2000 - FedEx Championship Series - Texaco Grand Prix of Houston Race Results

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2000 - Texaco Grand Prix of Houston Race Results

Race Name - Texaco Grand Prix of Houston
Date - 10/1/2000
Race Track - Streets of Houston
Number of Starting Cars - 25
Laps Run - 100
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Gil de Ferran / 93.558 mph
Cautions - 5 cautions for 21 laps
Average Race Speed - 76.626 mph
Lead Changes - 2 Leader(s) with 3 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Gil de Ferran
Race Number - 18

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	3	Jimmy Vasser	Target	Lola	Toyota	93.42
2	6	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target	Lola	Toyota	93.235
3	1	Gil de Ferran	Marlboro	Reynard	Honda	93.558
4	9	Paul Tracy	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	92.822
5	4	Hlio Castroneves	Marlboro	Reynard	Honda	93.417
6	7	Christian Fittipaldi	Big Kmart/Route 66	Lola	Ford	92.966
7	16	Adrin Fernndez	Tecate/Quaker State	Reynard	Ford	92.045
8	18	Shinji Nakano	Avex/Honda	Reynard	Honda	91.865
9	15	Oriol Servi	Telefonica	Reynard	Toyota	92.067
10	10	Tony Kanaan	Hollywood	Reynard	Mercedes	92.814
11	14	Roberto Moreno	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Ford	92.209
12	23	Alex Barron	Sports Today	Lola	Ford	90.635
13	5	Michael Andretti	Big Kmart/Texaco Havoline	Lola	Ford	93.317
14	12	Cristiano da Matta	Pioneer/MCI WorldCom	Reynard	Toyota	92.725
15	13	Kenny Brck	Shell	Reynard	Ford	92.572
16	8	Alex Tagliani	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	92.937
17	11	Tarso Marques	Panasonic	Swift	Ford	92.75
18	24	Michel Jourdain Jr	Herdez	Lola	Mercedes	90.173
19	19	Patrick Carpentier	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	91.862
20	20	Mark Blundell	Motorola	Reynard	Mercedes	91.107
21	22	Memo Gidley	DIRECTV	Reynard	Toyota	90.985
22	25	Luiz Garcia Jr	Hollywood/Embratel21	Reynard	Mercedes	87.231
23	21	Mauricio Gugelmin	Nextel	Reynard	Mercedes	91.075
24	17	Max Papis	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	92.02
25	2	Dario Franchitti	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	93.421