| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 7 of 34 in the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||
 The 2000 DirecTV 500 program cover, featuring Terry Labonte, Mark Martin, and Jeff Burton. Artwork by NASCAR artist Sam Bass. | |||
| Date | April 2, 2000 | ||
| Official name | Fourth Annual DirecTV 500 | ||
| Location | Fort Worth, Texas, Texas Motor Speedway | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.41 km) | ||
| Distance | 334 laps, 501 mi (806.281 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 334 laps, 501 mi (806.281 km) | ||
| Average speed | 131.152 miles per hour (211.069 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 223,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Hendrick Motorsports | ||
| Time | 28.105 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Dale Earnhardt, Inc. | |
| Laps | 106 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 8 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Dale Earnhardt, Inc. | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | CBS | ||
| Announcers | Mike Joy, Ned Jarrett, Buddy Baker | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | Performance Racing Network | ||
The 2000 DirecTV 500 was the seventh stock car race of the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the fourth iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, April 2, 2000, before an audience of 223,000 in Fort Worth, Texas at Texas Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent tri-oval shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 334 laps to complete. At race's end, Dale Earnhardt, Inc.'s Dale Earnhardt Jr. managed to dominate the final stages of the race, leading the final 53 laps of the race to take his first career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season.[1][2] To fill out the top three, Roush Racing's Jeff Burton and Joe Gibbs Racing's Bobby Labonte finished second and third, respectively.
- ^ Poole, David (April 2, 2000). "Dale Jr. says it all on victory lap". That's Racin'. The Charlotte Observer. Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ^ Strubin, John (April 3, 1999). "Big V For Little E". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. pp. 1D, 9D. Retrieved August 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
