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2000 Firestone Firehawk 500K Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post CART race number 4 of 20 Sunday, May 14, 2000 at Twin Ring Motegi Superspeedway, Motegi City, Japan 201 laps on a 1.549 mile paved track (311.349 miles) Time of race: 1:58:52 Average speed: 157.154 mph Pole speed: 212.54 mph Cautions: 5 for 29 laps Margin of victory: .546 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 3 Glossary    2000 CART results   /   2000 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 8 6   Michael Andretti Big Kmart / Texaco-Havoline   (Newman Haas Racing) Lola / Ford 201 100000 running 26 20 2 17 27   Dario Franchitti Kool   (Team Green) Reynard / Honda 201 60000 running 0 16 3 4 20   Roberto Moreno Visteon   (Pat Patrick) Reynard / Ford 201 50000 running 0 14 4 19 97   Cristiano da Matta Pioneer / MCI WorldCom   (Cal Wells) Reynard / Toyota 201 35000 running 0 12 5 2 8   Kenny Brack Shell   (Bobby Rahal) Reynard / Ford 201 30000 running 0 10 6 20 26   Paul Tracy Kool   (Team Green) Reynard / Honda 201 25000 running 0 8 7 1 1   Juan Pablo Montoya Target   (Chip Ganassi) Lola / Toyota 201 22500 running 172 8 8 12 7   Max Papis Miller Lite   (Bobby Rahal) Reynard / Ford 200 20000 running 0 5 9 5 2   Gil de Ferran Marlboro   (Roger Penske) Reynard / Honda 200 17500 running 0 4 10 15 40   Adrian Fernandez Tecate Beer / Quaker State   (Pat Patrick) Reynard / Ford 200 16500 running 3 3 11 6 11   Christian Fittipaldi Big Kmart / Route 66   (Newman Haas Racing) Lola / Ford 199 15250 running 0 2 12 18 16   Michel Jourdain, Jr. Herdez   (Keith Wiggins) Lola / Mercedes 198 14250 running 0 1 13 14 3   Helio Castroneves Marlboro   (Roger Penske) Reynard / Honda 198 13250 running 0   14 11 5   Shinji Nakano Avex / Honda   (Derrick Walker) Reynard / Honda 198 12500 running 0   15 10 33   Alex Tagliani Player's / Indeck   (Gerry Forsythe) Reynard / Ford 198 12000 running 0   16 9 55   Tony Kanaan Hollywood Cigarettes   (Mo Nunn) Reynard / Mercedes 189 11750 engine 0   17 21 34   Tarso Marques Panasonic   (Dale Coyne) Swift / Ford 186 11500 running 0   18 16 32   Memo Gidley Player's / Indeck   (Gerry Forsythe) Reynard / Ford 182 11250 electrical 0   19 22 18   Mark Blundell Motorola   (Bruce McCaw) Reynard / Mercedes 161 11000 crash 0   20 23 19   Takuya Kurosawa MTCI   (Dale Coyne) Lola / Ford 131 10750 disqualified 0   21 3 12   Jimmy Vasser Target   (Chip Ganassi) Lola / Toyota 127   gearbox 0   22 7 17   Mauricio Gugelmin Nextel   (Bruce McCaw) Reynard / Mercedes 42   header 0   23 24 25   Luiz Garcia, Jr. Hollywood Cigarettes / Embratel-21   (Frank Arciero) Reynard / Mercedes 18   gearbox 0   24 13 96   Oriol Servia Telefonica   (Cal Wells) Reynard / Toyota 0   crash 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Juan Pablo Montoya 1 132 132   Adrian Fernandez 133 135 3   Juan Pablo Montoya 136 175 40   Michael Andretti 176 201 26 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Paul Tracy 56     2   Roberto Moreno 42   -14   2   Jimmy Vasser 42   -14   4   Max Papis 25   -31   4   Cristiano da Matta 25   -31   6   Adrian Fernandez 23   -33   7   Gil de Ferran 22   -34   8   Michael Andretti 20   -36   8   Dario Franchitti 20   -36   10   Christian Fittipaldi 18   -38   10   Alex Tagliani 18   -38   12   Helio Castroneves 16   -40   13   Kenny Brack 13   -43   14   Mark Blundell 11   -45   15   Patrick Carpentier 10   -46   15   Bryan Herta 10   -46   17   Oriol Servia 8   -48   17   Juan Pablo Montoya 8   -48   19   Memo Gidley 5   -51   19   Shinji Nakano 5   -51   21   Michel Jourdain, Jr. 3   -53