2000 - FedEx Championship Series - Casino Magic Texas 500 Race Results

The Champ Car World Series merged operations with the Indy Racing League (IRL) under the Indy Car Series name effective for the 2008 season. The owners of the Champ Car World Series filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on March 5, 2008.

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2000 - Casino Magic Texas 500 Race Results

Race Name - Casino Magic Texas 500
Date - 5/27/2000
Race Track - Texas Motor Speedway
Number of Starting Cars - 23
Laps Run - 225
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Juan Pablo Montoya / 176.868 mph
Cautions - 8 cautions for 80 laps
Average Race Speed - 101.219 mph
Lead Changes - 4 Leader(s) with 4 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Juan Pablo Montoya
Race Number - 5

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	5	Gil de Ferran	Marlboro	Reynard	Honda	175.628
2	12	Mauricio Gugelmin	Nextel	Reynard	Mercedes	173.26
3	6	Kenny Brck	Shell	Reynard	Ford	175.465
4	1	Juan Pablo Montoya	Target	Lola	Toyota	176.868
5	9	Adrin Fernndez	Tecate/Quaker State	Reynard	Ford	174.182
6	15	Michael Andretti	Big Kmart/Texaco Havoline	Lola	Ford	172.392
7	11	Jimmy Vasser	Target	Lola	Toyota	174.128
8	8	Tony Kanaan	Hollywood	Reynard	Mercedes	174.664
9	17	Oriol Servi	Telefonica	Reynard	Toyota	170.852
10	4	Paul Tracy	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	175.891
11	2	Christian Fittipaldi	Big Kmart/Route 66	Lola	Ford	176.401
12	23	Tarso Marques	Panasonic	Swift	Ford
13	19	Cristiano da Matta	Pioneer/MCI WorldCom	Reynard	Toyota	169.644
14	7	Roberto Moreno	Visteon Patrick Racing	Reynard	Ford	175.393
15	22	Luiz Garcia Jr	Hollywood/Embratel21	Reynard	Mercedes	131.475
16	3	Hlio Castroneves	Marlboro	Reynard	Honda	175.918
17	18	Mark Blundell	Motorola	Reynard	Mercedes	170.544
18	20	Michel Jourdain Jr	Herdez	Lola	Mercedes	169.576
19	13	Alex Tagliani	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	172.917
20	21	Norberto Fontana	Della Penna/VideoMatch	Reynard	Toyota	164.197
21	10	Patrick Carpentier	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	174.164
22	16	Max Papis	Miller Lite	Reynard	Ford	171.619
23	14	Dario Franchitti	KOOL	Reynard	Honda	172.917
24	24	Takuya Kurosawa	MTCI	Lola	Ford