running	64820	88
26	28	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Valvoline	Pontiac	MB2	Ince	123.698	499	0	0	running	54590	85
27	35	Brett Bodine	11	Ralph's/Redcell	Ford	Brett Bodine	Hillman	123.629	493	0	0	running	46470	82
28	26	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Ryan Pemberton	123.738	487	0	0	running	53815	79
29	8	Dave Blaney	93	Amoco	Dodge	Bill Davis	Randolph	124.703	472	0	0	running	43210	76
30	22	Jerry Nadeau	25	UAW-Delphi	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	123.986	459	0	0	running	50860	73
31	9	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	124.695	456	0	0	running	77288	70
32	5	Todd Bodine	66	Big Kmart/Route 66	Ford	Carter	Larry Carter	124.946	437	0	0	accident	42000	67
33	21	Buckshot Jones	44	Georgia-Pacific	Dodge	Petty	Frazier	124.042	420	0	0	accident	49975	64
34	1	Mark Martin	6	Pfizer/Viagra	Ford	Roush	Fennig	126.303	412	1	2	running	91261	66
35	10	Ken Schrader	36	M&M's	Pontiac	MB2	Newt Moore	124.597	350	0	0	accident	49865	58
36	27	Rick Mast	50	Blair.com	Chevrolet	Midwest Transit	Connors	123.706	349	0	0	accident	41820	55
37	43	Mike Wallace	7	NationsRent	Ford	Jim Smith	Brewer	provisional	345	1	1	accident	49785	57
38	31	Kenny Wallace	27	Food City	Pontiac	Eel River	Dodson	123.531	307	1	1	engine	41740	54
39	36	Andy Houston	96	McDonald's	Ford	PPI	Garone	123.197	265	0	0	accident	41705	46
40	32	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO Supergard	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	123.483	245	0	0	accident	87386	43
41	7	Kyle Petty	45	Sprint	Dodge	Petty	Hussey	124.743	228	0	0	engine	41590	40
42	39	Kurt Busch	97	JR's Garage	Ford	Roush	Leslie	provisional	118	0	0	accident	49535	37
43	20	Joe Nemechek	33	Oakwood Homes	Chevrolet	Petree	Carrier	124.042	108	0	0	overheating	69107	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Jarrett	871	6	2	1	3	4
2	Jeff Gordon	826	6	1	1	4	4
3	Sterling Marlin	823	6	0	0	2	4
4	Johnny Benson, Jr.	776	6	0	0	1	4
5	Steve Park	758	6	0	1	2	4
6	Rusty Wallace	752	6	0	0	1	4
7	Ricky Rudd	743	6	0	0	1	4
8	Bobby Hamilton	716	6	0	0	0	3
9	Elliott Sadler	709	6	0	1	1	1
10	Bill Elliott	701	6	1	0	1	1
11	Ward Burton	695	6	0	0	1	1
12	Michael Waltrip	694	6	0	1	1	1
13	Kevin Harvick	665	5	0	1	1	2
14	Jimmy Spencer	658	6	0	0	1	2
15	Jerry Nadeau	654	6	0	0	1	1
16	John Andretti	644	6	0	0	1	2
17	Ken Schrader	643	6	0	0	0	1
18	Tony Stewart	632	6	0	0	1	1
19	Bobby Labonte	622	6	0	0	1	1
20	Robert Pressley	620	6	0	0	0	0
21	Terry Labonte	618	6	0	0	1	2
22	Jeremy Mayfield	603	6	0	0	2	3
23	Ricky Craven	589	6	0	0	1	1
24	Mike Skinner	589	6	0	0	0	1
25	Matt Kenseth	580	6	0	0	0	0