2000 Molson Indy Vancouver
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.
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Race 15 of 20 in the 2000 CART season | |
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| Date | September 3, 2000 |
| Official name | 2000 Molson Indy Vancouver |
| Location | Concord Pacific Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Course | Temporary Street Course 1.780 mi / 2.865 km |
| Distance | 90 laps 160.20 mi / 257.85 km |
| Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 19.2 °C (66.6 °F)[1] |
| Pole position | |
| Driver |  |
| Time | 106.144 mph |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver |  |
| Time | 104.189 (on lap of 90) |
| Podium | |
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| Second | |
| Third |  |
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.[2]
Qualifying
| September 2, 2000 - Qualifying Speeds | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Driver | Speed (mph) | Team | ||
| 1 | |
106.144 | Team Green | ||
| 2 | |
105.989 | Team Green | ||
| 3 |  |
105.470 | Team Penske | ||
| 4 | |
104.753 | Team Penske | ||
| 5 | |
104.669 | Chip Ganassi Racing | ||
| 6 | |
104.425 | Newman-Haas Racing | ||
| 7 | |
104.235 | PPI Motorsports | ||
| 8 |  |
104.220 | Newman-Haas Racing | ||
| 9 |  |
104.075 | Team Rahal | ||
| 10 | |
104.037 | Patrick Racing | ||
| 11 | |
103.943 | Chip Ganassi Racing | ||
| 12 |  |
103.800 | PPI Motorsports | ||
| 13 | |
103.771 | PacWest Racing | ||
| 14 | |
103.516 | Mo Nunn Racing | ||
| 15 | |
103.480 | Patrick Racing | ||
| 16 |  |
103.436 | Team Rahal | ||
| 17 | |
103.306 | Bettenhausen Racing | ||
| 18 | |
102.699 | Forsythe Racing | ||
| 19 | |
102.209 | Forsythe Racing | ||
| 20 |  |
102.136 | PacWest Racing | ||
| 21 | |
101.289 | Della Penna Motorsports | ||
| 22 |  |
100.846 | Walker Racing | ||
| 23 | |
100.521 | Dale Coyne Racing | ||
| 24 | |
100.245 | Dale Coyne Racing | ||
| 25 | |
100.072 | Arciero Racing | ||
Source:[3] | |||||
Race
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 | |
Team Green | 90 | 1:53:06.024 | 2 | 20 |
| 2 | 27 | |
Team Green | 90 | +0.384 | 1 | 181 |
| 3 | 40 | |
Patrick Racing | 90 | +19.031 | 15 | 14 |
| 4 | 11 | |
Newman-Haas Racing | 90 | +19.614 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | |
Team Penske | 90 | +20.113 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | 12 | |
Chip Ganassi Racing | 90 | +20.559 | 11 | 8 |
| 7 | 97 | |
PPI Motorsports | 90 | +31.924 | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | 7 | |
Team Rahal | 90 | +45.442 | 9 | 5 |
| 9 | 8 | |
Team Rahal | 90 | +45.832 | 16 | 4 |
| 10 | 20 | |
Patrick Racing | 89 | +1 Lap | 10 | 3 |
| 11 | 96 | |
PPI Motorsports | 89 | +1 Lap | 12 | 2 |
| 12 | 6 | |
Newman-Haas Racing | 88 | Out of fuel | 8 | 1 |
| 13 | 19 | |
Dale Coyne Racing | 87 | +3 Laps | 24 | — |
| 14 | 55 | |
Mo Nunn Racing | 85 | +5 Laps | 14 | — |
| 15 | 25 | |
Arciero Racing | 84 | +6 Laps | 25 | — |
| 16 | 10 | |
Della Penna Motorsports | 77 | Transmission | 21 | — |
| 17 | 1 | |
Chip Ganassi Racing | 67 | Fuel Pickup | 5 | — |
| 18 | 33 | |
Forsythe Racing | 63 | Suspension | 19 | — |
| 19 | 5 | |
Walker Racing | 49 | Contact | 22 | — |
| 20 | 3 | |
Team Penske | 43 | Contact | 4 | — |
| 21 | 17 | |
PacWest Racing | 14 | Contact | 13 | — |
| 22 | 34 | |
Dale Coyne Racing | 14 | Contact | 23 | — |
| 23 | 16 | |
Bettenhausen Racing | 14 | Contact | 17 | — |
| 24 | 32 | |
Forsythe Racing | 3 | Contact | 18 | — |
| 25 | 18 | |
PacWest Racing | 3 | Contact | 20 | — |
Source:[4] | |||||||
Race statistics
- Lead changes: 3 among 3 drivers
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Standings after the race
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References
- "2000 Molson Indy Vancouver weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
- "Tracy claims Vancouver Molson Indy". CBC News. September 3, 2000. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
- "2000 Molson Indy Vancouver". Race-databse.com. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
- "Molson Indy Vancouver Race Results". Rauzulu's Street. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
- 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.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
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Next race: 2000 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey |
| Previous race: 1999 Molson Indy Vancouver |
Molson Indy Vancouver | Next race: 2001 Molson Indy Vancouver |
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