2000 CART Championship Series season

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The 2000 CART Championship Series was the twenty-second season. It begin on March 26, 2000 and ended on October 30 after 20 races.

Contents 1 Drivers and constructors 1.1 Team changes 1.2 Driver changes 2 Grands Prix 3 Full Series Results 3.1 Race Results 3.2 Drivers 3.3 Nation's Cup 4 Rule changes 5 External links

[edit] Drivers and constructors

The following teams and drivers are competing for the 2000 CART Championship Series.

Team	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No	Drivers
Chip Ganassi Racing	Lola B2K/00	Toyota	Firestone	1	Juan Pablo Montoya
				12	Jimmy Vasser
Team Penske	Reynard 2Ki	Honda	Firestone	2	Gil de Ferran
				3	Helio Castroneves
Walker Motorsport	Reynard 2Ki	Honda	Firestone	5	Shinji Nakano (R) Bryan Herta
Newman-Haas Racing	Lola B2K/00	Ford Cosworth	Firestone	6	Michael Andretti
				11	Christian Fittipaldi
Team Rahal	Reynard 2Ki	Ford Cosworth	Firestone	7	Max Papis
				8	Kenny Bräck (R)
				91	Casey Mears (R)
Della Penna Motorsports	Reynard 2Ki	Toyota	Firestone	10	Norberto Fontana (R) Memo Gidley Jason Bright (R)
Bettenhausen Racing	Lola B2K/00	Ford Cosworth	Firestone	16	Michel Jourdain Jr.
PacWest Racing	Reynard 2Ki	Mercedes-Benz	Firestone	17	Mauricio Gugelmin
				18	Mark Blundell
Dale Coyne Racing	Lola B2K/00	Ford Cosworth	Firestone	19	Takuya Kurosawa (R) Gualter Salles Alex Barron
	Lola 2K/00 Swift 011.c			34	Gualter Salles Tarso Marques
Patrick Racing	Reynard 2Ki	Toyota	Firestone	20	Roberto Moreno
				40	Adrián Fernández
Arciero-Project Racing Group	Reynard 99i Reynard 2Ki	Mercedes-Benz	Firestone	25	Luiz Garcia, Jr.
Team Green	Reynard 2Ki	Honda	Firestone	26	Paul Tracy
				27	Dario Franchitti
Forsythe Racing	Reynard 2Ki	Ford Cosworth	Firestone	32	Patrick Carpentier Memo Gidley
				33	Alex Tagliani (R)
				77	Bryan Herta
Mo Nunn Racing	Reynard 2Ki	Mercedes-Benz	Firestone	55	Tony Kanaan Bryan Herta
PPI Motorsports	Reynard 2Ki	Toyota	Firestone	96	Oriol Servià (R)
				97	Cristiano da Matta

[edit] Team changes

Still to come....

[edit] Driver changes

Still to come....

[edit] Grands Prix

The Nazareth round was initially scheduled to be the second round but snow caused a delay.

Rd	Race Name	Circuit	City/Location	Date
1	Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami	Homestead-Miami Speedway	Homestead, Florida	March 26
2	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California	April 16
3	Rio 200	Jacarepagua	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	April 30
4	Firestone Firehawk 500	Twin Ring Motegi	Motegi, Japan	May 14
5	Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix	Nazareth Speedway	Nazareth, Pennsylvania	May 27
6	Miller Lite 225	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	June 5
7	Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit	The Raceway on Belle Isle	Belle Isle, Detroit	June 18
8	Freightliner/G.I.Joe´s 200	Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon	June 25
9	Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland	Burke Lakefront Airport	Cleveland, Ohio	July 2
10	Molson Indy Toronto	Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario	July 16
11	Michigan 500	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	July 23
12	Target Grand Prix	Chicago Motor Speedway	Cicero, Illinois	July 30
13	Miller Lite 200	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	August 13
14	Motorola 220	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	August 20
15	Molson Indy Vancouver	B.C. Place	Vancouver, British Columbia	September 3
16	Honda Grand Prix of Monterey	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	September 10
17	Motorola 300	Gateway International Raceway	Madison, Illinois	September 17
18	Texaco/Havoline Houston Grand Prix	Streets of Houston	Houston, Texas	October 1
19	Honda Indy 300	Streets of Surfer's Paradise	Surfer's Paradise, Queensland	October 15
20	Marlboro 500	California Speedway	Fontana, California	October 30

[edit] Full Series Results

[edit] Race Results

Rd	Name	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami	Gil de Ferran	Juan Pablo Montoya	Max Papis	Team Rahal	Report
2	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach	Gil de Ferran	Gil de Ferran	Paul Tracy	Team Green	Report
3	Rio 200	Alex Tagliani	Alex Tagliani	Adrián Fernández	Patrick Racing	Report
4	Firestone Firehawk 500	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya	Michael Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	Report
5	Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya	Gil de Ferran	Team Penske	Report
6	Miller Lite 225	Juan Pablo Montoya	Gil de Ferran	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	Report
7	Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit	Juan Pablo Montoya	Helio Castroneves	Helio Castroneves	Team Penske	Report
8	Freightliner/G.I.Joe´s 200	Helio Castroneves	Helio Castroneves	Gil de Ferran	Team Penske	Report
9	Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland	Roberto Moreno	Juan Pablo Montoya	Roberto Moreno	Patrick Racing	Report
10	Molson Indy Toronto	Helio Castroneves	Cristiano da Matta	Michael Andretti	Newman-Haas Racing	Report
11	Michigan 500	Paul Tracy	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	Report
12	Target Grand Prix	Juan Pablo Montoya	Adrian Fernandez	Cristiano da Matta	PPI Motorsports	Report
13	Miller Lite 200	Gil de Ferran	Helio Castroneves	Helio Castroneves	Team Penske	Report
14	Motorola 220	Dario Franchitti	Paul Tracy	Paul Tracy	Team Green	Report
15	Molson Indy Vancouver	Dario Franchitti	Juan Pablo Montoya	Paul Tracy	Team Green	Report
16	Honda Grand Prix of Monterey	Helio Castroneves	Gil de Ferran	Helio Castroneves	Team Penske	Report
17	Motorola 300	Juan Pablo Montoya	Patrick Carpentier	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	Report
18	Texaco/Havoline Houston Grand Prix	Gil de Ferran	Michael Andretti	Jimmy Vasser	Chip Ganassi Racing	Report
19	Honda Indy 300	Juan Pablo Montoya	Jimmy Vasser	Adrian Fernandez	Patrick Racing	Report
20	Marlboro 500	Gil de Ferran	Helio Castroneves	Christian Fittipaldi	Newman-Haas Racing	Report

Points System: To be confirmed...

[edit] Drivers

Pos Driver MIA LGB RIO MOT NAZ MIL DET POR CLE TOR MIC CHI MDO ROA VAN LAG GAT HOU SUR FON Pts 1 de Ferran 6 7 Ret 9 1 12 9 1 Ret 6 Ret 3 2 Ret 5 2 8 3 Ret 3 168 2 Fernández Ret Ret 1 10 5 8 Ret 12 7 2 6 5 6 2 3 12 10 7 1 5 158 3 Moreno 2 9 6 3 Ret 5 Ret 2 1 Ret Ret 6 11 4 10 Ret 3 11 Ret 2 147 4 Bräck (R) Ret Ret 10 5 3 4 Ret 6 2 10 Ret 4 5 3 9 5 11 Ret 2 Ret 135 5 Tracy 3 1 3 6 10 15 Ret Ret Ret 3 7 Ret Ret 1 1 11 Ret 4 Ret Ret 134 6 Andretti Ret Ret 9 1 6 2 Ret 4 4 1 2 2 8 Ret 12 14 Ret 13 Ret Ret 131 7 Vasser 4 3 2 Ret 7 13 7 Ret 8 9 Ret 8 Ret 5 6 8 7 1 3 Ret 131 8 Castroneves Ret 2 Ret 13 Ret 16 1 7 Ret Ret 5 Ret 1 9 Ret 1 9 5 6 9 129 9 Montoya Ret Ret Ret 7 4 1 Ret Ret 6 Ret 1 12 Ret Ret Ret 6 1 2 Ret 10 126 10 da Matta 12 Ret 4 4 13 14 Ret 5 3 4 Ret 1 Ret Ret 7 15 4 14 4 Ret 112 11 Carpentier 5 Ret 3 5 10 5 7 4 Ret 7 Ret Ret 8 2 Ret 5 Ret 101 12 Fittipaldi 7 Ret 5 11 11 9 Ret 3 Ret Ret Ret DNS 3 Ret 4 10 12 7 Ret 1 96 13 Franchitti 11 Ret 11 2 Ret 6 4 9 Ret Ret 3 Ret Ret 12 2 3 Ret Ret Ret Ret 92 14 Papis 1 Ret Ret 8 Ret 7 2 Ret Ret 8 9 Ret 4 7 8 16 8 Ret Ret 12 88 15 Servia (R) Ret 6 Ret Ret 9 19 3 8 Ret 11 8 Ret 10 10 11 17 5 9 9 Ret 64 16 Tagliani (R) 9 4 Ret 15 Ret Ret 6 13 Ret 5 Ret 9 9 Ret Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret 6 53 17 Gugelmin 16 10 Ret Ret 2 11 14 Ret 10 Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret 10 Ret 39 18 Herta 10 Ret 16 9 Ret 4 26 19 Kanaan 10 Ret Ret Ret 8 10 Ret Ret 13 8 14 Ret 13 10 8 Ret 24 20 Gidley Ret 8 Ret 10 10 12 6 Ret 19 Ret Ret Ret 20 21 Blundell 13 8 7 Ret Ret 17 11 Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret 14 11 Ret 13 Ret Ret 11 Ret 18 22 Jourdain Jr. 14 11 Ret 12 Ret 18 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 Ret 7 11 18 23 Mears (R) 4 12 24 Nakano (R) 8 14 Ret 13 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret 12 25 Marques WDN 16 12 Ret 10 15 Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret 18 15 Ret 13 7 11 26 Garcia Jr. Ret 12 12 Ret 14 Ret Ret 14 Ret 12 11 Ret Ret Ret 15 20 Ret Ret 12 DNS 6 27 Barron 13 21 17 12 Ret 8 6 28 Fontana (R) 15 Ret Ret WDN Ret WDN Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret 2 29 Kurosawa (R) Ret Ret Ret Ret WDN WDN 12 Ret Ret Ret DNS 1 Salles Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Bright (R) Ret Pos Driver MIA LGB RIO MOT NAZ MIL DET POR CLE TOR MIC CHI MDO ROA VAN LAG GAT HOU SUR FON Pts

[edit] Nation's Cup

Top result per race counts towards Nation's Cup.

Pos	Country	MIA	LGB	RIO	MOT	NAZ	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIC	CHI	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAG	GAT	HOU	SUR	FON	Points
1	Brazil	2	2	4	3	1	5	1	1	1	4	5	1	1	4	5	1	3	3	4	2	333
2	United States	4	3	2	1	6	2	7	4	4	1	2	2	8	5	6	8	7	1	3	4	256
3	Canada	3	1	3	6	10	3	5	10	5	3	4	Ret	7	1	1	8	2	4	5	6	226
4	Mexico	14	11	1	10	5	8	8	12	7	2	6	5	6	2	3	12	10	7	1	5	165
5	Sweden	Ret	Ret	10	5	3	4	Ret	6	2	10	Ret	4	5	3	9	5	11	Ret	2	Ret	134
6	Colombia	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	4	1	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	1	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	1	2	Ret	10	126
7	Scotland	11	Ret	11	2	Ret	6	4	9	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	12	2	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	92
8	Italy	1	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	7	2	Ret	Ret	8	9	Ret	4	7	8	16	8	Ret	Ret	12	88
9	Spain	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	9	19	3	8	Ret	11	8	Ret	10	10	11	17	5	9	9	Ret	64
10	United Kingdom	13	8	7	Ret	Ret	17	11	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	11	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	18
11	Japan	8	Ret	Ret	14	WDN	Ret	12	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	13
12	Argentina	15	Ret	Ret	WDN	Ret	WDN	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	Ret										2
13	Australia																			Ret		0
Pos	Country	MIA	LGB	RIO	MOT	NAZ	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIC	CHI	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAG	GAT	HOU	SUR	FON	Points

[edit] Rule changes

Still to come...

[edit] External links

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