NASCAR WCUP: Winston No Bull 5 Fact Sheet
3 February 2000
Posted By Terry
Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
Daytona 500
Location: Daytona International Speedway
Date: Sunday, Feb. 20, 2000
Start time: Noon
2000 Winston No Bull 5 -- Event No. 1 of 5 Qualified drivers:
* Dale Earnhardt (No. 3 GM Goodwrench Service Plus Chevrolet)
* Dale Jarrett (No. 88 Ford Quality Care / Ford Credit Taurus)
* Ricky Rudd (No. 28 Texaco / Havoline Ford)
* Ward Burton (No. 22 Caterpillar Pontiac)
* Kenny Wallace (No. 55 Square D Chevrolet)
Winston No Bull 5 Notes
* The Winston No Bull 5 was created in 1998 as a tribute to NASCAR's 50th anniversary season. The Winston No Bull 5 replaced the Winston Million, which had been in existence since 1985. Bill Elliott in 1985 and Jeff Gordon in 1997 were the only winners of the Winston Million in its 13-season run.
* The original Winston No Bull 5 schedule (1998) featured the following five events: Daytona 500, Coca-Cola 600, Brickyard 400, Pepsi Southern 500 and the Winston 500.
* The first five Winston No Bull 5 winners all won from a starting position of fifth or better. When he won the Pepsi Southern 500 at Darlington, Jeff Burton set a new standard, winning the race from the 15th starting position.
* In October of 1998, the CarsDirect.com 400 at Las Vegas was added to the 1999 Winston No Bull 5 lineup, replacing the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis. In November of 1999, the Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 at Richmond, Va. joined the schedule, replacing the Pepsi Southern 500 at Darlington, S.C.
* Jeff Burton won the Winston No Bull 5 million-dollar bonus twice in 1999, taking the checkered flag at the Coca-Cola 600 May 30 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, N..C. and the Pepsi Southern 500 at Darlington, S.C. Burton's two wins earned NASCAR Winston Cup fans Wade Smith of Metropolis, Ill., and Phyllis Farmer of Hillsboro, Mo., a $1 million bonus. Jeff Gordon captured the Winston No Bull 5 million-dollar bonus Feb. 14 at the 1999 Daytona 500. With Gordon's win, NASCAR Winston Cup fan Ray Grimm of Hagerstown Md. also won $1 million.
* Jeff Burton has won three of the last four Winston No Bull 5 events, but he only collected the million-dollar bonus twice. When he won the Las Vegas 400 on March 7, 1999 he was not among the eligible drivers. Burton is not one of the eligible drivers for the Daytona 500.
* A qualified driver has won six of the last eight Winston No Bull 5 events.
* The 1999 Winston 500 marked the only time three cars from the same team competed for the million-dollar bonus. Mark Martin, Kevin Lepage and Jeff Burton all compete out of the Roush Racing stable.
* Wallace and Rudd are the 20th and 21st different drivers to qualify for the Winston No Bull 5 million-dollar bonus in the program's three-year history.
* In the 10 previous Winston No Bull 5 events, there have been four eligible fans from the state of Texas. Bryon Pratt, from Houston, was eligible for the 1999 Winston 500 at Talladega. Jennifer McCann, from Grand Prairie, and Ritchie Gregory, from Dallas, were eligible for the 1999 Daytona 500. Rhonda Traylor, from Highlands, was eligible for the 1999 Coca-Cola 600. None of the Texas fans has won the $1 million bonus.
* The $1 million Winston No Bull 5 bonus was captured three times in each of its first two seasons. In 1998, Jeff Gordon won the bonus at the Brickyard 400 and the Pepsi Southern 500. Dale Jarrett won the Winston No Bull 5 at the Winston 500 at Talladega, Ala. In 1999, Jeff Gordon won the Daytona 500 and the Winston No Bull 5. Jeff Burton collected twice with wins at the Coca-Cola 600 and the Pepsi Southern 500.
* Dale Earnhardt finished second in the 1999 Daytona 500 and the Pepsi 400 at Daytona. The seven-time NASCAR Winston Cup champion swept the races at Talladega making him a heavy favorite to capture the 2000 Daytona 500. The other four eligible drivers did not fare as well in last season's Daytona 500. Burton came home 24th, Rudd finished 30th, 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup champion Jarrett finished 37th while Wallace finished 42nd.
* Including the 2000 Daytona 500, Kenny Wallace and his brother, Rusty, are the third set of brothers to compete for the Winston No Bull 5 bonus, joining Ward and Jeff Burton and Terry and Bobby Labonte.
Winston No Bull 5 Format
1. Drivers become eligible to win the $1 million Winston No Bull 5 bonus by finishing in the top five at the previous Winston No Bull 5 event. The five races comprising the Winston No Bull 5 in 2000 are, in chronological order: the Daytona 500; the Carsdirect.com 400 (March 5) at Las Vegas; the Coca-Cola 600 (May 28) at Charlotte; the Chevrolet Monte Carlo 400 (Sept. 9) at Richmond; and the Winston 500 (Oct. 15) at Talladega..
NOTE: Eligible drivers at the 2000 Daytona 500 are determined by the top-five finishers at the final Winston No Bull 5 event of 1999, the Winston 500 at Talladega.
2. Eligible drivers at a particular Winston No Bull 5 event can win the Winston No Bull 5 million-dollar bonus by finishing first in said event.
3. If all five qualified drivers fail to capture the $1 million Winston No Bull 5 bonus at a particular Winston No Bull 5 event, the bonus will not roll over to the next event. Each Winston No Bull 5 event is worth $1 million to the qualified drivers.
4. If a qualified driver wins a Winston No Bull 5 event, one fan will also win a $1 million bonus check as part of Winston's "They Win, You Win" sweepstakes. Five fans will be eligible at each Winston No Bull 5 event. They will be selected at random through a nationwide sweepstakes program. Each fan is paired, at random, with one of the eligible Winston No Bull 5 drivers. If an eligible driver wins the Winston No Bull 5 bonus, then the fan paired with that driver will also win a $1 million check from Winston.
The following fans are qualified for the Winston No Bull 5 "They Win, You Win" event at Daytona. The fans and drivers will be paired during Bud Pole Qualifying for the Daytona 500. The fans' names will be placed on the scoreboard prior to qualifying. The drivers' order after the first round of qualifying will determine which fan they will be paired. The fans are:
* Betty Blackman, Dillon, S.C.
* Melissa Brown, Pittsburgh
* John Williams, Las Vegas
* Lorraine Scheurle, Cliffside Park, N.J.
* Marcus Pohlmann, West Jefferson, Ohio
WINSTON NO BULL 5 HISTORY
Previous winners:
Jeff Burton, 1999 Pepsi Southern 500
Jeff Burton, 1999 Coca-Cola 600
Jeff Gordon, 1999 Daytona 500
Jeff Gordon, 1998 Brickyard 400
Jeff Gordon, 1998 Pepsi Southern 500
Dale Jarrett, 1998 Winston 500
Qualified drivers:
Jeff Gordon (6), Bobby Labonte (6)
Dale Earnhardt (5) , Dale Jarrett (5)
Jeremy Mayfield (4) , Jeff Burton
(4)
Mark Martin (4) , Mike Skinner
(3)
Ken Schrader (2), Rusty Wallace
(2)
Terry Labonte (2), John Andretti
(1)
Ernie Irvan (1), Jimmy
Spencer (1)
Michael Waltrip (1), Kenny Irwin
(1)
Ward Burton (3), Tony Stewart
(1)
Kevin Lepage (1), Kenny Wallace
(1)
Ricky Rudd (1),
Drivers qualified: 21
Most consecutive events qualified - 6: Jeff Gordon (1998 - Brickyard 400,
Pepsi Southern 500, Winston 500, 1999 - Daytona 500, Las
Vegas 400 and Coca-Cola 600)
Manufacturer's comparison:
Ford - 23 attempts; 3 victories
Chevrolet - 20 attempts; 3 victories
Pontiac - 12 attempts; 0
victories
Team comparison:
Roush Racing - 9 attempts; 2 victories
Hendrick Motorsports - 8 attempts; 3 victories
Richard Childress Racing - 8 attempts; 0 victories
Joe Gibbs Racing - 7 attempts; 0
victories
Robert Yates Racing - 7 attempts;
1 victories
Penske/Kranefuss - 6 attempts; 0 victories
Andy Petree Racing - 3 attempts; 0
victories
Bill Davis Racing - 3 attempts; 0
victories
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