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2001 MBNA Cal Ripken, Jr. 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 27 of 36 Sunday, September 23, 2001 at Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE 400 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (400.000 miles) Time of race: 3:56:19 Average speed: 101.559 mph Pole speed: 154.919 mph Cautions: 11 for 71 laps Margin of victory: 1.576 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 13 Glossary    2001 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   2001 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 8   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Budweiser / USA   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 400 168858 running 193 185 2 41 25   Jerry Nadeau UAW-Delphi   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 400 104960 running 0 170 3 4 28   Ricky Rudd Texaco / Havoline   (Yates Racing) Ford 400 117507 running 169 170 4 23 24   Jeff Gordon DuPont Automotive   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 400 117832 running 0 160 5 11 20   Tony Stewart Home Depot / God Bless America   (Joe Gibbs) Pontiac 400 89270 running 3 160 6 14 29   Kevin Harvick GM Goodwrench / USA   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 400 102167 running 0 150 7 16 33   Joe Nemechek Oakwood Homes   (Andy Petree) Chevrolet 400 85735 running 0 146 8 26 40   Sterling Marlin Coors Light   (Chip Ganassi) Dodge 400 73025 running 0 142 9 18 19   Casey Atwood Dodge Dealers / UAW   (Ray Evernham) Dodge 400 53565 running 0 138 10 17 55   Bobby Hamilton USA / Square D   (Andy Petree) Chevrolet 400 66765 running 0 134 11 15 2   Rusty Wallace Miller Lite / USA   (Roger Penske) Ford 400 92305 running 0 130 12 1 88   Dale Jarrett USA / UPS   (Yates Racing) Ford 400 98142 running 18 132 13 39 26   Jimmy Spencer Kmart School Spirit / God Bless America   (Travis Carter) Ford 400 65585 running 0 124 14 19 21   Elliott Sadler USA / Motorcraft   (Wood Brothers) Ford 400 73576 running 1 126 15 9 66   Todd Bodine Kmart Blue Light Special   (Travis Carter) Ford 399 51665 running 0 118 16 24 4   Kevin Lepage Kodak   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 399 53655 running 0 115 17 33 5   Terry Labonte Kellogg's / USA   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 398 81095 running 0 112 18 13 36   Ken Schrader Red Cross Donation 1-800-HELP-NOW   (Nelson Bowers) Pontiac 398 59125 running 0 109 19 29 43   John Andretti Cheerios   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 398 82792 running 0 106 20 30 31   Mike Skinner Lowe's   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 398 83939 running 0 103 21 22 99   Jeff Burton USA / Citgo Supergard   (Jack Roush) Ford 398 90111 running 0 100 22 6 1   Kenny Wallace Pennzoil   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 397 73358 running 0 97 23 34 7   Mike Wallace NationsRent   (Jim Smith) Ford 396 54865 running 0 94 24 12 92   Stacy Compton Kodiak / God Bless America   (Mark Melling) Dodge 396 46615 running 0 91 25 31 90   Hut Stricklin Hills Brothers Coffee   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 396 44340 running 0 88 26 5 32   Ricky Craven Tide   (Cal Wells) Ford 395 56290 running 15 90 27 32 13   Hermie Sadler Little Trees   (Hermie Sadler) Chevrolet 394 43140 running 0   28 35 11   Brett Bodine Ralph's Supermarkets / Red Cell   (Brett Bodine) Ford 391 45465 suspension 0 79 29 40 17   Matt Kenseth DeWalt New Products / USA   (Jack Roush) Ford 390 50815 running 0 76 30 10 9   Bill Elliott Dodge Dealers / UAW   (Ray Evernham) Dodge 383 67888 running 0 73 31 37 10   Johnny Benson, Jr. Valvoline   (Nelson Bowers) Pontiac 317 50490 running 0 70 32 38 6   Mark Martin Viagra / Pfizer   (Jack Roush) Ford 314 86681 running 0 67 33 25 22   Ward Burton USA / Caterpillar   (Bill Davis) Dodge 304 75315 crash 0 64 34 8 14   Ron Hornaday, Jr. Conseco   (A.J. Foyt) Pontiac 268 42005 crash 0 61 35 42 93   Dave Blaney American Red Cross / Amoco / 1-800-HELP-NOW   (Bill Davis) Dodge 266 41855 crash 0 58 36 2 18   Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries / MBNA / Cal Ripken, Jr.   (Joe Gibbs) Pontiac 258 94152 running 1 60 37 28 77   Robert Pressley Forever in our Hearts / United We Stand   (Doug Bawel) Ford 228 49600 crash 0 52 38 20 44   Buckshot Jones Georgia-Pacific   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 203 49475 engine 0 49 39 27 15   Michael Waltrip NAPA / God Bless America   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 199 51350 crash 0 46 40 36 96   Andy Houston McDonald's   (Cal Wells) Ford 165 41200 crash 0 43 41 43 97   Kurt Busch USA / Sharpie / Rubbermaid   (Jack Roush) Ford 115 49075 engine 0 40 42 7 12   Jeremy Mayfield Mobil 1   (Roger Penske) Ford 54 80234 crash 0 37 43 21 45   Kyle Petty Sprint   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 13 41076 engine 0 34

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 44 Rick Mast 27 Duke's Mayonnaise / Sauer's Jack Birmingham Pontiac 45 Jason Leffler 01 Cingular Wireless Chip Ganassi Dodge 46 Lance Hooper 47 J.J. Baker Custom Homes Roger Smith Ford 47 Dave Marcis 71 Team Realtree Dave Marcis Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 20 20     21 26 6   #9,18 accident turn 2   27 55 29     56 64 9   #12 accident turn 1   65 70 6     71 77 7   #11 spun turn 4   78 116 39     117 124 8   oil on track   125 129 5     130 135 6   #6,10,14,22 accident frontstretch   136 167 32     168 171 4   #96 accident turn 2   172 200 29     201 206 6   #15 accident turn 2   207 227 21     228 236 9   #77 accident turn 2   237 267 31     268 273 6   #93 accident turn 1   274 345 72     346 350 5   #28 spun turn 4   351 388 38     389 393 5   #88 spun backstretch   394 400 7       Percent of race run under caution: 17.8%             Average green flag run: 27.4 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Labonte 1 1 1   Dale Jarrett 2 2 1   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 3 26 24   Ricky Craven 27 41 15   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 42 56 15   Ricky Rudd 57 64 8   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 65 168 104   Elliott Sadler 169 169 1   Tony Stewart 170 172 3   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 173 183 11   Ricky Rudd 184 344 161   Dale Jarrett 345 361 17   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 362 400 39 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Jeff Gordon 3928     2   Ricky Rudd 3716   -212   3   Tony Stewart 3521   -407   4   Dale Jarrett 3507   -421   5   Sterling Marlin 3444   -484   6   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 3429   -499   7   Kevin Harvick 3380   -548   8   Rusty Wallace 3355   -573   9   Bobby Labonte 3327   -601   10   Johnny Benson, Jr. 3168   -760   11   Jeff Burton 3079   -849   12   Mark Martin 3015   -913   13   Bill Elliott 2990   -938   14   Jimmy Spencer 2962   -966   15   Matt Kenseth 2905   -1023   16   Steve Park 2859   -1069   17   Ward Burton 2776   -1152   18   Elliott Sadler 2755   -1173   19   Bobby Hamilton 2742   -1186   20   Jerry Nadeau 2726   -1202   21   Ken Schrader 2706   -1222