2000 Michigan 500 Presented by Toyota
Race 11 of 20
Michigan
250 laps
Time of race: 2:48:49.790
Average speed of winner: 177.694 mph
Margin of victory: 0.040 sec.
Lead changes: 52 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 38 laps
Fastest lap: Juan Pablo Montoya 231.051
Lap leaders: Tracy pole, Montoya 1-16, Andretti 17-18, Montoya 19-21, Castroneves 22-33, Bräck 34, Fittipaldi 35-37, Fernández 38-39, Bräck 40-50, Fittipaldi 51-56, Bräck 57-61, Andretti 62-67, Castroneves 68, Andretti 69-78, Fittipaldi 79-81, Papis 82-88, Castroneves 89, Papis 90-91, Bräck 92, Castroneves 93-100, Montoya 101-106, Castroneves 107-126, Andretti 127-129, Castroneves 130, Andretti 131-133, Castroneves 134, Andretti 135-140, Montoya 141, Fittipaldi 142, Fernández 143-144, Andretti 145-154, Tagliani 155, Andretti 156, Tagliani 157-160, Castroneves 161-164, Montoya 165-170, Tracy 171-173, Castroneves 174-176, Tracy 177-181, Castroneves 182-204, Servià 205-206, Andretti 207-209, Fernández 210-213, Castroneves 214-224, Fernández 225-229, Andretti 230-237, Montoya 238-240, Andretti 241, Montoya 242, Andretti 243-246, Montoya 247-248, Andretti 249, Montoya 250
Race notes: Michael Andretti took the points lead from Roberto Moreno.
Video links: Entire race
| Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor | Chassis | Engine | Tire | Owner | Qualifying Speed | Laps | X Led | Laps Led | Status | Points |
| 1 | 7 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 1 | Target | Lola | Toyota | Firestone | Ganassi | 232.536 | 250 | 9 | 39 | flagged | 20 |
| 2 | 2 | Michael Andretti | 6 | Big Kmart/Texaco Havoline | Lola | Ford | Firestone | Newman-Haas | 234.627 | 250 | 13 | 58 | flagged | 16 |
| 3 | 4 | Dario Franchitti | 27 | KOOL | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Green | 233.176 | 250 | 0 | 0 | flagged | 14 |
| 4 | 9 | Patrick Carpentier | 32 | Player's/Indeck | Reynard | Ford | Firestone | Forsythe | 231.989 | 250 | 0 | 0 | flagged | 12 |
| 5 | 13 | Hélio Castroneves | 3 | Marlboro | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Penske | 230.762 | 250 | 11 | 85 | flagged | 11 |
| 6 | 12 | Adrián Fernández | 40 | Tecate/Quaker State | Reynard | Ford | Firestone | Patrick | 231.169 | 250 | 4 | 13 | flagged | 8 |
| 7 | 1 | Paul Tracy | 26 | KOOL | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Green | 234.949 | 250 | 2 | 8 | flagged | 7 |
| 8 | 15 | Oriol Servià | 96 | Telefonica | Reynard | Toyota | Firestone | PPI | 229.511 | 249 | 1 | 2 | flagged | 5 |
| 9 | 11 | Max Papis | 7 | Miller Lite | Reynard | Ford | Firestone | Rahal | 231.310 | 247 | 2 | 9 | mechanical | 4 |
| 10 | 21 | Memo Gidley | 10 | DIRECTV | Reynard | Toyota | Firestone | Della Penna | 224.628 | 247 | 0 | 0 | flagged | 3 |
| 11 | 23 | Luiz Garcia, Jr. | 25 | Hollywood/Embratel-21 | Reynard | Mercedes | Firestone | Arciero | 220.089 | 246 | 0 | 0 | flagged | 2 |
| 12 | 24 | Tarso Marques | 34 | Panasonic | Swift | Ford | Firestone | Coyne | 215.957 | 246 | 0 | 0 | flagged | 1 |
| 13 | 20 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 17 | Nextel | Reynard | Mercedes | Firestone | PacWest | 225.642 | 241 | 0 | 0 | mechanical | 0 |
| 14 | 3 | Christian Fittipaldi | 11 | Big Kmart/Route 66 | Lola | Ford | Firestone | Newman-Haas | 234.230 | 220 | 4 | 13 | contact | 0 |
| 15 | 22 | Michel Jourdain, Jr. | 16 | Herdez | Lola | Mercedes | Firestone | Bettenhausen | 223.776 | 162 | 0 | 0 | mechanical | 0 |
| 16 | 8 | Alex Tagliani | 33 | Player's/Indeck | Reynard | Ford | Firestone | Forsythe | 232.333 | 160 | 2 | 5 | contact | 0 |
| 17 | 14 | Cristiano da Matta | 97 | Pioneer/MCI WorldCom | Reynard | Toyota | Firestone | PPI | 229.878 | 142 | 0 | 0 | pit incident | 0 |
| 18 | 5 | Gil de Ferran | 2 | Marlboro | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Penske | 232.980 | 140 | 0 | 0 | contact | 0 |
| 19 | 17 | Mark Blundell | 18 | Motorola | Reynard | Mercedes | Firestone | PacWest | 226.558 | 131 | 0 | 0 | mechanical | 0 |
| 20 | 19 | Shinji Nakano | 5 | Avex/Honda | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Walker | 225.812 | 104 | 0 | 0 | mechanical | 0 |
| 21 | 6 | Jimmy Vasser | 12 | Target | Lola | Toyota | Firestone | Ganassi | 232.761 | 102 | 0 | 0 | mechanical | 0 |
| 22 | 10 | Kenny Bräck | 8 | Shell | Reynard | Ford | Firestone | Rahal | 231.772 | 97 | 4 | 18 | contact | 0 |
| 23 | 16 | Roberto Moreno | 20 | Visteon Patrick Racing | Reynard | Ford | Firestone | Patrick | 228.086 | 97 | 0 | 0 | mechanical | 0 |
| 24 | 18 | Tony Kanaan | 55 | Hollywood | Reynard | Mercedes | Firestone | Nunn | 226.166 | 61 | 0 | 0 | mechanical | 0 |
| 25 | 25 | Takuya Kurosawa | 19 | Sports Today | Lola | Ford | Firestone | Coyne | 0 | 0 | 0 | did not start | 0 |
Points standings
| Rank | Driver | Points | Starts | Poles | Wins | Podiums |
| 1 | Michael Andretti | 104 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Roberto Moreno | 90 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Paul Tracy | 80 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Gil de Ferran | 75 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 74 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Adrián Fernández | 69 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Kenny Bräck | 66 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Patrick Carpentier | 65 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Jimmy Vasser | 63 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Cristiano da Matta | 62 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Dario Franchitti | 58 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Max Papis | 56 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Hélio Castroneves | 56 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Christian Fittipaldi | 38 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Oriol Servià | 38 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Alex Tagliani | 36 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 24 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Bryan Herta | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Mark Blundell | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Tony Kanaan | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Michel Jourdain, Jr. | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Memo Gidley | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Shinji Nakano | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Tarso Marques | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Luiz Garcia, Jr. | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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