|| *Comments on the 2000 NAPAonline.com 250:* View the most recent comment <#19> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. Steve posted: 10.12.2006 - 6:54 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Notables: Ward Burton's best Busch finish in 2000 (4th) Derek Gilcrest's last Busch start (finished 43rd; 10 starts) Jimmie Johnson's second of three 6th place finishes in 2000 (his best) Buckshot Jones' final Busch Pole (3rd career) Ashton Lewis Jr.'s best finish of 2000 (17th) Chad Little's lone Top 10 (10th) in 4 Busch starts in 2000 Hut Stricklin's final Busch start (finished 27th; 54th start) Michael Waltrip's best finish of 2000 (2nd) 2. most posted: 10.18.2007 - 1:27 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Was this the race that Mike McLaughlin's dad died like 10 minutes after the checkered flag? If so I remember everyone wanting him to win it real bad! 3. John posted: 11.19.2007 - 4:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This was the race Jeff Gordon said he first noticed Jimmie Johnson can drive a race car. He said it on NASCAR Victory Lane on SPEED 11/18/07. Jeff said Jimmie took him like 3 wide and made a great pass and a car that was not as good as his. 4. SK posted: 01.14.2008 - 3:31 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) DNQ: #11 Morgan Shepherd #55 Michael Ritch #19 P.J. Jones #91 Rich Bickle #44 Brett Bodine #86 Doug Reid III #60 Mark Martin (did not compete a qualifying lap; not certain what actually prevented him from doing so.) 5. RaceFanX posted: 02.12.2008 - 10:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Todd Bodine wins his first Busch race since 1997 at California in this event 6. Matt_1986 posted: 02.11.2009 - 7:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 200th Win for Chevy in the Busch Series 7. Anonymous posted: 08.24.2010 - 7:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's kind of strange that Ned Jarrett fielded a car in this race. 8. kevin posted: 07.21.2012 - 12:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Mark Martin wrecked on his qualifying lap. Also the crowd for this race looked fuller than the last Cup race there. 9. Breaker posted: 09.04.2013 - 6:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) According to the 2001 NASCAR Preview and Press Guide, which shows all the results from 2000, Hut Stricklin was driving a Pontiac sponsored by Rayovac. 10. adamal82 posted: 09.13.2013 - 2:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cal Wells' lone top 10 as an owner in the BGN Series. Funny It took Chad Little in a one-off to do it. Proves Anthony Lazaro was not ready for these types of cars 11. Spannerhead29 posted: 04.14.2014 - 9:10 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This race ended Jeff Green's streak of 14 consecutive top 10's. 12. Darrell posted: 11.22.2015 - 4:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Crew chief for Chad Little: Stan Hover 13. RaceFanX posted: 06.06.2016 - 10:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ward Burton finishes fourth to claim his best Busch finish of the 2000 season. Ward had three top-5s in six starts that season. 14. RaceFanX posted: 06.06.2016 - 10:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Chad Little's one-off for Cal Wells here came here amid a lot of rumors that Little was being lined up to drive Wells' upcoming McDonald's Winston Cup entry, especially because it had already been announced Jack Roush would not be bringing Little back for another season in his #97 Cup car. While Chad turned in a great finish here, and there were rumors McDonald's told Wells it wanted an experienced racer and not "an outsider," the Cup ride ultimately went to Truck series star Andy Houston. 15. Wil posted: 05.29.2019 - 6:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Longshot, but does anybody know what laps it was that Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson ran side by side, and Jeff thought holy sh*t this guy's got the juice? I want to find those laps but don't want to watch the whole snoozer of a race. 16. kulquicki posted: 11.22.2019 - 12:00 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jimmie explains what got Jeff's attention was a last lap pass on Jeff. Nearly wiped both of them out, but didn't and that was one of the many things Jimmie attributes to getting a ride with HMS. 17. Andre posted: 11.22.2019 - 9:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's nice to see I'm not the only one who came here after Jimmie's retirement press conference from yesterday. It's a shame Dave W's link doesn't work anymore (along with tons of other great races from that guy)! 18. Anonymous posted: 03.13.2020 - 2:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Gordon had nothing to do with Johnson. Hendrick swiped him up and put the new team in the same shop as Gordon. Success was a given. 19. Onion posted: 04.06.2020 - 1:23 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Really good race. There was a battle for the lead almost all the way through, even if Todd Bodine seemed to have the upper hand on everyone else. To balance out his advantage, the #66 team made a tactical error assuming there will be many 2-tire changes under the sole caution, they changed only right sides, the only team to do so. Still, Bodine held out and won the race despite a strong final turn run by Waltrip. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: