2000 in IRL

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2000 IRL IndyCar Series season
Previous: 1999 Next: 2001

The 2000 Indy Racing Northern Lights Series season was another season that saw a high level of parity as only one driver, champion Buddy Lazier, won more than a single race. It also saw the beginning of the jump from CART as Al Unser Jr. moved to the series full time and Chip Ganassi Racing came over to run the Indy 500, which it won with driver Juan Pablo Montoya. It was also the final season for the Riley & Scott chassis, which also saw its first series win in 2000.

A planned race at Cleveland was cancelled on September 9, 1999, and reverted back to a CART event.

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[edit] Calendar

Race No Track State Date Laps Distance Time Speed Winner Pole Position Most Leading Laps Fastest Race Lap
1 Walt Disney World Speedway Florida January 29, 2000 200 1.6093=321.86 km 1'57:18.676 164.618 km/h Robbie Buhl Greg Ray Robbie Buhl Mark Dismore
2 Phoenix International Raceway Arizona March 19, 2000 200 1.6093=321.86 km 1'47:11.029 180.173 km/h Buddy Lazier Greg Ray Scott Sharp Tyce Carlson
3 Las Vegas Motor Speedway Nevada April 22, 2000 208 2.41395=502.1016 km 2'16:57.045 219.978 km/h Al Unser, Jr. Mark Dismore Mark Dismore Mark Dismore
4 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indiana May 28, 2000 200 4.02325=804.65 km 2'58:59.431 269.729 km/h Juan Pablo Montoya Greg Ray Juan Pablo Montoya Buddy Lazier
5 Texas Motor Speedway Texas June 11, 2000 208 2.41395=502.1016 km 1'47:19.835 280.685 km/h Scott Sharp Buddy Lazier Al Unser, Jr. Eddie Cheever
6 Pikes Peak International Raceway Colorado June 18, 2000 200 1.6093=321.86 km 1'28:44.257 217.626 km/h Eddie Cheever Greg Ray Scott Sharp Buzz Calkins
7 Atlanta Motor Speedway Georgia July 15, 2000 208 2.478322=515.490976 km 2'02:01.882 253.455 km/h Greg Ray Greg Ray Greg Ray Donnie Beechler
8 Kentucky Speedway Kentucky August 27, 2000 200 2.41395=482.79 km 1'49:21.309 264.893 km/h Buddy Lazier Scott Goodyear Scott Goodyear Buddy Lazier
9 Texas Motor Speedway Texas October 15, 2000 208 2.41395=502.1016 km 1'43:35.926 290.795 km/h Scott Goodyear Greg Ray Al Unser, Jr. Jaques Lazier

[edit] Race summaries

[edit] Delphi Indy 200

This race was held January 29 at Walt Disney World Speedway. Greg Ray won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Robbie Buhl
  2. Buddy Lazier
  3. Eddie Cheever
  4. Scott Goodyear
  5. Eliseo Salazar
  6. Donnie Beechler
  7. Jeff Ward
  8. Buzz Calkins
  9. Billy Boat
  10. Robby McGehee

[edit] MCI WorldCom Indy 200

This race was held March 19 at Phoenix International Raceway. Greg Ray won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Buddy Lazier
  2. Scott Goodyear
  3. Donnie Beechler
  4. Eliseo Salazar
  5. Scott Sharp
  6. Billy Boat
  7. Robbie Buhl
  8. Stephan Gregoire
  9. Al Unser, Jr.
  10. Eddie Cheever

[edit] Vegas Indy 300

This race was held April 22 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Mark Dismore won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Al Unser, Jr.
  2. Mark Dismore
  3. Sam Hornish, Jr.
  4. Jeret Schroeder
  5. Robbie Buhl
  6. Robby McGehee
  7. Billy Boat
  8. Tyce Carlson
  9. Greg Ray
  10. Jaques Lazier

[edit] 84th Indianapolis 500

The Indy 500 was held May 28 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Greg Ray sat on pole.

Top ten results

  1. Juan Pablo Montoya
  2. Buddy Lazier
  3. Eliseo Salazar
  4. Jeff Ward
  5. Eddie Cheever
  6. Robby Gordon
  7. Jimmy Vasser
  8. Stephan Gregoire
  9. Scott Goodyear
  10. Scott Sharp

[edit] Casino Magic 500

This race was held June 11 at Texas Motor Speedway. Buddy Lazier won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Scott Sharp
  2. Robby McGehee
  3. Al Unser, Jr.
  4. Buzz Calkins
  5. Scott Goodyear
  6. Mark Dismore
  7. Buddy Lazier
  8. Shigeaki Hattori
  9. Eddie Cheever
  10. Airton Daré

[edit] Radisson 200

This race was held June 18 at Pikes Peak International Raceway. Greg Ray won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Eddie Cheever
  2. Airton Daré
  3. Scott Sharp
  4. Mark Dismore
  5. Donnie Beechler
  6. Eliseo Salazar
  7. Jeret Schroeder
  8. Stephan Gregoire
  9. Jaques Lazier
  10. Al Unser, Jr.

[edit] Midas 500 Classic

This race was held July 15 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Greg Ray won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Greg Ray
  2. Buddy Lazier
  3. Al Unser, Jr.
  4. Robby McGehee
  5. Donnie Beechler
  6. Robbie Buhl
  7. Stephan Gregoire
  8. Billy Boat
  9. Shigeaki Hattori
  10. Eliseo Salazar

[edit] Belterra Resort Indy 300

This race was held August 27 at Kentucky Speedway. Scott Goodyear won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Buddy Lazier
  2. Scott Goodyear
  3. Sarah Fisher
  4. Eddie Cheever
  5. Stephan Gregoire
  6. Jeff Ward
  7. Greg Ray
  8. Shigeaki Hattori
  9. Sam Hornish, Jr.
  10. Donnie Beechler

[edit] Excite 500

This race was held October 15 at Texas Motor Speedway. Greg Ray won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Scott Goodyear
  2. Eddie Cheever
  3. Billy Boat
  4. Buddy Lazier
  5. Eliseo Salazar
  6. Donnie Beechler
  7. Shigeaki Hattori
  8. Jeff Ward
  9. Buzz Calkins
  10. Jaques Lazier

[edit] Final point standings

For every race points were awarded to all starters: 50 points to the winner, 40 for runner up, 35 for third place, 32 for fourth place, 30 for fifth place, 28 for sixth place, 26 seventh place, 24 eighth place, 22 for ninth place, 20 for tenth place, winding down to 1 points for 29th place. Every lower placed driver also was awarded with 1 point. Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (3 points), the second best qualifier (2 points), the third best qualifier (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (2 point).

Place Name Country Team Chassis Engine Total Points Flag of the United States Flag of the United States Flag of the United States Flag of the United States Flag of the United States Flag of the United States Flag of the United States Flag of the United States Flag of the United States
1 Buddy Lazier Flag of the United States United States Hemelgarn Racing Riley & Scott Oldsmobile Aurora 290 40 50 8
Hemelgarn Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 40 26 4 40 50 32
2 Scott Goodyear Flag of Canada Canada Panther Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 272 32 40 18 22 30 14 19 45 52
3 Eddie Cheever Flag of the United States United States Team Cheever Riley & Scott Nissan Infiniti 257 35
Team Cheever Dallara Nissan Infiniti 20 19 30 22 50 9 32 40
4 Eliseo Salazar Flag of Chile Chile A. J. Foyt Enterprises G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 210 30 32 12 36 13 28 22 7 30
5 Donnie Beechler Flag of the United States United States Cahill Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 202 28 35 4 18 8 30 31 20 28
Mark Dismore Flag of the United States United States Kelley Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 202 14 16 45 19 28 33 12 19 16
7 Scott Sharp Flag of the United States United States Kelley Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 196 15 33 4 20 50 37 14 6 17
8 Robbie Buhl Flag of the United States United States Dreyer & Reinbold Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 190 52 26 30 4
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing G-Force Nissan Infiniti 12 9 28 17 12
9 Al Unser, Jr. Flag of the United States United States Galles Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 188 5 22 50 1 37 20 35 3 15
10 Billy Boat Flag of the United States United States Team Pelfrey Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 181 22 28 26 7 12 24 12 35
A. J. Foyt Enterprises G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 15
11 Jeff Ward Flag of the United States United States A. J. Foyt Enterprises G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 176 26 19 9 32 11 15 11 28 25
12 Robby McGehee Flag of the United States United States Treadway Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 174 20 6 28 9 40 17 32 16 6
13 Greg Ray Flag of the United States United States Team Menard Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 172 13 14 24 4 15 13 55 27 7
14 Stéphane Grégoire Flag of France France Dick Simon Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 171 12 24 2 24 19 24 26 30 10
15 Buzz Calkins Flag of the United States United States Bradley Motorsports Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 145 24 7 5 12 32 18 7 18 22
16 Airton Daré Flag of Brazil Brazil TeamXtreme Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 142 19 8 16 5 20 40 5 11 18
17 Jeret Schroeder Flag of the United States United States Tri-Star Motorsports Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 136 11 18 32 16 9 26 6 4 14
18 Sarah Fisher Flag of the United States United States Walker Racing Riley & Scott Oldsmobile Aurora 124 - 17 13
Walker Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 1 18 5 16 35 19
Tyce Carlson Flag of the United States United States Hubbard-Immke Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 124 17 15 24 - 17 19 17 8 7
20 Jaques Lazier Flag of the United States United States Truscelli Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 112 7 - 20 17 16 22 -
Mid America Motorsports Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 10
TeamXtreme Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 20
21 Sam Hornish, Jr. Flag of the United States United States PDM Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 110 10 13 35 11 -
PDM Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 6 10 22 3
22 Shigeaki Hattori Flag of Japan Japan Treadway-Vertex Cunningham Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 109 - - - - 24 13 22 24 26
23 Davey Hamilton Flag of the United States United States Sinden Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 98 4
TeamXtreme Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 12 10 10 6 16 15 14
Mid America Motorsports Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 11
24 Jimmy Kite Flag of the United States United States Blueprint Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 79 - 4 14 1 14 6 18 13 9
25 Juan Pablo Montoya Flag of Colombia Colombia Ganassi Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 54 - - - 54 - - - - -
26 Doug Didero Flag of Canada Canada Mid America Motorsports Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 43 16 5 11 - 3 8 - - -
27 Ronnie Johncox Flag of the United States United States Byrd-McCormack Motorsports G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 33 - 16 17 - - - - - -
J. J. Yeley Flag of the United States United States Byrd-McCormack Motorsports G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 33 - - - - - - 13 15 5
29 Robby Gordon Flag of the United States United States Team Menard Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 28 - - - 28 - - - - -
Jason Leffler Flag of the United States United States Treadway-Vertex Cunningham Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 28 - - 15
Treadway Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 13 - - - - -
31 Niclas Jönsson Flag of Sweden Sweden Blueprint Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 27 18
Nienhouse Motorsports G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 9 - - - - - - -
32 Jimmy Vasser Flag of the United States United States Ganassi Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 26 - - - 26 - - - - -
33 Stevie Reeves Flag of the United States United States Logan Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 25 - - - - - - 8 9 8
34 Robby Unser Flag of the United States United States Tri-Star Motorsports Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 19 6 - - -
Byrd-McCormack Motorsports Riley & Scott Oldsmobile Aurora 4 9 - - -
35 Scott Harrington Flag of the United States United States Nienhouse Motorsports Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 17 - - 7 - - -
Mid America Motorsports Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 10 - -
36 Zak Morioka Flag of Brazil Brazil Tri-Star Motorsports Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 15 - - - - - - - - 15
37 Raul Boesel Flag of Brazil Brazil Treadway-Vertex Cunningham Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 14 - - - 14 - - - - -
38 Steve Knapp Flag of the United States United States Dreyer & Reinbold Racing G-Force Nissan Infiniti 11 - - - 11 - - - - -
39 Bobby Regester Flag of the United States United States Truscelli Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 10 - 10 - - - - - - -
40 John Hollansworth, Jr. Flag of the United States United States TeamXtreme Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 9 9 - - - - - - - -
41 Jon Herb Flag of the United States United States Byrd-McCormack Motorsports G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 8 8 - - - - - - - -
Johnny Unser Flag of the United States United States Indy Regency Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 8 - - - 8 - - - - -
43 Stan Wattles Flag of the United States United States Hemelgarn Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 7 - - - 7 - - - - -
Roberto Guerrero Flag of Colombia Colombia Team Coulson G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 7 - - - - - - - 7 -
45 Jack Miller Flag of the United States United States Tri-Star Motorsports Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 6 - - 6 - - - - - -
46 Billy Roe Flag of the United States United States Logan Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 5 - - - - 5 - - - -
47 Richie Hearn Flag of the United States United States Pagan Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 3 - - - 3 - - - - -
48 Andy Hillenburg Flag of the United States United States Fast Track Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 2 - - - 2 - - - - -
49 Lyn St. James Flag of the United States United States Dick Simon Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 1 - - - 1 - - - - -

No points (did not qualify):

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