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2001 EA Sports 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 31 of 36 Sunday, October 21, 2001 at Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL 188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles) Time of race: 3:02:45 Average speed: 164.185 mph Pole speed: 185.24 mph Cautions: 3 for 16 laps Margin of victory: .388 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 32 Glossary    2001 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   2001 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 6 8   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Budweiser   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 188 165773 running 67 185 2 37 20   Tony Stewart Home Depot / Coca-Cola   (Joe Gibbs) Pontiac 188 104700 running 0 170 3 33 99   Jeff Burton Citgo Supergard   (Jack Roush) Ford 188 120271 running 4 170 4 24 17   Matt Kenseth DeWalt Power Tools   (Jack Roush) Ford 188 77550 running 3 165 5 2 55   Bobby Hamilton Square D   (Andy Petree) Chevrolet 188 81450 running 14 160 6 15 1   Kenny Wallace Pennzoil   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 188 81818 running 0 150 7 11 24   Jeff Gordon DuPont Automotive   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 188 99102 running 0 146 8 9 33   Joe Nemechek Oakwood Homes   (Andy Petree) Chevrolet 188 79920 running 0 142 9 14 6   Mark Martin Viagra / Pfizer   (Jack Roush) Ford 188 89626 running 0 138 10 40 7   Kevin Lepage NationsRent   (Jim Smith) Ford 188 73910 running 0 134 11 1 92   Stacy Compton Levi Garrett   (Mark Melling) Dodge 188 62170 running 4 135 12 16 11   Brett Bodine Ralph's Supermarkets   (Brett Bodine) Ford 188 54401 running 0 127 13 20 5   Terry Labonte Kellogg's   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 188 80110 running 0 124 14 35 4   Bobby Hamilton, Jr. Kodak   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 188 52110 running 0 121 15 41 01   Jason Leffler Cingular Wireless   (Chip Ganassi) Dodge 188 61735 running 6 123 16 32 2   Rusty Wallace Miller Lite   (Roger Penske) Ford 188 87865 running 0 115 17 3 40   Sterling Marlin Coors Light   (Chip Ganassi) Dodge 188 54560 running 4 117 18 38 12   Mike Wallace Mobil 1   (Roger Penske) Ford 188 85204 running 0 109 19 39 31   Robby Gordon Lowe's   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 188 77949 running 0 106 20 5 9   Bill Elliott Dodge Dealers / UAW   (Ray Evernham) Dodge 188 74003 running 1 108 21 18 22   Ward Burton Caterpillar   (Bill Davis) Dodge 188 77970 running 0 100 22 34 18   Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries / Coca-Cola   (Joe Gibbs) Pontiac 187 93942 crash 28 102 23 4 10   Johnny Benson, Jr. Zerex   (Nelson Bowers) Pontiac 187 52495 crash 0 94 24 12 32   Ricky Craven Tide   (Cal Wells) Ford 187 43875 crash 0 91 25 10 88   Dale Jarrett UPS   (Yates Racing) Ford 187 86532 crash 1 93 26 23 28   Ricky Rudd Texaco / Havoline   (Yates Racing) Ford 187 73742 crash 0 85 27 36 77   Robert Pressley Jasper Engines   (Doug Bawel) Ford 187 50760 crash 2 87 28 22 44   Buckshot Jones Georgia-Pacific   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 187 48100 running 0 79 29 27 97   Kurt Busch Sharpie / Rubbermaid   (Jack Roush) Ford 187 47940 running 0 76 30 31 93   Dave Blaney BP / Amoco   (Bill Davis) Dodge 187 40355 running 0 73 31 28 36   Ken Schrader M&M's   (Nelson Bowers) Pontiac 187 47770 running 0 70 32 19 29   Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 187 85712 running 0 67 33 8 45   Kyle Petty Sprint   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 187 39600 running 0 64 34 7 43   John Andretti Cheerios   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 182 74567 running 0 61 35 29 25   Jerry Nadeau UAW-Delphi   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 175 47500 handling 0 58 36 43 90   Hut Stricklin Hills Brothers Coffee   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 174 39450 engine 0 55 37 30 15   Michael Waltrip NAPA "We Keep America Running"   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 167 49400 overheating 53 57 38 42 14   Ron Hornaday, Jr. Conseco   (A.J. Foyt) Chevrolet 148 39225 transmission 0 49 39 26 19   Casey Atwood Dodge / UAW   (Ray Evernham) Dodge 107 39300 crash 0 46 40 17 21   Elliott Sadler Motorcraft   (Wood Brothers) Ford 96 57225 crash 0 43 41 21 66   Todd Bodine Kmart Blue Light Special   (Travis Carter) Ford 94 39150 crash 1 45 42 13 51   Jeff Purvis Phoenix Racing   (James Finch) Ford 86 39106 rear end 0 37 43 25 26   Jimmy Spencer Kmart   (Travis Carter) Ford 18 28581 engine 0 34

To the back: Name Nbr Reason Terry Labonte 5 backup car Ken Schrader 36 backup car John Andretti 43 backup car Jeff Purvis 51 backup car Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 44 Rick Mast 91 Donlavey Racing Junie Donlavey Ford 45 Dave Marcis 71 Team Realtree Dave Marcis Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 95 95     96 101 6   #66,21,19 accident backstretch   102 130 29     131 134 4   debris   135 149 15     150 155 6   #25 spun turn 4   156 188 33       Percent of race run under caution: 8.5%             Average green flag run: 43.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Stacy Compton 1 4 4   Sterling Marlin 5 8 4   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 9 9 1   Jeff Burton 10 10 1   Bobby Hamilton 11 13 3   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 14 36 23   Jason Leffler 37 38 2   Todd Bodine 39 39 1   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 40 49 10   Matt Kenseth 50 52 3   Michael Waltrip 53 95 43   Robert Pressley 96 97 2   Jason Leffler 98 101 4   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 102 104 3   Bobby Labonte 105 105 1   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 106 106 1   Bobby Labonte 107 129 23   Bobby Hamilton 130 130 1   Bill Elliott 131 131 1   Dale Jarrett 132 132 1   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 133 137 5   Bobby Hamilton 138 139 2   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 140 141 2   Bobby Hamilton 142 145 4   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 146 151 6   Michael Waltrip 152 161 10   Jeff Burton 162 164 3   Bobby Hamilton 165 166 2   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 167 167 1   Bobby Hamilton 168 169 2   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 170 183 14   Bobby Labonte 184 187 4   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 188 188 1 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Jeff Gordon 4512     2   Ricky Rudd 4117   -395   3   Tony Stewart 4048   -464   4   Sterling Marlin 4040   -472   5   Dale Jarrett 3998   -514   6   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 3925   -587   7   Rusty Wallace 3904   -608   8   Kevin Harvick 3806   -706   9   Bobby Labonte 3799   -713   10   Jeff Burton 3689   -823   11   Mark Martin 3597   -915   12   Johnny Benson, Jr. 3529   -983   13   Jimmy Spencer 3349   -1163   14   Matt Kenseth 3334   -1178   15   Bill Elliott 3301   -1211   16   Ward Burton 3256   -1256   17   Bobby Hamilton 3219   -1293   18   Ken Schrader 3112   -1400   19   Elliott Sadler 3061   -1451   20   Jerry Nadeau 3050   -1462   21   Ricky Craven 2934   -1578