2000 Daytona 250

Auto race held at Daytona International Speedway in 2000 December 2025 May 2019 CUST Race 1 of 24 in the 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season Daytona 250 2000 02 18 2000 1 6 Daytona International Speedway.svg Track map of Daytona International Speedway. Temperatures reaching up to 79 F C; wind speeds approaching 20 mph km/hhttp://www.almanac.com/weather/history/FL/Daytona%20Beach/2001-02-18 Weather of the 2000 Daytona 250 The Old Farmers' Almanac June 19, 2013 Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida 2.5 4.02336 100 250 402.336 130.152 mi/h Joe Ruttman Bobby Hamilton Racing Mike Wallace Ultra Motorsports 59 2 Mike Wallace Ultra Motorsports ESPN ESPN2 Marty Reid Benny Parsons Ray Evernham The 2000 Daytona 250 was a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race held at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida on February 18, 2000. The inaugural running of the event, Joe Ruttman won the pole, while Mike Wallace won the race, the third win of his Truck Series career. A quarter of this race was held under the caution flag, partially due to Geoff Bodine's violent crash near the start/finish line on lap 57.http://racing-reference.info/race/2000_Daytona_250/C Advanced race info about the 2000 Daytona 250 Racing Reference March 7, 2015 Background Daytona International Speedway is one of two superspeedways to hold Camping World Truck Series races; the other one is Talladega Superspeedway.Camping World Truck Series Races http://www.nascar.com/en_us/camping-world-truck-series/schedule/tracks.html NASCAR Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. March 1, 2016 September 28, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130928002613/http://www.nascar.com/en_us/camping-world-truck-series/schedule/tracks.html dead Its standard track is a four-turn, 2.5 mi km on superspeedway.ESPN SportsTravel Daytona International Speedway http://sports.espn.go.com/travel/news/story?id=2346804 ESPN June 27, 2011 June 25, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20120120202142/http://espn.go.com/espn/thelife/news/story?id=2346804 January 20, 2012 Daytona's turns are banked at 31 degrees, and the front stretch (the location of the finish line) is banked at 18 degrees. Race summary Start Joe Ruttman, driving the No. 18 for Bobby Hamilton Racing, was on the pole. He would lead the field to the green flag and led the first lap before Lyndon Amick briefly took the lead for two laps. The lead would then switch between Andy Houston, Mike Wallace, and Bobby Hamilton before the first caution came out for a crash in Turn 2, which began when Geoff Bodine spun after making contact by Amick. Defending Truck champion Jack Sprague, Steve Grissom, Rick Crawford, and Bryan Reffner were also involved. The race restarted, and the lead was taken by a couple more drivers before the second caution came out when Mike Cope cut a tire and spun in turn 4. At the restart, Terry Cook was the leader but Houston, Wallace, and Hamilton again swapped the lead. Wallace had a tire go flat and had to make a pit stop. That same lap, Kurt Busch made contact with Hamilton and spun him out in the tri-oval, collecting Ruttman, Randy Renfrow, Randy Tolsma, and Houston. Renfrow almost flipped over. Wallace managed to stay on the lead lap. The race restarted on Lap 43, and went green until lap 50 when Jimmy Kitchens spun on the backstretch. Most of the leaders made pit stops except for Rob Morgan, who stayed out. Lap 57 crash On the restart, Rob Morgan led but was quickly overtaken by Mike Wallace, and Morgan began slipping back. On lap 56, rookie Kurt Busch, in his Truck series debut, was racing three-wide with Geoff Bodine and Morgan. Morgan came down the track not clearing Busch thus causing himself to spin down to the flat apron and then veer back up the banking. His right-front tire contacted Bodine's left-front tire, catapulting Bodine into the catch-fence at a speed of nearly 190 mph km/h.https://www.espn.com/auto/nascar/daytona00/s/2000/0218/365121.html Bodine, fans escape serious injury in fiery crash ESPN July 21, 2013 Upon impact, Bodine's fuel tank exploded and the truck flipped over nine timeshttps://www.chicagotribune.com/2000/02/19/bodine-seriously-injured-in-fiery-crash-at-daytona/ Bodine Seriously Injured In Fiery Crash At Daytona Chicago Tribune February 19, 2000 July 21, 2013 extremely hard across the track before coming to rest on its roof in turn 1. The truck, now little more than a crushed, mangled roll cage, was struck on the driver's side by Ryan McGlynn, whose truck was damaged from the contact and retired later in the race. Instantly in the announcer's reactions, the crash was described as similar to Richard Petty's rollover crash in the 1988 Daytona 500 at a similar portion of the track. The red flag was waved as the track was blocked with debris and rescue workers rushed to Bodine's aid. The crash was so violent that the impact ripped the engine out of the truck, found in turn two 355 feet m from where Bodine's truck came to rest on its lid. The crash collected 12 more trucks. Upon seeing the crash, the fans went silent and called for paramedics to the grandstands. However, 16 minutes later the fans applauded when they heard the announcers say that Bodine was seen talking to medical crews and that he was moving around while he was being taken to the ambulance. Bodine had suffered a broken jaw, wrist, shoulder, and a concussion. After several nights of medical treatment at the nearby Halifax Medical Center, Bodine was in stable condition and eventually returned to racing a month later. Fellow driver Jimmy Kitchens was also hospitalized, but he, however, did not suffer any major injuries. After 55 minutes under the red flag (including slow caution periods before and after it waved), the race restarted. TV coverage moved to ESPN2 due to the length of the red flag period. Finish On the final lap, Andy Houston jumped to the lead on a last-lap restart but got loose in turn 3 and Mike Wallace slipped by to take the first truck victory at Daytona as Busch, after barely avoiding Bodine's truck in the lap 57 crash, finished second. In victory lane ceremonies Truck Series driver Todd Bodine announced that his brother Geoff had survived the crash and the announcers confirmed that the debris and flames from the collision had injured five fans, who also survived. The most serious injuries were to three fans burned by the fire that engulfed Bodine's truck when it hit the catchfence. The other two were hit by debris. Race results thumb|Mike Wallace (shown in 2013), the winner of the race 2–Mike Wallace, Led 59 of 100 Laps 99–Kurt Busch* 60–Andy Houston, Led 9 Laps 88–Terry Cook, Led 7 Laps 98–Kenny Martin* 72–Randy MacDonald 66–Rick Carelli 1–Dennis Setzer, 1 Lap down 84–Donnie Neuenberger, 1 Lap down 43–Steve Grissom, 5 Laps Down; Led 5 Laps 50–Greg Biffle, 92 Laps (Accident); Led 1 Lap 86–Mike Cope*, 10 Laps Down 12–Carlos Contreras*, 16 Laps Down 6–Rich Woodland, Jr., 82 Laps (Transmission) 25–Randy Tolsma, 21 Laps Down 00–Ryan McGlynn, 76 Laps (Engine Failure) 97–Ron Barfield, Jr., 66 Laps (Engine Failure) 75–Marty Houston, 65 Laps (Accident); Led 2 Laps 18–Joe Ruttman, 64 Laps (Engine Failure); Led 1 Lap 26–Jamie McMurray*, 60 Laps (Accident) 31–John Young*, 57 Laps (Accident) 52–Lyndon Amick, 56 Laps (Accident); Led 2 Laps 46–Rob Morgan, 56 Laps (Accident); Led 4 Laps 15–Geoff Bodine, 56 Laps (Accident) 27–Lonnie Rush, Jr., 56 Laps (Accident) 90–Lance Norick, 56 Laps (Accident) 73–B. A. Wilson, 56 Laps (Accident) 42–Jimmy Kitchens, 56 Laps (Accident); Led 3 Laps 16–Jimmy Hensley, 55 Laps (Accident) 4–Bobby Hamilton, 36 Laps (Accident); Led 6 Laps 41–Randy Renfrow, 36 Laps (Accident) 7–Morgan Shepherd, 17 Laps (Rocker arm); Led 1 Lap 24–Jack Sprague, 14 Laps (Accident) 14–Rick Crawford, 13 Laps (Accident) 3–Bryan Reffner, 13 Laps (Accident) 35–David Starr, 10 Laps (Engine Failure) Failed to qualify 51–Rick Ware* 19–Ricky Sanders 11–Joe Buford 09–Matt Mullins 9–Lance Hooper* 5–Tom Powers 04–Brad Teague 28–Kenny Allen 01–Peter Gibbons 54–Brian Sockwell 69–Jeff Spraker 71–Tommy Croft 80–Gary Bradberry 91–Carl Long 93–Wayne Edwards* 23–Phil Bonifield References 1999 NAPA Auto Parts 200 2000 Florida Dodge Dealers 400K NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series 2000 Daytona 250 Daytona 250 Daytona 250 Category:NASCAR races at Daytona International Speedway