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2000 Target Grand Prix
Race 12 of 20
Chicago
225 laps
Time of race: 2:01:23.727
Average speed of winner: 114.432 mph
Margin of victory: 1.690 sec. 
Lead changes: 6 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 50 laps
Fastest lap: Adrián Fernández 156.212
Lap leaders: Montoya 1-37, Bräck 38-79, Montoya 80-144, Andretti 145-161, Montoya 162-170, Bräck 171-174, da Matta 175-225
Race notes:  First win for Cristiano da Matta. 
Video links: Entire race
| Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor | Chassis | Engine | Tire | Owner | Qualifying Speed | Laps | X Led | Laps Led | Status | Points | 
| 1 | 5 | Cristiano da Matta | 97 | Pioneer/MCI WorldCom | Reynard | Toyota | Firestone | PPI | 166.266 | 225 | 1 | 51 | flagged | 20 | 
| 2 | 15 | Michael Andretti | 6 | Big Kmart/Texaco Havoline | Lola | Ford | Firestone | Newman-Haas | 163.477 | 225 | 1 | 17 | flagged | 16 | 
| 3 | 10 | Gil de Ferran | 2 | Marlboro | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Penske | 165.102 | 225 | 0 | 0 | flagged | 14 | 
| 4 | 4 | Kenny Bräck | 8 | Shell | Reynard | Ford | Firestone | Rahal | 166.602 | 225 | 2 | 46 | flagged | 12 | 
| 5 | 19 | Adrián Fernández | 40 | Tecate/Quaker State | Reynard | Ford | Firestone | Patrick | 162.005 | 225 | 0 | 0 | flagged | 10 | 
| 6 | 13 | Roberto Moreno | 20 | Visteon Patrick Racing | Reynard | Ford | Firestone | Patrick | 164.100 | 225 | 0 | 0 | flagged | 8 | 
| 7 | 16 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 17 | Nextel | Reynard | Mercedes | Firestone | PacWest | 163.290 | 224 | 0 | 0 | flagged | 6 | 
| 8 | 9 | Jimmy Vasser | 12 | Target | Lola | Toyota | Firestone | Ganassi | 165.205 | 224 | 0 | 0 | flagged | 5 | 
| 9 | 8 | Alex Tagliani | 33 | Player's/Indeck | Reynard | Ford | Firestone | Forsythe | 165.309 | 223 | 0 | 0 | flagged | 4 | 
| 10 | 20 | Memo Gidley | 10 | DIRECTV | Reynard | Toyota | Firestone | Della Penna | 161.468 | 223 | 0 | 0 | flagged | 3 | 
| 11 | 18 | Michel Jourdain, Jr. | 16 | Herdez | Lola | Mercedes | Firestone | Bettenhausen | 162.282 | 207 | 0 | 0 | mechanical | 2 | 
| 12 | 1 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 1 | Target | Lola | Toyota | Firestone | Ganassi | 167.567 | 177 | 3 | 111 | mechanical | 3 | 
| 13 | 22 | Shinji Nakano | 5 | Avex/Honda | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Walker | 159.955 | 172 | 0 | 0 | mechanical | 0 | 
| 14 | 12 | Patrick Carpentier | 32 | Player's/Indeck | Reynard | Ford | Firestone | Forsythe | 164.779 | 170 | 0 | 0 | contact | 0 | 
| 15 | 14 | Oriol Servià | 96 | Telefonica | Reynard | Toyota | Firestone | PPI | 164.093 | 160 | 0 | 0 | pit incident | 0 | 
| 16 | 3 | Tony Kanaan | 55 | Hollywood | Reynard | Mercedes | Firestone | Nunn | 167.340 | 146 | 0 | 0 | mechanical | 0 | 
| 17 | 23 | Luiz Garcia, Jr. | 25 | Hollywood/Embratel-21 | Reynard | Mercedes | Firestone | Arciero | 99 | 0 | 0 | mechanical | 0 | |
| 18 | 24 | Tarso Marques | 34 | Panasonic | Swift | Ford | Firestone | Coyne | 84 | 0 | 0 | mechanical | 0 | |
| 19 | 7 | Paul Tracy | 26 | KOOL | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Green | 165.419 | 75 | 0 | 0 | contact | 0 | 
| 20 | 11 | Dario Franchitti | 27 | KOOL | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Green | 164.874 | 74 | 0 | 0 | contact | 0 | 
| 21 | 2 | Hélio Castroneves | 3 | Marlboro | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Penske | 167.370 | 35 | 0 | 0 | mechanical | 0 | 
| 22 | 21 | Gualter Salles | 19 | Sports Today | Lola | Ford | Firestone | Coyne | 161.117 | 25 | 0 | 0 | contact | 0 | 
| 23 | 17 | Mark Blundell | 18 | Motorola | Reynard | Mercedes | Firestone | PacWest | 163.060 | 18 | 0 | 0 | mechanical | 0 | 
| 24 | 6 | Max Papis | 7 | Miller Lite | Reynard | Ford | Firestone | Rahal | 165.641 | 0 | 0 | 0 | mechanical | 0 | 
| 25 | 25 | Christian Fittipaldi | 11 | Big Kmart/Route 66 | Lola | Ford | Firestone | Newman-Haas | 0 | 0 | 0 | did not start | 0 | 
Points standings
| Rank | Driver | Points | Starts | Poles | Wins | Podiums | 
| 1 | Michael Andretti | 120 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 
| 2 | Roberto Moreno | 98 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 
| 3 | Gil de Ferran | 89 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 
| 4 | Cristiano da Matta | 82 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 
| 5 | Paul Tracy | 80 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 
| 6 | Adrián Fernández | 79 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 
| 7 | Kenny Bräck | 78 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 
| 8 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 77 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 
| 9 | Jimmy Vasser | 68 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 
| 10 | Patrick Carpentier | 65 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| 11 | Dario Franchitti | 58 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 
| 12 | Max Papis | 56 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 
| 13 | Hélio Castroneves | 56 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 
| 14 | Alex Tagliani | 40 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| 15 | Christian Fittipaldi | 38 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| 16 | Oriol Servià | 38 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 30 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| 18 | Bryan Herta | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 19 | Mark Blundell | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 20 | Tony Kanaan | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 21 | Memo Gidley | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 22 | Michel Jourdain, Jr. | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 23 | Shinji Nakano | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 24 | Tarso Marques | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 25 | Luiz Garcia, Jr. | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
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