Lexmark Indy 300

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'**Lexmark Indy 300'**
Surfer's Paradise
Image:Logo Australia 2006 250.gif
Laps	59
Circuit length	4.47 km (2.79 miles)
Race length	263.73 km (164.61 miles)
Most wins by single driver	No multiple winner - 16 individual winners
Most wins by single constructor	Newman-Haas Racing (4)
Last race (2006):
Winner	Nelson Philippe
Winning team	CTE-HVM Racing
Winning time	1:50:50.985
Pole time	1:31.403
Pole driver	Will Power
Pole team	Team Australia
Fastest lap	1:33.776
Fastest lap driver	Paul Tracy
Fastest lap team	Forsythe Racing

The Lexmark Indy 300 is a Champ Car event that takes place each year on a street circuit at Surfers Paradise in the Gold Coast region of Queensland, Australia. The challenging 4.47 kilometre track has several fast sections and four chicanes.

It has been an annual event since 1991. Each of the sixteen events has been won by a different driver with no repeats. This significant statistic has been reported in the media before each event, and previous winners aspire to be the first to win it twice.

In the 2002 event there was a frightening incident when a 9 car pile-up occurred at the start in very wet conditions - however no significant injuries were sustained.

The weekend events include a number of Australian racing categories in support of the international Champ Car race. This has often included V8 Supercars. Since 2002, the Gold Coast race has counted for points in the V8 Supercar championship and they have claimed a better billing with the Champ Cars.

Lexmark Indy 300 2006

It's not all about the cars!

Lexmark Indy 300 2006

1 Previous winners
- 1.1 Champ Car race
- 1.2 V8 Supercars race
2 Circuit Construction
3 Trivia
4 External link

[edit] Previous winners

[edit] Champ Car race

Season	Winning Driver	Chassis	Engine
1991	John Andretti	Lola	Chevrolet-Ilmor
1992	Emerson Fittipaldi	Penske	Chevrolet-Ilmor
1993	Nigel Mansell	Lola	Ford-Cosworth
1994	Michael Andretti	Reynard	Ford-Cosworth
1995	Paul Tracy	Lola	Ford-Cosworth
1996	Jimmy Vasser	Reynard	Honda
1997	Scott Pruett	Reynard	Ford-Cosworth
1998	Alex Zanardi	Reynard	Honda
1999	Dario Franchitti	Reynard	Honda
2000	Adrian Fernandez	Reynard	Ford-Cosworth
2001	Cristiano da Matta	Lola	Toyota
2002	Mario Dominguez	Lola	Ford-Cosworth
2003	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Reynard	Ford-Cosworth
2004	Bruno Junqueira	Lola	Ford-Cosworth
2005	Sébastien Bourdais	Lola	Ford-Cosworth
2006	Nelson Philippe	Lola	Ford-Cosworth

[edit] V8 Supercars race

2002 - Jason Bargwanna
2003 - Russell Ingall
2004 - Greg Murphy
2005 - Craig Lowndes
2006 - Todd Kelly

[edit] Circuit Construction

The Lexmark Indy 300 track during construction

The construction of the Gold Coast circuit has been acclaimed internationally and is used as a benchmark for new temporary street circuits world-wide. Over a full 12-month period plans are laid and then implemented to transform a bustling residential, commercial and holiday destination into a temporary street circuit capable of facilitating high-speed motor races and hundreds of thousands of people.

In a two-month period leading up to the event, seven bridges are erected, 2515 concrete barriers installed, 11,500 grandstand seats fastened, more than 140 corporate suites furnished, 10km of debris fencing and 16km of security fencing placed, many more temporary structures fitted, and large-scale power and telecommunications systems activated.

The Lexmark Indy 300 street circuit is also an international leader in motor racing safety standards applauded by CAMS (Confederation of Australian Motorsport) and the FIA (the international governing body of motorsport). One of the major advancements over the past few years has been an increase in double height debris fencing including an additional 610 panels in high impact areas in 2005.

[edit] Trivia

For the last 4 years, the Lexmark Indy 300 had received a forecast of rain during the final racing day.

There has never been a multiple winner at the Surfers Paradise track.

[edit] External link

Official Event Site

2007 Champ Car World Series
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