2000 DirecTV 500 - NASCAR Race
| Name of Race: | 2000 DirecTV 500 |
| Name of Track: | Texas Motor Speedway |
| Date: | April 2nd |
Texas Motor Speedway
Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas -- the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track layout is very similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Lowe's Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway). The track measures 1.5 miles around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the quad-oval design, where the front straghtaway juts outward slightly.
The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Lowe's Motor Speedways, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.
Very Fast TrackBased on qualifying speeds in 2004 and 2005, the Texas Motor Speedway was once considered the fastest non-restrictor plate track on the NASCAR circuit, with qualifying speeds in excess of 192 mph and corner entry speeds over 200 mph.
However, as the tracks' respective racing surfaces continue to wear, qualifying speeds at Atlanta have become consistently faster than at Texas (2005 and 2006).
Busy Race SeasonTexas Motor Speedway is home to two NASCAR Nextel Cup races: the Samsung/Radio Shack 500 and the Dickies 500, as well as two Busch Series Races, the O'Reilly 300 and the O'Reilly Challenge and last but not least, the Indy Racing League race, the Bombardier Learjet 500.
Courtesy of Wikipedia.2000 DirecTV 500 NASCAR Race Results
Below are the race results for 2000 DirecTV 500, in order of finishing place.
| Fin | Driver | Num | Start | Money | Laps | Pts | Status | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | 8 | 4 | $0 | 334 | 0 | running | Budweiser |
| 2 | Jeff Burton | 99 | 37 | $259,550 | 334 | 0 | running | Exide Batteries |
| 3 | Bobby Labonte | 18 | 14 | $186,500 | 334 | 0 | running | Interstate Batteries |
| 4 | Rusty Wallace | 2 | 19 | $155,450 | 334 | 0 | running | Miller Lite |
| 5 | Kevin Lepage | 16 | 2 | $128,800 | 334 | 0 | running | FamilyClick.com |
| 6 | Jeremy Mayfield | 12 | 31 | $106,650 | 334 | 0 | running | Mobil 1 |
| 7 | Dale Earnhardt | 3 | 17 | $108,750 | 334 | 0 | running | GM Goodwrench Service |
| 8 | Terry Labonte | 5 | 1 | $116,350 | 334 | 0 | running | Kellogg's |
| 9 | Tony Stewart | 20 | 38 | $99,225 | 334 | 0 | running | Home Depot |
| 10 | Ricky Rudd | 28 | 20 | $105,125 | 334 | 0 | running | Texaco Havoline |
| 11 | Mark Martin | 6 | 10 | $93,525 | 334 | 0 | running | Valvoline / Cummins |
| 12 | Mike Skinner | 31 | 11 | $87,325 | 334 | 0 | running | Lowe's |
| 13 | Chad Little | 97 | 16 | $84,025 | 334 | 0 | running | John Deere |
| 14 | Ward Burton | 22 | 9 | $93,525 | 334 | 0 | running | Caterpillar |
| 15 | Jimmy Spencer | 26 | 41 | $85,200 | 333 | 0 | running | Big Kmart / Route 66 |
| 16 | Bobby Hamilton | 4 | 42 | $73,200 | 332 | 0 | running | Kodak |
| 17 | Kenny Irwin, Jr. | 42 | 27 | $0 | 332 | 0 | running | BellSouth |
| 18 | Ken Schrader | 36 | 36 | $68,800 | 332 | 0 | running | M&M's |
| 19 | Steve Park | 1 | 6 | $75,600 | 332 | 0 | running | Pennzoil |
| 20 | Rick Mast | 14 | 34 | $66,200 | 331 | 0 | running | Conseco |
| 21 | Kenny Wallace | 55 | 32 | $75,400 | 331 | 0 | running | Square D / Cooper Lighting |
| 22 | Dave Blaney | 93 | 24 | $60,700 | 331 | 0 | running | Amoco |
| 23 | Brett Bodine | 11 | 25 | $59,700 | 330 | 0 | running | Ralph's Supermarkets |
| 24 | Darrell Waltrip | 66 | 30 | $61,100 | 328 | 0 | running | Big Kmart / Route 66 |
| 25 | Jeff Gordon | 24 | 23 | $76,150 | 320 | 0 | running | DuPont Automotive Finishes |
| 26 | Robert Pressley | 77 | 43 | $58,400 | 318 | 0 | engine | Jasper Engines |
| 28 | Dick Trickle | 60 | 28 | $61,900 | 317 | 0 | running | Power Team |
| 29 | Michael Waltrip | 7 | 21 | $60,300 | 300 | 0 | engine | NationsRent |
| 30 | Bill Elliott | 94 | 22 | $59,450 | 297 | 0 | running | McDonald's |
| 31 | Matt Kenseth | 17 | 13 | $57,050 | 288 | 0 | crash | DeWalt Tools |
| 32 | John Andretti | 43 | 40 | $62,975 | 287 | 0 | running | STP |
| 33 | Dale Jarrett | 88 | 5 | $68,550 | 285 | 0 | running | Quality Care / Ford Credit |
| 34 | Sterling Marlin | 40 | 39 | $53,425 | 279 | 0 | engine | Coors Light |
| 35 | Ed Berrier | 90 | 18 | $41,900 | 270 | 0 | engine | Hills Brothers Coffee |
| 36 | Stacy Compton | 9 | 15 | $40,850 | 255 | 0 | running | Kodiak / Cougar |
| 37 | Joe Nemechek | 33 | 12 | $47,825 | 253 | 0 | crash | Oakwood Homes |
| 38 | Jeff Fuller | 27 | 7 | $38,775 | 233 | 0 | crash | Pfizer / Viagra |
| 39 | Elliott Sadler | 21 | 35 | $46,725 | 221 | 0 | running | Citgo |
| 41 | Gary Bradberry | 41 | 29 | $38,625 | 165 | 0 | crash | Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce |
| 42 | Johnny Benson, Jr. | 10 | 26 | $0 | 143 | 0 | crash | Lycos.com |
| 43 | Jerry Nadeau | 25 | 8 | $46,525 | 110 | 0 | crash | Michael Holigan.com |
