2000 CART season

2000 CART season
FedEx Championship Series
Season
Races	20
Start date	March 26
End date	October 30
Awards
Drivers' champion	Gil de Ferran
Constructors' Cup	Reynard
Manufacturers' Cup	/ Ford-Cosworth
Nations' Cup	Brazil
Rookie of the Year	Kenny Bräck
Chronology
Previous season	Next season
1999	2001

The 2000 FedEx Championship Series season was the twenty-second in the CART era of U.S. open-wheel racing, consisted of 20 races, beginning in Homestead, Florida on March 26, 2000 and concluding in Fontana, California on October 30, 2000. The FedEx Championship Series Drivers' Champion was Gil de Ferran. Rookie of the Year was Kenny Bräck.

Drivers and constructors

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2000 CART Championship Series season. Five years after the return of Firestone, rival tire manufacturer Goodyear retired from CART.

Team	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No	Drivers	Races
Chip Ganassi Racing	Lola B2K/00	Toyota RVA	F	1	Juan Pablo Montoya	All
				12	Jimmy Vasser	All
Team Penske	Reynard 2KI	Honda HRK	F	2	Gil de Ferran	All
				3	Hélio Castroneves	All
Walker Motorsport	Reynard 2KI	Honda HRK	F	5	Shinji Nakano (R)	1, 4-20
					Bryan Herta	2-3
Newman/Haas Racing	Lola B2K/00	Ford-Cosworth XF	F	6	Michael Andretti	All
				11	Christian Fittipaldi	All
Team Rahal	Reynard 2KI	Ford-Cosworth XF	F	7	Max Papis	All
				8	Kenny Bräck (R)	All
				91	Casey Mears (R)	20
Della Penna Motorsports	Reynard 2KI	Toyota RVA	F	10	Norberto Fontana (R)	1-10
					Memo Gidley	11-18, 20
					Jason Bright (R)	19
Bettenhausen Racing	Lola B2K/00	Mercedes IC 108E	F	16	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	All
PacWest Racing	Reynard 2KI	Mercedes IC 108E	F	17	Maurício Gugelmin	All
				18	Mark Blundell	All
Dale Coyne Racing	Lola B2K/00	Ford-Cosworth XF	F	19	Takuya Kurosawa (R)	1-11
					Gualter Salles	12-14
					Alex Barron	15-20
				34	Gualter Salles	1-3
	Swift 011.c				Tarso Marques	4-20
Patrick Racing	Reynard 2KI	Ford-Cosworth XF	F	20	Roberto Moreno	All
				40	Adrián Fernández	All
Arciero Racing	Reynard 2KI	Mercedes IC 108E	F	25	Luiz Garcia, Jr.	All
Team Green	Reynard 2KI	Honda HRK	F	26	Paul Tracy	All
				27	Dario Franchitti	All
Forsythe Racing	Reynard 2KI	Ford-Cosworth XF	F	32	Patrick Carpentier	1, 5-20
					Memo Gidley	2-4
				33	Alex Tagliani (R)	All
				77	Bryan Herta	16
Mo Nunn Racing	Reynard 2KI	Mercedes IC 108E	F	55	Tony Kanaan	1-7, 11-20
					Bryan Herta	8-10
PPI Motorsports	Reynard 2KI	Toyota RVA	F	96	Oriol Servià (R)	All
				97	Cristiano da Matta	All

Races

Rnd	Race Name	Circuit	City/Location	Date
1	Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami Presented by Toyota	Homestead-Miami Speedway	Homestead, Florida	March 26
2	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California	April 16
3	Rio 200	Autódromo de Jacarepaguá	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	April 30
4	Firestone Firehawk 500	Twin Ring Motegi	Motegi, Japan	May 14
5	Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix Presented by Toyota	Nazareth Speedway	Nazareth, Pennsylvania	May 27^†
6	Miller Lite 225 Presented by Kmart	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	June 5
7	Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit	The Raceway on Belle Isle Park	Detroit, Michigan	June 18
8	Freightliner/G.I. Joe's 200 Presented by Texaco	Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon	June 25
9	Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland Presented by Firstar	Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport	Cleveland, Ohio	July 2
10	Molson Indy	Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario	July 16
11	Michigan 500 Presented by Toyota	Michigan International Speedway	Brooklyn, Michigan	July 23
12	Target Grand Prix Presented by Energizer	Chicago Motor Speedway	Cicero, Illinois	July 30
13	Miller Lite 200	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	August 13
14	Motorola 220	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	August 20
15	Molson Indy Vancouver	Streets of Vancouver	Vancouver, British Columbia	September 3
16	Honda Grand Prix of Monterey Featuring The Shell 300	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey, California	September 10
17	Motorola 300	Gateway International Raceway	Madison, Illinois	September 17
18	Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix of Houston	Streets of Houston	Houston, Texas	October 1
19	Honda Indy 300	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Australia	October 15
20	Marlboro 500 Presented By Toyota	California Speedway	Fontana, California	October 30

  Oval/Speedway

  Road Course/Street Circuit

^† The Nazareth round was initially scheduled to be the second round on April 9, 2000, but snow caused a delay.

Full Series Results

Race Results

Rnd	Race Name	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami Presented by Toyota	Gil de Ferran	Juan Pablo Montoya	Max Papis	Team Rahal	Report
2	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach	Gil de Ferran	Gil de Ferran	Paul Tracy	Team Green	Report
3	Rio 200	Alex Tagliani	Alex Tagliani	Adrián Fernández	Patrick Racing	Report
4	Firestone Firehawk 500	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
5	Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix Presented by Toyota	Juan Pablo Montoya	Hélio Castroneves	Gil de Ferran	Team Penske	Report
6	Miller Lite 225	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	Report
7	Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit	Juan Pablo Montoya	Hélio Castroneves	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	Report
8	Freightliner/G.I. Joe's 200 Presented by Texaco	Hélio Castroneves	Kenny Bräck	Gil de Ferran	Team Penske	Report
9	The Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland Presented by Firstar	Roberto Moreno	Juan Pablo Montoya	Roberto Moreno	Patrick Racing	Report
10	Molson Indy Toronto	Hélio Castroneves	Michael Andretti	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
11	Michigan 500 Presented by Toyota	Paul Tracy	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	Report
12	Target Grand Prix Presented by Energizer	Juan Pablo Montoya	Adrián Fernández	Cristiano da Matta	PPI Motorsports	Report
13	Miller Lite 200	Gil de Ferran	Dario Franchitti	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	Report
14	Motorola 220	Dario Franchitti	Paul Tracy	Paul Tracy	Team Green	Report
15	Molson Indy Vancouver	Dario Franchitti	Juan Pablo Montoya	Paul Tracy	Team Green	Report
16	Honda Grand Prix of Monterey Featuring The Shell 300	Hélio Castroneves	Gil de Ferran	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	Report
17	Motorola 300	Juan Pablo Montoya	Patrick Carpentier	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	Report
18	Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix of Houston	Gil de Ferran	Michael Andretti	Jimmy Vasser	Chip Ganassi Racing	Report
19	Honda Indy 300	Juan Pablo Montoya	Jimmy Vasser	Adrián Fernández	Patrick Racing	Report
20	Marlboro 500 Presented By Toyota	Gil de Ferran	Hélio Castroneves	Christian Fittipaldi	Newman/Haas Racing	Report

  Oval/Speedway

  Road Course/Street Circuit

Final driver standings

Pos Driver MIA LBH RIO MOT NAZ MIL DET POR CLE TOR MIC CHI MDO ROA VAN LAG GAT HOU SUR FON Pts 1 Gil de Ferran 6* 7* 17 9 1 12 9 1 14 6 18 3 2 25 5 2 8 3* 23 3 168 2 Adrián Fernández 21 24 1 10 5 8 21 12 7 2 6 5 6 2 3 12 10 7 1* 5 158 3 Roberto Moreno 2 9 6 3 14 5 17 2 1* 13 23 6 11 4 10 25 3 11 19 2 147 4 Kenny Bräck 18 17 10 5 3 4 24 6 2 10 22 4 5 3 9 5 11 15 2 13* 135 5 Paul Tracy 3 1 3 6 10 15 20 18 19 3 7 19 16 1 1 11 18 4 17 24 134 6 Jimmy Vasser 4 3 2 21 7 13 7 24 8 9 21 8 21 5 6 8 7 1 3 22 131 7 Hélio Castroneves 25 2 24 13 16 16 1 7* 21 16 5* 21 1* 9 20 1* 9 5 6 9 129 8 Michael Andretti 22 14 9 1 6 2 13 4 4 1 2 2 8 19 12 14 20* 13 20 19 127 9 Juan Pablo Montoya 23 19 22 7* 4* 1* 18* 17 6 24 1 12* 24 16 17 6 1 2 24 10 126 10 Cristiano da Matta 12 25 4 4 13 14 23 5 3 4* 17 1 17 13 7 15 4 14 4 25 112 11 Patrick Carpentier 5 21 3 5 10 5 7 4 14 7 21 24 9 2 19 5 14 101 12 Christian Fittipaldi 7 18 5 11 11 9 19 3 17 17 14 DNS 3 15 4 10 12 6 15 1 96 13 Dario Franchitti 11 23 11 2 23 6 4 9 13 25 3 20 22 12 2* 3 24 25 25 23 92 14 Max Papis 1 20 16 8 22 7 2 25 18 8 9 24 4 7 8 16 6 24 16 12 88 15 Oriol Servià 19 6 25 24 9 19 3 8 23 11 8 15 10 10 11 17 5 9 9^1 20 60 16 Alex Tagliani 9 4 13* 15 19 22 6 13 16 5 16 9 9 14* 18 23 14 16 22 6 53 17 Maurício Gugelmin 16 10 21 22 2 11 16 19 10 15 13 7 20 17 21 7 19 23 10 17 39 18 Bryan Herta 5 20 16 9 18 4 26 19 Tony Kanaan 10 16 18 16 8 10 DNS 24 16 13 8 14 22 13 10 8 18 24 20 Memo Gidley 21 8 18 10 10 12 6 16 19 22 21 21 20 21 Mark Blundell 13 8 7 19 17 17 11 20 12 22 19 23 14 11 25 13 23 20 11 15 18 22 Michel Jourdain, Jr. 14 11 15 12 18 18 8 23 22 19 15 11 15 18 23 24 16 18 7 11 18 23 Casey Mears 4 12 24 Shinji Nakano 8 14 23 15 11 15 14 20 13 19 22 19 26 21 8 21 16 12 25 Tarso Marques Wth 17 12 20 10 15 24 21 12 18 18 23 22 18 15 17 13 7 11 26 Alex Barron 13 21 17 12 14 8 6 27 Luiz Garcia, Jr. 17 12 12 23 15 21 22 14 20 12 11 17 25 24 15 20 25 22 12 DNS 6 28 Norberto Fontana 15 15 23 Wth 20 Wth 14 21 11 20 2 29 Takuya Kurosawa 24 13 19 20 DNS Wth 12 22 25 23 Wth 1 30 Gualter Salles 20 22 14 22 23 20 0 31 Jason Bright 18 0 Pos Driver MIA LBH RIO MOT NAZ MIL DET POR CLE TOR MIC CHI MDO ROA VAN LAG GAT HOU SUR FON Pts

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Not competing In-line notation Bold Pole position Italics Ran fastest race lap * Led most race laps Rookie of the Year Rookie

Point Scoring System:

• Points are awarded based on each driver's resulting place (regardless of whether the car is running at the end of the race):

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Points	20	16	14	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Bonus Points:

• 1 For Pole Position
• 1 For Leading The Most Laps Of The Race

Note

¹ Oriol Servià was penalized 4 points for rough driving in Surfers Paradise.

Nation's Cup

• Top result per race counts towards Nation's Cup.

Pos	Country	MIA	LBH	RIO	MOT	NAZ	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIC	CHI	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAG	GAT	HOU	SUR	FON	Pts
1	Brazil	2	2	4	3	1	5	1	1	1	4	5	1	1	4	5	1	3	3	4	1	332
2	United States	4	3	2	1	6	2	7	4	4	1	2	2	8	5	6	8	7	1	3	4	256
3	Canada	3	1	3	6	10	3	5	10	5	3	4	9	7	1	1	9	2	4	5	6	226
4	Mexico	14	11	1	10	5	8	8	12	7	2	6	5	6	2	3	12	10	7	1	5	165
5	Sweden	18	17	10	5	3	4	24	6	2	10	22	4	5	3	9	5	11	15	2	13	135
6	Colombia	23	19	22	7	4	1	18	17	6	24	1	12	24	16	17	6	1	2	24	10	126
7	Scotland	11	23	11	2	23	6	4	9	13	25	3	20	22	12	2	3	24	25	25	23	92
8	Italy	1	20	16	8	22	7	2	25	18	8	9	24	4	7	8	16	8	24	16	12	88
9	Spain	19	6	25	24	9	19	3	8	23	11	8	15	10	10	11	17	5	9	9	20	64
10	England	13	8	7	19	17	17	11	20	12	22	19	23	14	11	25	13	23	20	11	15	18
11	Japan	8	13	19	14	DNS	23	12	11	15	14	20	13	19	22	19	26	21	8	21	16	13
12	Argentina	15	15	23	Wth	20	Wth	14	21	11	20											2
13	Australia																			18		0
Pos	Country	MIA	LBH	RIO	MOT	NAZ	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIC	CHI	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAG	GAT	HOU	SUR	FON	Pts

Chassis Constructor's Cup

Pos	Chassis	Pts
1	Reynard	393
2	Lola	313
Pos	Chassis	Pts

Engine Manufacturer's Cup

Pos	Engine	Pts
1	Ford-Cosworth	334
2	Honda	314
3	Toyota	275
4	Mercedes	66
Pos	Engine	Pts

External links

• Official site & results
• "Standings after Fontana". Champ Car World Series. Archived from the original on 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
• Entrant List

See also

• 2000 Toyota Atlantic Championship season
• 2000 Indianapolis 500
• 2000 Indy Racing League season
• 2000 Indy Lights season