# 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 | 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 | Mechanical | 6 | |
| 21 | 5 | Shinji Nakano | Walker Racing | 38 | Mechanical | 21 | |
| 22 | 33 | Alex Tagliani | Forsythe Racing | 36 | Mechanical | 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 | 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) |