2000 Indianapolis 500-Mile Race

Race 4 of 9

Indianapolis
200 laps
Time of race: 2:58:59.431
Average speed of winner: 167.607 mph
Margin of victory: 7.184 sec.
Lead changes: 6 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 39 laps
Fastest lap: Buddy Lazier 218.494
Lap leaders: Ray 1-26, Montoya 27-29, Vasser 30, McGehee 31-32, Montoya 33-175, Vasser 176-179, Montoya 180-200

Race notes: Only win for Juan Pablo Montoya. Debut for Jimmy Vasser. Finale for Steve Knapp, Jason Leffler, Lyn St. James, and Johnny Unser. Only start for Andy Hillenburg and Juan Pablo Montoya. 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	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	9	Target	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Ganassi	223.372	200	3	167	running	1235690	54
2	16	Buddy Lazier	91	Delta Faucet/Coors Light/Tae-Bo/Hemelgarn Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Hemelgarn	220.482	200	0	0	running	574600	40
3	3	Eliseo Salazar	11	Rio A.J. Foyt Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Foyt	223.231	200	0	0	running	474900	36
4	6	Jeff Ward	14	Harrah's A.J. Foyt Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Foyt	222.639	200	0	0	running	361000	32
5	10	Eddie Cheever	51	#51 Excite@Home Indy Race Car	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Cheever	221.271	200	0	0	running	364500	30
6	4	Robby Gordon	32	Turtle Wax/Burger King/Moen/Johns Manville/Menards	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard	222.885	200	0	0	running	216355	28
7	7	Jimmy Vasser	10	Target	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Ganassi	221.976	199	2	5	running	207505	26
8	20	Stéphan Grégoire	7	Mexmil/Tokheim/Viking Air Tools/Dick Simon Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Simon	219.970	199	0	0	running	306900	24
9	13	Scott Goodyear	4	Pennzoil Panther Dallara	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Panther	220.629	199	0	0	running	348800	22
10	5	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi Automotive Systems/MCI WorldCom	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Kelley	222.810	198	0	0	running	313000	20
11	11	Mark Dismore	28	On Star/GM BuyPower/Bryant Heating & Cooling	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Kelley	220.970	198	0	0	running	294500	19
12	15	Donnie Beechler	98	Cahill Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Cahill	220.482	198	0	0	running	283000	18
13	26	Jaques Lazier	33	Miles of Hope/Truscelli Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Truscelli	220.675	198	0	0	running	290250	17
14	29	Jeret Schroeder	6	Kroger/Tri Star Motorsports	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Tri-Star	219.322	198	0	0	running	279000	16
15	31	Billy Boat	41	Harrah's A.J. Foyt Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Foyt	218.872	198	0	0	running	211000	15
16	24	Raul Boesel	55	EPSON	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	222.113	197	0	0	running	213000	14
17	17	Jason Leffler	50	UnitedAuto Group Special	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	220.417	197	0	0	running	170905	13
18	22	Buzz Calkins	12	Bradley Motorsports/Team CAN	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Bradley	219.862	194	0	0	running	169000	12
19	27	Steve Knapp	23	Team Purex Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	220.290	193	0	0	running	167000	11
20	28	Davey Hamilton	16	FreeInternet.com/TeamXtreme/G Force	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	TeamXtreme	219.878	188	0	0	running	166500	10
21	12	Robby McGehee	5	Meijer/Energizer Advanced Formula/Mall.com	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	220.661	187	1	2	running	281400	9
22	30	Johnny Unser	22	Delco-Remy/Microdigicom/Homier Tools/G Force/Olds	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Indy Regency	219.066	186	0	0	running	161000	8
23	8	Stan Wattles	92	Hemelgarn/Metro Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Hemelgarn	221.508	172	0	0	engine	159000	7
24	14	Sam Hornish, Jr.	18	Hornish Bros. Trucking/Advantage Powder Coating	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	PDM	220.496	153	0	0	accident	268250	6
25	21	Airton Daré	88	TeamXtreme/USACredit.com/FreeInternet.com/G Force	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	TeamXtreme	219.970	126	0	0	engine	262250	5
26	9	Robbie Buhl	24	Dreyer and Reinbold Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	221.357	99	0	0	engine	258500	4
27	23	Richie Hearn	75	Pagan Racing IRL Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Pagan	219.816	97	0	0	electrical	155000	3
28	33	Andy Hillenburg	48	Sumar Special Irwindale Speedway	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Hillenburg	218.285	91	0	0	wheel bearing	154250	2
29	18	Al Unser, Jr.	3	Galles ECR Racing Tickets.com Starz Encore Superpak	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Galles	220.293	89	0	0	over heating	256000	1
30	25	Jimmy Kite	27	Big Daddy's BBQ/Founders Bank/Blueprint Racing Special	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Blueprint	220.718	74	0	0	engine	164000	1
31	19	Sarah Fisher	15	Walker Racing Cummings Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Walker	220.237	71	0	0	accident	165750	1
32	32	Lyn St. James	90	Yellow Freight System	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Simon	218.826	69	0	0	accident	152000	1
33	1	Greg Ray	1	Team Conseco/Quaker State/Moen/Menards	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard	223.471	67	1	26	accident	388700	4
127		Billy Boat	81	Team Pelfrey	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Pelfrey		0	0	0	did not start	1000	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Buddy Lazier	138	4	0	1	3	3
2	Robbie Buhl	112	4	0	1	2	3
3	Scott Goodyear	112	4	0	0	2	3
4	Eliseo Salazar	110	4	0	0	3	3
5	Eddie Cheever	104	4	0	0	2	3
6	Mark Dismore	94	4	1	0	1	1
7	Billy Boat	91	5	0	0	0	3
8	Jeff Ward	86	4	0	0	1	2
9	Donnie Beechler	85	4	0	0	1	2
10	Al Unser, Jr.	78	4	0	1	1	2
11	Jeret Schroeder	77	4	0	0	1	1
12	Scott Sharp	72	4	0	0	1	2
13	Sam Hornish, Jr.	64	4	0	0	1	1
14	Robby McGehee	63	4	0	0	0	2
15	Stéphan Grégoire	62	4	0	0	0	2
16	Tyce Carlson	56	3	0	0	0	1
17	Greg Ray	55	4	2	0	0	1
18	Juan Pablo Montoya	54	1	0	1	1	1
19	Buzz Calkins	48	4	0	0	0	1
20	Airton Daré	48	4	0	0	0	0
21	Jaques Lazier	44	3	0	0	0	1
22	Davey Hamilton	36	4	0	0	0	0
23	Ronnie Johncox	33	2	0	0	0	0
24	Doug Didero	32	3	0	0	0	0
25	Sarah Fisher	31	3	0	0	0	0