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2000 Pepsi Southern 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 24 of 34 Sunday, September 3, 2000 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC 367 laps* on a 1.366 mile paved track (501.322 miles) Time of race: 4:08:20 Average speed: 108.273 mph Pole speed: 169.444 mph Cautions: 9 for 69 laps Margin of victory: under caution Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 22 Glossary    2000 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   2000 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 37 18   Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries   (Joe Gibbs) Pontiac 328 198180 running 10 180 2 35 99   Jeff Burton Exide Batteries   (Jack Roush) Ford 328 106705 running 17 175 3 6 3   Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Service   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 328 82745 running 47 170 4 10 24   Jeff Gordon DuPont Automotive Finishes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 328 82540 running 24 165 5 9 88   Dale Jarrett Quality Care / Ford Credit   (Yates Racing) Ford 328 80570 running 3 160 6 3 22   Ward Burton Caterpillar   (Bill Davis) Pontiac 328 66655 running 59 155 7 30 16   Kevin Lepage FamilyClick.com / TV Guide   (Jack Roush) Ford 328 55535 running 0 146 8 17 28   Ricky Rudd Texaco / Havoline   (Yates Racing) Ford 328 52475 running 0 142 9 29 20   Tony Stewart Home Depot   (Joe Gibbs) Pontiac 328 55735 running 0 138 10 39 1   Steve Park Pennzoil   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 328 55330 running 0 134 11 13 8   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Budweiser   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 328 46345 running 16 135 12 31 14   Rick Mast Conseco   (A.J. Foyt) Pontiac 328 39750 running 1 132 13 27 01   Ted Musgrave BellSouth   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 328 48860 running 0 124 14 5 6   Mark Martin Valvoline / Cummins   (Jack Roush) Ford 328 56970 running 29 126 15 38 5   Terry Labonte Kellogg's   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 328 53680 running 0 118 16 8 36   Ken Schrader M&M's   (Nelson Bowers) Pontiac 327 38310 running 1 120 17 33 40   Sterling Marlin Coors Light   (Felix Sabates) Chevrolet 327 46390 running 0 112 18 21 21   Elliott Sadler Citgo   (Wood Brothers) Ford 327 45615 running 0 109 19 42 75   Wally Dallenbach, Jr. WCW   (Darwin Oordt) Ford 327 36660 running 0 106 20 22 93   Dave Blaney Amoco   (Bill Davis) Pontiac 327 35865 running 0 103 21 26 97   Chad Little John Deere   (Jack Roush) Ford 327 45065 running 1 105 22 19 4   Bobby Hamilton Kodak   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 326 43820 running 0 97 23 28 71   Dave Marcis RealTree Camouflage   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 326 31950 running 13 99 24 7 32   Scott Pruett Tide   (Cal Wells) Ford 324 31750 running 0 91 25 40 94   David Green McDonald's   (Bill Elliott) Ford 324 43215 running 0 88 26 36 44   Steve Grissom Hot Wheels   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 324 43330 running 0 85 27 18 11   Brett Bodine Ralph's Supermarkets   (Brett Bodine) Ford 324 31295 running 0 82 28 20 27   Mike Bliss Pfizer / Viagra   (Jack Birmingham) Pontiac 323 31160 running 0 79 29 15 25   Jerry Nadeau Michael Holigan.com   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 315 42425 engine 0 76 30 16 2   Rusty Wallace Miller Lite   (Roger Penske) Ford 308 48940 running 0 73 31 25 33   Joe Nemechek Oakwood Homes   (Andy Petree) Chevrolet 306 42580 engine 0 70 32 12 26   Jimmy Spencer Big Kmart / Route 66   (Travis Carter) Ford 305 41865 running 2 72 33 24 17   Matt Kenseth DeWalt Tools   (Jack Roush) Ford 286 41675 running 0 64 34 32 90   Hut Stricklin Hills Brothers Coffee   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 268 30515 engine 0 61 35 14 55   Kenny Wallace Square D / Cooper Lighting   (Andy Petree) Chevrolet 264 41380 engine 0 58 36 41 77   Robert Pressley Jasper Engines   (Doug Bawel) Ford 245 33295 running 0 55 37 34 43   John Andretti Cheerios   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 223 48206 crash 0 52 38 2 10   Johnny Benson, Jr. Aaron's Rents / RCA   (Nelson Bowers) Pontiac 175 32535 handling 0 49 39 23 60   Geoffrey Bodine Power Team   (Joe Bessey) Chevrolet 171 38000 crash 0 46 40 11 7   Michael Waltrip NationsRent   (Jim Smith) Chevrolet 123 37900 engine 0 43 41 1 12   Jeremy Mayfield Mobil 1   (Michael Kranefuss) Ford 120 37850 crash 104 50 42 43 66   Darrell Waltrip Big Kmart / Route 66   (Travis Carter) Ford 113 29800 electrical 1 42 43 4 31   Mike Skinner Lowe's   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 15 37750 engine 0 34 * Race shortened to 328 laps due to rain.

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 44 Stacy Compton 9 Kodiak / Cougar Mark Melling Ford WD Robby Gordon 13 Team Menard Robby Gordon Ford Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 5 5     6 8 3   #97,93,1,90,71 accident turn 4   9 34 26     35 50 16   rain   51 51 1     52 55 4   #10 spun turn 2   56 78 23     79 82 4   #43,77 accident turn 2   83 173 91     174 178 5   #60,71 accident turn 2   179 206 28     207 226 20   rain   227 239 13     240 244 5   #26,11 accident frontstretch   245 250 6     251 254 4   #27,32,17,2 accident frontstretch   255 320 66     321 328 8   oil on track     Percent of race run under caution: 21.0%             Average green flag run: 28.8 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Jeremy Mayfield 1 35 35   Dave Marcis 36 47 12   Darrell Waltrip 48 48 1   Jeremy Mayfield 49 79 31   Chad Little 80 80 1   Jeremy Mayfield 81 118 38   Mark Martin 119 138 20   Jimmy Spencer 139 140 2   Dave Marcis 141 141 1   Jeff Gordon 142 165 24   Mark Martin 166 174 9   Dale Earnhardt 175 178 4   Dale Jarrett 179 181 3   Dale Earnhardt 182 224 43   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 225 240 16   Bobby Labonte 241 244 4   Jeff Burton 245 260 16   Ward Burton 261 302 42   Jeff Burton 303 303 1   Rick Mast 304 304 1   Ken Schrader 305 305 1   Ward Burton 306 322 17   Bobby Labonte 323 328 6 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bobby Labonte 3638     2   Dale Jarrett 3527   -111   3   Dale Earnhardt 3433   -205   4   Jeff Burton 3413   -225   5   Rusty Wallace 3241   -397   6   Tony Stewart 3198   -440   7   Ricky Rudd 3159   -479   8   Ward Burton 3139   -499   9   Mark Martin 3122   -516   10   Jeff Gordon 2990   -648   11   Matt Kenseth 2699   -939   11   Mike Skinner 2699   -939   13   Steve Park 2589   -1049   14   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 2545   -1093   15   Ken Schrader 2510   -1128   16   Johnny Benson, Jr. 2496   -1142   17   Sterling Marlin 2444   -1194   18   Terry Labonte 2418   -1220   19   Chad Little 2385   -1253   20   Joe Nemechek 2373   -1265   21   Bill Elliott 2270   -1368