Watching a throwback race every weekend until the Clash: 2000 Bud Shootout
The new millennium kicked off with the Bud Shootout on Sunday Feb 13, 2000. The sunny Sunday at Daytona International Speedway kicked off with the Bud Shootout Qualifier. The winner gets added to P15 for the final Shootout.
Ricky Craven in the #50 Midwest Transit Chevy leads a handful of laps as the pole winner. The first lap of the race doesn’t get completed without a caution involving Kenny Wallace in the #55 Square D Chevy, Rick Mast in the #41 Big Daddy’s Chevy, and Stanton Barrett in the #48 SportsClips Ford.
- Caution details: #26 Jimmy Spencer in the K-Mart Ford tips the edge of Wallace, causing him to spin, hit the wall, and take out Mast and Barrett at the same time.
The rest of the qualifier is fairly quiet. After the mandatory pit stop, #88 Dale Jarrett in the Quality Care Ford beats the small crowd and clinched the lead off Pit Road. Terry Labonte in the #5 Kellog’s Chevy and #99 Jeff Burton in the Exide Ford followed along.
Even after Burton passes Labonte as an attempt to catch up, Jarrett is too far ahead and wins the qualifier easily.
The Main Event:
Mark Martin in the #6 Valvoline Ford kicked off as pole leader for the Shootout, but could not lead the first lap and lost the battle to Jeff Gordon in the #24 NASCAR 2000 Chevy. Gordon led a majority of laps leading to the mandatory pit stop.
Tony Stewart, fresh off his rookie year, makes his way to 2nd in the #20 Home Depot Pontiac, but soon falls behind and makes room for Ricky Rudd in the #28 Texaco Ford and #36 Ken Schrader in the M&M’s Pontiac.
Majority of the field pits on Lap 10 with Gordon beating the crowd off the pits. The following way around, qualifying winner Jarrett and #18 Bobby Labonte in the Interstate Pontiac take a turn at pit road. Martin accidentally hits a crew member far out of the pit box but does not continue to race due to radiator issues.
Sterling Marlin in the #40 Coors Light Chevy makes his way to the lead by Lap 12 and holds onto the lead for most of the remainder of the race. Rudd and Kenny Irwin Jr in the #42 BellSouth Chevy battle for 2nd and 3rd, with Schrader and Jarrett close behind.
On the final turn of Lap 25, as Jarrett sneaks up to 1st, but the Big One finally arrives. Marlin slightly nudges Labonte, who then T-bones right into Rudd. Rudd slams into the wall and flips the Texaco Ford on its roof. Schrader also hits the wall amidst the chaos.
Dale Jarrett slides into first, winning not only the qualifier but the Shootout itself too. An awesome way to kick off the 2000 NASCAR season. 🏁
The new millennium kicked off with the Bud Shootout on Sunday Feb 13, 2000. The sunny Sunday at Daytona International Speedway kicked off with the Bud Shootout Qualifier. The winner gets added to P15 for the final Shootout.
Ricky Craven in the #50 Midwest Transit Chevy leads a handful of laps as the pole winner. The first lap of the race doesn’t get completed without a caution involving Kenny Wallace in the #55 Square D Chevy, Rick Mast in the #41 Big Daddy’s Chevy, and Stanton Barrett in the #48 SportsClips Ford.
- Caution details: #26 Jimmy Spencer in the K-Mart Ford tips the edge of Wallace, causing him to spin, hit the wall, and take out Mast and Barrett at the same time.
The rest of the qualifier is fairly quiet. After the mandatory pit stop, #88 Dale Jarrett in the Quality Care Ford beats the small crowd and clinched the lead off Pit Road. Terry Labonte in the #5 Kellog’s Chevy and #99 Jeff Burton in the Exide Ford followed along.
Even after Burton passes Labonte as an attempt to catch up, Jarrett is too far ahead and wins the qualifier easily.
The Main Event:
Mark Martin in the #6 Valvoline Ford kicked off as pole leader for the Shootout, but could not lead the first lap and lost the battle to Jeff Gordon in the #24 NASCAR 2000 Chevy. Gordon led a majority of laps leading to the mandatory pit stop.
Tony Stewart, fresh off his rookie year, makes his way to 2nd in the #20 Home Depot Pontiac, but soon falls behind and makes room for Ricky Rudd in the #28 Texaco Ford and #36 Ken Schrader in the M&M’s Pontiac.
Majority of the field pits on Lap 10 with Gordon beating the crowd off the pits. The following way around, qualifying winner Jarrett and #18 Bobby Labonte in the Interstate Pontiac take a turn at pit road. Martin accidentally hits a crew member far out of the pit box but does not continue to race due to radiator issues.
Sterling Marlin in the #40 Coors Light Chevy makes his way to the lead by Lap 12 and holds onto the lead for most of the remainder of the race. Rudd and Kenny Irwin Jr in the #42 BellSouth Chevy battle for 2nd and 3rd, with Schrader and Jarrett close behind.
On the final turn of Lap 25, as Jarrett sneaks up to 1st, but the Big One finally arrives. Marlin slightly nudges Labonte, who then T-bones right into Rudd. Rudd slams into the wall and flips the Texaco Ford on its roof. Schrader also hits the wall amidst the chaos.
Dale Jarrett slides into first, winning not only the qualifier but the Shootout itself too. An awesome way to kick off the 2000 NASCAR season. 🏁