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.

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. The racetrack has seats for more than 250,000 spectators.

Top 10 results

Pos	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