2001 Pennzoil Freedom 400

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2001 Pennzoil Freedom 400
Race details
Race 34 of 36 in the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
Layout of Homestead-Miami Speedway
Date	November 11, 2001 (2001-November-11)
Location	Homestead Miami Speedway, Homestead, Florida
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Distance	267 laps, 400.5 mi (644.52 km)
Weather	Temperatures averaging around 69.4 °F (20.8 °C); wind speeds up to 12.7 miles per hour (20.4 km/h)^[1]
Average speed	117.449 miles per hour (189.016 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Bill Elliott	Evernham Motorsports
Most laps led
Driver	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing
Laps	72
Winner
No. 9	Bill Elliott	Evernham Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network	NBC
Announcers	Allen Bestwick, Benny Parsons, & Wally Dallenbach Jr.
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN
Booth Announcers	Joe Moore and Barney Hall
Turn Announcers	Kurt Becker (1 & 2) and Mike Bagley (3 & 4)

The 2001 Pennzoil Freedom 400 was an NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on November 11, 2001 at Homestead Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. Contested over 267 laps on the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) speedway, it was the 34th race of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Bill Elliott of Evernham Motorsports won the race. The Freedom moniker was picked up following the events of 9/11.

Bill Elliott's 41st career win snapped his 226 race winless streak, the longest streak in between race wins, dating back to Darlington in 1994, as well as the 1st for Evernham Motorsports. The NBC Broadcast of the race featured a television appearance of Bill Elliott's son and future NASCAR Cup Series Champion Chase Elliott, who was 6 years old in 2001.

Top 10 results

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer
1	9	Bill Elliott	Evernham Motorsports	Dodge
2	15	Michael Waltrip	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet
3	19	Casey Atwood	Evernham Motorsports	Dodge
4	99	Jeff Burton	Roush Racing	Ford
5	40	Sterling Marlin	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dodge
6	93	Dave Blaney	Bill Davis Racing	Dodge
7	29	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet
8	18	Bobby Labonte	Joe Gibbs Racing	Pontiac
9	31	Jeff Green	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet
10	01	Jason Leffler	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dodge

References

^ Weather information at The Old Farmers Almanac

2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

Points races

Exhibition races

NASCAR Cup Series at Homestead–Miami

Race history

Pennzoil 400	1999 2000 2001
Championship race era	2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Post-championship race	2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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