The 2000 Molson Indy Vancouver was a

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(CART) motor race held on September 3, 2000 at

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. It was the 15th round of the

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won the race by less than half a second over his teammate Dario Franchitti with

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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

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. His number, #99, was retired before the start of the race while Canadian sports legend

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(who also sported #99 during his

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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

Race

*– Includes two bonus points for leading the most laps and being the fastest qualifier.

Race statistics

*Lead changes: 3 among 3 drivers

Standings after the race

;Drivers' standings

References

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, Year_of_race = 2000 , Previous_race_in_season = 2000 Motorola 220 , Next_race_in_season = 2000 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey , Previous_year's_race = 1999 Molson Indy Vancouver , Next_year's_race = 2001 Molson Indy Vancouver , Vancouver Grand Prix, 2000 Indy Vancouver

2000 in British Columbia