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2000 Michigan 500

Country = United States| Race = Michigan 500| Image = Michigan International Speedway track map.png| Caption = | Date = July 23| Year = 2000| Official name = 2000 Michigan 500| Race_No = 11| Season_No = 20| Series = CART| Location = Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan, United States| Course = Permanent racing facility| Course_mi = 2.000| Course_km = 3.219| Distance_laps = 250| Distance_mi = 500.000| Distance_km = 804.672| Weather = | Pole_Driver = Paul Tracy| Pole_Team = Team Green| Pole_Time = 30.645 (234.94 mph)| Pole_Country = CAN| Fast_Driver = Juan Montoya| Fast_Team = Chip Ganassi Racing| Fast_Time = 31.162| Fast_Lap = 232| Fast_Country = COL| First_Driver = Juan Montoya| First_Team = Chip Ganassi Racing| First_Country = COL| Second_Driver = Michael Andretti| Second_Team = Newman/Haas Racing| Second_Country= USA| Third_Driver = Dario Franchitti| Third_Team = Team Green| Third_Country = GBR| The 2000 Michigan 500 was the eleventh round of the twenty-round 2000 CART season. It happened at the Michigan International Speedway.

Qualifying

The Canadian driver Paul Tracy, from Team Green, set the pole, followed by Michael Andretti and Christian Fittipaldi.

Qualifying - 22 July 2000Pos.No.DriverTeamLap TimeBehindSpeed
(mph)12345678910111213141516171819202122232425
26CAN Paul TracyTeam Green30,645234.949
6USA Michael AndrettiNewman/Haas Racing30,6870,042234.627
11BRA Christian FittipaldiNewman/Haas Racing30,7390,094234.230
27SCO Dario FranchittiTeam Green30,8780,233233.176
2BRA Gil de FerranTeam Penske30,9040,259232.980
12USA Jimmy VasserChip Ganassi Racing30,9330,288232.761
1COL Juan Pablo MontoyaChip Ganassi Racing30,9630,318232.536
33CAN Alex Tagliani ****Forsythe Racing30,9900,345232.333
32CAN Patrick CarpentierForsythe Racing31,0360,391231.989
8Sweden Kenny Bräck ****Team Rahal31,0650,420231.772
7ITA Max PapisTeam Rahal31,1270,482231.310
40MEX Adrián FernándezPatrick Racing31,1460,501231.169
3BRA Hélio CastronevesTeam Penske31,2010,556230.762
97BRA Cristiano da MattaPPI Motorsports31,3210,676229.878
96ESP Oriol Servià ****PPI Motorsports31,3710,726229.511
20BRA Roberto MorenoPatrick Racing31,5670,922228.086
18GBR Mark BlundellPacWest Racing31,7801,135226.558
55BRA Tony KanaanForsythe Racing31,8351,190226.166
5Japan Shinji Nakano ****Walker Racing31,8851,240225.812
17BRA Mauricio GugelminPacWest Racing31,9091,264225.642
10USA Memo GidleyDella Penna Motorsports32,0531,408224.628
16MEX Michel Jourdain Jr.Bettenhausen Racing32,1751,530223.776
25BRA Luiz Garcia Jr.Arciero Racing32,7142,069220.089
34BRA Tarso MarquesDale Coyne Racing0,00030,6450.000
19Japan Takuya Kurosawa ****Dale Coyne Racing0,00030,6450,000
Source:
  • **** Eligible for Rookie of the Year

Race

Eventual winner Juan Pablo Montoya led the race at the end of the first lap through to lap 16, where he was overtaken by eventual runner up Michael Andretti. Across the 250 laps, the race saw nine different leaders, with 52 lead changes. There were five cautions over the course of the race, taking 38 laps in total. Thirteen cars did not finish the race, and only seven cars completed the full 500-mile distance. The race culminated in a battle between Montoya and Andretti, with seven lead changes in the final twenty laps. Montoya set the race's fastest lap on lap 232 of 250. Andretti led lap 249, but was passed by Montoya on the final lap. Montoya's margin of victory was just 0.040s. Montoya's victory was Toyota's second in ChampCar, and he became the first driver since Rick Mears in 1991 to win both the Indianapolis 500 and Michigan 500 in the same year.

RankDriver12345
Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya
US Michael Andretti
United Kingdom Dario Franchitti
Canada Patrick Carpentier
Brazil Hélio Castroneves

Championship Battle

Michael Andretti became the new leader of the championship with 100 points. The previous leader, Roberto Moreno was in 2nd with 90 points. Race winner Juan Pablo Montoya moved up to 5th in the Championship standings with 74 points.

Broadcasting

The Michigan 500 was broadcast by ABC. Paul Page was the lead announcer and was joined by Parker Johnstone as color commentator.

The race had a lead-in audience from the 2000 Open Championship as Tiger Woods won his first Open Championship. In the United States, the race had a 2.5 overnight rating. The race had a final rating of 2.0 with 2.058 million households watching. It was the most-watched CART race of 2000.

Qualifying for the race was broadcast tape-delayed on ESPN2 on the morning of Sunday, July 23. The qualifying broadcast had a rating of 0.1 and watched by 45,000 households.

Standings after the race

Rank+/–DriverPoints12345
[[File:1uparrow green.svg10px]] 1USA Michael Andretti104
[[File:1downarrow red.svg10px]] 1BRA Roberto Moreno90
[[File:1uparrow green.svg10px]] 1CAN Paul Tracy80
[[File:1downarrow red.svg10px]] 1BRA Gil de Ferran75
[[File:1uparrow green.svg10px]] 4COL Juan Pablo Montoya74
Rank+/–ConstructorPoints123
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg10px]]UK Reynard215
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg10px]]UK Lola173
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg10px]]USA Swift5
Rank+/–ManufacturerPoints1234
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg10px]]UK Ford-Cosworth194
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg10px]]JPN Honda169
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg10px]]JPN Toyota165
[[File:1rightarrow blue.svg10px]]GER Mercedes46
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for the drivers' standings.

References

Name_of_race = Marlboro 500 | Year_of_race = 2000 | Previous_race_in_season = 2000 Molson Indy Toronto | Next_race_in_season = 2000 TARGET Grand Prix | Previous_year's_race = 1999 U.S. 500 Presented by Toyota | Next_year's_race = 2001 Harrah's 500 |

References

  1. "Paul Tracy Career History". [[Paul Tracy]].
  2. Harms, Philip. (2000-08-05). "2000 Championship Results: Brooklyn, MI 500 Mile Race - July 23, 2000". motorsport.com.
  3. (2017-06-12). "2000 Michigan 500 {{!}} Motor Sport Magazine Database".
  4. "CART // Michigan // Results // Qualifying // Classification". CART.com.
  5. "07/23/2000 race: Michigan 500 Presented by Toyota (CART) pit stop data - Racing-Reference.info".
  6. "07/23/2000 race: Michigan 500 Presented by Toyota (CART) - Racing-Reference.info".
  7. 2000 Michigan 500 Telecast: ABC-TV, July 23, 2000
  8. (2000-07-24). "CART Does Very Well at Michigan". Speedvision.com.
  9. (2000-07-27). "Who Watched What July 22-23". Speedvision.com.
  10. (September 15, 2001). "2000 Michigan 500 Presented by Toyota". USA Today Sports Media Group.
  11. (July 24, 2000). "ChampCar/CART: Points standing after Michigan". Motorsport.com.
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