2000 Michigan 500

January 2025 United States Michigan 500 Michigan International Speedway track map.png July 23 2000 2000 Michigan 500 11 20 CART Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan, United States Permanent racing facility 2.000 3.219 250 500.000 804.672 Paul Tracy Team Green 30.645 (234.94 mph) http://www.paultracy.com/pt_history.html Paul Tracy Career History paultracy.com Paul Tracy 2009-12-21 Pole position at Michigan Speedway came at a track-record speed of 234.949 miles per hour (30.645 seconds) and was his first pole since 1997 at Milwaukee, as well as his first career pole on a superspeedway. CAN Juan Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing 31.162 http://www.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/ch200011.pdf 2000 Championship Results: Brooklyn, MI 500 Mile Race - July 23, 2000 motorsport.com Philip Harms 2000-08-05 2009-12-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20110608001240/http://www.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/ch200011.pdf June 8, 2011 dead 232 COL Juan Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing COL Michael Andretti Newman/Haas Racing USA Dario Franchitti Team Green 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 2000 Pos. No. Driver Team Lap Time Behind Speed (mph)126 CAN Paul TracyTeam Green30,645 234.9492 6USA Michael Andretti Newman/Haas Racing 30,6870,042234.627311BRA Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing 30,7390,094234.230427SCO Dario Franchitti Team Green 30,8780,233233.17652BRA Gil de Ferran Team Penske30,9040,259232.980612 USA Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing30,9330,288232.76171COL Juan Pablo MontoyaChip Ganassi Racing30,9630,318232.536833CAN Alex Tagliani orange R darkgrayForsythe Racing30,9900,345232.333932CAN Patrick CarpentierForsythe Racing31,0360,391231.989108Sweden Kenny Bräck orange R darkgrayTeam Rahal31,0650,420231.772117ITA Max PapisTeam Rahal31,1270,482231.3101240MEX Adrián FernándezPatrick Racing31,1460,501231.169133BRA Hélio CastronevesTeam Penske31,2010,556230.7621497BRA Cristiano da MattaPPI Motorsports31,3210,676 229.8781596ESP Oriol Servià orange R darkgrayPPI Motorsports31,3710,726229.5111620BRA Roberto MorenoPatrick Racing31,5670,922228.0861718GBR Mark BlundellPacWest Racing31,7801,135 226.55818 55BRA Tony KanaanForsythe Racing31,8351,190226.166195Japan Shinji Nakano orange R darkgrayWalker Racing31,8851,240225.8122017BRA Mauricio GugelminPacWest Racing31,9091,264225.6422110USA Memo GidleyDella Penna Motorsports32,0531,408224.6282216MEX Michel Jourdain Jr.Bettenhausen Racing32,1751,530223.7762325BRA Luiz Garcia Jr.Arciero Racing32,7142,069220.0892434BRA Tarso MarquesDale Coyne Racing0,000 30,6450.0002519Japan Takuya Kurosawa orange R darkgrayDale Coyne Racing0,00030,6450,000 Source: 2017-06-12 2000 Michigan 500 Motor Sport Magazine Database https://database.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2000-michigan-500 2020-10-30 Motor Sport Magazine enhttps://web.archive.org/web/20000918152830/http://www.cart.com/R11/results/Qualifying_classification.html http://www.cart.com/R11/results/Qualifying_classification.html 18 September 2000 CART // Michigan // Results // Qualifying // Classification 22 July 2021 CART.com orange R darkgray 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.07/23/2000 race: Michigan 500 Presented by Toyota (CART) pit stop data - Racing-Reference.info https://www.racing-reference.info/pitstops/2000-11/R 2020-10-30 www.racing-reference.info 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.07/23/2000 race: Michigan 500 Presented by Toyota (CART) - Racing-Reference.info https://www.racing-reference.info/race/2000_Michigan_500_Presented_by_Toyota/R 2020-10-30 www.racing-reference.info 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. +Race resultsRankDriver1Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya2US Michael Andretti3United Kingdom Dario Franchitti4Canada Patrick Carpentier5Brazil Hélio Castroneves Championship Battle 2000 CART season 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.2000 Michigan 500 Telecast: ABC-TV, July 23, 2000 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.http://www.speedvision.com/pub/articles/racing/08inews/000724b.html CART Does Very Well at Michigan Speedvision.com 2000-07-24 2023-07-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20010414031841/http://www.speedvision.com/pub/articles/racing/08inews/000724b.html 2001-04-14 dead The race had a final rating of 2.0 with 2.058 million households watching. It was the most-watched CART race of 2000.http://speedvision.com/pub/articles/racing/08inews/000727b.html Who Watched What July 22-23 Speedvision.com 2000-07-27 2023-07-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20010825161259/http://speedvision.com/pub/articles/racing/08inews/000727b.html 2001-08-25 dead 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.http://speedvision.com/pub/articles/racing/08inews/000727b.html Who Watched What July 22-23 Speedvision.com 2000-07-27 2023-07-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20010825161259/http://speedvision.com/pub/articles/racing/08inews/000727b.html 2001-08-25 dead Standings after the race + Drivers' Championship standings Rank +/– Driver Points 1 10px 1USA Michael Andretti104 2 10px 1BRA Roberto Moreno90 3 10px 1 CAN Paul Tracy80 4 10px 1BRA Gil de Ferran75 5 10px 4 COL Juan Pablo Montoya74Sources:2000 Michigan 500 Presented by Toyota USA Today Sports Media Group September 15, 2001 http://racing-reference.info/race/2000_Michigan_500_Presented_by_Toyota/R June 3, 2018ChampCar/CART: Points standing after Michigan Motorsport.com July 24, 2000 https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-points-standing-after-michigan/?s=1 June 3, 2018March 2023 InternetArchiveBot yes + Constructors' standings Rank +/– Constructor Points 1 10pxUK Reynard215 2 10pxUK Lola173 3 10pxUSA Swift 5Sources: + Manufacturers' standings Rank +/– Manufacturer Points 1 10pxUK Ford-Cosworth 194 2 10pxJPN Honda 169 3 10pxJPN Toyota 165 4 10pxGER Mercedes 46Sources: Note: Only the top five positions are included for the drivers' standings. References Marlboro 500 2000 2000 Molson Indy Toronto 2000 TARGET Grand Prix 1999 U.S. 500 Presented by Toyota 2001 Harrah's 500 Michigan 500, 2000 Category:Michigan Indy 400