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2000 Atlantic Championship
The 2000 Toyota Atlantic Championship season was contested over 12 rounds. The CART Toyota Atlantic Championship Drivers' Champion was Buddy Rice driving for PPI Motorsports. In this one-make formula all drivers had to utilize Swift chassis and Toyota engines. 20 different teams and 39 different drivers competed.
Calendar
| Race no | Track | State | Date | Laps | Distance | Time | Speed | Winner | Pole position | Most leading laps | Fastest race lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Homestead | Florida | March 25, 2000 | 50 | 2.27313625=113.6568125 km | 0'46:23.032 | 147.021 km/h | Dan Wheldon | Buddy Rice | Buddy Rice | ? |
| 2 | Homestead | Florida | March 26, 2000 | 50 | 2.27313625=113.6568125 km | 0'44:02.952 | 154.813 km/h | Buddy Rice | Dan Wheldon | Buddy Rice | Dan Wheldon |
| 3 | Long Beach | California | April 15, 2000 | 32 | 3.167=101.344 km | 0'45:44.100 | 132.954 km/h | Buddy Rice | Dan Wheldon | Buddy Rice | Buddy Rice |
| 4 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | June 3, 2000 | 60 | 1.6607976=99.647856 km | 0'33:56.961 | 176.112 km/h | Martín Basso | Dan Wheldon | Buddy Rice | Martín Basso |
| 5 | Montréal | June 16, 2000 | 27 | 4.4207471=119.3601717 km | 0'47:53.202 | 149.553 km/h | David Rutledge | David Rutledge | Andrew Bordin | David Rutledge | |
| 6 | Cleveland | Ohio | July 2, 2000 | 32 | 3.3891858=108.4539456 km | 0'44:41.771 | 145.588 km/h | Buddy Rice | Alex Gurney | Buddy Rice | Buddy Rice |
| 7 | Toronto | July 16, 2000 | 35 | 2.825=98.875 km | 0'53:14.959 | 111.410 km/h | Andrew Bordin | Andrew Bordin | Andrew Bordin | Buddy Rice | |
| 8 | Trois-Rivières | July 30, 2000 | 45 | 2.4477453=110.1485385 km | 0'52:10.488 | 126.669 km/h | Buddy Rice | Buddy Rice | Buddy Rice | Buddy Rice | |
| 9 | Elkhart Lake | Wisconsin | August 20, 2000 | 17 | 6.4372=109.4324 km | 0'44:24.492 | 147.854 km/h | Buddy Rice | Martín Basso | Buddy Rice | Buddy Rice |
| 10 | Monterey | California | September 9, 2000 | 30 | 3.6016134=108.048402 km | 0'40:29.847 | 160.082 km/h | Dan Wheldon | Dan Wheldon | Dan Wheldon | Buddy Rice |
| 11 | Madison | Illinois | September 16, 2000 | 50 | 2.011625=100.58125 km | 0'25:38.830 | 235.307 km/h | Case Montgomery | Case Montgomery | Case Montgomery | Case Montgomery |
| 12 | Houston | Texas | October 1, 2000 | 43 | 2.4574011=105.6682473 km | 0'56:08.238 | 112.939 km/h | Andrew Bordin | Andrew Bordin | Andrew Bordin | Andrew Bordin |
Note:
Race 1 and 2 were held on combination oval/road course.
Final points standings
Driver
For every race the points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 16 for runner-up, 14 for third place, 12 for fourth place, 10 for fifth place, 8 for sixth place, 6 seventh place, winding down to 1 point for 12th place. Lower placed drivers did not award points. Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (1 point).
| Place | Name | Country | Team | Total points | USA | USA | USA | USA | CAN | USA | CAN | CAN | USA | USA | USA | USA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buddy Rice | DSTP Motorsports | 185 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 1 | - | 21 | 16 | 22 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 14 | |
| 2 | Dan Wheldon | PPI Motorsports | 159 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 12 | |
| 3 | Andrew Bordin | PPI Motorsports | 133 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 22 | - | 12 | - | 8 | 22 | |
| 4 | Martín Basso | Shank Racing | 129 | 10 | 8 | - | 20 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 14 | - | |
| 5 | Rocky Moran Jr. | P-1 Racing | 115 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | |
| 6 | David Rutledge | Lynx Racing | 93 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 21 | - | - | - | - | 16 | 1 | 16 | |
| 7 | Hoover Orsi | Hylton Motorsports | 76 | 14 | - | 10 | 14 | - | 14 | - | - | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | |
| 8 | Alex Gurney | All American Racers | 57 | - | - | 3 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 8 | - | - | |
| 9 | Will Langhorne | Active Motorsports | 56 | 6 | - | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 12 | - | - | 3 | - | 5 | |
| 10 | Mike Conte | Lynx Racing | 40 | 5 | 4 | - | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | - | 6 | 5 | - | - | |
| 11 | T. J. Bell | Shank Racing | 33 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | - | 6 | - | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | |
| 12 | Case Montgomery | World Speed Motorsports | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 22 | - | |
| 13 | Jean-François Veilleux | Shank Racing | 21 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | |||||||
| World Speed Motorsports | 8 | 6 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
| 14 | Bob Perona | Cobb Racing | 18 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| 15 | Bruno St. Jacques | Shank Racing | 14 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 2 | 8 | - | - | - | - | |
| 16 | Akihiro Asai | World Speed Motorsports | 12 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | |
| 17 | Pete Mercier | World Speed Motorsports | 10 | - | 6 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Stéphan C. Roy | BBGP Racing | 10 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | ||
| 19 | Frédéric Gosparini | Cobb Racing | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | - | |
| Dave Cutler | P-1 Racing | 8 | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | ||
| 21 | Christophe Beauvais | RDS Motorsport | 7 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | |
| 22 | Kuno Wittmer | Hylton Motorsports | 6 | - | - | 2 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 23 | Masaoki Nagashima | P-1 Racing | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Andy Lally | World Speed Motorsports | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 1 | ||
| 25 | Rino Mastronardi | Condor Motorsports | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Marc-Antoine Camirand | World Speed Motorsports | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 27 | Cemal Yelkin | Meehan Motorsports | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 28 | Tom Wieringa | Active Motorsports | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Steve Lorenzen | Pierce Motorsports | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Complete overview
| first column of every race | 10 | = grid position |
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| second column of every race | 10 | = race result |
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R17=retired, but classified NS=did not start
| - | Bakir Begovic | Cobb Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | R23 | - | - | - | - |
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