2001 NAPA Auto Parts 500

2001 NAPA Auto Parts 500

Race details
Race 10 of 36 in the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
Track map of the speedway at Auto Club Speedway AKA California Speedway
Date	April 29, 2001 (2001-April-29)
Official name	NAPA Auto Parts 500
Location	California Speedway, Fontana, California
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.0 mi (3.23 km)
Distance	250 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Average speed	143.118 miles per hour (230.326 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Bobby Labonte	Joe Gibbs Racing
Most laps led
Driver	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing
Laps	95
Winner
No. 2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing
Television in the United States
Network	Fox Broadcasting Company
Announcers	Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds

The 2001 NAPA Auto Parts 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car race held on April 29, 2001 at California Speedway in Fontana, California. Contested over 250 laps on the 2-mile (3.23 km) asphalt D-shaped oval, it was the tenth race of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Rusty Wallace of Penske Racing won the race.

Background

The track, California Speedway, is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2 miles (3.2 km) long. The track's turns are banked from fourteen degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at eleven degrees. Unlike the front stretch, the backstraightaway is banked at three degrees.

Top 10 results

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Ford
2	24	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
3	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet
4	20	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	Pontiac
5	12	Jeremy Mayfield	Penske Racing	Ford
6	28	Ricky Rudd	Robert Yates Racing	Ford
7	26	Jimmy Spencer	Haas-Carter Motorsports	Ford
8	25	Jerry Nadeau	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet
9	40	Sterling Marlin	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dodge
10	77	Robert Pressley	Jasper Motorsports	Ford