2001 Pepsi 400 Presented by Meijer

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

2001 Pepsi 400 Presented by Meijer

Race details
Race 23 of 36 in the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 2001 Pepsi 400 Presented by Meijer program cover.
Date	August 19, 2001
Official name	32nd Annual Pepsi 400 Presented by Meijer
Location	Brooklyn, Michigan, Michigan International Speedway
Course	Permanent racing facility 2 mi (3.2 km)
Distance	162 laps, 324 mi (521.427 km)
Scheduled Distance	200 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km)
Average speed	140.513 miles per hour (226.134 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Ricky Craven	PPI Motorsports
Time	38.272
Most laps led
Driver	Bill Elliott	Evernham Motorsports
Laps	57
Winner
No. 40	Sterling Marlin	Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates
Television in the United States
Network	TNT
Announcers	Allen Bestwick, Benny Parsons, Wally Dallenbach Jr.
Radio in the United States
Radio	Motor Racing Network

The 2001 Pepsi 400 Presented by Meijer was the 23rd stock car race of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 32nd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, August 19, 2001, in Brooklyn, Michigan, at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway. The race was shortened from its scheduled 200 laps to 162 due to inclement weather. Sterling Marlin, driving for Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, would control the late stages of the race when rain stopped the race to win his seventh career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season.^[1][2][3] The win was also Dodge's first victory in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series in 24 years. To fill out the podium, Ricky Craven, driving for PPI Motorsports, and Bill Elliott, driving for Evernham Motorsports, would finish second and third, respectively.