2000 CART FedEx Championship Series

American motorsport season December 2018 February 2025 2000 CART FedEx Championship Series CART vertical logo (1997-2002).svg 20 March 26 October 30 Brazil Gil de Ferran United Kingdom Reynard USA / UK Ford-Cosworth Sweden Kenny Bräck Brazil Brazil 1999 2001 The 2000 FedEx Championship Series season was the twenty-second in the Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) era of American open-wheel car racing. It 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. The Rookie of the Year was Kenny Bräck. The relative decline of Chip Ganassi Racing and an atypical parity among the major engine and chassis builders led to the most wide-open championship race in the history of the series, with seven different winners in the first seven races of the year and 11 drivers winning a race. From 1997–1999, only two drivers came within 50 points of the champion, 9 would do so in 2000. Penske Racing returned to prominence using Honda engines and abandoning their house chassis for a Reynard 2KI. Gil de Ferran and Helio Castroneves (the latter signed following the death of Greg Moore), combined for 5 wins, 4 of which were on the road courses the team had not been competitive on in their previous chassis and engine. Veterans Michael Andretti and Paul Tracy, who were 1 and 2 in the championship after the Vancouver round, would fall short after poor finishes down the stretch. Most surprising of all to observers was the return to prominence of Patrick Racing, with veterans Adrian Fernandez and Roberto Moreno finishing second and third respectively in the championship. Off the track, while CART remained fiscally strong, anxiety regarding the series' decline in prominence led to the ouster of CEO Andrew Craig at the midpoint of the season, leading to his replacement by Bobby Rahal. The series left open the traditional Indianapolis 500 date of Memorial Day, allowing teams to enter the Indy Racing League-sanctioned race for the first time since 1995. Chip Ganassi Racing did so, with their driver Juan Pablo Montoya winning the race handily with purchased IRL equipment. While a competitive triumph for CART, Ganassi's efforts showed the continuing allure of the 500 for CART teams and their sponsors. 2000 would also be the final season for DaimlerChrysler via the Mercedes-Benz brand as an engine manufacturer, after DaimlerChrysler decided to shut down their CART program and coincidentally defected to the NASCAR Winston Cup Series via the Dodge brand in 2001. 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 withdrew from CART and its rival the Indy Racing League and hence all cars would ran on Firestone Firehawk tires for the first time in history.https://hondanews.com/en-US/releases/honda-championship-auto-racing-highlights?l=en-US&mode=print Honda Championship Auto Racing Highlights April 2002 All teams were based in the United States. TeamChassisEngineNoDriversRacesPrimary Sponsors Chip Ganassi Racing Lola B2K/00 Toyota RV8E 1 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya All Target 12 USA Jimmy Vasser All Team Penske Reynard 2KI Honda HR-0 2 Brazil Gil de Ferran All Marlboro 3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves All Walker Motorsport Reynard 2KI Honda HR-0 5 Japan Shinji Nakano orange R silver 1, 4, 6–20 Avex USA Bryan Herta 2–3 Newman/Haas Racing Lola B2K/00 Ford-Cosworth XF 6 USA Michael Andretti All Texaco-Havoline 11 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi All Big Kmart Team Rahal Reynard 2KI Ford-Cosworth XF 7 ITA Max Papis All Miller Lite 8 SWE Kenny Bräck orange R silver All Shell91USA Casey Mears orange R silver20WorldCom Della Penna Motorsports Reynard 2KI Toyota RV8E 10 Argentina Norberto Fontana orange R silver 1–5, 7–10 Video Match 9 1–9DirecTV 11 10–20 USA Memo Gidley 11–18, 20 Australia Jason Bright orange R silver 19 Bettenhausen Racing Lola B2K/00 Mercedes IC 108E 16 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. All Herdez PacWest Racing Reynard 2KI Mercedes IC 108E 17 Brazil Maurício Gugelmin All Nextel 18 GBR Mark Blundell All Motorola Dale Coyne Racing Lola B2K/00 Ford-Cosworth XF 19 Japan Takuya Kurosawa orange R silver 1–11 MTCI 6 1–6Sports Today 14 7–20 Brazil Gualter Salles 12–14 USA Alex Barron 15–20 34 Brazil Gualter Salles 1–3, 5 Dale Coyne Racing Swift 011.c Brazil Tarso Marques 4–20 Panasonic Patrick Racing Reynard 2KI Ford-Cosworth XF 20 BRA Roberto Moreno All Visteon 40 Mexico Adrián Fernández All Tecate Arciero Racing Reynard 2KI Mercedes IC 108E 25 BRA Luiz Garcia Jr. All Hollywood Cigarettes Team Green Reynard 2KI Honda HR-0 26 CAN Paul Tracy All KOOL 27 GBR Dario Franchitti All Forsythe Racing Reynard 2KI Ford-Cosworth XF 32 Canada Patrick Carpentier 1, 5–20 Player's USA Memo Gidley 2–4 33 Canada Alex Tagliani orange R silver All77USA Bryan Herta16Rockingham Motor Speedway Mo Nunn Racing Reynard 2KI Mercedes IC 108E 55 BRA Tony Kanaan 1–7, 11–20 Hollywood Cigarettes USA Bryan Herta 8–10 PPI Motorsports Reynard 2KI Toyota RV8E 96 Spain Oriol Servià orange R silver All Telefónica 97 Brazil Cristiano da Matta All Pioneer orange R Eligible for Rookie of the Year solid 1px darkgray Schedule Icon Legend white O silver Oval/Speedway lightblue R silver Road course peachpuff S silver Street circuit Rnd Date Race Name Circuit City/Location 1 March 26 US Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami white O silver Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, Florida 2 April 16 US Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach peachpuff S silver Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California 3 April 30 Brazil Rio 200 white O silver Autódromo de Jacarepaguá Jacarepagua, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 4 May 14* Japan Firestone Firehawk 500 white O silver Twin Ring Motegi Motegi, Tochigi, Japan 5 May 27† US Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix white O silver Nazareth Speedway Nazareth, Pennsylvania 6 June 5* US Miller Lite 225 white O silver Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin 7 June 18 United States Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit peachpuff S silver The Raceway on Belle Isle Park Detroit, Michigan 8 June 25 United States Freightliner/G. 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Joe's 200 lightblue R silver Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon 9 July 2 United States Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland lightblue R silver Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio 10 July 16 Canada Molson Indy Toronto peachpuff S silver Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario 11 July 23 US Michigan 500 white O silver Michigan Speedway Brooklyn, Michigan 12 July 30 US Target Grand Prix of Chicago white O silver Chicago Motor Speedway Cicero, Illinois 13 August 13 US Miller Lite 200 lightblue R silver Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio 14 August 20 United States Motorola 220 lightblue R silver Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin 15 September 3 Canada Molson Indy Vancouver peachpuff S silver Concord Pacific Place Vancouver, British Columbia 16 September 10 United States Honda Grand Prix of Monterey lightblue R silver Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey, California 17 September 17 USA Motorola 300 white O silver Gateway International Raceway Madison, Illinois 18 October 1 US Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix of Houston peachpuff S silver George R. Brown Convention Center Houston, Texas 19 October 15 Australia Honda Indy 300 peachpuff S silver Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia 20 October 29–30* US Marlboro 500 white O silver California Speedway Fontana, California † The Nazareth round was initially scheduled to be the second round on April 9, 2000, but snow caused the race's postponement.Motegi was scheduled to be on May 13, and Milwaukee was scheduled to be on June 4. Both were postponed due to rain.Fontana was scheduled for October 29, but during a caution on lap 22 for Cristiano da Matta crashing, rain began to fall and the remainder of the race was postponed to the next day. Results RoundRacePole positionFastest lapLead Most LapsRace WinnerRaceTimeReportDriverTeamChassisEngine 1 USA Homestead BRA Gil de Ferran COL Juan Pablo Montoya BRA Gil de Ferran ITA Max Papis Team RahalReynard 2KI Ford-Cosworth XF1:22:01 Report 2 USA Long Beach BRA Gil de Ferran BRA Gil de Ferran BRA Gil de Ferran CAN Paul Tracy Team Green Reynard 2KI Honda HR-01:57:11 Report 3 Brazil Rio CAN Alex Tagliani CAN Alex Tagliani CAN Alex Tagliani Mexico Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing Reynard 2KI Ford-Cosworth XF1:37:12 Report 4 Japan Motegi COL Juan Pablo Montoya COL Juan Pablo Montoya COL Juan Pablo Montoya USA Michael Andretti Newman/Haas Racing Lola B2K/00 Ford-Cosworth XF1:58:52 Report 5 US Nazareth COL Juan Pablo Montoya BRA Hélio Castroneves COL Juan Pablo Montoya BRA Gil de Ferran Team Penske Reynard 2KI Honda HR-02:06:10 Report 6 USA Milwaukee COL Juan Pablo Montoya COL Juan Pablo Montoya COL Juan Pablo Montoya COL Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing Lola B2K/00 Toyota RV8E1:37:38 Report 7 United States Belle Isle COL Juan Pablo Montoya BRA Hélio Castroneves COL Juan Pablo Montoya BRA Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Reynard 2KI Honda HR-02:01:23 Report 8 USA Portland BRA Hélio Castroneves SWE Kenny Bräck BRA Hélio Castroneves BRA Gil de Ferran Team Penske Reynard 2KI Honda HR-02:00:46 Report 9 USA Cleveland BRA Roberto Moreno COL Juan Pablo Montoya BRA Roberto Moreno BRA Roberto Moreno Patrick Racing Reynard 2KI Ford-Cosworth XF1:52:12 Report 10 CAN Toronto BRA Hélio Castroneves USA Michael Andretti BRA Cristiano da Matta USA Michael Andretti Newman/Haas Racing Lola B2K/00 Ford-Cosworth XF2:00:02 Report 11 USA Michigan CAN Paul Tracy COL Juan Pablo Montoya BRA Hélio Castroneves COL Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing Lola B2K/00 Toyota RV8E2:48:49 Report 12 US Chicago COL Juan Pablo Montoya MEX Adrián Fernández COL Juan Pablo Montoya BRA Cristiano da Matta PPI Motorsports Reynard 2KI Toyota RV8E2:01:23 Report 13 US Mid-Ohio BRA Gil de Ferran UK Dario Franchitti BRA Hélio Castroneves BRA Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Reynard 2KI Honda HR-01:44:59 Report 14 US Road America GBR Dario Franchitti CAN Paul Tracy CAN Alex Tagliani CAN Paul Tracy Team Green Reynard 2KI Honda HR-01:37:53 Report 15 CAN Vancouver GBR Dario Franchitti COL Juan Pablo Montoya GBR Dario Franchitti CAN Paul Tracy Team Green Reynard 2KI Honda HR-01:53:06 Report 16 United States Laguna Seca BRA Hélio Castroneves BRA Gil de Ferran BRA Hélio Castroneves BRA Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Reynard 2KI Honda HR-01:46:11 Report 17 USA Gateway COL Juan Pablo Montoya CAN Patrick Carpentier US Michael Andretti COL Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing Lola B2K/00 Toyota RV8E1:55:38 Report 18 US Houston BRA Gil de Ferran US Michael Andretti BRA Gil de Ferran USA Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing Lola B2K/00 Toyota RV8E1:59:02 Report 19 Australia Surfers Paradise COL Juan Pablo Montoya USA Jimmy Vasser MEX Adrián Fernández MEX Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing Reynard 2KI Ford-Cosworth XF2:01:14 Report 20 US Fontana BRA Gil de Ferran BRA Hélio Castroneves SWE Kenny Bräck BRA Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing Lola B2K/00 Ford-Cosworth XF3:38:04 Report Final driver standings List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems Pos Driver HOM US LBH US RIO BRA MOT JPN NAZ US MIL US BEL US POR US CLE US TOR CAN MIS US CMS US MOH US ROA US VAN CAN LAG US GTW US HOU US SUR AUS CAL US Pts 1 BRA 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 Mexico Adrián Fernández 21 24 1 10 5 8 21 12 7 2 6 5 6 2 3 12 10 7 1* 5 158 3 Brazil Roberto Moreno 2 9 6 3 14 5 17 2 1* 13 23 6 11 4 10 25 3 11 19 2 147 4 SWE Kenny Bräck yellow RY silver 18 17 10 5 3 4 24 6 2 10 22 4 5 3 9 5 11 15 2 13* 135 5 CAN Paul Tracy 3 1 3 6 10 15 DSQ 18 19 3 7 19 16 1 1 11 18 4 17 24 134 6 US Jimmy Vasser 4 3 2 21 7 13 7 24 8 9 21 8 21 5 6 8 7 1 3 22 131 7 BRA Hélio Castroneves 25 2 24 13 16 16 1 7* 21 16 5* 21 1* 9 20 1* 9 5 6 9 129 8 US Michael Andretti 22 14 9 1 6 2 13 4 4 1 2 2 8 19 12 14 20* 13 20 19 127 9 COL 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 BRA 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 Canada Patrick Carpentier 5 21 3 5 10 5 7 4 14 7 21 24 9 2 19 5 14 101 12 BRA Christian Fittipaldi 7 18 5 11 11 9 19 3 17 17 14 Wth 3 15 4 10 12 6 15 1 96 13 GBR Dario Franchitti 11 23 11 2 23 6 4 9 13 25 3 20 22 12 2* 3 24 25 25 23 92 14 ITA Max Papis 1 20 16 8 22 7 2 25 18 8 9 24 4 7 8 16 6 24 16 12 88 15 ESP Oriol Servià orange R silver 19 6 25 24 9 19 3 8 23 11 8 15 10 10 11 17 5 9 91 1 20 60 16 CAN Alex Tagliani orange R silver 9 4 13* 15 19 22 6 13 16 5 16 9 9 14* 18 23 14 16 22 6 53 17 BRA Maurício Gugelmin 16 10 21 22 2 11 16 19 10 15 13 7 20 17 21 7 19 23 10 17 39 18 US Bryan Herta 5 20 16 9 18 4 26 19 BRA Tony Kanaan 10 16 18 16 8 10 DNS 24 16 13 8 14 22 13 10 8 18 24 20 USA Memo Gidley 21 8 18 10 10 12 6 16 19 22 21 21 20 21 GBR Mark Blundell 13 8 7 19 17 17 11 20 12 22 19 23 14 11 25 13 23 20 11 15 18 22 MEX 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 US Casey Mears orange R silver 4 12 24 Japan Shinji Nakano orange R silver 8 14 23 15 11 15 14 20 13 19 22 19 26 21 8 21 16 12 25 Brazil Tarso Marques 17 12 20 10 15 24 21 12 18 18 23 22 18 15 17 13 7 11 26 US Alex Barron 13 21 17 12 14 8 6 27 BRA 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 ARG Norberto Fontana orange R silver 15 15 23 Wth 20 14 21 11 20 2 29 JPN Takuya Kurosawa orange R silver 24 13 19 20 DNS Wth 12 22 25 23 DNS 1 30 BRA Gualter Salles 20 22 14 Wth 22 23 20 0 31 AUS Jason Bright orange R silver 18 0 Pos Driver HOM US LBH US RIO BRA MOT JPN NAZ US MIL US BEL US POR US CLE US TOR CAN MIS US CMS US MOH US ROA US VAN CAN LAG US GTW US HOU US SUR AUS CAL US Pts Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th–6th place Light Blue 7th–12th place Dark Blue Finished(Outside Top 12) Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify(DNQ) Brown Withdrawn(Wth) Black Disqualified(DSQ) White Did not start(DNS) Blank Did notparticipate(DNP) Not competingIn-line notationBoldPole positionItalicsRan fastest race lap*Led most race lapsyellow RY silver Rookie of the Yearorange R silver Rookie 1 Oriol Servià was penalized 4 points for rough driving in Surfers Paradise. Nations' Cup Top result per race counts towards Nations' Cup. Pos Country HOM US LBH US RIO BRA MOT JPN NAZ US MIL US BEL US POR US CLE US TOR CAN MIS US CMS US MOH US ROA US VAN CAN LAG US GTW US HOU US SUR AUS CAL US Pts 1 Brazil Brazil 2 2 4 3 1 5 1 1 1 4 5 1 1 4 5 1 3 3 4 1 332 2 US United States 4 3 2 1 6 2 7 4 4 1 2 2 8 5 6 8 7 1 3 4 256 3 CAN Canada 3 1 3 6 10 3 5 10 5 3 4 9 7 1 1 9 2 4 5 6 226 4 MEX Mexico 14 11 1 10 5 8 8 12 7 2 6 5 6 2 3 12 10 7 1 5 165 5 SWE Sweden 18 17 10 5 3 4 24 6 2 10 22 4 5 3 9 5 11 15 2 13 135 6 COL Colombia 23 19 22 7 4 1 18 17 6 24 1 12 24 16 17 6 1 2 24 10 126 7 SCO Scotland 11 23 11 2 23 6 4 9 13 25 3 20 22 12 2 3 24 25 25 23 92 8 ITA Italy 1 20 16 8 22 7 2 25 18 8 9 24 4 7 8 16 8 24 16 12 88 9 ESP Spain 19 6 25 24 9 19 3 8 23 11 8 15 10 10 11 17 5 9 9 20 64 10 ENG England 13 8 7 19 17 17 11 20 12 22 19 23 14 11 25 13 23 20 11 15 18 11 JPN Japan 8 13 19 14 DNS 23 12 11 15 14 20 13 19 22 19 26 21 8 21 16 13 12 ARG Argentina 15 15 23 Wth 20 Wth 14 21 11 20 2 13 AUS Australia 18 0 Pos Country HOM US LBH US RIO BRA MOT JPN NAZ US MIL US BEL US POR US CLE US TOR CAN MIS US CMS US MOH US ROA US VAN CAN LAG US GTW US HOU US SUR AUS CAL US Pts Chassis Constructors' Cup Pos Chassis Pts Wins 1 GBR Reynard 2KI 393 13 2 GBR Lola B2K/00 313 7 Pos Chassis Pts Wins Engine Manufacturers' Cup Pos Engine Pts Wins 1 USAUK Ford-Cosworth XF 334 7 2 Japan Honda HR-0 314 8 3 Japan Toyota RV8E 275 5 4 GER Mercedes IC 108E 66 0 Pos Engine Pts Wins See also 2000 Toyota Atlantic Championship season 2000 Indianapolis 500 2000 Indy Racing League 2000 Indy Lights season References 30em Bibliography Shaw Jeremy Autocourse CART Official Yearbook 2000-2001 2001 Hazleton Publishing Richmond, Surrey 978-1-874557-99-9 External links Official site & results http://www.champcar.ws/Results/Standings.asp?Year=2000 Standings after Fontana Champ Car World Series 2009-05-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20081022080400/http://www.champcar.ws/Results/Standings.asp?Year=2000 2008-10-22 dead Entrant List Category:Champ Car seasons CART CART CART