2001 MBNA Platinum 400

Date June 3, 2001 (2001-06-03)

Location Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, Delaware

Course Permanent racing facility

Course length 1 miles (1.6 km)

2001 MBNA Platinum 400

Race details[1]
Race 13 of 36 of 2001 in the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
2001 MBNA Platinum 400 program cover
Date	June 3, 2001 (2001-06-03)
Location	Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, Delaware
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	1 miles (1.6 km)
Distance	400 laps, 400 mi (804.6 km)
Weather	Temperatures reaching up to 71.6 °F (22.0 °C); wind speeds approaching 15 miles per hour (24 km/h)[2]
Average speed	120.361 miles per hour (193.702 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Dale Jarrett	Yates Racing
Time	N/A
Most laps led
Driver	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports
Laps	381
Winner
No. 24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	Fox Broadcasting Network
Announcers	Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds, Darrell Waltrip

The 2001 MBNA Platinum 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series event held on June 3, 2001, at Dover Downs International Speedway in Dover, Delaware.

Qualifying was rained out, and Dale Jarrett would start on pole.

Contested over 400 laps, it was the thirteenth race of the 2001 season. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports took his second win of the season leading 381 out of the 400 laps, while Steve Park finished second and Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished third. Jarrett retained his points lead but was reduced from 75 points to 50.

Sixteen lead changes were made in this 199-minute event. While the average green flag run was almost 62 laps, more than 7% of the race was held under a caution flag.^[3]