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2001 Sharpie 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Tweet NASCAR Winston Cup race number 24 of 36 Saturday, August 25, 2001 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles) Time of race: 3:07:53 Average speed: 85.106 mph Pole speed: 123.674 mph Cautions: 16 for 93 laps Margin of victory: .487 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 11 Glossary    2001 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   2001 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 18 20   Tony Stewart Home Depot / Apex   (Joe Gibbs) Pontiac 500 189415 running 71 180 2 8 29   Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 500 167267 running 0 170 3 6 24   Jeff Gordon DuPont Automotive   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 500 155692 running 199 175 4 5 28   Ricky Rudd Texaco / Havoline   (Yates Racing) Ford 500 124527 running 3 165 5 9 2   Rusty Wallace Miller Lite   (Roger Penske) Ford 500 107640 running 123 160 6 7 88   Dale Jarrett UPS   (Yates Racing) Ford 500 115482 running 0 150 7 37 1   Steve Park Pennzoil   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 500 90533 running 9 151 8 16 18   Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries   (Joe Gibbs) Pontiac 500 110817 running 0 142 9 17 40   Sterling Marlin Target   (Chip Ganassi) Dodge 500 81500 running 0 138 10 21 5   Terry Labonte Kellogg's   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 500 97720 running 0 134 11 4 21   Elliott Sadler Motorcraft   (Wood Brothers) Ford 500 83860 running 0 130 12 14 22   Ward Burton Caterpillar   (Bill Davis) Dodge 500 90775 running 0 127 13 25 4   Kevin Lepage Kodak   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 500 63801 running 10 129 14 24 8   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Budweiser   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 500 85063 running 0 121 15 22 99   Jeff Burton Citgo Supergard   (Jack Roush) Ford 500 99506 running 0 118 16 30 12   Jeremy Mayfield Mobil 1   (Roger Penske) Ford 499 93144 running 0 115 17 34 19   Casey Atwood Dodge / UAW   (Ray Evernham) Dodge 499 53510 running 0 112 18 28 93   Dave Blaney Amoco   (Bill Davis) Dodge 498 53250 running 0 109 19 35 9   Bill Elliott Dodge Dealers / UAW   (Ray Evernham) Dodge 496 77748 running 0 106 20 12 25   Jerry Nadeau UAW-Delphi   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 496 64185 running 0 103 21 42 43   John Andretti Cheerios   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 496 88487 running 0 100 22 11 36   Ken Schrader M&M's   (Nelson Bowers) Pontiac 495 64800 running 0 97 23 15 55   Bobby Hamilton Square D   (Andy Petree) Chevrolet 495 59560 running 0 94 24 41 33   Joe Nemechek Oakwood Homes   (Andy Petree) Chevrolet 493 79155 running 0 91 25 26 97   Kurt Busch Sharpie / Rubbermaid   (Jack Roush) Ford 490 58980 running 0 88 26 20 11   Brett Bodine Ralph's Supermarkets / Wells Fargo   (Brett Bodine) Ford 488 52390 running 0 85 27 13 09   Geoffrey Bodine Smirnoff Ice   (Brett Bodine) Ford 486 45305 running 0   28 19 77   Robert Pressley Jasper Engines   (Doug Bawel) Ford 442 54795 running 0 79 29 3 14   Ron Hornaday, Jr. Conseco   (A.J. Foyt) Pontiac 441 44085 running 0 76 30 43 01   Jason Leffler Cingular Wireless   (Chip Ganassi) Dodge 436 52025 running 0 73 31 27 7   Mike Wallace NationsRent   (Jim Smith) Ford 421 51415 running 0 70 32 10 66   Todd Bodine Kmart Blue Light Special   (Travis Carter) Ford 396 43330 crash 0 67 33 38 17   Matt Kenseth DeWalt Power Tools   (Jack Roush) Ford 394 51295 crash 0 64 34 2 31   Mike Skinner Lowe's   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 383 76084 running 0 61 35 23 26   Jimmy Spencer Kmart   (Travis Carter) Ford 374 51230 engine 0 58 36 29 10   Johnny Benson, Jr. Valvoline   (Nelson Bowers) Pontiac 343 51185 crash 0 55 37 31 6   Mark Martin Viagra / Pfizer   (Jack Roush) Ford 336 87470 running 0 52 38 39 32   Ricky Craven Tide   (Cal Wells) Ford 239 43050 crash 14 54 39 40 15   Michael Waltrip NAPA   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 233 53000 crash 0 46 40 33 96   Andy Houston McDonald's   (Cal Wells) Ford 127 42925 crash 0 43 41 32 27   Rick Mast Duke's Mayonnaise / Sauer's   (Jack Birmingham) Pontiac 113 42875 crash 0 40 42 1 30   Jeff Green America Online   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 85 47825 crash 71 42 43 36 44   Buckshot Jones Georgia-Pacific   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 67 51022 crash 0 34

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 44 Stacy Compton 92 Kodiak Mark Melling Dodge 45 Kyle Petty 45 Sprint Petty Enterprises Dodge 46 Hermie Sadler 13 Virginia Lottery Hermie Sadler Chevrolet 47 Dave Marcis 71 Team Realtree Dave Marcis Chevrolet 48 Hut Stricklin 90 Hills Brothers Coffee Junie Donlavey Ford 49 Carl Long 85 Mansion Decorators Thee Dixon Ford Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 14 14     15 19 5   #44 spun turn 2   20 24 5     25 29 5   #11 spun turn 3   30 70 41     71 80 10   #44 spun frontstretch   81 83 3     84 88 5   #97,10,43 accident backstretch   89 90 2     91 96 6   #31,18,77 accident turn 4   97 103 7     104 109 6   #31 spun turn 4   110 129 20     130 133 4   #96 accident backstretch   134 135 2     136 140 5   #66,33 spun turn 4   141 149 9     150 155 6   #09,27 spun turn 3   156 234 79     235 239 5   #15 accident turn 4   240 241 2     242 248 7   #32 accident backstretch   249 261 13     262 266 5   #9 accident turn 4   267 353 87     354 360 7   #66 accident backstretch   361 362 2     363 366 4   #33 accident backstretch   367 381 15     382 387 6   #10 accident turn 1   388 395 8     396 402 7   #17 accident frontstretch   403 500 98       Percent of race run under caution: 18.6%             Average green flag run: 23.9 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Jeff Green 1 71 71   Ricky Craven 72 85 14   Ricky Rudd 86 88 3   Steve Park 89 97 9   Rusty Wallace 98 214 117   Jeff Gordon 215 235 21   Kevin Lepage 236 245 10   Rusty Wallace 246 251 6   Jeff Gordon 252 351 100   Tony Stewart 352 353 2   Jeff Gordon 354 431 78   Tony Stewart 432 500 69 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Jeff Gordon 3528     2   Ricky Rudd 3220   -308   3   Dale Jarrett 3149   -379   4   Sterling Marlin 3110   -418   5   Tony Stewart 3055   -473   6   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 2967   -561   7   Rusty Wallace 2963   -565   8   Bobby Labonte 2947   -581   9   Kevin Harvick 2913   -615   10   Steve Park 2859   -669   11   Johnny Benson, Jr. 2843   -685   12   Mark Martin 2739   -789   13   Jeff Burton 2691   -837   14   Matt Kenseth 2677   -851   15   Bill Elliott 2650   -878   16   Jimmy Spencer 2626   -902   17   Elliott Sadler 2483   -1045   18   Ward Burton 2405   -1123   19   Ken Schrader 2369   -1159   20   Bobby Hamilton 2366   -1162