Many have said Dale Earnhardt's victory in the 2000 Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway was the most incredible display of driving ever seen. He was 15th on the race's final restart on lap 174, slipped to 23rd and moved up only to 18th by lap 183 of the 188-lap race. He went from 16th to eighth on lap 185, then to fourth on lap 186 before taking the lead on the next-to-last lap with help from Kenny Wallace and Joe Nemechek. The victory, by a margin of 0.119 of a second, was Earnhardt's record 10th at Talladega Superspeedway and the 76th and final NASCAR Winston Cup victory of his career. It was also the only time that Earnhardt and the No. 3 GM Goodwrench team won a Winston No Bull 5 event.

The car, RCR Chassis No. 58, was used at a pre-season test at Daytona International Speedway in 2001 but never raced again.