2001 Brickyard 400

The 2001 Brickyard 400, the 8th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on August 5, 2001 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. Contested at 160 laps on the 2.5 mile (4.023 km) speedway, it was the twenty-first race of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won the race.^[1]

2001 Brickyard 400

Race details[1][2]
Race 21 of 36 in the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
2001 Brickyard 400 program cover
Date	August 5, 2001 (2001-August-05)
Official name	Brickyard 400
Location	Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4.023 km)
Distance	160 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km)
Average speed	130.79 miles per hour (210.49 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Jimmy Spencer	Haas-Carter Motorsports
Most laps led
Driver	Steve Park	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Laps	39
Winner
No. 24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	NBC
Announcers	Allen Bestwick, Wally Dallenbach Jr. and Benny Parsons
Nielsen Ratings	6.2/16[3]

Background

Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the track where the race was held.

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana, (an enclave suburb of Indianapolis) in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400. It is located on the corner of 16th Street and Georgetown Road, approximately six miles (10 km) west of Downtown Indianapolis. It is a four-turn rectangular-oval track that is 2.5 miles (4.023 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 9 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, has no banking. The back stretch, opposite of the front, also has a zero degree banking.^[4]

Top 10 results

Pos[1]	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Sponsor
1	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	DuPont
2	40	Sterling Marlin	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dodge	Coors Light
3	10	Johnny Benson Jr.	MBV Motorsports	Pontiac	Valvoline
4	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Ford	Miller Lite
5	97	Kurt Busch	Roush Racing	Ford	Sharpie / Rubbermaid
6	22	Ward Burton	Bill Davis Racing	Dodge	Caterpillar
7	1	Steve Park	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet	Pennzoil
8	9	Bill Elliott	Evernham Motorsports	Dodge	Dodge Dealers / UAW
9	32	Ricky Craven	PPI Motorsports	Ford	Tide
10	8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet	Budweiser

Race statistics

• Time of race: 3:03:30
• Average Speed: 130.79 miles per hour (210.49 km/h)
• Pole Speed: 179.666
• Cautions: 7 for 28 laps
• Margin of Victory: 0.943 sec
• Lead changes: 18
• Percent of race run under caution: 17.5%
• Average green flag run: 16.5 laps

Source:^[1]

References

1. "2001 Brickyard 400". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
2. "The Race: Brickyard 400". Jayski's Silly Season Site. Archived from the original on October 21, 2001. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
3. "NBC Finds Ratings Gold With NASCAR". Orlando Sentinel. August 8, 2001. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
4. "NASCAR Tracks—The Indianapolis Motor Speedway". NASCAR. Turner Sports Interactive. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved April 11, 2024.