2000 Brickyard 400

Race details[1]
Race 20 of 34 in the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
2000 Brickyard 400 program cover
Date	August 5, 2000 (2000-August-05)
Official name	Brickyard 400
Location	Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4.023 km)
Distance	160 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km)
Average speed	155.912 miles per hour (250.916 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Ricky Rudd	Robert Yates Racing
Most laps led
Driver	Rusty Wallace	Penske-Kranefuss Racing
Laps	110
Winner
No. 18	Bobby Labonte	Joe Gibbs Racing
Television in the United States
Network	ABC
Announcers	Bob Jenkins, Benny Parsons and Ray Evernham
Nielsen Ratings	3.7/10

The 2000 Brickyard 400, the 7th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on August 5, 2000 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. Contested over 160 laps on the 2.5 mile (4.023 km) speedway, it was the twentieth race of the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Bobby Labonte of Joe Gibbs Racing won the race.

Background

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana, (an enclave suburb of Indianapolis) in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400. It is located on the corner of 16th Street and Georgetown Road, approximately six miles (10 km) west of Downtown Indianapolis. It is a four-turn rectangular-oval track that is 2.5 miles (4.023 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 9 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, has no banking. The back stretch, opposite of the front, also has a zero degree banking. The racetrack has seats for more than 250,000 spectators.

Prior to the race, Kyle Petty replaced Jeremy Mayfield in the latter's No. 12 Mobil 1 Ford Taurus after NASCAR officials did not clear Mayfield for competition after he suffered a concussion during practice. Petty had failed to qualify his No. 44 Hot Wheels Pontiac Grand Prix for the race.

Top 10 results

Race statistics

• Time of race: 2:33:56
• Average Speed: 155.918 miles per hour (250.926 km/h)
• Pole Speed: 181.068
• Cautions: 2 for 7 laps
• Margin of Victory: 4.229
• Lead changes: 9
• Percent of race run under caution: 4.4%
• Average green flag run: 51 laps

Broadcast

The race was aired live on ABC in which was the latter's last broadcast of the NASCAR Winston Cup Series until 2007 (in which the series was renamed to the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series) as part of ESPN group of networks.