2000 Daytona 500

2000 Daytona 500

Race details
Race 1 of 34 in the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 2000 Daytona 500 logo.
Date	February 20, 2000
Official name	42nd Annual Daytona 500
Location	Daytona Beach, Florida, Daytona International Speedway
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4.0 km)
Distance	500 laps, 400 mi (804.672 km)
Scheduled Distance	200 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Average speed	154.972 miles per hour (249.403 km/h)
Attendance	200,000
Pole position
Driver	Dale Jarrett	Robert Yates Racing
Time	47.098
Most laps led
Driver	Dale Jarrett	Robert Yates Racing
Laps	89
Winner
No. 88	Dale Jarrett	Robert Yates Racing
Television in the United States
Network	CBS
Announcers	Mike Joy, Buddy Baker, Ned Jarrett
Radio in the United States
Radio	Motor Racing Network

The 2000 Daytona 500 was the first stock car race of the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, the first of five No Bull 5 races, and the 42nd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, February 20, 2000, before an audience of 200,000 in Daytona Beach, Florida at Daytona International Speedway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) permanent triangular-shaped superspeedway. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete.

In the final laps of the race, Robert Yates Racing's Dale Jarrett engaged in a battle for the lead against Tyler Jet Motorsports' Johnny Benson Jr. With four laps left in the race, Jarrett was able to pass Benson, retaining the lead until a caution came out with two laps left in the race for Jimmy Spencer. As the race ended under caution, Jarrett was the declared the winner at race's end. The victory was Jarrett's 23rd career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory, his first victory of the season, and his third and final Daytona 500 victory.^[1][2] To fill out the top three, Roush Racing's Jeff Burton and owner-driver Bill Elliott finished second and third, respectively.