| Mountain Dew Southern 500 Results | ||||||
| Darlington Raceway | ||||||
| September 2, 2001 | ||||||
| Pos | No. | Driver | Sponsor | Make | Bonus | Points |
| 1 | 22 | Ward Burton | Caterpillar | Dodg | 5 | 180 |
| 2 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont | Chev | 10 | 180 |
| 3 | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Interstate | Pont | 5 | 170 |
| 4 | 20 | Tony Stewart | Home Depot | Pont | 160 | |
| 5 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Dodge | Dodg | 155 | |
| 6 | 99 | Jeff Burton | Citgo | Ford | 150 | |
| 7 | 28 | Ricky Rudd | Texaco/Havoline | Ford | 146 | |
| 8 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | GM Goodwrench | Chev | 142 | |
| 9 | 25 | Jerry Nadeau | UAW/Delphi | Chev | 138 | |
| 10 | 36 | Ken Schrader | M - M's | Pont | 134 | |
| 11 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Kellogg's | Chev | 130 | |
| 12 | 7 | Mike Wallace | NationsRent | Ford | 127 | |
| 13 | 12 | Jeremy Mayfield | Mobil 1 | Ford | 5 | 129 |
| 14 | 8 | D. Earnhardt Jr | Budweiser | Chev | 121 | |
| 15 | 55 | Bobby Hamilton | Square D | Chev | 118 | |
| 16 | 10 | Johnny Benson | Valvoline | Pont | 115 | |
| 17 | 40 | Sterling Marlin | Coors Light | Dodg | 5 | 117 |
| 18 | 32 | Ricky Craven | Tide | Ford | 5 | 114 |
| 19 | 93 | Dave Blaney | BP Amoco | Dodg | 106 | |
| 20 | 6 | Mark Martin | Viagra | Ford | 103 | |
| 21 | 43 | John Andretti | Cheerios | Dodg | 100 | |
| 22 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Miller Lite | Ford | 97 | |
| 23 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | DeWalt Tools | Ford | 94 | |
| 24 | 31 | Mike Skinner | Lowe's | Chev | 91 | |
| 25 | 19 | Casey Atwood | Dodge | Dodg | 88 | |
| 26 | 45 | Kyle Petty | Sprint PCS | Dodg | 85 | |
| 27 | 11 | Brett Bodine | Ralph's | Ford | 82 | |
| 28 | 4 | Kevin Lepage | Kodak Film | Chev | 79 | |
| 29 | 21 | Elliott Sadler | Motorcraft | Ford | 76 | |
| 30 | 27 | Rick Mast | Duke's | Pont | 73 | |
| 31 | 26 | Jimmy Spencer | Big Kmart | Ford | 70 | |
| 32 | 33 | Joe Nemechek | Oakwood Homes | Chev | 5 | 72 |
| 33 | 14 | Ron Hornaday | Conseco | Pont | 64 | |
| 34 | 90 | Hut Stricklin | Hills Bros. | Ford | 61 | |
| 35 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | UPS | Ford | 5 | 63 |
| 36 | 44 | Buckshot Jones | Georgia Pacific | Dodg | 55 | |
| 37 | 15 | Michael Waltrip | NAPA | Chev | 52 | |
| 38 | 77 | Robert Pressley | Jasper | Ford | 49 | |
| 39 | 97 | Kurt Busch | Rubbermaid | Ford | 5 | 51 |
| 40 | 66 | Todd Bodine | Big Kmart | Ford | 43 | |
| 41 | 1 | Kenny Wallace | d | Chev | 40 | |
| 42 | 92 | Stacy Compton | Kodiak | Dodg | 37 | |
| 43 | 1 | Jason Leffler | Cingular | Dodg | 34 |