2000 Barber Dodge Pro Series

The 2000 Barber Dodge Pro Series season was the fifteenth season of this racing series. The championship was won by Nilton Rossoni. Ryan Hunter-Reay won the Rookie of the Year title. This was the first season the series raced outside of the United States. The Barber Dodge Pro Series supported the CART World Series at the Molson Indy Vancouver

Drivers

All drivers use Dodge-powered, Michelin-shod Reynard 98E chassis.

No.	Driver	Note
4	Brent Sherman
5	Sepp Koster
7	Jamie Menninga
8	Peter Boss
9	Roger Yasukawa	1999 Co-rookie of the year
11	Thed Björk
12	Keith Dusko
15	Aaron Bambach
15	Jonathon Bottoms	Round 8 only
16	Jeff Morton
17	Matt Plumb
18	Bryan Sellers	Round 10 & 11 only
19	Sara Senske	Except round 7
19	Joey Hand	Round 7 only
20	Alexandre Sperafico
21	Jon Vannini
22	Jay Ricci
23	Marc Breuers
22	Jay Ricci
25	Kip Gulseth
26	Rhonda Trammell
27	Charles Putt
28	Andre Nicastro
31	Ryan Hunter-Reay	"Big Scholarship" winner
33	Milka Duno
36	Nilton Rossoni
42	John Hall
44	Sam Hancock
45	Giuliano Pilagallo
46	Gilles Tinguely
52	Jon Fogarty
53	Tom Fogarty
55	John McCaig
62	Andy Lally	As of round 2
63	Craig Duerson
66	Ryan Vella
73	Jeff Glenn
77	Scott Mayer
82	Jonathon Macri
83	Shareef Malnik
95	Michael Valiante
97	Ryan Howe
99	Davy Cook
	Vanderlan Jr.

Race calendar and results

Round	Circuit	Location	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Headline event
1^[1]	Sebring International Raceway	Sebring, Florida	March 18	Michael Valiante	Nilton Rossoni	Nilton Rossoni	12 Hours of Sebring
2^[2]	Homestead-Miami Speedway	Homestead, Florida	March 25	Andre Nicastro	Nilton Rossoni	Nilton Rossoni	Grand Prix of Miami
3^[3]	Nazareth Speedway	Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania	April 10	Sepp Koster	Roger Yasukawa	Sepp Koster	Firestone Indy 225
4^[4]	Lime Rock Park	Lime Rock, Connecticut	May 29	Jon Fogarty	Thed Björk	Jon Fogarty	Lime Rock Grand Prix
5^[5]	Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix	Detroit, Michigan	June 18	Jon Fogarty	Matt Plumb	Jon Fogarty	Grand Prix of Detroit
6^[6]	Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport	Cleveland, Ohio	July 1	Nilton Rossoni	Jon Fogarty	Nilton Rossoni	Grand Prix of Cleveland
7^[7]	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	August 13	Thed Björk	Thed Björk	Jon Fogarty	Miller Lite 250
8^[8]	Road America	Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin	August 20	Nilton Rossoni	Jamie Menninga	Nilton Rossoni	Champ Car Grand Prix of Road America
9^[9]	BC Place	Vancouver	September 2	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Matt Plumb	Matt Plumb	Molson Indy Vancouver
10^[10]	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	Monterey County, California	September 10	Nilton Rossoni	Nilton Rossoni	Nilton Rossoni	Monterey Grand Prix
11^[11]	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	September 30	Michael Valiante	Sepp Koster	Michael Valiante	Petit Le Mans
12^[12]	Homestead-Miami Speedway	Homestead, Florida	October 8	Jamie Menninga	Sepp Koster	Nilton Rossoni	Stand-alone event

Final standings

Color	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	4th & 5th place
Light Blue	6th–10th place
Dark Blue	11th place or lower
Purple	Did not finish
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Brown	Withdrawn (Wth)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
	Driver replacement (Rpl)
	Injured (Inj)
	No race held (NH)

Rank	Driver	SEB	HMS1	NAZ	LRP	DET	CLE	MDO	ROA	VAN	LAG	RAT	HMS2	Points
1	Nilton Rossoni	1	1	16	13	6	1	2	1	4	1	3	1	175
2	Jon Fogarty	3	2	6	1	1	3	1	9	5	2	15	4	155
3	Sepp Koster	7	7	1	6	7	2	3	5	2	22	7	2	130
4	Matt Plumb	6	4	8	22	2	6	7	26	1	26	2	5	112
5	Ryan Hunter-Reay (R)	8	8	2	4	24	9	6	3	8	5	10	7	104
6	Michael Valiante	2	11	4	18	26	10	9	7	17	6	1	6	97
7	Roger Yasukawa	4	25	5	11	5	5	8	4	11	25	5	8	94
8	Jamie Menninga	9	17	12	7	3	7	4	2	14	27	4	16	86
9	Alexandre Sperafico	5	9	9	5	23	23	18	10	7	4	8	3	85
10	Thed Björk	10	5	23	12	10	4	11	6	6	8	6	19	83
11	Andy Lally		3	3	2	11	24	5		21	3			74
12	Andre Nicastro	11	16	7	23	4	11	10	8	3	7			69
13	Peter Boss	12	6	14	3	9	12	14	25	12	9			54
14	Brent Sherman	13	13	11	10	8	25	13	24	20	10	9	14	43
15	Marc Breuers (R)	15	12	21	9	13	22	17	11	9	11	12	18	36
16	Kip Gulseth	16	14	17	19	12	16	16	13	10	12	14	17	21
17	Tom Fogarty	22	10	18	14	18	18	23	15	13	13	18	13	18
18	Jonathan Macri	14	18	10	8									16
19	Sara Senske (R)	23	15	19	21	25	13		20	15	24	11	10	16
20	John McCaig					15	8	28		19				9
21	Davy Cook								18		14		9	9
22	Jon Vannini (R)	20	21	15	15	17	14	27	19	22	15	16	12	9
23	Rafael Sperafico												11	5
24	Sam Hancock	28	23	13	20	14								5
25	Joey Hand							12						4
26	Bryan Sellers								12					4
27	Mikel Miller											13		3
28	Jeff Glenn					16	19	29	14		17			2
29	Gilles Tinguely						15							1
30	Jon Morley							15						1
31	Shareef Malnik												15	1
32	Jay Ricci	26	20		16	19	17	20	16		18			0
33	Scott Mayer	25		DNS		22	20	25	17	16	19	17		0
34	Milka Duno (R)	24	24	20	17	20	21	24	22					0
35	Craig Duerson (R)	17												0
36	John Hall							26	21	18	20			0
37	Ryan Vella	18												0
38	Rhonda Trammell	19	19	22				22	23		21			0
39	Ryan Howe							19			16			0
40	Charles Putt	21												0
41	Jeff Morton					21								0
42	Jonathon Bottoms							21						0
43	Keith Dusko (R)	27	22								23			0

(R) indicates rookie driver

^[13]

References

^ "Rossoni Comes On Strong For Victory". Barber Dodge Pro Series. Archived from the original on December 5, 2000. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
^ "Rossoni Rocks Homestead". Barber Dodge Pro Series. Archived from the original on February 21, 2001. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
^ "Worth the Wait for Koster". Barber Dodge Pro Series. Archived from the original on February 21, 2001. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
^ "It's Blackjack for Fogarty". Barber Dodge Pro Series. Archived from the original on February 21, 2001. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
^ "Fogarty Masters Motown". Barber Dodge Pro Series. Archived from the original on February 21, 2001. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
^ "Rossoni Loves Cleveland". Barber Dodge Pro Series. Archived from the original on February 22, 2001. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
^ "Fortune Smiles on Fogarty". Barber Dodge Pro Series. Archived from the original on February 26, 2001. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
^ "Rossoni Reeling in Fogarty". Barber Dodge Pro Series. Archived from the original on February 26, 2001. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
^ "Plumb Good Racing". Barber Dodge Pro Series. Archived from the original on February 26, 2001. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
^ "Rossoni Wins Fifth Race Of Season". Barber Dodge Pro Series. Archived from the original on February 19, 2001. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
^ "EXORCISED". Barber Dodge Pro Series. Archived from the original on November 20, 2000. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
^ "Rossoni earns crown with victory at Homestead". Barber Dodge Pro Series. Archived from the original on November 20, 2000. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
^ "2000 Barber Dodge Pro Series Driver Performance Award Point Standings". Barber Dodge Pro Series. Archived from the original on December 5, 2000. Retrieved 7 March 2014.

[1] "Rossoni Comes On Strong For Victory". Barber Dodge Pro Series. Archived from the original on December 5, 2000. Retrieved 7 March 2014.

[2] "Rossoni Rocks Homestead". Barber Dodge Pro Series. Archived from the original on February 21, 2001. Retrieved 7 March 2014.

[3] "Worth the Wait for Koster". Barber Dodge Pro Series. Archived from the original on February 21, 2001. Retrieved 7 March 2014.

[4] "It's Blackjack for Fogarty". Barber Dodge Pro Series. Archived from the original on February 21, 2001. Retrieved 7 March 2014.

[5] "Fogarty Masters Motown". Barber Dodge Pro Series. Archived from the original on February 21, 2001. Retrieved 7 March 2014.

[6] "Rossoni Loves Cleveland". Barber Dodge Pro Series. Archived from the original on February 22, 2001. Retrieved 7 March 2014.

[7] "Fortune Smiles on Fogarty". Barber Dodge Pro Series. Archived from the original on February 26, 2001. Retrieved 7 March 2014.

[8] "Rossoni Reeling in Fogarty". Barber Dodge Pro Series. Archived from the original on February 26, 2001. Retrieved 7 March 2014.

[9] "Plumb Good Racing". Barber Dodge Pro Series. Archived from the original on February 26, 2001. Retrieved 7 March 2014.

[10] "Rossoni Wins Fifth Race Of Season". Barber Dodge Pro Series. Archived from the original on February 19, 2001. Retrieved 7 March 2014.

[11] "EXORCISED". Barber Dodge Pro Series. Archived from the original on November 20, 2000. Retrieved 7 March 2014.

[12] "Rossoni earns crown with victory at Homestead". Barber Dodge Pro Series. Archived from the original on November 20, 2000. Retrieved 7 March 2014.

[13] "2000 Barber Dodge Pro Series Driver Performance Award Point Standings". Barber Dodge Pro Series. Archived from the original on December 5, 2000. Retrieved 7 March 2014.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

2000 Barber Dodge Pro Series

Drivers

Race calendar and results

Final standings

References

€4.95