The 2000 Indianapolis 500 was held at Indianapolis on Sunday, May 28, 2000.

Recap

Jimmy Vasser and Juan Pablo Montoya broke ranks from the CART series and raced at Indianapolis. Greg Ray won the battle for the pole position, but Montoya dominated on race day, becoming the first rookie winner since Graham Hill in 1966, and the first driver to win from the second starting position since Mario Andretti in 1969. Buddy Lazier, able to run with Montoya when nearing lap 160, was unable to keep pace during the final , and settled for second for the second time in four years. This race also featured Lyn St. James and Sarah Fisher on the grid. Although they crashed on lap 71, they were the first duo of female drivers to start the same Indy 500.

Starting Grid

Row	Inside	Middle	Outside
1	1 - Greg Ray	9 - Juan Pablo Montoya	11 - Eliseo Salazar
2	32 - Robby Gordon	8 - Scott Sharp	14 - Jeff Ward
3	10 - Jimmy Vasser	92 - Stan Wattles	24 - Robby Buhl
4	51 - Eddie Cheever	28 - Mark Dismore	5 - Robby McGehee
5	4 - Scott Goodyear	18 - Sam Hornish, Jr.	98 - Donnie Beechler
6	91 - Buddy Lazier	50 - Jason Leffler	3 - Al Unser Jr.
7	15 - Sarah Fisher	7 - Stephan Gregoire	88 - Airton Daré
8	12 - Buzz Calkins	75 - Richie Hearn	55 - Raul Boesel
9	27 - Jimmy Kite	33 - Jacques Lazier	23 - Steve Knapp
10	16 - Davey Hamilton	6 - Jeret Schroeder	22 - Johnny Unser
11	41 - Billy Boat	90 - Lyn St. James	48 - Andy Hillenburg

Failed to qualify:

1. 17 Scott Harrington
2. 82 Memo Gidley
3. 20 Hideshi Matsuda
4. 41 Roberto Guerrero
5. 43 Doug Didero
6. 30 Robby Unser
7. 21 Dr. Jack Miller
8. 40 Davy Jones
9. 48 Dan Drinan

Results

Finish	Start	No	Name	Qual	Rank	C	E	Laps	Led	Status	Entrant
1	2	9	Juan Pablo Montoya (R)	223.372	2	G	O	200	167	Running	Chip Ganassi Racing
2	16	91	Buddy Lazier (W)	220.480	19	D	O	200	0	Running	Hemelgarn Racing
3	3	11	Eliseo Salazar	223.231	3	G	O	200	0	Running	A.J. Foyt Enterprises
4	6	14	Jeff Ward	222.639	6	G	O	200	0	Running	A.J. Foyt Enterprises
5	10	51	Eddie Cheever (W)	221.269	11	D	I	200	0	Running	Team Cheever
6	4	32	Robby Gordon	222.885	4	D	O	200	0	Running	Team Menard
7	7	10	Jimmy Vasser	221.974	8	G	O	199	5	Running	Chip Ganassi Racing
8	20	7	Stéphane Grégoire	219.969	24	G	O	199	0	Running	Dick Simon Racing
9	13	4	Scott Goodyear	220.631	16	D	O	199	0	Running	Panther Racing
10	5	8	Scott Sharp	222.808	5	D	O	198	0	Running	Kelley Racing
11	11	28	Mark Dismore	220.968	12	D	O	198	0	Running	Kelley Racing
12	15	98	Donnie Beechler	220.483	18	D	O	198	0	Running	Cahill Racing
13	26	33	Jaques Lazier (R)	220.673	14	G	O	198	0	Running	Truscelli Racing Team
14	29	6	Jeret Schroeder	219.322	29	D	O	198	0	Running	Tri-Star Motorsports
15	31	41	Billy Boat	218.872	31	G	O	198	0	Running	A.J. Foyt Enterprises
16	24	55	Raul Boesel	222.112	7	G	O	197	0	Running	Treadway-Vertex Cunningham Racing
17	17	50	Jason Leffler (R)	220.417	20	G	O	197	0	Running	Treadway Racing
18	22	12	Buzz Calkins	219.862	27	D	O	194	0	Running	Bradley Motorsports
19	27	23	Steve Knapp	220.290	22	G	I	193	0	Running	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
20	28	16	Davey Hamilton	219.879	26	G	I	188	0	Running	TeamXtreme
21	12	5	Robby McGehee	220.660	15	G	O	187	2	Running	Treadway Racing
22	30	22	Johnny Unser	219.068	30	G	O	186	0	Running	Indy Regency Racing
23	8	92	Stan Wattles	221.510	9	D	O	172	0	Engine	Hemelgarn Racing
24	14	18	Sam Hornish, Jr. (R)	220.495	17	D	O	153	0	Accident	PDM Racing
25	21	88	Airton Daré (R)	219.969	25	G	O	126	0	Engine	TeamXtreme
26	9	24	Robbie Buhl	221.357	10	G	O	99	0	Engine	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
27	23	75	Richie Hearn	219.815	28	D	O	97	0	Electrical	Pagan Racing
28	33	48	Andy Hillenburg (R)	218.286	33	D	O	91	0	Wheel Bearing	Fast Track Racing Enterprises
29	18	3	Al Unser, Jr. (W)	220.292	21	G	O	89	0	Over Heating	Galles Racing
30	25	27	Jimmy Kite	220.717	13	G	O	74	0	Engine	Blueprint Racing
31	19	15	Sarah Fisher (R)	220.237	23	D	O	71	0	Accident	Walker Racing
32	32	90	Lyn St. James	218.826	32	G	O	69	0	Accident	Dick Simon Racing
33	1	1	Greg Ray	223.471	1	D	O	67	26	Accident	Team Menard

(W) = former Indianapolis 500 winner; (R) = Indianapolis 500 rookie

*C Chassis: D=Dallara, G=G-Force

*E Engine: I=Infiniti, O=Oldsmobile

All entrants in the 2000 Indianapolis 500 competed on Firestone tires.

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