2000 Coca-Cola 600

Race 12 of 34

Charlotte
400 laps
Time of race: 4:12:23
Average speed of winner: 142.640 mph
Margin of victory: 0.573 sec.
Lead changes: 25 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 38 laps
Lap leaders: Earnhardt, Jr. 1-7, Elliott 8-9, Earnhardt, Jr. 10-49, Nadeau 50-64, Gordon 65, Mayfield 66-68, Stewart 69-70, Nadeau 71-112, Mayfield 113-116, Earnhardt 117, Nadeau 118-131, Skinner 132-134, Jarrett 135, Earnhardt 136-157, Earnhardt, Jr. 158-159, Nadeau 160-192, Earnhardt, Jr. 193-221, Jarrett 222, B. Labonte 223-248, Nadeau 249-259, Earnhardt, Jr. 260-310, Kenseth 311-316, Earnhardt, Jr. 317-362, Gordon 363-365, B. Labonte 366-374, Kenseth 375-400

Race notes: First win for Matt Kenseth. First pole for Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro), Part 2 (Start), Part 3 (1st caution), Part 4 (2nd and 3rd cautions), Part 5 (4th caution), Part 6, Part 7, Part 8 (5th caution), Part 9 (Red flag), Part 10, Part 11, Part 12 (End of red flag), Part 13, Part 14, Part 15 (6th caution), Part 16, Part 17 (7th caution), Part 18 (Finish), Part 19 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	21	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	182.846	400	2	32	running	200950	180
2	7	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	184.200	400	2	35	running	138600	175
3	15	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	183.324	400	2	23	running	103250	170
4	1	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	186.034	400	6	175	running	110900	170
5	8	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	184.168	400	2	2	running	95000	160
6	4	Jeremy Mayfield	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Sisco	184.748	400	2	7	running	71850	155
7	5	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	184.483	400	1	3	running	70850	151
8	16	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	183.144	400	0	0	running	64350	142
9	18	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Andrews	183.001	400	0	0	running	59950	138
10	14	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	183.374	400	2	4	running	78950	139
11	28	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	182.297	400	0	0	running	67100	130
12	19	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline/Cummins	Ford	Roush	Fennig	182.989	399	0	0	running	62100	127
13	31	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Baldwin	181.971	399	0	0	running	63100	124
14	9	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Pontiac	Gibbs	Zipadelli	183.755	399	1	2	running	62300	126
15	6	Kevin Lepage	16	FamilyClick.com	Ford	Roush	Tryson	184.483	399	0	0	running	57200	118
16	39	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Lycos.com	Pontiac	Tyler Jet	Ince	provisional	399	0	0	running	42800	115
17	20	Ricky Rudd	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	McSwain	182.933	399	0	0	running	50395	112
18	12	Michael Waltrip	7	NationsRent	Chevrolet	Mattei	Kennedy	183.480	399	0	0	running	51275	109
19	36	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Eggleston	181.044	398	0	0	running	49095	106
20	38	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Ford	Roush	Hammond	provisional	398	0	0	running	51695	103
21	41	Elliott Sadler	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Beam	provisional	398	0	0	running	47470	100
22	37	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	provisional	398	0	0	running	52605	97
23	27	Joe Nemechek	33	Oakwood Homes	Chevrolet	Petree	Gill	182.476	398	0	0	running	46295	94
24	33	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Glover	181.531	397	0	0	running	45440	91
25	11	Jimmy Spencer	26	Big Kmart/Route 66	Ford	Carter	Wingo	183.511	397	0	0	running	45540	88
26	24	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Ryan Pemberton	182.531	396	0	0	running	36840	85
27	10	Kenny Wallace	55	Square D/Cooper Lighting	Chevrolet	Petree	Elledge	183.599	396	0	0	running	45540	82
28	32	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	75	Redcell	Ford	Galaxy	Newt Moore	181.794	396	0	0	running	36480	79
29	29	Geoff Bodine	60	Power Team	Chevrolet	Bessey	Long	182.125	396	0	0	running	44425	76
30	25	Brett Bodine	11	Ralph's Supermarkets	Ford	Brett Bodine	Hillman	182.531	395	0	0	running	33905	73
31	17	John Andretti	43	STP/Cheerios	Pontiac	Petty	Steadman	183.132	393	0	0	running	51380	70
32	43	Mike Bliss	27	Viagra	Pontiac	Eel River	Dodson	provisional	392	0	0	running	33365	67
33	40	Stacy Compton	9	Kodiak/Cougar	Ford	Melling	Pitts	provisional	391	0	0	running	36355	64
34	13	Bobby Hamilton	4	Kodak	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Larkins	183.399	391	0	0	running	41350	61
35	42	P.J. Jones	13	Team Menard	Ford	Menard		provisional	389	0	0	running	33345	58
36	35	Darrell Waltrip	66	Route 66/Big Kmart	Ford	Carter	Larry Carter	181.293	386	0	0	running	33340	55
37	34	Ken Schrader	36	M&M's	Pontiac	MB2	Johns	181.305	371	0	0	running	33335	52
38	2	Jerry Nadeau	25	MichaelHoligan.com	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	185.122	357	5	115	engine	61925	54
39	23	Rick Mast	14	Conseco	Pontiac	Foyt	Lopez	182.797	350	0	0	electrical	33320	46
40	30	Dave Blaney	93	Amoco	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Martin	182.100	291	0	0	engine	33315	43
41	26	Scott Pruett	32	Tide	Ford	PPI	Houston	182.500	148	0	0	accident	33310	40
42	22	Ricky Craven	50	Midwest Transit	Chevrolet	Midwest Transit	Connors	182.803	133	0	0	engine	33305	37
43	3	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Cram	184.894	122	1	2	engine	45202	39

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bobby Labonte	1776	12	0	1	6	8
2	Ward Burton	1722	12	0	1	3	8
3	Mark Martin	1695	12	0	1	4	7
4	Dale Earnhardt	1693	12	0	1	5	9
5	Jeff Burton	1672	12	0	1	6	8
6	Dale Jarrett	1630	12	2	1	6	8
7	Rusty Wallace	1578	12	3	1	4	7
8	Jeff Gordon	1539	12	1	1	2	7
9	Ricky Rudd	1523	12	1	0	2	4
10	Tony Stewart	1456	12	0	0	3	7
11	Terry Labonte	1454	12	1	0	2	5
12	Mike Skinner	1414	12	1	0	1	3
13	Matt Kenseth	1394	12	0	1	2	4
14	Jeremy Mayfield	1359	12	1	1	2	6
15	Bill Elliott	1339	12	0	0	2	5
16	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	1326	12	1	2	3	4
17	Steve Park	1263	12	1	0	1	4
18	Chad Little	1252	12	0	0	0	1
19	Johnny Benson, Jr.	1237	11	0	0	1	2
20	Sterling Marlin	1232	12	0	0	0	2
21	Ken Schrader	1221	12	0	0	0	1
22	John Andretti	1178	12	0	0	0	0
23	Jimmy Spencer	1156	12	0	0	1	1
24	Michael Waltrip	1103	12	0	0	1	1
25	Joe Nemechek	1088	12	0	0	1	2