2000 Honda Indy 300

The Gold Coast Indy 300 was the nineteenth and penultimate round of the 2000 CART World Series Season, held on 15 October 2000 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia, and was the 5th and last round to be held outside of the United States. It also marked 1998 Bathurst 1000 winner Jason Bright's first and only appearance in the series, where he finished 18th.

Qualifying results Pos Nat Name Team Chassis Time 1 Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing Lola 2K/00 Toyota 1:31.722 2 Gil de Ferran Team Penske Reynard 2Ki Honda 1:31.827 3 Dario Franchitti Team Green Reynard 2Ki Honda 1:32.059 4 Paul Tracy Team Green Reynard 2Ki Honda 1:32.328 5 Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing Lola 2K/00 Toyota 1:33.052 6 Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing Lola 2K/00 Ford-Cosworth 1:33.123 7 Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing Reynard 2Ki Mercedes-Benz 1:33.165 8 Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Reynard 2Ki Honda 1:33.474 9 Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing Lola 2K/00 Ford-Cosworth 1:33.490 10 Cristiano da Matta PPI Motorsports Reynard 2Ki Toyota 1:33.761 11 Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing Reynard 2Ki Ford-Cosworth 1:33.798 12 Kenny Bräck Team Rahal Reynard 2Ki Ford-Cosworth 1:33.856 13 Alex Tagliani Forsythe Racing Reynard 2Ki Ford-Cosworth 1:34.024 14 Oriol Servià PPI Motorsports Reynard 2Ki Toyota 1:34.059 15 Max Papis Team Rahal Reynard 2Ki Ford-Cosworth 1:34.132 16 Michel Jourdain Jr. Bettenhausen Racing Lola 2K/00 Mercedes-Benz 1:34.282 17 Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing Reynard 2Ki Ford-Cosworth 1:34.333 18 Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Reynard 2Ki Mercedes-Benz 1:34.514 19 Alex Barron Dale Coyne Racing Lola 2K/00 Ford-Cosworth 1:34.558 20 Roberto Moreno Patrick Racing Reynard 2Ki Ford-Cosworth 1:34.835 21 Shinji Nakano Walker Racing Reynard 2Ki Honda 1:34.972 22 Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Reynard 2Ki Mercedes-Benz 1:35.399 23 Tarso Marques Dale Coyne Racing Swift 011.c Ford-Cosworth 1:35.668 24 Jason Bright Della Penna Motorsports Reynard 2Ki Toyota 1:36.432 25 Luiz Garcia Jr. Arciero Racing Reynard 2Ki Mercedes-Benz 1:38.689

Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/retired Grid Points 1 40 Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 59 2:01:14.605 17 21 2 8 Kenny Bräck Team Rahal 59 +0.3 secs 12 16 3 12 Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 59 +4.0 secs 5 14 4 97 Cristiano da Matta PPI Motorsports 59 +4.8 secs 10 12 5 32 Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 59 +5.2 secs 11 10 6 3 Hélio Castroneves Team Penske 59 +10.3 secs 8 8 7 16 Michel Jourdain Jr. Bettenhausen Racing 59 +11.0 secs 16 6 8 55 Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 59 +15.8 secs 7 5 9 96 Oriol Servià PPI Motorsports 59 +18.2 secs 14 10 17 Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing 59 +18.6 secs 18 3 11 18 Mark Blundell PacWest Racing 59 +18.7 secs 22 2 12 25 Luiz Garcia Jr. Arciero Racing 58 + 1 lap 25 1 13 34 Tarso Marques Dale Coyne Racing 57 + 2 laps 23 14 19 Alex Barron Dale Coyne Racing 54 Mechanical 19 15 11 Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 51 Off course 15 16 7 Max Papis Team Rahal 48 Contact 15 17 26 Paul Tracy Team Green 47 Contact 4 18 10 Jason Bright Della Penna Motorsports 44 Contact 24 19 20 Roberto Moreno Patrick Racing 43 Contact 20 20 6 Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 38 Fire 6 21 5 Shinji Nakano Walker Racing 38 Mechanical 21 22 33 Alex Tagliani Forsythe Racing 36 Out Of Fuel 13 23 2 Gil de Ferran Team Penske 1 Contact 2 24 1 Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing 0 Contact 1 1 25 27 Dario Franchitti Team Green 0 Contact 3

Caution flags Laps Cause2–4 Contact Montoya (1), de Ferran (2), Franchitti (27)12–14 Off course Tracy (26)40–44 Mechanical Nakano (5)45–48 Contact Moreno (20)49–52 Contact Tracy (26), Servià (96)

2000 Honda Indy 300

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