Seventh race of the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
2000 DirecTV 500
Race details
Race 7 of 34 in the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 2000 DirecTV 500 program cover, featuring Terry Labonte, Mark Martin, and Jeff Burton. Artwork by NASCAR artist Sam Bass.
Date
April 2, 2000
Official name
Fourth Annual DirecTV 500
Location
Fort Worth, Texas, Texas Motor Speedway
Course
Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.41 km)
Distance
334 laps, 501 mi (806.281 km)
Scheduled Distance
334 laps, 501 mi (806.281 km)
Average speed
131.152 miles per hour (211.069 km/h)
Attendance
223,000
Pole position
Driver
Terry Labonte
Hendrick Motorsports
Time
28.105
Most laps led
Driver
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Laps
106
Winner
No. 8
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Television in the United States
Network
CBS
Announcers
Mike Joy, Ned Jarrett, Buddy Baker
Radio in the United States
Radio
Performance Racing Network
Motor car race
The 2000 DirecTV 500 was the seventh stock car race of the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the fourth iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, April 2, 2000, before an audience of 223,000 in Fort Worth, Texas at Texas Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent tri-oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 334 laps to complete. At race's end, Dale Earnhardt, Inc.'s Dale Earnhardt Jr. managed to dominate the final stages of the race, leading the final 53 laps of the race to take his first career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season.[1][2] To fill out the top three, Roush Racing's Jeff Burton and Joe Gibbs Racing's Bobby Labonte finished second and third, respectively.
^Poole, David (April 2, 2000). "Dale Jr. says it all on victory lap". That's Racin'. The Charlotte Observer. Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
^Strubin, John (April 3, 1999). "Big V For Little E". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. pp. 1D, 9D. Retrieved August 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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