2000 DirecTV 500

Race 7 of 34

Texas
334 laps
Time of race: 3:49:12
Average speed of winner: 131.152 mph
Margin of victory: 5.920 sec.
Lead changes: 29 among 17 drivers
Cautions: 12 for 62 laps
Lap leaders: T. Labonte 1-3, Pruett 4-16, Earnhardt, Jr. 17-19, Hamilton 20, Nemechek 21-22, Skinner 23, R. Wallace 24-76, B. Labonte 77-82, Earnhardt, Jr. 83, J. Burton 84, Lepage 85, Spencer 86-87, B. Labonte 88-112, Irwin 113, Earnhardt, Jr. 114-146, M. Waltrip 147, Jarrett 148-151, R. Wallace 152, Jarrett 153-155, R. Wallace 156-159, Jarrett 160-170, Rudd 171-179, Mayfield 180-197, J. Burton 198-233, Earnhardt, Jr. 234, Lepage 235-251, B. Labonte 252-260, Earnhardt, Jr. 261-275, Park 276-281, Earnhardt, Jr. 282-334

Race notes: First win for Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Only start for Adam Petty.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	8	Budweiser	Chevrolet	DEI	Eury, Sr.	191.666	334	6	106	running	374675	185
2	37	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Stoddard	provisional	334	2	37	running	259550	175
3	14	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	Gibbs	Makar	189.800	334	3	40	running	186500	170
4	19	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller Lite	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	190.510	334	3	58	running	155450	165
5	2	Kevin Lepage	16	FamilyClick.com	Ford	Roush	Tryson	191.973	334	2	18	running	128800	160
6	31	Jeremy Mayfield	12	Mobil 1	Ford	Penske	Sospenzo	188.567	334	1	18	running	106650	155
7	17	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service Plus	Chevrolet	Childress	Hamlin	189.314	334	0	0	running	108750	146
8	1	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	192.137	334	1	3	running	116350	147
9	38	Tony Stewart	20	The Home Depot	Pontiac	Gibbs	Zipadelli	provisional	334	0	0	running	99225	138
10	20	Ricky Rudd	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	McSwain	189.195	334	1	9	running	105125	139
11	10	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline/Cummins	Ford	Roush	Fennig	190.349	334	0	0	running	93525	130
12	11	Mike Skinner	31	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Childress	McReynolds	190.295	334	1	1	running	87325	132
13	16	Chad Little	97	John Deere	Ford	Roush	Hammond	189.507	334	0	0	running	84025	124
14	9	Ward Burton	22	Caterpillar	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Baldwin	190.510	334	0	0	running	93525	121
15	41	Jimmy Spencer	26	Big Kmart/Route 66	Ford	Carter	Wingo	provisional	333	1	2	running	85200	123
16	42	Bobby Hamilton	4	Kodak	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Larkins	provisional	332	1	1	running	73200	120
17	27	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	42	BellSouth	Chevrolet	SABCO	Glover	188.851	332	1	1	running	78500	117
18	36	Ken Schrader	36	M&M's	Pontiac	MB2	Johns	187.944	332	0	0	running	68800	109
19	6	Steve Park	1	Pennzoil	Chevrolet	DEI	Andrews	191.245	332	1	6	running	75600	111
20	34	Rick Mast	14	Conseco	Pontiac	Foyt	Wooten	188.462	331	0	0	running	66200	103
21	32	Kenny Wallace	55	Square D/Cooper Lighting	Chevrolet	Petree	Elledge	188.554	331	0	0	running	75400	100
22	24	Dave Blaney	93	Amoco	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Martin	188.917	331	0	0	running	60700	97
23	25	Brett Bodine	11	Ralph's Supermarkets	Ford	Brett Bodine	Hillman	188.917	330	0	0	running	59700	94
24	30	Darrell Waltrip	66	Route 66/Big Kmart	Ford	Carter	Larry Carter	188.732	328	0	0	running	61100	91
25	23	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Loomis	189.003	320	0	0	running	76150	88
26	43	Robert Pressley	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper	Ryan Pemberton	provisional	318	0	0	engine	58400	85
27	3	Scott Pruett	32	Tide	Ford	PPI	Houston	191.775	318	1	13	running	52700	87
28	28	Dick Trickle	60	Power Team	Chevrolet	Bessey	Long	188.772	317	0	0	running	61900	79
29	21	Michael Waltrip	7	NationsRent	Chevrolet	Mattei	Kennedy	189.162	300	1	1	engine	60300	81
30	22	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Cram	189.062	297	0	0	running	59450	73
31	13	Matt Kenseth	17	DeWalt Power Tools	Ford	Roush	Reiser	189.907	288	0	0	accident	57050	70
32	40	John Andretti	43	STP/Cheerios	Pontiac	Petty	Steadman	provisional	287	0	0	running	62975	67
33	5	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	191.340	285	3	18	running	68550	69
34	39	Sterling Marlin	40	Coors Light	Chevrolet	SABCO	Eggleston	provisional	279	0	0	engine	53425	61
35	18	Ed Berrier	90	Hills Bros. Coffee	Ford	Donlavey		189.308	270	0	0	engine	41900	58
36	15	Stacy Compton	9	Kodiak/Cougar	Ford	Melling	Pitts	189.707	255	0	0	running	40850	55
37	12	Joe Nemechek	33	Oakwood Homes	Chevrolet	Petree	Gill	190.141	253	1	2	accident	47825	57
38	7	Jeff Fuller	27	Viagra	Pontiac	Eel River	Dodson	190.705	233	0	0	accident	38775	49
39	35	Elliott Sadler	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Beam	188.029	221	0	0	running	46725	46
40	33	Adam Petty	45	Sprint	Chevrolet	Petty	Hussey	188.534	215	0	0	engine	38675	43
41	29	Gary Bradberry	41	Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce	Chevrolet	Hedrick		188.732	165	0	0	accident	38625	40
42	26	Johnny Benson, Jr.	10	Lycos.com	Pontiac	Tyler Jet	Ince	188.904	143	0	0	accident	38575	37
43	8	Jerry Nadeau	25	MichaelHoligan.com	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Furr	190.543	110	0	0	accident	46525	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bobby Labonte	1114	7	0	1	4	6
2	Mark Martin	1030	7	0	0	3	5
3	Ward Burton	1024	7	0	1	3	5
4	Dale Earnhardt	959	7	0	1	3	5
5	Rusty Wallace	940	7	1	1	3	3
6	Jeff Burton	934	7	0	1	4	5
7	Ricky Rudd	907	7	1	0	0	2
8	Dale Jarrett	895	7	2	1	3	4
9	Terry Labonte	878	7	1	0	1	3
10	Jeremy Mayfield	848	7	0	0	1	3
11	Tony Stewart	838	7	0	0	3	4
12	Jeff Gordon	809	7	1	0	0	4
13	Chad Little	805	7	0	0	0	1
14	Bill Elliott	791	7	0	0	2	3
15	Ken Schrader	762	7	0	0	0	1
16	Mike Skinner	762	7	0	0	0	0
17	Sterling Marlin	745	7	0	0	0	1
18	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	727	7	0	1	1	2
19	Steve Park	720	7	1	0	1	3
20	Matt Kenseth	707	7	0	0	0	2
21	Johnny Benson, Jr.	701	6	0	0	1	2
22	Kevin Lepage	693	7	0	0	1	2
23	Jimmy Spencer	669	7	0	0	0	0
24	Bobby Hamilton	656	7	0	0	0	1
25	John Andretti	655	7	0	0	0	0