RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY  
TRACK SPECS: "D"-Shaped Oval., Three-Quarter Mile ( .75), measured 15 feet in from outside retaining wall.
Banking: 14 degrees14 degrees in turns, 8 degrees at starting line,2 degrees on 860 - foot back straightaway. Front stretch is 1290 feet.

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CUP: Pontiac Excitement 400 - # 11 of 34
Distance: 300 miles, 400 laps
Announcers: Bob Jenkins, Benny Parsons, Ray Evernham
Pit Reports: Jerry Punch, Bill Weber, John Kernan

* Grand Marshall, Paul Sawyer, Richmond International Raceway Chairman, said the famous 4 words GENTLEMEN START YOUR ENGINES!!!

* Geoffrey Bodine's first WINSTON Cup race of the 200 Season.

* Ricky Craven's 4th Cup Race of the 2000 Season.
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LAP LEADERS in The Pontiac Excitement 400, Richmond (VERY Unofficial) The Pontiac Excitement 400, Richmond (VERY Unofficial)
Rusty Wallace (Pole), +10 Points Lead most laps ...and the $10,000 from Gatorade for leading most laps
+ 5 Points ... Elliott Sadler, Mike SKinner, Mark Martin, Tony Stewart, Ward Burton, Dale Earnhardt, Dale Earnhardt Jr.,

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Recap of The Pontiac Excitement 400, Richmond (Unofficial)
GREEN, GREEN, GREEN, GO, GO, GO!!!!

CAUTION #1 Lap #9 Jimmy Spencer and Joe Nemechek had some contact and Jeremy Mayfield got caught up and hit the wall hard.

RESTART Lap # 13

CAUTION #2 Lap #48 Todd Bodine Hit the wall, Lost a tire ... Johnny Benson was caught up in this. Kenny Irwin hit debris (a brake rotor?)

-- Dave Blaney is out of the race.
-- Kyle Petty went behind the wall and came back out 8 laps down.
-- Geoffrey Bodine Stalled in his pit, had o be pushed to restart.
-- Ricky Craven took on only 2 tires.

RESTART Lap # 54

Lap 63 - Jerry Nadeau blew a right front tire and hit the wall in turns 3 and 4 ,,, no caution.

Lap 83 - Jeremy Mayfield came out 76 laps down.

Lap 105 - Jerry Nadeau is back in the pits with another right front tire down

CAUTION #3 Lap #118 The #13 Fred Flintstone loses a right front and Robby Gordon is in the wall, brakes are heating up tires ... This tire was literally on fire.

-- Geoffrey Bodine Accidently went to the pits while it was closed. Was penilized to the end of the lead lap., what a shame :(
-- Tony Stewart and Bill Elliott bith lost track positions, had to change a spring?
-- Dale Earnhardt Jr lost time due to a loose lug nut.

RESTART Lap # 121

-- Elliott Sadler in the #21 car was black flagged for passing on the the side before the start/finish line on the re-start. (Tks Rob :)

CAUTION #4 Lap #178 Mike Bliss lost a tire in the #27 car and went up into Kenny Irwin in turn 4. Robert Pressley ran over debris, lost a tire and wrecked in turn 2. Dale Earnhardt had SLIGHT Damage also,

-- Geoffrey Bodine decided to Let brother Todd finish the race for him (the change unfortunately went white the race went back to green)

RESTART Lap # 182

CAUTION #5 Lap #239 Ricky Craven spun and hit the wall in turn 2.

-- Sterling Marlin lost time in the pits to replace the power steering pump.

RESTART Lap # 245

CAUTION #6 Lap #264 Dale Earnhardt, Mike Skinner and Bobby Labonte racing a terrific race for positions 6, 7, and 8 and unfortunately Bobby got a lil' lose and spun into the grass ,,, gets back on the lead lap.

Dale needed this pit, he was to tight.....

RESTART Lap # 268

CAUTION #7 Lap #275 Chad Little is in the wall hard, he gets out and sits down next to his car.

RESTART Lap # 282

CAUTION #8 Lap #319 Mike Skinner spins into the wall. (Lots of that happing tonight)

RESTART Lap # 325

LAP 350 WOW,,,,, I can't look ... Ouch, Dale Jarrett did a "slid job" on Jeff Gordon, DJ got slippery and tried to get it back, he checked up and Gordon was forced into him , Jarrett went down into Bobby Labonte ,,, who controlled the his 18 car ,,, BUT, Bobby Dropped to 3rd in points due to this, and lost a lap. Bobby Labonte was also Black Flagged due to Right side tires left on pit road. Ouch ...

CAUTION #9 Lap # 361 Mark Martin lost a right fron and hit the wall ... the 6 went right behind the wall ... poor Mark. (he had Just regained the lead in points also, and now losses it.)

-- Dale Earnhardt Jr. was attempting to avoid Todd Bodine coming out of the pits (Todd Bodine who is BACK on the lead lap!) and went into Tony Stewart. Stewart had a flat during the yellow. He went back to 22nd.

RESTART Lap #369

WHAT A RACE!!!!!!!! WOWOWOWOW !!!!!!!! The first 2 time winner of the 2000 Season and it comes from Rookie Dale Earnhardt Jr. !!!!!!!!!!! SMOKINNNNNNNNNNN!!!!

Kudos to a 13th place finish to the #60 with Todd Bodine and Geoffrey Bodine !!
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