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Starting line up: Martinsville.
Complete Bud Pole Qualifying results for the Old Dominion 500 at the Martinsville Speedway, Round 30 of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Championship.
Marlin takes crushing Charlotte victory.
In one of the more processional races seen on the NASCAR Winston Cup tour this season Sterling Marlin (pictured in 2000) scored his second victory of the season for the Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge outfit in crushing fashion as he beat race long nemesis Tony Stewart by more than six and a half secon
Result: UAW-GM Quality 500.
Complete UAW-GM Quality 500 results from the Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina, round 29 of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Championship.
Qualifying - UAW-GM Quality 500
1. Jimmy Spencer No.26 Ford Travis Carter Motorsports 29.166secs 2. Todd Bodine No.66 Ford Haas Carter Motorsports 29.270secs 3. Kenny Wallace No.1 Chevrolet Dale Earnhardt Incorporated 29.342secs
Spencer lands Charlotte pole.
Jimmy Spencer earned his third Winston Cup series pole position in qualifying for the UAW-GM Quality 500 last night, and will form a Haas-Carter 1-2 in the starting line-up.

Stricklin ready to lead the blind.
To be a NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver, you have to have skill, patience, determination and vision. Hills Bros Coffee Racing driver Hut Stricklin hopes to find a vision that will lead him to success this Sunday at Kansas Speedway in the Protection One 400.
Q&A - Kenny Wallace.
After falling out of favour with the hapless Eel River Racing outfit in June this year, Kenny Wallace was begrudgingly handed a potential Winston Cup lifeline when Steve Park injured himself in a freak Busch Grand National crash at Darlington and although Wallace did not want to make his NWC retu
Donlavey: If I could I'd go back to the Navy.
Junie Donlavey is one of the few figures in the NASCAR Winston Cup garage who can remember Japan's attack on Pearl Harbour in December 1941 and after serving his country in WWII Donlavey wishes he could sign up again as America tries to get back to normality.
Lowe's join forces with Hendrick/Johnson.
Hendrick Motorsports have confirmed that Lowe's Home Improvement's will join their expanding four car outfit in 2002 with rookie driver Jimmie Johnson behind the wheel of the No.48 Chevrolet Monte Carlo.
New Hampshire 300 postponed.
NASCAR have announced the postponement of this weekend's New Hampshire 300 at the New Hampshire International Speedway until November 23rd as a result of Tuesday's terrorist attacks on the United States of America.
Rudd wins Richmond war.
Ricky Rudd barged his way past Kevin Harvick with five laps remaining in Saturday's Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 at the Richmond International Raceway to win his second race of the year and gain a bunch of points on Jeff Gordon who was the victim of one of the races many accidents and finished more
Rick Mast on Richmond.
Rick Mast (pictured here in 2000)has competed for nine different owners in his 13 year Winston Cup career but has been in racing a lot longer making him one of the most experienced faces in the NWC pitlane.
Stricklin misses 'home' race.
Hut Stricklin missed the cut for Saturday's Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 after posting 43rd fastest time in Bud Pole Qualifying at Richmond International Raceway.
Labonte eyes No Bull Million.
Bobby Labonte's quest for the prestigious No Bull 5 Million dollar bonus will begin from the third row of the grid in Saturday night's Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 after the driver of the Joe Gibbs Racing No.18 Interstate Batteries Pontiac scored his seventh top ten start in the Fall event at Richmo
Gordon: That thing was just incredible.
This was how Jeff Gordon described his No.24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet after taking his 40th career NASCAR Winston Cup pole position, his fourth at Richmond International Raceway and beating short track King and heated rival Rusty Wallace in the process.
Whoa Mikey: Skinner wins Golf Cart GP.
Richard Childress Racing's Mike Skinner emerged victorious in a frantic seven way dice to take the honours in the inaugural Golf Cart Grand Prix at the Richmond International Raceway beating off the six other drivers who have been paired with a 'Loony Tunes' character this weekend.
Park out 'indefinitely' with head injury.
Steve Park could be set to miss the remainder of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup season after doctors advised him not to step back behind the wheel of a racing car for at least another month following his Busch Grand National accident last Saturday at Darlington.
Out of the frying pan into the fire.
Dale Earnhardt Jr was not the most popular man in town by the end of last Sunday's Southern 500 at Darlington after a very physical performance from the No.8 Budweiser Chevrolet driver and any thoughts of a quietly successful weekend will have to wait until after the Winston Cup's second visit of
Park home after traumatic Darlington weekend.
Dale Earnhardt Inc. driver Steve Park is recovering at home following Saturday's Busch Grand National accident that left him in hospital and Kenny Wallace driving his No.1 Pennzoil Chevrolet in Sunday's Mountain Dew Southern 500 at the Darlington Raceway.
Dale Jr ruffles some Darlington feathers.
Dale Earnhardt Jr was not the most popular man in town by the end of Sunday's Mountain Dew Southern 500 at the Darlington Raceway after a typically tenacious drive from the No.8 Budweiser Chevy saw 'Little E' get closer than he wanted to several of his rivals who were none too impressed.
Starting line up: Darlington.
Complete Bud Pole Qualifying results for the Mountain Dew Southern 500 at the Darlington Raceway, Round 25 of the 2001 NASCAR Winston Cup Championship.

Benson: Darlington is NASCAR.
#10 Valvoline Pontiac driver Johnny Benson believes tyres and history will be the two main topics of conversation when the NASCAR Winston Cup Series races this weekend at Darlington Raceway.
Dale Jr: I said in the <I>Playboy</I> interview...
Dale Jr was caught out after making some less than complimentary remarks about the surface of the Darlington Raceway in Playboy magazine - resulting in him being awarded an unusual trophy, and ticket sales for the event soaring...

Jeff Green nabs Bristol pole.
Defending Busch Grand National Champion Jeff Green scored his first career NASCAR Winston Cup Bud Pole Award on his sixth appearance of the year with Richard Childress Racing by setting fastest time in qualifying for Saturday night's Sharpie 500 at the Bristol Motor Speedway.