AutoRacing1 Winston Cup Report Card

AutoRacing1 2000 Winston Cup Report Card
Note: Drivers with 10-27 starts are listed below, but no grade has been assigned.
Driver	Points	Finish	Comments
Stacy Compton	1857	38th	Started 27 races in 2000, but was hampered by a broken wrist suffered in a crash in Indianapolis and a broken collarbone that occurred in a non-racing related accident. High points of the year included an 8^th place qualifying effort and a 16^th place finish at New Hampshire. Stacy has already had successful testing in his new 2001 Dodge.
Mike Bliss	1748	39th	Started the year for A.J. Foyt, but after qualifying for only one of the first four races, Bliss was relieved of his driving duties. But by mid April, Bliss secured a ride with Eel River Racing driving the #27 car. Competing in 25 races in the 2000 season, Bliss finished a season best 9^th in the fall Talladega race.
Ted Musgrave	1614	40th	Started 18 events in 2000 and finished 40^th in Winston Cup points. Musgrave led 6 races and had a season best 14^th in New Hampshire. For the first time since 1991 Musgrave was without a top-10 finish
Kyle Petty	1441	41st	Petty ran a limited Winston Cup schedule for obvious reasons in 2000, opting to run his son Adam’s car on the Busch circuit for a portion of the year. Petty had a season high 9^th place finish in the spring Talladega race and sat on the outside pole at Sears Point. Kyle will also run a Dodge in WC during 2001.
Robby Gordon	1309	43rd	Gordon only started 17 races but had 2 top- 10 finishes, a 9^th at Sears Point and a 4^th at Watkins Glen. Gordon’s run at the Glen was impressive, starting the race from the 42^nd starting position. Unfortunately, Gordon could only muster one top-20 finish on the oval tracks.
Ricky Craven	1175	44th	Craven ran a limited schedule with limited funding for Mid West Transit, competing in 16 Winston Cup events in 2000. His best finish was a 15^th in Rockingham and qualified 5^th for the first New Hampshire event.
Geoff Bodine	1039	45th	Bodine raced in 14 events in 2000. A devastating CTS crash at Daytona gave a slow start to the season that saw Bodine lose the Power Team ride later in the year. Bodine’s best finish was a 12^th at the Brickyard. For the first time since his rookie year, Bodine failed to secure a top-10 finish. Geoff is trying to put together a 2001 team.
Dave Marcis	723	46th	Marcis has competed in Winston Cup since 1970, and in many ways is a throw back to “I remember when”. But he is still a fierce competitor, an independent and well-liked driver by all. Unfortunately, father time is catching up with Marcis as his best qualifying effort was a 9^th place at the fall Talladega race and his best race effort was a 29^th place finish.
Ed Berrier	628	47th	Berrier raced in 10 events in 2000. Berrier made the starting grid mostly with provisionals, but did have decent qualifying efforts on the superspeedways, qualifying 11^th for the Pepsi 400 at Daytona.