Martinsville Speedway is an NASCAR-owned stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At 0.526 miles (0.847 km) in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only remaining race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948.
The first practice session was held on Friday, September 29, at 11:00 AM EST. The session would last for two hours and 30 minutes.[3]Tony Stewart of Joe Gibbs Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 19.810 and an average speed of 95.588 mph (153.834 km/h).[4]
The second practice session was held on Saturday, September 30, at 9:40 AM EST. The session would last for 50 minutes.[3]Steve Grissom of Petty Enterprises would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 20.126 and an average speed of 94.087 mph (151.418 km/h).[5]
The final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Saturday, September 30, at 1:00 PM EST. The session would last for one hour.[3]Ricky Craven of Midwest Transit Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 20.186 and an average speed of 93.808 mph (150.969 km/h).[6]
Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, September 29, at 3:00 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 30, at 11:15 AM 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.[7]
Tony Stewart of Joe Gibbs Racing would win the pole, setting a time of 19.855 and an average speed of 95.371 miles per hour (153.485 km/h).[8]
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The 2000 NAPA Autocare 500 was the 28th stock car race of the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 52nd iteration of the event The race was held on Sunday October 1 2000 in Ridgeway Virginia at Martinsville Speedway a 0 526 miles 0 847 km permanent oval shaped short track The race took the scheduled 500 laps to complete At race s end Tony Stewart driving for Joe Gibbs Racing would control the final restart with 11 laps to go to win his eighth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series win and his fifth of the season 1 2 To fill out the podium Dale Earnhardt of Richard Childress Racing and Jeff Burton of Roush Racing would finish second and third respectively 2000 NAPA Autocare 500Race detailsRace 28 of 34 in the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup SeriesThe 2000 NAPA Autocare 500 program cover DateOctober 1 2000Official name52nd Annual NAPA Autocare 500LocationRidgeway Virginia Martinsville SpeedwayCoursePermanent racing facility0 526 mi 0 847 km Distance500 laps 263 mi 423 257 km Scheduled Distance500 laps 263 mi 423 257 km Average speed73 859 miles per hour 118 865 km h Pole positionDriverTony StewartJoe Gibbs RacingTime19 855Most laps ledDriverJeff BurtonRoush RacingLaps202WinnerNo 20Tony StewartJoe Gibbs RacingTelevision 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 and final practice 3 Qualifying 3 1 Full qualifying results 4 Race results 5 ReferencesBackground edit nbsp The layout of Martinsville Speedway the venue where the race was held Martinsville Speedway is an NASCAR owned stock car racing track located in Henry County in Ridgeway Virginia just to the south of Martinsville At 0 526 miles 0 847 km in length it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Cup Series The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR being built in 1947 by H Clay Earles It is also the only remaining race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948 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 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 7 Michael Waltrip Mattei Motorsports Chevrolet NationsRent 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 14 Rick Mast A J Foyt Enterprises Pontiac Conseco 16 Kevin Lepage Roush Racing Ford Family Click com 17 Matt Kenseth R Roush Racing Ford DeWalt 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac Interstate Batteries 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 1950 s Throwback 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 45 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac Sprint 50 Ricky Craven Midwest Transit Racing Chevrolet Midwest Transit 55 Kenny Wallace Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet Square D Cooper Lighting 60 Rich Bickle 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 85 Carl Long Mansion Motorsports Ford Mansion Motorsports 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 Kurt Busch 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 29 at 11 00 AM EST The session would last for two hours and 30 minutes 3 Tony Stewart of Joe Gibbs Racing would set the fastest time in the session with a lap of 19 810 and an average speed of 95 588 mph 153 834 km h 4 Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed 1 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 19 810 95 588 2 60 Rich Bickle Joe Bessey Racing Chevrolet 19 859 95 352 3 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford 19 865 95 323 Full first practice results Second practice edit The second practice session was held on Saturday September 30 at 9 40 AM EST The session would last for 50 minutes 3 Steve Grissom of Petty Enterprises would set the fastest time in the session with a lap of 20 126 and an average speed of 94 087 mph 151 418 km h 5 Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed 1 44 Steve Grissom Petty Enterprises Pontiac 20 126 94 087 2 60 Rich Bickle Joe Bessey Racing Chevrolet 20 129 94 073 3 50 Ricky Craven Midwest Transit Racing Chevrolet 20 148 93 984 Full second practice results Third and final practice edit The final practice session sometimes referred to as Happy Hour was held on Saturday September 30 at 1 00 PM EST The session would last for one hour 3 Ricky Craven of Midwest Transit Racing would set the fastest time in the session with a lap of 20 186 and an average speed of 93 808 mph 150 969 km h 6 Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed 1 50 Ricky Craven Midwest Transit Racing Chevrolet 20 186 93 808 2 25 Jerry Nadeau Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 20 231 93 599 3 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 20 241 93 553 Full Happy Hour practice resultsQualifying editQualifying was split into two rounds The first round was held on Friday September 29 at 3 00 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 30 at 11 15 AM 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 7 Tony Stewart of Joe Gibbs Racing would win the pole setting a time of 19 855 and an average speed of 95 371 miles per hour 153 485 km h 8 Five drivers would fail to qualify Scott Pruett Steve Grissom Carl Long Dave Marcis and Rich Bickle Full qualifying results edit Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed 1 20 Tony Stewart R Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 19 855 95 371 2 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford 19 862 95 338 3 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 19 866 95 319 4 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 19 896 95 175 5 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 19 898 95 165 6 55 Kenny Wallace Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 19 905 95 132 7 4 Bobby Hamilton Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 19 926 95 032 8 31 Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 19 928 95 022 9 11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford 19 952 94 908 10 1 Steve Park Dale Earnhardt Inc Chevrolet 19 962 94 860 11 28 Ricky Rudd Robert Yates Racing Ford 19 964 94 851 12 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 19 972 94 813 13 25 Jerry Nadeau Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 19 976 94 794 14 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 19 978 94 784 15 01 Ted Musgrave Team SABCO Chevrolet 19 990 94 727 16 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford 19 995 94 704 17 75 Wally Dallenbach Jr Galaxy Motorsports Ford 20 000 94 680 18 66 Darrell Waltrip Haas Carter Motorsports Ford 20 010 94 633 19 14 Rick Mast A J Foyt Enterprises Pontiac 20 012 94 623 20 94 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott Racing Ford 20 015 94 609 21 93 Dave Blaney Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 20 020 94 585 22 19 Casey Atwood Evernham Motorsports Ford 20 026 94 571 23 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 20 026 94 557 24 33 Joe Nemechek Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 20 032 94 529 25 26 Jimmy Spencer Haas Carter Motorsports Ford 20 037 94 505 26 27 Mike Bliss R Eel River Racing Pontiac 20 038 94 500 27 45 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 20 040 94 491 28 43 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac 20 043 94 477 29 90 Hut Stricklin Donlavey Racing Ford 20 045 94 467 30 9 Stacy Compton R Melling Racing Ford 20 061 94 392 31 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 20 081 94 298 32 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr R Dale Earnhardt Inc Chevrolet 20 091 94 251 33 10 Johnny Benson Jr Tyler Jet Motorsports Pontiac 20 098 94 218 34 40 Sterling Marlin Team SABCO Chevrolet 20 106 94 181 35 12 Jeremy Mayfield Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford 20 117 94 129 36 50 Ricky Craven Midwest Transit Racing Chevrolet 20 137 94 036 Provisionals 37 17 Matt Kenseth R Roush Racing Ford 20 221 93 645 38 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 20 170 93 882 39 36 Ken Schrader MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 20 259 93 470 40 97 Kurt Busch Roush Racing Ford 20 238 93 567 41 16 Kevin Lepage Roush Racing Ford 20 156 93 947 42 7 Michael Waltrip Mattei Motorsports Chevrolet 20 187 93 803 43 21 Elliott Sadler Wood Brothers Racing Ford 20 617 91 847 Failed to qualify 44 32 Scott Pruett R PPI Motorsports Ford 20 173 93 868 45 44 Steve Grissom Petty Enterprises Pontiac 20 176 93 854 46 85 Carl Long Mansion Motorsports Ford 20 281 93 368 47 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 20 447 92 610 48 60 Rich Bickle Joe Bessey Racing Chevrolet 20 524 92 263 Official first round qualifying results Official starting lineupRace results editFin 9 St Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings 1 1 20 Tony Stewart R Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 500 179 running 180 125 875 2 12 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 500 0 running 170 77 925 3 3 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 500 202 running 175 83 225 4 11 28 Ricky Rudd Robert Yates Racing Ford 500 37 running 165 59 275 5 5 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 500 0 running 155 59 075 6 31 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 500 0 running 150 57 375 7 25 26 Jimmy Spencer Haas Carter Motorsports Ford 500 0 running 146 46 075 8 8 31 Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 500 0 running 142 42 750 9 34 40 Sterling Marlin Team SABCO Chevrolet 500 27 running 143 42 550 10 14 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 500 0 running 134 60 100 11 10 1 Steve Park Dale Earnhardt Inc Chevrolet 500 0 running 130 39 185 12 13 25 Jerry Nadeau Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 500 0 running 127 38 975 13 28 43 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac 500 0 running 124 44 450 14 24 33 Joe Nemechek Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 500 0 running 121 37 825 15 20 94 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott Racing Ford 500 0 running 118 39 625 16 39 36 Ken Schrader MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 499 0 running 115 34 125 17 38 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 499 0 running 112 43 125 18 23 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 499 0 running 109 42 630 19 33 10 Johnny Benson Jr Tyler Jet Motorsports Pontiac 499 0 running 106 27 675 20 36 50 Ricky Craven Midwest Transit Racing Chevrolet 499 1 running 108 28 175 21 15 01 Ted Musgrave Team SABCO Chevrolet 498 0 running 100 35 675 22 6 55 Kenny Wallace Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 498 0 running 97 35 825 23 2 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford 498 53 running 99 43 275 24 42 7 Michael Waltrip Mattei Motorsports Chevrolet 498 1 running 96 34 525 25 22 19 Casey Atwood Evernham Motorsports Ford 497 0 running 88 23 375 26 19 14 Rick Mast A J Foyt Enterprises Pontiac 497 0 running 85 23 425 27 18 66 Darrell Waltrip Haas Carter Motorsports Ford 497 0 running 82 25 975 28 26 27 Mike Bliss R Eel River Racing Pontiac 496 0 running 79 23 525 29 41 16 Kevin Lepage Roush Racing Ford 494 0 running 76 33 575 30 21 93 Dave Blaney Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 494 0 running 73 22 225 31 27 45 Kyle Petty Petty Enterprises Pontiac 486 0 drivetrain 70 22 075 32 43 21 Elliott Sadler Wood Brothers Racing Ford 480 0 running 67 33 550 33 16 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford 458 0 crash 64 24 825 34 37 17 Matt Kenseth R Roush Racing Ford 447 0 running 61 32 700 35 7 4 Bobby Hamilton Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 444 0 running 58 32 075 36 32 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr R Dale Earnhardt Inc Chevrolet 406 0 crash 55 31 500 37 40 97 Kurt Busch Roush Racing Ford 396 0 running 52 29 375 38 35 12 Jeremy Mayfield Penske Kranefuss Racing Ford 393 0 overheating 49 29 250 39 30 9 Stacy Compton R Melling Racing Ford 333 0 crash 46 21 125 40 17 75 Wally Dallenbach Jr Galaxy Motorsports Ford 329 0 brakes 43 20 975 41 9 11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford 317 0 overheating 40 20 850 42 29 90 Hut Stricklin Donlavey Racing Ford 114 0 crash 37 20 725 43 4 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 61 0 engine 34 39 100 Failed to qualify 44 32 Scott Pruett R PPI Motorsports Ford 45 44 Steve Grissom Petty Enterprises Pontiac 46 85 Carl Long Mansion Motorsports Ford 47 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 48 60 Rich Bickle Joe Bessey Racing Chevrolet Official race resultsReferences edit Poole David October 1 2000 Starting first helped Stewart finish there ThatsRacin The Charlotte Observer Archived from the original on January 11 2002 Retrieved June 2 2022 Kurz Jr Hank October 2 2000 Tony Stewart roars to Martinsville win The Park City Daily News p 18 Retrieved June 2 2022 via Newspapers com nbsp a b c d Jayski s Silly Season Site Martinsville 2 Race Info Page Jayski s Silly Season Site Archived from the original on April 25 2001 Retrieved June 2 2022 2000 NAPA Autocare 500 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Practice 1 NASCAR Online Archived from the original on October 17 2000 Retrieved June 2 2022 2000 NAPA Autocare 500 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Practice 2 NASCAR Online Archived from the original on October 17 2000 Retrieved June 2 2022 Racin net 2000 NAPA Autocare 500 Practice 3 The Racin Network Archived from the original on July 8 2001 Retrieved June 2 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 29 2000 Tony Stewart wins Martinsville pole ThatsRacin The Charlotte Observer Archived from the original on November 24 2001 Retrieved June 2 2022 2000 NAPA Autocare 500 The Third Turn www thethirdturn com Retrieved 2022 06 01 Previous race 2000 MBNA com 400 NASCAR Winston Cup Series2000 season Next race 2000 UAW GM Quality 500 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2000 NAPA Autocare 500 amp oldid 1132655318, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
