| Race details [1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 13 of 36 of 2001 in the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||
 2001 MBNA Platinum 400 program cover | |||
| Date | June 3, 2001 | ||
| Location | Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, Delaware | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1 miles (1.6 km) | ||
| Distance | 400 laps, 400 mi (804.6 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 71.6 °F (22.0 °C); wind speeds approaching 15 miles per hour (24 km/h) [2] | ||
| Average speed | 120.361 miles per hour (193.702 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Yates Racing | ||
| Time | N/A | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Laps | 381 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Fox Broadcasting Network | ||
| Announcers | Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds, Darrell Waltrip | ||
The 2001 MBNA Platinum 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event held on June 3, 2001, at Dover Downs International Speedway in Dover, Delaware.
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Qualifying was rained out, and Dale Jarrett would start on pole.
Contested over 400 laps, it was the thirteenth race of the 2001 season. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports took his second win of the season leading 381 out of the 400 laps, while Steve Park finished second and Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished third. Jarrett retained his points lead but was reduced from 75 points to 50.
Sixteen lead changes were made in this 199-minute event. While the average green flag run was almost 62 laps, more than 7% of the race was held under a caution flag. [3]
