2000 Honda Indy 300

December 2021 November 2011 July 2026 Australia Surfers Paradise Surfers Paradise Street Circuit.svg Map of the track 15 October 2000 Honda Indy 300 19 20 CART Surfers Paradise Street CircuitQueensland, Australia Temporary Street Circuit 2.795 4.498 59 164.905 265.382 Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing 1:31.722 COL Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 1:34.959 23 USA Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing MEX Kenny Bräck Team Rahal SWE Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing USA 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 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing Lola 2K/00 Toyota 1:31.722 2 Brazil Gil de Ferran Team Penske Reynard 2Ki Honda 1:31.827 3 UK Dario Franchitti Team Green Reynard 2Ki Honda 1:32.059 4 Canada Paul Tracy Team Green Reynard 2Ki Honda 1:32.328 5 US Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing Lola 2K/00 Toyota 1:33.052 6 US Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing Lola 2K/00 Ford-Cosworth 1:33.123 7 Brazil Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing Reynard 2Ki Mercedes-Benz 1:33.165 8 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Reynard 2Ki Honda 1:33.474 9 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing Lola 2K/00 Ford-Cosworth 1:33.490 10 Brazil Cristiano da Matta PPI Motorsports Reynard 2Ki Toyota 1:33.761 11 Canada Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing Reynard 2Ki Ford-Cosworth 1:33.798 12 Sweden Kenny Bräck Team Rahal Reynard 2Ki Ford-Cosworth 1:33.856 13 Canada Alex Tagliani Forsythe Racing Reynard 2Ki Ford-Cosworth 1:34.024 14 Spain Oriol Servià PPI Motorsports Reynard 2Ki Toyota 1:34.059 15 Italy Max Papis Team Rahal Reynard 2Ki Ford-Cosworth 1:34.132 16 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Bettenhausen Racing Lola 2K/00 Mercedes-Benz 1:34.282 17 Mexico Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing Reynard 2Ki Ford-Cosworth 1:34.333 18 Brazil Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Reynard 2Ki Mercedes-Benz 1:34.514 19 USA Alex Barron Dale Coyne Racing Lola 2K/00 Ford-Cosworth 1:34.558 20 Brazil Roberto Moreno Patrick Racing Reynard 2Ki Ford-Cosworth 1:34.835 21 Japan Shinji Nakano Walker Racing Reynard 2Ki Honda 1:34.972 22 UK Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Reynard 2Ki Mercedes-Benz 1:35.399 23 Brazil Tarso Marques Dale Coyne Racing Swift 011.c Ford-Cosworth 1:35.668 24 Australia Jason Bright Della Penna Motorsports Reynard 2Ki Toyota 1:36.432 25 Brazil Luiz Garcia Jr. Arciero Racing Reynard 2Ki Mercedes-Benz 1:38.689 Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/retired Grid Points 1 40 Mexico Adrián Fernández Patrick Racing 59 2:01:14.605 17 21 2 8 Sweden Kenny Bräck Team Rahal 59 +0.3 secs 12 16 3 12 US Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing 59 +4.0 secs 5 14 4 97 Brazil Cristiano da Matta PPI Motorsports 59 +4.8 secs 10 12 5 32 Canada Patrick Carpentier Forsythe Racing 59 +5.2 secs 11 10 6 3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Team Penske 59 +10.3 secs 8 8 7 16 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Bettenhausen Racing 59 +11.0 secs 16 6 8 55 Brazil Tony Kanaan Mo Nunn Racing 59 +15.8 secs 7 5 9 96 Spain Oriol Servià PPI Motorsports 59 +18.2 secs 14 10 17 Brazil Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing 59 +18.6 secs 18 3 11 18 UK Mark Blundell PacWest Racing 59 +18.7 secs 22 2 12 25 Brazil Luiz Garcia Jr. Arciero Racing 58 + 1 lap 25 1 13 34 Brazil Tarso Marques Dale Coyne Racing 57 + 2 laps 23 14 19 USA Alex Barron Dale Coyne Racing 54 Mechanical 19 15 11 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Newman-Haas Racing 51 Off course 15 16 7 Italy Max Papis Team Rahal 48 Contact 15 17 26 Canada Paul Tracy Team Green 47 Contact 4 18 10 Australia Jason Bright Della Penna Motorsports 44 Contact 24 19 20 Brazil Roberto Moreno Patrick Racing 43 Contact 20 20 6 US Michael Andretti Newman-Haas Racing 38 Fire 6 21 5 Japan Shinji Nakano Walker Racing 38 Mechanical 21 22 33 Canada Alex Tagliani Forsythe Racing 36 Out Of Fuel 13 23 2 Brazil Gil de Ferran Team Penske 1 Contact 2 24 1 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya Chip Ganassi Racing 0 Contact 1 1 25 27 UK Dario Franchitti Team Green 0 Contact 3 Caution flags Laps Cause2–4 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), Servià (96) See also 2000 Honda Indy 300 Notes Laps Leader1–11 Paul Tracy12–23 Michael Andretti24–25 Jimmy Vasser26–35 Kenny Bräck36–36 Alex Tagliani37–42 Jimmy Vasser43–59 Adrián Fernández Driver Laps ledAdrián Fernández 17Michael Andretti 12Paul Tracy 11Kenny Bräck 10Jimmy Vasser 8Alex Tagliani 1 Average Speed 81.607 mph External links Full Weekend Times & Results 2000 Honda Indy 300 2000 2000 Texaco Grand Prix of Houston 2000 Marlboro 500 1999 Honda Indy 300 2001 Honda Indy 300 27 59 17.9 S 153 25 42.1 E type:event_region:AU-QLD title Honda Indy 300 Honda Indy 300 Category:Gold Coast Indy 300