2001 Brickyard 400

Race details
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

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

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

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