2001 UAW-GM Quality 500
| Race details | |||
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| Race 29 of 36 in the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||
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The 2001 UAW-GM Quality 500 program cover, with artwork by NASCAR artist Sam Bass. | |||
| Date | October 7, 2001 | ||
| Official name | 42nd Annual UAW-GM Quality 500 | ||
| Location | Concord, North Carolina, Lowe's Motor Speedway | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1.5 miles (2.41 km) | ||
| Distance | 334 laps, 501 mi (806.281 km) | ||
| Scheduled distance | 334 laps, 501 mi (806.281 km) | ||
| Average speed | 139.006 miles per hour (223.708 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Haas-Carter Motorsports | ||
| Time | 29.166 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Sterling Marlin | Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates | |
| Laps | 135 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 40 | Sterling Marlin | Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | TNT (moved from NBC due to the announcement of the United States invasion of Afghanistan) | ||
| Announcers | Allen Bestwick, Benny Parsons, Wally Dallenbach Jr. | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | Performance Racing Network | ||
The 2001 UAW-GM Quality 500 was the 29th stock car race of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 42nd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, October 7, 2001, in Concord, North Carolina, at Lowe's Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent quad-oval. The race took the scheduled 334 laps to complete. At race's end, Sterling Marlin, driving for Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, would dominate the late stages of the race to win his eighth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second and final victory of the season. To fill out the podium, Tony Stewart, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, and Ward Burton, driving for Bill Davis Racing, would finish second and third, respectively. This race marked the official debut of Jimmie Johnson in the Cup Series.
The race was interrupted from its broadcast on NBC due to then-president George W. Bush announcing the United States invasion of Afghanistan, moving the race to TNT.