2000 Rio 200
Qualifying
Notes — Luiz Garcia Jr. was sent to the rear of the field for failing a post-qualifying weight check.

2000 Rio 200

Section Title: Qualifying
Table Section Text: Notes — Luiz Garcia Jr. was sent to the rear of the field for failing a post-qualifying weight check.

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Speed	Gap

1	33	Canada Alex Tagliani	Forsythe Racing	38.587	173.903	—

2	1	Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	38.696	173.403	+0.109

3	26	Canada Paul Tracy	Team Green	38.843	172.757	+0.256

4	8	Sweden Kenny Bräck	Team Rahal	38.876	172.610	+0.289

5	11	Brazil Christian Fittipaldi	Newman/Haas Racing	38.879	172.597	+0.292

6	12	United States Jimmy Vasser	Chip Ganassi Racing	38.943	172.313	+0.356

7	3	Brazil Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	38.985	172.128	+0.396

8	27	United Kingdom Dario Franchitti	Team Green	39.026	171.947	+0.439

9	55	Brazil Tony Kanaan	Mo Nunn Racing	39.101	171.617	+0.514

10	7	Italy Max Papis	Team Rahal	39.227	171.066	+0.640

11	32	United States Memo Gidley	Forsythe Racing	39.246	170.983	+0.659

12	20	Brazil Roberto Moreno	Patrick Racing	39.265	170.900	+0.678

13	2	Brazil Gil de Ferran	Team Penske	39.298	170.757	+0.711

14	96	Spain Oriol Servià	PPI Motorsports	39.306	170.722	+0.719

15	6	United States Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	39.340	170.574	+0.753

16	40	Mexico Adrián Fernández	Patrick Racing	39.391	170.354	+0.804

17	97	Brazil Cristiano da Matta	PPI Motorsports	39.419	170.233	+0.832

18	10	Argentina Norberto Fontana	Della Penna Motorsports	39.504	169.866	+0.917

19	19	Japan Takuya Kurosawa	Dale Coyne Racing	39.590	169.497	+1.003

20	5	United States Bryan Herta	Walker Motorsport	39.620	169.369	+1.033

21	17	Brazil Maurício Gugelmin	PacWest Racing	39.682	169.104	+1.095

22	16	Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr.	Bettenhausen Racing	39.856	168.366	+1.269

23	18	United Kingdom Mark Blundell	PacWest Racing	40.073	167.454	+1.486

24	34	Brazil Gualter Salles	Dale Coyne Racing	No time	No speed	—

25	25	Brazil Luiz Garcia Jr.	Arciero Racing	No time	No speed	—

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Sentence(s)

In the 2000 Rio 200, Gidley was the fastest driver not to qualify in the top ten with a time of 39.246.

final_sentence: In the 2000 Rio 200, Gidley was the fastest driver not to qualify in the top ten with a time of 39.246.