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Dale Earnhardt Jr captured his 2nd career
win on just his 16th attempt at Richmond in the Pontiac
Excitement 400 on May 6, 2000.
Junior led just 31 of 400 laps that Saturday night
under the lights in the Capitol of the Old South at
Richmond, Virginia.
Hardly anyone gave Junior a chance to win when the
caution flag flew for the 9th and final time
late in the race. After all, he had yet to lead a lap.
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During the final caution most of the leaders,
except the driver of the No. 3 Goodwrench
Chevrolet, Dale Earnhardt, had taken on 4 tires
-- putting the elder Earnhardt into the lead
when the green flag fell for the final time.
However, Junior was inches off his father’s
rear bumper, and the lead wouldn’t last long.
Junior had 4 fresh tires.
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On lap 370, in turn 3, Dale Jr took his No. 8 Chevy
low on the racetrack with the grip he found in 4 fresh
Goodyears. Junior easily completed the pass on his
Father and never looked back -- leading the rest of the
way to the checkered flag.
Asked about the decision to only take 2 tires,
Earnhardt explained "We were going for it, the car was a
lot better than that. It was top-five easy and maybe a
second or third, maybe a win. Junior did a good job. "
"I guess he's going to make a habit of winning."
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Dale Earnhardt Jr was awarded $118,850 in
prize money for the win
The official margin of victory was 0.159
seconds.
This race was the 11th of 34 Cup Series
events held in 2000.
The race distance was 400 laps on a 3/4 mile
track, for a distance of 300 miles.
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According to Official NASCAR Timing & Scoring the
time of the race was 3 hours, 1 minute, 8 seconds at an
average speed of 99.374 MPH.
There were 9 caution periods for a total of 59 laps.
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