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3rd Annual The 2000 CarsDirect.com 400 - Las Vegas
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

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

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