|| *Comments on the 2001 Brickyard 400:* View the most recent comment <#27> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. JC posted: 07.22.2005 - 10:38 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Four straight years in which the winner of the Brickyard went on to win the championship. 2. Firehawk posted: 03.20.2006 - 12:37 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Jeff Gordon early on in the 2001 Brickyard was struggling just to stay in the top 20. However, some funky pit strategies allowed him to move to the front at the opportune time, by which time the crew finally perfected the setup allowing Jeff to motor by Sterling Marlin on the final restart and cruise home to his 3rd 400 victory. 3. biffle16 posted: 12.30.2006 - 10:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And all on the day after his 30th birthday! 4. John posted: 06.03.2007 - 5:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Mr. Excitment on the poll! 5. RaceFanX posted: 06.07.2008 - 5:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Next-to-last start for Rich Bickle 6. Art D posted: 06.26.2009 - 11:41 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) 56th career win for J. Gordon 7. myself posted: 08.19.2009 - 12:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (5) Is this the race where Gordon did that gay point @ the camera after the race? 8. Red posted: 02.20.2010 - 2:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Steve Park was the man to beat until he took four tires on his final pit stop and got mired back in traffic. Sterling took no tires, while Gordon and a host of others took two. 9. hyperacti posted: 04.04.2010 - 9:36 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @ myself No that was not this race. Besides, I for one didn't find it gay. 10. joey2448 posted: 07.19.2010 - 9:03 pm Rate this comment: (1) (2) post #7: hahaha, but no that was the 2004 brickyard that he pointed at the camera... post #3: actually it was the day after jeff's b-day....august 4th was his 30th.. post #4: it's "pole", not "poll". 11. Fish posted: 07.07.2011 - 3:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sterling Marlin had vapor lock on the last restart, which allowed Gordon to drive by with ease on the second-to-last restart. Marlin also had vapor lock the very next race at Watkins Glen, where he had a good run slip away due to it. 12. Fish posted: 08.15.2011 - 8:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) aw nuts, should have read: "Sterling Marlin had vapor lock on the SECOND TO last restart". speaking of nuts, the 43 had an interesting paint scheme for this race. 13. jarhead posted: 12.23.2011 - 10:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @ Fish I went to qualifying, and if it's the car I remember, didn't it have Garfield on the back bumper wearing King Richard's trademark cowboy hat? My memory is getting foggy as I get older, but seems to me that it did. Now I have to go look through my photos to see. 14. RaceFanX posted: 04.06.2012 - 10:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor: #10 Johnny Benson, Jr.- Valvoline / James Dean jarhead, Andretti had an orange-and-white car in this race with Buzz the Bee on it to promote Honey Nut Cheerios BUT Kyle Petty did run a Garfield / Richard Petty themed look on his car on his #45 at Indy in 2003 though which I think is what you are thinking of. 15. T dash D to the O double G posted: 05.22.2012 - 10:17 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Steve Park is scored wrong he actually should have 156 points due to a 7th place finish with the most laps led!!!! 16. JL70fan posted: 01.11.2013 - 9:59 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Derrike Cope's sponsor was Geico Direct. it was a Chevy too 17. Nascar Lead Lap Points posted: 06.20.2014 - 4:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Owner Updates #4 Larry McClure #37 Derrike Cope #95 Sadler Brothers #27 Jack Birmingham 18. Windows Millennium Edition posted: 03.14.2016 - 10:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Withdrew: WD|?|41|Conseco|A.J. Foyt|Pontiac WD|Morgan Shepherd|89|Racing for Jesus|Morgan Shepherd|Ford 19. Luigistarted06 posted: 07.19.2016 - 5:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 15 years later and I bet Steve Park still kicks himself for not staying out 20. FloridaFan88 posted: 02.10.2018 - 1:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Qualifying Results 1. (26) Jimmy Spencer, Ford, 179.666 mph. 2. (9) Bill Elliott, Dodge, 179.565. 3. (19) Casey Atwood, Dodge, 179.361. 4. (28) Ricky Rudd, Ford, 179.233. 5. (02) Ryan Newman, Ford, 179.037. 6. (88) Dale Jarrett, Ford, 178.848. 7. (32) Ricky Craven, Ford, 178.444. 8. (40) Sterling Marlin, Dodge, 178.207. 9. (20) Tony Stewart, Pontiac, 178.042. 10. (66) Todd Bodine, Ford, 177.711. 11. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 177.459. 12. (96) Andy Houston, Ford, 177.249. 13. (1) Steve Park, Chevrolet, 177.186. 14. (15) Michael Waltrip, Chevrolet, 177.141. 15. (18) Bobby Labonte, Pontiac, 177.134. 16. (12) Jeremy Mayfield, Ford, 176.835. 17. (50) Rich Bickle, Chevrolet, 176.762. 18. (11) Brett Bodine, Ford, 176.737. 19. (22) Ward Burton, Dodge, 176.703. 20. (33) Joe Nemechek, Chevrolet, 176.661. 21. (77) Robert Pressley, Ford, 176.588. 22. (99) Jeff Burton, Ford, 176.502. 23. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 176.450. 24. (93) Dave Blaney, Dodge, 176.363. 25. (6) Mark Martin, Ford, 176.343. 26. (10) Johnny Benson, Pontiac, 176.287. 27. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 176.180 28. (14) Ron Hornaday, Pontiac, 176.094. 29. (01) Jason Leffler, Dodge, 176.080. 30. (43) John Andretti, Dodge, 175.967. 31. (30) Jeff Green, Chevrolet, 175.884. 32. (90) Hut Stricklin, Ford, 175.874. 33. (92) Stacy Compton, Dodge, 175.833. 34. (97) Kurt Busch, Ford, 175.816. 35. (5) Terry Labonte, Chevrolet, 175.706. 36. (8) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 175.654. 37. (4) Kevin Lepage, Chevrolet, 175.637 - DNQ 38. (2) Rusty Wallace, Ford, 175.517 - provisional 39. (36) Ken Schrader, Pontiac, 175.497 - provisional 40. (31) Robby Gordon, Chevrolet, 175.339 - provisional 41. (37) Derrike Cope, Pontiac, 175.087 - DNQ 42. (7) Mike Wallace, Ford, 174.975 - DNQ 43. (21) Elliott Sadler, Ford, 174.808 - provisional 44. (25) Jerry Nadeau, Chevrolet, 174.601 - provisional 45. (13) Hermie Sadler, Chevrolet, 173.816 - DNQ 46. (95) Ed Berrier, Ford, 173.477 - DNQ 47. (55) Bobby Hamilton, Chevrolet, 173.444 - provisional 48. (57) David Keith, Ford, 173.067 - DNQ 49. (27) Rick Mast, Pontiac, 172.808 - DNQ 50. (44) Buckshot Jones, Dodge, 172.731 - provisional 51. (71) Dave Marcis, Chevrolet, 172.596 - DNQ 52. (45) Kyle Petty, Dodge, 172.582 - DNQ 53. (84) Shawna Robinson, Ford, 171.966 - DNQ 54. (49) Andy Hillenburg, Pontiac, 169.706. - DNQ Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20010807092817/http://www.thatsracin.com:80/01/0805/0805qualresults.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20010806182040/http://www.geocities.com:80/motorsportsone/qual.htm 21. Chad posted: 03.18.2018 - 12:30 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) DEI really badly messed up this one by taking 4 tires on the last stop. Park or Jr would have probably won. What were their crew chiefs thinking? 22. KyleEdwards99 posted: 03.18.2018 - 1:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) 54 Cars tried to make this 2001 race, and now in 2018 NASCAR can barely get 40 on a consistent basis boy have times changed for the worse. 23. SweetRich posted: 02.21.2020 - 7:22 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Commentators For The Race Were Allen Bestwick, Benny Parsons And Wally Dallenbach. The Pit Road Reporters Were Dave Burns, Marty Snider, Bill Weber And Matt Yocum. 24. Mile501 posted: 03.10.2020 - 4:52 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) RCR started this season with 2 drivers: Dale Earnhardt and Mike Sinner. By this race, just 20 races later, they had 3 completely different drivers: Kevin Harvick, Jeff Green, and Robby Gordon, who would become RCR's 3 full-time drivers in 2002. 25. JSPorts posted: 03.10.2020 - 4:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Earnhardt passed away after an accident on the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500. Skinner struggled in 2001, eventually being replaced after the fall Dover race. He missed this race due to an injury suffered in a crash at Chicagoland. 26. Cornys posted: 10.05.2020 - 8:23 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The first Brickyard 400 held on Sunday rather than Saturday. 27. Rich posted: 12.30.2020 - 7:28 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bill Weber was the host of the pre-race show. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: