The first practice session was held on Friday, September 8, at 12:30 PM EST. The session would last for one hours and 25 minutes.[3]Rusty Wallace of Penske-Kranefuss Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 21.656 and an average speed of 124.676 mph (200.647 km/h).[4]
The second practice session was held on Friday, September 8, at 3:00 PM EST. The session would last for one hour and 30 minutes.[3]Bobby Labonte of Joe Gibbs Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 21.545 and an average speed of 125.319 mph (201.681 km/h).[5]
The third practice session was held on Saturday, September 9, at 11:30 AM EST. The session would last for one hour.[3]Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 21.545 and an average speed of 125.319 mph (201.681 km/h).[6]
The final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held after second-round qualifying. The session would last until 2:20 PM EST.[3]Jeremy Mayfield of Penske-Kranefuss Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 22.220 and an average speed of 121.512 mph (195.555 km/h).[7]
Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, September 8, at 5:30 PM EST. Each driver would have two laps to set a fastest time; the fastest of the two would count as their official qualifying lap. During the first round, the top 25 drivers in the round would be guaranteed a starting spot in the race. If a driver was not able to guarantee a spot in the first round, they had the option to scrub their time from the first round and try and run a faster lap time in a second round qualifying run, held on Saturday, September 9, at 1:15 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have two laps to set a fastest time; the fastest of the two would count as their official qualifying lap.[3] Positions 26-36 would be decided on time, while positions 37-43 would be based on provisionals. Six spots are awarded by the use of provisionals based on owner's points. The seventh is awarded to a past champion who has not otherwise qualified for the race. If no past champion needs the provisional, the next team in the owner points will be awarded a provisional.[8]
Jeff Burton of Roush Racing would win the pole, setting a time of 21.466 and an average speed of 125.780 miles per hour (202.423 km/h).[9]
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The 2000 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 was the 25th stock car race of the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 40th iteration of the event The race was held on Saturday September 9 2000 in Richmond Virginia at Richmond International Raceway a 0 75 miles 1 21 km D shaped oval The race took the scheduled 400 laps to complete At race s end Jeff Gordon driving for Hendrick Motorsports would manage to pull away on the final restart with 15 to go to win his 52nd career NASCAR Winston Cup Series win and his third and final win of the season 1 2 To fill out the podium Dale Earnhardt of Richard Childress Racing and Mark Martin of Roush Racing would finish second and third respectively 2000 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400Race detailsRace 25 of 34 in the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup SeriesThe 2000 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 program cover DateSeptember 9 2000Official name43rd Annual Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400LocationRichmond Virginia Richmond International RacewayCoursePermanent racing facility0 75 mi 1 21 km Distance400 laps 300 mi 482 803 km Scheduled Distance400 laps 300 mi 482 803 km Average speed99 871 miles per hour 160 727 km h Pole positionDriverJeff BurtonRoush RacingTime21 466Most laps ledDriverJeff BurtonRoush RacingLaps152WinnerNo 24Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsTelevision in the United StatesNetworkESPNAnnouncersBob Jenkins Ned Jarrett Benny ParsonsRadio in the United StatesRadioMotor Racing Network Contents 1 Background 1 1 Entry list 2 Practice 2 1 First practice 2 2 Second practice 2 3 Third practice 2 4 Fourth and final practice 3 Qualifying 3 1 Full qualifying results 4 Race results 5 ReferencesBackground edit nbsp The layout of Richmond International Raceway the venue where the race was at Richmond International Raceway RIR is a 3 4 mile 1 2 km D shaped asphalt race track located just outside Richmond Virginia in Henrico County It hosts the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series Known as America s premier short track it formerly hosted a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race an IndyCar Series race and two USAC sprint car races Entry list edit R denotes rookie driver Driver Team Make Sponsor 1 Steve Park Dale Earnhardt Inc Chevrolet Pennzoil 01 Ted Musgrave Team SABCO Chevrolet BellSouth 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford Miller Lite Harley Davidson 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet GM Goodwrench Service 4 Bobby Hamilton Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet Kodak 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kellogg s 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Valvoline MaxLife 7 Michael Waltrip Mattei Motorsports Chevrolet Phillips Light Bulbs 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr R Dale Earnhardt Inc Chevrolet Budweiser 9 Stacy Compton R Melling Racing Ford Kodiak 10 Johnny Benson Jr Tyler Jet Motorsports Pontiac Aaron s RCA 11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford Ralphs 12 Jeremy Mayfield Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford Mobil 1 13 Robby Gordon Team Menard Ford Menards Turtle Wax 14 Rick Mast A J Foyt Enterprises Pontiac Conseco 16 Kevin Lepage Roush Racing Ford Family Click 17 Matt Kenseth R Roush Racing Ford DeWalt 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac Interstate Batteries Circuit City 19 Casey Atwood Evernham Motorsports Ford Motorola 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac The Home Depot 21 Elliott Sadler Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo Virginia Tech Hokies 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac Caterpillar 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet DuPont 25 Jerry Nadeau Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Michael Holigan 26 Jimmy Spencer Haas Carter Motorsports Ford Big Kmart 27 Mike Bliss R Eel River Racing Pontiac Viagra 28 Ricky Rudd Robert Yates Racing Ford Texaco Havoline 31 Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Lowe s 32 Scott Pruett R PPI Motorsports Ford Tide 33 Joe Nemechek Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet Oakwood Homes 36 Ken Schrader MB2 Motorsports Pontiac M amp M s 40 Sterling Marlin Team SABCO Chevrolet Coors Light 43 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac Cheerios 44 Steve Grissom Petty Enterprises Pontiac Hot Wheels 50 Ricky Craven Midwest Transit Racing Chevrolet Midwest Transit 55 Kenny Wallace Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet Square D Cooper Lighting 60 Geoff Bodine Joe Bessey Racing Chevrolet Power Team 66 Darrell Waltrip Haas Carter Motorsports Ford Route 66 Big Kmart 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Realtree 75 Wally Dallenbach Jr Galaxy Motorsports Ford RotoZip 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford Jasper Engines amp Transmissions 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford Quality Care Service Ford Credit 90 Hut Stricklin Donlavey Racing Ford Hills Bros Coffee 93 Dave Blaney R Bill Davis Racing Pontiac Amoco 94 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott Racing Ford McDonald s 97 Chad Little Roush Racing Ford John Deere 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford Exide Official entry listPractice editFirst practice edit The first practice session was held on Friday September 8 at 12 30 PM EST The session would last for one hours and 25 minutes 3 Rusty Wallace of Penske Kranefuss Racing would set the fastest time in the session with a lap of 21 656 and an average speed of 124 676 mph 200 647 km h 4 Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed 1 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford 21 656 124 676 2 26 Jimmy Spencer Haas Carter Motorsports Ford 21 670 124 596 3 12 Jeremy Mayfield Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford 21 711 124 360 Full first practice results Second practice edit The second practice session was held on Friday September 8 at 3 00 PM EST The session would last for one hour and 30 minutes 3 Bobby Labonte of Joe Gibbs Racing would set the fastest time in the session with a lap of 21 545 and an average speed of 125 319 mph 201 681 km h 5 Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed 1 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 21 545 125 319 2 10 Johnny Benson Jr Tyler Jet Motorsports Pontiac 21 644 124 745 3 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 21 668 124 607 Full second practice results Third practice edit The third practice session was held on Saturday September 9 at 11 30 AM EST The session would last for one hour 3 Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports would set the fastest time in the session with a lap of 21 545 and an average speed of 125 319 mph 201 681 km h 6 Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed 1 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 22 289 121 135 2 27 Mike Bliss R Eel River Racing Pontiac 22 337 120 875 3 21 Elliott Sadler Wood Brothers Racing Ford 22 347 120 821 Full third practice results Fourth and final practice edit The final practice session sometimes referred to as Happy Hour was held after second round qualifying The session would last until 2 20 PM EST 3 Jeremy Mayfield of Penske Kranefuss Racing would set the fastest time in the session with a lap of 22 220 and an average speed of 121 512 mph 195 555 km h 7 Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed 1 12 Jeremy Mayfield Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford 22 220 121 512 2 50 Ricky Craven Midwest Transit Racing Chevrolet 22 234 121 435 3 60 Geoff Bodine Joe Bessey Racing Chevrolet 22 259 121 299 Full Happy Hour practice resultsQualifying editQualifying was split into two rounds The first round was held on Friday September 8 at 5 30 PM EST Each driver would have two laps to set a fastest time the fastest of the two would count as their official qualifying lap During the first round the top 25 drivers in the round would be guaranteed a starting spot in the race If a driver was not able to guarantee a spot in the first round they had the option to scrub their time from the first round and try and run a faster lap time in a second round qualifying run held on Saturday September 9 at 1 15 PM EST As with the first round each driver would have two laps to set a fastest time the fastest of the two would count as their official qualifying lap 3 Positions 26 36 would be decided on time while positions 37 43 would be based on provisionals Six spots are awarded by the use of provisionals based on owner s points The seventh is awarded to a past champion who has not otherwise qualified for the race If no past champion needs the provisional the next team in the owner points will be awarded a provisional 8 Jeff Burton of Roush Racing would win the pole setting a time of 21 466 and an average speed of 125 780 miles per hour 202 423 km h 9 Four drivers would fail to qualify Mike Bliss Robby Gordon Darrell Waltrip and Dave Marcis Full qualifying results edit Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed 1 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 21 466 125 780 2 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 21 489 125 646 3 25 Jerry Nadeau Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21 493 125 622 4 14 Rick Mast A J Foyt Enterprises Pontiac 21 516 125 488 5 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford 21 526 125 430 6 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 21 599 125 006 7 94 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott Racing Ford 21 610 124 942 8 10 Johnny Benson Jr Tyler Jet Motorsports Pontiac 21 619 124 890 9 36 Ken Schrader MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 21 621 124 879 10 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 21 646 124 734 11 55 Kenny Wallace Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 21 655 124 683 12 1 Steve Park Dale Earnhardt Inc Chevrolet 21 658 124 665 13 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 21 661 124 648 14 20 Tony Stewart R Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 21 663 124 636 15 16 Kevin Lepage Roush Racing Ford 21 670 124 596 16 21 Elliott Sadler Wood Brothers Racing Ford 21 690 124 481 17 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 21 697 124 441 18 12 Jeremy Mayfield Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford 21 699 124 430 19 26 Jimmy Spencer Haas Carter Motorsports Ford 21 701 124 418 20 17 Matt Kenseth R Roush Racing Ford 21 709 124 372 21 11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford 21 709 124 372 22 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 21 712 124 355 23 93 Dave Blaney R Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 21 725 124 281 24 60 Geoff Bodine Joe Bessey Racing Chevrolet 21 733 124 235 25 50 Ricky Craven Midwest Transit Racing Chevrolet 21 744 124 172 26 28 Ricky Rudd Robert Yates Racing Ford 21 758 124 092 27 43 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac 21 763 124 064 28 9 Stacy Compton R Melling Racing Ford 21 782 123 956 29 33 Joe Nemechek Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 21 787 123 927 30 31 Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 21 798 123 865 31 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr R Dale Earnhardt Inc Chevrolet 21 822 123 728 32 90 Hut Stricklin Donlavey Racing Ford 21 845 123 598 33 4 Bobby Hamilton Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 21 848 123 581 34 75 Wally Dallenbach Jr Galaxy Motorsports Ford 21 850 123 570 35 19 Casey Atwood Evernham Motorsports Ford 21 850 123 570 36 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford 21 861 123 508 Provisionals 37 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 22 204 121 600 38 40 Sterling Marlin Team SABCO Chevrolet 1 43 167 26 171 39 97 Chad Little Roush Racing Ford 22 277 121 201 40 7 Michael Waltrip Mattei Motorsports Chevrolet 22 080 122 283 41 01 Ted Musgrave Team SABCO Chevrolet 22 232 121 447 42 44 Steve Grissom Petty Enterprises Pontiac 22 191 121 671 43 32 Scott Pruett R PPI Motorsports Ford 22 114 122 095 Failed to qualify 44 27 Mike Bliss R Eel River Racing Pontiac 22 114 122 095 45 13 Robby Gordon Team Menard Ford 22 246 121 370 46 66 Darrell Waltrip Haas Carter Motorsports Ford 22 280 121 185 47 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 22 294 121 109 Full first round qualifying results Official starting lineupRace results editFin 10 St Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings 1 13 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 15 running 80 130 220 2 22 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 400 0 running 170 81 190 3 10 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 400 0 running 165 69 130 4 12 1 Steve Park Dale Earnhardt Inc Chevrolet 400 130 running 165 60 610 5 1 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 400 152 running 165 79 780 6 14 20 Tony Stewart R Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 400 5 running 155 55 130 7 8 10 Johnny Benson Jr Tyler Jet Motorsports Pontiac 400 0 running 146 34 730 8 6 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 400 0 running 142 50 780 9 26 28 Ricky Rudd Robert Yates Racing Ford 400 0 running 138 42 580 10 3 25 Jerry Nadeau Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 0 running 134 52 230 11 27 43 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac 400 0 running 130 50 080 12 7 94 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott Racing Ford 400 0 running 127 39 855 13 31 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr R Dale Earnhardt Inc Chevrolet 399 5 running 129 37 905 14 11 55 Kenny Wallace Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 399 0 running 121 41 005 15 2 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 399 3 running 123 49 280 16 43 32 Scott Pruett R PPI Motorsports Ford 399 0 running 115 30 805 17 9 36 Ken Schrader MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 399 0 running 112 30 105 18 23 93 Dave Blaney R Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 399 0 running 109 25 855 19 35 19 Casey Atwood Evernham Motorsports Ford 398 0 running 106 25 730 20 38 40 Sterling Marlin Team SABCO Chevrolet 398 1 running 108 42 005 21 41 01 Ted Musgrave Team SABCO Chevrolet 398 1 running 105 37 255 22 15 16 Kevin Lepage Roush Racing Ford 397 0 running 97 37 530 23 34 75 Wally Dallenbach Jr Galaxy Motorsports Ford 397 0 running 94 28 755 24 28 9 Stacy Compton R Melling Racing Ford 397 0 running 91 28 530 25 37 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 397 0 running 88 42 880 26 25 50 Ricky Craven Midwest Transit Racing Chevrolet 396 0 running 85 24 755 27 42 44 Steve Grissom Petty Enterprises Pontiac 395 0 running 82 36 430 28 4 14 Rick Mast A J Foyt Enterprises Pontiac 394 0 running 79 24 505 29 39 97 Chad Little Roush Racing Ford 393 0 running 76 35 685 30 30 31 Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 392 0 running 73 35 975 31 17 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 382 0 running 70 48 840 32 20 17 Matt Kenseth R Roush Racing Ford 376 0 engine 67 35 305 33 19 26 Jimmy Spencer Haas Carter Motorsports Ford 317 0 crash 64 35 170 34 5 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford 313 88 engine 66 42 110 35 21 11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford 296 0 engine 58 24 075 36 32 90 Hut Stricklin Donlavey Racing Ford 249 0 engine 55 24 040 37 36 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford 226 0 overheating 52 27 005 38 33 4 Bobby Hamilton Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 213 0 engine 49 34 470 39 18 12 Jeremy Mayfield Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford 172 0 engine 46 31 910 40 29 33 Joe Nemechek Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 120 0 crash 43 31 850 41 24 60 Geoff Bodine Joe Bessey Racing Chevrolet 57 0 crash 40 31 815 42 16 21 Elliott Sadler Wood Brothers Racing Ford 54 0 crash 37 31 780 43 40 7 Michael Waltrip Mattei Motorsports Chevrolet 30 0 crash 34 31 770 Failed to qualify 44 27 Mike Bliss R Eel River Racing Pontiac 45 13 Robby Gordon Team Menard Ford 46 66 Darrell Waltrip Haas Carter Motorsports Ford 47 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Official race resultsReferences edit Poole David September 9 2000 Gordon shines and Labonte scores in spite of trouble ThatsRacin The Charlotte Observer Archived from the original on November 24 2001 Retrieved May 26 2022 Schmidt Russell September 10 2000 Gordon claims Chevrolet 400 The Daily News Leader p 11 Retrieved May 26 2022 via Newspapers com nbsp a b c d e Jayski s Silly Season Site 2000 Richmond 2 Race Info Page Jayski s Silly Season Site Archived from the original on April 25 2001 Retrieved May 26 2022 2000 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Practice 1 NASCAR Online Archived from the original on October 18 2000 Retrieved May 27 2022 2000 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Practice 2 NASCAR Online Archived from the original on October 18 2000 Retrieved May 27 2022 2000 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Practice 3 NASCAR Online Archived from the original on October 18 2000 Retrieved May 27 2022 2000 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Practice 4 NASCAR Online Archived from the original on October 18 2000 Retrieved May 27 2022 Jayski s Silly Season Site 2000 Provisional Start Status Jayski s Silly Season Site Archived from the original on November 23 2005 Retrieved May 4 2022 Poole David September 8 2000 Jeff Burton wins a rare pole at Richmond ThatsRacin The Charlotte Observer Archived from the original on November 6 2001 Retrieved May 26 2022 2000 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 The Third Turn www thethirdturn com Retrieved 2022 05 24 Previous race 2000 Pepsi Southern 500 NASCAR Winston Cup Series2000 season Next race 2000 Dura Lube 300 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2000 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 amp oldid 1170993508, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
