| 2001 Mountain Dew Southern 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 25 of 36 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $2,892,443 | Race Date: | Sep 2, 2001 | Darlington Raceway | |
| Margin of Victory: | Concluded Under Caution | Race Duration: | 4Hr 5Min | Darlington, South Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 19 | Average Speed: | 122.773 MPH | 1.366 Mile Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 43 | No. of Cautions: | 11 For 51 Laps | darlingtonraceway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Ward Burton W. Burton | Driver: | Kurt Busch K. Busch | Dodge: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #22 Dodge | Car No.: | #97 Ford | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Bill Davis Racing | Team: | Roush Racing | Pontiac: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Tommy Baldwin, Jr. | Crew Chief: | Jimmy Fennig | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Laps Led: | 27 of 367 | Pole Speed: | 168.048 MPH | |||||
| Official 2001 Mountain Dew Southern 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 37 | 22 | Ward Burton | Caterpillar | Running |  | 180 | 367 | 27 |
| 2 | 2 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont | Running |  | 180 | 367 | 138 |
| 3 | 10 | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Interstate Batteries | Running |  | 170 | 367 | 17 |
| 4 | 33 | 20 | Tony Stewart | The Home Depot | Running | | 160 | 367 | 0 |
| 5 | 9 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Dodge Dealers / UAW | Running | | 155 | 367 | 0 |
| 6 | 23 | 99 | Jeff Burton | Citgo | Running |  | 150 | 367 | 0 |
| 7 | 26 | 28 | Ricky Rudd | Texaco Havoline | Running | | 146 | 367 | 0 |
| 8 | 5 | 29 | Kevin Harvick (R) | GM Goodwrench Service | Running | | 142 | 367 | 0 |
| 9 | 11 | 25 | Jerry Nadeau | UAW / Delphi | Running | | 138 | 367 | 0 |
| 10 | 8 | 36 | Ken Schrader | M&M's | Running | | 134 | 367 | 0 |
| 11 | 19 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Kellogg's | Running | | 130 | 367 | 0 |
| 12 | 39 | 7 | Mike Wallace | NationsRent | Running | | 127 | 367 | 0 |
| 13 | 3 | 12 | Jeremy Mayfield | Mobil 1 | Running | | 129 | 367 | 53 |
| 14 | 17 | 10 | Johnny Benson, Jr. | Valvoline | Running | | 121 | 367 | 0 |
| 15 | 21 | 55 | Bobby Hamilton | Square D | Running | | 118 | 367 | 0 |
| 16 | 12 | 40 | Sterling Marlin | Coors Light | Running | | 120 | 367 | 2 |
| 17 | 18 | 8 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | Budweiser | Running | | 112 | 367 | 0 |
| 18 | 7 | 32 | Ricky Craven | Tide | Running | | 114 | 367 | 1 |
| 19 | 14 | 93 | Dave Blaney | Amoco | Running | | 106 | 367 | 0 |
| 20 | 13 | 6 | Mark Martin | Pfizer Viagra | Running | | 103 | 366 | 0 |
| 21 | 6 | 43 | John Andretti | Cheerios | Running | | 100 | 366 | 0 |
| 22 | 4 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Miller Lite | Running | | 97 | 366 | 0 |
| 23 | 28 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | DeWalt Power Tools | Running | | 94 | 365 | 0 |
| 24 | 35 | 31 | Mike Skinner | Lowe's | Running | | 91 | 365 | 0 |
| 25 | 30 | 19 | Casey Atwood (R) | Dodge Dealers / UAW | Running | | 88 | 364 | 0 |
| 26 | 42 | 45 | Kyle Petty | Sprint | Running | | 85 | 362 | 0 |
| 27 | 32 | 11 | Brett Bodine | Ralph's Supermarkets | Running | | 82 | 362 | 0 |
| 28 | 29 | 4 | Kevin Lepage | Kodak Film | Running | | 79 | 361 | 0 |
| 29 | 20 | 21 | Elliott Sadler | Motorcraft Quality Parts | Running | | 76 | 359 | 0 |
| 30 | 43 | 27 | Rick Mast | Duke's Mayonnaise | Running | | 73 | 359 | 0 |
| 31 | 15 | 26 | Jimmy Spencer | Kmart | Accident | | 70 | 358 | 0 |
| 32 | 36 | 90 | Hut Stricklin | Hill Brothers Coffee | Running | | 67 | 358 | 0 |
| 33 | 24 | 33 | Joe Nemechek | Oakwood Homes | Accident | | 69 | 357 | 2 |
| 34 | 27 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | UPS | Running | | 66 | 356 | 53 |
| 35 | 41 | 44 | Buckshot Jones | Georgia Pacific | Running | | 58 | 355 | 0 |
| 36 | 25 | 15 | Michael Waltrip | NAPA Auto Parts | Running | | 55 | 355 | 0 |
| 37 | 40 | 14 | Ron Hornaday, Jr. (R) | Conseco | Running | | 52 | 355 | 0 |
| 38 | 16 | 77 | Robert Pressley | Jasper Engines & Transmissions | Accident | | 49 | 348 | 0 |
| 39 | 1 | 97 | Kurt Busch (R) | Rubbermaid / Sharpie | Running | | 51 | 316 | 74 |
| 40 | 31 | 66 | Todd Bodine | Route 66 / Kmart | Transmission | | 43 | 282 | 0 |
| 41 | 34 | 1 | Kenny Wallace | Pennzoil | Overheating | | 40 | 279 | 0 |
| 42 | 22 | 92 | Stacy Compton | Kodiak | Accident | | 37 | 191 | 0 |
| 43 | 38 | 1 | Jason Leffler (R) | Cingular Wireless | Overheating | | 34 | 90 | 0 |
