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2000 Rio 200 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track     Post CART race number 3 of 20 Sunday, April 30, 2000 at Autodromo Nelson Piquet, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 108 laps on a 1.864 mile paved track (201.312 miles) Time of race: 1:37:12 Average speed: 124.256 mph Pole speed: 173.903 mph Cautions: 5 for 27 laps Margin of victory: .931 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 8 Glossary    2000 CART results   /   2000 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 22 2 1   Juan Pablo Montoya Target   (Chip Ganassi) Lola / Toyota 30   shifter cable 0   17 13 2   Gil de Ferran Marlboro   (Roger Penske) Reynard / Honda 79 11500 exhaust 0   24 7 3   Helio Castroneves Marlboro   (Roger Penske) Reynard / Honda 22   gearbox 0   20 20 5   Bryan Herta Avex / Honda   (Derrick Walker) Reynard / Honda 54 10750 gearbox 0   9 15 6   Michael Andretti Big Kmart / Texaco-Havoline   (Newman Haas Racing) Lola / Ford 107 17500 running 2   16 10 7   Max Papis Miller Lite   (Bobby Rahal) Reynard / Ford 90 11750 gearbox 0   10 4 8   Kenny Brack Shell   (Bobby Rahal) Reynard / Ford 107 16500 running 17 3 23 18 10   Norberto Fontana Video Match   (Della Penna Motorsports) Reynard / Toyota 29   mechanical 0   5 5 11   Christian Fittipaldi Big Kmart / Route 66   (Newman Haas Racing) Lola / Ford 108 30000 running 0 10 2 6 12   Jimmy Vasser Target   (Chip Ganassi) Lola / Toyota 108 60000 running 1 16 15 22 16   Michel Jourdain, Jr. Herdez   (Keith Wiggins) Lola / Mercedes 90 12000 oil pressure 0   21 21 17   Mauricio Gugelmin Nextel   (Bruce McCaw) Reynard / Mercedes 53   engine 0   7 23 18   Mark Blundell Motorola   (Bruce McCaw) Reynard / Mercedes 108 22500 running 0 6 19 19 19   Takuya Kurosawa MTCI   (Dale Coyne) Lola / Ford 64 11000 mechanical 0   6 12 20   Roberto Moreno Visteon   (Pat Patrick) Reynard / Ford 108 25000 running 0 8 12 25 25   Luiz Garcia, Jr. Hollywood Cigarettes / Embratel-21   (Frank Arciero) Reynard / Mercedes 104 14250 running 0 1 3 3 26   Paul Tracy Kool   (Team Green) Reynard / Honda 108 50000 running 1 14 11 8 27   Dario Franchitti Kool   (Team Green) Reynard / Honda 107 15250 running 0 2 8 11 32   Memo Gidley Player's / Indeck   (Gerry Forsythe) Reynard / Ford 108 20000 running 0 5 13 1 33   Alex Tagliani Player's / Indeck   (Gerry Forsythe) Reynard / Ford 103 13250 crash 76 2 14 24 34   Gualter Salles Dale Coyne Racing   (Dale Coyne) Lola / Ford 98 12500 engine 0   1 16 40   Adrian Fernandez Tecate Beer / Quaker State   (Pat Patrick) Reynard / Ford 108 100000 running 11 20 18 9 55   Tony Kanaan Hollywood Cigarettes   (Mo Nunn) Reynard / Mercedes 69 11250 gearbox 0   25 14 96   Oriol Servia Telefonica   (Cal Wells) Reynard / Toyota 0   crash 0   4 17 97   Cristiano da Matta Pioneer / MCI WorldCom   (Cal Wells) Reynard / Toyota 108 35000 running 0 12

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Alex Tagliani 1 35 35   Paul Tracy 36 36 1   Jimmy Vasser 37 37 1   Adrian Fernandez 38 39 2   Alex Tagliani 40 74 35   Michael Andretti 75 76 2   Kenny Brack 77 93 17   Alex Tagliani 94 99 6   Adrian Fernandez 100 108 9 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Paul Tracy 48     2   Jimmy Vasser 42   -6   3   Roberto Moreno 28   -20   4   Max Papis 20   -28   4   Adrian Fernandez 20   -28   6   Gil de Ferran 18   -30   6   Alex Tagliani 18   -30   8   Christian Fittipaldi 16   -32   8   Helio Castroneves 16   -32   10   Cristiano da Matta 13   -35   11   Mark Blundell 11   -37   12   Patrick Carpentier 10   -38   12   Bryan Herta 10   -38   14   Oriol Servia 8   -40   15   Memo Gidley 5   -43   15   Shinji Nakano 5   -43   17   Dario Franchitti 4   -44   18   Mauricio Gugelmin 3   -45   18   Kenny Brack 3   -45   18   Tony Kanaan 3   -45   21   Luiz Garcia, Jr. 2   -46