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| Race 21 of 36 in the2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||
 2001 Brickyard 400 program cover | |||
| Date | August 5, 2001 (2001-08-05) | ||
| Official name | Brickyard 400 | ||
| Location | Indianapolis Motor Speedway inSpeedway, 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] | ||
The2001 Brickyard 400, the 8th running of theevent, was aNASCARWinston Cup Series race held on August 5, 2001, atIndianapolis Motor Speedway inSpeedway, Indiana. Contested over 160 laps on the 2.5-mile (4.0-kilometre) speedway, it was the 21st race of the2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season.Jeff Gordon ofHendrick Motorsports won the race.[1]
TheIndianapolis Motor Speedway, located inSpeedway, Indiana, (anenclave suburb ofIndianapolis) in the United States, is the home of theIndianapolis 500 and theBrickyard 400. It is located on the corner of 16th Street and Georgetown Road, approximately 6 miles (9.7 kilometres) west ofDowntown Indianapolis. It is a four-turn rectangular-oval track that is 2.5 miles (4.0 kilometres) long. The track's turns arebanked at 9degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, has no banking. The back stretch, opposite of the front, also has a zero degree banking.[4]
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