2000 Dura Lube 300

Race 26 of 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup series February 2025 NASWINSTON Dura Lube 300 2000 9 17 2000 26 34 New Hampshire Motor Speedway.PNG Layout of New Hampshire Motor Speedway New Hampshire International Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire 2000 Dura Lube 300 Sponsored by Kmart 1.06 1.703 300 317.4 510.8 102.003 mph km/h on Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Jeff Burton Roush Racing 300 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing TNNhttp://www.jayski.com/next/2000/2000-nhis2.htm THE RACE: Dura Lube 300 Sponsored by Kmart Jayski's Silly Season Site October 31, 2013 September 14, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130914004417/http://www.jayski.com/next/2000/2000-nhis2.htm dead The 2000 Dura Lube 300 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that was held on September 17, 2000, at New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. The race was the twenty-sixth of the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. The pole position was won by Bobby Labonte of Joe Gibbs Racing, while Roush Racing's Jeff Burton won after leading all 300 laps. This was the most recent time that a driver led every single lap in a Cup Series race. Background New Hampshire Motor Speedway is one of ten intermediate tracks to hold NASCAR races. The standard track at New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a four-turn oval track, 1.06 mi km on long.NASCAR Tracks—The New Hampshire Motor Speedway http://www.nhms.com/speedway/about/facts/ New Hampshire Motor Speedway Speedway Motorsports September 15, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100920004300/http://www.nhms.com/speedway/about/facts/ September 20, 2010 Its banking in the turns varies from two to seven degrees, while the front stretch, the finish line, and the back stretch are all banked at one degree. After the deaths of Adam Petty and Kenny Irwin Jr. in practice session accidents at the track during the previous summer, NASCAR mandated the use of restrictor plates for the event.http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MWSB&p_theme=mwsb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB82E049757B8CA&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM NASCAR testers silent Kallmann Dave September 15, 2000 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 2013-11-01 Milwaukee, WI The use marked the first time the plate was used at a track shorter than 2.5 mi km on, as Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway had been the only tracks to use it. Because of this, Burton and Steve Park (who finished 34th at Loudon)Kelly Kevin http://www.sptimes.com/News/091800/news_pf/Sports/No_passing_fancy__Jef.shtml No passing fancy: Jeff Burton leads all St. Petersburg Times September 18, 2000 October 31, 2013 tested at the Milwaukee Mile with restrictor plates, which had a similar layout to New Hampshire. As a result of the installation of the restrictor plate, speeds at the track dropped by approximately 10 mph km/h on.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/motorsports/news/2000/09/17/burton_wins_ap/ https://web.archive.org/web/20010627002324/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/motorsports/news/2000/09/17/burton_wins_ap/ dead June 27, 2001 Roush driver leads every lap at Dura Lube 300 CNN Sports Illustrated September 17, 2000 October 31, 2013 Another effect of Petty and Irwin's deaths is the possibility of a drivers' strike, as drivers had requested the addition of "soft walls".Hinton Ed http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/printedition/article/0,2669,SAV-0009030303,FF.html NASCAR DRIVERS HINT BOYCOTT Chicago Tribune September 3, 2000 October 31, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20001018130734/http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/printedition/article/0%2C2669%2CSAV-0009030303%2CFF.html October 18, 2000 dead Eventually, the drivers stated that they would run the Dura Lube 300, although they would not be pleased with running.Hinton Ed http://orlandosentinel.com/automagic/sports/2000-09-04/SPTnascarside090400.html Drivers say they'll run at New Hampshire Orlando Sentinel September 4, 2000 October 31, 2013 https://archive.today/20001018025018/http://orlandosentinel.com/automagic/sports/2000-09-04/SPTnascarside090400.html October 18, 2000 A variation of soft walls, the SAFER barriers, was eventually adopted in 2002, but were not added to New Hampshire until a year later. Race Pole-sitter Bobby Labonte lost the lead on the first lap while entering turn 1 to Jeff Burton. On lap 96, Scott Pruett crashed in turn 4, and the caution flag was flown for three laps until lap 99. The green flag flew for 101 laps until a debris caution was flown. On lap 216, Jeremy Mayfield, Mike Bliss, Ward Burton, Wally Dallenbach Jr., Dave Blaney, Rick Mast and Kevin Lepage crashed in turn 2. The green was flown again on lap 220, and the race was run under green until lap 247, in which Bill Elliott crashed on the frontstretch. Another caution was thrown for Chad Little and Steve Park's accident in turn 4 on lap 279. On lap 290, Ward Burton, Rick Mast, Jerry Nadeau, Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr. were involved in a crash in turn 2. The green waved for four laps from lap 294 to 297, in which the final caution was waved for Sterling Marlin's spin in turn 2. The race ended under caution,http://www.racing-reference.info/race?id=2000-26&series=W 2000 Dura Lube 300 Sponsored by Kmart Racing-Reference October 31, 2013 and Jeff Burton claimed his fourteenth career victory and third of the season, after leading all 300 laps. Bobby Labonte finished second, followed by Ricky Rudd, Dale Jarrett and Rusty Wallace; Jeff Gordon, John Andretti, Mark Martin, Joe Nemechek and Ken Schrader closed out the top ten. His feat of leading every lap was the third to occur in Cup history, after Cale Yarborough accomplished it at Bristol in 1973 and at Nashville Fairgrounds in 1978. It was also the third in NASCAR history to occur at a superspeedway, with Fireball Roberts at Marchbanks Speedway in 1961, along with Yarborough's Nashville win in 1978. Burton's accomplishment was the last such instance in the Cup Series; the closest since is Martin Truex Jr.'s 2016 Coca-Cola 600 victory, in which he led 392 of 400 laps.https://www.racing-reference.info/showblog?id=2584 "Dominant Performances in NASCAR's Modern Era" Racing-Reference NASCAR Digital Media, LLC May 30, 2016 March 28, 2021August 2026 InternetArchiveBot Race results Pos Start Starting position No. Car number Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Laps led Status 1 2 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 300 300 Running 2 1 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 300 0 Running 3 19 28 Ricky Rudd Robert Yates Racing Ford 300 0 Running 4 4 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 300 0 Running 5 5 2 Rusty Wallace Penske–Kranefuss Racing Ford 300 0 Running 6 18 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 300 0 Running 7 31 43 John Andretti Petty Enterprises Pontiac 300 0 Running 8 15 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 300 0 Running 9 30 33 Joe Nemechek Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 300 0 Running 10 9 36 Ken Schrader MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 300 0 Running 11 27 10 Johnny Benson Jr. MB2 Motorsports Pontiac 300 0 Running 12 37 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 299 0 Running 13 7 21 Elliott Sadler Wood Brothers Racing Ford 299 0 Running 14 11 01 Ted Musgrave Team SABCO Chevrolet 299 0 Running 15 29 26 Jimmy Spencer Haas-Carter Motorsports Ford 298 0 Running 16 24 9 Stacy Compton Melling Racing Ford 298 0 Running 17 38 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford 298 0 Running 18 39 77 Robert Pressley Jasper Motorsports Ford 298 0 Running 19 10 27 Mike Bliss Eel River Racing Pontiac 298 0 Running 20 13 7 Michael Waltrip Ultra Motorsports Chevrolet 298 0 Running 21 8 25 Jerry Nadeau Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 298 0 Running 22 3 40 Sterling Marlin Team SABCO Chevrolet 298 0 Running 23 16 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac 297 0 Running 24 23 31 Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 297 0 Running 25 34 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 297 0 Running 26 40 93 Dave Blaney Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 297 0 Running 27 42 60 Geoff Bodine Joe Bessey Motorsports Chevrolet 297 0 Running 28 43 90 Hut Stricklin Donlavey Racing Ford 297 0 Running 29 36 66 Darrell Waltrip Haas-Carter Motorsports Ford 293 0 Running 30 28 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 291 0 Crash 31 20 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 288 0 Crash 32 26 14 Rick Mast A. J. Foyt Enterprises Pontiac 287 0 Crash 33 35 97 Chad Little Roush Racing Ford 275 0 Crash 34 6 1 Steve Park Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet 275 0 Crash 35 14 4 Bobby Hamilton Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 260 0 Running 36 12 50 Ricky Craven Midwest Transit Racing Chevrolet 249 0 Transmission 37 21 94 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott Racing Ford 244 0 Crash 38 32 16 Kevin Lepage Roush Racing Ford 234 0 Crash 39 41 75 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Galaxy Motorsports Ford 233 0 Crash 40 17 12 Jeremy Mayfield Penske–Kranefuss Racing Ford 212 0 Crash 41 33 32 Scott Pruett PPI Motorsports Ford 93 0 Crash 42 22 11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford 60 0 Engine 43 25 55 Kenny Wallace Andy Petree Racing Chevrolet 39 0 Engine Source:https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2000_Dura_Lube_300_Sponsored_by_Kmart/W 2000 Dura Lube 300 Presented by Kmart December 28, 2025 racing-reference.info NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Failed to qualify Steve Grissom (#44) Dave Marcis (#71) Robby Gordon (#13) (withdrawn) Standings thumb|After finishing in second at the Dura Lube 300, Bobby Labonte retained his points lead. Pos Driver Points 1 Bobby Labonte 3931 2 Jeff Burton 3763 3 Dale Jarrett 3757 4 Dale Earnhardt 3730 5 Ricky Rudd 3462 6 Rusty Wallace 3462 7 Tony Stewart 3447 8 Mark Martin 3429 9 Ward Burton 3354 10 Jeff Gordon 3220 References 2 Winston Cup Series 2000 2000 Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 2000 MBNA.com 400 Dura Lube 300 Dura Lube 300 Category:NASCAR races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway