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

Race

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

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
2–4	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)

See also

• 2000 Honda Indy 300

Notes

Laps Leader 1–11 Paul Tracy 12–23 Michael Andretti 24–25 Jimmy Vasser 26–35 Kenny Bräck 36–36 Alex Tagliani 37–42 Jimmy Vasser 43–59 Adrián Fernández

Driver Laps led Adrián Fernández 17 Michael Andretti 12 Paul Tracy 11 Kenny Bräck 10 Jimmy Vasser 8 Alex Tagliani 1

• Average Speed 81.607 mph

External links

• Full Weekend Times & Results