2000 Honda Indy 300

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Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2000 Surfers Paradise
Race details
Race 19 of 20 in the 2000 CART season
Surfers Paradise Street Circuit.svg
Map of the track
Date15 October, 2000
Official name Honda Indy 300
Location Surfers Paradise Street Circuit
Queensland, Australia
CourseTemporary Street Circuit
2.795 mi / 4.498 km
Distance59 laps
164.905 mi / 265.382 km
Pole position
Driver Juan Pablo Montoya  (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time1:31.722
Fastest lap
Driver Jimmy Vasser  (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time1:34.959 (on lap 23 of 59)
Podium
First Adrián Fernández  (Patrick Racing)
Second Kenny Bräck  (Team Rahal)
Third Jimmy Vasser  (Chip Ganassi Racing)

The 2000 Honda 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.

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Qualifying results

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

Race

PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/retiredGridPoints
140 Flag of Mexico.svg Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 592:01:14.6051721
28 Flag of Sweden.svg Kenny Bräck Team Rahal 59+0.3 secs1216
312 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 59+4.0 secs514
497 Flag of Brazil.svg Cristiano da Matta PPI Motorsports 59+4.8 secs1012
532 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 59+5.2 secs1110
63 Flag of Brazil.svg Hélio Castroneves Team Penske 59+10.3 secs88
716 Flag of Mexico.svg Michel Jourdain Jr. Bettenhausen Racing 59+11.0 secs166
855 Flag of Brazil.svg Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 59+15.8 secs75
996 Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Servià PPI Motorsports 59+18.2 secs14
1017 Flag of Brazil.svg Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing 59+18.6 secs183
1118 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Blundell PacWest Racing 59+18.7 secs222
1225 Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Garcia Jr. Arciero Racing 58+ 1 lap251
1334 Flag of Brazil.svg Tarso Marques Dale Coyne Racing 57+ 2 laps23
1419 Flag of the United States.svg Alex Barron Dale Coyne Racing 54Mechanical19
1511 Flag of Brazil.svg Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 51Off course15
167 Flag of Italy.svg Max Papis Team Rahal 48Contact15
1726 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy Team Green 47Contact4
1810 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Bright Della Penna Motorsports 44Contact24
1920 Flag of Brazil.svg Roberto Moreno Patrick Racing 43Contact20
206 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 38Mechanical6
215 Flag of Japan.svg Shinji Nakano Walker Racing 38Mechanical21
2233 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alex Tagliani Forsythe Racing 36Mechanical13
232 Flag of Brazil.svg Gil de Ferran Team Penske 1Contact2
241 Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing 0Contact11
2527 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dario Franchitti Team Green 0Contact3

Caution flags

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

Notes

LapsLeader
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
 
DriverLaps led
Adrián Fernández 17
Michael Andretti 12
Paul Tracy 11
Kenny Bräck 10
Jimmy Vasser 8
Alex Tagliani 1
Previous race:
2000 Texaco Grand Prix of Houston
CART Indycar World Series
2000 season
Next race:
2000 Marlboro 500
Previous race:
1999 Honda Indy 300
2000 Honda Indy 300 Next race:
2001 Honda Indy 300

Coordinates: 27°59′17.9″S153°25′42.1″E / 27.988306°S 153.428361°E / -27.988306; 153.428361

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