2000 MCI WorldCom Indy 200

Race 2 of 9

Phoenix
200 laps
Time of race: 1:47:11.029
Average speed of winner: 111.957 mph
Margin of victory: 4.191 sec.
Lead changes: 9 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 56 laps
Fastest lap: Tyce Carlson 164.782
Lap leaders: Ray 1-18, McGehee 19-29, Sharp 30-32, Cheever 33-45, Sharp 46-101, Grégoire 102-128, Unser, Jr. 129-150, Lazier 151-155, Buhl 156-160, Lazier 161-200

Race notes: Finale for Nic Jönsson and Bobby Regester. Buddy Lazier took the points lead from Robbie Buhl.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	26	Buddy Lazier	91	Delta Faucet/Coors Light/Tae-Bo/Hemelgarn Racing	Riley & Scott	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Hemelgarn		200	2	45	running	130400	50
2	7	Scott Goodyear	4	Pennzoil Panther Dallara	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Panther	171.649	200	0	0	running	81050	40
3	11	Donnie Beechler	98	Big Daddy's Sauces/Race Car Cafe Las Vegas	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Cahill	170.891	200	0	0	running	69350	35
4	17	Eliseo Salazar	11	Rio A.J. Foyt Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Foyt	169.070	200	0	0	running	55300	32
5	3	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi Automotive Systems/MCI WorldCom	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Kelley	174.529	200	2	59	running	71000	33
6	16	Billy Boat	81	Team Pelfrey	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Pelfrey	169.189	200	0	0	running	55700	28
7	9	Robbie Buhl	24	Team Purex Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	170.940	200	1	5	running	45000	26
8	12	Stéphan Grégoire	7	Dick Simon Racing/Mexmil/Tokheim/Viking Air Tools	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Simon	170.729	200	1	27	running	43500	24
9	20	Al Unser, Jr.	3	Galles ECR Racing Tickets.com Starz Encore Superpak	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Galles	167.895	200	1	22	running	21500	22
10	8	Eddie Cheever	51	#51 Excite@Home Indy Race Car	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Cheever	170.981	199	1	13	running	47500	20
11	13	Jeff Ward	14	Harrah's A.J. Foyt Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Foyt	170.342	194	0	0	running	41300	19
12	5	Jeret Schroeder	6	Armor Swift Ekrich	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Tri-Star	172.406	185	0	0	running	40300	18
13	21	Sarah Fisher	15	Walker Racing Cummings Special	Riley & Scott	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Walker	167.871	183	0	0	running	17200	17
14	18	Ronnie Johncox	30	Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Byrd	168.327	181	0	0	running	16100	16
15	6	Tyce Carlson	20	Hubbard-Immke Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Hubbard-Immke	172.092	176	0	0	running	37100	15
16	2	Mark Dismore	28	On Star/GM BuyPower/Bryant Heating & Cooling	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Kelley	175.910	157	0	0	oil cooler	36000	16
17	19	Sam Hornish, Jr.	18	Hornish Bros. Trucking/Advantage Powder Coating	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	PDM	168.232	151	0	0	running	34900	13
18	10	Davey Hamilton	16	TeamXtreme/Lycos/USACredit.com/G Force	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	TeamXtreme	170.924	139	0	0	running	12900	12
19	1	Greg Ray	1	Conseco/Menards	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard	176.556	104	1	18	running	46300	14
20	23	Bobby Regester	33	Miles of Hope	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Truscelli	166.174	100	0	0	accident	10800	10
21	25	Nic Jönsson	17	Nienhouse Motorsports Racing Special	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Nienhouse	161.088	84	0	0	electrical	10800	9
22	24	Airton Daré	88	TeamXtreme/USACredit.com/G Force	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	TeamXtreme	164.519	74	0	0	handling	32800	8
23	15	Buzz Calkins	12	Bradley Food Marts/Sav-O-Mat	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Bradley	169.292	43	0	0	accident	32800	7
24	4	Robby McGehee	5	Energizer Advanced Formula/Energizer Motorsports	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	174.258	29	1	11	accident	32800	6
25	22	Doug Didero	43	Mid America Freight Systems/Western Star Trucks	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Mid America	167.232	24	0	0	engine	32800	5
26	14	Jimmy Kite	27	Founders Bank/ZMAX/Blueprint Racing Special	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Blueprint	169.972	14	0	0	accident	32800	4

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Buddy Lazier	90	2	0	1	2	2
2	Robbie Buhl	78	2	0	1	1	2
3	Scott Goodyear	72	2	0	0	2	2
4	Donnie Beechler	63	2	0	0	1	2
5	Eliseo Salazar	62	2	0	0	2	2
6	Eddie Cheever	55	2	0	0	1	2
7	Billy Boat	50	2	0	0	0	2
8	Scott Sharp	48	2	0	0	1	1
9	Jeff Ward	45	2	0	0	0	1
10	Stéphan Grégoire	36	2	0	0	0	1
11	Tyce Carlson	32	2	0	0	0	0
12	Buzz Calkins	31	2	0	0	0	1
13	Mark Dismore	30	2	0	0	0	0
14	Jeret Schroeder	29	2	0	0	0	0
15	Al Unser, Jr.	27	2	0	0	0	1
16	Airton Daré	27	2	0	0	0	0
17	Nic Jönsson	27	2	0	0	0	0
18	Greg Ray	27	2	1	0	0	0
19	Robby McGehee	26	2	0	0	0	1
20	Sam Hornish, Jr.	23	2	0	0	0	0
21	Doug Didero	21	2	0	0	0	0
22	Sarah Fisher	17	1	0	0	0	0
23	Ronnie Johncox	16	1	0	0	0	0
24	Davey Hamilton	16	2	0	0	0	0
25	Bobby Regester	10	1	0	0	0	0