2001 Brickyard 400
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Date
August 5, 2001
Official name
Brickyard 400
Location
Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana
Course
Permanent racing facility
| Race details[1][2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 21 of 36 in the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||
 2001 Brickyard 400 program cover | |||
| Date | August 5, 2001 | ||
| Official name | Brickyard 400 | ||
| Location | Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 2.5 miles (4.023 km) | ||
| Distance | 160 laps, 400 mi (643.738 km) | ||
| Average speed | 130.790 miles per hour (210.486 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Haas-Carter Motorsports | ||
| Time | 50.093 | ||
| 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., Benny Parsons | ||
| Nielsen ratings | 6.2/16[3] | ||
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 over 160 laps on the 2.5-mile (4.0-kilometre) speedway, it was the 21st race of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won the race.[1]
