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and the 51st iteration of the

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. The race was held on Sunday, April 9, 2000, before an audience of 84,000 in Martinsville, Virginia at Martinsville Speedway, a permanent oval-shaped short track. The race took the scheduled 500 laps to complete. Gambling on pit strategy,

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's Mark Martin managed to defend the field on old tires, taking advantage of track position to take his 32nd career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season. To fill out the top three,

's Jeff Burton and Mattei Motorsports'

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finished second and third, respectively.

Background

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. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only remaining race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948.

Entry list

* (R) denotes rookie driver.

Practice

Originally, three practice sessions were to be held, with one session on Friday and two sessions on Saturday. However, due to rain, the final session on Saturday was cancelled.

First practice

The first practice session was held on Friday, April 7, at 11:00 AM EST. The session lasted for two hours and 30 minutes. Robert Yates Racing's Ricky Rudd set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 19.977 and an average speed of .

Final practice

The final practice session was held on Saturday, April 8, at 10:00 AM EST. The session lasted for one hour and 45 minutes.

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's Jeremy Mayfield set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 20.210 and an average speed of .

Qualifying

Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, April 7, at 3:00 PM EST. Each driver had two laps to set a fastest time; the fastest of the two counted as their official qualifying lap. During the first round, the top 25 drivers in the round was guaranteed a starting spot in the race. If a driver was not able to guarantee a spot in the first round, they had the option to scrub their time from the first round and try and run a faster lap time in a second round qualifying run, held on Saturday, April 8, at 12:30 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver had two laps to set a fastest time; the fastest of the two would count as their official qualifying lap. Positions 26–36 was decided on time, while positions 37–43 was based on provisionals. Six spots were awarded by the use of provisionals based on owner's points. The seventh was awarded to a past champion who has not otherwise qualified for the race. If no past champion needs the provisional, the next team in the owner points was awarded a provisional. Rusty Wallace, driving for

, managed to win the pole, setting a time of 19.969 and an average speed of in the first round. Four drivers failed to qualify.

Full qualifying results

Race results

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings * Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

References

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