2000 Winston 500

Race 30 of 34

Talladega
188 laps
Time of race: 3:01:06
Average speed of winner: 165.681 mph
Margin of victory: 0.119 sec.
Lead changes: 49 among 22 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 13 laps
Lap leaders: Nemechek pole, Earnhardt, Jr. 1, Marcis 2, Stewart 3-12, J. Gordon 13-14, Earnhardt 15-19, Skinner 20-21, J. Gordon 22, Earnhardt 23-27, J. Gordon 28, Earnhardt 29-41, Elliott 42-48, Martin 49-50, M. Waltrip 51, Elliott 52-84, Hamilton 85, J. Gordon 86-88, Hamilton 89, J. Gordon 90, Martin 91, J. Gordon 92, Hamilton 93, Stewart 94-95, Nadeau 96, Earnhardt 97-99, W. Burton 100, Compton 101-102, Musgrave 103, J. Gordon 104-108, Earnhardt 109-113, Earnhardt, Jr. 114-115, Bliss 116-119, R. Wallace 120, Earnhardt, Jr. 121, Kenseth 122, B. Labonte 123-129, Nadeau 130, Schrader 131-136, T. Labonte 137-140, Earnhardt 141, Nadeau 142, Kenseth 143, Martin 144-148, J. Gordon 149-155, Earnhardt, Jr. 156-169, J. Gordon 170-174, Earnhardt, Jr. 175-184, Andretti 185, Skinner 186, Earnhardt 187-188

Race notes: Last win for Dale Earnhardt.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	20	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	186.801	188	7	34	running	1135900	180
2	7	Kenny Wallace	55	Square D/Cooper Lighting	Chevrolet	Petree	Elledge	188.463	188	0	0	running	98170	170
3	1	Joe Nemechek	33	Oakwood Homes	Chevrolet	Petree	Gill	190.279	188	0	0	running	85685	165
4	8	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	188.441	188	9	26	running	82100	165
5	17	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	186.860	188	1	4	running	73700	160
6	24	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	186.162	188	2	3	running	62450	155
7	27	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline/Cummins	Ford	Roush	Fennig	186.065	188	3	8	running	62350	151
8	38	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	provisional	188	1	1	running	59500	147
9	43	Mike Bliss	27	Viagra	Pontiac	Eel River	Dodson	provisional	188	1	4	running	46770	143
10	36	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	185.323	188	2	2	running	65100	139
11	11	Ricky Rudd	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	McSwain	187.956	188	0	0	running	52930	130
12	6	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	188.738	188	1	7	running	59450	132
13	4	Jerry Nadeau	25	MichaelHoligan.com	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	188.947	188	3	3	running	51730	129
14	3	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	189.391	188	5	28	running	49260	126
15	12	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	187.746	188	0	0	running	66185	118
16	31	Steve Grissom	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty		185.815	188	0	0	running	51250	115
17	25	Elliott Sadler	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Beam	186.079	188	0	0	running	51185	112
18	39	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Ford	Roush	Hammond	provisional	188	0	0	running	50280	109
19	10	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Andrews	188.008	188	0	0	running	50000	106
20	15	John Andretti	43	Cheerios/STP	Pontiac	Petty	Steadman	187.317	188	1	1	running	57960	108
21	28	Rich Bickle	60	Power Team	Chevrolet	Bessey	Long	186.036	188	0	0	running	52160	100
22	21	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Baldwin	186.681	188	1	1	running	55750	102
23	13	Stacy Compton	9	Kodiak/Cougar	Ford	Melling		187.342	188	1	2	running	41070	99
24	2	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Cram	190.045	188	2	40	running	59290	101
25	41	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Ryan Pemberton	provisional	188	0	0	running	40910	88
26	42	Brett Bodine	11	Ralph's Supermarkets	Ford	Brett Bodine	Hillman	provisional	188	0	0	running	37135	85
27	5	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Pontiac	Gibbs	Zipadelli	188.827	187	2	12	running	56465	87
28	33	Dave Blaney	93	Amoco	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Randolph	185.704	187	0	0	running	36945	79
29	37	Jeff Burton	99	CITGO Supergard	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	provisional	187	0	0	running	56875	76
30	26	Ricky Craven	50	Midwest Transit	Chevrolet	Midwest Transit	Connors	186.325	187	0	0	running	38105	73
31	29	Rick Mast	14	Conseco	Pontiac	Foyt	Lopez	186.007	187	0	0	running	36715	70
32	30	Ted Musgrave	01	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Glover	186.000	186	1	1	running	47820	72
33	23	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Aaron's	Pontiac	MB2	Ince	186.347	186	0	0	running	39640	64
34	18	Michael Waltrip	7	NationsRent	Chevrolet	Jim Smith	Kennedy	186.805	186	1	1	running	47495	66
35	34	Darrell Waltrip	66	Route 66/Big Kmart	Ford	Carter	Larry Carter	185.668	186	0	0	running	39620	58
36	19	Bobby Hamilton	4	Kodak	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Gill	186.805	167	3	3	accident	46935	60
37	14	Ken Schrader	36	M&M's	Pontiac	MB2	Johns	187.339	166	1	6	engine	36400	57
38	22	Jimmy Spencer	26	Big Kmart/Route 66	Ford	Carter	Wingo	186.521	134	0	0	handling	44350	49
39	35	Scott Pruett	32	Tide	Ford	PPI	Houston	185.643	120	0	0	engine	36300	46
40	9	Dave Marcis	71	Team Realtree	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	188.341	101	1	1	engine	36225	48
41	32	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Eggleston	185.754	81	0	0	engine	44175	40
42	40	Jeremy Mayfield	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Sospenzo	provisional	69	0	0	engine	44125	37
43	16	Kevin Lepage	16	FamilyClick.com	Ford	Roush	Tryson	186.918	20	0	0	ignition	44086	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bobby Labonte	4537	30	2	4	16	21
2	Dale Earnhardt	4327	30	0	2	12	22
3	Jeff Burton	4229	30	1	3	13	20
4	Dale Jarrett	4135	30	3	1	14	22
5	Ricky Rudd	4102	30	2	0	11	17
6	Tony Stewart	4064	30	2	5	11	21
7	Mark Martin	3999	30	0	1	12	18
8	Rusty Wallace	3955	30	8	4	10	17
9	Jeff Gordon	3729	30	2	3	9	18
10	Ward Burton	3667	30	0	1	3	15
11	Mike Skinner	3393	30	1	0	1	10
12	Steve Park	3357	30	1	1	5	10
13	Matt Kenseth	3348	30	0	1	4	10
14	Johnny Benson, Jr.	3259	29	0	0	3	6
15	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	3146	30	2	2	3	5
16	Joe Nemechek	3112	30	1	0	3	8
17	Ken Schrader	3094	30	0	0	0	2
18	Terry Labonte	3072	28	1	0	3	6
19	Sterling Marlin	2954	30	0	0	1	6
20	Bill Elliott	2840	28	0	0	3	7
21	John Andretti	2838	30	0	0	0	2
22	Jimmy Spencer	2794	30	0	0	1	4
23	Jerry Nadeau	2780	30	0	0	2	4
24	Jeremy Mayfield	2675	28	3	2	4	10
25	Chad Little	2634	27	0	0	0	1