2001 Pepsi 400

This is about the Summer 2001 race at Daytona. For the race at Michigan, see 2001 Pepsi 400 Presented by Meijer.

2001 Pepsi 400

Race details
Race 17 of 36 in the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
2001 Pepsi 400 program cover
Date	July 7, 2001 (2001-07-07)
Location	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4.02 km)
Distance	160 laps, 400 mi (643.27 km)
Weather	Temperatures reaching up to 89.1 °F (31.7 °C); wind speeds approaching 11.10 miles per hour (17.86 km/h)[1]
Average speed	157.601 mph (253.634 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Sterling Marlin	Chip Ganassi Racing
Most laps led
Driver	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Laps	116
Winner
No. 8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Television in the United States
Network	NBC
Announcers	Allen Bestwick, Benny Parsons, Wally Dallenbach Jr.[2]
Nielsen Ratings	6.1/13 (25 million viewers)[3]
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN
Booth Announcers	Joe Moore, Barney Hall
Turn Announcers	Kurt Becker (1 & 2), Dave Moody (Backstretch) and Kevin O'Neal (3 & 4)

The 2001 Pepsi 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car race held on July 7, 2001, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida as the 17th of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. It was the first race held at Daytona since the 2001 Daytona 500, in which Dale Earnhardt was killed on the final lap. Sterling Marlin of Chip Ganassi Racing won the pole position. Dale Earnhardt Jr. of Dale Earnhardt, Inc. won the race, while DEI teammate Michael Waltrip and Elliott Sadler finished second and third, respectively.