2000 Marlboro 500
Race 20 of 20
Fontana
250 laps
Time of race: 3:38:04.376
Average speed of winner: 139.563 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 57 among 12 drivers
Cautions: 11 for 85 laps
Fastest lap: Hélio Castroneves 232.521
Lap leaders: de Ferran pole, Castroneves 1-2, de Ferran 3-6, Castroneves 7-10, de Ferran 11-21, Castroneves 22-26, Montoya 27-40, Andretti 41-45, Vasser 46-49, Bräck 50-57, Castroneves 58-59, Bräck 60-64, Castroneves 65-66, Bräck 67-68, Andretti 69-71, Bräck 72-74, Papis 75, Montoya 76-86, Papis 87-90, Gugelmin 91-98, Moreno 99-104, Castroneves 105-108, Papis 109-117, Bräck 118-124, Papis 125-126, Bräck 127, Castroneves 128, Bräck 129-137, Fittipaldi 138-141, Bräck 142-144, Castroneves 145-146, Bräck 147-149, Castroneves 150, Bräck 151-154, Fittipaldi 155-156, Bräck 157-158, Papis 159, Castroneves 160, Papis 161-162, Montoya 163, Papis 164, Montoya 165-167, Papis 168-171, Barron 172, Moreno 173-174, Papis 175-166, Castroneves 177, de Ferran 178-185, Mears 186-195, Barron 196, Montoya 197-198, Castroneves 199-200, Montoya 201, Barron 202-206, Castroneves 207-217, Fittipaldi 218, Castroneves 219-221, Fittipaldi 222-250
Race notes: Last win for Christian Fittipaldi. Debut for Casey Mears. Finale for Mark Blundell and Juan Pablo Montoya.
Video links: Entire race
| Finish | Start | Driver | Car # | Sponsor | Chassis | Engine | Tire | Owner | Qualifying Speed | Laps | X Led | Laps Led | Status | Points |
| 1 | 3 | Christian Fittipaldi | 11 | Big Kmart/Route 66 | Lola | Ford | Firestone | Newman-Haas | 239.073 | 250 | 4 | 36 | flagged | 20 |
| 2 | 19 | Roberto Moreno | 20 | Visteon Patrick Racing | Reynard | Ford | Firestone | Patrick | 231.672 | 250 | 2 | 8 | flagged | 16 |
| 3 | 1 | Gil de Ferran | 2 | Marlboro | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Penske | 241.428 | 250 | 3 | 23 | flagged | 15 |
| 4 | 15 | Casey Mears | 91 | Worldcom | Reynard | Ford | Firestone | Rahal | 233.382 | 250 | 1 | 10 | flagged | 12 |
| 5 | 14 | Adrián Fernández | 40 | Tecate/Quaker State | Reynard | Ford | Firestone | Patrick | 233.659 | 250 | 0 | 0 | flagged | 10 |
| 6 | 10 | Alex Tagliani | 33 | Player's/Indeck | Reynard | Ford | Firestone | Forsythe | 235.633 | 248 | 0 | 0 | contact | 8 |
| 7 | 25 | Tarso Marques | 34 | Panasonic | Swift | Ford | Firestone | Coyne | 226.037 | 247 | 0 | 0 | flagged | 6 |
| 8 | 20 | Alex Barron | 19 | Sports Today | Lola | Ford | Firestone | Coyne | 231.504 | 239 | 3 | 7 | mechanical | 5 |
| 9 | 4 | Hélio Castroneves | 3 | Marlboro | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Penske | 239.011 | 226 | 14 | 41 | contact | 4 |
| 10 | 5 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 1 | Target | Lola | Toyota | Firestone | Ganassi | 237.688 | 219 | 6 | 32 | mechanical | 3 |
| 11 | 23 | Michel Jourdain, Jr. | 16 | Herdez | Lola | Mercedes | Firestone | Bettenhausen | 227.963 | 203 | 0 | 0 | mechanical | 2 |
| 12 | 13 | Max Papis | 7 | Miller Lite | Reynard | Ford | Firestone | Rahal | 234.521 | 182 | 9 | 26 | mechanical | 1 |
| 13 | 8 | Kenny Bräck | 8 | Shell | Reynard | Ford | Firestone | Rahal | 236.297 | 167 | 11 | 47 | mechanical | 1 |
| 14 | 11 | Patrick Carpentier | 32 | Player's/Indeck | Reynard | Ford | Firestone | Forsythe | 234.959 | 154 | 0 | 0 | mechanical | 0 |
| 15 | 21 | Mark Blundell | 18 | Motorola | Reynard | Mercedes | Firestone | PacWest | 230.845 | 129 | 0 | 0 | mechanical | 0 |
| 16 | 24 | Shinji Nakano | 5 | Avex/Honda | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Walker | 226.044 | 113 | 0 | 0 | mechanical | 0 |
| 17 | 22 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 17 | Nextel | Reynard | Mercedes | Firestone | PacWest | 230.365 | 103 | 1 | 8 | mechanical | 0 |
| 18 | 12 | Tony Kanaan | 55 | Hollywood | Reynard | Mercedes | Firestone | Nunn | 234.861 | 88 | 0 | 0 | mechanical | 0 |
| 19 | 2 | Michael Andretti | 6 | Big Kmart/Texaco Havoline | Lola | Ford | Firestone | Newman-Haas | 239.097 | 88 | 2 | 8 | contact | 0 |
| 20 | 16 | Oriol Servià | 96 | Telefonica | Reynard | Toyota | Firestone | PPI | 232.965 | 88 | 0 | 0 | contact | 0 |
| 21 | 17 | Memo Gidley | 10 | DIRECTV | Reynard | Toyota | Firestone | Della Penna | 232.936 | 78 | 0 | 0 | mechanical | 0 |
| 22 | 6 | Jimmy Vasser | 12 | Target | Lola | Toyota | Firestone | Ganassi | 237.217 | 71 | 1 | 4 | mechanical | 0 |
| 23 | 7 | Dario Franchitti | 27 | KOOL | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Green | 237.194 | 45 | 0 | 0 | mechanical | 0 |
| 24 | 9 | Paul Tracy | 26 | KOOL | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Green | 236.213 | 23 | 0 | 0 | mechanical | 0 |
| 25 | 18 | Cristiano da Matta | 97 | Pioneer/MCI WorldCom | Reynard | Toyota | Firestone | PPI | 231.952 | 22 | 0 | 0 | contact | 0 |
| 26 | 26 | Luiz Garcia, Jr. | 25 | Hollywood/Embratel-21 | Reynard | Mercedes | Firestone | Arciero | 222.363 | 0 | 0 | 0 | did not start | 0 |
Points standings
| Rank | Driver | Points | Starts | Poles | Wins | Podiums |
| 1 | Gil de Ferran | 168 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Adrián Fernández | 158 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Roberto Moreno | 147 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Kenny Bräck | 135 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Paul Tracy | 134 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Jimmy Vasser | 131 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Hélio Castroneves | 129 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Michael Andretti | 127 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 126 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Cristiano da Matta | 112 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Patrick Carpentier | 101 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Christian Fittipaldi | 96 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Dario Franchitti | 92 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Max Papis | 88 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Oriol Servià | 60 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Alex Tagliani | 53 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 39 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Bryan Herta | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Tony Kanaan | 24 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Memo Gidley | 20 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Mark Blundell | 18 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Michel Jourdain, Jr. | 18 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Casey Mears | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Shinji Nakano | 12 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Tarso Marques | 11 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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