2000 goracing.com 500

Race 23 of 34

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 3:07:15
Average speed of winner: 85.394 mph
Margin of victory: 0.501 sec.
Lead changes: 19 among 12 drivers
Cautions: 13 for 85 laps
Lap leaders: R. Wallace 1-52, W. Burton 53-64, R. Wallace 65-146, Stewart 147-216, Earnhardt 217-218, Martin 219, J. Burton 220-221, B. Labonte 222-223, Sadler 224, Lepage 225-226, Spencer 227-231, Marlin 232-237, Stewart 238-276, Martin 277-321, R. Wallace 322-385, Jarrett 386, Stewart 387-410, R. Wallace 411-454, W. Burton 455-463, R. Wallace 464-500

Race notes: Finale for Bobby Hillin, Jr.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	125.477	500	5	279	running	107540	185
2	6	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Pontiac	Gibbs	Zipadelli	124.930	500	3	133	running	92540	175
3	7	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline/Cummins	Ford	Roush	Fennig	124.865	500	2	46	running	61890	170
4	17	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	124.275	500	1	2	running	62980	165
5	3	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Andrews	125.428	500	0	0	running	53525	155
6	35	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	123.372	500	1	2	running	61615	155
7	11	Elliott Sadler	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Beam	124.436	500	1	1	running	49540	151
8	8	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Eggleston	124.800	500	1	6	running	48040	147
9	31	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	123.546	500	1	1	running	56715	143
10	37	Ricky Rudd	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	McSwain	provisional	500	0	0	running	55765	134
11	16	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Baldwin	124.299	499	2	21	running	48990	135
12	15	Ken Schrader	36	M&M's	Pontiac	MB2	Johns	124.307	499	0	0	running	33890	127
13	29	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Aaron's	Pontiac	MB2	Ince	123.658	499	0	0	running	33640	124
14	4	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	125.175	499	0	0	running	41890	121
15	32	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	123.515	499	1	2	running	51835	123
16	23	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	123.865	499	0	0	running	46835	115
17	40	Ted Musgrave	01	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Glover	provisional	499	0	0	running	41985	112
18	10	Kevin Lepage	16	FamilyClick.com	Ford	Roush	Tryson	124.436	499	1	2	running	40525	114
19	19	Michael Waltrip	7	NationsRent	Chevrolet	Jim Smith	Kennedy	124.170	499	0	0	running	40900	106
20	28	John Andretti	43	Cheerios/STP	Pontiac	Petty	Steadman	123.722	499	0	0	running	48560	103
21	12	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	124.420	499	0	0	running	40885	100
22	25	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	Petty	Fred Graves	123.802	499	0	0	running	39935	97
23	2	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	125.469	499	0	0	running	49985	94
24	39	Jimmy Spencer	26	Big Kmart/Route 66	Ford	Carter	Wingo	provisional	498	1	5	running	39710	96
25	36	Geoff Bodine	60	Power Team	Chevrolet	Bessey	Long	123.277	498	0	0	running	39965	88
26	24	Kenny Wallace	55	Square D/Cooper Lighting	Chevrolet	Petree	Elledge	123.802	498	0	0	running	39640	85
27	34	Joe Nemechek	33	Oakwood Homes	Chevrolet	Petree	Gill	123.427	498	0	0	running	38930	82
28	14	Brett Bodine	11	Ralph's Supermarkets	Ford	Brett Bodine	Hillman	124.331	497	0	0	running	27720	79
29	42	Rick Mast	14	Conseco	Pontiac	Foyt	Lopez	provisional	496	0	0	running	27710	76
30	38	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Ford	Roush	Hammond	provisional	493	0	0	running	39300	73
31	43	Dave Marcis	71	Team Realtree	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	provisional	489	0	0	running	27690	70
32	5	Jerry Nadeau	25	MichaelHoligan.com	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	125.109	479	0	0	accident	38680	67
33	41	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	75	Redcell	Ford	Galaxy	Newt Moore	provisional	472	0	0	running	30670	64
34	20	Bobby Hamilton	4	Kodak	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Gill	124.162	451	0	0	accident	38160	61
35	18	Jeremy Mayfield	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Sospenzo	124.178	443	0	0	accident	35655	58
36	26	David Green	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Cram	123.786	416	0	0	accident	35635	55
37	9	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Ryan Pemberton	124.703	395	0	0	accident	27619	52
38	33	Scott Pruett	32	Tide	Ford	PPI	Houston	123.459	391	0	0	accident	27600	49
39	22	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	123.905	376	0	0	overheating	35575	46
40	21	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	9	Kodiak/Cougar	Ford	Melling	Pitts	124.066	314	0	0	accident	27525	43
41	13	Robby Gordon	13	Team Menard	Ford	Menard		124.371	121	0	0	steering	27500	40
42	27	Darrell Waltrip	66	Route 66/Big Kmart	Ford	Carter	Larry Carter	123.778	107	0	0	handling	27475	37
43	30	Dave Blaney	93	Amoco	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Randolph	123.570	49	0	0	accident	27450	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bobby Labonte	3458	23	1	2	12	16
2	Dale Jarrett	3367	23	3	1	12	19
3	Dale Earnhardt	3263	23	0	1	8	18
4	Jeff Burton	3238	23	0	2	9	15
5	Rusty Wallace	3168	23	8	4	9	14
6	Tony Stewart	3060	23	1	3	8	16
7	Ricky Rudd	3017	23	2	0	7	11
8	Mark Martin	2996	23	0	1	10	13
9	Ward Burton	2984	23	0	1	3	12
10	Jeff Gordon	2825	23	1	2	5	12
11	Mike Skinner	2665	23	1	0	1	8
12	Matt Kenseth	2635	23	0	1	4	8
13	Steve Park	2455	23	1	1	3	6
14	Johnny Benson, Jr.	2447	22	0	0	2	3
15	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	2410	23	2	2	3	5
16	Ken Schrader	2390	23	0	0	0	1
17	Sterling Marlin	2332	23	0	0	1	5
18	Joe Nemechek	2303	23	0	0	2	5
19	Terry Labonte	2300	21	1	0	2	5
20	Chad Little	2280	23	0	0	0	1
21	Bill Elliott	2270	22	0	0	3	7
22	Jeremy Mayfield	2212	21	1	2	3	9
23	Jimmy Spencer	2156	23	0	0	1	3
24	Jerry Nadeau	2085	23	0	0	2	3
25	John Andretti	2072	23	0	0	0	1