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2001 Food City 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 6 of 36
Sunday, March 25, 2001 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN
500 laps on a .533 mile paved track (266.5 miles)

Time of race: 3:03:54
Average Speed: 86.949 mph
Pole Speed: 126.303 mph

Cautions: 13 for 87 laps
Margin of Victory: 0.426 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 18

Glossary 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 2001 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
34	1	6	Mark Martin	Viagra / Pfizer (Jack Roush)	Ford	412	91,261	running	2	66
12	2	40	Sterling Marlin	Coors Light / Cingular (Chip Ganassi)	Dodge	500	64,601	running	81	132
24	3	29	Kevin Harvick	GM Goodwrench (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	500	90,192	running	137	101
7	4	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Ford	500	93,335	running	0	146
32	5	66	Todd Bodine	Route 66 / Kmart (Travis Carter)	Ford	437	42,000	crash	0	67
8	6	55	Bobby Hamilton	Square D (Andy Petree)	Chevrolet	500	61,195	running	0	142
41	7	45	Kyle Petty	Sprint (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	228	41,590	engine	0	40
29	8	93	Dave Blaney	Amoco (Bill Davis)	Dodge	472	43,210	running	0	76
31	9	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Budweiser (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	456	77,288	running	0	70
35	10	36	Ken Schrader	M&M's (Nelson Bowers)	Pontiac	350	49,865	crash	0	58
2	11	43	John Andretti	Cheerios (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	500	136,842	running	51	175
17	12	9	Bill Elliott	Dodge Dealers (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	500	73,088	running	0	112
13	13	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Pontiac	500	98,042	running	0	124
10	14	28	Ricky Rudd	Texaco / Havoline (Yates Racing)	Ford	500	88,237	running	0	134
4	15	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Automotive (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	500	126,352	running	110	165
20	16	19	Casey Atwood	Dodge / UAW (Ray Evernham)	Dodge	500	49,450	running	0	103
9	17	1	Steve Park	Pennzoil (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	500	79,283	running	46	143
5	18	22	Ward Burton	Caterpillar (Bill Davis)	Dodge	500	100,580	running	0	155
16	19	88	Dale Jarrett	UPS (Yates Racing)	Ford	500	90,142	running	0	115
43	20	33	Joe Nemechek	Oakwood Homes (Andy Petree)	Chevrolet	108	69,107	overheating	0	34
33	21	44	Buckshot Jones	Georgia-Pacific (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	420	49,975	crash	0	64
30	22	25	Jerry Nadeau	UAW-Delphi (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	459	50,860	running	0	73
19	23	26	Jimmy Spencer	Kmart (Travis Carter)	Ford	500	58,980	running	0	106
14	24	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt Power Tools (Jack Roush)	Ford	500	57,340	running	1	126
6	25	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	500	93,775	running	0	150
28	26	77	Robert Pressley	Jasper Engines (Doug Bawel)	Ford	487	53,815	running	0	79
36	27	50	Rick Mast	Blair.com (Hal Hicks / Mike Witters)	Chevrolet	349	41,820	crash	0	55
26	28	10	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Valvoline (Nelson Bowers)	Pontiac	499	54,590	running	0	85
22	29	15	Michael Waltrip	NAPA (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	500	54,690	running	0	97
3	30	12	Jeremy Mayfield	Mobil 1 (Roger Penske)	Ford	500	105,709	running	0	165
38	31	27	Kenny Wallace	Food City / Ray-O-Vac (Jack Birmingham)	Pontiac	307	41,740	engine	1	54
40	32	99	Jeff Burton	Citgo Supergard (Jack Roush)	Ford	245	87,386	crash	0	43
18	33	31	Mike Skinner	Lowe's (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	500	80,439	running	0	109
23	34	32	Ricky Craven	Tide (Cal Wells)	Ford	500	44,040	running	0	94
27	35	11	Brett Bodine	Ralph's Supermarkets (Brett Bodine)	Ford	493	46,470	running	0	82
39	36	96	Andy Houston	McDonald's (Cal Wells)	Ford	265	41,705	crash	0	46
25	37	20	Tony Stewart	Home Depot (Joe Gibbs)	Pontiac	500	64,820	running	0	88
1	38	21	Elliott Sadler	Motorcraft (Wood Brothers)	Ford	500	124,700	running	70	180
42	39	97	Kurt Busch	roushracing.com (Jack Roush)	Ford	118	49,535	crash	0	37
21	40	14	Ron Hornaday, Jr.	Conseco (A.J. Foyt)	Pontiac	500	47,440	running	0	100
11	41	92	Stacy Compton	Kodiak (Mark Melling)	Dodge	500	58,690	running	0	130
15	42	4	Kevin Lepage	Kodak (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	500	56,480	running	0	118
37	43	7	Mike Wallace	NationsRent (Jim Smith)	Ford	345	49,785	crash	1	57

Failed to qualify: Hut Stricklin (#90), Jason Leffler (#01), Carl Long (#85)

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	5	5
	6	10	5	#25 accident turn 3
	11	24	14
	25	28	4	#77,99 accident turn 4
	29	30	2
	31	38	8	#96 spun turn 4
	39	78	40
	79	85	7	#97 spun turn 3
	86	89	4
	90	93	4	#36 spun turn 2
	94	149	56
	150	155	6	#11 spun turn 4
	156	246	91
	247	255	9	#99,6 accident frontstretch
	256	336	81
	337	342	6	debris
	343	349	7
	350	357	8	#7 spun backstretch
	358	371	14
	372	378	7	#25 spun turn 4
	379	381	3
	382	392	11	#93,8,25,97 accident backstretch
	393	422	30
	423	427	5	#44 spun backstretch
	428	439	12
	440	446	7	debris backstretch
	447	500	54
Percent of race run under caution: 17.4% Average green flag run: 29.5 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Mark Martin	1	2	2
Kevin Harvick	3	79	77
Mike Wallace	80	80	1
Kevin Harvick	81	82	2
Sterling Marlin	83	149	67
Matt Kenseth	150	150	1
Kenny Wallace	151	151	1
Sterling Marlin	152	160	9
John Andretti	161	180	20
Jeff Gordon	181	246	66
Sterling Marlin	247	247	1
Jeff Gordon	248	291	44
Steve Park	292	337	46
Sterling Marlin	338	338	1
John Andretti	339	342	4
Sterling Marlin	343	345	3
John Andretti	346	372	27
Kevin Harvick	373	430	58
Elliott Sadler	431	500	70

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Dale Jarrett	871
2	Jeff Gordon	826	-45
3	Sterling Marlin	823	-48
4	Johnny Benson, Jr.	776	-95
5	Steve Park	758	-113
6	Rusty Wallace	752	-119
7	Ricky Rudd	743	-128
8	Bobby Hamilton	716	-155
9	Elliott Sadler	709	-162
10	Bill Elliott	701	-170
11	Ward Burton	695	-176
12	Michael Waltrip	694	-177
13	Kevin Harvick	665	-206
14	Jimmy Spencer	658	-213
15	Jerry Nadeau	654	-217
16	John Andretti	644	-227
17	Ken Schrader	643	-228
18	Tony Stewart	632	-239
19	Bobby Labonte	622	-249
20	Robert Pressley	620	-251

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