2000 Texas 350

The 2000 Texas 350 is the 3rd race of the 2000 Piston Cup season. This race is best known for a gigantic crash on lap 197 which involved sixteen racers, out of which rookie Darren Leadfoot, Ponchy Wipeout, and Claude Scruggs bravely finished the race with all 202 laps with minor damage, while the other thirteen retired.

Brush Curber won and Dale Jr is second with The King 3rd. Ruby Oaks, one of the racers involved in the crash (and one of the godliest), was hospitalized when he told medics he couldn't blink or close his eyes. It turns out during the crash he was hit at the windshield blinking system. Ruby recovered the next day and attends the Olympus 500.

It's also one of the races for the five part-time racers Ralph Carlow, Kevin Shiftright, Aiken Axler, Todd Marcus, and Sage Vanderspin and the four rookies Darren, Dale Jr, Davey Apex, and of course Slider Petrolski. Todd surprisingly made it through the wreck with a lot of skills since he's tough on the track, but he didn't finish the 203 laps.

Only 19 racers finished. There were 34 of 35 racers because Chick didn't race because he was recovering damage from his Nightdona crash. 13 were involved in the wreck and one had punctured tire after just 22 laps. The race is extended to 202 laps, due to the wreck's cause of a green/white/checker, which the rule was added in 1940.

James Cleanair returned to racing after missing Vegas, being one of the lucky few to avoid the Big one placing 6th. Chick returned in the Olympus 500 which is the next race.

## Television Biography

Network: RSN2

Announcers: Bob Cutlass and Darrell Cartrip

Pit Reporter: River Scott

## Transcript

### The Big One/Ruby's Eyes

Bob: Darrell, there are three laps to go, Brush is leading with Dale Jr in second and The King 3rd.

Darrell: Back in the midfield Ryan Shields is trying to overtake John- OH NO! RYAN HAS TOUCHED JOHNNY BLAMER AS THE BIG ONE HAPPENS AT TEXAS!

Bob: Ryan Shields has crashed into Johnny Blamer who seems to have taken out Claude, Sage, and Kevin.

Darrell: Kevin turns left and hits RUBY EASY OAKS and he seems to have gone head-on into Ponchy and Todd!

Bob: In the meantime, we see that Mac iCar has bashed into Slider Petrolski, and another guy and another guy and another and oh my god, Darrell, they are piling up everywhere! I see what appears to be a tire coming from Petrolski and it has hit Greg Candyman in the #101!

Darrell: VERY CHAOTIC OUT THERE!

Bob: Darrell! I think I saw part-timers Ralph Carlow and Aiken Axler make it out of there!

Darrell: Really?! Holy cow, how is that even possible?!

Bob: Maybe because they are the good performing part-timers if I'm right. But the other three, Todd, Kevin and Sage are- Uh oh! Trouble! Ruby Easy Oaks has gone blinkin'! And that means... that... Ruby Easy Oaks is possibly blind and I am SURE that he will be using View Zeen in races from now on!

(back to the RSN2 studios)

(Easy Idle Team Radio)

Ruby: I can't get my eyes shut, they are stuck or something, I can't even blink!

Felix: Medical help is on the way already. They will try to help you.

Ruby: This is weird I am gonna need View Zeen Windshields from this day!

Felix: I hope not man!

### Finish

Bob: This is it, Darrell! There's one lap to go as Dale Jr is going on the inside! But the big question is, can Curber make it?

Darrell: It's gotta be the best one yet, I think, at Texas other than Brad Gonzalez in 1989! Oh my god! Here comes the finish! And Brush Curber wins his fourth race!

Bob: Brush Curber wins at Texas, his hometown track!

(Fiber Fuel Radio)

Brush: HELL YEAH! I WON AT MY HOMETOWN TRACK!

Megan Shifter: Congrats, Brush! You are the car! That's how you dig it, boys! Let's go!