2000 DirecTV 500

2000 DirecTV 500
Race details
Race 7 of 34 in the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
Simple line diagram of Texas Motor Speedway track layout
Date	April 2, 2000 (2000-April-02)
Official name	DirecTV 500
Location	Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.414 km)
Distance	334 laps, 501 mi (806.281 km)
Weather	Cold with temperatures approaching 55.9 °F (13.3 °C); wind speeds up to 13 miles per hour (21 km/h)
Average speed	131.152 miles per hour (211.069 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Terry Labonte	Hendrick Motorsports
Most laps led
Driver	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Laps	106
Winner
No. 8	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
Television in the United States
Network	CBS
Announcers	Mike Joy, Ned Jarrett and Buddy Baker

The 2000 DirecTV 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car race held on April 2, 2000 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 334 laps on the 1.5-mile (2.414 km) asphalt Quad oval. Dale Earnhardt Jr. of Dale Earnhardt, Inc. won the race, his first career Winston Cup Series victory. Jeff Burton finished second and Bobby Labonte finished third.

Texas Motor Speedway is a four-turn quad-oval track that is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long. The track's turns are banked at twenty-four degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is five degrees. The back stretch, opposite of the front, also has a five degree banking. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway, tracks also owned by Speedway Motorsports.