2000 Indy Racing League season

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2000 Indy Racing League season
2000 Indy Racing League
Indy Racing Northern Light Series
Season
Races 10 9
Start date January 29
End date October 15
Awards
Drivers' champion United States Buddy Lazier
Indianapolis 500 winner Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya
Chronology
Previous season Next season
1999 2001

The 2000 Indy Racing Northern Light Series season was another season that saw a high level of parity, as only one driver, champion Buddy Lazier, won more than a single race. It also saw the beginning of the jump from CART as Al Unser Jr. moved to the series full-time and Chip Ganassi Racing came over to run the Indy 500, which it won with driver Juan Pablo Montoya. It was also the final season for the Riley & Scott chassis, which also saw its first series win in 2000.

A planned race at Cleveland was cancelled on September 9, 1999, and reverted to a CART event.

Contents

[edit] 2000 Indy Racing League schedule

Rnd Date Race Name Track Location Pole position Fastest lap Most Laps Led Winner
1 January 29 Delphi Indy 200 Walt Disney World Speedway Bay Lake, Florida United States Greg Ray United States Mark Dismore United States Robbie Buhl United States Robbie Buhl
2 March 19 MCI WorldCom Indy 200 Phoenix International Raceway Phoenix, Arizona United States Greg Ray United States Tyce Carlson United States Scott Sharp United States Buddy Lazier
3 April 22 Vegas Indy 300 Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada United States Mark Dismore United States Mark Dismore United States Mark Dismore United States Al Unser, Jr.
4 May 28 84th Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway, Indiana United States Greg Ray United States Buddy Lazier Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya
5 June 11 Casino Magic 500 Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas United States Buddy Lazier United States Eddie Cheever United States Al Unser, Jr. United States Scott Sharp
6 June 18 Radisson 200 Pikes Peak International Raceway Fountain, Colorado United States Greg Ray United States Buzz Calkins United States Scott Sharp United States Eddie Cheever
7 July 15 Midas 500 Classic Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Georgia United States Greg Ray United States Donnie Beechler United States Greg Ray United States Greg Ray
8 August 27 Belterra Resort Indy 300 Kentucky Speedway Sparta, Kentucky Canada Scott Goodyear United States Buddy Lazier Canada Scott Goodyear United States Buddy Lazier
9 October 15 Excite 500 Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas United States Greg Ray United States Jaques Lazier United States Al Unser, Jr. Canada Scott Goodyear
  • All 2000 Indy Racing League races running on Oval/Speedway.

[edit] Race summaries

[edit] Delphi Indy 200

This race was held January 29 at Walt Disney World Speedway. Greg Ray won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Robbie Buhl
  2. Buddy Lazier
  3. Eddie Cheever
  4. Scott Goodyear
  5. Eliseo Salazar
  6. Donnie Beechler
  7. Jeff Ward
  8. Buzz Calkins
  9. Billy Boat
  10. Robby McGehee

[edit] MCI WorldCom Indy 200

This race was held March 19 at Phoenix International Raceway. Greg Ray won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Buddy Lazier
  2. Scott Goodyear
  3. Donnie Beechler
  4. Eliseo Salazar
  5. Scott Sharp
  6. Billy Boat
  7. Robbie Buhl
  8. Stephan Gregoire
  9. Al Unser, Jr.
  10. Eddie Cheever

[edit] Vegas Indy 300

This race was held April 22 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Mark Dismore won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Al Unser, Jr.
  2. Mark Dismore
  3. Sam Hornish, Jr.
  4. Jeret Schroeder
  5. Robbie Buhl
  6. Robby McGehee
  7. Billy Boat
  8. Tyce Carlson
  9. Greg Ray
  10. Jaques Lazier

[edit] 84th Indianapolis 500

The Indy 500 was held May 28 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Greg Ray sat on pole.

Top ten results

  1. Juan Pablo Montoya
  2. Buddy Lazier
  3. Eliseo Salazar
  4. Jeff Ward
  5. Eddie Cheever
  6. Robby Gordon
  7. Jimmy Vasser
  8. Stephan Gregoire
  9. Scott Goodyear
  10. Scott Sharp

[edit] Casino Magic 500

This race was held June 11 at Texas Motor Speedway. Buddy Lazier won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Scott Sharp
  2. Robby McGehee
  3. Al Unser, Jr.
  4. Buzz Calkins
  5. Scott Goodyear
  6. Mark Dismore
  7. Buddy Lazier
  8. Shigeaki Hattori
  9. Eddie Cheever
  10. Airton Daré

[edit] Radisson 200

This race was held June 18 at Pikes Peak International Raceway. Greg Ray won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Eddie Cheever
  2. Airton Daré
  3. Scott Sharp
  4. Mark Dismore
  5. Donnie Beechler
  6. Eliseo Salazar
  7. Jeret Schroeder
  8. Stephan Gregoire
  9. Jaques Lazier
  10. Al Unser, Jr.

[edit] Midas 500 Classic

This race was held July 15 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Greg Ray won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Greg Ray
  2. Buddy Lazier
  3. Al Unser, Jr.
  4. Robby McGehee
  5. Donnie Beechler
  6. Robbie Buhl
  7. Stephan Gregoire
  8. Billy Boat
  9. Shigeaki Hattori
  10. Eliseo Salazar

[edit] Belterra Resort Indy 300

This race was held August 27 at Kentucky Speedway. Scott Goodyear won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Buddy Lazier
  2. Scott Goodyear
  3. Sarah Fisher
  4. Eddie Cheever
  5. Stephan Gregoire
  6. Jeff Ward
  7. Greg Ray
  8. Shigeaki Hattori
  9. Sam Hornish, Jr.
  10. Donnie Beechler

[edit] Excite 500

This race was held October 15 at Texas Motor Speedway. Greg Ray won the pole.

Top ten results

  1. Scott Goodyear
  2. Eddie Cheever
  3. Billy Boat
  4. Buddy Lazier
  5. Eliseo Salazar
  6. Donnie Beechler
  7. Shigeaki Hattori
  8. Jeff Ward
  9. Buzz Calkins
  10. Jaques Lazier

[edit] Final point standings

For every race points were awarded to all starters: 50 points to the winner, 40 for runner up, 35 for third place, 32 for fourth place, 30 for fifth place, 28 for sixth place, 26 seventh place, 24 eighth place, 22 for ninth place, 20 for tenth place, winding down to 1 points for 29th place. Every lower placed driver also was awarded with 1 point. Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (3 points), the second best qualifier (2 points), the third best qualifier (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (2 point).

Place Name Country Team Chassis Engine Total Points United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States
1 Buddy Lazier  United States Hemelgarn Racing Riley & Scott Oldsmobile Aurora 290 40 50 8
Hemelgarn Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 40 26 4 40 50 32
2 Scott Goodyear  Canada Panther Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 272 32 40 18 22 30 14 19 45 52
3 Eddie Cheever  United States Team Cheever Riley & Scott Nissan Infiniti 257 35
Team Cheever Dallara Nissan Infiniti 20 19 30 22 50 9 32 40
4 Eliseo Salazar  Chile A. J. Foyt Enterprises G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 210 30 32 12 36 13 28 22 7 30
5 Donnie Beechler  United States Cahill Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 202 28 35 4 18 8 30 31 20 28
Mark Dismore  United States Kelley Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 202 14 16 45 19 28 33 12 19 16
7 Scott Sharp  United States Kelley Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 196 15 33 4 20 50 37 14 6 17
8 Robbie Buhl  United States Dreyer & Reinbold Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 190 52 26 30 4
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing G-Force Nissan Infiniti 12 9 28 17 12
9 Al Unser, Jr.  United States Galles Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 188 5 22 50 1 37 20 35 3 15
10 Billy Boat  United States Team Pelfrey Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 181 22 28 26 7 12 24 12 35
A. J. Foyt Enterprises G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 15
11 Jeff Ward  United States A. J. Foyt Enterprises G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 176 26 19 9 32 11 15 11 28 25
12 Robby McGehee  United States Treadway Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 174 20 6 28 9 40 17 32 16 6
13 Greg Ray  United States Team Menard Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 172 13 14 24 4 15 13 55 27 7
14 Stéphane Grégoire  France Dick Simon Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 171 12 24 2 24 19 24 26 30 10
15 Buzz Calkins  United States Bradley Motorsports Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 145 24 7 5 12 32 18 7 18 22
16 Airton Daré  Brazil TeamXtreme Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 142 19 8 16 5 20 40 5 11 18
17 Jeret Schroeder  United States Tri-Star Motorsports Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 136 11 18 32 16 9 26 6 4 14
18 Sarah Fisher  United States Walker Racing Riley & Scott Oldsmobile Aurora 124 - 17 13
Walker Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 1 18 5 16 35 19
Tyce Carlson  United States Hubbard-Immke Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 124 17 15 24 - 17 19 17 8 7
20 Jaques Lazier  United States Truscelli Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 112 7 - 20 17 16 22 -
Mid America Motorsports Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 10
TeamXtreme Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 20
21 Sam Hornish, Jr.  United States PDM Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 110 10 13 35 11 -
PDM Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 6 10 22 3
22 Shigeaki Hattori  Japan Treadway-Vertex Cunningham Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 109 - - - - 24 13 22 24 26
23 Davey Hamilton  United States Sinden Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 98 4
TeamXtreme Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 12 10 10 6 16 15 14
Mid America Motorsports Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 11
24 Jimmy Kite  United States Blueprint Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 79 - 4 14 1 14 6 18 13 9
25 Juan Pablo Montoya  Colombia Ganassi Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 54 - - - 54 - - - - -
26 Doug Didero  Canada Mid America Motorsports Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 43 16 5 11 - 3 8 - - -
27 Ronnie Johncox  United States Byrd-McCormack Motorsports G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 33 - 16 17 - - - - - -
J. J. Yeley  United States Byrd-McCormack Motorsports G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 33 - - - - - - 13 15 5
29 Robby Gordon  United States Team Menard Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 28 - - - 28 - - - - -
Jason Leffler  United States Treadway-Vertex Cunningham Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 28 - - 15
Treadway Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 13 - - - - -
31 Niclas Jönsson  Sweden Blueprint Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 27 18
Nienhouse Motorsports G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 9 - - - - - - -
32 Jimmy Vasser  United States Ganassi Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 26 - - - 26 - - - - -
33 Stevie Reeves  United States Logan Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 25 - - - - - - 8 9 8
34 Robby Unser  United States Tri-Star Motorsports Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 19 6 - - -
Byrd-McCormack Motorsports Riley & Scott Oldsmobile Aurora 4 9 - - -
35 Scott Harrington  United States Nienhouse Motorsports Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 17 - - 7 - - -
Mid America Motorsports Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 10 - -
36 Zak Morioka  Brazil Tri-Star Motorsports Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 15 - - - - - - - - 15
37 Raul Boesel  Brazil Treadway-Vertex Cunningham Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 14 - - - 14 - - - - -
38 Steve Knapp  United States Dreyer & Reinbold Racing G-Force Nissan Infiniti 11 - - - 11 - - - - -
39 Bobby Regester  United States Truscelli Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 10 - 10 - - - - - - -
40 John Hollansworth, Jr.  United States TeamXtreme Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 9 9 - - - - - - - -
41 Jon Herb  United States Byrd-McCormack Motorsports G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 8 8 - - - - - - - -
Johnny Unser  United States Indy Regency Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 8 - - - 8 - - - - -
43 Stan Wattles  United States Hemelgarn Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 7 - - - 7 - - - - -
Roberto Guerrero  Colombia Team Coulson G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 7 - - - - - - - 7 -
45 Jack Miller  United States Tri-Star Motorsports Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 6 - - 6 - - - - - -
46 Billy Roe  United States Logan Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 5 - - - - 5 - - - -
47 Richie Hearn  United States Pagan Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 3 - - - 3 - - - - -
48 Andy Hillenburg  United States Fast Track Racing Dallara Oldsmobile Aurora 2 - - - 2 - - - - -
49 Lyn St. James  United States Dick Simon Racing G-Force Oldsmobile Aurora 1 - - - 1 - - - - -

No points (did not qualify):

[edit] See also
AAA
NASCAR
USAC
CART / CCWS
INDYCAR
Years marked in italics are not official championship years.
Seasons
Indianapolis 500s
Champions
Tracks
Former
Road to Indy
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