2000 - FedEx Championship Series - Excite 500 Race Results

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2000 - Excite 500 Race Results

Race Name - Excite 500
Date - 7/2/2000
Race Track - Texas Motor Speedway
Number of Starting Cars - 25
Laps Run - 100
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Roberto Moreno / 132.001 mph
Cautions - 3 cautions for 10 laps
Average Race Speed - 112.619 mph
Lead Changes - 4 Leader(s) with 4 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Roberto Moreno
Race Number - 9

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	1	Roberto Moreno	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Ford	132.001
2	15	Kenny Brck	Shell	Reynard	Ford	130.607
3	5	Cristiano da Matta	Pioneer/MCI WorldCom	Reynard	Toyota	131.664
4	4	Michael Andretti	Big Kmart/Texaco Havoline	Lola	Ford	131.682
5	19	Patrick Carpentier	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	129.121
6	6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target	Lola	Toyota	131.623
7	9	Adrin Fernndez	Tecate/Quaker State	Reynard	Ford	131.381
8	12	Jimmy Vasser	Target	Lola	Toyota	130.875
9	7	Bryan Herta	Hollywood	Reynard	Mercedes	131.463
10	3	Mauricio Gugelmin	Nextel	Reynard	Mercedes	131.767
11	22	Norberto Fontana	Della Penna/VideoMatch	Reynard	Toyota	127.927
12	16	Mark Blundell	Motorola	Reynard	Mercedes	130.136
13	8	Dario Franchitti	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	131.449
14	2	Gil de Ferran	Marlboro	Reynard	Honda	131.799
15	21	Shinji Nakano	Avex/Honda	Reynard	Honda	128.534
16	18	Alex Tagliani	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	129.282
17	13	Christian Fittipaldi	Big Kmart/Route 66	Lola	Ford	130.85
18	14	Max Papis	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	130.618
19	17	Paul Tracy	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	129.525
20	24	Luiz Garcia Jr	Hollywood/Embratel21	Reynard	Mercedes	124.788
21	10	Hlio Castroneves	Marlboro	Reynard	Honda	131.347
22	20	Michel Jourdain Jr	Herdez	Lola	Mercedes	128.63
23	11	Oriol Servi	Telefonica	Reynard	Toyota	131.129
24	23	Tarso Marques	Panasonic	Swift	Ford	127.546
25	25	Takuya Kurosawa	Sports Today	Lola	Ford	124.765