2000 Food City 500

Race 6 of 34

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 3:01:40
Average speed of winner: 88.018 mph
Margin of victory: 2.622 sec.
Lead changes: 18 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 11 for 76 laps
Lap leaders: Park 1-40, Fuller 41, W. Burton 42-51, J. Gordon 52-140, M. Waltrip 141, J. Gordon 142-205, Earnhardt 206-207, Mayfield 208-210, J. Gordon 211-217, Mayfield 218-303, R. Wallace 304, J. Gordon 305-368, Mayfield 369-385, J. Gordon 386, Mayfield 387-404, R. Wallace 405-413, W. Burton 414-417, Jarrett 418-424, R. Wallace 425-500

Race notes: First pole for Steve Park.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	6	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	125.183	500	3	86	running	87585	180
2	33	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Lycos.com	Pontiac	Tyler Jet	Ince	123.929	500	0	0	running	87535	170
3	5	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Baldwin	125.256	500	2	14	running	81135	170
4	17	Jeremy Mayfield	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Sospenzo	124.581	500	4	124	running	49795	165
5	7	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	125.117	500	0	0	running	60745	155
6	10	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	125.011	500	0	0	running	57695	150
7	1	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Andrews	126.370	500	1	40	running	49995	151
8	3	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	125.773	500	5	225	running	51295	152
9	15	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	124.686	500	0	0	running	49990	138
10	28	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Eggleston	124.162	500	0	0	running	52540	134
11	23	Michael Waltrip	7	NationsRent	Chevrolet	Mattei	Kennedy	124.395	500	1	1	running	48820	135
12	22	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	124.428	500	0	0	running	42165	127
13	4	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	125.264	500	0	0	running	40990	124
14	27	Ricky Rudd	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	McSwain	124.210	500	0	0	running	40315	121
15	8	Bobby Hamilton	4	Kodak	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Larkins	125.101	500	0	0	running	40315	118
16	34	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline/Cummins	Ford	Roush	Fennig	123.873	499	0	0	running	43165	115
17	18	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Ryan Pemberton	124.581	499	0	0	running	46290	112
18	30	Jimmy Spencer	26	Big Kmart/Route 66	Ford	Carter	Wingo	124.034	499	0	0	running	33840	109
19	16	Jerry Nadeau	25	MichaelHoligan.com	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	124.614	499	0	0	running	40840	106
20	2	Kenny Wallace	55	Square D/Cooper Lighting	Chevrolet	Petree	Elledge	125.889	499	0	0	running	39530	103
21	20	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	124.500	499	1	7	running	45175	105
22	24	Brett Bodine	11	Ralph's Supermarkets	Ford	Brett Bodine	Hillman	124.355	498	0	0	running	52915	97
23	31	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Ford	Roush	Hammond	123.953	497	0	0	running	27765	94
24	35	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Bobby Leslie	123.849	497	0	0	running	38915	91
25	14	Joe Nemechek	33	Oakwood Homes	Chevrolet	Petree	Gill	124.695	497	0	0	running	38740	88
26	25	Ken Schrader	36	M&M's	Pontiac	MB2	Johns	124.234	497	0	0	running	38595	85
27	21	Dick Trickle	14	Conseco	Pontiac	Foyt	Wooten	124.500	496	0	0	running	30965	82
28	29	Stacy Compton	9	Kodiak/Cougar	Ford	Melling	Pitts	124.090	496	0	0	running	27545	79
29	42	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	75	Redcell	Ford	Galaxy	Orme	provisional	493	0	0	running	30590	76
30	38	Kevin Lepage	16	FamilyClick.com	Ford	Roush	Tryson	provisional	492	0	0	running	27460	73
31	13	Darrell Waltrip	66	Route 66/Big Kmart	Ford	Carter	Larry Carter	124.711	475	0	0	running	35635	70
32	40	Robby Gordon	13	Team Menard	Ford	Menard		provisional	473	0	0	running	26365	67
33	32	John Andretti	43	STP/Cheerios	Pontiac	Petty	Steadman	123.945	460	0	0	accident	26345	64
34	41	Rick Mast	41	Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce	Chevrolet	Hedrick		provisional	459	0	0	accident	44325	61
35	26	Dave Blaney	93	Amoco	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Martin	124.597	457	0	0	accident	26285	58
36	37	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Cram	provisional	457	0	0	accident	26765	55
37	43	Jeff Fuller	27	Viagra	Pontiac	Eel River	Dodson	provisional	414	1	1	accident	34245	57
38	12	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	124.727	401	0	0	accident	26235	49
39	11	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	124.768	346	1	2	running	26225	51
40	39	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Glover	provisional	335	0	0	running	45215	43
41	9	Elliott Sadler	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Beam	125.020	325	0	0	running	34175	40
42	19	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Pontiac	Gibbs	Zipadelli	124.541	73	0	0	engine	34150	37
43	36	Ted Musgrave	60	Power Team	Chevrolet	Bessey	Long	123.746	22	0	0	engine	45525	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bobby Labonte	944	6	0	1	3	5
2	Ward Burton	903	6	0	1	3	5
3	Mark Martin	900	6	0	0	3	5
4	Dale Jarrett	826	6	2	1	3	4
5	Dale Earnhardt	813	6	0	1	3	4
6	Rusty Wallace	775	6	1	1	2	2
7	Ricky Rudd	768	6	1	0	0	1
8	Jeff Burton	759	6	0	1	3	4
9	Terry Labonte	731	6	0	0	1	2
10	Jeff Gordon	721	6	1	0	0	4
11	Bill Elliott	718	6	0	0	2	3
12	Tony Stewart	700	6	0	0	3	3
13	Jeremy Mayfield	693	6	0	0	1	2
14	Sterling Marlin	684	6	0	0	0	1
15	Chad Little	681	6	0	0	0	1
16	Johnny Benson, Jr.	664	5	0	0	1	2
17	Ken Schrader	653	6	0	0	0	1
18	Matt Kenseth	637	6	0	0	0	2
19	Mike Skinner	630	6	0	0	0	0
20	Steve Park	609	6	1	0	1	3
21	John Andretti	588	6	0	0	0	0
22	Jimmy Spencer	546	6	0	0	0	0
23	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	542	6	0	0	0	1
24	Bobby Hamilton	536	6	0	0	0	1
25	Kevin Lepage	533	6	0	0	0	1