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2000 Indianapolis 500
Held on May 28, 2000 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, IN
200 L, 500 M, 804.6 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	9	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target	G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone	200	167	running	54
2	16	91	Buddy Lazier	Delta Faucet, Coors Light, Tae-Bo	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone	200	0	running	40
3	3	11	Eliseo Salazar	Rio	G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone	200	0	running	36
4	6	14	Jeff Ward	Harrah's	G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone	200	0	running	32
5	10	51	Eddie Cheever, Jr.	51 Excite@Home Indy Race Car	Dallara/Nissan/Firestone	200	0	running	30
6	4	32	Robby Gordon	Turtle Wax, Burger King, Moen, Menards	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone	200	0	running	28
7	7	10	Jimmy Vasser	Target	G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone	199	5	running	26
8	20	7	Stephan Gregoire	Mexmil, Tokheim, Viking Air Tools	G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone	199	0	running	24
9	13	4	Scott Goodyear	Pennzoil	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone	199	0	running	22
10	5	8	Scott Sharp	Delphi Automotive Systems, MCI Worldcom	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone	198	0	running	20
11	11	28	Mark Dismore	On Star, GM BuyPower, Bryant Heating & Cooling	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone	198	0	running	19
12	15	98	Donnie Beechler	Cahill Racing	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone	198	0	running	18
13	26	33	Jaques Lazier	Miles of Hope	G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone	198	0	running	17
14	29	6	Jeret Schroeder	Kroger	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone	198	0	running	16
15	31	41	Billy Boat	Harrah's	G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone	198	0	running	15
16	24	55	Raul Boesel	Epson	G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone	197	0	running	14
17	17	50	Jason Leffler	United Auto Group	G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone	197	0	running	13
18	22	12	Buzz Calkins	Bradley Motorsports, Team CAN	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone	194	0	running	12
19	27	23	Steve Knapp	Team Purex	G Force/Nissan/Firestone	193	0	running	11
20	28	16	Davey Hamilton	FreeInternet.com	G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone	188	0	running	10
21	12	5	Robby McGehee	Meijer, Energizer Advanced Formula	G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone	187	2	running	9
22	30	22	Johnny Unser	Delco Remy, Microdigicom, Hornier Tools	G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone	186	0	running	8
23	8	92	Stan Wattles	Hemelgarn, Metro Racing	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone	172	0	engine	7
24	14	18	Sam Hornish, Jr.	Hornish Trucking, Advantage Powder Coating	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone	153	0	accident	6
25	21	88	Airton Dare	USACredit.com	G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone	126	0	engine	5
26	9	24	Robbie Buhl	Team Purex	G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone	99	0	engine	4
27	23	75	Richie Hearn	NetZero	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone	97	0	electrical	3
28	33	48	Andy Hillenburg	Sumar Special by Irwindale Speedway	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone	91	0	wheel bearing	2
29	18	3	Al Unser, Jr.	ECR, RacingTickets.com	G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone	89	0	overheating	0
30	25	27	Jimmy Kite	Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce, Founders Bank	G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone	74	0	engine	0
31	19	15	Sarah Fisher	Cummins	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone	71	0	accident	1
32	32	90	Lyn St. James	Yellow Transportation	G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone	69	0	accident	1
33	1	1	Greg Ray	Team Conseco, Quaker State, Moen Faucets, Menards	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone	67	26	accident	4
DID NOT QUALIFY
		11	Billy Boat	Rio	G Force/Oldsmobile			DNQ
		48	Dan Drinan	Sumar Special by Irwindale Speedway	Dallara/Oldsmobile			DNQ
		24	Robbie Buhl	Team Purex	G Force/Nissan			DNQ
		52	Ross Cheever	Team Cheever	Dallara/Nissan/Firestone			DNQ
		51	Ross Cheever	51 Excite@Home Indy Race Car	Dallara/Nissan/Firestone			DNQ
		15	Sarah Fisher	Cummins	Riley & Scott/Oldsmobile/Firestone			DNQ
		1	Robby Gordon	Team Conseco, Quaker State, Moen Faucets, Menards	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone			DNQ
		20	Roberto Guerrero	Hubbard Photographics, Immke Auto Group	Dallara/Oldsmobile			DNQ
		41	Roberto Guerrero	Harrah's	G Force/Oldsmobile			DNQ
		18	Sam Hornish, Jr.	Hornish Trucking, Advantage Powder Coating	G Force/Oldsmobile/Firestone			DNQ
		17	Scott Harrington	Nienhouse Racing	Dallara/Oldsmobile			DNQ
		40	Davy Jones	Team Coulson	G Force/Oldsmobile			DNQ
		30	Ronnie Johncox	Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria, WorldBestBuy.com	Riley & Scott/Oldsmobile			DNQ
		30	Ronnie Johncox	Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria, WorldBestBuy.com	G Force/Oldsmobile			DNQ
		29	Ronnie Johncox	Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria, McCormack	Riley & Scott/Oldsmobile			DNQ
		91	Buddy Lazier	Delta Faucet, Coors Light, Tae-Bo	Riley & Scott/Oldsmobile/Firestone			DNQ
		21	Jack Miller	Milk Chug, Opalescence, Century 21, Tristamall.com	Dallara/Oldsmobile			DNQ
		54	Hideshi Matsuda	Beck Motorsports	Dallara/Oldsmobile			DNQ
		30	Robby Unser	Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria, WorldBestBuy.com	Riley & Scott/Oldsmobile			DNQ
		29	Robby Unser	Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria, McCormack	Riley & Scott/Oldsmobile			DNQ
		92	Stan Wattles	Hemelgarn, Metro Racing	Riley & Scott/Oldsmobile/Firestone			DNQ
		32	Greg Ray	Turtle Wax, Burger King, Menards	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone			DNQ
		7	Lyn St. James	Mexmil, Tokheim, Viking Air Tools	G Force/Oldsmobile			DNQ
		81	Billy Boat	Team Pelfrey	Dallara/Oldsmobile			DNQ
		43	Doug Didero	Western Star Trucks	Dallara/Oldsmobile			DNQ
		82	Memo Gidley	Team Pelfrey	Dallara/Oldsmobile			DNQ
		20	Hideshi Matsuda	Hubbard Photographics, Immke Auto Group	Dallara/Oldsmobile			DNQ
		93	Dan Drinan	Hemelgarn Racing	Dallara/Oldsmobile			DNQ
		20	Tyce Carlson	Hubbard Photographics, Immke Auto Group	Dallara/Oldsmobile			DNQ
		6	Tony Stewart	Kroger	Dallara/Oldsmobile/Firestone			DNQ
		21	Tony Stewart	Milk Chug, Opalescence, Century 21, Tristamall.com	Dallara/Oldsmobile			DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 2h:58:59
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials (Four-Lap Average)
Fast Qualifier: Greg Ray - 40.274 sec.
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Margin of Victory: 7.184 seconds
Average Speed: 167.607 mph
Cautions: 7 for 39 laps - 66-70 (#1 accident turn 2); 74-84 (#90, #15 accident turn 1); 99-102 (debris); 127-130 (oil on track); 144-150 (#1 accident turn 2); 158-161 (#18 accident turn 2); 174-177 (oil on track)
Lead Changes: 6 among 4 drivers - Greg Ray (1-26); Juan Pablo Montoya (27-29); Jimmy Vasser (30); Robby McGehee (31-32); Juan Pablo Montoya (33-175); Jimmy Vasser (176-179); Juan Pablo Montoya (180-200)
Fastest Lap: Buddy Lazier - 41.191 seconds (lap 198)
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Andy Michner (#19) and Wim Eyckmans (#77) cars did not arrive. Tony Stewart drove 12 practice laps at Indy helping his drivers Jeret Schroeder and Jack Miller shake down their car and help them get it up to speed on May 17th. J.J. Yeley (#29), (#37) for Nienhouse Motorsports , (#25) for Walker Racing Special we’re all on the original entry list, but did not show up.