2000 UAW-GM Quality 500
29th race of the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 2000 UAW-GM Quality 500 was the 29th stock car race of the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 41st iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, October 8, 2000, before an audience of 140,000 in Concord, North Carolina, at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent quad-oval. The race took the scheduled 334 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Joe Gibbs Racing's Bobby Labonte managed to make a late-race pass for the lead, assisted by a late four-tire pit stop. The victory was Labonte's 15th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his fourth and final victory of the season.[1][2] To fill out the top three, Penske-Kranefuss Racing's Jeremy Mayfield and Robert Yates Racing's Ricky Rudd finished second and third, respectively.
Race details | |||
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Race 29 of 34 in the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||
Date | October 8, 2000 | ||
Official name | 41st Annual UAW-GM Quality 500 | ||
Location | Concord, North Carolina, Lowe's Motor Speedway | ||
Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.41 km) | ||
Distance | 334 laps, 501 mi (806.281 km) | ||
Scheduled Distance | 334 laps, 501 mi (806.281 km) | ||
Average speed | 160.306 miles per hour (257.987 km/h) | ||
Attendance | 140,000 | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Hendrick Motorsports | ||
Time | 29.101 | ||
Most laps led | |||
Driver | Ricky Rudd | Robert Yates Racing | |
Laps | 98 | ||
Winner | |||
No. 18 | Bobby Labonte | Joe Gibbs Racing | |
Television in the United States | |||
Network | TBS | ||
Announcers | Allen Bestwick, Buddy Baker, Dick Berggren | ||
Radio in the United States | |||
Radio | Performance Racing Network |