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 Jonathon Bottoms Round 8 only 16 Jeff Morton 17 Matt Plumb 18 Bryan Sellers Round 10 & 11 only19 Sara Senske Except round 7 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 1Sebring International Raceway Sebring, Florida March 18 Michael Valiante Nilton Rossoni Nilton Rossoni 12 Hours of Sebring 2 Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, Florida March 25 Andre Nicastro Nilton Rossoni Nilton Rossoni Grand Prix of Miami 3 Nazareth Speedway Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania April 10 Sepp Koster Roger Yasukawa Sepp Koster Firestone Indy 225 4 Lime Rock Park Lime Rock, Connecticut May 29 Jon Fogarty Thed Björk Jon Fogarty Lime Rock Grand Prix 5 Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix Detroit, Michigan June 18 Jon Fogarty Matt Plumb Jon Fogarty Grand Prix of Detroit 6 Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio July 1 Nilton Rossoni Jon Fogarty Nilton Rossoni Grand Prix of Cleveland 7Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio August 13 Thed Björk Thed Björk Jon Fogarty Miller Lite 250 8 Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin August 20 Nilton Rossoni Jamie Menninga Nilton Rossoni Champ Car Grand Prix of Road America 9 BC Place Vancouver September 2 Ryan Hunter-Reay Matt Plumb Matt Plumb Molson Indy Vancouver 10 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey County, California September 10 Nilton Rossoni Nilton Rossoni Nilton Rossoni Monterey Grand Prix 11 Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia September 30 Michael Valiante Sepp Koster Michael Valiante Petit Le Mans 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 MOH 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 Valiante2 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 Menninga9 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
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