| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 12 of 34 in the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||
 The 2000 Coca-Cola 600 program cover Artwork by NASCAR artist Sam Bass. | |||
| Date | May 28, 2000 | ||
| Official name | 41st Annual Coca-Cola 600 | ||
| Location | Concord, North Carolina, Charlotte Motor Speedway | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.5 mi (2.41 km) | ||
| Distance | 400 laps, 600 mi (965.606 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 400 laps, 600 mi (965.606 km) | ||
| Average speed | 142.64 miles per hour (229.56 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 183,500 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Dale Earnhardt, Inc. | ||
| Time | 29.027 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Dale Earnhardt, Inc. | |
| Laps | 175 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 17 | Matt Kenseth | Roush Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | TBS | ||
| Announcers | Allen Bestwick, Buddy Baker, Dick Berggren | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | Performance Racing Network | ||
The 2000 Coca-Cola 600 was the 12th stock car race of the 2000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 41st iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, May 28, 2000, before an audience of 183,500 in Concord, North Carolina, at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) permanent quad-oval. The race took the scheduled 400 laps to complete. Taking advantage of a misfortunate Jerry Nadeau, Roush Racing's Matt Kenseth managed to make a late-race pass with 26 laps left in the race, leading the rest of the race to take his first career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season. With this win, he became the first ever rookie to win the Coca-Cola 600.[1][2] To fill out the top three, Joe Gibbs Racing's Bobby Labonte and Richard Childress Racing's Dale Earnhardt finished second and third, respectively.
- ^ Poole, David (May 28, 2000). "Rookie Matt Kenseth scores". That's Racin'. The Charlotte Observer. Archived from the original on January 26, 2001. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
- ^ Mulhurn, Mike (May 29, 2000). "Kenseth rolls to win". Winston-Salem Journal. pp. C1, C8. Archived from the original on September 1, 2023. Retrieved September 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
