2000 Rio 200

Race 3 of 20

Rio de Janeiro
108 laps
Time of race: 1:37:12.490
Average speed of winner: 124.256 mph
Margin of victory: 0.931 sec.
Lead changes: 8 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 27 laps
Fastest lap: Alex Tagliani 170.120
Lap leaders: Tagliani 1-35, Tracy 36, Vasser 37, Fernández 38-39, Tagliani 40-74, Andretti 75-76, Bräck 77-93, Tagliani 94-99, Fernández 100-108

Race notes: First pole for Alex Tagliani.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	16	Adrián Fernández	40	Tecate/Quaker State	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	170.354	108	2	11	flagged	20
2	6	Jimmy Vasser	12	Target	Lola	Toyota	Firestone	Ganassi	172.313	108	1	1	flagged	16
3	3	Paul Tracy	26	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Green	172.757	108	1	1	flagged	14
4	17	Cristiano da Matta	97	Pioneer/MCI WorldCom	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	PPI	170.233	108	0	0	flagged	12
5	5	Christian Fittipaldi	11	Big Kmart/Route 66	Lola	Ford	Firestone	Newman-Haas	172.597	108	0	0	flagged	10
6	12	Roberto Moreno	20	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	170.900	108	0	0	flagged	8
7	23	Mark Blundell	18	Motorola	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	PacWest	167.454	108	0	0	flagged	6
8	11	Memo Gidley	32	Player's/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Forsythe	170.983	108	0	0	flagged	5
9	15	Michael Andretti	6	Big Kmart/Texaco Havoline	Lola	Ford	Firestone	Newman-Haas	170.574	107	1	2	flagged	0
10	4	Kenny Bräck	8	Shell	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Rahal	172.610	107	1	17	flagged	3
11	8	Dario Franchitti	27	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Green	171.947	107	0	0	flagged	2
12	25	Luiz Garcia, Jr.	25	Hollywood/Embratel-21	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Arciero		104	0	0	flagged	1
13	1	Alex Tagliani	33	Player's/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Forsythe	173.903	103	3	76	mechanical	2
14	24	Gualter Salles	34	Dale Coyne Racing	Lola	Ford	Firestone	Coyne		98	0	0	mechanical	0
15	22	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	16	Herdez	Lola	Mercedes	Firestone	Bettenhausen	168.366	90	0	0	mechanical	0
16	10	Max Papis	7	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Rahal	171.066	90	0	0	mechanical	0
17	13	Gil de Ferran	2	Marlboro	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Penske	170.757	79	0	0	mechanical	0
18	9	Tony Kanaan	55	Hollywood	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	Nunn	171.617	69	0	0	mechanical	0
19	19	Takuya Kurosawa	19	MTCI	Lola	Ford	Firestone	Coyne	169.497	64	0	0	mechanical	0
20	20	Bryan Herta	5	Avex Honda	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Walker	169.369	54	0	0	mechanical	0
21	21	Mauricio Gugelmin	17	Nextel	Reynard	Mercedes	Firestone	PacWest	169.104	53	0	0	mechanical	0
22	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	1	Target	Lola	Toyota	Firestone	Ganassi	173.413	30	0	0	mechanical	0
23	18	Norberto Fontana	10	Della Penna/VideoMatch	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Della Penna	169.866	29	0	0	mechanical	0
24	7	Hélio Castroneves	3	Marlboro	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Penske	172.128	22	0	0	mechanical	0
25	14	Oriol Servià	96	Telefonica	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	PPI	170.722	0	0	0	contact	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Paul Tracy	48	3	0	1	3
2	Jimmy Vasser	42	3	0	0	2
3	Roberto Moreno	28	3	0	0	1
4	Max Papis	20	3	0	1	1
5	Adrián Fernández	20	3	0	1	1
6	Alex Tagliani	18	3	1	0	0
7	Gil de Ferran	18	3	2	0	0
8	Hélio Castroneves	16	3	0	0	1
9	Christian Fittipaldi	16	3	0	0	0
10	Cristiano da Matta	13	3	0	0	0
11	Mark Blundell	11	3	0	0	0
12	Patrick Carpentier	10	1	0	0	0
13	Bryan Herta	10	2	0	0	0
14	Oriol Servià	8	3	0	0	0
15	Shinji Nakano	5	1	0	0	0
16	Memo Gidley	5	2	0	0	0
17	Dario Franchitti	4	3	0	0	0
18	Tony Kanaan	3	3	0	0	0
19	Mauricio Gugelmin	3	3	0	0	0
20	Kenny Bräck	3	3	0	0	0
21	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	2	3	0	0	0
22	Luiz Garcia, Jr.	2	3	0	0	0
23	Michael Andretti	0	3	0	0	0
24	Takuya Kurosawa	0	3	0	0	0
25	Gualter Salles	0	3	0	0	0