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) Team1 Dario Franchitti106.144Team Green2 Paul Tracy105.989Team Green3 Gil de Ferran105.470Team Penske4 Hélio Castroneves104.753Team Penske5 Juan Pablo Montoya104.669Chip Ganassi Racing6 Christian Fittipaldi104.425Newman-Haas Racing7 Cristiano da Matta104.235PPI Motorsports8 Michael Andretti104.220Newman-Haas Racing9 Max Papis104.075Team Rahal10 Roberto Moreno104.037Patrick Racing11 Jimmy Vasser103.943Chip Ganassi Racing12 Oriol Servià (R)103.800PPI Motorsports13 Maurício Gugelmin103.771PacWest Racing14 Tony Kanaan103.516Mo Nunn Racing15 Adrian Fernández103.480Patrick Racing16 Kenny Bräck (R)103.436Team Rahal17 Michel Jourdain Jr.103.306Bettenhausen Racing18 Patrick Carpentier102.699Forsythe Racing19 Alex Tagliani (R)102.209Forsythe Racing20 Mark Blundell102.136PacWest Racing21 Memo Gidley101.289Della Penna Motorsports22 Shinji Nakano (R)100.846Walker Racing23 Tarso Marques100.521Dale Coyne Racing24 Alex Barron100.245Dale Coyne Racing25 Luiz Garcia Jr.100.072Arciero Racing
Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/retired Grid Points126 Paul TracyTeam Green901:53:06.024220227 Dario FranchittiTeam Green90 +0.384118340 Adrian FernándezPatrick Racing90 +19.0311514411 Christian FittipaldiNewman-Haas Racing90 +19.61461252 Gil de FerranTeam Penske90 +20.113310612 Jimmy VasserChip Ganassi Racing90 +20.559118797 Cristiano da MattaPPI Motorsports90 +31.9247687 Max PapisTeam Rahal90 +45.4429598 Kenny Bräck (R)Team Rahal90 +45.8321641020 Roberto MorenoPatrick Racing89 +1 Lap1031196 Oriol Servià (R)PPI Motorsports89 +1 Lap122126 Michael AndrettiNewman-Haas Racing88Out of fuel811319 Alex BarronDale Coyne Racing87 +3 Laps24—1455 Tony KanaanMo Nunn Racing85 +5 Laps14—1525 Luiz Garcia Jr.Arciero Racing84 +6 Laps25—1610 Memo GidleyDella Penna Motorsports77Transmission21—171 Juan Pablo MontoyaChip Ganassi Racing67Fuel Pickup5—1833 Alex Tagliani (R)Forsythe Racing63Suspension19—195 Shinji Nakano (R)Walker Racing49Contact22—203 Hélio CastronevesTeam Penske43Contact4—2117 Maurício GugelminPacWest Racing14Contact13—2234 Tarso MarquesDale Coyne Racing14Contact23—2316 Michel Jourdain Jr.Bettenhausen Racing14Contact17—2432 Patrick CarpentierForsythe Racing3Contact18—2518 Mark BlundellPacWest Racing3Contact20— – Includes two bonus points for leading the most laps and being the fastest qualifier.
Race statistics Lead changes: 3 among 3 drivers
Lap Leaders Laps Leader1–40 Dario Franchitti41-42 Gil de Ferran43-52 Dario Franchitti53-90 Paul Tracy
Total laps led Leader Laps Dario Franchitti 50 Paul Tracy 38 Gil de Ferran 2
Standings after the race
Drivers' standings Pos+/-DriverPoints1 Michael Andretti1262 4 Paul Tracy1203 1 Adrian Fernández1174 1 Gil de Ferran1165 3 Roberto Moreno115
References