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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 7 of 34
Sunday, April 2, 2000 at Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX
334 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:49:12
Average speed: 131.152 mph
Pole speed: 192.137 mph

Cautions: 12 for 62 laps
Margin of victory: 5.920 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 29

Glossary 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 2000 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Budweiser (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	334	374675	running	106	185
2	37	99	Jeff Burton	Exide Batteries (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	259550	running	37	175
3	14	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Pontiac	334	186500	running	40	170
4	19	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite (Roger Penske)	Ford	334	155450	running	58	165
5	2	16	Kevin Lepage	FamilyClick.com (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	128800	running	18	160
6	31	12	Jeremy Mayfield	Mobil 1 (Michael Kranefuss)	Ford	334	106650	running	18	155
7	17	3	Dale Earnhardt	GM Goodwrench Service (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	334	108750	running	0	146
8	1	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	334	116350	running	3	147
9	38	20	Tony Stewart	Home Depot (Joe Gibbs)	Pontiac	334	99225	running	0	138
10	20	28	Ricky Rudd	Texaco / Havoline (Yates Racing)	Ford	334	105125	running	9	139
11	10	6	Mark Martin	Valvoline MaxLife / Cummins (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	93525	running	0	130
12	11	31	Mike Skinner	Lowe's (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	334	87325	running	1	132
13	16	97	Chad Little	John Deere (Jack Roush)	Ford	334	84025	running	0	124
14	9	22	Ward Burton	Caterpillar (Bill Davis)	Pontiac	334	93525	running	0	121
15	41	26	Jimmy Spencer	Big Kmart / Route 66 (Travis Carter)	Ford	333	85200	running	2	123
16	42	4	Bobby Hamilton	Kodak (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	332	73200	running	1	120
17	27	42	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	BellSouth (Felix Sabates)	Chevrolet	332	78500	running	1	117
18	36	36	Ken Schrader	M&M's (Nelson Bowers)	Pontiac	332	68800	running	0	109
19	6	1	Steve Park	Pennzoil (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	332	75600	running	6	111
20	34	14	Rick Mast	Conseco (A.J. Foyt)	Pontiac	331	66200	running	0	103
21	32	55	Kenny Wallace	Square D / Cooper Lighting (Andy Petree)	Chevrolet	331	75400	running	0	100
22	24	93	Dave Blaney	Amoco (Bill Davis)	Pontiac	331	60700	running	0	97
23	25	11	Brett Bodine	Ralph's Supermarkets (Brett Bodine)	Ford	330	59700	running	0	94
24	30	66	Darrell Waltrip	Big Kmart / Route 66 (Travis Carter)	Ford	328	61100	running	0	91
25	23	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Automotive Finishes (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	320	76150	running	0	88
26	43	77	Robert Pressley	Jasper Engines (Doug Bawel)	Ford	318	58400	engine	0	85
27	3	32	Scott Pruett	Tide (Cal Wells)	Ford	318	52700	running	13	87
28	28	60	Dick Trickle	Power Team (Joe Bessey)	Chevrolet	317	61900	running	0	79
29	21	7	Michael Waltrip	NationsRent (Jim Mattei)	Chevrolet	300	60300	engine	1	81
30	22	94	Bill Elliott	McDonald's (Bill Elliott)	Ford	297	59450	running	0	73
31	13	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt Tools (Jack Roush)	Ford	288	57050	crash	0	70
32	40	43	John Andretti	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	287	62975	running	0	67
33	5	88	Dale Jarrett	Quality Care / Ford Credit (Yates Racing)	Ford	285	68550	running	18	69
34	39	40	Sterling Marlin	Coors Light / Texas Proud (Felix Sabates)	Chevrolet	279	53425	engine	0	61
35	18	90	Ed Berrier	Hills Brothers Coffee (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	270	41900	engine	0	58
36	15	9	Stacy Compton	Kodiak / Cougar (Mark Melling)	Ford	255	40850	running	0	55
37	12	33	Joe Nemechek	Oakwood Homes (Andy Petree)	Chevrolet	253	47825	crash	2	57
38	7	27	Jeff Fuller	Pfizer / Viagra (Jack Birmingham)	Pontiac	233	38775	crash	0	49
39	35	21	Elliott Sadler	Citgo (Wood Brothers)	Ford	221	46725	running	0	46
40	33	45	Adam Petty	Sprint (Petty Enterprises)	Chevrolet	215	38675	engine	0	43
41	29	41	Gary Bradberry	Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce (Larry Hedrick)	Chevrolet	165	38625	crash	0	40
42	26	10	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Lycos.com (Tim Beverley)	Pontiac	143	38575	crash	0	37
43	8	25	Jerry Nadeau	Michael Holigan.com (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	110	46525	crash	0	34

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
44	Robby Gordon	13	Menards / Duracell	John Menard	Ford
45	Dave Marcis	71	Team Realtree	Dave Marcis	Chevrolet
46	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	75	RotoZip Tools	Darwin Oordt	Ford
47	Kyle Petty	44	Hot Wheels	Petty Enterprises	Pontiac
48	Todd Bodine	91	LJ Racing	Joe Falk	Chevrolet

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	17	17
	18	22	5	#32 accident frontstretch
	23	87	65
	88	91	4	#9 accident turn 4
	92	111	20
	112	118	7	#24,94,25 accident turn 2
	119	119	1
	120	128	9	#40 spun frontstretch
	129	145	17
	146	151	6	#10,43 accident backstretch
	152	156	5
	157	159	3	debris turn 3
	160	169	10
	170	174	5	#41 accident turn 4
	175	237	63
	238	243	6	#27 spun turn 2
	244	246	3
	247	251	5	#88 accident turn 2
	252	254	3
	255	259	5	#14,33 accident turn 4
	260	274	15
	275	278	4	oil backstretch
	279	290	12
	291	295	5	#17 accident turn 3
	296	334	39
Percent of race run under caution: 19.2% Average green flag run: 20.8 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Terry Labonte	1	3	3
Scott Pruett	4	16	13
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	17	19	3
Bobby Hamilton	20	20	1
Joe Nemechek	21	22	2
Mike Skinner	23	23	1
Rusty Wallace	24	76	53
Bobby Labonte	77	82	6
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	83	83	1
Jeff Burton	84	84	1
Kevin Lepage	85	85	1
Jimmy Spencer	86	87	2
Bobby Labonte	88	112	25
Kenny Irwin, Jr.	113	113	1
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	114	146	33
Michael Waltrip	147	147	1
Dale Jarrett	148	151	4
Rusty Wallace	152	152	1
Dale Jarrett	153	155	3
Rusty Wallace	156	159	4
Dale Jarrett	160	170	11
Ricky Rudd	171	179	9
Jeremy Mayfield	180	197	18
Jeff Burton	198	233	36
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	234	234	1
Kevin Lepage	235	251	17
Bobby Labonte	252	260	9
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	261	275	15
Steve Park	276	281	6
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	282	334	53

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Bobby Labonte	1114
2	Mark Martin	1030	-84
3	Ward Burton	1024	-90
4	Dale Earnhardt	959	-155
5	Rusty Wallace	940	-174
6	Jeff Burton	934	-180
7	Ricky Rudd	907	-207
8	Dale Jarrett	895	-219
9	Terry Labonte	878	-236
10	Jeremy Mayfield	848	-266
11	Tony Stewart	838	-276
12	Jeff Gordon	809	-305
13	Chad Little	805	-309
14	Bill Elliott	791	-323
15	Ken Schrader	762	-352
15	Mike Skinner	762	-352
17	Sterling Marlin	745	-369
18	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	727	-387
19	Steve Park	720	-394
20	Matt Kenseth	707	-407
21	Johnny Benson, Jr.	701	-413