2000 IndyCar Images at Indy 500

Driver Billy Boat.
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Juan Pablo Montoya
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Juan Pablo Montoya (COL) Target Ganassi Racing was the winner of the Indy 500.
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#90- Lyn St. James.
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Lyn St. James receives congratulations from car owner Dick Simon after qualifying.
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Lyn St. James.
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Robby McGehee speeds across the yard of bricks at the start/finish line.
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Sarh Fisher speeds along the front straight.
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Jimmy Kite.
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Sam Hornish waits to make his qualifying run.
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Eddie Cheever,Jr. (L) jokes around with Roberto Moreno dring pre-qualifying ceremonies.
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Team Cheever engineer Owen Snyder talks with driver Eddie Cheever,Jr. during pre-qualifying practice.
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Jeret Schroeder receives a bear hug from car owner Larry Curry after bumping his way into the field.
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Scott Sharp rionts to the heavens and prays for rain after qualifying on the pole. Sharps time would only be good enough for the 5th starting spot.
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Eddie Cheever,Jr. (L) and Roberto Moreno talk during pre-qualifying ceremonies.
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From chump to champ: after hitting the wall during a qualifying run earier in the day Billy Boat becomes the final qualifier in a a car he had not turned a lap of practice in. Car owner AJ Foyt congratulates Boat after his run.
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A post-qualifying portrait of Richie Hearn.
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Robby Gordon exits the pits.
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Tony Stewart helps his crew change tires and prepare the car of Dr
Jack Miller for qualifying.
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Jimmy Kite poses for the traditional post-qualifying photos as practice goes on the track behind him.
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Car owner Tony Stewart is all smiles after his driver, Jeret Schroeder (blue uniform) made the field in the final minutes of qualifying.
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Driver Steve Knapp bows his head in thanks and relief after qualifying a car he had not driven before Sunday morning.
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At the end of qualifying the scoring pylon shows the starting order and the aderage speed of the field (220 mph)
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Juan Montoya (foreground) and Chip Ganassi watch on as qualifying unfolds.
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Sarah Fisher "high fives" her crew after qualifying
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