EA Sports 500

Talladega Superspeedway — October 21, 2001

Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

Winner

188

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. won the 2001 EA Sports 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 21, 2001, leading 67 of 188 laps. Tony Stewart finished second; Jeff Burton rounded out the podium. The race featured 13 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, October 21, 2001

Track

Talladega Superspeedway

Season

2001

Winner

Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

Leaders

13 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	6	+5	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.		188	—	Running	67	185
2	37	+35	Tony Stewart		188	—	Running	—	170
3	33	+30	Jeff Burton		188	—	Running	4	170
4	24	+20	Matt Kenseth		188	—	Running	3	165
5	2	-3	Bobby Hamilton		188	—	Running	14	160
6	15	+9	Kenny Wallace		188	—	Running	—	150
7	11	+4	Jeff Gordon		188	—	Running	—	146
8	9	+1	Joe Nemechek		188	—	Running	—	142
9	14	+5	Mark Martin		188	—	Running	—	138
10	40	+30	Kevin Lepage		188	—	Running	—	134
11	1	-10	Stacy Compton	Dodge	188	—	Running	4	135
12	16	+4	Brett Bodine		188	—	Running	—	127
13	20	+7	Terry Labonte		188	—	Running	—	124
14	35	+21	Bobby Hamilton Jr.		188	—	Running	—	121
15	41	+26	Jason Leffler	Dodge	188	—	Running	6	123
16	32	+16	Rusty Wallace		188	—	Running	—	115
17	3	-14	Sterling Marlin	Dodge	188	—	Running	4	117
18	38	+20	Mike Wallace		188	—	Running	—	109
19	39	+20	Robby Gordon		188	—	Running	—	106
20	5	-15	Bill Elliott	Dodge	188	—	Running	1	108
21	18	-3	Ward Burton	Dodge	188	—	Running	—	100
22	34	+12	Bobby Labonte		187	—	Running	28	102
23	4	-19	Johnny Benson		187	—	Running	—	94
24	12	-12	Ricky Craven		187	—	Running	—	91
25	10	-15	Dale Jarrett		187	—	Running	1	93
26	23	-3	Ricky Rudd		187	—	Running	—	85
27	36	+9	Robert Pressley	Dodge	187	—	Running	2	87
28	22	-6	Buckshot Jones	Dodge	187	—	Running	—	79
29	27	-2	Kurt Busch		187	—	Running	—	76
30	31	+1	Dave Blaney	Dodge	187	—	Running	—	73
31	28	-3	Ken Schrader	Dodge	187	—	Running	—	70
32	19	-13	Kevin Harvick		187	—	Running	—	67
33	8	-25	Kyle Petty	Dodge	187	—	Running	—	64
34	7	-27	John Andretti	Dodge	182	—	Running	—	61
35	29	-6	Jerry Nadeau		175	—	Running	—	58
36	43	+7	Hut Stricklin	Dodge	174	—	Running	—	55
37	30	-7	Michael Waltrip		167	—	Running	53	57
38	42	+4	Ron Hornaday Jr.		148	—	DNF	—	49
39	26	-13	Casey Atwood		107	—	DNF	—	46
40	17	-23	Elliott Sadler		96	—	DNF	—	43
41	21	-20	Todd Bodine		94	—	DNF	1	45
42	13	-29	Jeff Purvis		86	—	DNF	—	37
43	25	-18	Jimmy Spencer		18	—	DNF	—	34