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  1.   3fan4eva posted:
  05.21.2007 - 3:45 am
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Battle of the Dale's....and the youngin shows em up at this race


  2.   Chester Dangler posted:
  05.22.2007 - 9:02 pm
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Wasn't John Andretti Injured In That Crash?


  3.   Brock posted:
  05.29.2007 - 4:36 am
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The most deafening cheer for Dale Earnhardt, Jr. I remember hearing
before the 2001 Pepsi 400 at Daytona as he blasted past Dale Jarrett for
the victory.


  4.   stricklinfan82 posted:
  04.28.2008 - 10:45 pm
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Eligibility Requirements for the 2000 All-Star Race:

- all active 1999 and 2000 race winning drivers:

1.) Jeff Gordon - 2/99 Daytona
2.) Mark Martin - 2/99 Rockingham
3.) Jeff Burton - 3/99 Las Vegas
4.) Terry Labonte - 3/99 Texas
5.) Rusty Wallace - 4/99 Bristol
6.) John Andretii - 4/99 Martinsville
7.) Dale Earnhardt - 4/99 Talladega
8.) Dale Jarrett - 5/99 Richmond
9.) Bobby Labonte - 6/99 Dover
10.) Tony Stewart - 9/99 Richmond
11.) Joe Nemechek - 9/99 New Hampshire
12.) Ward Burton - 3/00 Darlington
13.) Dale Earnhardt Jr. - 4/00 Texas
14.) Jeremy Mayfield - 4/00 California

- all active 1999 and 2000 race winning car owners:

15.) # 42 Chevy - 9/99 New Hampshire (new driver Kenny Irwin Jr.)

- all All-Star Race winning drivers from the last 5 years:

16.) Michael Waltrip - '96 All-Star Race winner

- all active former Winston Cup Champions:

17.) Bill Elliott - 1988 Champion
18.) Darrell Waltrip - 3-time champion

- 2000 Winston Open winner:

19.) Steve Park

- 2000 No Bull Sprint winner:

20.) Jerry Nadeau


  5.   tonyfan posted:
  05.09.2008 - 10:08 am
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Bonehead payback by Nemechek on Steve Park destroyed Tony Stewart and
Jeff Gordon's cars.


  6.   rob posted:
  03.02.2011 - 9:14 pm
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a very exciting race. never have figured out why it's not on some of the
best 25 races lists.


  7.   Scott posted:
  12.28.2011 - 1:36 pm
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One of the most dangerous "paybacks" i've ever seen.Nemechek needed his
ass whooped after that one.Tony Stewart also dumped Mark Martin for no
reason.


  8.   RaceFanX posted:
  02.10.2012 - 10:55 pm
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Sponsors (always a few one-off looks in the Winston):
#22 Ward Burton- Caterpillar Dealers
#42 Kenny Irwin, Jr.- BellSouth / FEMA Project Impact
#7 Michael Waltrip- Philips Light Bulbs

Dale Earnhardt had his traditional special Winston paint job with a
super colorful look designed by artist Peter Max. The brightly-colored
car (mostly yellow with pink, bright blue, red and purple mixed in)
became the only one of Earnhardt's Winston paint jobs to be run again in
the Coca-Cola 600 the following week.

Jeff Gordon still had DuPont sponsorship but he too had a special paint
job to celebrate a contact renewal with DuPont and Rick Hendrick, IIRC
he and Rick had just cut a lifetime deal for their Cup efforts leading
up to this race.

Darrell Waltrip made his final All-Star race special by running an
all-chrome look on the #66 Ford. The chrome was all a big decal, you
can't actually chrome sheet metal.


  9.   Schroeder51 posted:
  02.11.2012 - 8:38 pm
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Yeah, Stewart just flat out dumped Mark on the backstretch. It was a
very ugly crash that caught up Ward Burton as well. One of the harder
hits I've seen in my lifetime.


  10.   RaceFanX posted:
  08.17.2012 - 2:45 am
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Sponsor:
#3 Dale Earnhardt- GM Goodwrench Service / Peter Max (also run again in
the following 2000 Coca-Cola 600)


  11.   Ed posted:
  10.13.2012 - 8:26 pm
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Quite possibly the only time 3 drivers with the same first name finished
1-2-3


  12.   Ryan Sheehan posted:
  01.11.2013 - 8:53 pm
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I went to this race with my dad. Awesome race, and we got to see
Earnhardt in the Peter Max car.

After this race, a pedestrian bridge over U.S. 29 collapsed while people
were going to the parking lot. No one was killed, but a lot of people
were injured.


  13.   Joe Fan #87 posted:
  03.12.2013 - 7:52 pm
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This was like the only time I was upset at Joe for acting the way he did
at intentionally crashing someone. He had a right to be upset, but was
way out of line for crashing someone. At least his apology seemed very
sincere, and he's never acted close to this again, unlike some other
drivers crash a lot of guys on purpose, then say they deserved it. If
this had been a 'fan favorite' who crash Park, I bet everyone who having
been cheering that driver.


  14.   RaceFanX posted:
  08.25.2013 - 4:29 pm
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Lap Leaders: Elliott 1-30, Nemechek 31-33, Mayfield 34-38, Nemechek
39-54, Elliott 55-60, Jarrett 61-68, Earnhardt Jr. 69-70


  15.   Anonymous posted:
  10.09.2013 - 10:22 pm
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Jerry Nadeau advances out of the Open and finishes in the top-5.


  16.   Unser1 posted:
  10.09.2013 - 10:31 pm
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This was General Mills' first race as Petty Enterprises' primary
sponsor, STP was still the sponsor of the #43 Pontiac for the points
races until Sonoma but they ran an orange-and-Petty Blue Wheaties
version of their upcoming yellow-and-Petty Blue Cherrios car. Andretti
was wrecked out on the opening lap.


  17.   Unser1 posted:
  04.04.2014 - 8:33 pm
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Sponsor:
#24 Jeff Gordon- DuPont Automotive Finishes/End of the Rainbow


  18.   Windows Millennium Edition posted:
  02.14.2016 - 5:22 pm
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Sponsor updates:

#5 Cherry Swirl Froot Loops/Kellogg's
#6 Valvoline/MaxLife
#43 Wheaties/STP
#66 Route 66/Big Kmart Chrome


  19.   5 posted:
  02.13.2017 - 7:41 pm
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Terry Labonte didn't run the Cherry Berry Swirls car until the Coke 600
the following week.


  20.   RaceFanX posted:
  02.13.2017 - 9:01 pm
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When Andretti and Kenny Irwin, Jr. crashed on the opening lap of the
race the radio announcers initially mistakenly called out that Andretti
had crashed with Chad Little, who had not qualified for the Winston. The
reason for the blooper: Irwin's special FEMA Project Impact paint scheme
meant his #42 had a bright yellow-and-green paint scheme like Little's
ride instead of his normal green-and-blue.


  21.   saltsburgtrojanfan posted:
  05.16.2018 - 3:47 pm
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Caution 1: Lap 1 (Caution laps do not count in The Winston): #42,43
accident turn 4

Green flag: Lap 1-24

Caution 2: Lap 25 (Caution laps do not count in The Winston): #7
accident turn 2

Green flag: Lap 25-30

Caution 3: Lap 31 (Caution laps do not count in The Winston): end of
segment 1

Green flag: Lap 31-38

Caution 4: Lap 39(Caution laps do not count in The Winston): #1,3,24,99
accident turn 2

Green flag: Lap 39-54

Caution 5: Lap 55 (Caution laps do not count in The Winston): #6,22
accident backstretch

Green flag: Lap 55-60

Caution 6: Lap 61 (Caution laps do not count in The Winston): end of
segment 2

Green flag 61-62

Caution 7: Lap 63 (Caution laps do not count in The Winston):
#1,20,24,33 accident turn 1

Green flag: Lap 63-70


  22.   Roger posted:
  08.15.2018 - 11:58 pm
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Elliott dominated the first two segments but must have developed a
handling issue during the final segment. I thought he was going to
dominate the whole race before all was said and done. It was fun
watching Junior run in this race. I really thought he earned this
victory and the crowd went nuts.

I don't believe the pedestrian walk incident happened here unless it
happened more than once. I remember it happening after a Coke 600 I
attended.


  23.   NewJack posted:
  08.16.2018 - 1:32 am
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@22, was definitely after this race:

https://www.nace.org/CORROSION-FAILURES-Lowes-Motor-Speedway-Bridge-Collapse.aspx


  24.   Foote posted:
  03.31.2020 - 1:22 am
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Sometimes when the leader only leads a couple laps in a race, he lucked
into it. Not in this one! Dale Jr makes up half a second on reigning
champ Dale Jarrett in 2 laps, driving away from both DJ and his dad in
an awesome finish.


  25.   Foote posted:
  03.31.2020 - 1:26 am
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A full grandstands going nuts all around the track as the young rookie
pulls it off..it's just hard to imagine Nascar getting back to its late
90's/early 2000's peak. It was just a perfect product.

Also- I always assumed Dale Jr became a fan favorite after his father's
death. But he was a fan favorite before that. Fans went NUTS when he won
his 3 rookie races.


  26.   JSPorts posted:
  03.31.2020 - 6:16 am
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I think Dale Jr.'s personality was always likable. That gained him a lot
of his fan base without help from his father, though his last name, his
team and ultimately his father's death surely gave him a bigger fan
base, as well. Bill Elliott won Most Popular Driver in 2000 and 2002.
Dale Jr. was popular, but not at the level he would become later on.


  27.   Mile501 posted:
  02.25.2021 - 2:21 pm
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In the days before the free pass was instituted, Kenny Irwin went a lap
down at the very beginning of this race after being penalized for
jumping the start. With no free pass and lapped cars always lining up at
the back, he had no realistic way to ever make that lap up. To me, that
seemed to be like an unfair penalty, which essentially forced him to
ride around as the only car off the lead lap for the entire event.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. pitted before the final restart, and was 10th in line
when they took the green flag with 8 laps to go. He told his crew he
couldn't win the way things were, so he got 4 fresh tires and made the
most of it! And it gave his father the opportunity to visit him in
All-Star victory lane--the only time that they would run in The Winston
together.


  28.   RaceFanX posted:
  02.25.2021 - 4:52 pm
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@27
There was the unwritten gentleman's agreement to in general to let
lapped cars have their laps back when racing back to a yellow. I don't
think Irwin was close enough to benefit from that though.


  29.   Mile501 posted:
  02.25.2021 - 8:18 pm
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@28 - I know that, but my point was that in this event, restarts were
double-file with all lead lap cars at the front. So on every restart,
Irwin restarted at the very back of the pack, and there was no realistic
way he could pass all the lead lap cars before the next caution.


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