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2000 DieHard 500
Held on April 16, 2000 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, AL
188 L, 500.08 M, 804.828 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	36	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevy	188	25	running	180
2	8	31	Mike Skinner	Lowe's	Chevy	188	0	running	170
3	4	3	Dale Earnhardt	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevy	188	5	running	170
4	12	42	Kenny Irwin, Jr.	BellSouth	Chevy	188	0	running	160
5	20	26	Jimmy Spencer	Big Kmart, Route 66	Ford	188	14	running	160
6	5	6	Mark Martin	Eagle One, Cummins	Ford	188	98	running	160
7	33	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's	Chevy	188	0	running	146
8	7	40	Sterling Marlin	Coors Light	Chevy	188	21	running	147
9	21	44	Kyle Petty	Hot Wheels	Pontiac	188	0	running	138
10	9	22	Ward Burton	Caterpillar	Pontiac	188	0	running	134
11	25	43	John Andretti	STP, Cheerios	Pontiac	188	0	running	130
12	38	99	Jeff Burton	Exide Batteries	Ford	188	14	running	132
13	13	10	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Lycos	Pontiac	188	0	running	124
14	1	12	Jeremy Mayfield	Mobil 1	Ford	188	4	running	-25
15	2	94	Bill Elliott	McDonald's	Ford	188	0	running	118
16	35	75	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	Red Cell Batteries	Ford	188	0	running	115
17	3	88	Dale Jarrett	Quality Care, Ford Credit	Ford	187	4	running	117
18	42	17	Matt Kenseth	DeWalt	Ford	187	2	running	114
19	30	25	Jerry Nadeau	Michael Holigan.com	Chevy	187	0	running	106
20	15	32	Scott Pruett	Tide	Ford	187	0	running	103
21	37	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries	Pontiac	187	0	running	100
22	24	33	Joe Nemechek	Oakwood Homes	Chevy	187	0	running	97
23	19	77	Robert Pressley	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	186	0	running	94
24	18	27	Mike Bliss	Pfizer, Viagra	Pontiac	186	0	running	91
25	14	97	Chad Little	John Deere	Ford	185	0	running	88
26	43	66	Darrell Waltrip	Big Kmart, Route 66	Ford	185	0	running	85
27	10	28	Ricky Rudd	Texaco, Havoline	Ford	182	0	running	82
28	23	90	Ed Berrier, III	Hills Brothers Coffee	Ford	178	0	running	79
29	32	50	Ricky Craven	Midwest Transit	Chevy	173	0	engine	76
30	16	93	Dave Blaney	Amoco	Pontiac	151	0	accident	73
31	11	7	Michael Waltrip	NationsRent	Chevy	148	0	running	70
32	41	1	Steve Park	Pennzoil	Chevy	145	0	running	67
33	22	9	Stacy Compton	Kodiak, Cougar	Ford	140	0	accident	64
34	39	20	Tony Stewart	Home Depot	Pontiac	138	0	accident	61
35	29	15	Ted Musgrave	Fenley-Moore Motorsports	Ford	137	0	accident	58
36	40	36	Ken Schrader	M&M's	Pontiac	137	0	accident	55
37	34	13	Robby Gordon	Menards, Duracell	Ford	136	0	accident	52
38	27	71	Dave Marcis	Realtree	Chevy	136	0	accident	49
39	31	60	Dick Trickle	Power Team	Chevy	135	0	accident	46
40	26	55	Kenny Wallace	Square D, Cooper Lighting	Chevy	130	0	engine	43
41	17	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller Lite	Ford	116	1	engine	45
42	6	8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Budweiser	Chevy	113	0	engine	37
43	28	4	Bobby Hamilton	Kodak	Chevy	110	0	engine	34
DID NOT QUALIFY
		11	Brett Bodine	Ralph's	Ford			DNQ
		16	Kevin Lepage	FamilyClick.com	Ford			DNQ
		14	Rick Mast	Conseco	Pontiac			DNQ
		21	Elliott Sadler	Citgo	Ford			DNQ
		41	Gary Bradberry	Larry Hedrick Motorsports	Chevy			DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 3h:06:11
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Jeremy Mayfield - 51.217 sec.
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory: 0.189 seconds
Average Speed: 161.157 mph
Cautions: 4 for 17 laps - Laps 2-3 (debris turn 2); Laps 132-135 (debris turn 2); Laps 139-146 (#1,7,8,9,13,15,18,20,27,28,32,33,36,60,71,77,90 accident frontstretch); Laps 149-151 (#28 spun turn 2)
Lead Changes: 27 among 10 drivers - Jeremy Mayfield (1-3); Dale Jarrett (4-7); Mark Martin (Batesville, AR) (8-28); Jimmy Spencer (29); Mark Martin (Batesville, AR) (30-55); Dale Earnhardt (56); Mark Martin (Batesville, AR) (57-60); Jeff Burton (VA) (61); Matt Kenseth (62-63); Sterling Marlin (64-84); Jimmy Spencer (85-88); Dale Earnhardt (89-92); Jimmy Spencer (93-94); Jeff Burton (VA) (95-102); Jeff Gordon (IN) (103); Rusty Wallace (104); Jeff Gordon (IN) (105-112); Jimmy Spencer (113-119); Jeff Burton (VA) (120-124); Mark Martin (Batesville, AR) (125); Jeff Gordon (IN) (126-130); Jeremy Mayfield (131); Mark Martin (Batesville, AR) (132-154); Jeff Gordon (IN) (155); Mark Martin (Batesville, AR) (156-158); Jeff Gordon (IN) (159-162); Mark Martin (Batesville, AR) (163-182); Jeff Gordon (IN) (183-188)
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered