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2000 Molson Indy Vancouver

49°16′34″N 123°6′24″W / 49.27611°N 123.10667°W / 49.27611; -123.10667

Canada 2000 Molson Indy Vancouver
Race details
Race 15 of 20 in the 2000 CART season
DateSeptember 3, 2000
Official name2000 Molson Indy Vancouver
LocationConcord Pacific Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
CourseTemporary Street Course
1.780 mi / 2.865 km
Distance90 laps
160.20 mi / 257.85 km
WeatherTemperatures reaching up to 19.2 °C (66.6 °F)
Pole position
DriverScotland Dario Franchitti (Team Green)
Time106.144 mph
Fastest lap
DriverColombia Juan Pablo Montoya (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time104.189 (on lap of 90)
Podium
FirstCanada Paul Tracy (Team Green)
SecondScotland Dario Franchitti (Team Green)
ThirdMexico Adrian Fernández (Patrick Racing)

The 2000 Molson Indy Vancouver was a Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) motor race held on September 3, 2000 at Concord Pacific Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was the 15th round of the 2000 CART season. Paul Tracy won the race by less than half a second over his teammate Dario Franchitti with Adrian Fernández taking third place.

The race was an emotional affair, as it was former CART driver Greg Moore's home event and the first since his death at the 1999 Marlboro 500. His number, #99, was retired before the start of the race while Canadian sports legend Wayne Gretzky (who also sported #99 during his NHL career) gave the command to start engines.

Franchitti was handily leading the race until he stalled the car during a pitstop under caution, allowing Tracy to streak by in the pitlane and into first place. While the race did not see a lot of on-track passing, multiple cars were taken out as a result of crashes and on-track incidents. A total of 63,677 fans attended the event.

Qualifying

September 2, 2000 - Qualifying Speeds
Rank Driver Speed (mph) Team
1 Scotland Dario Franchitti 106.144 Team Green
2 Canada Paul Tracy 105.989 Team Green
3 Brazil Gil de Ferran 105.470 Team Penske
4 Brazil Hélio Castroneves 104.753 Team Penske
5 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya 104.669 Chip Ganassi Racing
6 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi 104.425 Newman-Haas Racing
7 Brazil Cristiano da Matta 104.235 PPI Motorsports
8 United States Michael Andretti 104.220 Newman-Haas Racing
9 Italy Max Papis 104.075 Team Rahal
10 Brazil Roberto Moreno 104.037 Patrick Racing
11 United States Jimmy Vasser 103.943 Chip Ganassi Racing
12 Spain Oriol Servià (R) 103.800 PPI Motorsports
13 Brazil Maurício Gugelmin 103.771 PacWest Racing
14 Brazil Tony Kanaan 103.516 Mo Nunn Racing
15 Mexico Adrian Fernández 103.480 Patrick Racing
16 Sweden Kenny Bräck (R) 103.436 Team Rahal
17 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. 103.306 Bettenhausen Racing
18 Canada Patrick Carpentier 102.699 Forsythe Racing
19 Canada Alex Tagliani (R) 102.209 Forsythe Racing
20 United Kingdom Mark Blundell 102.136 PacWest Racing
21 United States Memo Gidley 101.289 Della Penna Motorsports
22 Japan Shinji Nakano (R) 100.846 Walker Racing
23 Brazil Tarso Marques 100.521 Dale Coyne Racing
24 United States Alex Barron 100.245 Dale Coyne Racing
25 Brazil Luiz Garcia Jr. 100.072 Arciero Racing
Source:

Race

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/retired Grid Points
1 26 Canada Paul Tracy Team Green 90 1:53:06.024 2 20
2 27 Scotland Dario Franchitti Team Green 90 +0.384 1 18
3 40 Mexico Adrian Fernández Patrick Racing 90 +19.031 15 14
4 11 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 90 +19.614 6 12
5 2 Brazil Gil de Ferran Team Penske 90 +20.113 3 10
6 12 United States Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 90 +20.559 11 8
7 97 Brazil Cristiano da Matta PPI Motorsports 90 +31.924 7 6
8 7 Italy Max Papis Team Rahal 90 +45.442 9 5
9 8 Sweden Kenny Bräck (R) Team Rahal 90 +45.832 16 4
10 20 Brazil Roberto Moreno Patrick Racing 89 +1 Lap 10 3
11 96 Spain Oriol Servià (R) PPI Motorsports 89 +1 Lap 12 2
12 6 United States Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 88 Out of fuel 8 1
13 19 United States Alex Barron Dale Coyne Racing 87 +3 Laps 24
14 55 Brazil Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 85 +5 Laps 14
15 25 Brazil Luiz Garcia Jr. Arciero Racing 84 +6 Laps 25
16 10 United States Memo Gidley Della Penna Motorsports 77 Transmission 21
17 1 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing 67 Fuel Pickup 5
18 33 Canada Alex Tagliani (R) Forsythe Racing 63 Suspension 19
19 5 Japan Shinji Nakano (R) Walker Racing 49 Contact 22
20 3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Team Penske 43 Contact 4
21 17 Brazil Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing 14 Contact 13
22 34 Brazil Tarso Marques Dale Coyne Racing 14 Contact 23
23 16 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Bettenhausen Racing 14 Contact 17
24 32 Canada Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 3 Contact 18
25 18 United Kingdom Mark Blundell PacWest Racing 3 Contact 20
Source:
  • – Includes two bonus points for leading the most laps and being the fastest qualifier.

Race statistics

  • Lead changes: 3 among 3 drivers

Standings after the race

References

  1. ^ "2000 Molson Indy Vancouver weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
  2. ^ "Tracy claims Vancouver Molson Indy". CBC News. September 3, 2000. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  3. ^ "2000 Molson Indy Vancouver". Race-databse.com. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  4. ^ "Molson Indy Vancouver Race Results". Rauzulu's Street. Archived from the original on September 11, 2017. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
  5. ^ Championship Auto Racing Teams (March 2001). "CART FedEx Championship Series - 2001 Rule Book". Archived from the original on 2016-05-28. Retrieved 2017-05-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)


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