2000 Save Mart/Kragen 350

September 2023 16th race of the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series NASWINSTON The 2000 Save Mart/Kragen 350 program cover, featuring Jeff Gordon. Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons Performance Racing Network ESPN Rusty Wallace Hendrick Motorsports Hendrick Motorsports Jeff Gordon Jeff Gordon Penske-Kranefuss Racing 43 78.789 mph km/h June 25 34 Sonoma, California, Sears Point Raceway 16 24 Save Mart/Kragen 350 218.288 3.20 351.3 351.3 112 112 1.99 2000 1:10.652 218.288 12th Annual Save Mart/Kragen 350 2000_Save_Mart-Kragen_350_program_cover.jpeg The 2000 Save Mart/Kragen 350 was the 16th stock car race of the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 12th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, June 25, 2000, in Sonoma, California, at the club layout in Sears Point Raceway, a 1.99 mi km permanent road course layout. The race took the scheduled 112 laps to complete. At race's end, Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon would dominate the late stages of a chaotic race to win his 51st career NASCAR Winston Cup Series win and his second of the season.Poole David June 25, 2000 Gordon had the roadmap to victory lane http://www.thatsracin.com/00/0625/0626350lede.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20000817085735/http://www.thatsracin.com/00/0625/0626350lede.htm August 17, 2000 May 11, 2022 ThatsRacin The Charlotte ObserverJune 26, 2000 Jeff Gordon winds his way to victory at Sonoma C5 The Desert Sun Associated Press https://www.newspapers.com/clip/101628939/jeff-gordon-winds-his-way-to-victory-at/ May 11, 2022 Newspapers.com To fill out the podium, Sterling Marlin of Team SABCO and Mark Martin of Roush Racing would finish second and third, respectively. Background thumb|The layout of Sears Point Raceway used by NASCAR at the time. Sears Point Raceway is one of two road courses to hold NASCAR races, the other being Watkins Glen International. The standard road course at Sears Point Raceway is a 12-turn course that is 2.52 mi km long; the track was modified in 1998, adding the Chute, which bypassed turns 5 and 6, shortening the course to 1.95 mi km. The Chute was only used for NASCAR events such as this race, and was criticized by many drivers, who preferred the full layout.2011-06-07 Passing is tough in Chute chronicle.augusta.com http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1998/06/28/oth_232051.shtml https://web.archive.org/web/20110607182441/http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1998/06/28/oth_232051.shtml 2011-06-07 2021-11-13 In 2001, it was replaced with a 70-degree turn, 4A, bringing the track to its current dimensions of 1.99 mi km. Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver. #DriverTeamMake1Steve ParkDale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet2Rusty WallacePenske-Kranefuss RacingFord3Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet4Bobby HamiltonMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet5Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet6Mark MartinRoush RacingFord7Michael WaltripMattei MotorsportsChevrolet8Dale Earnhardt Jr. (R)Dale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet9Stacy Compton (R)Melling RacingFord10Johnny Benson Jr.Tyler Jet MotorsportsPontiac11Brett BodineBrett Bodine RacingFord12Jeremy MayfieldPenske-Kranefuss RacingFord13Robby GordonTeam MenardFord14Rick MastA. J. Foyt EnterprisesPontiac16Kevin LepageRoush RacingFord17Matt Kenseth (R)Roush RacingFord18Bobby LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingPontiac20Tony StewartJoe Gibbs RacingPontiac21Elliott SadlerWood Brothers RacingFord22Ward BurtonBill Davis RacingPontiac23Boris SaidSpencer Motor VenturesFord24Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet25Jerry NadeauHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet26Jimmy SpencerHaas-Carter MotorsportsFord27Mike Bliss (R)Eel River RacingPontiac28Ricky RuddRobert Yates RacingFord31Mike SkinnerRichard Childress RacingChevrolet32Scott Pruett (R)PPI MotorsportsFord33Joe NemechekAndy Petree RacingChevrolet36Ken SchraderMB2 MotorsportsPontiac40Sterling MarlinTeam SABCOChevrolet42Kenny Irwin Jr.Team SABCOChevrolet43John AndrettiPetty EnterprisesPontiac44Kyle PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac55Kenny WallaceAndy Petree RacingChevrolet60Geoff BodineJoe Bessey RacingChevrolet66Darrell WaltripHaas-Carter MotorsportsFord71R. K. SmithMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet75Wally Dallenbach Jr.Galaxy MotorsportsFord77Robert PressleyJasper MotorsportsFord88Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingFord90Brian SimoDonlavey RacingFord93Dave Blaney (R)Bill Davis RacingPontiac94Bill ElliottBill Elliott RacingFord97Chad LittleRoush RacingFord99Jeff BurtonRoush RacingFordOfficial entry list Practice First practice The first practice session was held on Friday, June 23, at 10:00 AM PST, and would last for three hours. Jayski's Silly Season Site - 2000 Sonoma Race Info Page http://jayski.thatsracin.com/next/2000/2000-sonoma.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20010426010909/http://jayski.thatsracin.com/next/2000/2000-sonoma.htm April 26, 2001 May 11, 2022 Jayski's Silly Season Site Kyle Petty of Petty Enterprises would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 1:10.921 and an average speed of 98.932 mph km/h on.June 23, 2000 Winston Cup practice speeds http://www.thatsracin.com/00/0625/0624practice.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20000817090039/http://www.thatsracin.com/00/0625/0624practice.htm August 17, 2000 May 11, 2022 ThatsRacin Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed144Kyle PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac1:10.92198.932223Boris SaidSpencer Motor VenturesFord1:10.98898.839313Robby GordonTeam MenardFord1:11.02498.789Full first practice results Second practice The second practice session was held on Saturday, June 24, at 9:00 AM PST, and would last for one hour. Dale Earnhardt of Richard Childress Racing would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 1:11.747 and an average speed of 97.793 mph km/h on. 2000 Sonoma NASCAR Winston Cup Series Practice 2 http://www.nascar.com/winstoncup/races00/savemart350/sat_practice.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20000711015407/http://www.nascar.com/winstoncup/races00/savemart350/sat_practice.html July 11, 2000 May 11, 2022 NASCAR Online Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed13Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet1:11.74797.793299Jeff BurtonRoush RacingFord1:11.80197.720325Jerry NadeauHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1:11.90897.574Full second practice results Third and final practice The third and final practice session, sometimes referred to as Happy Hour, was held on Saturday, June 24 after the preliminary NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Series race. John Andretti of Petty Enterprises would set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 1:12.510 and an average speed of 96.764 mph km/h on.June 24, 2000 Happy Hour practice speeds http://www.thatsracin.com/00/0625/0625happy.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20000817085944/http://www.thatsracin.com/00/0625/0625happy.htm August 17, 2000 May 11, 2022 ThatsRacin Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed143John AndrettiPetty EnterprisesPontiac1:12.51096.764232Scott Pruett (R)PPI MotorsportsFord1:12.53096.73736Mark MartinRoush RacingFord1:12.79996.380Full Happy Hour practice results Qualifying Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, June 23, at 2:00 PM PST. each driver had one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 25 drivers in the round were guaranteed a starting spot in the race. If a driver was not able to guarantee a spot in the first round, they had the option to scrub their time from the first round and try and run a faster lap time in a second round qualifying run, held on Saturday, June 24, at 10:45 AM PST. As with the first round, each driver had one lap to set a time. Positions 26-36 were decided on time, while positions 37-43 were based on provisionals. Six spots were awarded by the use of provisionals based on owner's points. The seventh was awarded to a past champion who did not otherwise qualified for the race. If no past champion needs the provisional, the next team in the owner points was awarded a provisional. Jayski's Silly Season Site - 2000 Provisional Start Status http://www.jayski.com/stats/2000/2000prov.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20051123054225/http://www.jayski.com/stats/2000/2000prov.htm 2005-11-23 2022-05-04 Jayski's Silly Season Site Rusty Wallace of Penske-Kranefuss Racing won the pole, setting a time of 1:10.652 and an average speed of 99.309 mph km/h in the first round.Poole David June 23, 2000 Rusty Wallace on the pole, again http://www.thatsracin.com/00/0625/0624quallede.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20000817090030/http://www.thatsracin.com/00/0625/0624quallede.htm August 17, 2000 May 11, 2022 That's Racin' The Charlotte Observer Three drivers would fail to qualify: Rick Mast, Geoff Bodine, and R. K. Smith. Full qualifying results Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed12Rusty WallacePenske-Kranefuss RacingFord1:10.65299.309244Kyle PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac1:11.13298.639318Bobby LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingPontiac1:11.14698.620420Tony StewartJoe Gibbs RacingPontiac1:11.20198.544524Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1:11.20798.535640Sterling MarlinTeam SABCOChevrolet1:11.23698.49576Mark MartinRoush RacingFord1:11.25798.466894Bill ElliottBill Elliott RacingFord1:11.30798.397932Scott Pruett (R)PPI MotorsportsFord1:11.36198.3231028Ricky RuddRobert Yates RacingFord1:11.42598.2351113Robby GordonTeam MenardFord1:11.48898.1481226Jimmy SpencerHaas-Carter MotorsportsFord1:11.52998.0921331Mike SkinnerRichard Childress RacingChevrolet1:11.57498.030144Bobby HamiltonMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet1:11.61797.971151Steve ParkDale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet1:11.61997.9681643John AndrettiPetty EnterprisesPontiac1:11.71897.8331755Kenny WallaceAndy Petree RacingChevrolet1:11.75097.7901888Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingFord1:11.76397.7721933Joe NemechekAndy Petree RacingChevrolet1:11.77197.7612025Jerry NadeauHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1:11.79497.7302136Ken SchraderMB2 MotorsportsPontiac1:11.80997.7092211Brett BodineBrett Bodine RacingFord1:11.83497.6752323Boris SaidSpencer Motor VenturesFord1:11.92297.5562416Kevin LepageRoush RacingFord1:12.07097.355255Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1:12.16097.2342675Wally Dallenbach Jr.Galaxy MotorsportsFord1:11.77697.7542727Mike Bliss (R)Eel River RacingPontiac1:11.82597.687287Michael WaltripMattei MotorsportsChevrolet1:11.88597.606293Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet1:12.08697.3343099Jeff BurtonRoush RacingFord1:12.13997.262318Dale Earnhardt Jr. (R)Dale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet1:12.21497.1613221Elliott SadlerWood Brothers RacingFord1:12.23297.1373366Darrell WaltripHaas-Carter MotorsportsFord1:12.27097.0863490Brian SimoDonlavey RacingFord1:12.38996.9263510Johnny Benson Jr.Tyler Jet MotorsportsPontiac1:12.41496.893369Stacy Compton (R)Melling RacingFord1:12.48696.797Provisionals3722Ward BurtonBill Davis RacingPontiac1:12.62496.6133817Matt Kenseth (R)Roush RacingFord1:13.19395.8623912Jeremy MayfieldPenske-Kranefuss RacingFord1:12.51696.7574097Chad LittleRoush RacingFord1:13.28595.7414177Mark SimoPressley was replaced by Simo in an attempt to qualify the car. Pressley was eventually reinstated to run the race.Gardner Tom June 24, 2000 Road courses bring out the specialists http://www.thatsracin.com/00/0625/0625apspecialists.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20010511093531/http://www.thatsracin.com/00/0625/0625apspecialists.htm May 11, 2001 September 11, 2023 That's Racin' The Charlotte Observer alphaJasper MotorsportsFord1:13.05096.0494242Kenny Irwin Jr.Team SABCOChevrolet1:12.55496.7064393Dave Blaney (R)Bill Davis RacingPontiac1:12.99096.128Failed to qualify4414Rick MastA. J. Foyt EnterprisesPontiac1:12.57696.6774560Geoff BodineJoe Bessey RacingChevrolet1:12.78396.4024671R. K. SmithMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet1:12.86296.297Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineup Race results FinSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings1524Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet11243running185$143,0252640Sterling MarlinTeam SABCOChevrolet11225running175$90,725376Mark MartinRoush RacingFord1120running165$75,9504318Bobby LabonteJoe Gibbs RacingPontiac1120running160$81,29051028Ricky RuddRobert Yates RacingFord1120running155$67,9156293Dale EarnhardtRichard Childress RacingChevrolet1120running150$65,16571888Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingFord1120running146$69,66582025Jerry NadeauHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1120running142$56,76591113Robby GordonTeam MenardFord1125running143$42,41510420Tony StewartJoe Gibbs RacingPontiac1122running139$73,610111933Joe NemechekAndy Petree RacingChevrolet1120running130$55,70012287Michael WaltripMattei MotorsportsChevrolet1120running127$53,475131755Kenny WallaceAndy Petree RacingChevrolet11216running129$53,32514144Bobby HamiltonMorgan–McClure MotorsportsChevrolet1120running121$51,775152136Ken SchraderMB2 MotorsportsPontiac1120running118$45,775163099Jeff BurtonRoush RacingFord1120running115$59,22517151Steve ParkDale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet1120running112$50,200183510Johnny Benson Jr.Tyler Jet MotorsportsPontiac1120running109$45,77519244Kyle PettyPetty EnterprisesPontiac1120running106$50,420201331Mike SkinnerRichard Childress RacingChevrolet1120running103$53,685213722Ward BurtonBill Davis RacingPontiac1120running100$55,725222727Mike Bliss (R)Eel River RacingPontiac1120running97$38,665234242Kenny Irwin Jr.Team SABCOChevrolet1120running94$49,03024318Dale Earnhardt Jr. (R)Dale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet1120running91$47,550254097Chad LittleRoush RacingFord1120running88$49,2302612Rusty WallacePenske-Kranefuss RacingFord11211running90$61,50027255Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet1120running82$55,465283366Darrell WaltripHaas-Carter MotorsportsFord1110running79$40,580294393Dave Blaney (R)Bill Davis RacingPontiac1110running76$37,360302211Brett BodineBrett Bodine RacingFord1100running73$37,82031369Stacy Compton (R)Melling RacingFord1100running70$40,950323817Matt Kenseth (R)Roush RacingFord1100running67$48,190333912Jeremy MayfieldPenske-Kranefuss RacingFord1100running64$48,170341226Jimmy SpencerHaas-Carter MotorsportsFord1100running61$47,65035894Bill ElliottBill Elliott RacingFord980running58$45,130363490Brian SimoDonlavey RacingFord950running55$37,110374177Robert PressleyJasper MotorsportsFord910transmission52$37,090383221Elliott SadlerWood Brothers RacingFord910running49$45,04539932Scott Pruett (R)PPI MotorsportsFord6710crash51$37,025402675Wally Dallenbach Jr.Galaxy MotorsportsFord440transmission43$37,480412416Kevin LepageRoush RacingFord400transmission40$44,960422323Boris SaidSpencer Motor VenturesFord260engine37$36,940431643John AndrettiPetty EnterprisesPontiac150crash34$54,915Official race results Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Bobby Labonte 2,400 10px 2 Dale Earnhardt 2,333 (−67) 10px 3 Dale Jarrett 2,271 (−129) 10px 4 Ward Burton 2,196 (−204) 10px 5 Jeff Burton 2,134 (−266) 10px 2 6 Ricky Rudd 2,130 (−270) 10px 2 7 Mark Martin 2,123 (−277) 10px 1 8 Tony Stewart 2,115 (−285) 10px 3 9 Rusty Wallace 2,089 (−311) 10px 10 Jeff Gordon 2,059 (−341)Official driver's standings Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. Notes References 2000 Pocono 500 2000 Pepsi 400 NASCAR Winston Cup Series 2000 Category:2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:NASCAR races at Sonoma Raceway Category:June 2000 sports events in the United States Category:2000 in sports in California