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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 noTrackStateDateLapsDistanceTimeSpeedWinnerPole positionMost leading lapsFastest race lap
1HomesteadFloridaMarch 25, 2000502.27313625=113.6568125 km0'46:23.032147.021 km/hDan WheldonBuddy RiceBuddy Rice?
2HomesteadFloridaMarch 26, 2000502.27313625=113.6568125 km0'44:02.952154.813 km/hBuddy RiceDan WheldonBuddy RiceDan Wheldon
3Long BeachCaliforniaApril 15, 2000323.167=101.344 km0'45:44.100132.954 km/hBuddy RiceDan WheldonBuddy RiceBuddy Rice
4MilwaukeeWisconsinJune 3, 2000601.6607976=99.647856 km0'33:56.961176.112 km/hMartín BassoDan WheldonBuddy RiceMartín Basso
5MontréalJune 16, 2000274.4207471=119.3601717 km0'47:53.202149.553 km/hDavid RutledgeDavid RutledgeAndrew BordinDavid Rutledge
6ClevelandOhioJuly 2, 2000323.3891858=108.4539456 km0'44:41.771145.588 km/hBuddy RiceAlex GurneyBuddy RiceBuddy Rice
7TorontoJuly 16, 2000352.825=98.875 km0'53:14.959111.410 km/hAndrew BordinAndrew BordinAndrew BordinBuddy Rice
8Trois-RivièresJuly 30, 2000452.4477453=110.1485385 km0'52:10.488126.669 km/hBuddy RiceBuddy RiceBuddy RiceBuddy Rice
9Elkhart LakeWisconsinAugust 20, 2000176.4372=109.4324 km0'44:24.492147.854 km/hBuddy RiceMartín BassoBuddy RiceBuddy Rice
10MontereyCaliforniaSeptember 9, 2000303.6016134=108.048402 km0'40:29.847160.082 km/hDan WheldonDan WheldonDan WheldonBuddy Rice
11MadisonIllinoisSeptember 16, 2000502.011625=100.58125 km0'25:38.830235.307 km/hCase MontgomeryCase MontgomeryCase MontgomeryCase Montgomery
12HoustonTexasOctober 1, 2000432.4574011=105.6682473 km0'56:08.238112.939 km/hAndrew BordinAndrew BordinAndrew BordinAndrew 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).

PlaceNameCountryTeamTotal pointsUSAUSAUSAUSACANUSACANCANUSAUSAUSAUSA
1Buddy RiceDSTP Motorsports1851821211-21162221141614
2Dan WheldonPPI Motorsports159201713114814161622612
3Andrew BordinPPI Motorsports133812141617222-12-822
4Martín BassoShank Racing129108-2012161012151214-
5Rocky Moran Jr.P-1 Racing1151214588126108101210
6David RutledgeLynx Racing93110161221----16116
7Hoover OrsiHylton Motorsports7614-1014-14--5658
8Alex GurneyAll American Racers57--31061514108--
9Will LanghorneActive Motorsports566-64101012--3-5
10Mike ConteLynx Racing4054-6554-65--
11T. J. BellShank Racing333581-6-5212-
12Case MontgomeryWorld Speed Motorsports26---------422-
13Jean-François VeilleuxShank Racing2143----
World Speed Motorsports86----
14Bob PeronaCobb Racing18---3-4---236
15Bruno St. JacquesShank Racing14--1-3-28----
16Akihiro AsaiWorld Speed Motorsports12----2-----10-
17Pete MercierWorld Speed Motorsports10-64---------
Stéphan C. RoyBBGP Racing10---213-13---
19Frédéric GospariniCobb Racing8-------4--4-
Dave CutlerP-1 Racing8---5-------3
21Christophe BeauvaisRDS Motorsport72-------1--4
22Kuno WittmerHylton Motorsports6--2-4-------
23Masaoki NagashimaP-1 Racing5------12---2
Andy LallyWorld Speed Motorsports5--------4--1
25Rino MastronardiCondor Motorsports3------3-----
Marc-Antoine CamirandWorld Speed Motorsports3-------3----
27Cemal YelkinMeehan Motorsports2-2----------
28Tom WieringaActive Motorsports1-1----------
Steve LorenzenPierce Motorsports1-----1------

Complete overview

first column of every race10= grid position
second column of every race10= race result

R17=retired, but classified NS=did not start

-Bakir BegovicCobb Racing------------------22R23----
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