This is about the Summer 2001 race at Daytona. For the race at Michigan, see 2001 Pepsi 400 Presented by Meijer.
NASCAR race at Daytona in 2001
2001 Pepsi 400
Race details
Race 17 of 36 in the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
2001 Pepsi 400 program cover
Date
July 7, 2001 (2001-07-07)
Location
Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida
Course
Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4.02 km)
Distance
160 laps, 400 mi (643.27 km)
Weather
Temperatures reaching up to 89.1 °F (31.7 °C); wind speeds approaching 11.10 miles per hour (17.86 km/h)[1]
Average speed
157.601 mph (253.634 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Sterling Marlin
Chip Ganassi Racing
Most laps led
Driver
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Laps
116
Winner
No. 8
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Television in the United States
Network
NBC
Announcers
Allen Bestwick, Benny Parsons, Wally Dallenbach Jr.[2]
Nielsen Ratings
6.1/13 (25 million viewers)[3]
Radio in the United States
Radio
MRN
Booth Announcers
Joe Moore, Barney Hall
Turn Announcers
Kurt Becker (1 & 2), Dave Moody (Backstretch) and Kevin O'Neal (3 & 4)
Motor car race
The 2001 Pepsi 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car race held on July 7, 2001, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida as the 17th of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. It was the first race held at Daytona since the 2001 Daytona 500, in which Dale Earnhardt was killed on the final lap. Sterling Marlin of Chip Ganassi Racing won the pole position. Dale Earnhardt Jr. of Dale Earnhardt, Inc. won the race, while DEI teammate Michael Waltrip and Elliott Sadler finished second and third, respectively.
^Weather information at The Old Farmers' Almanac
^"THE RACE: Pepsi 400". Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
^"TV RATINGS 2001". Jayski's Silly Season Site. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
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