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Did you know?
That during the NASCAR 2000 season, Bill Elliott became just the 12th driver to start his 600th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series race. Bill started his first race in 1976 at The Rock (Rockingham).









Did you know?
Rusty Wallace won his 50th career race at Bristol,, the same track where he won his first race in 1986.









What about NASCAR Winston Cup Series drivers setting a modern era record in 2000 with 10 different drivers winning the first 10 races. Jeff Gordon also joined the 50 win race club when he grabbed #50 in the Diehard 500 at Talladega.









Dale Earnhardt, defending IROC Champion, opened the 2000 season at Daytona with his record tying 11th IROC victory which extended his overall record for wins in all races at Daytona to an incredible 34 victories.









Did you know?
That Richard Petty won four straight Goody's 500's at Martinsville.









April 3, 1955
Buck Baker defeats Dick Rathmann by three feet at North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway in the closest NASCAR Grand National finish to that point.









April 9, 1979
One of NASCAR's most successful teams officially separates the day after driver David Pearson and the Wood brothers mis-communicate during a routine pit stop during the Rebel 500 at Darlington, S.C. They had been together since the early part of the 1972 season.









Did you know?
That John Andretti was the first driver to run the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 in the same day.









Did you know?
That 1986 was the last Winston Cup season that did not have a first time pole winner all year.









Did you know?
Cale Yarbourgh, at the age of 17, filed a false birth certificate with NASCAR and drove briefly in the 1957 Southern 500 before being discovered and ejected from the event.









Did you know?
That the last driver to win from the 43rd starting spot was Fonty Flock at Raleigh, NC in 1953, the only other driver to do so was Johnny Mantz in the 1950 Southern 500.















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