2000 Honda Indy 300

2000 Surfers Paradise

Race details
Race 19 of 20 in the 2000 CART season
Map of the track
Date	15 October, 2000
Official name	Honda Indy 300
Location	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Queensland, Australia
Course	Temporary Street Circuit 2.795 mi / 4.498 km
Distance	59 laps 164.905 mi / 265.382 km
Pole position
Driver	Juan Pablo Montoya (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time	1:31.722
Fastest lap
Driver	Jimmy Vasser (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time	1:34.959 (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.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	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	4
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

Notes

• Average Speed 81.607 mph

External links

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Coordinates: 27°59′17.9″S 153°25′42.1″E / 27.988306°S 153.428361°E / -27.988306; 153.428361