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
8	Peter Boss
9	Roger Yasukawa	1999 Co-rookie of the year
11	Thed Björk
12
15
15		Round 8 only
16
17	Matt Plumb
18	Bryan Sellers	Round 10 & 11 only
19		Except round 7
19	Joey Hand	Round 7 only
20	Alexandre Sperafico
21
22
23	Marc Breuers
22
25
26
27
28
31	Ryan Hunter-Reay	"Big Scholarship" winner
33	Milka Duno
36	Nilton Rossoni
42
44	Sam Hancock
45
46
52	Jon Fogarty
53
55
62	Andy Lally	As of round 2
63
66
73
77	Scott Mayer
82
83
95	Michael Valiante
97
99

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		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		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		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		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		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		16	14	17	19	12	16	16	13	10	12	14	17	21
17		22	10	18	14	18	18	23	15	13	13	18	13	18
18		14	18	10	8									16
19	(R)	23	15	19	21	25	13		20	15	24	11	10	16
20						15	8	28		19				9
21									18		14		9	9
22	(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						16	19	29	14		17			2
29							15							1
30								15						1
31													15	1
32		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	(R)	17												0
36								26	21	18	20			0
37		18												0
38		19	19	22				22	23		21			0
39								19			16			0
40		21												0
41						21								0
42								21						0
43	(R)	27	22								23			0

(R) indicates rookie driver

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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.

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