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Motor car race
The
2001 Coca-Cola 600
, the 42nd running of the
event
, was a
NASCAR
Winston Cup Series
race held on May 27, 2001 at
Lowe's Motor Speedway
in
Charlotte
,
North Carolina
. Contested at 400 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) speedway, it was the twelfth race of the
2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
season.
Jeff Burton
of
Roush Racing
won the race.
Background
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Lowe's Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious
Coca-Cola 600
on Memorial Day weekend and
The Winston
, as well as the
UAW-GM Quality 500
. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with
Humpy Wheeler
as track president.
Summary
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Tony Stewart successfully performed the "
Double Duty
", also running the
Indianapolis 500
the same day;
Joe Gibbs Racing
had
Mike McLaughlin
on standby if he did not arrive on time. After finishing sixth at Indy, Stewart arrived less than half an hour before the start of the race. If Stewart did not arrive for the start of the Coca-Cola 600, McLaughlin would have been given credit for the start under NASCAR rules. He had to start at the end of the field (43rd place) due to missing the mandatory drivers' meeting that is held two hours before any race. Stewart eventually finished this race in third. This was his second Double Duty after 1999, where he finished ninth at
Indy
and fourth at
Charlotte
.
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Jeff Burton
won the race driving for
Roush Racing
as the team became the first to win three races in a row.
Failed to qualify:
John Andretti
(
No.
43),
Kyle Petty
(No. 45),
Derrike Cope
(No. 37),
Mike Wallace
(No. 7),
Jeff Fultz
(No. 54),
Carl Long
(No. 85)
Top 10 results
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Race statistics
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- Time of race: 4:20:40
- Average Speed: 138.107 miles per hour (222.262 km/h)
- Pole Speed: 185.217
- Cautions: 6 for 45 laps
- Margin of Victory: 3.19 sec
- Lead changes: 28
- Percent of race run under caution: 11.2%
- Average green flag run: 50.7 laps
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Daytona 500
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