2000 Sam's Town 300 - NASCAR Race
| Name of Race: | 2000 Sam's Town 300 |
| Name of Track: | Las Vegas Motor Speedway |
| Date: | March 4th |
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Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located at 7000 Las Vegas Boulevard North in Las Vegas, Nevada, is a 1,200 acre (4.9 kmē) complex of four different tracks for automobile racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is located in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The complex is home to several race teams. Currently, March, 2005, the track is open two nights a week for locals to drag race. This is an effort to get this activity off of local streets and into a safer environment.
The track is used by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department as their driver training facility.
Higher BankingIn 2006, plans were announced to reconfigure the track after the March 2006 NEXTEL Cup Series Race. This reconfiguration entailed raised banking to increase side by side racing, and the construction of a new fan zone and pit road.
Courtesy of Wikipedia.2000 Sam's Town 300 NASCAR Race Results
Below are the race results for 2000 Sam's Town 300, in order of finishing place.
| Fin | Driver | Num | Start | Money | Laps | Pts | Status | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff Burton | 9 | 7 | $90,350 | 200 | 0 | running | NorthernLight.com |
| 2 | Mark Martin | 60 | 2 | $56,650 | 200 | 0 | running | Winn-Dixie |
| 3 | Joe Nemechek | 87 | 6 | $40,200 | 200 | 0 | running | Cellular One |
| 4 | Todd Bodine | 66 | 5 | $38,150 | 200 | 0 | running | Phillips 66 |
| 5 | Matt Kenseth | 17 | 29 | $38,600 | 200 | 0 | running | Visine |
| 6 | Jeff Green | 10 | 4 | $34,250 | 200 | 0 | running | Nestle NesQuik |
| 7 | Jeff Purvis | 4 | 11 | $26,525 | 200 | 0 | running | Porter-Cable |
| 8 | Ron Hornaday, Jr. | 3 | 35 | $0 | 200 | 0 | running | NAPA Auto Parts |
| 9 | Randy LaJoie | 1 | 38 | $28,325 | 200 | 0 | running | Bob Evans |
| 11 | Casey Atwood | 27 | 15 | $26,775 | 199 | 0 | running | Castrol GTX |
| 12 | Kevin Grubb | 37 | 3 | $21,475 | 199 | 0 | running | Timber Wolf |
| 13 | Kevin Harvick | 2 | 12 | $16,925 | 198 | 0 | running | AC Delco |
| 14 | Phil Parsons | 59 | 40 | $20,415 | 198 | 0 | running | Kingsford / Alltel |
| 15 | Michael Waltrip | 7 | 36 | $16,705 | 198 | 0 | running | Band-Aid |
| 16 | Tony Raines | 33 | 19 | $20,095 | 198 | 0 | running | Alka-Seltzer Plus / Aleve |
| 18 | Jeff Gordon | 24 | 27 | $15,775 | 198 | 0 | running | Pepsi |
| 19 | David Green | 34 | 14 | $18,665 | 198 | 0 | running | AFG Glass |
| 20 | Tim Fedewa | 36 | 18 | $19,305 | 198 | 0 | running | Stanley Tools |
| 21 | Blaise Alexander | 81 | 28 | $15,445 | 198 | 0 | running | Tracfone / WCW |
| 22 | Mike Dillon | 21 | 10 | $16,335 | 198 | 0 | running | Rockwell Automation |
| 23 | Wayne Grubb | 83 | 22 | $15,200 | 198 | 0 | running | Link-Belt Construction |
| 24 | Buckshot Jones | 0 | 24 | $18,090 | 198 | 0 | running | Cheez-It |
| 25 | Elton Sawyer | 98 | 37 | $22,480 | 198 | 0 | running | Lysol |
| 26 | Jimmie Johnson | 92 | 21 | $14,970 | 197 | 0 | running | Alltel |
| 27 | Mark Green | 63 | 33 | $17,760 | 197 | 0 | running | Exxon Superflo |
| 28 | Jason Leffler | 18 | 9 | $14,650 | 197 | 0 | running | MBNA |
| 29 | Dick Trickle | 5 | 39 | $17,540 | 197 | 0 | running | Schneider National |
| 30 | Andy Santerre | 25 | 41 | $16,530 | 197 | 0 | running | Lance |
| 31 | Hank Parker, Jr. | 53 | 1 | $0 | 197 | 0 | running | Team Marines |
| 32 | Bobby Hillin, Jr. | 8 | 42 | $0 | 197 | 0 | running | Kleenex |
| 33 | Glenn Allen, Jr. | 44 | 43 | $0 | 196 | 0 | running | Slim Jim |
| 34 | Jason Keller | 57 | 26 | $20,490 | 195 | 0 | running | Excedrin |
| 35 | P.J. Jones | 74 | 32 | $13,880 | 195 | 0 | running | BACE Motorsports |
| 36 | Jack Sprague | 15 | 23 | $13,845 | 194 | 0 | crash | Albertsons |
| 37 | Lyndon Amick | 35 | 34 | $13,810 | 191 | 0 | running | Powertel |
| 38 | Chad Chaffin | 77 | 25 | $15,775 | 185 | 0 | engine | Lear Corporation / UAW |
| 40 | Mike Borkowski | 20 | 8 | $15,705 | 171 | 0 | running | AT&T |
| 41 | Bobby Hamilton, Jr. | 26 | 16 | $0 | 132 | 0 | engine | Baywatch |
| 42 | Jason Jarrett | 11 | 17 | $13,635 | 117 | 0 | crash | Rayovac |
| 43 | Mike McLaughlin | 48 | 20 | $18,100 | 110 | 0 | crash | Goulds Pumps |
