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2000 Excite 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Indy Racing Northern Light Series race number 9 of 9 Sunday, October 15, 2000 at Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX 208 laps on a 1.455 mile paved track (302.640 miles) Time of race: 1:43:36 Average speed: 175.276 mph Pole speed: 215.352 mph Cautions: 4 for 24 laps Margin of victory: .140 sec Attendance: 30000 Lead changes: 16 Glossary    2000 Indy Racing Northern Light Series results   /   2000 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner C/E/T Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 4   Scott Goodyear Pennzoil   (Panther Racing) D/A/F 208 123700 running 39 52 2 10 51   Eddie Cheever, Jr. #51 Excite@Home Indy Race Car   (Eddie Cheever, Jr.) D/I/F 208 86850 running 26 40 3 22 81   Billy Boat Team Pelfrey   (Team Pelfrey) D/A/F 208 73750 running 1 35 4 6 91   Buddy Lazier Delta Faucet / Coors Light / Tae-Bo   (Ron Hemelgarn) D/A/F 208 56100 running 38 32 5 21 11   Eliseo Salazar Rio   (A.J. Foyt) G/A/F 207 50700 running 0 30 6 16 98   Donnie Beechler Cahill Racing   (Larry Cahill) D/A/F 207 45300 running 0 28 7 15 55   Shigeaki Hattori Epson   (Treadway-Vertex Cunningham) G/A/F 207 59200 running 0 26 8 3 14   Jeff Ward Harrah's   (A.J. Foyt) G/A/F 207 43100 running 0 25 9 17 12   Buzz Calkins Bradley Food Marts / Save-O-Mat   (Brad Calkins) D/A/F 207 43100 running 0 22 10 12 16   Jaques Lazier Nabisco   (Team Xtreme Racing) G/A/F 207 20000 running 1 20 11 13 15   Sarah Fisher Cummins   (Derrick Walker) D/A/F 206 18900 running 0 19 12 19 88   Airton Dare Uproar.com   (Team Xtreme Racing) G/A/F 205 39800 running 0 18 13 24 8   Scott Sharp Delphi Automotive Systems / Worldcom   (Tom Kelley) D/A/F 200 38800 running 2 17 14 11 28   Mark Dismore On Star / GM BuyPower / Bryant H & C   (Tom Kelley) D/A/F 189 37600 running 0 16 15 25 21   Zak Morioka Revista Motors   (Tri-Star Motorsports) D/A/F 187 14600 crash 0 15 16 14 6   Jeret Schroeder Kroger / Tristarmall.com   (Tri-Star Motorsports) D/A/F 165 35500 running 0 14 17 4 3   Al Unser, Jr. ECR / RacingTickets.com   (Rick Galles) G/A/F 155 54300 clutch 99 15 18 5 24   Robbie Buhl Team Purex   (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing) G/I/F 147 34300 oil pressure 2 12 19 7 43   Davey Hamilton Western Star Trucks / PetroMoly   (Mid America Motorsports) D/A/F 139 11300 wheel bearing 0 11 20 23 7   Stephan Gregoire Mexmil / Tokheim / Viking Air Tools   (Dick Simon) G/A/F 116 32200 running 0 10 21 20 27   Jimmy Kite National Sports Managament   (Blueprint Racing) G/A/F 88 10200 engine 0 9 22 26 19   Stevie Reeves Logan Racing   (Logan Racing) D/A/F 80 10200 engine 0 8 23 9 20   Tyce Carlson Hubbard Racing   (Hubbard-Immke Racing) D/A/F 66 32200 engine 0 7 24 8 5   Robby McGehee Broadband Investment Group   (Fred Treadway) G/A/F 62 32200 electrical 0 6 25 27 30   J.J. Yeley WorldBestBuy.com / Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria   (Byrd-McCormack Motorsports) R/A/F 26 10200 oil pump 0 5 26 1 1   Greg Ray Conseco / Quaker State / Menards   (John Menard) D/A/F 19 44700 electrical 0 7 27 18 18   Sam Hornish, Jr. Uniden / Bearcat Scanners   (Paul Diatlovich) G/A/F 7 32200 engine 0 3 C/E/T = Chassis / Engine / Tire codes   Chassis: D - Dallara; G - G Force; R - Riley & Scott   Engine: A - Oldsmobile Aurora; I - Nissan Infiniti   Tires: F - Firestone

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 67 67     68 71 4   #20 tow-in   72 85 14     86 94 9   #19 oil on track   95 154 60     155 159 5   #6 tow-in   160 192 33     193 198 6   #21 accident turn 2   199 208 10       Percent of race run under caution: 11.5%             Average green flag run: 36.8 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Scott Goodyear 1 1 1   Al Unser, Jr. 2 33 32   Scott Goodyear 34 48 15   Al Unser, Jr. 49 49 1   Jaques Lazier 50 50 1   Scott Sharp 51 52 2   Al Unser, Jr. 53 100 48   Scott Goodyear 101 103 3   Al Unser, Jr. 104 121 18   Eddie Cheever, Jr. 122 135 14   Scott Goodyear 136 143 8   Robbie Buhl 144 145 2   Billy Boat 146 146 1   Scott Goodyear 147 156 10   Buddy Lazier 157 194 38   Eddie Cheever, Jr. 195 206 12   Scott Goodyear 207 207 1 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Buddy Lazier 290     2   Scott Goodyear 272   -18   3   Eddie Cheever, Jr. 257   -33   4   Eliseo Salazar 210   -80   5   Donnie Beechler 202   -88   5   Mark Dismore 202   -88   7   Scott Sharp 196   -94   8   Robbie Buhl 190   -100   9   Al Unser, Jr. 188   -102   10   Billy Boat 181   -109   11   Jeff Ward 176   -114   12   Robby McGehee 174   -116   13   Greg Ray 172   -118   14   Stephan Gregoire 171   -119   15   Buzz Calkins 145   -145   16   Airton Dare 142   -148   17   Jeret Schroeder 136   -154   18   Tyce Carlson 124   -166   18   Sarah Fisher 124   -166   20   Jaques Lazier 112   -178   21   Sam Hornish, Jr. 110   -180