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{{American Championshp Car race report infobox|
Country       = United States|
Race          = Michigan 500|
Image         = Michigan International Speedway track map.png|
Caption       = |
Date          = July 23|
Year          = 2000|
Official name = [[Michigan 500|2000 Michigan 500]]|
Race_No       = 11|
Season_No     = 20|
Series        = CART|
Location      = [[Michigan International Speedway]], [[Brooklyn, Michigan]], United States|
Course        = Permanent racing facility|
Course_mi     = 2.000|
Course_km     = 3.219|
Distance_laps = 250|
Distance_mi   = 500.000|
Distance_km   = 804.672|
Weather       = |
Pole_Driver   = [[Paul Tracy]]|
Pole_Team     = [[Andretti Autosport|Team Green]]|
Pole_Time     = 30.645 (234.94 mph)<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.paultracy.com/pt_history.html | title = Paul Tracy Career History | work = paultracy.com | publisher = [[Paul Tracy]] | access-date = 2009-12-21 | quote = Pole position at Michigan Speedway came at a track-record speed of 234.949 miles per hour (30.645 seconds) and was his first pole since 1997 at Milwaukee, as well as his first career pole on a superspeedway.}}</ref>|
Pole_Country  = CAN|
Fast_Driver   = [[Juan Pablo Montoya|Juan Montoya]]|
Fast_Team     = [[Chip Ganassi Racing]]|
Fast_Time     = 31.162<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/ch200011.pdf | title = 2000 Championship Results: Brooklyn, MI 500 Mile Race - July 23, 2000 | work = motorsport.com | first = Philip | last = Harms | date = 2000-08-05 | access-date = 2009-12-21 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110608001240/http://www.motorsport.com/stats/champ/data/ch200011.pdf | archive-date = June 8, 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref>|
Fast_Lap      = 232|
Fast_Country  = COL|
First_Driver  = [[Juan Pablo Montoya|Juan Montoya]]|
First_Team    = [[Chip Ganassi Racing]]|
First_Country = COL|
Second_Driver = [[Michael Andretti]]|
Second_Team   = [[Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing|Newman/Haas Racing]]|
Second_Country= USA|
Third_Driver  = [[Dario Franchitti]]|
Third_Team    = [[Andretti Autosport|Team Green]]|
Third_Country = GBR|
}}
The '''2000 Michigan 500''' was the eleventh round of the twenty-round [[2000 CART season]]. It happened at the [[Michigan International Speedway]].

==Qualifying==

The [[Canadians|Canadian]] driver [[Paul Tracy]], from [[Andretti-Green Racing|Team Green]], set the pole, followed by [[Michael Andretti]] and [[Christian Fittipaldi]].

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
!colspan=7|Qualifying - 22 July 2000
|- 
! Pos. !!No.!! Driver !!Team !!Lap Time !! Behind !! Speed<br> (mph)
|-
!1
|26 ||{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Paul Tracy]]||[[Team Green]]||30,645|| ||234.949
|-
!2	
|6||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Michael Andretti]]|| Newman/Haas Racing|| 30,687||0,042||234.627
|-
!3
|11||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Christian Fittipaldi]]|| Newman/Haas Racing|| 30,739||0,094||234.230
|-
!4
|27||{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Dario Franchitti]]|| Team Green|| 30,878||0,233||233.176
|-
!5
|2||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Gil de Ferran]] ||[[Team Penske]]||30,904||0,259||232.980
|-
!6
|12|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Vasser]]|| Chip Ganassi Racing||30,933||0,288||232.761
|-
!7
|1||{{flagicon|COL}} [[Juan Pablo Montoya]]||Chip Ganassi Racing||30,963||0,318||232.536
|-
!8
|33||{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Alex Tagliani]] '''{{Color box|orange|R|border=darkgray}}'''||Forsythe Racing||30,990||0,345||232.333
|-
!9
|32||{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Patrick Carpentier]]||Forsythe Racing||31,036||0,391||231.989
|-
!10
|8||{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Kenny Bräck]] '''{{Color box|orange|R|border=darkgray}}'''||Team Rahal||31,065||0,420||231.772
|-
!11
|7||{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Max Papis]]||Team Rahal||31,127||0,482||231.310
|-
!12
|40||{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Adrián Fernández]]||[[Patrick Racing]]||31,146||0,501||231.169
|-
!13
|3||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Hélio Castroneves]]||[[Team Penske]]||31,201||0,556||230.762
|-
!14
|97||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Cristiano da Matta]]||PPI Motorsports||31,321||0,676||	229.878
|-
!15
|96||{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Oriol Servià]] '''{{Color box|orange|R|border=darkgray}}'''||PPI Motorsports||31,371||0,726||229.511
|-
!16
|20||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Roberto Moreno]]||Patrick Racing||31,567||0,922||228.086
|-
!17
|18||{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Mark Blundell]]||[[PacWest Racing]]||31,780||1,135||	226.558
|-
!18	
|55||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Tony Kanaan]]||Forsythe Racing||31,835||1,190||226.166
|-
!19
|5||{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Shinji Nakano]] '''{{Color box|orange|R|border=darkgray}}'''||[[Walker Racing]]||31,885||1,240||225.812
|-
!20
|17||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Mauricio Gugelmin]]||PacWest Racing||31,909||1,264||225.642
|-
!21
|10||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Memo Gidley]]||[[Della Penna Motorsports]]||32,053||1,408||224.628
|-
!22
|16||{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Michel Jourdain Jr.]]||Bettenhausen Racing||32,175||1,530||223.776
|-
!23
|25||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Luiz Garcia Jr.]]||Arciero Racing||32,714||2,069||220.089
|-
!24
|34||{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Tarso Marques]]||[[Dale Coyne Racing]]||0,000	||30,645||0.000
|-
!25
|19||{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Takuya Kurosawa]] '''{{Color box|orange|R|border=darkgray}}'''||Dale Coyne Racing||0,000||30,645||0,000	
|-
|colspan=7| Source: <ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-06-12|title=2000 Michigan 500 {{!}} Motor Sport Magazine Database|url=https://database.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2000-michigan-500|access-date=2020-10-30|website=Motor Sport Magazine|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000918152830/http://www.cart.com/R11/results/Qualifying_classification.html|url=http://www.cart.com/R11/results/Qualifying_classification.html|archivedate=18 September 2000|title= CART // Michigan // Results // Qualifying // Classification|accessdate=22 July 2021|publisher=CART.com}}</ref> 
|-
|}
* '''{{Color box|orange|R|border=darkgray}}''' Eligible for Rookie of the Year

==Race==

Eventual winner [[Juan Pablo Montoya]] led the race at the end of the first lap through to lap 16, where he was overtaken by eventual runner up [[Michael Andretti]]. Across the 250 laps, the race saw nine different leaders, with 52 lead changes. There were five cautions over the course of the race, taking 38 laps in total.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=07/23/2000 race: Michigan 500 Presented by Toyota (CART) pit stop data - Racing-Reference.info|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/pitstops/2000-11/R|access-date=2020-10-30|website=www.racing-reference.info}}</ref> Thirteen cars did not finish the race, and only seven cars completed the full 500-mile distance. The race culminated in a battle between Montoya and Andretti, with seven lead changes in the final twenty laps. Montoya set the race's fastest lap on lap 232 of 250. Andretti led lap 249, but was passed by Montoya on the final lap.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=07/23/2000 race: Michigan 500 Presented by Toyota (CART) - Racing-Reference.info|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race/2000_Michigan_500_Presented_by_Toyota/R|access-date=2020-10-30|website=www.racing-reference.info}}</ref> Montoya's margin of victory was just 0.040s.<ref name=":0" /> Montoya's victory was [[Toyota]]'s second in ChampCar, and he became the first driver since [[Rick Mears]] in 1991 to win both the [[Indianapolis 500]] and [[Michigan 500]] in the same year.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Race results<ref name=":1" />
!Rank
!Driver
|-
!1
|{{Flagicon|Colombia}} [[Juan Pablo Montoya]]
|-
!2
|{{Flagicon|US}} [[Michael Andretti]]
|-
!3
|{{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Dario Franchitti]]
|-
!4
|{{Flagicon|Canada}} [[Patrick Carpentier]]
|-
!5
|{{Flagicon|Brazil}} [[Hélio Castroneves]]
|}

==Championship Battle==
{{See also|2000 CART season}}
Michael Andretti became the new leader of the championship with 100 points. The previous leader, Roberto Moreno was in 2nd with 90 points. Race winner Juan Pablo Montoya moved up to 5th in the Championship standings with 74 points.<ref name=":1" />
==Broadcasting==
The Michigan 500 was broadcast by ABC. [[Paul Page]] was the lead announcer and was joined by [[Parker Johnstone]] as color commentator.<ref name="2000 TV">2000 Michigan 500 Telecast: ABC-TV, July 23, 2000</ref>

The race had a lead-in audience from the [[2000 Open Championship]] as [[Tiger Woods]] won his first Open Championship. In the United States, the race had a 2.5 overnight rating.<ref name="CART Does Very Well at Michigan">{{cite news| url =http://www.speedvision.com/pub/articles/racing/08inews/000724b.html | title =CART Does Very Well at Michigan | publisher =Speedvision.com| date =2000-07-24| access-date =2023-07-21| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20010414031841/http://www.speedvision.com/pub/articles/racing/08inews/000724b.html | archive-date =2001-04-14| url-status =dead}}</ref> The race had a final rating of 2.0 with 2.058 million households watching. It was the most-watched CART race of 2000.<ref name="TV Ratings July 22-23">{{cite news| url =http://speedvision.com/pub/articles/racing/08inews/000727b.html | title =Who Watched What July 22-23 | publisher =Speedvision.com| date =2000-07-27| access-date =2023-07-21| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20010825161259/http://speedvision.com/pub/articles/racing/08inews/000727b.html | archive-date =2001-08-25| url-status =dead}}</ref>

Qualifying for the race was broadcast tape-delayed on [[ESPN2]] on the morning of Sunday, July 23. The qualifying broadcast had a rating of 0.1 and watched by 45,000 households.<ref name="TV Ratings July 22-23">{{cite news| url =http://speedvision.com/pub/articles/racing/08inews/000727b.html | title =Who Watched What July 22-23 | publisher =Speedvision.com| date =2000-07-27| access-date =2023-07-21| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20010825161259/http://speedvision.com/pub/articles/racing/08inews/000727b.html | archive-date =2001-08-25| url-status =dead}}</ref>

==Standings after the race==
{{col-start}}
{{col-3}}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
|+ Drivers' Championship standings
|-
! scope="col" | Rank
! scope="col" | +/–
! scope="col" | Driver
! scope="col" | Points
|-
! scope="row" | 1
|align="left"| [[File:1uparrow green.svg|10px]] 1
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Michael Andretti]]
|align="center"|104
|-
! scope="row" | 2
|align="left"| [[File:1downarrow red.svg|10px]] 1
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Roberto Moreno]]
|align="center"|90
|-
! scope="row" | 3
|align="left"| [[File:1uparrow green.svg|10px]] 1
| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Paul Tracy]]
|align="center"|80
|-
! scope="row" | 4
|align="left"| [[File:1downarrow red.svg|10px]] 1
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Gil de Ferran]]
|align="center"|75
|-
! scope="row" | 5
|align="left"| [[File:1uparrow green.svg|10px]] 4
| {{flagicon|COL}} [[Juan Pablo Montoya]]
|align="center"|74
|- class="sortbottom"
|colspan="9"|{{center|{{small|''Sources:<ref name="Racing-Reference">{{cite web|title=2000 Michigan 500 Presented by Toyota|publisher=USA Today Sports Media Group|date=September 15, 2001|url=http://racing-reference.info/race/2000_Michigan_500_Presented_by_Toyota/R|access-date=June 3, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Michigan">{{cite web|title=ChampCar/CART: Points standing after Michigan|publisher=Motorsport.com|date=July 24, 2000|url=https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-points-standing-after-michigan/?s=1|access-date=June 3, 2018}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>''}}}}
|}
{{col-3}}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
|+ Constructors' standings
|-
! scope="col" | Rank
! scope="col" | +/–
! scope="col" | Constructor
! scope="col" | Points
|-
! scope="row" | 1
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|{{flagicon|UK}} [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]]
|align="center"|215
|-
! scope="row" | 2
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|{{flagicon|UK}} [[Lola Cars|Lola]]
|align="center"|173
|-
! scope="row" | 3
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Swift Engineering|Swift]]
|align="center"| 5
|- class="sortbottom"
|colspan="9"|{{center|{{small|''Sources:<ref name="Racing-Reference"/><ref name="Michigan"/>''}}}}
|}
{{col-3}}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
|+ Manufacturers' standings
|-
! scope="col" | Rank
! scope="col" | +/–
! scope="col" | Manufacturer
! scope="col" | Points
|-
! scope="row" | 1
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|{{flagicon|UK}} [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]-[[Cosworth]]
|align="center"| 194
|-
! scope="row" | 2
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Honda]]
|align="center"| 169
|-
! scope="row" | 3
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Toyota]]
|align="center"| 165
|-
! scope="row" | 4
|align="left"| [[File:1rightarrow blue.svg|10px]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]]
|align="center"| 46
|- class="sortbottom"
|colspan="9"|{{center|{{small|''Sources:<ref name="Racing-Reference"/><ref name="Michigan"/>''}}}}
|}
{{col-end}}

*<small>'''Note''': Only the top five positions are included for the drivers' standings.</small>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{CART World Series race report|
 Name_of_race = [[Firestone Indy 400|Marlboro 500]] |
 Year_of_race = 2000 |
 Previous_race_in_season = [[2000 Molson Indy Toronto]] |
 Next_race_in_season = [[2000 TARGET Grand Prix]] |
 Previous_year's_race = [[1999 U.S. 500 Presented by Toyota]] |
 Next_year's_race = [[2001 Harrah's 500 (CART)|2001 Harrah's 500]] |
}}

[[Category:2000 in CART|Michigan 500, 2000]]
[[Category:Michigan Indy 400]]