# 2000 Molson Indy Vancouver

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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) | Team |
| 1 | Dario Franchitti | 106.144 | Team Green |
| 2 | Paul Tracy | 105.989 | Team Green |
| 3 | Gil de Ferran | 105.470 | Team Penske |
| 4 | Hélio Castroneves | 104.753 | Team Penske |
| 5 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 104.669 | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 6 | Christian Fittipaldi | 104.425 | Newman-Haas Racing |
| 7 | Cristiano da Matta | 104.235 | PPI Motorsports |
| 8 | Michael Andretti | 104.220 | Newman-Haas Racing |
| 9 | Max Papis | 104.075 | Team Rahal |
| 10 | Roberto Moreno | 104.037 | Patrick Racing |
| 11 | Jimmy Vasser | 103.943 | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 12 | Oriol Servià (R) | 103.800 | PPI Motorsports |
| 13 | Maurício Gugelmin | 103.771 | PacWest Racing |
| 14 | Tony Kanaan | 103.516 | Mo Nunn Racing |
| 15 | Adrian Fernández | 103.480 | Patrick Racing |
| 16 | Kenny Bräck (R) | 103.436 | Team Rahal |
| 17 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | 103.306 | Bettenhausen Racing |
| 18 | Patrick Carpentier | 102.699 | Forsythe Racing |
| 19 | Alex Tagliani (R) | 102.209 | Forsythe Racing |
| 20 | Mark Blundell | 102.136 | PacWest Racing |
| 21 | Memo Gidley | 101.289 | Della Penna Motorsports |
| 22 | Shinji Nakano (R) | 100.846 | Walker Racing |
| 23 | Tarso Marques | 100.521 | Dale Coyne Racing |
| 24 | Alex Barron | 100.245 | Dale Coyne Racing |
| 25 | Luiz Garcia Jr. | 100.072 | Arciero Racing |
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## Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 26 | Paul Tracy | Team Green | 90 | 1:53:06.024 | 2 | 20 |
| 2 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | Team Green | 90 | +0.384 | 1 | 18 |
| 3 | 40 | Adrian Fernández | Patrick Racing | 90 | +19.031 | 15 | 14 |
| 4 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman-Haas Racing | 90 | +19.614 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | Gil de Ferran | Team Penske | 90 | +20.113 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | Chip Ganassi Racing | 90 | +20.559 | 11 | 8 |
| 7 | 97 | Cristiano da Matta | PPI Motorsports | 90 | +31.924 | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | 7 | Max Papis | Team Rahal | 90 | +45.442 | 9 | 5 |
| 9 | 8 | Kenny Bräck (R) | Team Rahal | 90 | +45.832 | 16 | 4 |
| 10 | 20 | Roberto Moreno | Patrick Racing | 89 | +1 Lap | 10 | 3 |
| 11 | 96 | Oriol Servià (R) | PPI Motorsports | 89 | +1 Lap | 12 | 2 |
| 12 | 6 | Michael Andretti | Newman-Haas Racing | 88 | Out of fuel | 8 | 1 |
| 13 | 19 | Alex Barron | Dale Coyne Racing | 87 | +3 Laps | 24 | — |
| 14 | 55 | Tony Kanaan | Mo Nunn Racing | 85 | +5 Laps | 14 | — |
| 15 | 25 | Luiz Garcia Jr. | Arciero Racing | 84 | +6 Laps | 25 | — |
| 16 | 10 | Memo Gidley | Della Penna Motorsports | 77 | Transmission | 21 | — |
| 17 | 1 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Chip Ganassi Racing | 67 | Fuel Pickup | 5 | — |
| 18 | 33 | Alex Tagliani (R) | Forsythe Racing | 63 | Suspension | 19 | — |
| 19 | 5 | Shinji Nakano (R) | Walker Racing | 49 | Contact | 22 | — |
| 20 | 3 | Hélio Castroneves | Team Penske | 43 | Contact | 4 | — |
| 21 | 17 | Maurício Gugelmin | PacWest Racing | 14 | Contact | 13 | — |
| 22 | 34 | Tarso Marques | Dale Coyne Racing | 14 | Contact | 23 | — |
| 23 | 16 | Michel Jourdain Jr. | Bettenhausen Racing | 14 | Contact | 17 | — |
| 24 | 32 | Patrick Carpentier | Forsythe Racing | 3 | Contact | 18 | — |
| 25 | 18 | Mark Blundell | PacWest Racing | 3 | Contact | 20 | — |
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* – 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 | Leader |
| 1–40 | Dario Franchitti |
| 41-42 | Gil de Ferran |
| 43-52 | Dario Franchitti |
| 53-90 | Paul Tracy |
Total laps led :
| Leader | Laps |
| Dario Franchitti | 50 |
| Paul Tracy | 38 |
| Gil de Ferran | 2 |

## Standings after the race

| Pos | +/- | Driver | Points |
| 1 | | Michael Andretti | 126 |
| 2 | 4 | Paul Tracy | 120 |
| 3 | 1 | Adrian Fernández | 117 |
| 4 | 1 | Gil de Ferran | 116 |
| 5 | 3 | Roberto Moreno | 115 |