Tid Bits from The MBNA Platinum 400, Dover
-- Danni Leigh http://www.dannileigh.com/ , Sang The National Anthem.
-- Moment of Silence for John Rollins, Founding Father of Dover, Adam Petty, lost so young only 19, and also The Petty Family
-- Melvin Joseph VP of Auto Racing, President of Motorsports at Dover Downs "Gentlemen Start Your (those) Engines" Said those 4 FAVORITE Words!
-- 1/2 of ALL Dover wins came from the first 3 starting spots.
-- 15,000 New seats and they are all filled to capacity.

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LAP LEADERS in The MBNA Platinum 400, Dover (VERY Unofficial) The MBNA Platinum 400, Dover (VERY Unofficial)
Tony Stewart, +10 Points Lead most laps ...and the $10,000 from Gatorade for leading most laps
+ 5 Points ... Rusty Wallace (pole), Dale Earnhardt Jr, Mike Skinner, Kyle Petty (for John Andretti), Jeremy Mayfield, Elliott Sadler, Bobby Labonte, Mark Martin, Dale Earnhardt,

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Recap of The MBNA Platinum 400, Dover 
GREEN, GREEN, GREEN, GO, GO, GO!!!!

CAUTION #1  Lap #3 Ricky Rudd (#28) And Mark Martin (#6) got together, Martin did a great job of handling the car, the filed checked up and Steve Park (#1) hit the outside wall and contacted Rick Mast (A TAD Upset with Park) Spun in the #14 Conseco Pontiac, owned by AJ Foyt. Jerry Nadeau also had contact by Elliott Sadler (from All checking up) and needed to take 3 pit stops and lost a lap :(

-- Kyle Petty is now in the #43 STP/Cheerios Pontiac for The injured (Broken Ribs) John Andretti

RESTART Lap # 8

CAUTION #2 Lap #11 Jerry Nadeau, Cut a tire down and (SIGH) Hit the wall in turn 1. (one of those great days -- Heard on the scanner) He is headed to the garage.

RESTART Lap #21

CAUTION #3 Lap #41 The Viagra #27 With Mike Bliss gets out of control, did a complete 360 and hit Nothing! WOW .... Mike Skinner the current leader, JUST Missed him.

-- Jeff Burton in the pit with a broken transmission Can't get out of 4th gear.

RESTART Lap #44

CAUTION #4 Lap #71 Mike Bliss got together With Scott Pruett and Pruett hit the wall.

-- Jeff Burton is back out 26 laps down.

RESTART Lap # 74

CAUTION #5 Lap # 82 Ed Berrier wrecked into the turn 2 wall.

RESTART Lap # 87

-- Jerry Nadeau is back out 113 laps down.
Lap 144 -- Geoffrey Bodine is in 8th! Kudo's to him and the #66 team!
and Jeremy Mayfield cut a tire (was in 2nd) came into the pits and .......Kept going because

CAUTION #6 Lap #145 NOOOOOOOO Geoffrey Bodine wrecks into the inside wall and has to go to the garage. What a shame he was doing great!

-- Dale Earnhardt (The Original) had a 14.4 pit getting 4 tires WOW!
-- DW is also in the garage area- Handling problems-he is back out.
-- Robert Pressley has his #77 Jasper Ford stopped in the front stretch. He was pushed -- in garage. They swapped out batteries he is back out.

RESTART Lap # 158

Lap 186 - Michael Waltrip loses his motor and goes in...... :(
-- Dave Marcis in the pits -- Lost a tire, he had to Really cut in front of the field to get in the pit.
Lap 200 1/2 way The #43 is 20th
Lap 211- Jeremy Mayfield comes in smoking. The 12 car is out, 2nd DNF of the year.
Lap 234 - Ward Burton pits after getting lapped this begins Green Flag Pit Stops
-- Dale Earnhart and Ricky Rudd both had flat right front tires.

Lap 260 Tony Stewart (leader) is about to lap 10th place Mike Skinner.

CAUTION #7 Lap #268 Mark Martin Smokes, day is done, lost the motor.

-- It is getting Cloudy in Dover now, set ups are cahnging.

RESTART Lap # 271 (9 cars on the lead lap)

CAUTION #8 Lap #282 Mike Skinner and Rusty Wallace Get together and Rusty Spins ... Scott Pruett also spins and Mike Bliss WOW All 3 seperate incidents ...... mostly due to checking up in the field.

RESTART Lap # 293

Lap 363 -- Dave Blaney comes in for gas and 2 tires this begins SOME Green Flag Splash and go's ...
Lap 376 -- Mike Skinner missed the pit lane, had to go around.

CAUTION #9 Lap #381 Jeff Gordon hit the wall, tire might have gone down. Shame, Rough year for the 24 team

RESTART Lap # 386

CAUTION #10 Lap # 389 Sterling Marlin spun.

Dale Jarrett came in with a bad tire? With only 5 cars on the lead lap DJ keeps his 5th position.

RESTART Lap # 395 5 laps to go and Stewart Takes off.......
Rusty Wallace Black Flaged because of the restart....??

The 12th different winner out of 13 races this season ..... Tony Stewart wins his first for the 2000 Season.
(( I might have missed a caution, sorry lots going on here :) ))

Red Wing - Work Hard Pit Crew of the race Award goes to Greg Zipadelli and the #20 team
Tony gets The Bryan Kewl Driver of the Race Award
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Time of Race: 3 hours, 38 mins, 48 seconds
Leaders: 10
Lead Changes: 14
Laps Under Caution: 58
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The NASCAR Busch Series, The 2000 MBNA Platinum 200, Dover Downs Int'l Speedway
Race Results
Pos Str Car Driver Make Laps Points
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1 22 57 Jason Keller Pontiac 200 180
2 9 60 Mark Martin Ford 200 175
3 16 17 Matt Kenseth Chevrolet 200 170
4 37 10 Jeff Green Chevrolet 200 165
5 23 87 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 200 155
6 1 2 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 200 160
7 14 7 Michael Waltrip Chevrolet 200 146
8 5 20 Dave Blaney Pontiac 200 142
9 10 98 Elton Sawyer Ford 200 138
10 11 48 Mike McLaughlin Chevrolet 200 134
11 3 27 Casey Atwood Chevrolet 200 130
12 4 4 Jeff Purvis Pontiac 200 127
13 12 66 Todd Bodine Chevrolet 199 124
14 29 15 Mike Skinner Chevrolet 199 121
15 33 55 Michael Ritch Ford 199 118
16 15 33 Tony Raines Chevrolet 199 115
17 6 5 Dick Trickle Chevrolet 199 112
18 24 3 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet 199 109
19 21 36 Tim Fedewa Chevrolet 199 106
20 31 92 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 199 103
21 28 44 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 199 100
22 19 83 Wayne Grubb Chevrolet 199 97
23 39 00 Buckshot Jones Pontiac 198 94
24 18 34 David Green Chevrolet 198 91
25 30 1 Randy LaJoie Chevrolet 198 88
26 20 45 Kyle Petty Chevrolet 198 85
27 32 77 Chad Chaffin Ford 198 82
28 41 18 Jason Leffler Pontiac 198 79
29 27 59 Phil Parsons Chevrolet 197 76
30 36 43 Jay Sauter Chevrolet 197 73
31 25 81 Blaise Alexander Chevrolet 197 70
32 17 21 Mike Dillon Chevrolet 197 72
33 26 63 Mark Green Chevrolet 196 64
34 42 82 Glenn Allen Jr. Chevrolet 194 61
35 40 35 Lyndon Amick Chevrolet 193 58
36 34 37 Kevin Grubb Chevrolet 192 55
37 8 26 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Chevrolet 79 52
38 2 0 Lance Hooper Chevrolet 78 49
39 38 25 Andy Santerre Chevrolet 57 46
40 7 19 PJ Jones Chevrolet 43 43
41 13 53 Hank Parker Jr. Chevrolet 30 40
42 35 46 Ashton Lewis Chevrolet 1 37
43 43 97 Scott Pruett Ford 1 34

The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series - Race Results
Pos Str No. Driver Make Laps Points Winnings
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1 2 24 Jack Sprague Chevrolet 207 180 37,610
2 12 25 Randy Tolsma Dodge 207 180 29,375
3 1 18 Joe Ruttman Dodge 207 170 18,905
4 8 50 Greg Biffle Ford 207 160 10,975
5 3 99 Kurt Busch Ford 207 155 11,005
6 16 1 Dennis Setzer Dodge 207 150 8,975
7 5 66 Rick Carelli Ford 207 146 7,275
8 4 60 Andy Houston Chevrolet 206 142 8,075
9 7 86 Scott Riggs Dodge 206 138 7,050
10 13 3 Bryan Reffner Chevrolet 205 134 9,400
11 10 41 Randy Renfrow Dodge 205 130 7,950
12 18 16 Jimmy Hensley Chevrolet 205 127 7,900
13 11 88 Terry Cook Chevrolet 204 124 7,825
14 9 14 Rick Crawford Ford 204 121 7,775
15 20 02 Jim Inglebright Chevrolet 204 118 7,025
16 6 2 Mike Wallace Ford 204 115 7,675
17 29 51 Rick Ware Chevrolet 204 112 6,475
18 31 27 Andy Genzman Ford 204 109 6,425
19 24 12 Carlos Contreras Dodge 203 106 7,375
20 19 90 Lance Norick Chevrolet 203 103 7,575
21 25 73 B.A. Wilson Chevrolet 202 100 7,275
22 23 03 Steve Prescott Chevrolet 202 97 6,225
23 21 72 Randy MacDonald Chevrolet 201 94 7,175
24 14 62 Brendan Gaughan Chevrolet 197 91 6,125
25 15 75 Marty Houston Chevrolet 197 88 7,025
26 22 43 Steve Grissom Dodge 186 85 7,000
27 17 46 Rob Morgan Ford 138 82 6,975
28 28 00 Ryan McGlynn Chevrolet 89 79 5,950
29 27 31 John Young Ford 45 76 5,925
30 30 9 Brian Winters Ford 30 73 5,900
31 32 23 Phil Bonifield Chevrolet 20 70 5,875
32 26 4 Donny Morelock Dodge 2 67 5,850

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