The 2000 Indy Racing Northern Light Series was another season that saw a high level of parity, as only one driver, champion Buddy Lazier, won more than a single race. It also saw the beginning of the jump from CART as Al Unser Jr. moved to the series full-time and Chip Ganassi Racing came over to run the Indy 500, which it won with driver Juan Pablo Montoya. It was also the final season for the Riley & Scott chassis, which also saw its first series win in 2000.
This was the final race victory for Scott Goodyear as he lost his ride to Sam Hornish Jr. in the off-season, then during the 2001 Indianapolis 500 he would suffer career ending injuries after a huge accident during that race.
Any driver who qualifies but does not start (DNS), earns all the points had they taken part.
RY
Rookie of the Year
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Rookie
Ties in points broken by number of wins, followed by number of 2nds, 3rds, etc., and then by number of pole positions, followed by number of times qualified 2nd, etc.
Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (3 points), the second best qualifier (2 points), the third best qualifier (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (2 point).
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This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 2000 Indy Racing League news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message The 2000 Indy Racing Northern Light Series was another season that saw a high level of parity as only one driver champion Buddy Lazier won more than a single race It also saw the beginning of the jump from CART as Al Unser Jr moved to the series full time and Chip Ganassi Racing came over to run the Indy 500 which it won with driver Juan Pablo Montoya It was also the final season for the Riley amp Scott chassis which also saw its first series win in 2000 2000 Indy Racing League seasonIndy Racing Northern Light Series2000 Indy Racing LeagueSeasonRaces10 9Start dateJanuary 29End dateOctober 15AwardsDrivers championBuddy LazierManufacturers CupOldsmobileRookie of the YearAirton DareIndianapolis 500 winnerJuan Pablo Montoya 19992001 Buddy Lazier left won his first and only Drivers Championship while Scott Goodyear right finished second in the championship A planned race at Cleveland was cancelled on September 9 2000 and reverted to a CART event Contents 1 Confirmed entries 2 Season Summary 2 1 Schedule 2 2 Race results 2 3 Race summaries 2 3 1 Delphi Indy 200 2 3 2 MCI WorldCom Indy 200 2 3 3 Vegas Indy 300 2 3 4 84th Indianapolis 500 2 3 5 Casino Magic 500 2 3 6 Radisson 200 2 3 7 Midas 500 Classic 2 3 8 Belterra Resort Indy 300 2 3 9 Excite 500 2 4 Final points standings 3 See alsoConfirmed entries EditTeam Chassis Engine No Drivers Rounds Team Menard Dallara Oldsmobile 1 Greg Ray All32 Robby Gordon 4 Galles Racing G Force Oldsmobile 3 Al Unser Jr All Panther Racing Dallara Oldsmobile 4 Scott Goodyear All Treadway Racing G Force Oldsmobile 5 Robby McGehee All50 Jason Leffler R 455 3 Raul Boesel 4 Shigeaki Hattori R 5 9 Tri Star Motorsports Dallara Oldsmobile 6 Jeret Schroeder R All9 Robby Unser 121 Dr Jack Miller 3 4 Zak Morioka R 9 Dick Simon Racing G Force Oldsmobile 7 Stephan Gregoire All90 Lyn St James 4 Kelley Racing Dallara Oldsmobile 8 Scott Sharp All28 Mark Dismore All Target Chip Ganassi Racing G Force Oldsmobile 9 Juan Pablo Montoya R 410 Jimmy Vasser 4 A J Foyt Enterprises G Force Oldsmobile 11 Eliseo Salazar All14 Jeff Ward All41 Billy Boat 4 Bradley Motorsports Dallara Oldsmobile 12 Buzz Calkins All Walker Racing Dallara Oldsmobile 15 Sarah Fisher R 2 9 Team Xtreme G Force Oldsmobile 16 John Hollansworth Jr 1 Davey Hamilton 2 8 Jaques Lazier 988 Airton Dare R All Nienhouse Motorsports G Force Oldsmobile 17 Niclas Jonsson R 2 Scott Harrington 3 4 PDM Racing Dallara Oldsmobile 18 Sam Hornish Jr R 1 6 8 9 Logan Racing Dallara Oldsmobile 19 Billy Roe 5 6 Stevie Reeves R 7 9 Hubbard Immke Racing Dallara Oldsmobile 20 Tyce Carlson 1 3 5 9 Roberto Guerrero 4 Indy Regency Racing G Force Oldsmobile 22 Johnny Unser 4 Dreyer amp Reinbold Racing G Force Oldsmobile 23 Steve Knapp 424 Robbie Buhl All Blueprint Racing G Force Oldsmobile 27 Niclas Jonsson R 1 Jimmy Kite 2 9 Byrd McCormack Racing Riley amp Scott Oldsmobile 29 Robby Unser 430 5 6G Force Oldsmobile Jon Herb R 1 Ronnie Johncox 2 4 J J Yeley 7 9 Truscelli Team Racing G Force Oldsmobile 33 Jaques Lazier 1 3 6 Bobby Regester R 2 Team Coulson Racing G Force Oldsmobile 40 Davy Jones 4 Roberto Guerrero 8 Mid America Motorsports Dallara Oldsmobile 43 Doug Didero R 1 6 Scott Harrington 7 Jaques Lazier 8 Davey Hamilton 9 Sinden Racing Dallara Oldsmobile 44 Davey Hamilton 1 Fast Track Racing Enterprises Dallara Oldsmobile 48 Andy Hillenburg R 4 Dan Drinan R 4 Team Cheever Dallara Infiniti 51 Eddie Cheever All52 Ross Cheever 4 Pagan Racing Dallara Oldsmobile 75 Richie Hearn 4 Team Pelfrey Dallara Oldsmobile 81 Billy Boat 1 3 5 982 Memo Gidley 4 Hemelgarn Racing Riley amp Scott Oldsmobile 91 Buddy Lazier All92 Stan Wattles 4 Milwaukee Racing Riley amp Scott Infiniti 99 Donnie Beechler 9Season Summary EditSchedule Edit Rnd Date Race Name Track City1 January 29 Delphi Indy 200 Walt Disney World Speedway Bay Lake Florida2 March 19 MCI WorldCom Indy 200 Phoenix International Raceway Phoenix Arizona3 April 22 Vegas Indy 300 Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas Nevada4 May 28 84th Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Speedway Indiana5 June 11 Casino Magic 500 Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth Texas6 June 18 Radisson 200 Pikes Peak International Raceway Fountain Colorado7 July 15 Midas 500 Classic Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton Georgia8 August 27 Belterra Resort Indy 300 Kentucky Speedway Sparta Kentucky9 September 9 Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Oval Cleveland Ohio10 October 15 Excite 500 Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth TexasRace results Edit Rnd Race Pole position Fastest lap Most Laps Led Winner1 Walt Disney World Greg Ray Mark Dismore Robbie Buhl Robbie Buhl2 MCI WorldCom Indy 200 Greg Ray Tyce Carlson Scott Sharp Buddy Lazier3 Vegas Indy 300 Mark Dismore Mark Dismore Mark Dismore Al Unser Jr 4 84th Indianapolis 500 Greg Ray Buddy Lazier Juan Pablo Montoya R Juan Pablo Montoya R 5 Casino Magic 500 Buddy Lazier Eddie Cheever Al Unser Jr Scott Sharp6 Radisson 200 Greg Ray Buzz Calkins Scott Sharp Eddie Cheever7 Midas 500 Classic Greg Ray Donnie Beechler Greg Ray Greg Ray8 Belterra Resort Indy 300 Scott Goodyear Buddy Lazier Scott Goodyear Buddy Lazier9 Excite 500 Greg Ray Jaques Lazier Al Unser Jr Scott GoodyearNote All races running on Oval Speedway Race summaries Edit Delphi Indy 200 Edit This race was held January 29 at Walt Disney World Speedway Greg Ray won the pole Top ten results 24 Robbie Buhl 91 Buddy Lazier 51 Eddie Cheever 4 Scott Goodyear 11 Eliseo Salazar 98 Donnie Beechler 14 Jeff Ward 12 Buzz Calkins 81 Billy Boat 55 Robby McGeheeThis was Robbie Buhl s 2nd and final IndyCar victory This was the final Indy Racing League event at the track MCI WorldCom Indy 200 Edit This race was held March 19 at Phoenix International Raceway Greg Ray won the pole Top ten results 91 Buddy Lazier 4 Scott Goodyear 98 Donnie Beechler 11 Eliseo Salazar 8 Scott Sharp 81 Billy Boat 24 Robbie Buhl 7 Stephan Gregoire 3 Al Unser Jr 51 Eddie CheeverThis was the first victory for the Riley amp Scott chassisVegas Indy 300 Edit This race was held April 22 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Mark Dismore won the pole Top ten results 3 Al Unser Jr 28 Mark Dismore 18 Sam Hornish Jr R 6 Jeret Schroeder R 24 Robbie Buhl 5 Robby McGehee 81 Billy Boat 20 Tyce Carlson 1 Greg Ray 33 Jaques LazierThis was Al Unser Jr s 1st victory since the 1995 CART Molson Indy Vancouver and his 1st IRL victory 84th Indianapolis 500 Edit The Indy 500 was held May 28 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Greg Ray sat on pole Top ten results 9 Juan Pablo Montoya R 91 Buddy Lazier 11 Eliseo Salazar 14 Jeff Ward 51 Eddie Cheever 32 Robby Gordon 10 Jimmy Vasser 7 Stephan Gregoire 4 Scott Goodyear 8 Scott SharpJuan Pablo Montoya was the 1st rookie since Graham Hill 1966 to win the Indianapolis 500 as a rookie Buddy Lazier took over the points lead after this race by 26 points over Robbie Buhl Casino Magic 500 Edit This race was held June 11 at Texas Motor Speedway Qualifying was rained out and Buddy Lazier was on the pole based on points standings Top ten results 8 Scott Sharp 5 Robby McGehee 3 Al Unser Jr 12 Buzz Calkins 4 Scott Goodyear 28 Mark Dismore 91 Buddy Lazier 55 Shigeaki Hattori R 51 Eddie Cheever 88 Airton Dare R This was Robby McGehee s best ever finish Shigeaki Hattori debuts after a disappointing 1999 CART season which ended after his CART competition license was revoked at Laguna Seca Radisson 200 Edit This race was held June 18 at Pikes Peak International Raceway Greg Ray won the pole Top ten results 51 Eddie Cheever 88 Airton Dare R 8 Scott Sharp 28 Mark Dismore 98 Donnie Beechler 11 Eliseo Salazar 6 Jeret Schroeder R 7 Stephan Gregoire 33 Jaques Lazier 3 Al Unser Jr This was the Infiniti engine s 1st victory Midas 500 Classic Edit This race was held July 15 at Atlanta Motor Speedway Greg Ray won the pole Top ten results 1 Greg Ray 91 Buddy Lazier 3 Al Unser Jr 5 Robby McGehee 98 Donnie Beechler 24 Robbie Buhl 7 Stephan Gregoire 81 Billy Boat 55 Shigeaki Hattori R 11 Eliseo SalazarBelterra Resort Indy 300 Edit The inaugural Indy Racing League event was held August 27 at Kentucky Speedway Scott Goodyear won the pole Top ten results 91 Buddy Lazier 4 Scott Goodyear 15 Sarah Fisher R 51 Eddie Cheever 7 Stephan Gregoire 14 Jeff Ward 1 Greg Ray 55 Shigeaki Hattori R 18 Sam Hornish Jr R 98 Donnie BeechlerThis was Roberto Guerrero s final IndyCar race he qualified for He would blow an engine after completing 48 laps and would finish 23rd Sarah Fisher becomes the first woman to lead laps and finish on the Podium in an IRL race Excite 500 Edit This race was held October 15 at Texas Motor Speedway Greg Ray won the pole Top ten results 4 Scott Goodyear 51 Eddie Cheever 81 Billy Boat 91 Buddy Lazier 11 Eliseo Salazar 98 Donnie Beechler 55 Shigeaki Hattori R 14 Jeff Ward 12 Buzz Calkins 16 Jaques LazierThis was the final race victory for Scott Goodyear as he lost his ride to Sam Hornish Jr in the off season then during the 2001 Indianapolis 500 he would suffer career ending injuries after a huge accident during that race Final points standings Edit Further information List of American Championship car racing point scoring systems Pos Driver WDW PHX LSV INDY TXS PIK ATL KTY TXS Pts1 Buddy Lazier 2 1 22 2 7 26 2 1 4 2902 Scott Goodyear 4 2 12 9 5 16 11 2 1 2723 Eddie Cheever 3 10 11 5 9 1 21 4 2 2574 Eliseo Salazar 5 4 18 3 17 6 10 25 5 2105 Mark Dismore 16 16 2 11 6 4 18 11 14 2026 Donnie Beechler 6 3 26 12 22 5 5 10 6 2027 Scott Sharp 15 5 27 10 1 3 16 24 24 1968 Robbie Buhl 1 7 5 26 18 23 6 13 18 1909 Al Unser Jr 25 9 1 29 3 10 3 27 17 18810 Billy Boat 9 6 7 15 23 18 8 18 3 18111 Jeff Ward 7 11 21 4 19 15 19 6 8 17612 Robby McGehee 10 24 6 21 2 13 4 14 24 17413 Greg Ray 17 19 9 33 15 20 1 7 26 17214 Stephan Gregoire 18 8 28 8 11 8 7 5 20 17115 Buzz Calkins 8 23 25 18 4 12 23 12 9 14516 Airton Dare RY 11 22 14 25 10 2 25 19 12 14217 Jeret Schroeder R 19 12 4 14 21 7 24 26 16 13618 Sarah Fisher R 13 17 31 12 25 14 3 11 12419 Tyce Carlson 13 15 8 Wth 13 11 13 22 23 12420 Jaques Lazier 23 10 13 14 9 20 10 11221 Sam Hornish Jr R 20 17 3 24 20 19 9 27 11022 Shigeaki Hattori R 8 17 9 8 7 10923 Davey Hamilton 26 18 20 20 24 14 15 16 19 9824 Jimmy Kite 26 16 30 16 24 12 17 21 7925 Juan Pablo Montoya 1 5426 Doug Didero R 14 25 19 DNQ 27 22 4327 Ronnie Johncox 14 13 Wth 3328 J J Yeley 17 15 25 3329 Robby Gordon 6 2830 Jason Leffler R 15 17 2831 Niclas Jonsson R 12 21 2732 Jimmy Vasser 7 2633 Stevie Reeves R 22 21 22 2534 Robby Unser 24 DNQ 26 21 1935 Scott Harrington 23 DNQ 20 1736 Zak Morioka R 15 1537 Raul Boesel 16 1438 Steve Knapp 19 1139 Bobby Regester R 20 1040 John Hollansworth Jr 21 941 Jon Herb R 22 842 Johnny Unser 22 843 Stan Wattles 23 744 Roberto Guerrero DNQ 23 745 Dr Jack Miller 24 DNQ 646 Billy Roe 25 547 Richie Hearn 27 348 Andy Hillenburg R 28 249 Lyn St James 32 1 Dan Drinan DNQ 0 Memo Gidley DNQ 0 Davy Jones DNQ 0 Ross Cheever Wth 0 Hideshi Matsuda Wth 0Pos Driver WDW PHX LSV INDY TXS PIK ATL KTY TXS Pts Color ResultGold WinnerSilver 2nd placeBronze 3rd placeGreen 4th amp 5th placeLight Blue 6th 10th placeDark Blue Finished Outside Top 10 Purple Did not finish Ret Red Did not qualify DNQ Brown Withdrawn Wth Black Disqualified DSQ White Did not start DNS Blank Did notparticipate DNP Not competingIn line notationBold Pole position 2 points Italics Ran fastest race lap Led most race laps 1 point DNS Any driver who qualifiesbut does not start DNS earns all the pointshad they taken part RY Rookie of the Year R RookieTies in points broken by number of wins followed by number of 2nds 3rds etc and then by number of pole positions followed by number of times qualified 2nd etc Additional points were awarded to the pole winner 3 points the second best qualifier 2 points the third best qualifier 1 point and to the driver leading the most laps 2 point See also Edit2000 Indianapolis 500 2000 Indy Lights season 2000 CART season 2000 Toyota Atlantic Championship season https web archive org web 20160304065043 http www champcarstats com year 2000i htm http media indycar com pdf 2011 IICS 2011 Historical Record Book INT6 pdf Archived 2016 03 04 at the Wayback Machine p 130 131 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2000 Indy Racing League amp oldid 1170571495, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
