2000 Daytona 250

2000 Daytona 250
Race details
Race 1 of 24 in the 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season
Track map of Daytona International Speedway.
Track map of Daytona International Speedway.
Date February 18, 2000 (2000-February-18)
Location Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida
Course Permanent racing facility
2.5 mi (4.02336 km)
Distance 100 laps, 250 mi (402.336 km)
Weather Temperatures reaching up to 79 °F (26 °C); wind speeds approaching 20 miles per hour (32 km/h)[1]
Average speed 130.152 miles per hour (209.459 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Bobby Hamilton Racing
Most laps led
Driver Mike Wallace Ultra Motorsports
Laps 59
Winner
No. 2 Mike Wallace Ultra Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network ESPN
ESPN2
Announcers Marty Reid
Benny Parsons
Ray Evernham

The 2000 Daytona 250 was a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race held at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida on February 18, 2000. The inaugural running of the event, Joe Ruttman won the pole, while Mike Wallace won the race, the third win of his Truck Series career.

A quarter of this race was held under the caution flag, partially due to Geoff Bodine's violent crash near the start/finish line on lap 57.[2]

  1. ^ "Weather of the 2000 Daytona 250". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
  2. ^ "Advanced race info about the 2000 Daytona 250". Racing Reference. Retrieved March 7, 2015.

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