| 2000 DIRECTV 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 7 of 34 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $3,693,250 | Race Date: | Apr 2, 2000 | Texas Motor Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 5.920 Seconds | Race Duration: | 3Hr 49Min 12Sec. | Fort Worth, Texas | |
| Lead Changes: | 29 | Average Speed: | 131.152 MPH | 1.5 Mile Paved Quad-Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 43 | No. of Cautions: | 12 For 62 Laps | texasmotorspeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. D. Earnhardt, Jr. | Driver: | Terry Labonte T. Labonte | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #8 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #5 Chevrolet | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Dale Earnhardt Inc. | Team: | Hendrick Motorsports | Pontiac: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Tony Eury, Sr. | Crew Chief: | Gary Dehart | |||||
| Laps Led: | 106 of 334 | Pole Speed: | 192.137 MPH | |||||
| Official 2000 DIRECTV 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 4 | 8 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (R) | Budweiser | Running |  | 185 | 334 | 106 |
| 2 | 37 | 99 | Jeff Burton | Citgo | Running |  | 185 | 334 | 37 |
| 3 | 14 | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Interstate Batteries | Running |  | 170 | 334 | 40 |
| 4 | 19 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Miller Lite | Running | | 165 | 334 | 58 |
| 5 | 2 | 16 | Kevin Lepage | FamilyClick.com | Running | | 160 | 334 | 18 |
| 6 | 31 | 12 | Jeremy Mayfield | Mobil 1 | Running | | 155 | 334 | 18 |
| 7 | 17 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | GM Goodwrench Service Plus | Running | | 143 | 334 | 0 |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Kellogg's | Running | | 147 | 334 | 3 |
| 9 | 38 | 20 | Tony Stewart | The Home Depot | Running | | 138 | 334 | 0 |
| 10 | 20 | 28 | Ricky Rudd | Texaco / Havoline | Running | | 139 | 334 | 9 |
| 11 | 10 | 6 | Mark Martin | Valvoline / Cummins | Running | | 130 | 334 | 0 |
| 12 | 11 | 31 | Mike Skinner | Lowe's | Running | | 132 | 334 | 1 |
| 13 | 16 | 97 | Chad Little | John Deere | Running | | 124 | 334 | 0 |
| 14 | 9 | 22 | Ward Burton | Caterpillar | Running | | 121 | 334 | 0 |
| 15 | 41 | 26 | Jimmy Spencer | Big Kmart / Route 66 | Running | | 123 | 333 | 2 |
| 16 | 42 | 4 | Bobby Hamilton | Kodak | Running | | 120 | 332 | 1 |
| 17 | 27 | 42 | Kenny Irwin, Jr. | BellSouth | Running | | 117 | 332 | 1 |
| 18 | 36 | 36 | Ken Schrader | M&M's | Running | | 109 | 332 | 0 |
| 19 | 6 | 1 | Steve Park | Pennzoil | Running | | 111 | 332 | 6 |
| 20 | 34 | 41 | Rick Mast | Conseco | Running | | 103 | 331 | 0 |
| 21 | 32 | 55 | Kenny Wallace | Square D / Cooper Lighting | Running | | 100 | 331 | 0 |
| 22 | 24 | 93 | Dave Blaney (R) | Amoco | Running | | 97 | 331 | 0 |
| 23 | 25 | 11 | Brett Bodine | Ralph's / Redcell | Running | | 94 | 330 | 0 |
| 24 | 30 | 66 | Darrell Waltrip | Route 66 / Big Kmart | Running | | 91 | 328 | 0 |
| 25 | 23 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont | Running | | 88 | 320 | 0 |
| 26 | 43 | 77 | Robert Pressley | Jasper Engines & Transmissions | Accident | | 85 | 318 | 0 |
| 27 | 3 | 32 | Scott Pruett (R) | Tide | Running | | 87 | 318 | 13 |
| 28 | 28 | 60 | Dick Trickle | Power Team | Running | | 79 | 317 | 0 |
| 29 | 21 | 7 | Michael Waltrip | NationsRent | Accident | | 81 | 300 | 1 |
| 30 | 22 | 94 | Bill Elliott | McDonald's | Running | | 73 | 297 | 0 |
| 31 | 13 | 17 | Matt Kenseth (R) | DeWalt Power Tools | Accident | | 70 | 288 | 0 |
| 32 | 40 | 43 | John Andretti | Cheerios | Running | | 67 | 287 | 0 |
| 33 | 5 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | Quality Care / Ford Credit | Running | | 69 | 285 | 18 |
| 34 | 39 | 40 | Sterling Marlin | BellSouth | Accident | | 61 | 279 | 0 |
| 35 | 18 | 90 | Ed Berrier (R) | Hill Brothers Coffee | Accident | | 58 | 270 | 0 |
| 36 | 15 | 9 | Stacy Compton (R) | Kodiak / Cougar | Running | | 55 | 255 | 0 |
| 37 | 12 | 33 | Joe Nemechek | Oakwood Homes | Accident | | 57 | 253 | 2 |
| 38 | 7 | 27 | Jeff Fuller (R) | Viagra | Accident | | 49 | 233 | 0 |
| 39 | 35 | 21 | Elliott Sadler | CITGO | Running | | 46 | 221 | 0 |
| 40 | 33 | 45 | Adam Petty | Sprint / Dodge | Accident | | 43 | 215 | 0 |
| 41 | 29 | 41 | Gary Bradberry | Big Daddy's BBQ | Accident | | 40 | 165 | 0 |
| 42 | 26 | 10 | Johnny Benson, Jr. | Lycos.com | Accident | | 37 | 143 | 0 |
| 43 | 8 | 25 | Jerry Nadeau | Michael Holigan.com | Accident | | 34 | 110 | 0 |
