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2000 Midas 500 Classic Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Indy Racing Northern Light Series race number 7 of 9 Saturday, July 15, 2000 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA 208 laps on a 1.540 mile paved track (320.320 miles) Time of race: 2:02:02 Average speed: 153.403 mph Pole speed: 216.104 mph Cautions: 6 for 41 laps Margin of victory: 3.054 sec Attendance: 35000 Lead changes: 13 Glossary    2000 Indy Racing Northern Light Series results   /   2000 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner C/E/T Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 1   Greg Ray Conseco / Quaker State / Menards   (John Menard) D/A/F 208 143400 running 182 55 2 11 91   Buddy Lazier Delta Faucet / Coors Light / Tae-Bo   (Ron Hemelgarn) D/A/F 208 98550 running 2 40 3 24 3   Al Unser, Jr. ECR / RacingTickets.com   (Rick Galles) G/A/F 208 84350 running 0 35 4 12 5   Robby McGehee Treadway Racing   (Fred Treadway) G/A/F 208 56000 running 1 32 5 3 98   Donnie Beechler Cahill Racing   (Larry Cahill) D/A/F 207 52000 running 4 31 6 8 24   Robbie Buhl Team Purex   (Dreyer & Reinbold Racing) G/I/F 207 51600 running 0 28 7 20 7   Stephan Gregoire Mexmil / Tokheim / Viking Air Tools   (Dick Simon) G/A/F 207 45000 running 0 26 8 19 81   Billy Boat Team Pelfrey   (Team Pelfrey) D/A/F 207 43900 running 0 24 9 18 55   Shigeaki Hattori Epson   (Treadway-Vertex Cunningham) G/A/F 206 33200 running 0 22 10 2 11   Eliseo Salazar Rio   (A.J. Foyt) G/A/F 205 42900 running 0 22 11 16 4   Scott Goodyear Pennzoil   (Panther Racing) D/A/F 205 41700 running 0 19 12 25 27   Jimmy Kite Big Daddy's BBQ   (Blueprint Racing) G/A/F 199 24900 engine 0 18 13 15 20   Tyce Carlson Hubbard Racing   (Hubbard-Immke Racing) D/A/F 196 39600 running 2 17 14 5 15   Sarah Fisher Cummins   (Derrick Walker) D/A/F 190 22700 crash 0 16 15 17 16   Davey Hamilton FreeInternet.com   (Team Xtreme Racing) G/A/F 184 21700 running 0 15 16 13 8   Scott Sharp Delphi Automotive Systems / MCI Worldcom   (Tom Kelley) D/A/F 179 36300 oil pressure 0 14 17 23 30   J.J. Yeley WorldBestBuy.com / Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria   (Byrd-McCormack Motorsports) R/A/F 177 19400 running 0 13 18 7 28   Mark Dismore On Star / GM BuyPower   (Tom Kelley) D/A/F 146 35100 engine 16 12 19 4 14   Jeff Ward Harrah's   (A.J. Foyt) G/A/F 123 34100 engine 0 11 20 21 43   Scott Harrington Mid America Freight / Western Star Trucks   (Mid America Motorsports) D/A/F 120 17300 engine 0 10 21 14 51   Eddie Cheever, Jr. #51 Excite@Home Indy Race Car   (Eddie Cheever, Jr.) D/I/F 96 33000 engine 1 9 22 22 19   Stevie Reeves Logan Racing   (Logan Racing) D/A/F 89 17300 engine 0 8 23 9 12   Buzz Calkins Bradley Food Marts / Save-O-Mat   (Brad Calkins) D/A/F 68 33000 engine 0 7 24 6 6   Jeret Schroeder Kroger / Tristarmall.com   (Tri-Star Motorsports) D/A/F 37 33000 engine 0 6 25 10 88   Airton Dare Uproar.com   (Team Xtreme Racing) G/A/F 13 33000 engine 0 5 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 13 13     14 18 5   #88 spun frontstretch   19 39 21     40 43 4   #43 stalled turn 1   44 68 25     69 73 5   #12 stalled turns 1/2   74 137 64     138 142 5   debris   143 146 4     147 163 17   #28 oil on track   164 193 30     194 198 5   #15 accident turn 4   199 208 10       Percent of race run under caution: 19.7%             Average green flag run: 23.9 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Greg Ray 1 40 40   Donnie Beechler 41 44 4   Mark Dismore 45 52 8   Greg Ray 53 69 17   Tyce Carlson 70 71 2   Mark Dismore 72 74 3   Eddie Cheever, Jr. 75 75 1   Mark Dismore 76 78 3   Greg Ray 79 122 44   Mark Dismore 123 124 2   Greg Ray 125 156 32   Buddy Lazier 157 158 2   Robby McGehee 159 159 1   Greg Ray 160 208 49 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Buddy Lazier 208     2   Eddie Cheever, Jr. 185   -23   3   Scott Goodyear 175   -33   4   Scott Sharp 173   -35   4   Eliseo Salazar 173   -35   6   Al Unser, Jr. 170   -38   7   Mark Dismore 167   -41   8   Robbie Buhl 161   -47   9   Donnie Beechler 154   -54   10   Robby McGehee 152   -56   11   Greg Ray 138   -70   12   Billy Boat 134   -74   13   Stephan Gregoire 131   -77   14   Jeff Ward 123   -85   15   Jeret Schroeder 118   -90   16   Airton Dare 113   -95   17   Tyce Carlson 109   -99   18   Buzz Calkins 105   -103   19   Sam Hornish, Jr. 85   -123   20   Jaques Lazier 82   -126   21   Davey Hamilton 73   -135