The first practice session was held on Friday, April 28, at 1:30 PM EST. The session lasted for two hours and 55 minutes. Dale Earnhardt, Inc.'s Steve Park set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 38.584 and an average speed of 186.605 mph (300.312 km/h).[3]
The second practice session was held on Saturday, April 29, at 1:30 PM EST. The session lasted for one hour. Team Menard's Robby Gordon set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 38.866 and an average speed of 185.252 mph (298.134 km/h).[3]
The final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Saturday, April 29, after the preliminary 2000 Auto Club 300. The session lasted for one hour. Penske-Kranefuss Racing's Jeremy Mayfield set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 39.960 and an average speed of 180.180 mph (289.972 km/h).[3]
Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, April 14, at 4:00 PM EST. Each driver had two laps to set a fastest time; the fastest of the two counted as their official qualifying lap. During the first round, the top 25 drivers in the round was 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, April 15, at 11:45 AM EST. As with the first round, each driver had two laps to set a fastest time; the fastest of the two would count as their official qualifying lap.[3] Positions 26–36 was decided on time, while positions 37–43 was based on provisionals. Six spots were awarded by the use of provisionals based on owner's points. The seventh was 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 was awarded a provisional.[4]
Mike Skinner, driving for Richard Childress Racing, managed to win the pole, setting a time of 38.697 and an average speed of 186.061 miles per hour (299.436 km/h) in the first round.[5]
Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
Referencesedit
^Poole, David (April 30, 2000). . That's Racin'. The Charlotte Observer. Archived from the original on March 9, 2001. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
^Glick, Shav (May 1, 2000). "Mayfield Manages to Come Through When Heat Is On". Los Angeles Times. pp. D1, D13. Retrieved August 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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The 2000 NAPA Auto Parts 500 was the tenth stock car race of the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the fourth iteration of the event The race was held on Sunday April 30 2000 before an audience of 115 000 in Fontana California at the California Speedway a two mile 3 2 km moderate banked D shaped speedway The race took the scheduled 250 laps to complete On the final restart with four laps left in the race Penske Kranefuss Racing s Jeremy Mayfield managed to defend the field to take the victory overcoming an overheating car and a one lap deficit The victory was Mayfield s second career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season 1 2 To fill out the top three Joe Gibbs Racing s Bobby Labonte and Roush Racing s Matt Kenseth finished second and third respectively 2000 NAPA Auto Parts 500Race detailsRace 10 of 34 in the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup SeriesThe 2000 NAPA Auto Parts 500 program cover featuring Jeff Gordon DateApril 30 2000Official nameFourth Annual NAPA Auto Parts 500LocationFontana California California SpeedwayCoursePermanent racing facility2 mi 3 2 km Distance250 laps 500 mi 804 672 km Scheduled Distance250 laps 500 mi 804 672 km Average speed149 378 miles per hour 240 401 km h Attendance115 000Pole positionDriverMike SkinnerRichard Childress RacingTime38 697Most laps ledDriverMatt KensethRoush RacingLaps120WinnerNo 12Jeremy MayfieldPenske Kranefuss RacingTelevision in the United StatesNetworkABCAnnouncersBob Jenkins Benny Parsons Ray EvernhamRadio 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 Final practice 3 Qualifying 3 1 Full qualifying results 4 Race results 5 Standings after the race 6 ReferencesBackground edit nbsp The layout of California Speedway the venue where the race was held California Speedway is one of six superspeedways to hold NASCAR races the others are Daytona International Speedway Michigan International Speedway Indianapolis Motor Speedway Pocono Raceway and Talladega Superspeedway The standard track at Auto Club Speedway is a four turn superspeedway that is 2 miles 3 2 km long The track s turns are banked at fourteen degrees while the front stretch the location of the finish line is banked at eleven degrees The back stretch has 3 degrees of banking Entry list edit R denotes rookie driver Driver Team Make Sponsor1 Steve Park Dale Earnhardt Inc Chevrolet Pennzoil2 Rusty Wallace Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford Miller Lite3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet GM Goodwrench Service4 Bobby Hamilton Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet Kodak5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kellogg s6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Eagle One7 Michael Waltrip Mattei Motorsports Chevrolet NationsRent8 Dale Earnhardt Jr R Dale Earnhardt Inc Chevrolet Budweiser9 Stacy Compton R Melling Racing Ford Kodiak10 Johnny Benson Jr Tyler Jet Motorsports Pontiac Lycos11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford Ralphs Supermarkets12 Jeremy Mayfield Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford Mobil 113 Robby Gordon Team Menard Ford Burger King The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas14 Rick Mast A J Foyt Enterprises Pontiac Conseco16 Kevin Lepage Roush Racing Ford Family Click17 Matt Kenseth R Roush Racing Ford DeWalt18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac Interstate Batteries20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac The Home Depot21 Elliott Sadler Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac Caterpillar24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet DuPont Automotive Finishes25 Jerry Nadeau Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Michael Holigan26 Jimmy Spencer Haas Carter Motorsports Ford Big Kmart27 Mike Bliss R Eel River Racing Pontiac Viagra28 Ricky Rudd Robert Yates Racing Ford Texaco Havoline31 Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Lowe s32 Scott Pruett R PPI Motorsports Ford Tide33 Joe Nemechek Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet Oakwood Homes ChromaFlair36 Ken Schrader MB2 Motorsports Pontiac M amp M s40 Sterling Marlin Team SABCO Chevrolet Coors Light42 Kenny Irwin Jr Team SABCO Chevrolet BellSouth43 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP Cheerios44 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac Hot Wheels55 Kenny Wallace Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet Square D60 Dick Trickle Joe Bessey Racing Chevrolet Power Team66 Darrell Waltrip Haas Carter Motorsports Ford Route 66 Big Kmart71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Realtree72 Dwayne Leik Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Realtree75 Wally Dallenbach Jr Galaxy Motorsports Ford Dinner and a Movie RedCell77 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford Jasper Engines amp Transmissions88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford Quality Care Service Ford Credit90 Ed Berrier R Donlavey Racing Ford Hills Bros Coffee93 Dave Blaney R Bill Davis Racing Pontiac Amoco94 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott Racing Ford McDonald s97 Chad Little Roush Racing Ford John Deere99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford Exide BatteriesOfficial entry listPractice editFirst practice edit The first practice session was held on Friday April 28 at 1 30 PM EST The session lasted for two hours and 55 minutes Dale Earnhardt Inc s Steve Park set the fastest time in the session with a lap of 38 584 and an average speed of 186 605 mph 300 312 km h 3 Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed1 1 Steve Park Dale Earnhardt Inc Chevrolet 38 584 186 6052 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 38 668 186 2003 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford 38 720 185 950Full first practice resultsSecond practice edit The second practice session was held on Saturday April 29 at 1 30 PM EST The session lasted for one hour Team Menard s Robby Gordon set the fastest time in the session with a lap of 38 866 and an average speed of 185 252 mph 298 134 km h 3 Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed1 13 Robby Gordon Team Menard Ford 38 866 185 2522 33 Joe Nemechek Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 39 031 184 4693 42 Kenny Irwin Jr Team SABCO Chevrolet 39 075 184 261Full second practice resultsFinal practice edit The final practice session sometimes referred to as Happy Hour was held on Saturday April 29 after the preliminary 2000 Auto Club 300 The session lasted for one hour Penske Kranefuss Racing s Jeremy Mayfield set the fastest time in the session with a lap of 39 960 and an average speed of 180 180 mph 289 972 km h 3 Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed1 12 Jeremy Mayfield Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford 39 960 180 1802 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr R Dale Earnhardt Inc Chevrolet 40 122 179 4533 31 Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 40 155 179 305Full Happy Hour practice resultsQualifying editQualifying was split into two rounds The first round was held on Friday April 14 at 4 00 PM EST Each driver had two laps to set a fastest time the fastest of the two counted as their official qualifying lap During the first round the top 25 drivers in the round was 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 April 15 at 11 45 AM EST As with the first round each driver had two laps to set a fastest time the fastest of the two would count as their official qualifying lap 3 Positions 26 36 was decided on time while positions 37 43 was based on provisionals Six spots were awarded by the use of provisionals based on owner s points The seventh was 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 was awarded a provisional 4 Mike Skinner driving for Richard Childress Racing managed to win the pole setting a time of 38 697 and an average speed of 186 061 miles per hour 299 436 km h in the first round 5 Three drivers failed to qualify Full qualifying results edit Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed1 31 Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 38 697 186 0612 26 Jimmy Spencer Haas Carter Motorsports Ford 38 714 185 9793 28 Ricky Rudd Robert Yates Racing Ford 38 745 185 8304 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 38 779 185 6685 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 38 817 185 4866 32 Scott Pruett R PPI Motorsports Ford 38 876 185 2047 66 Darrell Waltrip Haas Carter Motorsports Ford 38 916 185 0148 9 Stacy Compton R Melling Racing Ford 38 943 184 8869 1 Steve Park Dale Earnhardt Inc Chevrolet 38 978 184 72010 43 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac 38 987 184 67711 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford 39 003 184 60112 4 Bobby Hamilton Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 39 003 184 60113 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 39 019 184 52514 10 Johnny Benson Jr Tyler Jet Motorsports Pontiac 39 033 184 45915 14 Rick Mast A J Foyt Racing Pontiac 39 048 184 38816 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford 39 067 184 29917 93 Dave Blaney R Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 39 085 184 21418 36 Ken Schrader MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 39 119 184 05419 21 Elliott Sadler Wood Brothers Racing Ford 39 128 184 01120 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr R Dale Earnhardt Inc Chevrolet 39 137 183 96921 7 Michael Waltrip Mattei Motorsports Chevrolet 39 137 183 96922 75 Wally Dallenbach Jr Galaxy Motorsports Ford 39 142 183 94623 17 Matt Kenseth R Roush Racing Ford 39 180 183 76724 12 Jeremy Mayfield Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford 39 234 183 51425 25 Jerry Nadeau Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39 263 183 379Failed to lock in the first round26 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39 269 183 35127 94 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott Racing Ford 39 278 183 30928 33 Joe Nemechek Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 39 309 183 16429 13 Robby Gordon Team Menard Ford 39 329 183 07130 44 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 39 332 183 05731 11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford 39 340 183 02032 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 39 343 183 00633 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 39 348 182 98334 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39 402 182 73235 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 39 405 182 71836 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 39 418 182 658Provisionals37 40 Sterling Marlin Team SABCO Chevrolet 39 524 182 16838 97 Chad Little Roush Racing Ford 40 266 178 81139 42 Kenny Irwin Jr Team SABCO Chevrolet 40 16 Kevin Lepage Roush Racing Ford 39 491 182 32041 55 Kenny Wallace Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 39 867 180 60042 60 Dick Trickle Joe Bessey Racing Chevrolet 39 646 181 60743 27 Mike Bliss R Eel River Racing Pontiac 39 533 182 126Failed to qualify44 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 39 662 181 53445 90 Ed Berrier R Donlavey Racing Ford 40 389 178 26646 72 Dwayne Leik Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineupRace results editFin St Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings1 24 12 Jeremy Mayfield Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford 250 26 running 180 125 9252 36 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 250 0 running 170 135 3003 23 17 Matt Kenseth R Roush Racing Ford 250 120 running 175 114 3254 3 28 Ricky Rudd Robert Yates Racing Ford 250 10 running 165 86 5255 13 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 250 2 running 160 77 5756 4 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 250 0 running 150 76 7257 1 31 Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 250 64 running 151 70 9508 11 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford 250 0 running 142 64 1509 33 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 250 0 running 138 70 65010 32 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 250 0 running 134 75 95011 26 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 250 0 running 130 64 47512 20 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr R Dale Earnhardt Inc Chevrolet 250 0 running 127 52 37513 25 25 Jerry Nadeau Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 250 0 running 124 53 47514 5 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 250 7 running 126 58 17515 38 97 Chad Little Roush Racing Ford 250 1 running 123 59 27516 9 1 Steve Park Dale Earnhardt Inc Chevrolet 250 2 running 120 51 87517 35 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 250 0 running 112 59 07518 12 4 Bobby Hamilton Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 250 0 running 109 53 97519 27 94 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott Racing Ford 250 1 running 111 50 97520 28 33 Joe Nemechek Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 250 0 running 103 55 77521 16 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford 249 1 running 105 42 87522 40 16 Kevin Lepage Roush Racing Ford 249 0 running 97 50 07523 14 10 Johnny Benson Jr Tyler Jet Motorsports Pontiac 249 0 running 94 41 77524 18 36 Ken Schrader MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 249 2 running 96 41 47525 10 43 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac 249 6 running 93 56 87526 30 44 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 249 0 running 85 48 97527 22 75 Wally Dallenbach Jr Galaxy Motorsports Ford 249 0 running 82 40 62528 8 9 Stacy Compton R Melling Racing Ford 249 1 running 84 41 22529 7 66 Darrell Waltrip Haas Carter Motorsports Ford 248 1 running 81 40 12530 21 7 Michael Waltrip Mattei Motorsports Chevrolet 248 0 running 73 47 92531 29 13 Robby Gordon Team Menard Ford 248 0 running 70 36 75032 37 40 Sterling Marlin Team SABCO Chevrolet 248 0 running 67 44 55033 34 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 247 0 running 64 54 35034 6 32 Scott Pruett R PPI Motorsports Ford 247 0 running 61 36 75035 43 27 Mike Bliss R Eel River Racing Pontiac 247 0 running 58 35 97536 41 55 Kenny Wallace Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 246 0 running 55 43 90037 42 60 Dick Trickle Joe Bessey Racing Chevrolet 239 0 accident 52 43 70038 17 93 Dave Blaney R Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 236 0 running 49 35 52539 15 14 Rick Mast A J Foyt Racing Pontiac 220 0 running 46 35 47540 2 26 Jimmy Spencer Haas Carter Motorsports Ford 219 6 accident 48 43 40041 31 11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford 187 0 running 40 35 35042 39 42 Kenny Irwin Jr Team SABCO Chevrolet 99 0 accident 37 43 30043 19 21 Elliott Sadler Wood Brothers Racing Ford 94 0 engine 34 43 250Failed to qualify44 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet45 90 Ed Berrier R Donlavey Racing Ford46 72 Dwayne Leik Marcis Auto Racing ChevroletOfficial race resultsStandings after the race editDrivers Championship standingsPos Driver Points nbsp 1 1 Bobby Labonte 1 516 nbsp 1 2 Mark Martin 1 496 20 nbsp 3 Ward Burton 1 443 73 nbsp 1 4 Jeff Burton 1 396 120 nbsp 1 5 Dale Earnhardt 1 384 132 nbsp 6 Dale Jarrett 1 305 211 nbsp 7 Jeff Gordon 1 279 237 nbsp 8 Rusty Wallace 1 271 245 nbsp 1 9 Ricky Rudd 1 251 265 nbsp 4 10 Mike Skinner 1 194 322 Official driver s standingsNote Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings References edit Poole David April 30 2000 Mayfield s win clouded by questions That s Racin The Charlotte Observer Archived from the original on March 9 2001 Retrieved August 24 2023 Glick Shav May 1 2000 Mayfield Manages to Come Through When Heat Is On Los Angeles Times pp D1 D13 Retrieved August 24 2023 via Newspapers com nbsp a b c d Jayski s Silly Season Site California Race Info Page Jayski s Silly Season Site Archived from the original on August 16 2000 Retrieved August 24 2023 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 April 28 2000 Skinner snares 500 pole on record hammering day That s Racin The Charlotte Observer Archived from the original on November 23 2001 Retrieved August 24 2023 Previous race 2000 DieHard 500 NASCAR Winston Cup Series2000 season Next race 2000 Pontiac Excitement 400 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2000 NAPA Auto Parts 500 amp oldid 1177524945, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
