2001 Auto Club 200 - NASCAR Race
| Name of Race: | 2001 Auto Club 200 |
| Name of Track: | California Speedway |
| Date: | November 3rd |
Satellite View of California Speedway.
The California Speedway is a two-mile, low-banked, D-shaped oval speedway in Fontana, California, similar to that of Michigan International Speedway, approximately 40 miles east of Los Angeles on the site of the former Kaiser Steel mill.
It is a relatively new race track, opening in early 1997, and has additional configurations and facilities to accommodate "road" races, motorcycle races, vehicle testing, and drag races (Auto Club Dragway), even though the track cannot host NHRA national events, because of International Speedway Corporation's corporatewide deal with Pepsi. (The NHRA has a policy prohibiting certain Pepsi brands to be advertised anywhere at their national events as part of a deal with Coca-Cola.)
This racetrack is a stones throw from the old Ontario Motor Speedway and the old Riverside International Raceway.
After Riverside's closure in 1988, Southern California did not host a NASCAR race from 1988 to 1997, when the new California Speedway was opened.
Wikipedia.org2001 Auto Club 200 NASCAR Race Results
Below are the race results for 2001 Auto Club 200, in order of finishing place.
| Fin | Driver | Num | Start | Money | Laps | Pts | Status | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ted Musgrave | 1 | 12 | $49,685 | 100 | 0 | running | Mopar Performance |
| 2 | Rick Crawford | 14 | 3 | $36,150 | 100 | 0 | running | Milwaukee Electric Tool |
| 3 | Jon Wood | 50 | 9 | $25,090 | 100 | 0 | running | Eldon |
| 4 | Dennis Setzer | 46 | 4 | $16,250 | 100 | 0 | running | Acxiom / Computer Associates |
| 5 | David Starr | 3 | 5 | $15,425 | 100 | 0 | running | Chasco Contracting |
| 6 | Terry Cook | 29 | 10 | $13,650 | 100 | 0 | running | Power Stroke Diesel |
| 7 | Travis Kvapil | 60 | 2 | $13,325 | 100 | 0 | running | CAT Rental Stores |
| 8 | Jim Inglebright | 2 | 11 | $12,175 | 100 | 0 | running | Jelly Belly |
| 9 | Matt Crafton | 88 | 16 | $12,325 | 100 | 0 | running | XE Sighting System |
| 10 | Ricky Hendrick | 17 | 13 | $12,775 | 100 | 0 | running | GMAC Financial Services |
| 11 | Billy Bigley | 75 | 14 | $12,175 | 100 | 0 | running | Spears Manufacturing |
| 13 | Stan Boyd | 89 | 31 | $10,990 | 100 | 0 | running | Bars Leaks / Splatt |
| 14 | Coy Gibbs | 20 | 23 | $11,340 | 100 | 0 | running | MBNA |
| 15 | Bobby Dotter | 8 | 27 | $11,540 | 100 | 0 | running | Cardenas Market |
| 16 | Joe Ruttman | 18 | 15 | $10,965 | 100 | 0 | running | Dana Corporation |
| 17 | Michael Dokken | 91 | 26 | $9,840 | 100 | 0 | running | Ware Racing Enterprises |
| 20 | Bryan Reffner | 41 | 8 | $10,015 | 99 | 0 | running | TKO Motorsports |
| 21 | Jerry Hill | 47 | 24 | $9,740 | 99 | 0 | running | Hill Motorsports |
| 22 | Carlos Contreras | 43 | 25 | $10,715 | 96 | 0 | running | Hot Wheels |
| 24 | Phil Bonifield | 86 | 36 | $10,665 | 71 | 0 | engine | Coverall / Wild Turkey Federation |
| 26 | Tom Carey | 3 | 18 | $9,615 | 63 | 0 | crash | EJP / Healey & Associates |
| 28 | Eric Jones | 34 | 30 | $9,565 | 58 | 0 | rear end | Safelite Auto Glass |
| 29 | Larry Gunselman | 63 | 28 | $10,540 | 48 | 0 | engine | Waterloo Tool Storage |
| 30 | Jimmy Hensley | 72 | 20 | $9,515 | 43 | 0 | engine | Greenfield |
| 31 | Jack Sprague | 24 | 6 | $9,490 | 27 | 0 | crash | NetZero Platinum |
| 32 | Scott Riggs | 2 | 1 | $10,565 | 27 | 0 | crash | Team ASE Racing |
| 33 | Lance Hooper | 25 | 29 | $9,440 | 18 | 0 | driveshaft | National Wild Turkey Federation |
| 35 | Wayne Edwards | 93 | 21 | $9,390 | 11 | 0 | engine | Hill-MacDonald-Troxell Racing |
