</center> The 2000 O'Reilly 400 was a Craftsman Truck Series event held at Texas Motor Speedway on October 13, 2000. Bryan Reffner won his only series event, holding off Andy Houston by 1.3 seconds. Greg Biffle (25th), meanwhile, clinched the 2000 championship, leaving the track with a 250-point lead over rookie teammate Kurt Busch (3rd). But there was no celebration. Driver Tony Roper was fatally injured on lap 31, dying a few hours later.

Qualifying notes Edit

Race winner Bryan Reffner was the pole winner, qualifying at 180 mph. Texas native David Starr, driving in a one-race deal for TKO Motorsports, started on the outside pole. Eventual champion Greg Biffle started third.

The following drivers failed to qualify for the race: Morgan Shepherd (#80), Bobby Dotter (#45), Wayne Edwards (#93), Ron Barfield (#97), Carl Long (#32), Jay Stewart (#33), Richie Hearn (#23), Gene Christensen (#92)

Additional race data Edit

• Leaders: 6

• Time of race: 2:13:01

• Average Speed: 112.933 mph

• Margin of Victory: 1.277 sec

• Most Spots Improved: Rick Crawford (+23)

• Biffle's championship was the first NASCAR championship for Roush Racing.

• Roper's wreck occured when several trucks crashed off of Turn 4. Roper was clipped by Steve Grissom and crashed head-on into the wall in the tri-oval. He was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead the next day.

Results Edit

Finish	Start	No.	Name	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Laps Lead	Status
1	1	3	Bryan Reffner	John Mansville	Chevrolet	167	28	running
2	3	60	Andy Houston	CAT Rental Stores	Chevrolet	167	50	running
3	4	99	Kurt Busch (R)	Exide Batteries	Ford	167	23	running
4	17	16	Jimmy Hensley	eLink/Mobile Max2	Chevrolet	167	0	running
5	10	1	Dennis Setzer	Mopar Performance	Dodge	167	0	running
6	29	14	Rick Crawford	Milwaukee Electric Tool	Ford	167	0	running
7	20	25	Randy Tolsma	Citgo Supergard	Chevrolet	167	0	running
8	8	17	Ricky Hendrick	GMAC/Quaker State	Chevrolet	167	0	running
9	18	66	Rick Carelli	R.E. Phelon/Carlin Burners	Ford	167	0	running
10	16	44	Mark Petty (R)	Maurice Petty & Associates	Dodge	167	0	running
11	25	18	Joe Ruttman	Dana Corporation	Dodge	167	6	running
12	2	41	David Starr	Case Construction Equipment	Dodge	167	0	running
13	34	51	Rick Ware (R)	Line-X Bedliners/Johnsen's	Chevrolet	164	0	running
14	33	72	Randy MacDonald	3M	Chevrolet	163	0	running
15	31	12	Carlos Contreras (R)	Hot Wheels	Dodge	160	0	running
16	35	27	Ricky Sanders	Hastings Filters/Trucktrix.com	Ford	153	0	running
17	9	88	Terry Cook	Pickuptruck.com	Chevrolet	151	0	running
18	24	53	Chris Horn	Hornengines.com	Chevrolet	140	0	engine
19	8		Marty Houston	Spears Manufacturing	Chevrolet	126	0	running
20	32	90	Lance Norick	Victory Lane Kids	Chevrolet	119	0	running
21	12		Mike Wallace	Team ASE Racing	Ford	117	0	running
22	5	24	Jack Sprague	GMAC Financial Services	Chevrolet	114	54	crash
23	13	86	Derrike Cope	Royal Crown Cola	Dodge	114	0	crash
24	22	54	Brian Sockwell	Team Sockwell	Chevrolet	109	0	running
25	3		Greg Biffle	Grainger	Ford	79	6	crash
26	26	31	Larry Gunselman	Brevak Racing	Ford	52	0	engine
27	21	73	B.A. Wilson	Berryman Chem Tool	Chevrolet	43	0	running
28	19	43	Steve Grissom	Dodge Motorsports	Dodge	40	0	engine
29	15	26	Tony Roper	Mittler Tool	Ford	31	0	crash
30	36	7	Randy Renfrow	Anderson's Engine Manufacturing	Chevrolet	17	0	fatigue
31	11	46	Rob Morgan	Axicom	Ford	17	0	crash
32	28	38	Patrick Lawler	Total Turbine/Interstate Wire	Chevrolet	10	0	engine
33	14	61	Chad Chaffin	eLink/Mobile Max2	Chevrolet	1	0	crash
34	23	20	Coy Gibbs (R)	Hot Rod Magazine	Chevrolet	1	0	crash
35	27	5	Eric Norris	Jani-King/Ultra Wheels	Ford	1	0	crash
36	30	71	Tommy Croft	Rowland Racing	Chevrolet	1	0	crash

Points Edit

1. Greg Biffle +250
2. Kurt Busch -250
3. Andy Houston -280
4. Mike Wallace -283
5. Jack Sprague -510
6. Joe Ruttman -533
7. Dennis Setzer -582
8. Randy Tolsma -612
9. Steve Grissom -662
10. Bryan Reffner -668

External links Edit

• Stats
• Video of Roper wreck