Race 24 of 36 in the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 2001 Sharpie 500 program cover.
Date
August 25, 2001
Official name
41st Annual Sharpie 500
Location
Bristol, Tennessee, Bristol Motor Speedway
Course
Permanent racing facility 0.533 mi (0.858 km)
Distance
500 laps, 266.5 mi (428.89 km)
Scheduled Distance
500 laps, 266.5 mi (428.89 km)
Average speed
85.106 miles per hour (136.965 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Jeff Green
Richard Childress Racing
Time
15.515
Most laps led
Driver
Jeff Gordon
Hendrick Motorsports
Laps
199
Winner
No. 20
Tony Stewart
Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network
TNT
Announcers
Allen Bestwick, Benny Parsons, Wally Dallenbach Jr.
Radio in the United States
Radio
Performance Racing Network
Booth Announcers
Doug Rice, Mark Garrow
Turn Announcers
Chuck Carland
Motor car race
The 2001 Sharpie 500 was the 24th stock car race of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 41st iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, August 25, 2001, in Bristol, Tennessee at Bristol Motor Speedway, a 0.533 miles (0.858 km) permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 500 laps to complete. At race's end, Tony Stewart, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, would control the late stages of the race to win his 12th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his third and final victory of the season.[1][2][3] To fill out the podium, Kevin Harvick, driving for Richard Childress Racing, and Jeff Gordon, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, would finish second and third, respectively.
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^Fryer, Jenna (August 26, 2001). "Stewart finally wins at Bristol". The Bismarck Tribune. p. 40. Retrieved July 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^Smith, Marty (August 27, 2001). "Stewart wins Sharpie 500". NASCAR. Turner Sports Interactive. Archived from the original on December 6, 2001. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
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