2000 DirecTV 500

2000 DirecTV 500
Race details[1]
Race 7 of 34 in the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
	Simple line diagram of Texas Motor Speedway track layout
Date	April 2, 2000
Official name	DirecTV 500
Location	Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas
Course	Permanent racing facility; 1.5 mi (2.414 km)
Distance	334 laps, 501 mi (806.281 km)
Weather	Cold with temperatures approaching 55.9 °F (13.3 °C); wind speeds up to 13 miles per hour (21 km/h)
Average speed	131.152 miles per hour (211.069 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Terry Labonte;
Most laps led
Driver	Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Laps	106
Winner
No. 8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Television in the United States
Network	CBS
Announcers	Mike Joy, Ned Jarrett and Buddy Baker

The 2000 DirecTV 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car race held on April 2, 2000, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 334 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.414 km) asphalt Quad oval. Dale Earnhardt Jr. of Dale Earnhardt, Inc. won the race, his first career Winston Cup Series victory. Jeff Burton finished second and Bobby Labonte finished third.

It was the only Cup race for Adam Petty.

Background

Texas Motor Speedway, the race track where the race was held.

Texas Motor Speedway is a four-turn quad-oval track that is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long.[2] The track's turns are banked at twenty-four degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is five degrees. The back stretch, opposite of the front, also has a five degree banking. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway, tracks also owned by Speedway Motorsports.

Pos[3]	Grid	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Points
1	4	8	Dale Earnhardt Jr. (R)	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet	334	185
2	37	99	Jeff Burton	Roush Racing	Ford	334	175
3	14	18	Bobby Labonte	Joe Gibbs Racing	Pontiac	334	170
4	19	2	Rusty Wallace	Penske-Kranefuss Racing	Ford	334	165
5	2	16	Kevin Lepage	Roush Racing	Ford	334	160
6	31	12	Jeremy Mayfield	Penske-Kranefuss Racing	Ford	334	155
7	17	3	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	334	146
8	1	5	Terry Labonte	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	334	147
9	38	20	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	Pontiac	334	138
10	20	28	Ricky Rudd	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	334	139

Pos	Driver	Points[3]	Differential
1	Bobby Labonte	1114	0
2	Mark Martin	1030	-84
3	Ward Burton	1024	-90
4	Dale Earnhardt	959	-155
5	Rusty Wallace	940	-174
6	Jeff Burton	934	-180
7	Ricky Rudd	907	-207
8	Dale Jarrett	895	-219
9	Terry Labonte	878	-236
10	Jeremy Mayfield	848	-266

"Weather information for the 2000 DirecTV 500". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
"Track Facts". Texas Motor Speedway. Archived from the original on April 24, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
"Racing information for the 2000 DirecTV 500". Racing Reference. Retrieved June 8, 2015.

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