Dale Earnhardt caused a 4 car pile up on the last lap when he made contact with
Elliott Sadler Dodge. Also involved in the crash were Sadler teammate Kasey Kahne, Denny Hamlin and Bill Elliott. Dale Jr said during an interview after the
race that he had tried to “bump draft” Sadler while they were still in turn 4.
Toyota,
making its Nextel Cup debut, had two cars in the field as the Japanese automaker
made its long-awaited debut. But neither Brian Vickers or Dale Jarrett ever
contended for the win.
Jarrett
started on the pole in his new Camry, but quickly fell to the back of the field
and finished 18th out of 21 cars. Vickers briefly drove his new Team Red Bull
Toyota to the front and paced the field for two laps, but faded and wound up
eighth.
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