2000 Vegas Indy 300

Race 3 of 9

Las Vegas
208 laps
Time of race: 2:16:57.045
Average speed of winner: 136.691 mph
Margin of victory: 12.531 sec.
Lead changes: 11 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 47 laps
Fastest lap: Mark Dismore 204.623
Lap leaders: Dismore 1-34, Salazar 35, Ray 36-62, Dismore 63-78, McGehee 79-86, Dismore 87-96, Salazar 97-123, Dismore 124-155, Goodyear 156-158, Daré 159-171, Goodyear 172-188, Unser, Jr. 189-208

Race notes: First win for Al Unser, Jr. Finale for Ronnie Johncox. Robbie Buhl took the points lead from Buddy Lazier.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	21	Al Unser, Jr.	3	Galles ECR Racing Tickets.com Starz Superpak	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Galles	201.252	208	1	20	running	112600	50
2	1	Mark Dismore	28	On Star/GM BuyPower	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Kelley	208.502	208	4	92	running	128250	45
3	18	Sam Hornish, Jr.	18	Hornish Bros. Trucking/Advantage Powder Coating	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	PDM	202.346	208	0	0	running	68950	35
4	8	Jeret Schroeder	6	Armor Swift Ekrich/Tristarmall.com	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Tri-Star	205.409	207	0	0	running	58000	32
5	23	Robbie Buhl	24	Team Purex Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	200.908	207	0	0	running	50700	30
6	16	Robby McGehee	5	Mall.com/Energizer Advanced Formula	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	203.428	206	1	8	running	44900	28
7	5	Billy Boat	81	Team Pelfrey	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Pelfrey	206.225	206	0	0	running	43800	26
8	27	Tyce Carlson	20	Flamingo-Las Vegas/Hubbard-Immke/Dallara	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Hubbard-Immke		205	0	0	running	42700	24
9	2	Greg Ray	1	Conseco/Menards	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard	207.932	204	1	27	running	42700	24
10	22	Jaques Lazier	33	Miles of Hope/Exodus Communications/Team Truscelli	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Truscelli	201.027	202	0	0	running	19700	20
11	7	Eddie Cheever	51	#51 Excite@Home Indy Race Car	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Cheever	205.667	201	0	0	running	46000	19
12	10	Scott Goodyear	4	Pennzoil Panther Dallara	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Panther	204.840	192	2	20	oil fitting	39500	18
13	24	Ronnie Johncox	30	WorldBestBuy.com	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Byrd	197.969	186	0	0	running	38500	17
14	11	Airton Daré	88	TeamXtreme/USACredit.com/G Force	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	TeamXtreme	204.833	171	1	13	gearbox	37300	16
15	9	Jason Leffler	55	Epson	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	205.237	167	0	0	accident	14300	15
16	17	Jimmy Kite	27	Founders Bank/Blueprint Racing Special	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Blueprint	202.467	147	0	0	running	13300	14
17	12	Sarah Fisher	15	Walker Racing Cummings Special	Riley & Scott	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Walker	204.151	126	0	0	accident	12100	13
18	4	Eliseo Salazar	11	Rio A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Foyt	207.405	126	2	28	accident	44100	12
19	26	Doug Didero	43	Mid America Freight Systems/Western Star Trucks	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Mid America	192.936	115	0	0	engine	11100	11
20	28	Davey Hamilton	16	FreeInternet.com/TeamXtreme/G Force	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	TeamXtreme		89	0	0	suspension	10000	10
21	6	Jeff Ward	14	Harrah's A.J. Foyt Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Foyt	205.699	87	0	0	accident	32000	9
22	20	Buddy Lazier	91	Delta Faucet/Coors Light/Tae-Bo/Hemelgarn Racing	Riley & Scott	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Hemelgarn	201.260	65	0	0	fuel pump	32000	8
23	14	Scott Harrington	17	Nienhouse Motorsports Racing Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Nienhouse	203.743	65	0	0	electrical	10000	7
24	25	Dr. Jack Miller	21	Milk Chug/Century 21/Opalescence	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Tri-Star	197.159	54	0	0	electrical	10000	6
25	19	Buzz Calkins	12	Bradley Food Marts/Sav-O-Mat	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Bradley	201.914	45	0	0	fuel pressure	32000	5
26	13	Donnie Beechler	98	Cahill Racing/Race Car Cafe-Las Vegas	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Cahill	203.912	32	0	0	accident	32000	4
27	3	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi Automotive Systems/MCI WorldCom	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Kelley	207.437	22	0	0	engine	32000	4
28	15	Stéphan Grégoire	7	Mexmil/Tokheim/Viking Air Tools/Dick Simon Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Simon	203.597	3	0	0	accident	32000	2

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Robbie Buhl	108	3	0	1	2	3
2	Buddy Lazier	98	3	0	1	2	2
3	Scott Goodyear	90	3	0	0	2	2
4	Al Unser, Jr.	77	3	0	1	1	2
5	Billy Boat	76	3	0	0	0	3
6	Mark Dismore	75	3	1	0	1	1
7	Eddie Cheever	74	3	0	0	1	2
8	Eliseo Salazar	74	3	0	0	2	2
9	Donnie Beechler	67	3	0	0	1	2
10	Jeret Schroeder	61	3	0	0	1	1
11	Sam Hornish, Jr.	58	3	0	0	1	1
12	Tyce Carlson	56	3	0	0	0	1
13	Robby McGehee	54	3	0	0	0	2
14	Jeff Ward	54	3	0	0	0	1
15	Scott Sharp	52	3	0	0	1	1
16	Greg Ray	51	3	1	0	0	1
17	Airton Daré	43	3	0	0	0	0
18	Stéphan Grégoire	38	3	0	0	0	1
19	Buzz Calkins	36	3	0	0	0	1
20	Ronnie Johncox	33	2	0	0	0	0
21	Doug Didero	32	3	0	0	0	0
22	Sarah Fisher	30	2	0	0	0	0
23	Jaques Lazier	27	2	0	0	0	1
24	Nic Jönsson	27	2	0	0	0	0
25	Davey Hamilton	26	3	0	0	0	0