2000 Midas 500 Classic

Race 7 of 9

Atlanta
208 laps
Time of race: 2:02:01.882
Average speed of winner: 153.403 mph
Margin of victory: 3.054 sec.
Lead changes: 13 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 41 laps
Fastest lap: Donnie Beechler 214.626
Lap leaders: Ray 1-40, Beechler 41-44, Dismore 45-52, Ray 53-69, Carlson 70-71, Dismore 72-74, Cheever 75, Dismore 76-78, Ray 79-122, Dismore 123-124, Ray 125-156, B. Lazier 157-158, McGehee 159, Ray 160-208

Race notes: Buddy Lazier took the points lead from Eddie Cheever.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro/Start), Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 (Finish/Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Greg Ray	1	Conseco/Quaker State/Menards	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Menard	216.104	208	5	182	running	143400	55
2	11	Buddy Lazier	91	Delta Faucet/Coors Light/Tae-Bo/Hemelgarn Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Hemelgarn	210.699	208	1	2	running	98550	40
3	24	Al Unser, Jr.	3	Galles ECR Racing Tickets.com Starz Superpak	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Galles		208	0	0	running	84350	35
4	12	Robby McGehee	5	Treadway Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	210.600	208	1	1	running	56000	32
5	3	Donnie Beechler	98	Cahill Racing	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Cahill	212.850	207	1	4	running	52000	31
6	8	Robbie Buhl	24	Team Purex Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	G-Force	Infiniti	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	211.491	207	0	0	running	51600	28
7	20	Stéphan Grégoire	7	Mexmil/Tokheim/Viking Air Tools/Cigarette	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Simon	206.115	207	0	0	running	45000	26
8	19	Billy Boat	81	Team Pelfrey	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Pelfrey	208.792	207	0	0	running	43900	24
9	18	Shigeaki Hattori	55	EPSON	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Treadway	208.922	206	0	0	running	33200	22
10	2	Eliseo Salazar	11	Rio A.J. Foyt Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Foyt	213.194	205	0	0	running	42900	22
11	16	Scott Goodyear	4	Pennzoil Panther Dallara	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Panther	209.310	205	0	0	running	41700	19
12	25	Jimmy Kite	27	Big Daddy's BBQ/Founders Bank/Blueprint Racing Special	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Blueprint		199	0	0	engine	24900	18
13	15	Tyce Carlson	20	Hubbard Racing Dallara	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Hubbard-Immke	209.335	196	1	2	running	39600	17
14	5	Sarah Fisher	15	Walker Racing Cummins Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Walker	211.839	190	0	0	accident	22700	16
15	17	Davey Hamilton	16	Freeinternet.com/TeamXtreme/G Force	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	TeamXtreme	209.173	184	0	0	running	21700	15
16	13	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi Automotive Systems/MCI WorldCom	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Kelley	210.387	179	0	0	oil pressure	36300	14
17	23	J.J. Yeley	30	WorldBestBuy.com/Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Byrd	200.141	177	0	0	running	19400	13
18	7	Mark Dismore	28	On Star/GM BuyPower	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Kelley	211.499	146	4	16	engine	35100	12
19	4	Jeff Ward	14	Harrah's A.J. Foyt Racing	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Foyt	212.448	123	0	0	engine	34100	11
20	21	Scott Harrington	43	Mid America Motorsports/Western Star Trucks	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Mid America	205.456	120	0	0	engine	17300	10
21	14	Eddie Cheever	51	#51 Excite@Home Indy Race Car	Dallara	Infiniti	Firestone	Cheever	209.709	96	1	1	engine	33000	9
22	22	Stevie Reeves	10	Logan Racing Special	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Logan	201.982	89	0	0	engine	17300	8
23	9	Buzz Calkins	12	Bradley Food Marts/Sav-O-Mat	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Bradley	211.483	68	0	0	engine	33000	7
24	6	Jeret Schroeder	6	Kroger/Tristarmall.com	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Firestone	Tri-Star	211.698	37	0	0	engine	33000	6
25	10	Airton Daré	88	Uproar.com/TeamXtreme/G Force	G-Force	Oldsmobile	Firestone	TeamXtreme	211.127	13	0	0	running	33000	5

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Buddy Lazier	208	7	0	1	4	5
2	Eddie Cheever	185	7	0	1	3	5
3	Scott Goodyear	175	7	0	0	3	4
4	Scott Sharp	173	7	0	1	3	4
5	Eliseo Salazar	173	7	0	0	3	5
6	Al Unser, Jr.	170	7	0	1	3	5
7	Mark Dismore	167	7	1	0	2	3
8	Robbie Buhl	161	7	0	1	2	4
9	Donnie Beechler	154	7	0	0	3	4
10	Robby McGehee	152	7	0	0	2	4
11	Greg Ray	138	7	4	1	1	2
12	Billy Boat	134	8	0	0	0	4
13	Stéphan Grégoire	131	7	0	0	0	4
14	Jeff Ward	123	7	0	0	1	2
15	Jeret Schroeder	118	7	0	0	1	2
16	Airton Daré	113	7	0	0	1	2
17	Tyce Carlson	109	6	0	0	0	1
18	Buzz Calkins	105	7	0	0	1	2
19	Sam Hornish, Jr.	85	6	0	0	1	1
20	Jaques Lazier	82	5	0	0	0	2
21	Davey Hamilton	73	7	0	0	0	0
22	Sarah Fisher	70	6	0	0	0	0
23	Shigeaki Hattori	59	3	0	0	0	2
24	Jimmy Kite	57	6	0	0	0	0
25	Juan Pablo Montoya	54	1	0	1	1	1