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2000 Texaco Grand Prix of Houston
Race 18 of 20
Houston
100 laps
Time of race: 1:59:02.370
Average speed of winner: 76.626 mph
Margin of victory: 1.914 sec. 
Lead changes: 3 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 21 laps
Fastest lap: Michael Andretti 91.287
Lap leaders: de Ferran 1-46, Vasser 47-51, de Ferran 52-74, Vasser 75-100
Video links: Entire race
| Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor | Chassis | Engine | Tire | Owner | Qualifying Speed | Laps | X Led | Laps Led | Status | Points | 
| 1 | 3 | Jimmy Vasser | 12 | Target | Lola | Toyota | Firestone | Ganassi | 93.420 | 100 | 2 | 31 | flagged | 20 | 
| 2 | 6 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 1 | Target | Lola | Toyota | Firestone | Ganassi | 93.235 | 100 | 0 | 0 | flagged | 16 | 
| 3 | 1 | Gil de Ferran | 2 | Marlboro | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Penske | 93.558 | 100 | 2 | 69 | flagged | 16 | 
| 4 | 9 | Paul Tracy | 26 | KOOL | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Green | 92.822 | 100 | 0 | 0 | flagged | 12 | 
| 5 | 4 | Hélio Castroneves | 3 | Marlboro | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Penske | 93.417 | 100 | 0 | 0 | flagged | 10 | 
| 6 | 7 | Christian Fittipaldi | 11 | Big Kmart/Route 66 | Lola | Ford | Firestone | Newman-Haas | 92.966 | 100 | 0 | 0 | flagged | 8 | 
| 7 | 16 | Adrián Fernández | 40 | Tecate/Quaker State | Reynard | Ford | Firestone | Patrick | 92.045 | 100 | 0 | 0 | flagged | 6 | 
| 8 | 18 | Shinji Nakano | 5 | Avex/Honda | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Walker | 91.865 | 100 | 0 | 0 | flagged | 5 | 
| 9 | 15 | Oriol Servià | 96 | Telefonica | Reynard | Toyota | Firestone | PPI | 92.067 | 100 | 0 | 0 | flagged | 4 | 
| 10 | 10 | Tony Kanaan | 55 | Hollywood | Reynard | Mercedes | Firestone | Nunn | 92.814 | 100 | 0 | 0 | flagged | 3 | 
| 11 | 14 | Roberto Moreno | 20 | Visteon Patrick Racing | Reynard | Ford | Firestone | Patrick | 92.209 | 99 | 0 | 0 | flagged | 2 | 
| 12 | 23 | Alex Barron | 19 | Sports Today | Lola | Ford | Firestone | Coyne | 90.635 | 99 | 0 | 0 | flagged | 1 | 
| 13 | 5 | Michael Andretti | 6 | Big Kmart/Texaco Havoline | Lola | Ford | Firestone | Newman-Haas | 93.317 | 98 | 0 | 0 | flagged | 0 | 
| 14 | 12 | Cristiano da Matta | 97 | Pioneer/MCI WorldCom | Reynard | Toyota | Firestone | PPI | 92.725 | 97 | 0 | 0 | flagged | 0 | 
| 15 | 13 | Kenny Bräck | 8 | Shell | Reynard | Ford | Firestone | Rahal | 92.572 | 79 | 0 | 0 | contact | 0 | 
| 16 | 8 | Alex Tagliani | 33 | Player's/Indeck | Reynard | Ford | Firestone | Forsythe | 92.937 | 77 | 0 | 0 | contact | 0 | 
| 17 | 11 | Tarso Marques | 34 | Panasonic | Swift | Ford | Firestone | Coyne | 92.750 | 72 | 0 | 0 | mechanical | 0 | 
| 18 | 24 | Michel Jourdain, Jr. | 16 | Herdez | Lola | Mercedes | Firestone | Bettenhausen | 90.173 | 61 | 0 | 0 | mechanical | 0 | 
| 19 | 19 | Patrick Carpentier | 32 | Player's/Indeck | Reynard | Ford | Firestone | Forsythe | 91.862 | 54 | 0 | 0 | mechanical | 0 | 
| 20 | 20 | Mark Blundell | 18 | Motorola | Reynard | Mercedes | Firestone | PacWest | 91.107 | 50 | 0 | 0 | mechanical | 0 | 
| 21 | 22 | Memo Gidley | 10 | DIRECTV | Reynard | Toyota | Firestone | Della Penna | 90.985 | 47 | 0 | 0 | mechanical | 0 | 
| 22 | 25 | Luiz Garcia, Jr. | 25 | Hollywood/Embratel-21 | Reynard | Mercedes | Firestone | Arciero | 87.231 | 46 | 0 | 0 | mechanical | 0 | 
| 23 | 21 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 17 | Nextel | Reynard | Mercedes | Firestone | PacWest | 91.075 | 44 | 0 | 0 | contact | 0 | 
| 24 | 17 | Max Papis | 7 | Miller Lite | Reynard | Ford | Firestone | Rahal | 92.020 | 6 | 0 | 0 | mechanical | 0 | 
| 25 | 2 | Dario Franchitti | 27 | KOOL | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Green | 93.421 | 1 | 0 | 0 | contact | 0 | 
Points standings
| Rank | Driver | Points | Starts | Poles | Wins | Podiums | 
| 1 | Gil de Ferran | 153 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 
| 2 | Paul Tracy | 134 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 
| 3 | Roberto Moreno | 131 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 
| 4 | Michael Andretti | 127 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 
| 5 | Adrián Fernández | 127 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 
| 6 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 122 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 
| 7 | Kenny Bräck | 118 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 
| 8 | Hélio Castroneves | 117 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 
| 9 | Jimmy Vasser | 117 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 
| 10 | Cristiano da Matta | 100 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 
| 11 | Dario Franchitti | 92 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 
| 12 | Patrick Carpentier | 91 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 
| 13 | Max Papis | 87 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 
| 14 | Christian Fittipaldi | 76 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 
| 15 | Oriol Servià | 60 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| 16 | Alex Tagliani | 45 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 36 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| 18 | Bryan Herta | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 19 | Memo Gidley | 20 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 20 | Tony Kanaan | 19 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 21 | Mark Blundell | 16 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 22 | Shinji Nakano | 12 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 23 | Michel Jourdain, Jr. | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 24 | Tarso Marques | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| 25 | Luiz Garcia, Jr. | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
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