Sunday, March 5th
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nevada
Track: 1.5-mile tri-oval, 12-degree banking
Laps: 267
Miles: 400.5
Banking: 12 degrees in the turns, 9 degrees front stretch,
3 degrees back stretch
Capacity: 104,000
Start Time: 2:30 p.m. (et)
Television: ABC (live) 2:30pm EST
Announcers: Bob Jenkins, Benny Parsons and Ray Evernham
Pit Reporters: Jerry Punch, Bill Weber, John Kernan
Radio: MRN--Allen Bestwick and Barney Hall
Pit Reporters: Jim Phillips, Winston Kelley, and Marty
Snider
Defending Champion: Jeff Burton
Race Record: Mark Martin, 1998 (146.554 m.p.h.)
Qualifying Record and
1999 Pole Sitter: Bobby Labonte 31.605 sec. 170.643 mph
Past Las Vegas 400 Winners and Winning Time
1998 -- Mark Martin (Ford) -- (146.554 m.p.h.)
1999 -- Jeff Burton (Ford) -- (137.537 m.p.h.)
Capacity: 104,000
2000 Purse: $4,122,916,
Burton
Wins the Million in the Rain, Again!
Jeff Burton did it again, as he won another rained shortened race and
the Winston No Bull $ 1Million bonus to boot.
Tid Bits from The 2000 CarsDirect.com 400 - Las Vegas
(Unofficial)
• If a Ford wins, it will be Ford's 500th victory in
NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing.
• If Rusty Win's it will be his 50th career win!
• It is breezy, cold and very overcast, with temperature's
in the 40's.
• NO BULL Entries for Las Vegas March 5th, 2000
Event No. 2 of 5
88-Dale Jarrett
99-Jeff Burton
94-Bill Elliott
2-Rusty Wallace
6-Mark Martin
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LAP LEADERS in The 2000 CarsDirect.com 400 - Las Vegas
(VERY Unofficial)
Jeff Burton + 5 Points -Gatorade Front Winner Award $10,000
1/2 way Leader
Mark Martin +10 Points Lead most laps
Ricky Rudd (pole)+ 5 Points
Dale Earnhardt Jr. + 5 Points
Kyle Petty + 5 Points
Darrell Waltrip + 5 Points
Robby Gordon+ 5 Points
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Recap of The 2000 CarsDirect.com 400 - Las Vegas (Unofficial)
Just before the start DJ had his hood up they found something
rubbing on the steering column...all looks OK now....
GREEN, GREEN, GREEN, GO, GO, GO!!!!
Wally Dallenbach was black flagged for passing before
the start. (rain on the camera lens)
Lap 19 Dale Earnhardt Jr. falls back a little....
Lap 19 Michael Waltrip came in for 4 tires (unscheduled
pit)
CAUTION #1 Lap
#20 RAIN
- Jerry Nadeau tapped the wall and had to work
on the sway bar.
- 2 of the leading Rookie candidates restored
this race .... DE Jr. In the lead with Matt Kenseth in 2nd, both teams
only took on 2 tires during this caution.
- Jeff Gordon re-pitted for 4 more tires before
this race restarted -- Just made it back on the lead lap. Gordon pitted
several times during this caution. He also was called back in for speeding
on pit row 2 times.
RED FLAG LAP
41 for 20 minutes then back to
CAUTION #2 Lap
# 41
RESTART Lap # 45
Lap 66 Bill Elliott started 39th and is
now running 4th! He is a NO BULL contender! Million Dollar Bill was the
first ever Million winner in 85 (not called the NO BULL at that time)
Lap 73 Seeing rain again
Lap 73 Elliott Sadler comes in (early)
for his scheduled pit ,,,, this begins GREEN FLAG Pits
Lap 91 Bill Elliott is in for his scheduled
pit ,,,, this begins GREEN FLAG Pits
Steve Park smokes coming into the pit .... Hood
is up....oil pan dented up ...Steve got out slammed his fist on the hood
of the car and walked away.... sad, he is the first car officially out
of todays event.
Rusty Wallace trouble left side tires...slow
pit
Loose wheel goes across pit row.....?
((LOL ... I LOVE the Mountain Dew/Queen Commercial!!))
Lap 115 Ward Burton goes a lap down ....
25 cars on the lead lap.
CAUTION #3Lap
# 140 RAIN
Jeff Burton "The Rain Man' leads into this caution.
RED FLAGLAP 148
for the 2nd time today
A miilion NO BULL Bucks go to the winner ......
Jeff Burton gets his career win, in another (2 last season 1 also for the
NO BULL Million) rain shortened race. Ford gets it's 500th win!
All the news and stats for ALL
Series can be found on the following links Winston
Cup* Busch* Truck*
ASA*
ARCA*
IROC
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Results from Las Vegas
| 1 |
99 |
Jeff Burton |
| 2 |
20 |
Tony Stewart |
| 3 |
6 |
Mark Martin |
| 4 |
94 |
Bill Elliott |
| 5 |
18 |
Bobby Labonte |
| 6 |
10 |
Johnny Benson |
| 7 |
88 |
Dale Jarrett |
| 8 |
3 |
Dale Earnhardt |
| 9 |
33 |
Joe Nemechek |
| 10 |
8 |
Dale Earnhardt Jr |
| 11 |
16 |
Kevin Lepage |
| 12 |
28 |
Ricky Rudd |
| 13 |
13 |
Robby Gordon |
| 14 |
17 |
Matt Kenseth |
| 15 |
2 |
Rusty Wallace |
| 16 |
36 |
Ken Schrader |
| 17 |
12 |
Jeremy Mayfield |
| 18 |
40 |
Sterling Marlin |
| 19 |
97 |
Chad Little |
| 20 |
25 |
Jerry Nadeau |
| 21 |
77 |
Robert Pressley |
| 22 |
93 |
Dave Blaney |
| 23 |
22 |
Ward Burton |
| 24 |
42 |
Kenny Irwin |
| 25 |
43 |
John Andretti |
| 26 |
60 |
Ted Musgrave |
| 27 |
31 |
Mike Skinner |
| 28 |
24 |
Jeff Gordon |
| 29 |
44 |
Kyle Petty |
| 30 |
26 |
Jimmy Spencer |
| 31 |
5 |
Terry Labonte |
| 32 |
9 |
Stacy Compton |
| 33 |
7 |
Michael Waltrip |
| 34 |
4 |
Bobby Hamilton |
| 35 |
75 |
Wally Dallenbach |
| 36 |
27 |
Jeff Fuller |
| 37 |
15 |
Derrike Cope |
| 38 |
66 |
Darrell Waltrip |
| 39 |
55 |
Kenny Wallace |
| 40 |
50 |
Ricky Craven |
| 41 |
21 |
Elliott Sadler |
| 42 |
32 |
Scott Pruett |
| 43 |
1 |
Steve Park |
Points After - Las Vegas
| 1 |
B Labonte |
490 |
|
| 2 |
D Jarrett |
486 |
- 4 |
| 3 |
M Martin |
477 |
- 13 |
| 4 |
T Stewart |
442 |
- 48 |
| 5 |
Jeff Burton |
427 |
- 63 |
| 6 |
B Elliott |
418 |
- 72 |
| 7 |
D Earnhardt |
417 |
- 73 |
| 8 |
R Wallace |
413 |
- 77 |
| 9 |
Ward Burton |
406 |
- 84 |
| 10 |
R Rudd |
405 |
- 85 |
| 11 |
J Benson |
403 |
- 87 |
| 12 |
J Mayfield |
388 |
-102 |
| 13 |
K Schrader |
377 |
-113 |
| 14 |
D Earnhardt Jr |
369 |
-121 |
| 15 |
T Labonte |
328 |
-162 |
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
|
1
|
Dale Earnhardt. Jr.
|
23
|
|
2
|
Matt Kenseth
|
21
|
|
3
|
Stacy Compton
|
19
|
|
4
|
Ed Berrier
|
14
|
|
5
|
Scott Pruett
|
11
|
|
6
|
Dave Blaney
|
10
|
|
7
|
Jeff Fuller
|
9
|
|
8
|
Mike Bliss
|
7
|
Manufacturer Championship
|
POS
|
MANU.
|
WINS
|
PNTS
|
|
1.
|
Ford
|
2
|
22
|
|
2.
|
Pontiac
|
1
|
21
|
|
3.
|
Chevrolet
|
0
|
14
|
How Manufacturer points are awarded:
1st -9 points, 2nd-6 points, 3rd-4
points.
2000 Winston No Bull 5
Daytona 500-Event No. 1 of
5 Dale Jarrett wins the Million!
Las Vegas-Event No. 2 of 5
99-Jeff
Burton
NO BULL Entries for Charlotte's
Coke~Cola 600 May 38, 2000
Event No. 3 of 5
99 Jeff Burton
20 Tony Stewart
6 Mark Martin
94 Bill Elliott
18 Bobby Labonte |