Daytona 500
The 2000 Daytona 500 was held February 20 at Daytona International Speedway. Dale Jarrett won the pole. This was the last Daytona 500 to be televised by CBS, and thus the last 500 broadcast for Buddy Baker and Ned Jarrett. Due to his failure to qualify, Dave Marcis' streak of making the Daytona 500 for consecutive years that started in 1968 came to an end. Johnny Benson, driving an unsponsored car for Tyler Jet Motorsports was surprisingly in the lead with less than 10 laps to go and looked as if he might capture his first cup series win in the biggest event of the season when the fords of Dale Jarrett and Jeff Burton ganged up on and passed him with 4 laps to go. Benson would finish 12th spot. Dale Jarrett would wind up winning the race under caution.
- Dale Jarrett
- Jeff Burton
- Bill Elliott
- Rusty Wallace
- Mark Martin
- Bobby Labonte
- Terry Labonte
- Ward Burton
- Ken Schrader
- Matt Kenseth*
Failed to qualify: 60-Geoffrey Bodine, 84-Norm Benning, 72-Jim Sauter, 65-Dan Pardus, 85-Carl Long, 48-Stanton Barrett, 89-Bobby Gerhart, 96-Greg Sacks, 11-Brett Bodine, 71-Dave Marcis, 91-Andy Hillenburg, 27-Jeff Fuller*, 50-Ricky Craven, and 34-David Green.
- Dale Jarrett won the Winston No Bull 5 Million Dollar Bonus
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